Ministry of Magic and the Wizard's Council

Accidental Magic Reversal Squad • Ministry of Magic The Accidental Magic Reversal Squad is a division of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes at the Ministry of Magic. This team is the first on the scene when a magical accident or catastrophe occurs. Read More

Admonitors • Magical objects Admonitors were magical metal cuffs that allowed another person to know what magic the wearer performed (CG). Travers placed admonitors on Albus Dumbledore for perceived disloyalty when Dumbledore said he could not fight Grindelwald. Theseus Scamander later removed Dumbledore’s admonitors when it became clear that, because of a blood troth,… Read More

Alastor Gumboil • Character Alastor Gumboil is an employee at the Ministry of Magic, recruiting for new members for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. He placed an ad in the Daily Prophet looking for applicants for the position of “Hit-Witch” or “Hit-Wizard”. Mr Gumboil’s office is located in Room 919 at the Ministry (… Read More

Mad-Eye Moody • Character Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody is a retired Auror, considered one of the best Dark Wizard catchers the Ministry has ever had. Moody came on staff for a year at Hogwarts, but  spent it at the bottom of a magical trunk, unbeknownst to anyone but the imposter who put him there (… Read More

Albert Boot • Character Albert Boot was the fifth Minister for Magic, in office 1747-1752. He couldn’t handle a goblin rebellion and resigned (Pm). Read More

Albert Boot becomes Minister for Magic • Event During Boot’s time in office, a goblin rebellion takes place. Boot is ineffective in dealing with the crisis (Pm). Read More

Albert Runcorn • Character Albert Runcorn was a tall, bearded wizard who works for the Ministry of Magic. He unwittingly played a part in Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s infiltration of the Ministry when Hermione gave him a Nosebleed Nougat, convinced him to go home, and took some of his hairs to add to… Read More

Albino bloodhound • Creature The albino bloodhound is a breed of dog with an exceptional sense of smell and tracking ability that is also suffering from albinism, resulting in pure white fur, pale skin and pink eyes. Read More

Albus Dumbledore • Character Albus Dumbledore was the Headmaster of Hogwarts for over thirty years, a time period that encompassed both of Voldemort’s attempts to take over the Wizarding world. Considered to be the most powerful wizard of his time, Dumbledore was awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, and was… 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, Scorpius Malfoy and Delphi battle with Hermione Granger's Weaponised Library • Event Having seen off Hermione Granger, Albus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy and Delphi approach the Minister’s bookshelves to look for the Experimental Time-Turner. The bookshelves, which are full of dangerous books, are a “Weaponised Library” and fight back. Scorpius, Albus and Delphi have to solve the… Read More

Alderton • Character Alderton was an alleged Muggle-born wizard who was accused of “stealing magic” and sent to Azkaban by the Muggle-born Registration Commission in the days when the Ministry was controlled by Death Eaters (DH13). He claimed to be the son of Arkie Alderton, a wizard (DH13). Read More

Alfred Cattermole • Character Alfred Cattermole was the son of Reginald and Mary Cattermole (DH13). Read More

Alice Longbottom • Character Alice Longbottom, along with her husband Frank, were Aurors, popular in the Wizarding World, who fought valiantly against Voldemort and his supporters during the 1970s. Frank and Alice were captured by Death Eaters shortly after the fall of Voldemort (late 1981). They were subjected to the Cruciatus Curse in an attempt… Read More

Amelia Susan Bones • Character Amelia Susan Bones was the sister of Edgar Bones and the aunt of Susan Bones. Before her murder by Death Eaters, Amelia was the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (OP6) and presided over the Wizengamot (OP8), including Harry’s disciplinary hearing on August 12, 1995. She… Read More

Amelia Bones is born • Event Amelia is born into the prominent wizarding Bones family. She grows up to be head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and a powerful witch. Read More

Amelia Bones is killed by Voldemort • Event In 1996, the Head of Magical Law Enforcement put up a fight while being killed personally by Voldemort inside a locked room where she had been living alone (HBP1). Read More

The American Revolutionary War results in a new country: the United States • Event Between 1775 and 1783, the original thirteen British colonies in North America rebel against foreign rule and establish a new country, the United States of America. North American witches and wizards debate whether or not to take sides against their British magical counterparts. In the end, both sides decide to… Read More

American Witches and Wizards Engage in "Country or Kind" Debate • Event In 1777, MACUSA President Elizabeth McGilliguddy presided over a gathering of witches and wizards from all over North America for the “Country or Kind” Debate. Thousands arrived, so the Great Meeting Hall was expanded magically to hold them all. Their purpose was to debate whether they should give allegiance to… Read More

Amos Diggory • Character Amos Diggory was a Ministry of Magic official who worked for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Amos is a ruddy-faced wizard with a scrubby brown beard. He takes a great deal of pride in his son, Cedric, even to the point of being somewhat rude… Read More

Andorra • Countries Located in the mountains between Spain and France, tiny  Andorra is one of the smallest countries in the world. However, it has a Ministry of Magic (GF28) and participates in international affairs. Read More

Anti-Disapparation Jinx • Spells The Anti-Disapparation Jink prevents someone from Disapparating, or disappearing to magically travel somewhere else. Read More

