Toads
Of the three approved animals permitted to students as pets at Hogwarts, the toad is, and has been for many years now, by far the least...
Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
In choosing the number of the concealed platform that would take young witches and wizards to boarding school, I decided that it would...
The Hogwarts Express
As we know from early historical accounts, and from the evidence of early woodcuts and engravings, Hogwarts students used to arrive at...
Wand Cores
The following description of the powers and properties of the three main wand cores used by Mr Garrick Ollivander are taken from his own...
Wand Lengths & Flexibility
The following notes on wand length and flexibility are taken from notes on the subject by Mr Garrick Ollivander, wandmaker. Many...
Wand Woods
The following description of the powers and properties of various wand woods are taken from notes made, over a long career, by Mr Garrick...
Mr Ollivander
Renowned wandmaker Mr Ollivander owns the wand shop Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 BC on Diagon Alley. His shop is widely...
Clothing
Wizards at large in the Muggle community may reveal themselves to each other by wearing the colours of purple and green, often in...
Ghost Plots
This is a personal expression, which has nothing to do with tales of the dead. Over the seventeen years that I planned and wrote the...
Vernon & Petunia Dursley
Harry's aunt and uncle met at work. Petunia Evans, forever embittered by the fact that her parents seemed to value her witch sister more...
