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Month: October 2018

A Daily Potion for Witches and Wizards

Potions can be used for grand things like changing you into someone else (Polyjuice Potion)

What about those everyday needs?

Well I am here to give you everyday potions for the everyday magical life. Simple potions to tackle those everyday problems.

Now what does the slime of a snail, the dirt from a Mandrake, and a splash of butterbeer all have in common?

They make a stain on your favorite robe.

How to get rid of those pesky stains

  • 180 ml bouncing spider juice
  • 180ml horn of bicorn
  • 180ml dew from moondew
  • Mix ingredients till smooth
  • Dab on stain and rinse with water
  • Oculus Reparo!

Stain removed!

All The Niffler Troubles

Niffler troubles!

A niffler breeder has had his entire stock of nifflers stolen. Graham Docksey had twenty-five nifflers in his forest near Somerset and when he woke up this morning they were all gone.

“They were stolen, I know they were, my anti-theft charms were taken down which is why they didn’t alert me.” He said. “I need them back! I was going to breed them next year, they’re almost endangered you know!”

Mr. Docksey is one of five registered magical creature experts who are allowed to breed magical creatures under the Ministry’s magical creature act 1768.

The act was put into place after the Hippogriff incident in 1767 which saw three improperly raised Hippogriffs trample an elderly witch in Leeds.

Junior Auror Rows has been put on the case. “It’s a sad thing that people just up and stole these creatures, without proper care and attention nifflers can become very mischievous so you better watch your shiny objects.”

Mr. Docksey believes the nifflers will be used by thieves as you “can’t get mad at the little fella’s.”

Unforgiveable Charms?

Following a Ministry crackdown on the use of a newly discovered branch of spells being referred to as ‘Perception Charms’, the world of magic at large is left to question, ‘Will these charms be classed as unforgivable?

A charm is a spell that adds certain properties to an object or person. Commonplace examples are in use every day, from the simplest, ‘Wingardium Leviosa,’ to the highly complex Fidelius Charm. All can prove extremely useful in the course of everyday life, and until now have been warmly received by the magical governing bodies.

Until now…

Believed to be the initial brainchild of Palto Eskarbo, perception charms can be used on one’s self or one’s companion, and alter the subject’s perception of reality. The effects are recalled by users to be euphoric and energising, with some charms even causing their subjects to experience full sensual hallucinations

Lobbyists are protesting to the ministry that these charms should be free for recreational use, if restricted from workplaces and schools, however Head of Department of Magical Law Enforcement Angus Merrythorpe, believes that such spells could have too negative an influence on society. “What if we have children brought up receiving these sorts of spells as reward, and then exit them to just change once they enter schools?! What of the effects of other charms performed under the influence of these spells?! Can you imagine how many more splinchings there will be?! The only practical solution is to outlaw these charms for good, effective immediately, never to be written down or published anywhere. The sooner the world can forget about these horrible spells, the happier they’ll be!”

No official decision has been made as of yet, but with a Ministry sitting to take place next week, charmers wait with bated breath to hear the decision made on the legality of their use of these charms.

A New Dark Mark And Six Dead Leave Authorities Bewildered

An uneasy silence shrouded the group of stunned spectators who gathered around the outskirts of Diagon Alley earlier this morning where the bodies of six victims lay discarded in a disheveled heap, far away from the grinning jack-o-lanterns and fake spiders of the main streets.

A dispatch unit from St. Mungo’s and a team of Aurors were on the scene almost immediately in a desperate bid to cover up the corpses, claiming that there had been a “freak accident” involving a loose bit of scaffolding, but eyewitnesses say otherwise.

Chris Lewis, a 70-year-old wizard vacationing from Australia was one of the first people unfortunate enough to have stumbled upon the gruesome scene this morning.

“I just couldn’t believe my eyes,” Lewis remarked, a potent look of fear still painted across his ashen face. “Them bodies were mutilated – I’ve gutted enough Roos in my day to know when summat’s been turned inside out.”

Shop owners and patrons alike have been shaken up by the occurrence; hushed rumors spreading like wildfire throughout the Wizarding Community. Some insisting that it was nothing more than a Halloween prank gone horribly wrong, while others are hinting at something far more sinister.

The ritualistic murders come hot on the heels of an increase in the number Dark Magic related arrests in the past few months, bringing back harrowing memories of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named’s ascent to power before the First and Second Wizarding Wars.

What makes this macabre homicide even more intriguing is the use of an unknown occult symbol, spotted by a young American witch just before the bodies were hauled away.

Summer Chronister says that in addition to being turned inside out, the bodies had been branded with a strange mark.

“I’ve never seen anything like it – all six had the same thing burned into the back of their skulls.” The Ilvermorny graduate conveyed excitedly.”It looked like some kinda weird ritual. But I’m not chicken about that kinda stuff, so I took a picture with my celly.”

The victims have been identified but their names are being withheld from the general public at this time.

The only information we have been able to glean from the ongoing investigation is that the victims were current staff at the Daily Prophet.

That’s right folks.

Six of our own have been taken – but by whom and for what still remains a mystery.

For now, your most trusted source of Wizarding news will be slowing down production to weekly updates until staff numbers are restored and the culprit(s) behind this Halloween homicide has been brought to justice.