What is a Blood Pact?

So what is a blood pact?

You may have stumbled upon it whilst watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. We had small teasers of it throughout the film and only during the third act of the film was the audience told about it and what it is able to do.

Firstly, the film stipulates that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had created a blood pact which meant that could not seriously harm one another, this later would be regretful for Dumbledore as he could not attack Grindelwald thus send Newt Scamander on his travels instead.

The oath between them both meant they couldn’t fight each other, this was because during this time both parties were extremely close. However, it meant that as Dumbeldore couldn’t fight Grindelwald, it also, in turn, meant that Grindelwald couldn’t eliminate the one person who stood in his way, Albus Dumbeldore.

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Voldemort: Origins of the Heir

First things first, this will be an unofficial fan-made prequel to the Potter series. Initially rejected by Warner Bros due to copyright infringement, an agreement has been reached to where they’re allowed to release the film as a non-profit project instead. It has been able to come to the forefront due to a method known as crowdfunding, this is when members of the public can donate their money in order to see a project they like come to light.

The plot of the film explores Tom Riddles life on his rise to becoming one of the most powerful wizards to have ever lived, along with his subsequent fall. The film details Riddles journey learning through the Dark Arts and his return to Hogwarts in his later years (not portrayed in the Harry Potter films).

The film set post-Hogwarts will be able to show the fans Tom Riddles troubling backstory along with the emergence of a witch named Grisha McLaggen, who is known to be the heir of Gryffindor and one of Riddles Hogwarts classmate, she is teased to be one to try and defeat him. Eagle-eyed fans would be quick to see how Grisha McLaggen is similar to that of Cormac Mclaggen, who was infatuated with Hermione Granger in her seventh year after meeting at the Slug Club.

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The History of Hogwarts

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located in northern Britain, Scotland. It is one of the most infamous and well-known wizarding schools in the world, other notable wizarding schools include Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Durmstrang Institute. These schools have been mentioned in both books and movies, as well as  being featured as contestants in the Goblet of Fire.

Within Hogwarts, electricity and electronic devices are not found at do not work and are not in use. It is said that due to the large amount of magic that is in the castle, any Muggle technology goes “haywire”.

Hogwarts was founded in 990 A.D, by the four founding members of Hogwarts; Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.

 

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What is the Marauder’s Map?

Most commonly known is the creators of the map itself, this consist of the nicknames, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs. Which all later are revealed to be Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter (Harry Potters father)

One remarkable thing about the map is that it cannot be fooled, it has accuracy in identifying each person around the Hogwarts grounds. This includes naming Animagi, discovering who is actually behind the Polyjuice Potion, it can even detect people under invisablity cloaks along with being able to see where the dead are (Hogwarts ghosts are also plotted on the map)

However the map cannot show rooms that are unplottable, for example the Room of Requirement. That room was showcased by Dobby.

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What does the Pensieve do?

The origins of the Pensieve are little known, however the nature of which they are used it familiar with most wizards. A Pensieve is a device used to view memories, which may not be your own, I evaluate on them better than just remembering them inside your head.

Because of how dangerous they can be if used incorrectly or by a person you do not wish to view your memories, most Pensieves are evidently buried with their owners once they die to withhold giving away any personal information not wanted to be seen by people who may abuse it. However some witches and wizards will pass on their Pensieves as either a family heirloom or for other traditions, for example the Hogwarts Pensieve that is used by the Head Teacher of Hogwarts.

We first get a glimpse of it in Goblet of Fire when Harry is sitting in a courtroom watching a Death Eater Trail. It is then used more frequently in Half-Blood Prince when harry had to repeatedly watch memories that linked with how Voldemort had came to be.

The Pensieve was also used to help develop the plot further, for example we see how Snape had had strong feelings towards Harry’s mother, Lily.

One of the most climatic ways in which it is used was when Severus Snape was on his deathbed and gives Harry his final memories of which is stored his life and how it felt towards Lily and Harry. Harry finds out that Snape was a good person the entire time and that the only reason he hadn’t been able to be affectionate is that he was the son of the man Snape had hated, James Potter.

However there is only inconsistency between how the user is experiencing the Pensieve in the story. In Goblet of Fire, Harry is actually sitting in the courtroom itself and his viewing it from a person who actually would be there. However it Half-Blood Prince (film adaption) Harry is just watching the memory unfold and isn’t actually in Slughorns office.

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The Vanishing Cabinet and it’s importance

The Vanishing Cabinet was the main route used by the Death Eaters in Half Blood Prince to enter Hogwarts and eventually to the death of Albus Dumbledore. The way in which Draco found out about the cabinet was that in 1996 Fred and George had pushed Montague into the cabinet on the first floor and then Montague ended up reappearing in a bathroom.

He then told the cabinets powers to Draco Malfoy, Draco then realised that this could be the passage way used to get the Death Eaters into Hogwarts (seeing that Apparition is not allowed)

Draco knew of the Vanishing Cabinet at Borgin and Burkes and knew that there was now one in the Room of Requirement. He went and repaired the broken cabinet at Hogwarts and tested it using as we read and saw, an apple and a bird.

J.K Rowling had planned for the cabinets importance from what we saw in Chamber of Secrets. Harry Potter had to use Floo Power as his method of transport into Diagon Alley. However he ended up in Borgin and Burkes where he then hid from Draco Malfoy when he and Mr. Malfoy entered the shop. The cabinets importance wasn’t forced upon the reader however it shows that Rowling had planned for this from the beginning.

