Jinxes and hexes

Backfiring Jinx • Spells The Backfiring Jinx has unknown effects, but can certainly be nasty. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201901-book-two-thoughts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:52 — 5.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

A ban is imposed on using a wand against opposing players in Quidditch • Event After the extremely violent final match of the first Quidditch World Cup in 1473, seven hundred fouls were identified and listed. Most of these violent fouls were the result of players using wands to curse opposing players, which led in 1538 to an outright ban on using a… Read More

Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed • Books and Literature Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed is a spell book in the Hogwarts library. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201901-book-two-thoughts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:52 — 5.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Bat-Bogey Hex • Spells The infamous Bat-Bogey Hex engorges an opponent’s “bogies” inside their nose to bat-size, gives them wings, and sets them to attacking his or her face. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201901-book-two-thoughts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Read More

The Battle of the Department of Mysteries • Event On the evening of June 20, 1996, a running battle is fought between members of the D.A. led by Harry Potter, a group of Death Eaters led by Lucius Malfoy, and members of the Order of the Phoenix. Sirius Black is killed and many others are wounded (OP35). When… Read More

Battle of the Seven Potters • Event The Battle of the Seven Potters is an aerial battle over southern England fought on the evening of 27 July 1997 between members of the Order of the Phoenix led by Mad-Eye Moody and a group of Death Eaters led by Lord Voldemort. The Order of the Phoenix strives to… Read More

Battles • Timelines and calendars During the Second War, battles were fought between Death Eaters and allies of the Ministry, including Aurors and members of the Order of the Phoenix. Some of these battles were single combats, but others were pitched battles between small groups of combatants. In the end, the final defeat of Voldemort… Read More

Bedazzling Hex • Spells The Bedazzling Hex is a spell which causes the target object to temporarily blind any observer. The spell can be used to create invisibility cloaks (DH21).   https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201901-book-two-thoughts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Read More

Berk • Glossary British slang for idiot https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201901-book-two-thoughts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:52 — 5.4MB)Subscribe: RSS… Read More

Timothy Blenkinsop • Character Timothy Blenkinsop is a supporter of the Puddlemere United Quidditch team in the 1990s (DP4). Interviewed by the Daily Prophet, Blenkinsop was 23 at the time of Puddlemere’s 30 September match against the Holyhead Harpies. He was caught in the ensuing riot and still had a tail resulting from… Read More

Miles Bletchley • Character Miles Bletchley was a Hogwarts student in Slytherin House c.1989-1996. He was on the Slytherin Quidditch Team, playing as their Keeper, during Harry Potter’s first Quidditch match in 1991 (PS11). Bletchley hit Alicia Spinnet from behind with a jinx in the library prior to the… Read More

Bob Ogden visits the Gaunt house on a routine follow-up • Event Ogden is investigating an attack on a Muggle by Morfin Gaunt late the previous evening. In the yard outside the hovel, Ogden is attacked by Morfin, then he encounters the irate Marvolo Gaunt who, along with his son Morfin, refuse to admit Morfin has done anything wrong, either in attacking the… Read More

bogies turn into black bats • Quote “. . .I grew up in a very large family and as the youngest member it was sometimes difficult to put my point across effectively. However, when a person’s bogies turn into black bats, which crawl out of their nostrils and flap away, you can generally count on them shutting… Read More

Broom race between bitter rivals from Aberdeen to Rome ends in the destruction of the Colosseum • Event 1754 – Many spectators gathered at the finish line to watch Torquil McTavish of Scotland and Silvio Astolfi Italy race from Aberdeen to the Colosseum in Rome. It is not known who won, but, by the time explosions damaging the Colosseum awoke the Muggles of Rome, Astolfi had been transfigured… Read More

Buckley Cooper • Character Buckley Cooper was a wizard who wrote a letter to the Daily Prophet asking for legal advice on the running feud he’d been having with his brother (DP3) https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201901-book-two-thoughts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window… Read More