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Advance Guard • Organizations • Security The Advance Guard are the members of the Order of the Phoenix who were responsible for escorting Harry safely to Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Read More

Age Line • Magical effects An Age Line is a thin golden line drawn on a floor which affects anyone too young to cross it. Read More

Albus Potter, in the Hogwarts hospital, gets an ultimatum about friendship with Scorpius • Event Harry Potter, sitting by his son Albus’s bed in the hospital wing at Hogwarts, has a conversation with a portrait of Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore’s portrait is unable to give him the advice he wants, saying “I am paint and memory, Harry” (CC2.8). When his son awakes, Harry… Read More

Unlocking Charm — "Alohomora" • Spells The Unlocking Charm is a charm that causes a locked door to open. Read More

Amulets • Magical objects • Security Amulets are small object which are thought to bring good luck. Read More

Ancient Egyptian Magic • Event Egyptian wizards put curses on tombs which nowadays are broken by curse-breakers for Gringotts Bank who try to regain the treasure locked in those tombs. When the Weasley family visited Egypt, Ron saw mutant skeletons of Muggles who had broken into a pyramid and “grown extra heads and stuff” as… Read More

Ancient Magic • Magical discipline Ancient Magic is magic which happens independently of efforts by wizards, an effect which is triggered by events and powers endemic to the nature of reality. It is extremely old and mysterious, and a wand is not necessary for it to work. It is part of the “magical-ness” of the… Read More

Anti-Apparition • Spells Anti-Apparition Charms prevent someone from Apparating, or magically traveling to a location. Read More

Anti-Muggle doorknob • Security Magical device used to keep Muggles out of a witch or wizard’s house (JKR). Read More

Anti-Muggle security • Security Anti-Muggle security is the practice of precautions to ensure that Muggles don’t notice anything magical. Read More

Mrs. Figg • Character Arabella Doreen Figg is a Squib, living in a house on Wisteria Walk in Little Whinging, Surrey. Mrs. Figg is an original member of The Order of the Phoenix and for fifteen years was assigned the task of watching over Harry Potter, who was growing up two streets… Read More

Armour • Hogwarts • Security Hogwarts contains many enchanted suits of armour, some of which stand on plinths around the castle (PA12), while others are in an armour gallery. They move on their own (GF15). Also see Hogwarts Armour and Suits of Armour. Read More

Auror Headquarters • Ministry of Magic A division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic. Read More

Aurors • Occupations The Aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle the Dark Arts. They operate in some ways as soldiers but more often as intelligence agents, seeking out Dark wizards and defeating them, often in fierce wizard duels. Alastor Moody and Frank and Alice Longbottom were famous Aurors,… Read More