Fandom Friday Featuring Quidditch_Turtle

Hey guys, Quidditch_Turtle here. Right now, my mind is absolutely blank. *after a couple of days thinking time* Okay nevermind, I take that back! I shall write about... Gahhhh! I have no idea. Fandom Friday is really not my best friend right now. Hang on a second, I just came up with a really good idea!

I'm a pretty big fan of the Harry Potter series, and I am reading the last book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) right now, so I think I know enough about the series to write what I'm going to write about this week. This week, I will be listing some Harry Potter vocab and explaining it to everyone who may not be as big of a fan as we (meaning everyone here at the Brick Wall) are, sort of like a Harry Potter dictionary. Here goes nothing!

Apparate: A way of magical traveling in which a witch or wizard of age (17 or older) suddenly disappears and reappears somewhere else.

Azkaban: The Wizarding prison for the most notorious Dark Wizards. Azkaban is guarded by the lifeless, soul-sucking Dementors (see below).

Boggart: A shape-shifting creature that turns into your worst fear. To defeat a boggart, say "Riddikulus," and the boggart will turn into something silly.

The Burrow: The Weasley family household.

The Dark Mark: The symbol of dedication given to Death Eaters when they swear to follow Lord Voldemort. Death Eaters can cast the Dark Mark into the sky to gather all others to a certain place. The Dark Mark also glows and burns when this happens.

Death Eaters: Voldemort's closest followers, and minions, to say the least

Dementor: A bony, lifeless creature who sucks your soul out of you when you are attacked. Dementors are repelled by the Patronus curse. The best remedy for a Dementor attack is chocolate. The Ministry uses Dementors to guard Azkaban (see above).

Gryffindor: A house of Hogwarts founded by Godric Gryffindor. Students in this house possess courage and bravery. The official animal of Gryffindor is a lion.

Half-blood: Someone whose mother is a witch and their father is not, or the other way around.

Hogwarts: A school of Witchcraft and Wizardry located in Great Britain.

Horcrux: An object in which a wizard chooses to place a piece of his soul. Splitting your soul, even in half, is extremely painful, and in Voldemort's case, he split his into seven. This action makes it harder to kill the witch or wizard.

House Elf: A small, skinny creature who is owned by a wizard family. They are treated like slaves, but don't mind at all. The only way a house elf is granted freedom from working is when its master (the leader of the family household) presents the house elf with an article of clothing.

Hufflepuff: A house of Hogwarts founded by Helga Hufflepuff. Students in this house possess loyalty and are willing to work hard. The official animal of Hufflepuff is a badger.

Muggle: Someone who's mother and father are not wizards and do not possess any magical qualities.

The Ministry of Magic: It's pretty much the government of the Wizarding World.

The Mirror of Erised: An enchanted mirror that, when looked into, shows you your greatest desires in life. When Harry looked into the mirror, he saw his parents standing on either side of him.

Portkey: An object that someone touches and, at the scheduled time, brings them somewhere else.

Pure-Blood: Someone whose parents are both wizards

Quidditch: A magical sport that is played in the air on broomsticks. The object of the game is to get more points than the other team. A team scores 10 points when the Chaser (one of the four playing positions) throws the quaffle (one of the three balls used in the game) past the Keeper (another position) into one of three hoops of different heights. A team scores 150 points when the Seeker catches the Golden Snitch (a small, gold ball that flies around the arena) and the game ends. However, there are also Bludgers (heavy black balls that fly around) that can knock you off your broom in mid-air. But luckily there are two Beaters who hit the Bludgers away from their team with bats.













Ravenclaw: A house in Hogwarts founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. The students in this house possess intellegence and knowledge. The official animal of Ravenclaw is an eagle.

Slytherin: A house in Hogwarts founded by Salazar Slytherin. Students in this house are resourceful and clever. The official animal of Slytherin is a serpent.

Squib: A pure-blood who possesses no magical qualities

Well, I hope some of these answered any questions that anyone had. If not, READ THE BOOKS! You can never go wrong by reading the books. Movies, however... Ha! Don't even get me started with the movies! Most of them were just soo off from the books, it wasn't even funny. Anyone else want to add to that in the comments? Anyway, this was my last Fandom Friday for a while, but I'll see you next week at Music Monday! Woo Hoo!

~Quidditch_Turtle