Harry Potter Story

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe, the actor behind the boy wizard Harry Potter, is hunting for a mystery Australian girl who cast a spell on him at a film awards party, local media reported on Monday.

Radcliffe, who started playing Potter in the popular Harry Potter movies when he was 11, has often spoken about not being able to find a girlfriend.

But Sydney's Daily Telegraph Newspaper said Radcliffe, 18, now wanted help to track down a woman he met briefly at a film event in Australia.

"She stared at me all night and I was going to get her number and then I couldn't find her," Radcliffe told the newspaper.

"I must have walked around that party for an hour trying to look for this girl, like some sad pathetic dweeb, but it would have been worth it."

The Daily Telegraph has started its own search for the mystery beauty, asking the young woman to contact the newspaper.

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A Harry Potter fan who wants to publish an encyclopedic guide to the wildly popular fantasy novels broke down and cried on the witness stand Tuesday as he faced off in federal court against his idol J.K. Rowling.

The British author sued Steven Vander Ark's publisher RDR Books last year, claiming that their "Harry Potter Lexicon" — based on Vander Ark's fan Web site — infringed on her copyright.

Vander Ark wiped away tears when he was asked to reflect on what the case has done to his relationship with the community of Harry Potter fans. The former middle school librarian, who fell in love with the books in the late 1990s and has devoted years to studying them and indexing their content online, could barely speak.

"It's been ... it's been," he stammered, choking on his words. "It's been difficult because there has been a lot of criticism, obviously, and that was never the intention. ... This has been an important part of my life for the last nine years or so."

Vander Ark testified on the second day of a trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, pitting his publishing company, RDR Books, against Rowling and Warner Bros., the maker of the Harry Potter films and owner of all the intellectual property related to the Potter books and movies.

Rowling and the media company are trying to prevent publication of the "Harry Potter Lexicon," which Vander Ark and Michigan-based RDR had sought to publish last fall. Its release was delayed pending the outcome of the suit; Rowling has argued that the book borrows too heavily from her novels.

During his testimony on Tuesday, Vander Ark acknowledged that he, too, had substantial concerns all along about whether publishing an encyclopedia based on Rowling's Potter universe would constitute copyright infringement. He said he was talked into doing it by the publishing company.

Rowling (her name rhymes with bowling, rather than howling), testified Monday that the Harry Potter characters she created are as dear as her children, too precious to allow an inferior Potter encyclopedia to be published without letting the world know the ordeal is draining her of her will to write.

"I believe that it is sloppy, lazy and that it takes my work wholesale, verbatim. This book constitutes wholesale theft of 17 years of my hard work," she said of Vander Ark's effort.

She also said she recently started work on her own encyclopedia but does not expect to complete it for two to three years. If Vander Ark's lexicon is published, "I'm not at all convinced that I would have the will or the heart to continue with my encyclopedia," she said.

The case caused her to stop working on a new novel, as well, she told the packed courtroom.

"It's really decimated my creative work over the last month," she said. "Again, it's very hard to describe to someone who's not engaged in creative writing, but you lose the threads, you worry if you will be able to pick them up again in exactly the same way."

In his opening statement, RDR lawyer Anthony Falzone defended the lexicon as a reference guide, calling it a legitimate effort "to organize and discuss the complicated and very elaborate world of Harry Potter." The small publisher is not contesting that the lexicon infringes upon Rowling's copyright but argues that it is a fair use allowable by law for reference books.

The nonjury trial will be decided by U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson Jr., who must determine whether the use of the material is legal because Vander Ark added his own interpretation, creativity and analysis. The testimony and arguments could last most of the week.

The trial comes eight months after the publication of Rowling's final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The seven books have been published in 64 languages, sold more than 400 million copies and produced a film franchise that has pulled in $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office.

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LONDON: Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has proven his astuteness by earning 13 million pounds in just one year.

The 18-year-old has proven to be not only a laudable actor but also a good business entrepreneur, having invested millions from his earnings in property and businesses.

The English actor's assets is said to have risen by 3 million pounds since last year, excluding the 8 million pounds he made from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Gilmore Jacobs, a company that is owned by his parents Alan and Marcia, even though they have stipulated that all the riches belong to him, is said to have made a good profit.

According to the figures for Gilmore Jacobs, it shows that in 12 months he put 4 million in cash in the bank, had investments of 7 million pounds and was owed 2 million pounds in outstanding payments.

The figures have just been lodged at Companies House and cover the year to August 2007, reports The Sun.

In December 2007, with his fortune being estimated at 25 million pounds, Radcliffe paid 2.2 million pounds for a pad in Manhattan, which he plans to rent out at 10,000 pounds a month.

Another venture of his is the Almada Productions, which had been set up to develop scripts, and which made a 67,000 pounds profit last year.

Daniel, who has been the Quidditch-playing hero since 2001, took full control of his earnings when he turned 18 last July.

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Warner Bros. has conjured up some Hollywood magic for the final installment of the wildly popular "Harry Potter" movies, splitting the seventh and final book into two films.

Part one of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will debut in late 2010 and be followed months later by part two.

"We feel that the best way to do the book, and its many fans, justice is to expand the screen adaptation of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' and release the film in two parts," Jeff Robinov, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, said in a statement.

The first five films in the series have been huge hits with a total global box office nearing $4.5 billion. The sixth movie is now being filmed.

The movies are based on British author J.K. Rowling's best-selling fantasy novels about the adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter and his friends as they grow from kids into teenagers at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final book in Rowling's series, was published last July to huge fanfare, selling some 11.5 million copies in its first 10 days in the United States.

But the final volume is a long saga at more than 750 pages, and it is filled with many twists and turns as Harry and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley wrap up their story lines. Harry faces -- once and for all times -- the dark Lord Voldemort who murdered his parents.

Because of the many adventures in "Deathly Hallows," Rowling, the movies' producers and Warner Bros. all agreed that two movies were necessary to truly tell the end story.

"'The Deathly Hallows' is so rich, the story so dense and there is so much that is resolved that after discussing it with Jo, we came to the conclusion that the two parts were needed to do it justice," said producer David Heyman, who first took the project to Warner Bros. in 1997.

The books and movies also have been a huge money maker beyond theater box offices and DVDs. They have spawned products from toys to T-shirts to a planned theme park.

By some estimates, "Harry Potter" represents a $20 billion business, so an eighth film will likely only expand the enterprise.

Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, and his co-stars Emma Watson (Hermione) and Rupert Grint (Ron) are now filming the sixth movie -- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." All three have said they would appear in "Deathly Hallows."

Warner Bros. is a unit of media giant Time Warner Inc.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant and John O'Callaghan)

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A publisher has agreed to delay the release of a Harry Potter encyclopaedia after being sued by author JK Rowling.

Publisher Roger Rapoport said the book will not be published until a judge rules on whether it violates Rowling's intellectual property rights.

A judge in New York has issued an order barring completion, distribution, marketing or advance sales of the book until further notice.

Written by Steve Vander Ark, it was scheduled for release on 28 November.

Entitled Harry Potter Lexicon, it is based on material from an internet fan site of the same name.

Mr Rapoport, whose company is based in Michigan, said he had given a copy of the Lexicon to Warner Bros lawyers - who hold the copyright to the Harry Potter books - in the hope that they would read it and decide that it did not violate copyright.

"I think they should drop it. I'm hopeful that they will," he said.

'Massively disappointed'

Rowling's lawsuit, filed on 31 October, sought an injunction blocking publication of the book on the grounds that it would borrow too heavily from her work and spoil plans to eventually publish her own encyclopaedia of Harry Potter's world.

Rowling had supported the Lexicon website, but she and Warner Bros said they saw a difference between fans publishing information for free on the internet, and selling it in the form of a book.

Rowling said she took "no pleasure" in preventing the Lexicon's publication.

"On the contrary, I feel massively disappointed that this matter had to come to court at all," she said.

"Given my past good relations with the Lexicon fan site, I can only feel sad and disillusioned that this is where we have ended up."

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LONDON - J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard."

Only seven copies of the book are being printed, Rowling said Thursday. One will be auctioned next month to raise money for a children's charity, while the others have been given away as gifts.

Rowling drew the illustrations herself and provided the handwriting for the five stories that make up the collection of fairytales.

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is mentioned in the final Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," as a gift left by headmaster Albus Dumbledore to Harry's friend Hermione, and provides clues that help destroy evil Lord Voldemort.

"'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' is really a distillation of the themes found in the Harry Potter books, and writing it has been the most wonderful way to say goodbye to a world I have loved and lived in for 17 years," Rowling said in a statement.

The volume, bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semiprecious stones, will be auctioned at Sotheby's on Dec. 13 with a starting price of $62,000. Proceeds will go to The Children's Voice, a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe.

"Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in Harry's adventures, was published in July. The seven books have sold nearly 400 million copies and have been translated into 64 languages.

