Torquil MacTavish• Character
Torquil MacTavish was a Scottish wizard who participated in a broom race that led to the destruction of the Colosseum. MacTavish and his Italian rival Silvio Astolfi flew a close race from Aberdeen to Rome. In the explosions at the end of the race that destroyed the Colosseum, MacTavish was… Read MoreMadam Marsh• Character
Madam Marsh was a witch who repeatedly travelled on the Knight Bus, despite suffering from motion sickness. Read MoreMagical Transportation
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Transportation • Wizarding culture
Witches and wizards use magical means to move from place to place. They can use spells, specifically Apparition, and personal devices such as brooms. However, various forms of public transit are also available. All forms of magical transportation, both personal and public, are regulated and controlled by the Department of Magical Transportation. Read MoreManchester
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Cities
A large industrial city in North-West England and headquarters of the Thunderbolt broom manufacturer (Pm). Read MoreMayflower sails to America with Isolt Sayre aboard• Event
Isolt Sayre makes the journey to America under the guise of a young Muggle man named Elias Story. Once on land, she leaves the puritan pilgrams behind, afraid of persecution, and goes to live in the mountains (Pm). Read MoreMinister for Magic Orpington establishes Platform 9 and 3/4• Event
She designates this magical space in the newly-built King’s Cross Station as the London terminus for the Hogwarts Express, which had been established as the only way to travel to Hogwarts by her predecessor, Ottaline Gambol. Read MoreMinistry Time-Turner
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Magical objects
A time-traveling device the use of which was strictly regulated by the Ministry (PA21). Inside the hourglass-shaped device there is a single One-Hour Reversal Charm (Pm). All of them were thought to be destroyed during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries (OP35, HBP11, BP), but in… Read MoreMinistry wizard in tweed suit and galoshes with large gold watch• Character
One of two “tired and grumpy” wizards working at the Portkey landing site at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup (GF7)… Read More"Mobiliarbus"
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Incantations
incantation Moves a tree (PA10). The basic spell for moving something starts with the “Mobili-” prefix. It is up to the caster to be able to tack on the correct Latinate word for the object to be moved, in this case a tree. It seems unlikely that there is… Read More
Mobilicorpus
— "Mobilicorpus"
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Incantations
Moves a body. The basic spell for moving something starts with the “Mobili-” prefix. In this case, the Latin word for “body” is tacked on the end. Read MoreMolly Weasley helps Harry find Platform Nine and Three-Quarters• Event
She notices that he appears a bit lost, so she tells him that he must run straight into a metal barrier. By this point, Harry has witnessed enough magic — his Muggle blindness is leaving him, you might say — and he takes her at her word. He runs into… Read MoreMoontrimmer
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Broomsticks
The Moontrimmer is a broom model created in 1901 by Gladys Boothby. It was a slender, ash-handled broom (QA9). For its time it was the first to achieve record-breaking heights (at least, record-breaking while the flyer maintained control at such an altitude). Its maximum speed was less than seventy miles… Read More
Movement Magic
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Spells
Charms magic, or even hexes, can be used to move objects in various ways. Locomotion Magic The basic spell for moving an object is Locomotor, which comes from two Latin words meaning roughly “move from its place.” First years learn to move objects by magic; the practical part of Flitwick’s… Read MoreMuggle Artefacts
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Magical artifacts
Muggle objects which are specifically not allowed to have magical spells applied to them. Read MoreMuggle taxis
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Thing
Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys took three Muggle taxis from the Burrow to King’s Cross at the end of the summer break before Harry’s fourth year (GF11). Read MoreMyron Otherhaus• Character
Myron Otherhaus was a handsome wizard who lived in Bury St Edmunds. He fell in love with Violet Tillyman when she accidentally arrived in his house via the Floo Network (Pm). Read More
Transportation
Magical Transportation
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Transportation • Wizarding culture
Witches and wizards use magical means to move from place to place. They can use spells, specifically Apparition, and personal devices such as brooms. However, various forms of public transit are also available. All forms of magical transportation, both personal and public, are regulated and controlled by the Department of Magical Transportation. Read More
Mayflower sails to America with Isolt Sayre aboard
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Isolt Sayre makes the journey to America under the guise of a young Muggle man named Elias Story. Once on land, she leaves the puritan pilgrams behind, afraid of persecution, and goes to live in the mountains (Pm). Read More
Minister for Magic Orpington establishes Platform 9 and 3/4
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She designates this magical space in the newly-built King’s Cross Station as the London terminus for the Hogwarts Express, which had been established as the only way to travel to Hogwarts by her predecessor, Ottaline Gambol. Read More
Ministry Time-Turner
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Magical objects
A time-traveling device the use of which was strictly regulated by the Ministry (PA21). Inside the hourglass-shaped device there is a single One-Hour Reversal Charm (Pm). All of them were thought to be destroyed during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries (OP35, HBP11, BP), but in… Read More
Mobilicorpus
— "Mobilicorpus"
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Incantations
Moves a body. The basic spell for moving something starts with the “Mobili-” prefix. In this case, the Latin word for “body” is tacked on the end. Read More
Moontrimmer
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Broomsticks
The Moontrimmer is a broom model created in 1901 by Gladys Boothby. It was a slender, ash-handled broom (QA9). For its time it was the first to achieve record-breaking heights (at least, record-breaking while the flyer maintained control at such an altitude). Its maximum speed was less than seventy miles… Read More
Movement Magic
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Spells
Charms magic, or even hexes, can be used to move objects in various ways. Locomotion Magic The basic spell for moving an object is Locomotor, which comes from two Latin words meaning roughly “move from its place.” First years learn to move objects by magic; the practical part of Flitwick’s… Read More