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Quidditch (formerly known as Kwidditch and Cuaditch) was a wizarding sport played on flying broomsticks.[1] It was the most popular and well-known game among wizards and witches, and, according to Rubeus Hagrid, the wizard equivalent to Muggles' passion for football.

The game was played by two teams with seven members each. The object of the game was to score more points than the opposing team. There were seven players on a Quidditch team: three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker. The game was played with four balls: a Quaffle, two Bludgers, and a Golden Snitch. The game started with the referee releasing all four balls from the central circle on the field. The Bludgers and Snitch were bewitched to fly off of their own accord, but the Quaffle was thrown into the air by the referee to signal the start of play (This is similar to how the games of basketball and Gaelic football, popular Muggle sports, begin by the referee throwing the ball in the air).[2] The game only ended when the Golden Snitch was caught, or if the Captains of both teams managed to reach an agreement. Some games could go on for many days if the Snitch was not caught (the record for the longest game, according to Quidditch Through the Ages, was six months, although no one caught the Snitch). Since the lengths of Quidditch games were variable (some games could go on for days if the Golden Snitch was not caught) the game was not played in periods, although captains could call for a time out.[1]

Ordinary Wizarding Level (often abbreviated O.W.L.) was a series of subject-specific standardised tests taken during Hogwarts students' fifth year to determine if they had mastered magic to the standard level that any competent wizard should have been able to achieve. These exams were administered by the Wizarding Examinations Authority and had been around since at least the late 1800s.[2] In their seventh year, students took the Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, or N.E.W.T., the scores of which were what potential employers looked at when the student was looking for a career after they completed their education. Some careers required certain subjects to be taken at N.E.W.T.-level and with a passing grade, or in some cases top grades. The O.W.L. examinations basically determined what type of career options students would be able to pursue once their education had been completed.[3] Considering what was at stake, cheating was both highly tempting for the students and highly guarded against by the professors who oversaw the exam. Anti-Cheating Spells were applied to all O.W.L. exam papers. Auto-Answer Quills, Remembralls, Detachable Cribbing Cuffs, and Self-Correcting Ink were all banned from the examination hall as well.[1] Despite this, at least one student attempted to cheat every year, though none were known to have been successful since the year 1896.[9] Students in the fourth year received more homework then any of the years prior, in preparation for their upcoming O.W.L.s. Once a student was in their fifth year, the amount of homework being set would drastically increase. This intense work load resulted in some students panicking about the amount of homework they had to do. For example, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley spent a lunch hour in the library looking up the uses of moonstones in potion-making.[10] It also resulted in some students developing headaches due to the stress, because of the sheer quantity of work being set.[11]

1.The Restricted Section Is… Restricted 2.No Magic In The Corridors 3.The Curfew at 09:00pm 4.Stay Out Of The Forbidden Forest 5.No Swimming In The Lake 6.Traditional Hats And Robes Must Be Worn 7.First-Years Aren’t Allowed Brooms 8.Only Third-Years And Above Can Visit Hogsmeade 9.Weasley Products Are Forbidden 10.No Love Potions 11.Students Who Become Animagi Need To Register Their Abilities With The Ministry 12.No Entering The Girls/Boys Dormitories 13.No Using Veritaserum on Students

Professor Slughorn's aim was to cultivate talent and give his favourites a nudge toward fame and fortune, hoping to reap the benefits of his connection to them once they became the "high fliers" he expected them to be.[6] 20 December 1996, there was a lavish party for past and present Slug Club members held in Professor Slughorn's office at Hogwarts. It was the only get-together of the club that Harry Potter attended.[7] After Harry's failed attempt to get a particular memory out of the Professor,[8] Slughorn apparently stopped these meetings in order to prevent giving Harry another attempt.

It is unknown what became of the Slug Club when Severus Snape became headmaster during the 1997–1998 school year. It may have been disbanded due to the return of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, though the decree technically only affected student-founded clubs (such as Dumbledore's Army). Under the authority of Minerva McGonagall beginning in 1998, it is likely that Professor Slughorn stayed as Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts. Due to his nature, the Slug Club was likely reinstated (if it was ever disbanded).

Slug Club was an out-of-hours dining and social club[4] made up of Horace Slughorn's best-liked and sometimes famous students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Professor Slughorn, who taught Potions at Hogwarts from the 1920s to 1981 and again from 1996, sought students who were well-connected, held fame, and/or showed true promise in some field(s) of magic in his eyes.[1]

These select students were invited to parties, such as the particularly lavish one held on 20 December 1996, where Professor Slughorn would then weed them out further. He was sure to keep in touch with those who "made the cut", even after they had graduated, as they would often provide him with useful information and/or various luxuries.[1] Professor Slughorn's aim was to cultivate talent and give his favourites a nudge toward fame and fortune, hoping to reap the benefits of his connection to them once they became the "high fliers" he expected them to be.[6] 20 December 1996, there was a lavish party for past and present Slug Club members held in Professor Slughorn's office at Hogwarts. It was the only get-together of the club that Harry Potter attended.[7] After Harry's failed attempt to get a particular memory out of the Professor,[8] Slughorn apparently stopped these meetings in order to prevent giving Harry another attempt.