Rowling told the British Broadcasting Corp. that the book of fairytales had helped her say goodbye to Harry's world.

"It's not about Harry, Ron and Hermione, but it comes from that world," she told BBC radio in an interview broadcast Thursday. "So it's been therapeutic in a way."

Rowling said she was working on a new book, "a half-finished book for children that I think will probably be the next thing I publish."

On Wednesday, Rowling and the makers of the Harry Potter movies filed a lawsuit against RDR Books, a small U.S. publisher that plans to bring out a companion volume based on the Harry Potter Lexicon fan Web site.

Rowling has said she plans to produce her own encyclopedia of the wizarding world and says the book would infringe on her intellectual property rights.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone, the first in the Harry Potter series, was first published in 1997. It has seventeen chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him . . .if Harry can survive the encounter.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
Chapter 3: The Letters from No One
Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters
Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
Chapter 8: The Potions Master
Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
Chapter 10: Halloween
Chapter 11: Quidditch
Chapter 12: The MIrror of Erised
Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel
Chapter 14: Norbert The Norweigian Ridgeback
Chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest
Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second in the Harry Potter series, was published in 1998. It has eighteen chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects . . . Harry Potter himself!

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday
Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning
Chapter 3: The Burrow
Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts
Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow
Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart
Chapter 7: Mudbloods and Murmurs
Chapter 8: The Deathday Party
Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall
Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger
Chapter 11: The Dueling Club
Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion
Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary
Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge
Chapter 15: Aragog
Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin
Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series. It was published in 1999. It has twenty-two chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the dark Lord, Voldermort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: Owl Post
Chapter 2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
Chapter 3: The Knight Bus
Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron
Chapter 5: The Dementor
Chapter 6: Talons and Tea Leaves
Chapter 7: The Boggart in the Wardrobe
Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady
Chapter 9: Grim Defeat
Chapter 10: The Marauder's Map
Chapter 11: The Firebolt
Chapter 12: The Patronus
Chapter 13: Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
Chapter 14: Snape's Grudge
Chapter 15: The Quidditch Final
Chapter 16: Professor Trelawney's Prediction
Chapter 17: Cat, Rat, and Dog
Chapter 18: Moony, Worm tail, Padfoot, and Prongs
Chapter 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort
Chapter 20: The Dementor's Kiss
Chapter 21: Hermione's Secret
Chapter 22: Owl Post Again

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire, the fourth book in the Harry Potter series, was published in 2001. It has thirty-seven chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. he wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (an maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: The Riddle House
Chapter 2: The Scar
Chapter 3: The Invitation
Chapter 4: Back to the Burrow
Chapter 5: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
Chapter 6: The Portkey
Chapter 7: Bagman and Crouch
Chapter 8: The Quidditch World Cup
Chapter 9: The Dark Mark
Chapter 10: Mayhem at the Ministry
Chapter 11: Aboard the Hogwarts Express
Chapter 12: The Triwizard Tournament
Chapter 13: Mad-Eye Moody
Chapter 14: The Unforgivable Curses
Chapter 15: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
Chapter 16: The Goblet of Fire
Chapter 17: The Four Champions
Chapter 18: The Weighing of the Wands
Chapter 19: The Hungarian Horntail
Chapter 20: The First Task
Chapter 21: The House-Elf Liberation Front
Chapter 22: The Unexpected Task
Chapter 23: The Yule Ball
Chapter 24: Rita Skeeter's Scoop
Chapter 25: The Egg and the Eye
Chapter 26: The Second Task
Chapter 27: Padfoot Returns
Chapter 28: The Madness of Mr. Crouch
Chapter 29: The Dream
Chapter 30: The Pensieve
Chapter 31: The Third Task
Chapter 32: Flesh, Blood, and Bone
Chapter 33: The Death Eaters
Chapter 34: Priori Incantatem
Chapter 35: Veritaserum
Chapter 36: The Parting of the Ways
Chapter 37: The Beginning

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the Harry Potter series, was published in 2003. It has thirty-eight chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?

Here are just a few things on Harry's Mind:
- A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey
- A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
- Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
- The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams

. . .and of course, the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the importance of the authorities at Hogwarts.

Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.

Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.

Here is a list of the chapter titles:

Chapter 1: Dudley Demented
Chapter 2: A Peck of Owls
Chapter 3: The Advance Guard
Chapter 4: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
Chapter 5: The Order of the Phoenix
Chapter 6: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
Chapter 7: The Ministry of Magic
Chapter 8: The Hearing
Chapter 9: The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
Chapter 10: Luna Lovegood
Chapter 11: The Sorting Hat's New Song
Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge
Chapter 13: Detention with Dolores
Chapter 14: Percy and Padfoot
Chapter 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
Chapter 16: In the Hog's Head
Chapter 17: Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four
Chapter 18: Dumbledore's Army
Chapter 19: The Lion and the Serpent
Chapter 20: Hagrid's Tale
Chapter 21: The Eye of the Snake
Chapter 22: St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
Chapter 23: Christmas on the Closed Ward
Chapter 24: Occlumency
Chapter 25: The Beetle at Bay
Chapter 26: Seen and Unforseen
Chapter 27: The Centaur and the Sneak
Chapter 28: Snape's Worst Memory
Chapter 29: Career Advice
Chapter 30: Grawp
Chapter 31: O.W.L.s
Chapter 32: Out of the Fire
Chapter 33: Fight and Flight
Chapter 34: The Department of Mysteries
Chapter 35: Beyond the Veil
Chapter 36: The Only One He Ever Feared
Chapter 37: The Lost Prophecy
Chapter 38: The Second War Begins

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. It was released July 16, 2005. It has 30 chapters. The book jacket has the following story line:

The war against Voldemort is not going well: even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet . . .

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate — and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it’s the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort — and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

Here is a list of the chapters:

Chapter 1: The Other Minister
Chapter 2: Spinner’s End
Chapter 3: Will and Won’t
Chapter 4: Horace Slughorn
Chapter 5: An Excess of Phlegm
Chapter 6: Draco’s Detour
Chapter 7: The Slug Club
Chapter 8: Snape Victorious
Chapter 9: The Half-Blood Prince
Chapter 10: The House of Gaunt
Chapter 11: Hermione’s Helping Hand
Chapter 12: Silver and Opals
Chapter 13: The Secret Riddle
Chapter 14: Felix Felicis
Chapter 15: The Unbreakable Vow
Chapter 16: A Very Frosty Christmas
Chapter 17: A Sluggish Memory
Chapter 18: Birthday Surprises
Chapter 19: Elf Tails
Chapter 20: Lord Voldemort’s Request
Chapter 21: The Unknowable Room
Chapter 22: After the Burial
Chapter 23: Horcruxes
Chapter 24: Sectumsempra
Chapter 25: The Seer Overheard
Chapter 26: The Cave
Chapter 27: The Lightning Struck Tower
Chapter 28: Flight of the Prince
Chapter 29: The Phoenix Lament
Chapter 30: The White Tomb

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J. K. Rowling began writing on it at the end of 2004. She revealed the title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - on 21 December 2006. The book will be released July 21, 2007. The US version will have 784 pages, while the UK version will have 608 pages. You can see the covers of the book by visiting the covers gallery. The jacket cover contains the following story line:

Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety , and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him!

In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectactular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.

This portion is from the UK Children's version:

Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him with?

As soon as the list of chapter titles are available, they will be placed on this page.

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J.K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in 1965 and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent. She left Chepstow to study French at Exeter University, where her course included a year in Paris. As a postgraduate, she moved to London to work at Amnesty International doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing Harry Potter after the idea occurred to her on an interminable Manchester to London train journey. Jo then moved to north Portugal to teach English as a foreign language, married, got pregnant, and kept writing. By the time her daughter was born, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was one-quarter finished.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997 to great critical acclaim, and has since won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal (9—11 years), the FCBG Children's Book Award (overall winner), the Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award, the Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year, the British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year and the Sheffield Children's Book Award, and was short-listed for the Guardian Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal (received 'Commended'). The book has also won two extremely prestigious foreign awards — Sorcieres Prix 1998 in France and the Premio Cento per la Letteratura Infantile 1998 in Italy.

The second title in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in July 1998 and was No. 1 in the overall adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. It has since won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (9—11 years), the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award, the FCBG Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year, plus been short-listed for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award, the Sheffield Children's Book Award, and the Guardian Fiction Prize. J.K. Rowling was voted BA Author of the Year in 1999.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published on 8 July 1999 to nationwide acclaim and massive press attention, spending its first four weeks at no.1 in the hardback bestseller charts, while Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone simultaneously topped the paperback charts. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (9—11 years), and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and was short-listed for the Children's Book Award, Sheffield Children's Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Fiction Prize. J.K. Rowling was voted author of the year at the 1999 British Book Awards (Nibbies) and she recently won BA Author of the Year for the second year running. She was awarded an OBE for services to children's literature in June 2000.

