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est. 2000 A.D.
Phase of the Moon: Waxing Gibbous
5 GBP = 1 Galleon 
Differences and Changes in the Text
The text of the Harry Potter novels stayed almost the same over the ten years it took Rowling to write the saga. However, some variations and changes were made. A number of differences exist between the Bloomsbury and the Scholastic editions of the Harry Potter books. Most of these differences were made by the US editors to clarify the text… Read More
A blue roan hippocampus is caught by merpeople
Although the hippocampus is normally found in the Mediterraean Sea, the merpeople capture a blue roan hippocampus off the coast of Scotland and domesticate it. Read More
Underground lake
The underground lake was located in the sea cave where Voldemort hid the locket Horcrux. The lake was clear and still, but beneath its surface floated hundreds of Inferi. When the water was touched by a human hand, the Inferi would rise and attack. In the center of the lake was an island with a stone basin on a pedestal. The basin… Read More
Cloak of Invisibility
The Cloak of Invisibility is a magical cloak which provides the wearer or wearers with complete invisibility. Originally owned by Ignotus Peverell, the Cloak of Invisibility has been passed down through the generations ending up with the Potter family. The weave is so fine that an Invisibility Cloak is “strange to the touch, like water woven into material” (PS12). Read More
Nundu
The Nundu is a gigantic magical leopard, native to East Africa, which is considered by many to be the most dangerous beast in existence. Nundu’s breath carries disease and death and can swallow a group of people in one gulp (BoS). Whole villages have been wiped out by the creature, and it takes a hundred wizards working together to overcome… Read More
The Norwegian translation of “Quidditch” is “Rumpeldunk.”… Read More
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