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Why are Huffflepuff Underrated?

Hufflepuff are the house in Hogwarts that not many people are keen to belong to. This may be because J.K Rowling didn’t focus on that house more than the others. For example when it came to the house points each year, there were occasions that Hufflepuff were not even acknowledged for their points whilst the others were. However there are reasons to why Hufflepuff are a great house and arguably the same level as Gryffindore and Slytherin.

“You might belong in Hufflepuff where they are just and loyal. Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil.”

This quote outlines the essence of what Hufflepuff are. They are loyal and patient showing that they believe in everything they do and have a true belief in their actions.

Another reason for why Hufflepuff are a great house is that their creator (Not Helga Hufflepuff) JK Rowling said herself that her favourite Hogwarts house was in fact Hufflepuff. She stated that one reason for this was to do with the Battle of Hogwarts. When the battle was underway, many of the houses had the choice to stay and fight, or to run and hide. Slytherin didn’t help, many of the Ravenclaws chose to leave and only some stayed. Many of the Gryiffindors that did stay and help did it under different beliefs. Many were showing off and proving themselves better than others, while this is a contrast to the Hufflepuffs. The entirety of the Hufflepuffs decided to stay under the belief to end the battle and help save people. These beliefs were the post pure and shows that the Hufflepuffs are drastically underrated.

One final reason to why the Hufflepuffs are underrated is that many are unknown. This however is going to change drastically. In the new upcoming Fanstic Beasts and Where to Find Them the main character, Newt Scamander, is a Hufflepuff. This is going to help raise the profile of the house and hopefully show how good the house is.

(Source: harrypotter.wikia.com)

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Why People Hate Gilderoy Lockhart

Initially whilst reading & watching the Harry Potter series, we begin to like Lockhart in an annoying sort of way. We are clearly aware of his smugness and ego however yet we start to like him in an embarrassing way, and how could we not when he he was Five-Time winner of Witch Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award. That later changes when it is revealed that Lockhart had been stealing all the glory from other more prominent wizards.

Lockhart craved attention and so we can see through the story, however this also occurred whilst he was at Hogwarts as he tried to pass a school newspaper forward just so that his name would be in print. Unknown to many, Dumbledore actually wanted Lockhart teaching as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher because he knew Lockhart was a fraud and that Hogwarts would expose it.

We begin to see his poor magical ability from that he is known with one such example, Cornish Pixies. When Lockhart tried to show how the pixies were dangerous and menising, he was not able to stop them causing havoc and evidently left it to his students to pick up the mess. Also throughout the story Harry Potter is annoyed with his behaviour, whether it be meeting him in Flourish and Blotts or helping him to sign autographs for detention. This didn’t help when Lockhart had accidentally removed all the bones in Harry’s arm when he tried to mend it, thus showing once more his poor magical abilities.

All the hate was finally justified when it became apparent that he was going to flee the school when given the task to retrieve Ginny Weasley from the Chamber of Secrets. Harry & Ron entered the office to find his trunks packed. Even more shockingly it was then that we found that Lockhart had wiped the memories of other wizard to take credit for it himself.  Once exception to his poor abilities were his Memory Charms, which evidently backfired whilst using Ron’s wand.

(Source: harrypotter.wikia.com)

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The Hogwarts Express

As we are all aware, the main way that students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrive to the school is by the train that takes them on Platform 9¾ (except if you were to take a flying invisible car that is)

The train makes many journeys to the school, this would include taking the students on September 1st, along with Christmas and Easter holidays plus taking the students back to the station at the end of the school year. Initially the way students would get to Hogwarts was either by using Portkeys or other more noticable means of transport until the train was used instead.

Another interesting fact about the Hogwarts Express is that it could be classed as an extension to the school. This would be because in the very first Potter film, Hermione Granger performs the  Oculus Reparo spell, this in any other circumstance would violate under-age wizardry, however by being on the train it would allowed.

Along with all this, during the construction of the railway and the moving of the train, many Memory Charms had to be used on muggles as they would have known where the railway leading to Hogwarst was. Along with this for extra protection to make sure that nobody could find it, many Concealment Charms were used, some similar to when Hermione Granger used them to hide their location from snatchers.

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The Owl Post

The Owl Post is the wizarding world version of the muggle Post Office. It was created many years ago so that wizards could keep in contact without resorting the muggle means of communication (to hide the Wizarding World)

One major benefit of having Owl Post is that the owls are very clever as they do not always need the recipients address to find them. This is beneficial as the sender may not always know where the person is, such as when Sirius Black was in hiding and Harry Potter sent Hedwig to send mail unaware of his location. Speaking of Sirius Black, owls are not always the preferred bird of choice. When in hiding, Black used a variety of bird species, many were tropical birds implying that he was hiding overseas.

The Owl Postal Service has its owls organised very specifically like muggle post. They are colour-coded for different services. Whether that be by distance or how fast the mail is sent for its urgency.

However the Owl Post isn’t always used. Students at Hogwarts do not need to use the owls provided by the Ministry of Magic, if they have their own owls they can use them instead. For example, Harry Potter used Hedwig (his owl) to send mail. The owls of Hogwarts are kept in the Owlery, this is to keep them contained and organised in one specific place rather than them flying around endlessly.

(Source: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/)

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