The fourth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was published on 8 July 2000 with a record first print run of 1 million copies, and quickly broke all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first day of publication, as well as shooting to the top of the bestseller charts.

J.K. Rowling wrote two books in aid of Comic Relief, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch through the Ages which were published in March 2001.

Warner Brothers have bought the rights to the first two books in the Harry Potter series. The first film was released on 16 November 2001. The film of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released on 15 November 2002.

The fifth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, was published on June 21st 2003.

The Latin and Welsh translations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone were published by Bloomsbury in July 2003. The Irish Gaelic and Ancient Greek translations follow in the summer 2004, and the Scottish Gaelic translation at a date to be confirmed.

All four of the published Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling have been voted into the BBC Big Read's top 100, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been voted into the top 21. The list was voted for by people in the UK. On December 21st, 2004, publishers announced that the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, would be released on July 16th, 2005.

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The Department for the Regulation and Control for Magical Creatures has given a danger rating for each type of creature. This is to show the reader an At-A-Glance bit of knowledge for the specific beast being or spirit, and to know of its true danger. There are five categories in total, which are listed below.

XXXXX - Known as a wizard killer, it is impossible to domesticate or train this type of creature.
XXXX - Only should a skilled wizard handle this creature. Requires specialist knowledge, as this creature is still in its nature, very dangerous.
XXX - Strong wizard can cope with this type of creature.
XX - Can be domesticated and trained.
X - Boring

The M.O.M provides these guidelines for the safety of wizards and witches. To go against these guidelines in circumstances which you are not able or educated enough, would be putting yourself at risk and the M.O.M will not accept any complaints and cannot accept responsibility for any; broken bones, mentality, disability, or any other form of mishap.

A

Name: ACROMANTULA
Description: 8 eyed spider capable of human speech.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: ASHWINDER
Description: This type of creature forms when a fire is left to burn for too long. This thin pale-grey serpent will live for only one hour and finds a dark spot, in which it lays eggs which give off intense heat, eventually they will ignite and burn, causing them to hatch.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: AUGUREY (A.K.A Irish Phoenix)
Description: Greenish black coloured, looks similar to a vulture. Is a native bird found in Britain and Ireland, sometimes found in northern Europe. The bird itself looks mournful and shy.
M.O.M Classification: XX

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Name: BASILISK
Description: Green serpent, can reach up to 50 feet long. It has exceptional venomous fans, but its main danger is its eyes. A reflection of a Basilisk eye can leave you Petrified, but direct contact causes instant death.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: BILLYWIG
Description: An insect that is native to Australia. Its speed is so fast that most smuggles or wizards won't recognise it, until they are stung. Grows up to a inch long.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: BOWTRUCKLE
Description: Tree-guardian creature found mainly on the west of England, southern Germany and certain Scandinavian forests. Said to be made of bark and twigs with two brown eyes, very hard to spot and grows up to eight inches in height. If it thinks its home is in danger, it has been known to gouge the intruders eyes out. Some woodlice is a good distraction to keep the creature away, while the intruder collects what it came for.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: BUNDIMUN
Description: They are known to muggles and the wizarding world. These pests will infest houses and are very good at sneaking under floorboards and behind skirting boards. It is recognised by its foul smell of decay.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: CENTAUR
Description: Has a human head and the body of a horse. Its colour varies among several. Judging by its vocabulary and intelligence, it shouldn't really be called a 'beast' but by its own request, the M.O.M has declared it a beast.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX (It is not really aggressive but needs to be treated with high respect)

Name: CHIMAERA
Description: Rare Greek monster which has a lion's head. Vicious and bloodthirsty, this creature is extremely dangerous and will kill. Chimaera eggs are classified as Grade A Non Tradable Goods.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: CHIZPURFLE
Description: Crab like creatures with fangs. These parasites grow up to a twentieth of an inch. Attracted by magic. In the absence of magic, CHIZPURFLE'S have been known to be attracted by electrical items.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: CLABBERT
Description: In appearance, looks like a monkey crossed with a frog. A tree-dwelling creature.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: CRUP
Description: Looks almost like a Jack Russell dog, the only difference is it's forked tail. Originating in the southeast of England, the Crup is almost certainly a wizard-created dog, judging by the fact that it shows 'aggression' towards muggles, yet by its actions, fond of wizards.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: DEMIGUISE
Description: Located in the far east, the Demiguise is incredibly hard to find, as it will turn itself invisible if it feels threatened.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: DIRICAWL
Description: The plump-bodied flightless bird originated in the Mauritius. It is noticed for its ability to escape danger. It vanishes and then appears elsewhere. With this incredible ability, muggles have been led to think they have hunted it to extinction, ha ha they we're wrong.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: DOXY
Description: Firry-looking like, the Doxy has an extra pair of arms and legs. The Doxy will bite in times of danger, a proper antidote should be administered immediately if this should happen.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: DRAGON
Description: Well, most muggles know of a dragon and certainly wizards and witches. It's probably the most famous magical creature and should only be approached if necessary by a skilled wizard. The female Dragon is usually larger than the male and is nearly always shows more aggression.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: ANTIPODEAN OPALEYE
Description: A Native of New Zealand, said to be the most beautiful of Dragons. Its favourite food is sheep and even at that, it will only kill when it's hungry. This type of dragon is not particularly aggressive.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: CHINESE FIREBALL
Description: With a fringe of golden spikes, and an explosion of flames when it's angry, the Chinese fireball is the only oriental dragon. The Fireball itself is quite an aggressive animal, but it is more tolerant with its own species, rather than other dragons. It feeds on mammals, mostly pigs, one of its favourites is a human.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: COMMON WELSH GREEN
Description: The dragon is camouflaged with the grass around its homeland. These tend to nest up in the hills where a reservation has been established for its preservation. It lays dark brown eggs with spots of green, its roar is easily recognised and this dragon is not troublesome, it prefers to feed on sheep rather than humans unless provoked.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: HEBRIDEAN BLACK
Description: The dragon is more aggressive than its welsh counterpart. This rough scaled dragon requires plenty of room, it has brilliant green eyes, it hunts deer mostly but has been known to eat cattle and large dogs. The great fact about this dragon is that its flame of fire is the longest and ranges up to fifty feet!
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: NORWEGIAN RIDGEBACK
Description: One of the rarest of breeds. The dragon is more aggressive to its own type and looks like a Horntail. This dragon will feed on large mammals and strangely, water-dwelling creatures. Ridgeback eggs are black.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
Description: The smallest of dragons known to wizards. Copper-coloured with venomous fangs. Is happy to feed on cows and goats at any time, it did however take a liking for humans in the nineteenth century, so the International Confederation Of Wizards was forced to come in and exterminate some dragons to cut down on the ever growing numbers.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: ROMANIAN LONGHORN
Description: Green scales and long golden horns the Romanian Longhorn's territory has become the worlds most important dragon reservation. This is because of the falling numbers, they are hunted for their horns which have now become Class B Tradable Material.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: SWEDISH SHORT-SNOUT
Description: A silvery-blue dragon. It prefers to live 'wild', up in the mountainous areas. Its skin is used for protective gloves and shields. The flame that comes from within it, has a blue colour to it.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: UKRAINIAN IRONBELLY
Description: This dragon is sort of 'special' in a way as it is the largest breed known. Red eyes and grey scales. The dragon is slower at fighting than a few others, but is still extremely dangerous.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX


Name: DUGBOG
Description: The creature lives in marshes, and it is found in Europe, North and South America. It has very sharp teeth and if your not observant enough, it will appear to look like a piece of wood while stationary. It feeds mostly on smaller mammals. Can cause severe damage to humans, especially around the ankle area. It takes a particular liking to Mandrake's, being its favourite food. Thought of as a pest to Mandrake-Growers.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: ERKLING
Description: It has been known to entrance children with its high pitched cackle, the Erkling originated in the Black Forest, situated in Germany. It is very elf looking and is larger than an ordinary garden gnome.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: ERUMPET
Description: Weighing up to a tonne, the Erumpent is a large African creature. From a distance it looks almost like a rhinoceros. It isn't aggressive and will not attack unless provoked. Its horn contain a poisonous substance, which will cause anything that is injected to explode. Once it starts to charge, there isn't any hope for the pre-victim.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

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Name: FAIRY
Description: It has little intelligence, and is conjured by wizards usually just for decoration. It's often found in woodland. It ranges from one to five inches in height, it has small arms legs and head, its wings can be transparent or multi collared depending on the type. Its magic is week and is only used in circumstances when one requires self-defence.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: FIRECRAB
Description: Looks very similar to a large tortoise. It too has its own preservation, which is a stretch of coast. The shell that it occupies may tempt muggles and wizards alike, as it is worth allot of money. Its defence? It shoots fire out of its rear end when it thinks it is in danger. These creatures can be domesticated but require a specific license.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: FLOBBERWORM
Description: Lives in damp moistly ditches. It's a large worm that can grow up to ten inches. It prefers lettuce out of all the vegetation it eats.
M.O.M Classification: X

