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est. 2000 A.D.
Phase of the Moon: Waxing Crescent
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HogEx: The Hogwarts Express (essays)
HogEx refers to a series of essays written by Rowling about the Hogwarts Express and Platform 9 and 3/4. The essays first appeared on Pottermore. Hogwarts Express King’s Cross Station Platform Nine and Three-Quarters… Read More
Crookshanks
Crookshanks is a most fascinating creature. He appears to be a large ginger cat with a squashed flat face and bottle-brush tail. He belongs to Hermione, who purchased him at the Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley (August 1993), where he’d been for quite a long time as no one wanted to buy him (PA4). Crookshanks is… Read More
OP36: Of Magic and Duels Part Two
In my last podcast, I talked about the first of two magic duels in chapter 36 of Order of the Phoenix, the one between Harry and Bellatrix. Now it’s time to move on to the main event, the massive duel between Albus Dumbledore and Voldemort. There is no other magical battle in the entire series to equal this… Read More
Riddle House
Though few wizards realize it, the Riddle House holds an important place in wizarding history. Located on a hill overlooking Little Hangleton, it was the home of Voldemort’s grandparents, and the place where his father, Tom Riddle, lived both before and after Voldemort’s birth at the end of 1926. The summer after Tom Marvolo Riddle’s fifth year at Hogwarts (c. 1943),… Read More
GF1: The Riddle House
We learn of the mysterious murders in the Riddle House fifty years ago, how Frank Bryce was accused but released for lack of evidence, and how the Riddle House fell into disrepair. In the present, Frank interrupts a sinister meeting and is killed when he overhears Voldemort‘s plans. Read More
QWC: The Quidditch World Cup (essays)
QWC refers to Rowling’s writings about the Quidditch World Cup originally posted on Pottermore. These essays and news reports were subsequently included in the updated version of the book Quidditch Through the Ages, which already included some descriptions of the Quidditch World Cup. NOTE: Information from the original QA book are given that source designation rather than QWC. The… Read More
Albus Severus Potter’s initials spell the word “asp,” which may foreshadow his sorting into Slytherin, the House of the serpent. Read More
“What would it have been for you?” said Ron, sniggering. “A piece of homework that only got nine out of ten?”… Read More
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