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est. 2000 A.D.
Phase of the Moon: Waning Gibbous
5 GBP = 1 Galleon 
Delegations from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons arrive at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament
The Durmstrang Institute’s ship appears in the Lake. The people from Beauxbatons arrive in a carriage pulled through the sky by Abraxans. Read More
Sirius Black and Hagrid arrive in Godric’s Hollow to find devastation
Both are grief stricken to realize that James and Lily are dead. They rescue baby Harry from the rubble. Sirius tries to take Harry, as he is the godfather, but Hagrid insists on following Dumbledore’s instructions and take the baby to his Muggle relatives. Sirius relents and lends Hagrid his motorcycle for the journey. Read More
Levicorpus
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 counter-jinx is Liberacorpus. Read More
GF15: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
Harry sends an owl to Sirius Black telling him everything is fine. In Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Moody puts the Imperius Curse on everyone and only Harry can resist it, school work piles up, Hogwarts spruces up for the visitors, Hermione continues her elf rights campaign, a message via… Read More
Deathday Party
A Deathday Party is held on the anniversary of a witch’s or wizard’s death. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington celebrated his 500th Deathday on Oct. 31, 1992. Harry, Ron and Hermione were the only living guests. The rest of the guest list were hundreds of Nick’s ghost friends including the other Hogwarts house ghosts, Peeves, Moaning Myrtle, the… Read More
Exploring October in the Harry Potter Universe
After the hustle and bustle of September, October sees life settle down quite a bit for students at Hogwarts. The most exciting part of the month is undoubtedly Hallowe’en, the very last day of the month. And in fact, most of the October events in the Harry Potter canon are about Hallowe’en. In 1991, the castle is invaded… Read More
How did Hagrid travel to the Hut on the Rock? With this passage in OP21, fans guessed that Hagrid might have come to the Hut by riding a thestral: “… they aren’ unlucky, they’re dead clever an’… Read More
“And you see now, don’t you, Minerva, how right I was in attempting to stop the Gryffindor team re-forming? Dreadful tempers … So I really think I will have to ban these two from playing Quidditch ever again.”… Read More
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