Vablatsky,
Cassandra
author: Unfogging
the Future (PA4)
"Cassandra"
(mythology) daughter of Priam and Hecuba, given the power of prophecy by
Apollo but when she spurned him, he added the curse that her prophecies
should not be believed.
"Vablatsky"
comes from Madam Helena Blavatsky, 1831-1891, brought Eastern philosophical
ideas to the West, founded the Theosophy movement.
Vector
Arithmancy
professor at Hogwarts - witch
"vector"
- mathematics: "quantity having both a number value and a direction"
Viridian,
Professor Vindictus
Author of
a book on curses called Curses and Counter-curses (Bewitch Your Friends
and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs,
Tongue-Tying, and Much, Much More)
To
be 'vindictive' is to want revenge or to want to take things out on someone.
"viridis"
Latin: "green" (suggests the idea of being "green with envy")
Violet
A pale, wizened
witch who inhabits a portrait hanging in the antechamber off the Great
Hall (GF16, 17). Vi is a friend of the Fat Lady and the two of them get
tipsy on chocolate liqueurs at Christmas (GF23). She winked from her frame
at Bill Weasley when he visited Hogwarts for the Third Task (GF31).
Volkov
Bulgarian
National Team, Beater (GF8)
Vulchanov
Bulgarian
National Team, Beater (GF8)
Waffling,
Adalbert
author: Magical
Theory (SS5)
"to
waffle" is to not get to the point and say things that you don't need to
say
(contributed
by Simon Jeffrey)
Warbeck,
Celestina
singer on
the WWN
known as the Singing Sorceress (CS3)
Recently recorded
a version of the Puddlemere United team anthem as a benefit for St. Mungos
(QA)
"celesta":
keyboard instrument: a musical instrument with keys that are played to
make hammers strike metal plates, making a soft tinkling sound (the tinkling,
magic-sounding instrument which plays "Hedwig's Theme" in the film sountrack)
"warble":
Eng. "trilling notes, as in a bird song"
Warrington,
C.
Slytherin
1990s
Q. Chaser
entered his
name in the Goblet of Fire
“That big
bloke from Slytherin who looks like a sloth” (GF
someone named
C. Warrington checked Quidditch Throught the Ages out of the library
(13 November) (QA)
Arthur WeasleyWeird Sisters
Gryffindor (years unknown), Ministry of Magic, Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Molly Weasley
Gryffindor (years unknown)
Bill Weasley
Gryffindor (years unknown), now Gringotts Wizarding Bank Curse-Breaker, in Egypt
Charlie Weasley
Gryffindor 78-85, Q. captain and Seeker, now Dragon Keeper, Romanian Dragon Reserve
Percy Weasley
Gryffindor 87-94, prefect 91-3, head boy 93-94, now Ministry of Magic, International Cooperation Department
Fred Weasley
Gryffindor 89-96, Q. Beater, created Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes 1994
George Weasley
Gryffindor 89-96, Q. Beater, created Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes 1994
Ron Weasley
Gryffindor 91-98, Special Award for Service 1993, best friend of Harry Potter
Ginny Weasley
Gryffindor 92-99, controlled by Tom Riddle's enchanted diary 1992, almost killed, saved by Harry Potter in the Chamber of Secrets; has a crush on him; attended Yule Ball with Neville Longbottom Christmas, 1994
Uncle Bilius
saw a Grim and died within 24 hours (PA
Grandfather
once owned the chess set Ron now uses (SS
second cousin of Molly's
never talked about, since he became an accountant (SS
the missing Weasley Cousin
"the character who wasn't" from early drafts of GF
Musical group which is very popular on the WWN. Their instruments consist of a set of drums, several guitars, a lute, a cello, and some bagpipes. They were "all extremely hairy and dressed in black robes that had been artfully ripped and torn." Dumbledore booked them to play the Yule Ball. (GF
The lead guitarist is Kirley McCormack (QA), also known as Kirley Duke (CS/g).
The Weird Sisters consists of (CS/g):
Myron Wagtail, lead singerThe "weird sisters" is a term from Shakespeare's Macbeth. It refers to the three witches who accost Macbeth and fortell the future when they hail him as "king hereafter."
Kirley McCormack Duke, lead guitar
Donaghan Tremlett, bass
Heathcote Barbary, rhythm guitar
Herman Wintringham, lute
Gideon Crumb, bagpipes
Orsino Thruston, drums
Merton Graves, cello
Wendelin
the Weird
witch in Middle
Ages, enjoyed being burned at the stake (PA1, fw19)
Wenlock,
Bridget
1202-1285
Famous Arithmancer
who discovered the magical properties of the number seven. (fw22)
Whimple,
Gilbert
Ministry wizard,
Committee on Experimental Charms, has horns (GF7)
"wimple":
Medieval Europe: a cloth covering for a woman's head and neck.
Whisp,
Kennilworthy
author: Quidditch
Through the Ages (QA), The Wonder of Wigtown Wanderers, He Flew
Like a Madman, and Beating the Bludgers. He lives in Nottinghamshire.
His hobbies are backgammon, vegetarian cookery, and collecting vintage
broomsticks.
"wisp"
Old English: small bundle of straw (such as the end of a broom)
perhaps
related to "will-o'-the-wisp", (where wisp relates to the tendril of smoke
from a candle which floats away on the air), and therefore "something which
deludes or misleads."
Whitby,
Kevin
Hufflepuff
94-01
Wiblin,
Samson
c. 1400s
Wizarding
Duellist who was favored to win the All-England competition in 1430. He
was defeated by Alberta Toothill, using a Blasting Charm (fw27).
Wigworthy,
Wilhelm
author of
Home
Life and Social Habits of British Muggles
Wildsmith,
Ignatia
1227-1320
Invented Floo
Powder. (fw23)
Wilkes
Death Eater,
killed along with Rosier by Aurors c. 1980 (GF
wizard with
a walrus mustache
His portrait
hangs in the Great Hall antechamber next to Violet's. (GF16)
Wood,
Oliver
Gryffindor
(87-94) Q. captain/Keeper
"a burly fifth
year" (1991)(SS11)
fanatical
about Quidditch (CS, PA)
signed with
Puddlemere United Reserve Team, summer 1994 (GF7)
In his first
Quidditch match he took a bludger to the head two minutes into the game
and woke up a week later in the Hospital Wing (SS/f)
Worme,
Augustus
Editor at
Obscurus Books who, in 1918, commissioned an authoritative compendium of
magical creatures by a lowly Ministry employee by the name of Newt Scamander.
(FB)
Wright,
Bowman
Metal charmer
from Godric's Hollow in the 1300s who created the Golden Snitch. (QA)
"wright"
Eng. craftsman
Youdle, Cyprian
1312-1357
Norfolk referee who was killed during
a Quidditch match in 1357; the curse was apparently cast on him by
a member of the crowd who was never caught (QA). Youdle appears on a Famous
Wizard card (fw24).
Zabini,
Blaise
Slytherin
91-98