Name: FWOOPER
Description: Its a provider for quills, and posh quills at that. It's an African bird that comes in a range of colours. Green yellow orange or pink to be precise. Its defence mechanism involves singing a song which eventually drives the listener to insanity.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: GHOUL
Description: Not exactly the best looking of all magical creatures, though ugly it isn't all that dangerous. It occupies attics or barns owned by wizards, and resembles a buck-toothed ogre. The most harm it can cause is to growl at someone who unluckily comes across it. It often groans and throws things around.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: GLUMBUMBLE
Description: It is found across northern Europe. This grey bodied creature produces melancholy-inducing treacle. They can be considered a pest as they infest bee hives, which causes major disasters for the honey industry. They feed on nettles and nest in the dark places like caves and hollow trees.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: GNOME
Description: A command garden pest found throughout North America and northern Europe. Its body is out of proportion, its head is too big and it has bony feet, it grows maybe up to a foot. The most popular form of removing a gnome from a garden is to pick it up, spin it around until dizzy, and then through it over a garden wall. In some cases, certain people like to use a Jarvey, but many wizards find this method of control too brutal.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: GRAPHORN
Description: Found in mountainous areas across Europe. It's large and is a purpley grey colour. It has very large horns and big feet, it's extremely aggressive. It is quite command to see a mountain troll covered in Graphorn scars.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: GRIFFIN
Description: Has the front legs and head of an eagle, but it has the body and legs of a lion. These are vicious creatures and are often employed by wizards to guard treasure, they feed on raw meat.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: GRINDYLOW
Description: A pale green water demon. It is found throughout lakes in Britain and Ireland. It acts with aggression towards muggles and wizards alike, but merpeople have been known to domesticate it. Grindylows have long fingers with a good grip, but are easy to snap.
M.O.M Classification: XX

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Name: HIPPOCAMPUS
Description: It has the tale and hindquarters of a giant fish, and the head of a horse and it originated in Greece. Its homeland is in the Mediterranean Sea. It Lays large eggs.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: HIPPOGRIFF
Description: Originally native to Europe, now world-wide. It has the head of a giant eagle and the body of a horse, and large beating wings. The Hippogriff is a very proud creature and it would be best not too insult. Eye contact needs to be kept while approaching a Hippogriff. To bow would leave you with a better chance of not getting hurt basically.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: HORKLUMP
Description: It looks like a pink mushroom with black bristles. It is widespread throughout northern Europe. It will cover an average sized garden in about 2 or 3 days. It spreads its tentacles around the garden looking for food. Its a Gnomes favourite, and apart from that it has no use.
M.O.M Classification: X

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Name: IMP
Description: It is found across Britain and Ireland and looks very similar to a pixie. Grows up to around 6-8 inches and feeds on small insects. It cannot fly, and for amusement it likes to trip and push things. The babied Imp's are hatched fully grown around an inch.
M.O.M Classification: XX

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Name: JARVEY
Description: Occupying North America, Ireland and Britain, it's slightly mischievous as it will come out with rude phrases, as it has the ability to talk. It looks like an overgrown ferret. It will feed on voles, moles and rats. Most Jarveys live below ground level.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: JOBBERKNOLL
Description: Found in northern Europe and America, it's a tiny blue bird. It feeds on small insects, it's completely silent all of its life until death, when it lets out a long scream, made up of all the sounds it heard in its life. Its feathers are useful for memory potions.
M.O.M Classification: XX

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Name: KAPPA
Description: Japanese water demon found in ponds and in rivers. Has a hollow in the top of its head which contains water, it looks similar to a monkey, but has fish scales instead of fur. The cleverer mind will fool it into bowing, which will make the water leak out and hence, it will be deprived of energy. A person could quite easily pesuade it not to harm them by throwing a cucumber at it with their name on it. It feeds only on human blood.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: KELPIE
Description: It can transform into a variety of shapes and it occupies British and Irish waters. One of its favoured transformations is a sea horse, the largest Kelpie on record is found in Loch Ness, which is in Scotland. The International Confederation noticed that it wasn't a serpent when it changed into an Otter.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: KNEAZLE
Description: Exported world-wide. It looks like a cat and has spotted fur, large ears and a tail like a Lion. It is an independent, intelligent creature, capable of aggression which it shows occasionally. Great pet, if it likes you! It can be relied upon to guide its owner home if they should get lost. A kneazle requires a license for legal ownership.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: LEPRECHAUN (A.K.A CLAURICORN)
Description: More intelligent but less malicious than the Fairy or Imp, but still mischievous. It is green and grows up to six inches. It has the ability to speak, but so far it has not requested classification as a 'Being'. They produce a gold substance which disappears after a few hours to their amusement. They eat leaves.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: LETHIFOLD
Description: It is found in tropical climates, and is quite rare. It wears a cloak, thicker than the average. It also widens just after it has eaten. It glides around during night time hours. The latest account was written by Flavius Belby, who was fortunate to survive an attack in 1782 whilst on holiday in Papua, New Guinea. The only spell known to repel a Lethifold is the Patronus. It attacks the sleeping hence it enters the house, suffocates the victim there and then then exits slightly fatter.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: LOBALUG
Description: It has a venom sack and is found at the bottom of the North Sea. When this simple sea creature feels threatened, it will blast poison at the attacker. Some wizards extract the poison for use in potions, but there a strict rules and precautions. The Lobalug is ten inches long.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: MACKLED MALACLAW
Description: Found on rocky coastlines across Europe, and looks like a lobster, though under no circumstances should it be eaten as it is unsuitable for human consumption. The consequences of eating a Malaclaw result in a high fever. It's a light grey colour with green spots on it, and grows up to twelve inches. It eats small crustaceans, and will try to eat larger prey, though it is likely to be unsuccessful. It's a bite is annoying if your gambler, as it makes the victim unlucky for a period of about one week.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: MANTICORE
Description: It is a very dangerous and rare Greek beast with the body of a man and head of a lion. It also has a scorpion tail. Its sting causes death....instantly, and its skin is known to repels most charms.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: MERPEOPLE
Description: They are existent throughout the planet. The oldest Merpeople we're from Greece. They contract habitats and speak Merit, their language. They like being called 'Beasts' instead of 'Beings'.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: MOKE
Description: A silver-green lizard. Found throughout the United Kingdom and the rest of Ireland. It is unknown by Muggles, as it has the ability to shrink when it wants. Their skin will contract if a stranger approaches. Purses and bags ect have therefore been made from Make-Skin, the skin still contracts (even though absent from its body) when a stranger approaches, making it hard to steal for a thief.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: MOONCALF
Description: It comes out of its burrow at midnight, it has a pale grey colour, and is very shy. It has four legs, four fat feet and some eyes on top of its head. They perform complex dances in the moonlight on their hind legs. Its dung becomes useful on flower beds as it makes them grow real fast, but it has to be done before morning. There are very entertaining to watch.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: MURTLAP
Description: The Mortal is a rodent-like creature. It is found on the coast of Britain. It has stuff growing on its back which resembles a sea anemone.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: NIFFLER
Description: The Muffler is a British, fluffy black dog with a long snout. These creatures can be calm and nice, though they can be very destructive and it is strongly advisable that they shouldn't be kept in a house. They produce 6-8 young in a litter.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: NOGTAIL
Description: These demons are found in rural areas across the whole of Europe. They also are relatives of Russia and America. They have black eyes and resemble piglets. They are very fast, hard to catch. If they are chased by a white dog beyond the boundaries of the farm they are at, then they will never return.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: NUNDU
Description: This is said to be the most dangerous magical creature in the world. It is east African, and its breath is a poisonous gas which could wipe a whole village at a time. It still hasn't be subdued, not even by a hundred skilled wizards working together. It is a leopard like creature and is exceptionally dangerous, you should never approach one.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

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Name: OCCAMY
Description: It could reach up to a length of 15 feet, it has two legs and wings, feeding on rats and birds. Its eggs are made of pure silver, and it is aggressive to anyone who approaches it, or its eggs.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

