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est. 2000 A.D.
Phase of the Moon: Waxing Gibbous
5 GBP = 1 Galleon 
Laverne de Montmorency
Laverne de Montmorency was famous for creating love potions (FW). She attended Hogwarts as a Ravenclaw from around 1834 until 1841 (Pm). Read More
Gunhilda of Gorsemoor
Gunhilda was a one-eyed, hump-backed witch who was a beloved healer in the 16th Century. Gunhilda is known for developing a cure for Dragon Pox (FW). A statue of Gunhilda stands in the corridors of Hogwarts; a secret passageway leading to Honeydukes’ in Hogsmeade opens with a door in her hump (PA10). Read More
Amortentia
Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world. It is recognizable by its distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen and by the fact that its steam rises in characteristic spirals. The potion smells differently to different people according to what attracts them (HBP9). Read More
Poppy Pomfrey
The Hogwarts school matron (U.S.: “nurse”), who is very adept with curing spells, potions, herbs, and other remedies. Harry thinks of her as “a nice woman, but very strict” (PS17). Among other things we’ve seen her regrow bones (CS10), cure a poisonous dragon bite (PS14), fix Eloise Midgen’s nose after she cursed it off (GF13), remove… Read More
TBB: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (book)
‘Translated from the original runes by J. K. Rowling’ The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of wizarding fairy tales, originally discussed in Deathly Hallows (DH21) and eventually hand-written and illustrated by Rowling. One of the seven copies Rowling created was sold at auction 13 December 2007. Rowling created seven copies of this book. Six copies… Read More
Toadstool Tales
The Toadstool Tales is a series of children’s books. This series is now banned in the wizarding world because they have been found to cause nausea, sometimes to the point of actual vomiting (FW). Some of the Tales were re-workings of original tales by Beedle the Bard designed to fill “the pure minds of our little angels with healthy,… Read More
On this day in 1992...
The Trio are surprised to see Hagrid in the Library, looking for books about raising dragons
When they let on that they know about Nicolas Flamel, the Philosopher’s Stone,… Read More
We’ve all met him [Draco]. He is the bully of the most refined type … he’s a snob. He’s a bigot and he’s a bully, and as I say, in the most refined sense, he knows exactly what will… Read More
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