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Phoenix Fact File Body Text

The phoenix is a rare but powerful magical bird, able to burst into flames and be reborn from the ashes. As a result, they can live to a very old age. Resplendent in crimson and gold, phoenixes have tails as long as a peacock with feathers that glow faintly in the dark. In the wild, phoenixes can be found on mountain peaks but they can also in rare cases, be domesticated, making very loyal pets. [Albus Dumbledore's](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore) pet phoenix, [Fawkes](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/fawkes) demonstrated these qualities along with the ability to cure injuries with his tears and to carry huge weights. 

Phoenix

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### [MOM classification](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/ministry-of-magic-classifications)
XXXX

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### Appearance
Swan-sized

Scarlet plumage

Gold tail feathers

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### Magical Abilities
Tears have [healing](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/healing) powers

They can carry immensely heavy loads

Feathers are used in [wands](/fact-file/objects/wand)

Can disappear and reappear at will

Phoenix song can provide courage or strike fear

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### Dangers
Not aggressive - phoenixes carry a high Ministry classification because wizards very rarely domesticate them successfully 

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### Typical Habitats
[Dumbledore's office](/fact-file/locations/dumbledores-office)

Ollivanders Fact File Body Text

A [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) shop founded in 382 BC, Ollivanders was an ancient shop run by an old family of wand makers for generations. In Harry's time, [Garrick Ollivander](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/garrick-ollivander) was the shop's owner, who sold wands to all the [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) students. It was here that Harry discovered his own wand, and also that it was closely connected to [Lord Voldemort's](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lord-voldemort-tom-riddle) - sharing the same [phoenix](/fact-file/creatures/phoenix) feather core. 

Ollivanders

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### Where in the world
[Diagon Alley](/fact-file/locations/diagon-alley)

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### Residents/Owners
[Garrick Ollivander](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/garrick-ollivander)

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### Notable events
Harry gets his [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) 

Diagon Alley Fact File Body Text

Located behind [the Leaky Cauldron](/fact-file/locations/the-leaky-[cauldron](/fact-file/objects/cauldron)) pub, Diagon Alley was the main shopping street for the UK’s wizarding community. With its ancient buildings and cobbled streets, Diagon Alley was often a busy place, particularly before term started as [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) students rushed to get the books and equipment on their back-to-school lists. Shops such as Madam Malkin’s Robes for all Occasions and Flourish and Botts sold everything from wizarding robes to cats, owls, [cauldrons](/fact-file/objects/cauldron) and quills, whilst [Ollivanders](/fact-file/locations/ollivanders) was the go-to place for finding the perfect [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand). The Alley was also home to [Gringotts](/fact-file/locations/gringotts) wizarding bank, and was connected to Knockturn Alley - a more sinister shopping street devoted to the Dark Arts.

Diagon Alley

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### Where in the world
London

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### Magical Properties
Only wizards and witches can enter Diagon Alley by tapping on a brick wall in a particular pattern with a [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand).

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### Shops
[The Leaky Cauldron](/fact-file/locations/the-leaky-cauldron)

[Ollivanders](/fact-file/locations/ollivanders)

[Gringotts](/fact-file/locations/gringotts)

[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes](/fact-file/locations/weasleys-wizard-wheezes)

[Eeylops Owl Emporium](/fact-file/locations/eeylops-owl-emporium)

[Flourish and Blotts](/fact-file/locations/flourish-and-blotts)

[Quality Quidditch Supplies](/fact-file/locations/quality-quidditch-supplies)

[Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions](/fact-file/locations/madam-malkins-robes-for-all-occasions)

[The Magical Menagerie](/fact-file/locations/the-magical-menagerie) 

[Gambol and Japes](/fact-file/locations/gambol-and-japes)

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Hogwarts Fact File Body Text

Located in a huge sprawling castle in the Scottish highlands, the celebrated school of witchcraft and wizardry taught its young students how to finesse their magical skills. From the tallest turrets and towers down to the depths of [the dungeons](/fact-file/locations/the-dungeons) (with 142 staircases between them), Hogwarts is structurally supported by magic, and even the school's headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, doesn’t claim to know all of its secrets! Yes, this is the place that [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter) could call home, with the wizarding school boasting a rich history, full of mysteries, [ghosts](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/ghost), talking portraits and much more.

Hogwarts

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### Where in the world
Near [Hogsmeade](/fact-file/locations/hogsmeade), Scottish highlands

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### Locations
[The Great Hall](/fact-file/locations/the-great-hall)

[The Room of Requirement](/fact-file/locations/the-room-of-requirement)

[The dungeons](/fact-file/locations/the-dungeons)

[The Astronomy Tower](/fact-file/locations/the-astronomy-tower)

[Hogwarts Library](/fact-file/locations/the-hogwarts-library)

[The Forbidden Forest](/fact-file/locations/the-forbidden-forest)

[Hagrid's hut](/fact-file/locations/hagrids-hut)

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### Residents
[Rubeus Hagrid](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rubeus-hagrid)

[Albus Dumbledore](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore)

[Minerva McGonagall](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/minerva-mcgonagall)

[Peeves](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/peeves)

[Nearly Headless Nick](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/nearly-headless-nick)

[The Bloody Baron](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-bloody-baron) 