It is unknown what became of the Slug Club when Severus Snape became headmaster during the 1997–1998 school year. It may have been disbanded due to the return of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, though the decree technically only affected student-founded clubs (such as Dumbledore's Army). Under the authority of Minerva McGonagall beginning in 1998, it is likely that Professor Slughorn stayed as Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts. Due to his nature, the Slug Club was likely reinstated (if it was ever disbanded).

Hufflepuff was one of the four Houses Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[15] Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff.[1] Hufflepuff was the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members.[7][6]

The emblematic animal was a badger[3] and yellow and black were its house colours.[2] The Head of Hufflepuff was Pomona Sprout[9] and the Fat Friar was the House's patron ghost.[6]

Hufflepuff corresponded roughly to the element of earth,[4] and it was for that reason that the House colours were chosen: yellow represented golden wheat, while black was emblematic of fertile soil.[2] The Hufflepuff point hourglass contained yellow diamonds.[16] Students sorted into Hufflepuff often demonstrated strong abilities in Herbology, owing to their correspondence to earth.

Ravenclaw was one of the four HousesHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Rowena Ravenclaw.[1] Members of this house were characterised by their wit, learning, and wisdom. The emblematic animal symbol was an eagle, and blue and bronze were its colours.[6] The Head of Ravenclaw was Filius Flitwick,[7][9] and the House ghost was the Grey Lady,[6] real name Helena Ravenclaw, daughter of Rowena.[10]

Ravenclaw corresponded roughly to the element of air[17] and it was for that reason that the House colours were chosen; blue represented the sky and bronze symbolised the eagle feathers respectively, both having much to do with air.[18] The Ravenclaw points hourglass contained blue sapphires.[19]

Gryffindor was one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was founded by Godric Gryffindor. Gryffindor instructed the Sorting Hat to choose students possessing characteristics he most valued, such as courage, chivalry, nerve and determination,[6] to be Sorted into his house.

The emblematic animal was a lion, and its colours were scarlet and gold[2] and its house point hourglass was filled with rubies.[9][10] Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as "Nearly Headless Nick", was the House ghost.[5]

Gryffindor corresponded roughly to the element of fire, and it was for this reason that the colours scarlet and gold were chosen to represent the house.[2] The colour of fire corresponded to that of a lion as well, with scarlet representing the mane and tail and gold representing the coat.

The Gryffindor motto was "Forti Animo Estote", which was displayed on a stained glass window in the common room.[11]

Slytherin was one of the four HousesHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Salazar Slytherin.[1] In establishing the house, Salazar instructed the Sorting Hat to pick students who had a few particular characteristics he most valued. Those characteristics included ambition, cunning, resourcefulness, leadership, and shrewdness.

Many Slytherin students tended to clique together (often acquiring leaders) which further exemplified Slytherin's ambitious qualities. Examples of these included Draco Malfoy's gang, Merula Snyde's gang, Pansy Parkinson's gang and Tom Riddle's gang (which later became the Death Eaters).

The founder highly valued and favoured pure-blood students and the Sorting Hat admitted that it could be a factor when being sorted.[1][20] Students of any blood status could be placed in the house. However, a Muggle-born student from that house was considered to be quite rare.[21]

The emblematic animal of the house was a snake and the house's colours were green and silver. There were two notable heads of the house; Horace Slughorn took the role twice (first leaving in 1981 and then taking the role again from 1997 until leaving before 2016),[14] and Severus Snape.[15] The patron ghost of the house was the Bloody Baron.[8]

Slytherin corresponded roughly with the element of water due to serpents being commonly associated with the sea lochs in Western European mythology, as well as serpents, being depicted as physically fluid and flexible animals.[5] The colours also correspond to waters around lakes and lochs, which are often green, and silver, often associated with grey rainwater.

Hogwarts School, located somewhere in the Highlands of Scotland, consisted of the large Hogwarts Castle and extensive school grounds surrounding it, which included sloping lawns, flowerbeds, vegetable patches, as well as a loch (called the Black Lake), a large dense forest (called the Forbidden Forest), several greenhouses and other outbuildings, and a full-size Quidditch Pitch. One of the castle's towers held an owlery, which housed all the owls owned by the school and by students. The castle was set upon huge rocks above the Black Lake. Its three highest towers were the Astronomy, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor Towers. The castle's 142 staircases were known to change position. The castle was known for its many updates and changes in layout throughout the years. It should be noted that some rooms in the school tended to "move around", as did the steps on the Grand Staircase. Albus Dumbledore once noted that even he did not know all of Hogwarts' secrets. The castle had been around for centuries, and consequently had a long history of ancient magic.