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Name: Phoenix
Description: This bird is a fascinating creature, it is swan like with a tail, and a golden beak. It cries when it is sad, and eventually after...('all tell you at the end). It is found nesting in China, Egypt and India. It lives to a very old age, and can carry immensely heavy loads. It only eats herbs and is extremely gentle, it is not known to kill. Once it dies, it will burst into flame and be reborn from its ashes. Making this creature amazing.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: PIXIE
Description: It's a blueish colour, and is found in Cornwall, in England. Enjoys jokes, it's very mischievous and sneaky. It has the ability to fly and has been known to pick humans up, transport them, and deposit them elsewhere, so be wary. They communicate using a high pitched noise.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: PLIMPY
Description: This water creature is rounded. It is noticed for its long arms which it uses to paddle along lakes. It will search for food at the bottom, and its favourite food is the water snake. It is considered a pest to merpeople, they tie its legs in a knot, then it drifts away and won't come back till it has untied itself, which can take hours.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: POGREBIN
Description: It is below a foot in height and is a Russian demon. It has an oversized head and a hairy body. They find themselves attached to humans and enjoy tailing them. When it crouches, it resembles a round shiny rock.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: PORLOCK
Descriptions: It's a horse guardian found in Dorset, England and southern Ireland. It has a very large nose and allot of hair on its back. Ew. Its arms are small, and fingers remain at the end. Its only purpose is to guard horses, and it's extremely shy.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: PUFFSKEIN
Description: A spherical shaped creature, it has a custard yellow colour fur and is found worldwide. It loves to be hugged and thrown about. It's very easy to look after this creature. It's a highly popular wizard pet and finds most of its fame with children.
M.O.M Classification: XX

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Name: QUINTAPED
Description: A highly dangerous beast, finding its favourite taste, the human. Its body is covered with thick reddish hair, and it has five legs each ending with a club foot. It is only found on the north most tip of Scotland.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

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Name: RAMORA
Description: A silver fish from the Indian Ocean. It can anchor ships, and is highly valued by The International Confederation of wizards, so many laws have been passed protecting it from wizard poachers.
M.O.M Classification: XX

Name: RED CAP
Description: A dwarf-like creature that lives in the ground, where ever human blood has been spilt, for egg. Battlefields. They are extremely dangerous, especially to muggles as they will bludgeon them to death on dark nights.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: RE'EM
Description: An extremely rare giant oxen. These creatures are found in North America and the far east. Its blood provides the drinker with a great lot of strength.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: RUNESPOOR
Description: It originated in a small African country. It reaches up to a length of six to seven feet. It is orange with black stripes and is very easy to spot, so forests have been designated for the sole use of Runespoor's. It is a serpent-like creature with 3 heads instead of one.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

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Name: SALAMANDER
Description: It's a fire-dwelling lizard that feeds on flame, it is clear white until hot, which it then can appear another colour. They can survive being without fire for six hours, if repeatedly fed pepper.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: SEA SERPENT
Description: These are found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean seas. They look vicious in appearance, but have never been known to harm a human. It has the head of a horse and body of a snake and reaches up to 100 feet.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: SHRAKE
Description: It's found in the Atlantic, and is covered in spines. It's not aggressive usually.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

Name: SNIDGET
Description: This is a protected species of bird. It's extremely rare and is golden coloured. It is completely round and has a sparkling beak. Its eyes and feathers eye so voluble that at one time, it was nearly hunted to extinction for these. Snidget sanctuaries exist world wide.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: SPHINX
Description: It is Egyptian, has a human head and a lions body. It has been used for thousands of years to protect hideaways. It is very intelligent and takes great pleasure in puzzles.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: STREELER
Description: On an hourly basis, this creature changes colour. It is a snail and it leaves a trail of slime so venomous that it kills the very vegetation that is passes over. It is native to many African countries.
M.O.M Classification: XXX

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Name: TEBO
Description: It's an ash coloured warthog, it inhabits Congo and Zaire. It has the power of invisibility and it's extremely dangerous. It supplies wizards with protective clothing.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

Name: TROLL
Description: Dozy. It weighs over a tonne and can reach 12 feet. It is very violent and an unpredictable creature. They originated in Scandinavia. They have been known to speak a few human words.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

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Name: UNICORN
Description: It's a very pretty beast found throughout forests in Northern Europe. They are extremely beautiful and there blood is worth life. It makes the drinker immortal. It is white, and has to horns. It is extremely hard to catch because it is so fast, It is more likely to trust a witch more than a wizard for reasons unknown.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

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Name: WEREWOLF
Description: It is found world wide and is believed to have originated in Northern Europe. Perfectly normal humans will turn into a Werewolf if bitten. Once a month at a full moon, the human will transform into a Werewolf for the night. It seeks human as prey.
M.O.M Classification: XXXXX

Name: WINGED HORSE
Description: They exist world wide and are extremely dangerous. There are many different breeds and at least each one has its own speciality. It has, like some others, the ability to become invisible.
M.O.M Classification: XX-XXXX

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Name: YETI
Description: It is a native of Tibet. It is meant to be related to the troll, though no-one hasn't got quite close enough yet to perform special tests to prove it actually is. It grows up to fifteen feet in height, and is covered in white hair. It can be repulsed by skilled wizards and one of its fear is fire.
M.O.M Classification: XXXX

