Hogwarts

Nettle Wine • Food and drinks Two bottles of nettle wine were included in Snape’s Potion Riddle, part of the protection surrounding the Philosopher’s Stone hidden beneath Hogwarts Castle in 1991-1992 (PS16). Read More

Neville Longbottom • Character Neville Longbottom is the son of Frank and Alice Longbottom, famous and well-liked Aurors who were tortured into madness by the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. The Longbottoms are one of the few pureblood families in the wizarding world. Neville is a staunch friend of… Read More

Neville Longbottom is sorted into Gryffindor • Event Neville Longbottom starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor (PS7). Read More

Newt Scamander leaves Hogwarts • Event Newt Scamander leaves Hogwarts under a cloud, having been accused of endangering students. Albus Dumbledore, then a teacher at Hogwarts, argued against his expulsion (WFT). Soon after, Newt begins working for the Ministry of Magic (FB). Read More

Newt Scamander starts at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff • Event Newt Scamander starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff (FB). Read More

Nearly-Headless Nick • Character Nearly Headless Nick is the nickname of the ghost of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington, a wizard who died in a botched execution on October 31, 1492. He was hit forty-five times in the neck with a blunt axe, but a half-inch of skin and sinew remained connecting his head… Read More

Nicknames • Glossary There are many nicknames and slang terms in the wizarding world. For example, Peeves is in general given to assigning punning nicknames to the castle’s inhabitants based on their real names. Taunts and Insults “Crackpot” Peeves to Harry, another play on “Potter”. As usual with Peeves, the tag is… Read More

Phineas Nigellus Black • Character Phineas Nigellus Black was the great-great-grandfather of Sirius Black, who has been known to refer to him as the least-popular Headmaster Hogwarts has ever had (OP6). Read More

Nighttime at Hogwarts • Hogwarts Despite a curfew, Hogwarts students sometimes get up to mischief during the night. Read More

Mrs. Norris • Character Mrs. Norris is a dust colored cat with lamp-like yellow eyes and a skeletal build. Mrs. Norris prowls the corridors of Hogwarts, ever on the lookout for miscreants and mischief-makers. Mrs. Norris was temporarily Petrified during the 1992-1993 school year when the Basilisk attacked her. It is the fond wish of… Read More

North Tower • Hogwarts castle and grounds Trelawney’s residence is within this tower and the Divination classroom is at its base (PA16). Read More

🎙️ The Number of Students at Hogwarts • Article

Posted August 8, 2018 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion / Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

There are about 320 students at Hogwarts. How do we know? In order to unravel this mystery, we need to step out of the stories themselves. We need to understand the way that Rowling thinks about the books. Rowling is very, very visual. She writes the kind of visual language… Read More

Nymphadora Tonks is killed during the Battle of Hogwarts • Event Tonks is killed battling her cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange. Her husband, Remus Lupin, is also killed, leaving their son Teddy an orphan. Read More

Nymphadora Tonks leaves Hogwarts and starts training as an Auror • Event Tonks hadn’t been Prefect material while in school — she said she lacked the important quality of being able to behave herself — but was a good student, judging by the fact that she had high enough NEWT scores to join the Aurors. Read More

Nymphadora Tonks starts Hogwarts • Event Tonks is Sorted into Hufflepuff house. Read More