The school had numerous ancient charms and spells on and around it to safeguard it from danger. In addition to the fact that there were enchantments that prevented people from entering by stealth, it was also impossible for a Muggle to see it, as the school was bewitched so that when they looked at it, all they saw were some old ruins and several warnings of danger. Witches and wizards could not Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds, except for when the Headmaster lifted the enchantment, whether only in certain areas or for the entire campus, so as to make the school less vulnerable when it served the headmaster to allow Apparition. Electricity and electronic devices were not found at Hogwarts. Due to the high levels of magic, Muggle substitutes for magic, such as computers, radar and electricity, "went haywire" around Hogwarts. Radios, however, were an exception as they were not powered by electricity, but by magic.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, often shortened to Hogwarts, was the British wizarding school located in the Scottish Highlands.[6][7] Founded in the 10th century, Hogwarts was regarded as one of the finest institutions of magic in the wizarding world, alongside other notable schools including Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, the Durmstrang Institute and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, among others collectively forming the eleven long-established and prestigious wizarding schools worldwide.[4]

Any magical children residing in Great Britain or Ireland who had reached the age of eleven by the start of the incoming term were accepted as students.[8][9] They were registered by the Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance when they first displayed magical ability,[10] and their acceptance was confirmed by owl post at age eleven. However, if the child in question was Muggle-born or raised by Muggles, like Harry Potter, with no knowledge of the wizarding world, a special messenger from the school visited the child and his or her family to inform them of their magical heritage and the existence of the wizarding world.[11] It was also possible for students to transfer to the school.

The precise location of the school could never be uncovered because it was rendered Unplottable. To Muggles, the school appeared to be an old, abandoned castle. Similarly, most wizarding schools' locations were protected in order to protect the students and schools themselves from any harm.[4] It was a state-owned school, funded by the British Ministry of Magic.[12]

The school's motto was Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Draco Dormiens Nvnqvam Titillandvs), which, translated from Latin, means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".

Seventh year Theodore attended his seventh year at Hogwarts. Due to being a pure-blood Slytherin, as well as the son of a Death Eater, he was likely treated better than most. Shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts, students were being evacuated from the school including the Slytherins. It is unknown if he was one of the few students to join Lord Voldemort, or if he simply joined those who evacuated. Theodore was "weedy" and "stringy", indicating that he was tall, thin, and perhaps weakly built.[8][6] He was also considered to be "rabbity" in appearance by some.[9] Theodore was a solitary boy who never felt compelled to join "gangs", such as the one headed by Draco Malfoy.[2] He was seen as a loner who preferred to do things by himself, although he did join in when Malfoy laughed at Hermione Grangerstatus as a Muggle-born,[7] which suggests he was a pure-blood supremacist like Malfoy and their fathers.

Theodore was particularly clever and inventive, best demonstrated by his cunning and secretive creation of two illegal Time-Turners, a spectacular feat not many others, including many British Ministry of Magic officials, were capable of doing.[11] Theodore was evidently skilled at potion-making, as he was only one of twelve students able to advance to N.E.W.T.-level Potions in 1996. He either achieved an 'Exceeds Expectations' or an 'Outstanding' on his O.W.L. exam, showing his proficiency in the subject.[7] Theodore Nott[6] (b. 1979/1980) was a pure-blood[2][3] wizard who was a Slytherin student in the same year as Harry Potter at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He came from a familyDeath Eaters and supporters of pure-blood supremacy.

Biography Early life (1980–1991) Theodore Nott was born to an elderly wizard, Mr Nott and his wife. After the death of his mother, Theodore was raised by his father, who was a Death Eater.[2]

Theodore Nott[6] (b. 1979/1980) was a pure-blood[2][3] wizard who was a Slytherin student in the same year as Harry Potter at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He came from a familyDeath Eaters and supporters of pure-blood supremacy.

Biography Early life (1980–1991) Theodore Nott was born to an elderly wizard, Mr Nott and his wife. After the death of his mother, Theodore was raised by his father, who was a Death Eater.[2]

Hogwarts years (1991–1998) First year Theodore started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry1 September 1991,[5] and was sorted into Slytherin house.[6][7]

Fifth year During a Care of Magical Creatures lesson in his fifth year, he was one of only three students present who could see Thestrals. This suggested that he may have witnessed his mother's death firsthand.[8][9] He found the creatures rather distasteful and unpleasant as he watched one eating.[8] At the end of the year, Theodore's father was captured in the Department of Mysteries as one of the Death Eaters who participated in the raid on the Department and exposed as an escaped Death Eater. With his father incarcerated and his mother dead, it is unspecified who cared for Theodore Nott during the school holidays. While on the Hogwarts Express in 1996Horace Slughorn waylaid Blaise Zabini and inquired after Theodore's father. Blaise replied that Mr Nott was a Death Eater imprisoned in Azkaban for breaking into the Department of Mysteries the previous June. Slughorn, not wanting any association with Death Eaters, was not pleased and thus invited Blaise, not Theodore, to join the Slug Club.[10]

Theodore was one of four Slytherin students who progressed to the N.E.W.T.-level in Potions. During his first lesson with Professor Slughorn, he sat next to Draco, and they both sniggered when Hermione revealed that she was a Muggle-born. They also were sceptical about the effects of Amortentia.[7]