A to Z of Harry Potter

Characters

• Draco Malfoy: A devious boy who is from a wealthy, pure blood, wizardry family, his father is Lucius, who was a follower of Voldemort. He and Harry are arch enemies. He lives in the Slytherin House. He can always be found with his two side kicks Crabbe and Goyle
• Harry Potter: Also known in the wizard world as 'the boy who lived'. He is the only survivor of Lord Voldemort's reign of darkness. Surprisingly, he even managed to destroy the dark wizard at the young age of one or at least that is what most wizards think. Unfortunately, his parents, James and Lily Potter weren't as fortunate and Harry was orphaned. He went to live with his muggle relatives the Dursleys,(Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and Dudley). They made his life miserable. At age 11 he was called to attend Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hagrid came to get him, and begin his life as a wizard. The books chronicle his time there
• Hermione Granger: A muggle born young witch who becomes close friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasly. She is an excellent student and often finds answers to Harry's questions by looking them up in a book. Her parents are dentists and have no magical blood in them what-so-ever. This leads to name calling, Draco Malfoy calls her a mudblood, and one of the main controversies in the book ~ prejudice against those who aren't of pure wizardry blood
• Rubeus Hagrid: Hagrid for short, is the groundskeeper at Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After some time, and a clearing of his name, he becomes the Hogwarts's Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Hagrid is part giant and is obsessed with dangerous creatures. He names a three headed giant dog "Fluffy". Hagrid first meets Harry when Dumbledore sends him to get the one year old after his parents have been killed. He then collects him from the Dursleys when Harry turns 11, so that he can start his schooling
• Professor Albus Dumbledore: Current headmaster at the Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is said he is the greatest headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen, perhaps even the greatest wizard. He always seems to know what is going on at the school and in Harry's life
• Professor Minerva McGonagall: Teaches Transfiguration and is the head of the Gryffindor House. She is an animagus and can change into the form of a cat
• Ron Weasley: Is, hands down, Harry Potter's best friend. They are in the same year and in the same house at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They met on the platform waiting for the Express to Hogwarts and Ron realized who Harry was on the ride in. Although the two have spats now and then, each boy will always be there for the other. Ron is from a wizard family who doesn't have much money. Mrs. Weasley is very motherly to Harry. Ron's brothers and sisters are also studying in Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The entire Weasly family has red hair
• Sirius Black: Godfather to Harry potter and close friend of his parents, James and Lily Potter. Sirius is an animagus who sometimes assumes the form of a black dog named Padfoot

Creatures

• Aragog: A giant spider who lives in the forbidden forest. He is the creature that Hagrid raises when he is a student at Hogwarts. Hagrid gets expelled for having Aragog and opening the Chamber of Secrets, or so it was thought. His wife's name is Mosag and together, they have quite a few offspring that tried to eat Harry and Ron
• Boggart: A shape-shifting monster. It will take the form of whatever it thinks will frighten those near it the most
• Centaur: A half man half horse creature that lives in the forbidden forest. They read the stars and predict the future and are very serious in nature
• Dementors: Hooded dark arts creatures who used to follow Voldemort. They currently are the guards for Azkaban. They have the ability to suck all good thoughts out of those around them. Their kiss is a fate worst than death as it will steal your soul
• Hedwig: Harry Potter's pet owl. He was purchased by Hagrid at their first visit to Diagon Alley in the first book. Owls are used to deliver messages in the wizarding world
• Hippogriff: Large winged creature that is half horse and half eagle-like bird. Hagrid introduces them to his Mystical Creatures class
• Troll: A very tall creature with a really bad temper. They are foul smelling, small brained and extremely ugly. They live in the mountains away from the Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry
• Unicorn: A creature that lives in the Forbidden Forest. It is so white that newly laid snow looks gray next to it. It's blood has mystical qualities

Charms / Spells / Curses

• Accio: A summoning charm which enables a wizard to call anything to themselves, even if it is far away
• Alohomora: Causes doors to unlock
• Expelliarmus: A disarming spell and is used to knock the weapon out of the opponent's hand
• Lumos: A spell that lights up the caster's wand. It causes a wizard's wand to act like a flashlight
• Reducio: This makes an object smaller. It's the opposite of Engorgio, and will turn something back to it's normal size if the Engorgio spell was used
• Reparo: Undoes any damage that was done to an object
• Riddikulus: A defence charm against the Boggart and turns it into something the caster thinks is silly
• Stupefy: Makes the receiver goes unconscious
• Unforgivable Curses: There are three Unforgivable Curses that witches and wizards must not use. They are the Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) - causes intolerable pain that slowly drives its victim insane, the Imperius Curse (Imperio) - causes the victim to be completely under the control of the wizard that caste the spelland the Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) - causes the instant death that cannot be traced to any other source
• Wingardium Leviosa: A levitation spell. It is used to make other objects levitate

Places of Attractions

• Azkaban: The wizard prison which is guarded by the Dementors. Many of Voltemort's followers who were caught by aurors were imprisoned there. It is close to impossible to escape as the longer you stay the more insane you get
• Diagon Alley: An alley in London that is hidden from muggles. It has wizard stores for things like books, pets, wands and more
• Forbidden Forest: A forest that surrounds Hogworts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is the home of many mythical and dangerous creatures. Students are warned not to go in, although some find that they may have to serve detention there
• Gringotts: Wizard bank located in Diagon Alley and run by goblins. All of the vaults are below London. It is rumored that they use dragons to guard the vaults
• Hogsmeade: A small village near Hogwarts that you can only visit after third year with a permission slip signed by your guardian. Shops include Honeydukes and Zonko's Joke Shop and it is also the home of the 'haunted' Shrieking Shack
• Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry: A place where witches and wizards go when the reach the age of 11 years old to learn how to become witches and wizards. It was created by four founders and each founder had a house: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw
• Hogwarts Express: The train that takes Hogwarts students to and from the school. It leaves from London on platform nine and three quarters and takes most of the day to arrive at Hogwarts
• Zonko: A wizard joke shop in Hogsmeade

That's all for now, cheers.

Source: Parenting Teen