Death

Failing to bite off Snape's leg • Quote “[N]ot only did my troll fail to beat you to death, that three-headed dog didn’t even manage to bite Snape’s leg off properly.”… Read More

Fallen Fifty • Thing The title given to the group of people who died during the Battle of Hogwarts. Read More

Famous Montrose Magpies Seeker Eunice Murray dies • Event Murray was considered one of the best Seekers ever, once even asking for a faster snitch to keep the game challenging (QA7). Read More

Faris "Spout-hole" Spavin attends the funeral of Queen Victoria • Event Spavin is the Minister for Magic and had been for almost forty years. He is 145 years old at this point and his behavior is becoming a little erratic. He attends the funeral dressed in an admiral’s hat and spats. The Wizengamot decides after that incident that he should retire,… Read More

So you did see your father last night • Quote “So you did see your father last night, Harry….  You found him inside yourself.”… Read More

🎙️ Fifty Years Ago • Article

Posted January 12, 2019 by Steve VanderArk in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

“Fifty years ago, at daybreak, on a fine summer’s morning … “ That’s from chapter one of Goblet of Fire, as you probably already knew. That’s when Tom Riddle Senior and his parents were mysteriously killed in their mansion near Little Hangleton. Frank Bryce, the caretaker,… Read More

Fifty Years Ago, Annotated • Article

Posted August 17, 2005 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion / Theories

What happened fifty years ago? When the tombstone photo from Goblet of Fire appeared a few weeks ago with glaring canon errors, I started to wonder how sure we could be of the dates of events that happened, according to the books, “fifty years ago.” New information was included in Half-Blood… Read More

Nicolas Flamel • Character Flamel is a celebrated alchemist (DH2) who is famous for creating the only known Philosopher’s Stone in existence. As a result, Flamel and his wife Perenelle (b. circa 1333) lived for over 600 years (PS17, JKR). Dumbledore did some alchemical work with him in… Read More

Fred Weasley • Character Fred Weasley is one of the seven children of Arthur and Molly Weasley and twin brother to George Weasley. The twins are co-owners of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, a highly successful joke shop in Diagon Alley. Sadly, Fred was a casualty of the Battle of Hogwarts. The Weasley twins are the… Read More

Fred Weasley is killed during the Battle of Hogwarts • Event During the Battle of Hogwarts, an explosion blasts a hole in the side of Hogwarts and kills Fred, who had just been reconnecting with Percy as they fought Death Eaters side-by-side. Fred had been surprised and delighted to hear Percy make a joke. Percy takes Fred’s death extremely hard, clinging… Read More

Fudge, Flitwick, McGonagall, and Madam Rosmerta discuss Sirius Black at the Three Broomsticks • Event While in the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade with Ron and Hermione, Harry sees Minister for Magic Fudge, Professors Flitwick, Hagrid and McGonagall, and Madam Rosmerta. The trio end up overhearing the conversation between the group about Sirius Black. Read More

Fudge and Scrimgeour visit the Muggle Prime Minister • Event Fudge, who has recently been sacked, catches the Prime Minster up on the developing Wizarding War, then introduces him to the new Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrumgeour. Read More

Fulbert the Fearful • Character Fulbert the Fearful was a wizard who was famous for being so cowardly he never ventured out of his house. He died when a Defensive Charm backfired and the roof fell in (FW). Read More