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Merpeople are sentient beasts that live underwater, and are found all over the world. Merpeople can breathe above the waves for a time, but it is unclear if they can ever truly leave their habitat.
An Auror is a member of an elite unit of highly-trained, specialist officers within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic trained to investigate crimes related to the Dark Arts, and apprehend or detain Dark wizards and witches.
The Death Eaters was the name given to followers of Lord Voldemort. The group primarily consisted of wizards and witches who were radical pure blood supremacists and who practised the Dark Arts with reckless abandon and without regard to or fear of wizarding law.
The Dark Mark is the symbol of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. It refers both to a magically induced brand that every Death Eater bears on his or her inner left forearm, and to the same symbol conjured in the air by the spell Morsmordre.
Pigwidgeon (also known as Pig) was Ron Weasley's first pet owl. He was most likely a White-Faced Scops owl.
Lycanthropy is the state in which a werewolf finds him or herself: that of turning into a fearsome and deadly near-wolf.In an interview, J. K. Rowling has stated that she used lycanthropy as a metaphor for HIV in the Harry Potter novels.
The Wolfsbane Potion is an innovative and complex potion that relieves, but does not cure, the symptoms of lycanthropy.
The Secret Keeper is the witch or wizard designated to hide a secret by means of the Fidelius Charm; the secret is embedded in their very soul. Once a Secret Keeper is selected, the person who told them the secret will find themselves unable to pass the information on again, as the Secret Keeper is ...