Anti-Jinx — "various" • Spells Anti-Jinx spells are used to reverse Jinxes.  … Read More

Antonin Dolohov • Character Antonin Dolohov was a particularly sadistic Death Eater, one of Tom Riddle’s friends after leaving school (HBP20). He was sent to Azkaban for the murders of Gideon and Fabian Prewett (OP25). Dolohov escaped from Azkaban early in 1996, along with Bellatrix Lestrange and several other high-security prisoners, and rejoined… Read More

Antonio • Character A baby chupacabra named Antonio was chained under the chair of prisoner Gellert Grindelwald in MACUSA Headquarters. While placed there as a threat to the dark wizard, Antonio helped him escape when Ministry Aurors were moving him out of MACUSA custody in New York City (CG). The creature sank his… Read More

Apparition Test Centre • Ministry of Magic A division of the Department of Magical Transportation, with responsibility for administering the Apparition Test to witches and wizards. Read More

Aquavirius Maggot • Creature inA creature that was probably created by Luna Lovegood and/or Xenophilius Lovegood. Read More

Mrs. Figg • Character Arabella Doreen Figg is a Squib, living in a house on Wisteria Walk in Little Whinging, Surrey. Mrs. Figg is an original member of The Order of the Phoenix and for fifteen years was assigned the task of watching over Harry Potter, who was growing up two… Read More

Araminta Meliflua • Character Araminta Meliflua was a cousin of Sirius Black’s mother. Meliflua tried to force through a Ministry bill to make Muggle-hunting legal (OP6). Read More

Archer Evermonde • Character Archer Evermonde was Minister for Magic during World War I, serving  1912 – 1923. Read More

Archer Evermonde becomes Minister for Magic • Event Evermonde is Minister during the First World War. He forbids members of the magical community to get involved, but many do anyway. Read More

Archer Evermonde steps down as Minister for Magic • Event

Arnie Peasegood • Character Arnie Peasegood was an Obliviator and trained Hit-Wizard for the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad (GF7). Read More

Artemisia Lufkin • Character Artemisia Lufkin was the first witch to become Minister of Magic, serving from 1798 to 1811 (JKR). Lufkin established the Department of International Magical Cooperation and lobbied hard and successfully to have a Quidditch World Cup tournament held in Britain during her term in office (Pm). Read More

Artemisia Lufkin leaves office • Event

Artemisia Lufkin becomes the first witch Minister for Magic • Event Lufkin serves in that post until 1811. Read More

Artemisia Lufkin, the first witch to become Minister for Magic, is born • Event

Artemisia Lufkin, first witch to become Minister for Magic, dies • Event She dies after serving as the first female Minister for Magic (FW). Read More

Arthur's contact at the Floo Regulation Panel • Character Arthur Weasley’s contact at the Floo Regulation Panel was a Ministry of Magic employee who was involved with the Floo Regulation Panel. In the summer of 1994, he bent the Panel’s rule against connecting Muggle fireplaces to the Floo Network so that Arthur could collect Harry Potter from Privet Drive (… Read More

Arthur Weasley • Character Arthur Weasley is an easy-going, middle-aged wizard with a passion for Muggles, and whose dearest ambition is to learn how airplanes fly. Arthur fought, along with the rest of his family, in the Battle of Hogwarts in May, 1998. He and Molly have at least twelve grandchildren, and it… Read More

Atmospheric Charm • Spells Atmospheric Charms affect the weather inside Ministry of Magic headquarters in London. When Hermione and Ron infiltrated the Ministry in disguise during the Voldemort regime, Ron’s alter-ego Reginald Cattermole was supposed to stop the rain that was falling in the office of Yaxley the Death Eater. Hermione whispers to him… Read More

Atrium • Rooms, chambers, and floors Taking up most of level eight, the Atrium is a large and splendid area that functions as the entrance and exit point for traffic in and out of the Ministry of Magic. Read More

Augustus Rookwood • Character Augustus Rookwood was a Death Eater and spy in the Ministry during the first war with Voldemort. He worked for the Department of Mysteries but had agents throughout the Ministry, not all of whom knew who they were really working for. (For example, Rookwood was an… Read More

Auror Headquarters • Ministry of Magic A division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic. Read More

Aurors • Occupations The Aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle the Dark Arts. They operate in some ways as soldiers but more often as intelligence agents, seeking out Dark wizards and defeating them, often in fierce wizard duels. Alastor Moody and Frank and Alice Longbottom were famous Aurors,… Read More

Ex-Auror Venusia Crickerly takes over as Minister for Magic • Event She is considered to be a competent Minister. Read More

Awards • Awards • Sports and competitions Angus Buchanan Cup for Outstanding Effort Awarded yearly at Hogwarts (Pm). Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting Albus Dumbledore won this before his eighteenth birthday (DH18). “Dangerous” Dai Commemorative Medal Given each year to the Quidditch player who has been the most reckless, in honor of… Read More

Azkaban • Islands • Mysterious places Far out in the icy waters of the North Sea lies a tiny island that is home to one of the most terrible places on earth: Azkaban, the wizarding prison (PA3, Sch1, DL). History The fortress has existed since the 15th century, and never appeared on any… Read More