[The Grey Lady](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-grey-lady-helena-ravenclaw)

[The Fat Friar](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-fat-friar) 

The giant squid

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### Magical Properties
Unplottable

Anti-Apparition Charms

Secret passageways

Vanishing steps

Secret rooms

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### Notable events

The opening of the Chamber of Secrets

The [Triwizard Tournament](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/triwizard-tournament)

The Battle of Hogwarts

[Sirius Black](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/sirius-black) breaks in

Wand Fact File Body Text

The most important tool a witch or wizard can own, a wand is the physical object through which magic is channelled. Although magic can be performed without a wand, this tool can help the caster perfect a range of spells and [charms](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/charms). Although there are many wandmakers across the world, Britain's most known wandmaker was [Garrick Ollivander](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/garrick-ollivander) who was famous for supplying wands to Hogwarts students, including [Lord Voldemort](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/lord-voldemort) and [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter). Ollivander wands usually featured a magical core of either [phoenix](/fact-file/creatures/phoenix) feather, [unicorn](/fact-file/creatures/unicorn) hair or dragon heartstring, but other witches and wizards of other nationalities may have different ones. For example, [Fleur Delacour](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/fleur-delacour) had a Veela hair inside her wand.

Wands are made of varying [woods](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/wand-cores) and come in different lengths and [flexibilities](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/wand-lengths-and-flexibility), and the combinations of all of these different factors can make certain wands more proficient in certain magical skills. 

Wand

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Grindelwald is standing with his wand raised

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A close-up of Molly Weasley looking determined and holding her wand up while duelling in the Great Hall at the Battle of Hogwarts

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Harry and Ron standing side-by-side with their wands raised. Both look determined.

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone)

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets) 

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban)

[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire)

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix)

[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince)

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows) 

[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child](/discover-on-stage) 

[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them) 

[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore)

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The Elder Wand Fact File Body Text

Created by Death and given to Antioch Peverell, when united with [the Resurrection Stone](/fact-file/objects/the-resurrection-stone) and [the Invisibility Cloak](/fact-file/objects/the-invisibility-cloak), the Elder [Wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) made its bearer the ‘Master of Death.’ Arguably the most sought after of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder [Wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) was the most powerful of its kind, making its owner virtually unbeatable. With a core of [Thestral](/fact-file/creatures/thestral) tail hair, the [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) was fifteen inches long and made of elder wood. Loyal to the witch or wizard who has ‘won’ it from its previous owner, the Elder [Wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) was the cause of a huge amount of conflict between those desperate to claim it for their own. Also known as ‘the Deathstick’ and ‘The [Wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) of Destiny’ the Elder [Wand](/fact-file/objects/wand) was wielded by wizards such as Grindelwald, Voldemort, Dumbledore, [Draco Malfoy](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/draco-malfoy) and [Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter).

The Elder Wand

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### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince)

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows) 

[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald)

[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore](/discover/films/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore)

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### Magical properties
Can perform magic other [wand](/fact-file/objects/wand)s are incapable of

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### Related locations
[Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts)

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### Owners/Makers
[Gellert Grindelwald](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/gellert-grindelwald)

[Albus Dumbledore](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/albus-dumbledore)

[Draco Malfoy](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/draco-malfoy)

[Harry Potter](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/harry-potter)

Antioch Peverell

Death

Considered one of the best-ever wandmakers, Garrick Ollivander owned the wand shop on [Diagon Alley](/fact-file/locations/diagon-alley), his family business [Ollivanders](/fact-file/locations/ollivanders). It was here that Hogwarts students bought their first [wands](/fact-file/objects/wand) and where Harry found his, an unusual holly wood and phoenix feather. Ollivander's expertise on wands meant he was valuable to Lord Voldemort, particularly when it came to understanding the true power of the [Elder Wand](/fact-file/objects/the-elder-wand)

Garrick Ollivander

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Ravenclaw Fact File Body Text

Ravenclaw was one of four [Hogwarts](/fact-file/locations/hogwarts) houses and prized students whose focus was on learning, wit and wisdom. This reflected the nature of their founder, [Rowena Ravenclaw](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rowena-ravenclaw) who was known to be a woman of remarkable diligence and intelligence. [The Ravenclaw common room](/fact-file/locations/the-ravenclaw-common-room) was decorated with the house colours of blue and bronze along with their eagle emblem. The students were able to study hard in the rooms that were full of tables and bookcases, although if they were unable to solve the bronze knocker’s riddle they couldn't get in until someone arrived who could!

Ravenclaw

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### Connections
[Rowena Ravenclaw](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/rowena-ravenclaw)

[The Grey Lady](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/the-grey-lady) 

[Filius Flitwick](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/filius-flitwick) 

[Cho Chang](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/cho-chang) 

[Luna Lovegood](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/luna-lovegood) 

[Gilderoy Lockhart](/fact-file/characters-and-pets/gilderoy-lockhart) 

### Appearances
[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone)

[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire) 

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](/discover/books/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows)

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### House
[Ravenclaw](/fact-file/magical-miscellany/ravenclaw)

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### Affiliation
Wandmaker 

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### Skills
Wandlore

Wandmaking

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### Hobbies
Finding things curious 

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