• Architecture Enormous oak front doors serve as the main entrance into Hogwarts castle (GF28, OP26). Read More
• Broomsticks The Oakshaft was a broom created by Elias Grimstone in 1879. The broom-maker, who hailed from Portsmouth, crafted this heavy, reliable broom specifically for long-distance flights, where any high or volatile wind conditions could make it dangerous for a rider on a lighter, less stable broomstick (QA9). In spite of its thick handle,… Read More
• Occupations An obliviator is a wizard or witch who is member of the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, with special training in the use of Memory Charms. Read More
• Magical identities A young witch or wizard, usually under the age of ten but sometimes older, who has kept their magical ability repressed until it becomes an Obscurus – a violent force of Dark Magic which may burst forth from them unexpectedly (WFT). Read More
• Businesses Wizarding publisher located at 18a Diagon Alley, London.  Their editor Augustus Worme commissioned the original edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander in 1918, which is now in its 52nd edition (FB). Read More
• Magical objects • Potion ingredients The pure silver eggshells are quite valuable and may be used as a potions ingredient. Read More
• Areas of knowledge Occlumency is the art of magically defending the mind against external penetration, sealing it against magical intrusion and influence – the defensive counter to Legilimency. A practitioner of Occlumency is referred to as an Occlumens.  It is a specialized branch of magic, not usually taught at Hogwarts. Read More
• Magical identities A practitioner of Occlumency is referred to as an Occlumens. Occlumency is the closing of one’s mind to outside intrusion through use of the Legilimens spell. Read More
• Wizarding culture Witches and wizards hold a variety of jobs, some of them very similar to Muggle jobs but others very unique to the Wizarding world (such as Dragon keeper). Some Wizarding jobs are a lot more exciting than their Muggle counterparts. For example, being a banker in the Wizarding world could… Read More
• Songs and Poems ‘Odo the Hero’ is the name of a slow, sad song about a dying hero (HBP22, DH8). The song appears to go well with an excess of alcohol. Sample of the lyrics: “And Odo the hero, they bore him back home To the place that he’d known as… Read More
• Ministry of Magic The Office of House Elf Relocation was an office in the Being Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Newt Scamander took a job with this office when he left Hogwarts, but he found the work dull and switched to a job in the Beast Division… Read More
• Ministry of Magic The Official Gobstones Club is located on Level 7 of the Ministry of Magic (OP7). It is not known whether this location is meant only for Ministry employees who play Gobstones or if it is connected with the National Gobstone Association. Read More
• Furniture and household items An oil lamp is an object used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source (Wikipedia). Read More
• Magical objects Omnioculars look like brass binoculars, except that they are covered in all sorts of weird knobs and dials. Description They are occasionally sold at Quidditch matches, such as the Quidditch World Cup. They can be set to replay action, zoom, slow down play, and overlay magical words that… Read More
• Organizations The principal party opposed to the governing party in the British Parliament (NSOED). Read More
• Food and drinks Orange juice is a fruit juice beverage available at breakfast at Hogwarts (GF15, OP12). Read More
• Awards • Organizations The Order of Merlin is an honorific given to witches and wizards for their service to the wizarding community. Although we now think of the Order of Merlin as an award, it was originally conceived by Merlin himself as an organisation which made rules against using magic on Muggles… Read More
• Organizations The Order of the Phoenix was a resistance group formed by Dumbledore in the 1970s to fight Voldemort when the Ministry’s efforts were ineffectual. The Order was revived in 1995 when Voldemort began to regain power. During Voldemort’s first rise to power in the 1970s, Dumbledore gathered a… Read More
• Architecture • Glossary U.S.: outbuilding, such as a garden shed. Not intended to refer to an outdoor latrine!… Read More
• Hogwarts academics O.F.T. (Outstanding for Trolls) is a grade that a troll would achieve if it managed to use a computer and take the W.O.M.B.A.T. test.  … Read More
• Timelines and calendars Ancient Egypt and Greece – 3000 BC through 100 AD This is an era of Muggle/Wizard cooperation; many political and religious leaders were witches and wizards. Growing distrust and prejudice – 100 – 1692 AD Muggles begin to fear wizards. Some try to manipulate their magical bretheren for their own… Read More
• Thing The Wizarding equivalent of a Post Office Box (DP2). Read More
• Architecture A carving of an owl over the entrance to Woolworth Building serves as the only outward sign of MACUSA being located there (Pm). Read More
• Communication Owl post — owls carrying letters and parcels — is one of the most common ways that wizards communicate with each other. Wizards either tie messages or parcels to owls’ legs or have the owls carry the parcel in their beaks. Considered by wizards to be “the normal way” of… Read More
• Glossary An exclamation, usually used to attract attention (as in “Oy, come and look at this!”). Read More