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A
Abbott, Hannah: A Hufflepuff student, in the same year as Harry.
Abercrombie, Euan: Gyrffindor student who arrives at Hogwarts in Order of the Phoenix.
Abraxan: A magical creature.
Accio: Summoning spell.
Achievements in Charming: A magical book.
Acid Pops: Wizarding sweets that burn holes in your tongue. Available at Honeydukes in Hogsmeade.
Ackerly, Stewart: A Ravenclaw student.
Aconite: Plant used in potions. Also known as Monkshood or Wolfsbane. Acromantula: A magical creature.
Aethonan: A magical creature.
Agrippa: A featured chocolate frog card character.
Alberic: A featured chocolate frog card character.
Alchemy: Medieval science that was founded on the search to turn any metal into gold.
Alohomora: Spell to unlock doors.
Animagi: Wizards who can turn themselves into animals at will. The singular form is animagus.
An Anthology of Eighteenth-Century Charms: A magical book.
Ancient Runes: Class studied at Hogwarts
Ancient Runes Made Easy: A magical book.
Anti-cheating spell: Stops stundents cheating on exams.
Aparecium: Spell to make invisible ink visible.
Apothecary: They sell all kinds of weird ingredients for mixing and making potions. Found in Diagon Alley.
Apparate: To transport oneself instantly to any destination. Apparating is difficult and must not be done without a license from the Department of Magical Transportation. There is a danger of splinching.
Appleby Arrows: A league quidditch team.
Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe: A magical book.
Aragog: Leader of the giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest. Raised by Hagrid.
Arthimancy: Class studied at Hogwarts
Ashwinder: A magical creature.
Astronomy: Study of the stars and planets.
Augurey: A magical creature.
Aunt Marge: Dudley Dursley's dreadful aunt, sister to Vernon Dursley and no friend of Harry's.
Auror: Professional Dark-wizard-catcher (Harry's only career he's considered after Hogwarts).
Avada Kedavra: Killing curse. One of the unforgivable curses.
Avery: Death eater.
Avis: Spell to produce birds.
Azkaban: Prison fortress where wizarding criminals are sent. Guarded day and night by the terrifying Dementors, who drain peace, hope and happiness out of any human who comes too close to them.
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B
Baddock, Malcolm: A Slytherin student.
Bagman, Ludo: Accused of being a death eater and commentated at the Quidditch World Cup. Used to play for the Wimbourne wasps.
Bagman, Otto: Brother of Ludo.
Bagshot, Bathilda: Author of "A History of Magic".
Balderdash: Gryfindor common room password (book 4).
Ballycastle Bats: A league quidditch team.
Banana fritters: Gryfindor common room password (book 4).
Bane: A centaur. Harry meets him in the Forbidden Forest.
Basilisk: Serpent that lurks in the Chamber of Secrets
Beater: Quidditch position. Two beaters hit a bludger towards opposing players.
Beauxbaton Academy: French wizard school. Took place in the Tri-Wizard Tournament.
Beetle Eyes: Potion ingredient
Bell, Katie: One of the chasers for Gryffindor.
Bertie Botts' Every Flavour Beans: Wizarding jellybeans. Come in every flavour, including spinach, liver, tripe, sprout, curry, grass and even bogey and vomit flavours.
Bezoar: Potion ingredient.
Bicorns: A magical creature.
Billywig: A magical creature.
Binns, Professor: The History of Magic teacher. He is a ghost.
Black Forest: Place in Germany where Professor Quirrel was rumoured to have encountered vampires. Black, Sirius: Harry's godfather who was wrongly accused of killing Peter Pettigrew and twelve other muggles. He spent thirteen years in Azkaban. Killed by Bellatrix Lestrange.
Blast-Ended Skrewts: Cross between a manticore and a fire crab. They have no recognisable head or eyes, but they explode intermittently at one end. Males have a sting like a scorpion and females have suckers on their bellies. Adult Skrewts have thick grey armour and may grow to be ten feet long.
Bletchley: The keeper for the Slytherin quidditch team.
Bloody Baron: The Slytherin ghost.
Blood-flavoured Lollipops: Lollipops for vampires.
Bludger: Black balls that try to knock players off their brooms in Quidditch.
Boarhound: A magical creature.
Boggart: Shape-shifter that takes on the likeness of your worst fear.
Bones: A wizard family that Voldemort killed.
Bones, Susan: A Hufflepuff in Harry's year who's parents were killed by Voldemort.
Bonzo: Rita Skeeter's photographer.
Boomslangs: A magical creature.
Bole: Slytherin beater.
Boot, Terry: A Ravenclaw in Harry's year.
Borgin and Burkes: Dark Arts shop in Knockturn Alley.
Bott, Bertie: The man that invented "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans".
Bouncing Bulb: Plant used in Herbology.
Bowtruckle: A magical creature.
Bozo: Photographer for the Daily Prophet.
Branstone, Eleanor: A Hufflepuff student.
Bryce, Frank: The Riddle's gardener who was murdered by Lord Voldemort.
Brocklehurst, Mandy: A Ravenclaw in Harry's year.
Broomstick Servicing Kit: Thirteenth birthday present for Harry from Hermione Granger. A black leather case containing a jar of Fleetwood's High-Finish Handle Polish, Tail-Twig Clippers, brass compass and a Handbook of Do-it-Yourself Broomcare.
Brown, Lavender: Hogwarts pupil in the same year as Harry. She is in Gryffindor house and her best friend is Parvati Patil.
Bryce, Frank: Muggle killed by Voldemort. Frank worked as a gardener at Riddle House in the village of Little Hangleton.
Bubble-Head Charm: Magic that enables you to breathe underwater.
Bubotuber: Plant that resembles a black slug with swellings that contain a yellowish green liquid. Bubotuber pus is used to cure acne, but undiluted it causes sores and boils.
Buckbeak: The hippogriff who was to be beheaded for being "savage." Saved when Hermione and Harry went back in time.
Bulstrode, Millicent: A Slytherin in Harry's year. Hermione turned into her cat, when drinking the polyjuice potion in their 2nd Year.
Bundimun: A magical creature.
The Burrow: The Weasley home.
Butterbeer: Frothy, buttery drink served in Hogsmeade.
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Cadogan, Sir: Knight from a portrait in the North Tower. Temporary guardian of Gryffindor Tower while the Fat Lady was being repaired.
Caerphilly Catapults: A league quidditch team.
Canary Creams: Trick custard-cream biscuits that turn the eater briefly into a canary. Invented by Fred and George Weasley.
Care of Magical Creatures: Class taken at Hogwarts teaching students how to look after magical creatures.
Caput Draconis: Gryfindor common room password (book 1).
The Cauldron Shop: Located in Diagon Alley, this store has all your cauldron needs.
Cauldwell, Owen: A Hufflepuff student.
Centaurs: Half man / half horsed creatures. Live in the forbidden forest.
Chang, Cho: Ravneclaw seeker, one year older than Harry. Harry dated her in Book 5.
Charms: Another class studied at Hogwarts.
Charm: Spell that adds properties to an objector person.
A Charm to Cure Reluctant Reversers: A magical book.
Charm Your Own Cheese: A magical book.
Chaser: A position in quidditch. A chaser must shoot the quaffle into its teams hoops to score 10 points.
Chamber of Secrets: Concealed room created by Salazar Slytherin wherein he sealed an unknown horror that could only be freed by his true heir to purge the school of those unworthy to study magic.
Chamber of Secrets, The: The 2nd Harry Potter Book.
Cheering Charm: Found in the ' Top Charms ' list.
Chimaera: A magical creature.
Chizpurfle: A magical creature.
Chocoballs: Wizarding sweets full of strawberry mousse and clotted cream.
Chocolate Frogs: A magical chocolate frog with a famous wizard card inside.
Chudley Cannons: Ron Weasley's favourite professional Quidditch team. They wear bright orange and black robes and are in ninth in the League at the start of Harry's second year.
Circe: Name of a witch depicted on a wizard trading card.
Clabbert: A magical creature.
Cleansweep 1: A quidditch broom; slower than Cleansweep 2.
Cleansweep 2: A quidditch broom; slower than Cleansweep 3.
Cleansweep 3: A quidditch broom; slower than Cleansweep 4.
Cleansweep 4: A quidditch broom; slower than Cleansweep 5.
Cleansweep 5: A quidditch broom; slower than Cleansweep 6.
Cleansweep 6: A quidditch broom; slower than Cleansweep 7.
Cleansweep 7: A quidditch broom; used by Fred and George Weasley
Clearwater, Penelope: Percy Weasley's girlfriend.
Cliodna: Name of a witch depicted on a wizard trading card.
Cockroach Cluster: Wizarding sweets made from cockroaches; Dumbledore's Office password (book 4).
Comet 140: A quidditch broom.
Comet 180: A quidditch broom.
Comet 260: A quidditch broom; used by Cho Chang, Ravenclaw Seeker.
Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures: A committee for the Ministry of Magic.
Committee on Experimental Charms: A committee for the Ministry of Magic.
Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions: A magical book.
Common room: Common room
Common Welsh Green: Type of dragon found in Britain.
A Compendium of Common Curses and their Counter-Actions: A magical book.
Confundus Charm: Found in the ' Top Charms ' list.
Conjunctivitus Charm: Found in the ' Top Charms ' list.
Corner, Michael: Ravenclaw student. He dated Ginny Weasley years 3-4. He is also a member of Dumbledore's Army.
Cornish Pixies: Cornish Pixies
Crabbe, Vincent: One of Draco Malfoy's stupid henchmen. Thickset and looks very mean. Has a pudding-basin haircut and a very thick neck. He is in Slytherin House.
Creevey, Colin: Admirer of Harry who follows him constantly and is always taking his picture. A year below Harry in Gryffindor house; a student who was petrified when the Chamber of Secrets was opened.
Creevey, Dennis: Hogwarts pupil, younger brother of Colin Creevey. Dennis is three years below Harry in Gryffindor house.
Cribbages Wizarding Crackers: Crackers are party favors used in the United Kingdom at Christmastime. Small cardboard tubes are filled with candy and trinkets, then wrapped in brightly colored paper twisted at each end. When two people pull on opposite ends of the paper, the tube bursts open with a crack and the treats inside fall out.
Crockford, Doris: A woman at the Leaky Cauldron.
Crookshanks: Hermione Granger's pet cat. Ginger with thick and fluffy fur, it is a little bow-legged with a slightly crumpled face; also helped Sirius get into Hogwarts.
Crouch, Bartemius: Head of the Department of International Magical Co-operation at the Ministry of Magic. He looks like a bank manager, with a toothbrush moustache, and is a great believer in rules.
