• Creature The Wampus cat is a magical creature, featured in No-Maj American folklore, which lives in the forests of East Tennessee. The Wampus cat is described as being similar to a cougar. Its great strength and speed make it nearly impossible to kill. Young Wampus kittens are playful and known to be active at… Read More
• Magical discipline Wandless magic is the phrase used to describe the phenomenon of magic being performed without a wand. Read More
• Communication A Horned Serpent in the creek near Ilvermorny School gave Isolt Sayre the same warning over and over: “Until I am part of your family, your family is doomed” (Pm). Read More
• Cities • Regions, counties, and territories One of the western United States, as well as the name of the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia). After the Great Sasquatch Rebellion of 1892, the location of MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States) was moved  for a fifth time from Washington to New York City (Pm). Read More
• Creature Water dragons are creatures that inhabit bodies of water. They are known to carry a specific kind of parasite that can also be transmitted to humans (CG). Read More
• Event Harry, Ron, and Fang are about to be attacked and eaten by Aragog’s many offspring when the Ford Anglia, which had gone wild in the Forbidden Forest since escaping there the previous September, crashes into the clearing and rescues them. Read More
• Creature native to: Wales habitat: nests in higher mountains appearance: green flame: narrow jets food: sheep eggs: earthy brown speckled with green… Read More
• Ministry of Magic A part of the Beast Division of the Department for the Care and Regulation of Magical Creatures (FB)… Read More
• Ministry of Magic A part of the Beast Division of the Department for the Care and Regulation of Magical Creatures (FB)… Read More
• Creature A werewolf is a human who has been infected with lycanthropy and who changes into a dangerous wolf form when the moon is full. The werewolf is a most unusual creature in that it doesn’t technically exist except for a brief period of time around the full moon. At any… Read More
• Creature A legendary water creature found in the White River of Arkansas, possibly a giant fish with large spines on its back (Pm). Read More
• Character Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank is an elderly witch with closely cropped gray hair and a very prominent chin who teaches Care of Magical Creatures. Professor Grubbly-Plank was the supply teacher (US: “substitute”) who covered for Hagrid when he was indisposed after Christmas break (January 1995, GF24) and again when he was off negotiating… Read More
• Character William is a Pukwudgie who was rescued by Isolt from a Hidebehind and served/befriended her as he was paying back a debt. He refused to tell Isolt his real name so Isolt called him William after her father. He taught her about magical creatures in America and was taken aback… Read More
• Cities A city in the state of Virginia, founded in the 1600s during colonial days. Read More
• Hospitals The earliest psychiatric facility in the United States was founded in Williamsburg, possibly due to No-Maj sightings of a vicious pack of Crups owned by MACUSA President Thornton Harkaway (Pm). Read More
• Character Winkus Oddpick was a writer on the Daily Prophet’s op-ed page (DP3). Oddpick wrote an editorial entitled “Why can’t goblins be more like elves?“, which appeared on p.32 of the Daily Prophet after the Chipping Clodbury riot (DP3). Read More
• Magical effects Wizard Space is a magical effect. It causes objects to hold more than their outer dimensions would seem to allow. Wizard Space is created by the Undetectable Extension Charm incantation “Capacious Extremis,”  and is highly regulated by the Ministry (Pm).  … Read More
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In the new Wizards Unite game by Niantic, the mysterious Calamity is threatening the Statute of Secrecy. It’s stealing magical people, creatures, and items of significance from different periods of time and leaving them randomly scattered around the world with the protection of… Read More
• Magical objects Hagrid gave Harry a carved wooden flute for Christmas his first year at Hogwarts (PS12). It made a sound like an owl hooting. Read More
• Creature Wood nymphs are small nature-loving creatures, who may be related to fairies or pixies. Read More
• Headlines and advertisements A Word in Support of Hags is the title of a letter from Annis Black, which was published in the Daily Prophet (DP1). A hag defends her race and offers baby-sitting services (DP1). Read More
• Character Eldred Worple was the author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires and a guest at Slughorn’s Christmas party with his friend Sanguini. (HBP15)… Read More
• Creature Wrackspurts are invisible things which some people believe float in though a victim’s ears and makes his or her brain go fuzzy (HBP7). Read More
• Creature A large, fearsome dragon-like creature, traditionally having two legs, wings, and a serpentine tail. A wyvern who lived near the Wye River in the West Country battled with Sir Cadogan in the 11th century. The wyvern nearly won, eating Cadogan’s horse, melting his helmet, and breaking his wand. However, the knight returned… Read More
• Character The Wyvern of Wye was a dragon-like beast that was terrorizing the West Country of England, until the brave knight Sir Cadogan rode forth. Unfortunately the creature ate his horse and broke his wand, but Cadogan found a fat gray pony and jumped on it before charging back at the Wyvern. Read More