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Pottermore continued to add new features to the site with a focus on expanding the wizarding world via interactive features and new J.K. Rowling writing. Since the site's relaunch Pottermore revealed the origins of the Potter family, locations and information regarding wizarding schools around the world and "History of Magic in North America".
In a review of the Order of the Phoenix novel, author Stephen King hailed Umbridge as one of the best antagonists he has ever read: The gently smiling Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish voice, toadlike face, and clutching, stubby fingers, is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter. One needn’t be a child to ...
A Patronus is conjured with the Patronus Charm and is primarily used to repel Dementors. The charm is vocalised as "Expecto Patronum".It can also be used for communication by a talented wizard. Albus Dumbledore devised a method of using Patronuses to deliver vocal messages, which he used in the service of Order of the Phoenix. Minerva ...
In June 2011, Rowling launched a website announcing an upcoming project called Pottermore, [281] where all future Harry Potter projects, and all electronic downloads, would be concentrated. [282] Pottermore opened to the general public on 14 April 2012. [283] Pottermore allows users to be sorted, be chosen by their wand and play various minigames.
J.K Rowling has confirmed via the fan site PotterMore that Umbridge is canonically placed in Azkaban, the Wizarding Prison, after the fall of Voldemort's corrupt Ministry. Fans of the Harry Potter series typically detest Umbridge because of her egregious conduct throughout the books and movies.
After learning that Voldemort was planning to kill Lily Potter to get to the young Harry, Snape turned secret agent for Dumbledore against Voldemort. Later served as a re-doubled agent in the second war. He was the Potions Master at Hogwarts, and his Patronus took the form of a doe, the same as Lily Potter's, the only one whom he had ever loved.
Rubeus Hagrid (/ ˈ h æ ɡ r ɪ d /) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling.He was introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as a half-giant who is the gamekeeper and groundskeeper at the wizarding school Hogwarts.
In Goblet of Fire, it is revealed each of their wands contains a tail feather from Fawkes, the phoenix belonging to Dumbledore. After Priori Incantatem, the wands get to know the opposites' master, as explained in Deathly Hallows. While, according to Ollivander, any object can channel magic if the wizard is strong enough, wands are the most ...