Crouch, Bartemius Jr.: Tortured Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom and escaped from Azkaban. He impersonated Alastor Moody throughout Harry's 4th year at Hogwarts. Received the dementor's kiss, under the order of Cornelius Fudge.
Cruciatus Curse: Inflicts torture with the command Crucio. One of the three Unforgivable Curses.
Crup: A magical creature.
Crystal Phials: On the Hogwarts equipment list
Curse of the Bogies: An unknown curse
Curses and Counter-curses: A magical book.
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Daily Prophet, the: The national wizarding newspaper.
Dancing charm: Causes the person to dance
Dark Mark, the: Sign of the Death Eaters: a skull with a serpent in its mouth.
The Dark Arts Outsmarted: A magical book.
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection: A magical book.
Davies, Roger: Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
Deathday Party: Celebration held by the ghosts at Hogwarts to commemorate the day they died; Harry, Ron, and Hermione attend Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday party in Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets.
Death Eaters The: Followers of Voldemort. They were summoned by the Dark Mark.
Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst Is Coming: A magical book.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Studies the dark arts and ways of defending yourself.
Defensive Magical Theory: A magical book.
Deflating Draft: Potion that counteracts a swelling solution. Causes swelled body parts to return to normal size.
Delacour, Fleur: Pupil at Beauxbatons. Beautiful, with long, silvery blonde hair; her grandmother was a Veela. Was the Beauxbatons' school champion.
Delacour, Gabrielle: Fleur's little sister whom. Harry rescued from the depth's of the lake during task 2 of the Tri-Wizard Tournament.
Delaney Podmore, Patrick: The leader of the headless hunt.
Deletrius: Disintegrating spell.
Dementor: Creature who feeds on the happy emotions of humans. Dementors are employed as guards at Azkaban. The kiss of a Dementor will suck out a human's soul, leaving an emotionless shell.
Demiguise: A magical creature.
Dennis: In Dudley's 'bully' gang.
Densaugeo: Spell that causes teeth to grow rapidly.
Department of International Magical Cooperation: Department at the Ministry of Magic.
Department of Mysteries: Department at the Ministry of Magic.
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures: Department at the Ministry of Magic.
Department of Magical Games and Sports: Department at the Ministry of Magic.
Department of Transportation: Department at the Ministry of Magic.
Dervish and Banges: Purchase wizarding equipment, or get your items fixed. Located in Diagon Alley.
Diagon Alley: Creature who feeds on the happy emotions of humans. Dementors are employed as guards at Azkaban. The kiss of a Dementor will suck out a human's soul, leaving an emotionless shell.
Diffindo: Spell that makes something split apart.
Diggory, Amos: Head of the Department of Magical Transportation in the ministry. He is also father of Cedric Diggory
Diggory, Cedric: One of the Hogwart's school champions who was killed by Lord Voldemort. He was captain and seeker of the Hufflepuff quidditch team.
Diggle, Dedalus: McGonagall suspects that he set off shooting stars the day Voldemort fell. He also meets Harry at the Leaky Cauldron.
Diricawl: A magical creature.
Disapparate: Spell that allows caster to disappear at will.
Dissendium: Spell that opens entrance to secret passage to Hogsmeade.
Divinitation: Magical art of telling the future using tea-leaves, crystal balls and so forth. Professor Trelawny is Divination teacher at Hogwarts.
Dobbs, Emma: A Hogwarts student.
Dobby: Name of a House-Elf who idolises Harry but gets him into lots of trouble.
Dodge, Elphias:Order of the Pheonix member, part of the advance guard to rescue Harry.
Doxy: A magical creature.
Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous No-Heat Wet-Start Fireworks: Wizarding fireworks and one of Fred and George Weasley's
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus: The Hogwarts motto. It means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon."
Dragon: Mythical reptilian creature who can fly and breathe fire. Hagrid is particularly fond of dragons and has a Norwegian Ridgeback called Norbert for a while.
Dragon Blood: Potion ingredient.
Dragon Liver: Potion ingredient.
Dragon Horn: Potion ingredient.
Dragon Dung: Potion ingredient.
A Dragon Keeper's Guide: A magical book.
Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit: A magical book.
Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland: A magical book.
Dreadful Denizens of the Deep: A magical book.
The Dream Oracle: A magical book.
Drooble's Best Blowing Gum: Wizarding sweet. Fills the room with blue bubbles that last for about half an hour.
Drought Charm: Unknown
Draught of Living Death, the: Powerful sleeping draught.
Dueling Club: Club started by Professor Lockhart to teach students how to duel with spells.
Dugbog: A magical creature.
Dumbledore, Aberforth: Brother of Albus Dumbedore.
Dumbledore, Albus: Headmaster of Hogwarts. Dumbledore is widely regarded as the finest wizard of his generation and was the only person that Voldemort was frightened of. He is tall, thin and very old and has very long, silver hair and beard. He has blue eyes and wears half-moon spectacles and a long, purple cloak that sweeps to the ground. Dumbledore was an old English word for bumblebee.
Dungbomb: Stinkbomb.
Dursley, Dudley: Harry's horrible non-magic cousin.Dudley is fat, blond and rather stupid, but that doesn't stop him trying to bully Harry whenever he can.
Dursley, Marge: Sister of Vernon Dursley, she hates Harry when he made her hover in Book 3.
Dursley, Petunia: Harry's mean, busy body Aunt.
Dursley, Vernon: Harry's mean uncle. He is the president of a drill company named Grunning's.
Durmstrang Institute: School of witchcraft and wizardry somewhere in the far north of Europe. It is smaller than Hogwarts but has more extensive grounds. Headmaster is a former Death Eater.
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Edgecomb, Marietta: Ravenclaw student, Cho Chang's friend, and member of Dumbledore's Army who told on the group to Umbridge.
Eeylops Owl Emporium: Owl shop in Diagon Alley where Harry bought Hedwig.
Elixir of Life, the: Potion produced by the Philosopher's Stone that will make the drinker immortal.
Emeric the Evil: He was mixed up with Uric the Oddball in History of Magic.
Enchatment in Baking: A magical book.
Encyclopedia of Toadstools: A magical book.
Enervate: A reviving spell.
Engorgement Charm: Unknown.
Engorgio: A swelling charm.
Errol: Name of the Weasley family owl.
Expecto Patronum: Guards spell-caster from Dementors.
Expelliarmus: Disarming spell.
Exploding Bonbons: Wizarding sweets available from Honeydukes in Hogsmeade.
Exploding Snap: Exploding Snap
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Fairy: A magical creature.
Fairy Lights: Gryffindor common room password (book 4).
Falmouth Falcons: Quidditch league team.
Fang: Name of Hagrid's boarhound.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A magical book.
Fat Friar: The Hufflepuff house ghost.
Fat Lady, the: The subject of the portrait guarding the entrance to Gryffindor Tower.
Fawkes: Dumbledore's phoenix who saved Harry's life in the Chamber of Secretsby bringing the sword.
Ferula: Spell to conjure a sling for a broken limb.
Fidelius Charm: A charm that conceals a secret within a person (Secret-Keeper) so that no one will know about it unless the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it.
Figg, Mrs: The Dursley's neighbor. She is a squib and looks after cats.
Filch, Argus: Caretaker at Hogwarts and failed wizard. Filch hates students and especially does not like Harry or his friends. Filch has a cat called Mrs Norris; also a Squib (born of magic parents, but possess no magic himself).
Finch-Fletchley, Justin: Hogwarts pupil in the same year as Harry. Justin is in Hufflepuff house.
Finite Incantateum: Stops charms.
Finnigan, Seamus: Hogwarts pupil in the same year as Harry. Seamus is in Gryffindor house. His best friend is Dean Thomas.
Firebolt: Fastest, most technologically advanced broomstick. Can accelerate from 0-150 miles per hour in ten seconds.
Fire Crab: A magical creature.
Firenze: A centaur in the Forbidden Forest. He saved Harry in book 1.
Fizzing Whizbees: Wizarding sweets. Sherbet balls that make you levitate several feet in the air when you eat them.
Flame Freezing Charm: A simple charm that freezes flames.
Flamel, Nicholas: Albus Dumbledore's partner and the holder of the only known Philosopher's Stone in existence.
Flamora: A charm that causes fire.
Freezing Charm: A simple charm that freezes objects.
Fletchley, Finch Justin: Huffelpuff in Harry's year was petrified in Book 2.
Fletcher, Mundungus: He tried to put a hex on Arthur Weasley when he had his back turns. Always letting down the Order.
Flibbertigbbet: Gryffindor common room password (book 3).
Flint, Marcus: Slytherin quidditch captain. He plays chaser
Flitwick, Professor: Charms teacher at Hogwarts. Tiny little wizard who has to stand on piles of books to see over his desk.
Flobberworm: Species of worm that Harry and his friends have to keep alive to pass the Care of Magical Creatures course.
Floo powder: Glittering powder used for traveling by magical people. Throw it into the fireplace, say the name of your destination and step into the flames.
Florean Fortescue's Ice-cream Parlor: Diagon Alley ice cream parlor.
Flourish and Blotts: Diagon Alley book store.
Flutterby Bush: Plant used in Herbology.
Fluxweed Knotgrass: Potion ingredient.
Flying with the Cannons: A magical book.
Foe-Glass: Magic mirror in which you can see your enemies.
Forbidden Forest, the: The dark woods surrounding the Hogwarts grounds. Students are not allowed to go there unless accompanied by a teacher.
Ford Anglia: Make of Mr Weasley's bewitched car.
Fortuna Major: Gryffindor common room password (book 3).
Four-Point Spell: Say Point me to make your wand function as a compass.
Fowl or Foul? A Study of Hippogriff Brutality: A magical book.
Frogs: Creatures, also a type of sweet ' Chocolate Frog '.
From Egg to Inferno: A magical book.
Frozen Ashwinder eggs: Potion ingredient.
Fudge Flies: Wizarding sweets.
Fudge,Cornelius: Minister of Magic
Fudwulfa: Mother of resident giant, Hagrid.
Furnunculus: A charm that causes boils.
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Gadding with Ghouls: A magical book.
