TBB: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (book)• Source
‘Translated from the original runes by J. K. Rowling’ The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of wizarding fairy tales, originally discussed in Deathly Hallows (DH21) and eventually hand-written and illustrated by Rowling. One of the seven copies Rowling created was sold at auction 13 December… Read MoreTeddy Lupin is born• Event
Edward Remus Lupin is born to Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin (DH25). Read MoreTertius• Character
Tertius was the first wizard to use the potion Felix Felicis, or liquid luck (BoP). Read MoreTheodard Fontaine• Character
Theodard Fontaine was one of MACUSA’s original twelve aurors (Pm). Read MoreTheodore Nott• Character
Theodore Nott (Slytherin, 1991-1998) is the son of the Death Eater Nott (PS7, OP26). Theodore is described as “weedy-looking” (OP26) and “a clever loner who does not feel the need to join gangs, including Malfoy’s” (JKR). During Care of Magical Creatures class in fifth year, he… Read MoreTheseus Scamander• Character
Theseus Scamander was the older brother of Newt Scamander, a well-known hero of World War One, and an Auror for the Ministry of Magic in the 1920s. When Newt Scamander appeared before MACUSA in 1926 after creatures escaped from his case, the British Envoy recognized his last name, as did… Read MoreThiago Quintana• Character
American wandmaker (Pm). Read MorePius Thicknesse• Character
Pius Thicknesse was the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (DH1) until the death of Rufus Scrimgeour, after which he became Minister for Magic (DH13). Unfortunately, he had been placed under the Imperius Curse by the Death Eater Yaxley earlier in the summer (DH1), which… Read MoreThornton Harkaway• Character
Thornton Harkaway was President of the Magical Congress of the United States (MACUSA) when it was located in Williamsburg, Virginia (Pm:MACUSA). Read MoreAlbert Tillyman• Character
Albert Tillyman was a wizard and a bully whose wife, Violet, went missing after they argued. He believed she had disappeared in the Floo Network, which caused a national scare. Unbeknownst to him, she had traveled to the wrong house and left him for the man she met there, Myron… Read MoreViolet Tillyman• Character
Violet Tillyman was a witch who was famous for apparently vanishing in the Floo Network after a row with her husband Albert. Her disappearance caused a national scare in which people stopped using the Floo Network for fear that they, too, would vanish. In reality, she had simply ended up… Read MoreTilly Toke• Character
Recipient of the Order of Merlin First Class as a result of the Ilfracombe dragon attack of 1932. An errant Welsh Green dragon attacked a beach full of sunbathers. Tilly and her family, who were on holiday there, were credited with saving many Muggle lives as well as wiping their… Read MoreTom Marvolo Riddle• Character
Tom Marvolo Riddle was a gifted young wizard born of a witch mother (Merope Gaunt) and a Muggle father (Tom Riddle, Sr.) on December 31, 1926. His mother had fallen in love with his father, who was a Muggle, and tricked him into marrying her with a… Read MoreTom Riddle gets his yew and phoenix feather wand at Ollivander's• Event
Young Tom Marvolo Riddle receives a wand made of yew wood with a phoenix feather core at Ollivander’s before he starts at Hogwarts (PS5). Harry Potter’s holly wand also had a phoenix core, making them “brother wands,” and leading to the Priori Incantatem effect years later in the Little… Read MoreTonks family• Character
A wizarding family. Notable members of the Tonks family include Andromeda Tonks, a pure-blood witch, her husband Ted, a muggle-born wizard, and their daughter Nymphadora. The family suffered much in the Wizarding Wars of the 1990s. Ted was killed while on the run and both Nymphadora and her… Read MoreAlberta Toothill• Character
Famous wizarding duellist. Toothill won the All-England competition in 1430 with a Blasting Curse. She defeated Samson Wiblin, who was the favorite to win. Toothill now appears on a Famous Wizard card (and Wiblin doesn’t!) (FW)… Read MoreTravers• Character
Travers was a Death Eater who murdered Marlene McKinnon and her family, according to Karkaroff during his own trial. At that point, Travers had already been captured by the Ministry (GF30, OP9). Travers later escaped and partook in the Battle of the Seven Potters, where… Read MoreSybill Trelawney• Character
Sybill Patricia Trelawney is the Divination professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Cassandra Trelawney, a very gifted, very famous Seer (OP37). She “has cultivated a dramatic manner and enjoys impressing her more gullible students with predictions of doom… Read MoreWhy is Trelawney's name different between the US and UK editions?• Article
Many fans never even noticed that there was a difference. But it’s true. In the Bloomsbury version, Trelawney’s first name is Sybill. In the US, it’s Sibyll. Note the switching of the ‘y’ there. So what’s up with that? For years, I just noted the difference on the Lexicon and left it… Read MoreTTB: The Tale of the Three Brothers (fairy tale)• Source
“The Tale of the Three Brothers” is a wizarding world fairy tale, part of the collection The Tales of Beedle the Bard. In the tale, three brothers use magic to cheat death. Death himself appears and offers them each one magical item. The choices of the older two brothers… Read MoreTuft Family• Character
A wizarding family. Notable family members of the Tuft include: Wilhelmina and her son Ignatius formed a brief political dynasty as successive Ministers for Magic 1949 – 1962 (Pm)… Read MoreAristotle Twelvetrees• Character
Aristotle Twelvetrees was Keeper of Treasure and Dragots in MACUSA in the late 18th century (Pm). Read MoreDorcus Twelvetrees• Character
Vain, self-centered air-headed witch who fell in love with No-Maj and Scourer descendant, Bartholomew Barebone, ultimately causing one of the worst breaches of the International Statute of Secrecy of all time, which led to the instatement of Rappaport’s Law in the United States. She was imprisoned for a year, after… Read More