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est. 2000 A.D.
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Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor
Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor is a restaurant in Diagon Alley with outdoor tables (PA4). The shop was boarded up after Florean disappeared mysteriously in 1996 (HBP6). Harry bought strawberry-and-peanut-butter ice cream for himself, Ron, and Hermione while they strolled around Diagon Alley during their visit in 1992 (CS4). When Harry spent three weeks staying at… Read More
Fantastic Facts and How to Find Them – Big Site Updates part 1
A few weeks ago, we did a huge update to the site. The list of changes and improvements is long, but basically they fall into three categories: Navigation, Timelines, and Lists. We’ll be continually updating and enhancing each of these things over the coming months. All the site navigation has been updated and improved — keep reading and you’ll find… Read More
Boggart
Boggarts are shape shifters that prefer to live in dark, confined spaces, taking the form of the thing most feared by the person it encounters; nobody knows what a Boggart looks like in its natural state. Read More
Bob Ogden
Bog Ogden was a “short, plump man” who worked for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (HBP10). Ogden wore glasses so thick that they made his eyes look like specks. Dumbledore interviewed Ogden during his search for information about Tom Riddle’s family; Ogden had visited the Gaunt house to follow up after Morfin Gaunt attacked Muggle Tom Riddle, and… Read More
Ariana Dumbledore
Ariana Dumbledore was the younger sister of Albus and Aberforth – Albus’s junior by four years, Aberforth’s by one. At six years old, she was attacked by three muggle boys and was severely traumatized by the event. Her father, Percival, was imprisoned for seeking revenge on the boys. As a result of the attack, Ariana’s magic was too unstable to… Read More
Curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts position
The curse on the Defense Against the Darks Arts teaching post at Hogwarts was cast by Voldemort after Dumbledore rejected his offer to teach the subject. Voldemort, in what must have been a fit of pique, basically decided that if he couldn’t have the job, no one else would be able to hold it for more than a year. Since… Read More
The real village of Stinchcombe, where the Potter family originated according to the new information on Pottermore, is just over the hill from the town of Dursley in Gloucestershire. Read More
And the child that has been protected from the Dementors in fiction, I would argue, is much more likely to fall prey to them later in life in reality. Read More
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Improper Use of Magic Office: Not the only office for improper use of magic?
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As any fan of the franchise worth their salt can tell you if asked, the biggest and most important responsibility of the fictional Ministry of Magic in J. K. Rowling’s universe is to make sure people like you and me (Muggles) remain blissfully ignorant of the continued existence… Read More
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More reasons to be excited about Hogwarts Mystery!
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Come April 25, we’ll all have a chance to play Hogwarts Mystery. Jam City, the developers, recently announced that a number of stars who played Hogwarts professors in the films would be returning to voice the characters in the game, including Dame Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall, Michael Gambon as… Read More
Fears and Naïveté
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Professor Lupin‘s first class with the third-year Gryffindors covers boggarts, which shapeshift into a form that the person who encounters it will find the most frightening. As humans grow and age, they compile more experiences, which result in unique personalities, a deeper capacity for emotions, and more… Read More
It Is Our Choices
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When Harry has finished recounting the story of his experience in the Chamber of Secrets, and Dumbledore has dismissed everyone else from his office, he asks Harry to have a seat. He thanks Harry for the loyalty that called Fawkes to him in the Chamber, then opens the discussion… Read More