Galleon Gold: Wizarding money. Exchange rate: roughly 5.12 pounds to a Gelleon.
Gambol and Japes: Wizarding joke shop on Diagon Alley.
Ghoul: Ghostly creature that lives in the attic and bangs on pipes. The Weasleys have one living in their attic.
Giant: Huge humanoid. Giants can grow to a height of 20 feet. They have a history of violence and warring among themselves. Many giants allied themselves with Voldemort and massacred Muggles. Others withdrew to remote mountain ranges. Their numbers are in decline and in Britain they are believed to be extinct.
Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests: A magical book.
Gillyweed: A potion ingredient. Helps you hold your breath under water.
Ginger Roots: A potion ingredient.
Glumbumble: A magical creature.
Gnomes: Very small creatures with leathery skin and large, bald heads like knobbly potatoes. They have horny feet and razor-sharp teeth. They live in holes in gardens and aren't very bright. To de-gnome a garden, grab the gnome by the ankles, swing it round your head and throw!
Goblet of Fire: Wooden cup full of flames, used as an impartial selector for the contenders in the Triwizard Tournament.
Goblet of Fire, The: The 4th Harry Potter book.
Goblin: Small creatures with swarthy faces, pointed beards and very long hands and feet. Goblins staff Gringotts Bank.
Gobstones: The wizarding version of marbles. The pieces squirt a stinky substance into other players' faces when they lose a point.
Godric's Hollow: Home where Harry's parents, Lily and James Potter, lived.
Golden Snitch: Small, golden ball with silver wings used in Quidditch. Must be caught by a Seeker to end the match.
Goshawk, Miranda: Author of ' The Standard book of Spells '.
Goyle, Gregory: One of Draco Malfoy's stupid henchmen. Thickset and looks mean. Has short, bristly hair and long, gorilla-like arms. Also in Slytherin house.
Granger, Hermione: Smart know-it-all at Hogwarts in Gryffindor house. She has bushy, brown hair, large front teeth and a loud, rather bossy voice. Hermione works very hard and always gets the best marks in her exams. Harry's next best friend after Ron Weasley. Her parents are Muggle dentists.
Granian: A magical creature.
Graphorn: A magical creature.
Great Hall, the: The main hall in Hogwarts where Sorting takes place and where meals are served and meetings take place. The ceiling is bewitched to look like the sky outside.
Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century: A magical book.
Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century: A magical book.
Gregory the Smarmy: Statue at Hogwarts.
Grey Lady: Ravenclaw House ghost.
Grawp: Hagrid's giant half-brother.
Griffin: A magical creature.
Grim: A giant black dog taken to be a death omen.
Grindylow: Water demon. Sickly green with sharp horns and very long fingers.
Gringotts Bank: The wizard bank in London, with vaults far below the streets, run by goblins.
Griphook: Goblin at Gringotts Bank.
Grubbly-Plank, Professor: Supply teacher. She taught Care of Magical Creatures when Hagrid was indisposed. An elderly witch with cropped grey hair and a prominent chin.
Grunnings: Firm where Harry's uncle Vernon Dursley is a director. Grunnings make drills.
Grunnion, Alberic: Name of a wizard depicted on a wizard trading card.
Gryffindor, Godric: One of founders of Hogwarts. He founded and had Gryffindor House named after him.
Gryffindor House: One of the four houses in Hogwarts. Harry, Hermione Granger and the Weasleys are all in Gryffindor house. It was founded by Godric Gryffindorand the Gryffindor symbol is a lion. The resident ghost is Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as Nearly Headless Nick. Professor McGonagal is head of Gryffindor house and Professor Dumbledore was in Gryffindor in his youth.
Guide to Advanced Transfiguration: A magical book.
Guide to Medieval Sorcery: A magical book.
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Hagrid, Ruebus: Keeper of Keys and Grounds and teacher of Care of Magical Creatures class at Hogwarts from Harry's third year. He was a student at Hogwarts but was expelled for unknown reasons. Professor Dumbledore allowed Hagrid to stay as gamekeeper. Hagrid is almost twice a tall as any other person and seems five times as wide. He has masses of bushy, black hair and a huge tangled beard. Has a liking for strange and dangerous creatures – especially dragons.
Hand of Glory: Withered hand on a cushion that gives light to the person holding it when a candle is inserted.
Handbook of Do-it-Yourself Broomcare: A magical book.
Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology: A magical book.
Hebridean Black: A breed of wild Dragon found in Britain.
Headless Hunt, the: Team of ghosts whose heads have been completely cut off. Activities include Horseback Head-Juggling and Head Polo. Nearly Headless Nick is keen to join the hunt but can't because his head has not been completely severed.
Hedwig: Harry's owl and mail courier. Harry bought Hedwig from Eeylops Owl Emporium. Wizards use owls to deliver mail. Hedwig was also the name of a medieval saint.
Heir of Slytherin: True heir to Salazar Slytherin who can open the Chamber of Secrets to release the horror within.
Hengist of Woodcroft: Featured chocolate frog card character.
Herbology: Study of plants. Professor Sprout is the Herbology teacher at Hogwarts.
Hermes: Name of Percy Weasley's owl.
He-Who-Mus-Not-Be-Named: The evil Lord Voldemort, Dark Wizard. Also referred to as 'You-Know-Who'.
Higgs, Terrence: The Slytherin quidditch team seeker in book 1.
Hinkypunk: Small creatures that live in bogs and swamps, they wander about at night with a lantern to lure lost travellers into the swamps.
Hippocampus: A magical creature.
Hippogriff: Magical creature that has the front legs, wings and head of an eagle, and the body, hind legs and tail of a horse. Buckbeak is a Hippogriff.
History of Magic: A magical book.
Hit Wizards: Wizard police from the Magical Law Enforcement Squad who are specially trained to deal with powerful criminals.
Hog's Head, the: Pub where Hagrid once won a dragon's egg.
Hogsmeade: The only completely magical village in Britain. Hogsmeade is not far from Hogwarts and has an array of wonderful shops including Honeydukes sweet shop, the Three Broomsticks pub and Zonko's joke shop.
Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The best school of its kind in the world. The greatest witches and wizards of the age founded Hogwarts more than a thousand years ago: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. They built a remote castle, far away so that witches and wizards could train in safety. Pupils attend from age eleven for seven years of rigorous training in the art of witchcraft and wizardry. There are a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts and everything keeps moving around, so things are not always in the same place. Hogwarts is in a secret location somewhere in the North.
Hogwarts, a History: A book about the history of Hogwarts.
Holiday with Hags: A magical book.
Holyhead Harpies: Quidditch league team.
Home Life and Social Habits of Britisch Muggles: A magical book.
Honeydukes: Wizarding sweet shop in Hogsmeade.
Hooch, Madam: The quidditch teacher at Hogwarts. She also umpires the matches.
Hopkirk, Mafalda: Witch from the Improper Use of magic Office. She sent Harry the warning when Dobby uses a hover charm on the cake in book 2.
Horklump: A magical creature.
Hormorphus Charm: Type of charm.
Horned Slug: A potion ingredient.
House Cup, the: Trophy awarded to the Hogwarts house with the most points at the end of the year.
House Elf: Small creature that works as a servant in some wizarding houses. A house-elf can only be set free when the master gives the elf a piece of clothing.
Hover Charm: A charm to make a person hover in mid air.
Howler: Wizarding letter which, when opened, shrieks and howls at the reader in an extremely loud voice. Comes in a red envelope and is usually sent by someone who is very angry. Ron Weasley received one from his mother after crashing the Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow .
Hufflepuff House: One of the four houses in Hogwarts. It was founded by Helga Hufflepuff and the Hufflepuff symbol is a badger. The resident ghost is the Fat Friar.
Hufflepuff, Helga: One of founders of Hogwarts. She founded and had Hufflepuff House named after her.
Hurling Hex: A type of hex.
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Ice Mice: Wizarding sweets available from Honeydukes in Hogsmeade. Make your teeth squeak and chatter.
Imp: A magical creature.
Imperius Curse: Spell to control another person completely, using the command Imperio. One of the three Unforgivable Curses. It can be resisted with great mental effort.
Impervius: Spell to repell water.
Important Modern Magical Discoveries: A magical book.
Improper Use of Magic Office: Makes sure wizards and witches don't use magic when they are not allowed..
Incendio: Incendio
Inpediment Jinx: Spell to slow down and obstruct attackers. Say Impedimenta!
Intermediate Transfiguration: A magical book.
Invisibility Cloak: Magic cloak granting the wearer invisibility.
The Invisible Book of Invisibility: A magical book.
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Jarvey: A magical creature.
Jelly Legs Jinx: A charm to make somes legs like jelly.
Jelly Slugs: Wizarding sweets available from Honeydukes in Hogsmeade.
Jigger, Arsenius: Author of ' Magical Drafts and Potions '.
Jinxes for the Jinxed: A magical book.
Jobberknoll: A magical creature.
Johnson, Angelina: Hogwarts student. Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She is a tall black girl.
Jones, Hestia: Member of the Order of the Phoenix and also the advance guard.
Jordan, Lee: Pupil at Hogwarts. Has dreadlocks and is famed for his commentaries at Quidditch matches. Lee is in Gryffindor house, in the same year as Fred and George Weasley.
Jorkans, Bertha: Witch employed by the Ministry of Magic. She was abducted in Albania and suffered a terrible fate.
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Kappa: Monkey-like creatures that live in water and strangle people who invade their territory.
Karkaroff, Igor: Headmaster of the Durmstrang Institute. Knows a lot about the Dark Arts. He is tall and thin with white hair and a goatee. Was once a Death Eater.
Keeper: Quidditch player who guards the goalposts.
Kelpie: A magical creature.
Kettleburn, Professor: Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts. Retired at the end of Harry's second year.
King's Cross Station: The station in London w