Love and friendship

The Ages of Snape and the Marauders • Article

Posted August 20, 2006 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion

In various places around the Lexicon, ages are given for the main characters. Some character’s ages are fairly easy to determine. However, the ages of the Marauders and those who were at Hogwarts with them are a bit tricky to work out. Rather than explain over and over how we… Read More

Albus Dumbledore's portrait speaks to Harry; Draco Malfoy has a confession • Event 31 October 2020 While Harry Potter is in his office at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Albus Dumbledore visits his portrait and they have a conversation. Dumbledore attempts to speak to Harry about love. Harry counters that that he is so bad at understanding his own… Read More

Albus Dumbledore Remembered (Obituary) • Headlines and advertisements • Historical events Albus Dumbledore Remembered is an obituary written by a life-long friend of Dumbledore, Elphias Doge, who attended Hogwarts with him as a child (DH2, DH8). Read More

Albus Potter discovers that Hermione Granger is teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts • Event Coming back to classes after his time in the hospital wing, Albus Potter discovers that Hermione Granger is teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts. She is outraged at his reaction to this and his questioning of her – asking about her husband and child. The other… Read More

Albus Potter, disguised as Ron, prevents Hermione Granger from entering her office • Event The disguised Delphi, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy enter the Minister for Magic’s office. When they hear Hermione Granger outside her room, Albus tries to distract her by pretending to be her husband Ron – insisting that they either have another baby, go on a… Read More

Albus Potter, in the Hogwarts hospital, gets an ultimatum about friendship with Scorpius • Event Harry Potter, sitting by his son Albus’s bed in the hospital wing at Hogwarts, has a conversation with a portrait of Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore’s portrait is unable to give him the advice he wants, saying “I am paint and memory, Harry” (CC2.8). When his son awakes, Harry… Read More

Albus Potter receives his father's baby blanket and a love potion from his Uncle Ron • Event Albus Potter receives his father Harry’s baby blanket (the one he had been left wrapped in at the Dursley’s and the only thing that belonged to his mother Lily Evans Potter) and also a love potion from his Uncle Ron – as his presents the night before the… Read More

Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy argue, but then renew their partnership, and the quest • Event Inside the Library at Hogwarts, Scorpius Malfoy comes to talk to Albus Potter and they argue about their parents, friendship and the consequences of changing time (CC2.16). As they make up, the Headmistress, Minerva McGonagall comes into the Library with the Marauder’s Map, having seen on it… Read More

Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy use the Time-Turner for the first time • Event Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy enter the Forbidden Forest and, although Scorpius has some misgivings, they use the Time-Turner for the first time (CC2.6). Read More

Albus and Scorpius discuss ways to send a warning message to Harry Potter about Delphi • Event 31 October 1981 Needing to warn his father Harry quickly about Delphi’s plan to kill him, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy are waiting and watching in Godric’s Hollow outside Lily and James Potter’s house. They discuss possible ways of telling his father where they… Read More

Amortentia • Potions Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world. It is recognizable by its distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen and by the fact that its steam rises in characteristic spirals. The potion smells differently to different people according to what attracts them (HBP9). Read More

An Anonymous Singing Valentine for Harry • Event Later in the afternoon of Valentine’s Day, one of Lockhart’s “card-carrying cupid” dwarfs accosts Harry as he and the other Gryffindor second years head for Charms. The dwarf tackles Harry, sits on his ankles, and sings a Valentine’s message to him: His eyes are as green as… Read More

Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett elope and get married • Event As Voldemort is becoming more powerful and life becomes more uncertain in the Wizarding World, many young couples, facing the uncertainty, get married quickly. Arthur and Molly, who had been sweethearts at Hogwarts, were one of these couples. When talking about it many years later, Molly noted that theirs was not… Read More

Ashwinder • Creature The Ashwinder is a thin grey serpent with glowing red eyes which comes out of untended magical fires and lives long enough to lay fiery hot eggs in some dark and secluded spot. These eggs, while valued as potion ingredients, are very dangerous. If they are not found and frozen… Read More

Astoria Greengrass Malfoy dies of a blood malediction • Event The illness suffered by Astoria Greengrass is caused by an ancient family curse which manifested itself generations later. She leaves behind her husband Draco Malfoy and son Scorpius (CC1.4, CC2.15). Read More