Ladislaw Zamojski• Character
Ladislaw Zamojski is a talented Chaser on the Polish National Team in the 1990s. He had a goal spectacularly saved by Irish Keeper Barry Ryan (OP19). A save made by Ron Weasley during a Gryffindor practice session was favourably compared to this feat (OP19). Read MoreHector Lamont• Character
Hector Lamont was the Seeker for the 1990 Quidditch World Cup team from Scotland. He blamed his father “Stubby” Lamont for his failure to catch the Snitch during the final match against Canada (Pm). Read MoreLeague Cup
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Quidditch
The League Cup is won by the professional Quidditch team at the top of the British and Irish Quidditch League. The criteria for winning the Cup is being the team that has accumulated the most points at the end of the season (QA7). The League Table published in… Read MoreLeaping Toadstools
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Potion ingredients
A moving mushroom. Read MoreLenelle Paraison• Character
Lenelle Paraison is a talented Quidditch player, who played as Keeper for the Haitian National Team at the Quidditch World Cup tournament in 2014 (Pm). Paraison was one of only three female Keepers at the 2014 tournament. She is a formidable in front of the hoops, blocking two-thirds of Brazil’s attempted goals… Read MoreLennox Campbell• Character
Lennox Campbell is a Quidditch player who played Seeker for the Montrose Magpies Quidditch team in the 1990s (DP2). During a match against the Kenmare Kestrels, Campbell understandably missed the Snitch kicked at him by Magpies Chaser Alasdair Maddock, allowing the opposing Seeker to catch… Read MoreLeonard Jewkes• Character
Leonard Jewkes was the designer of the popular Silver Arrow broom (QA9). Unfortunately, he was unable to manufacture enough brooms to keep up with the demand (QA9). Read MoreLeopoldina Smethwyck is born• Event
Smethwyck later becomes the first witch to Referee a Quidditch match (FW). Read MoreLeopoldina Smethwyk• Character
Leopoldina Smethwyk was the first witch to referee a Quidditch match (FW). Read MoreM.O.M. Level Seven
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Rooms, chambers, and floors
Level 7 of the Ministry of Magic houses the Department of Magical Games and Sports. This floor is has a rather unkempt look and Quidditch posters unevenly stuck on the corridor walls (OP7). A man carrying several brooms gets out of the lift on this level… Read More"Levicorpus (non-verbal)"
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Incantations
Levicorpus is a spell which dangles the target person upside-down by the ankle in mid-air. The spell was developed by the Half-Blood Prince, the incantation for which was written down in his old Potions textbook without a description of the effects (but fortunately with the counter-jinx) (HBP12). The… Read More
Levitation Charm
— "Wingardium Leviosa"
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Spells
The Levitation Charm is a basic charm that allows the target to float above the ground. Read MoreLevski• Character
Levski is a Quidditch player, who was Chaser on the Bulgarian National Team at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup (GF8). Along with his Chaser colleagues Dimitrov and Ivanova, Levski was a member of the Bulgarian team that lost to Ireland in the 1994 tournament. The other members of the… Read MoreBogomil Levski• Character
Bogomil Levski was a Chaser for the Bulgarian National Team in 2014. As a member of the Bulgarian side at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup, Levski and fellow Chasers Stoyanka Grozda and Nikola Vassileva were integral to the success of Bulgaria at the tournament (QWC). Matches The Bulgarians had quite an easy first… Read MoreLevski family• Character
The Levski family are from Bulgaria. Both known members of the family are Quidditch players and were on the Bulgarian National Quidditch teams. Members Levski Bogomil Levski … Read MoreLiechtenstein National Team
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Sports teams
The Liechtenstein National Teams come from the European country of Liechtenstein. Quidditch Team mascot: augurey Their team mascot in 2014, Hans the Augurey, has his own fan club (Pm). Liechtenstein were participants at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup tournament held in Argentina’s Patagonian… Read MoreLily's Letter
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Communication
Harry’s mother Lily wrote a letter to his godfather, Sirius Black, a few months before she died and it remained in his bedroom at twelve, Grimmauld Place until discovered by first Severus Snape, then by Harry Potter (DH10, DH33). Read MoreLily Luna Potter starts her second year at Hogwarts• Event
Lily Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts her second year at Hogwarts (CC1.10). Read MoreLily Luna Potter starts her first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor• Event
Lily Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross, is sorted into Gryffindor House and starts her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (CC1.4). Her brother Albus may have had a small hope in his heart that she would… Read MoreDangerous Dai Llewellyn• Character
Dai Llewellyn was the Caerphilly Catapults’ most famous Quidditch player, known for his reckless and foolhardy style of play (QA7). His biography, He Flew Like a Madman, was written by Kennilworthy Whisp (QA). Tragically, he was eaten by a Chimaera while on holiday in Mykonos,… Read More
Locomotor...
— "Locomotor plus target word"
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Incantations
The term “Locomotor” is the first part of an incantation for a spell which moves an object. The spell word “Locomotor” is followed by a target word, which is the object to be moved. Read MoreLong Goal
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Quidditch
A long goal is a Quidditch shot made from well outside the scoring area. The Vrasta Vultures are well-known for attempting this tactic (QA8). Read MoreLucas Bargeworthy• Character
Lucas Bargeworthy was a Beater for the England National Team in 1870s. Bargeworthy was a participant in the mysterious 1877 Quidditch World Cup tournament held in Kazakhstan. Retaining no recollection of any of the events of the so-called “Tournament that Nobody Remembers“, he was missing most of his teeth when he… Read MoreLucas Picquery• Character
Lucas Picquery is a Beater on the United States National Team in 2014. As a member of the team representing the United States at the Quidditch World Cup during the 2014 tournament, Picquery participated in their winning matches against the Jamaican National team (240 points to 230) and also playing… Read MoreLuciano Volpi• Character
Luciano Volpi is famous Quidditch player (Seeker) from Italy and he featured in an article appearing in the Daily Prophet before the Quidditch World Cup tournament in 2014. He was accused of transfiguring himself into Bonawentura Wójcik, a Seeker for the Polish National Team in the 2014 tournament. That rumour… Read MoreLudo Bagman plays Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps• Event
Ludovic “Ludo” Bagman was a celebrated Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps in the 1980s. During his time on the team, the Wasps won the league three times (GF9). When his Quidditch days were over, he joined the Department of Magical Games and Sports (GF37). At… Read MoreLudo Bagman• Character
Ludovic “Ludo” Bagman was a celebrated Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps c. 1980. When his Quidditch days were over, he joined the Department of Magical Games and Sports and eventually (c. 1993) became its head. He served in that capacity until his somewhat informal departure from… Read MoreLuna's Lion Hat
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Clothing
For the first Quidditch match in Harry’s fifth year, Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw student, supported the Gryffindor Quidditch Team by wearing a hat that resembled the head of a full-grown lion (OP19). It could roar so loudly that it made people jump in the Great Hall,… Read MoreLars Lundekvam• Character
Lars Lundekvam is a Chaser on the Norwegian National Team at the Quidditch World Cup tournament in 2014. Lundvekam was the target of jinxes from a disgruntled crowd during Norway’s first match in the Round of 16 against Ivory Coast, as fans were still angry about the attack by the… Read MoreAidan Lynch• Character
Aidan Lynch played Seeker for Ireland’s National Team at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. All the members of the Irish team rode Firebolt brooms during the 1994 tournament (PA4, GF8). During the final match, Lynch was fooled by a Wronski Feint performed by Bulgarian Seeker… Read More