The Underground Lake #24: The Dark Lord Grindelwald
by Brandon Here we are. Three of five. Go! To me one of the most mysterious characters in the Harry Potter lexicon is the dark lord Grindelwald. Here’s a brief backstory based on what we know:...
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The Phoenix Files: Folder #10: Severus Snape (Part Three)
By Christopher Stephen Hi everyone. This is going to be my last entry for the File of Severus Snape. You will all, of course, have the opportunity to add your own ideas and thoughts...
The Phoenix Files #12: Peter Pettigrew
We know that Peter Pettigrew hung out with Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter at Hogwarts. He is one of the authors of the Marauders Map, and from “Snape’s Worst Memory” in Book Five and McGonagall in Book Three, we know he idolized James. Are we positive Peter was in Gryffindor?
CC #141: Week of July 3, 2005
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Dumbledore and McGonagall see a bright light in the sky. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Two Shades of Dark
What is “Dark Magic?” What is a “Dark Wizard?” A careful reading of the first five “Harry Potter” books shows that J.K. Rowling uses the word “Dark” to mean two rather different things; I believe that the difference will play an important role in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and Book 7.
A Chapter About Gum Wrappers?
by Deep Thought and Bistromath On October 31, 2004, J.K. Rowling revealed via the mysterious door on her website three chapter titles from Half-Blood Prince. One of these was “Spinner’s End,” the title of Chapter...
The North Tower #39: The Imperius Curse
The Imperius Curse, we are told, is one of the three unforgivable curses in the wizarding world and is used to control people. It’s used as a very important plot device in GoF and has received quite a bit of criticism for being used inconsistently. Now, I love and adore JKR (naturally, since I spend the time I do reading, praising and writing about her books) but she is only human. Furthermore, the Harry Potter series is her first published story, and even though it’s split into seven books, it’s still just one story. Everyone who’s ever tried to write fiction knows how hard it is to keep track of absolutely everything, so that some things in the series might not really add up; it isn’t weird at all.
The Magic Quill #59: The Attack of the Nifflers
As Merlin’s tale continued, he and Rigel were darting into the lair of a dragon deep beneath Gringotts Bank, armed with a razor-sharp spade, a light sabre, a walking stick, and a boxful of items designed for catching roadrunners…
The Magic Quill #58: Locking and Loading
Merlin’s story continues as he and Rigel find themselves trapped in a sort of anteroom to a dragon’s lair, deep in the nether parts of Gringotts Wizarding Bank…
