The Akashic Record: U


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Umbridge, Dolores Jane (OotP ch. 8): A Ministry of Magic stooge sent in to harass, intimidate, and generally undermine Hogwarts, or someone who did a brilliant unintentional job of same.

Etym: Modified spelling of umbrage, in the sense of "shade, shadow".

Umgumbular Slashkilter (OotP ch. 18): A creature alleged by The Quibbler to be kept by Cornelius Fudge.

Etym: Couldn't find anything.

Unbreakable Charm: A spell that maintains the structural integrity of an object.

Undetectable Poisons: Harry had to write an essay on them for Potions class, so apparently they do exist in the wizard world.

Unfogging the Future: The textbook for the Divination class.

Unforgivable Curses: Spells banned by the Ministry of Magic, although Crouch senior permitted their use in the hunt for the Death Eaters. Normally, use of them is a quick ticket to Azkaban. They are the Cruciatus Curse, the Imperius Curse, and the Killing Curse.

unicorns: Horselike creatures with a single horn, symbolizing absolute purity. (In medieval art, the unicorn was actually a single-horned goat.) Unicorn hairs are used as the cores of some wands.

Unplottable: Not placeable on a map.

Unspeakable: A person who works for the Department of Mysteries.

Urg the Unclean (GoF ch. 31): Possibly a goblin involved in one of their many rebellions.

Etym: No info. Probably just invented to sound grunt-like.

Uric the Oddball: Some historical personage who could be confused with Emeric the Evil.

Etym: None found.

Urquhart Rackharrow: Etym: Name deriving from a place on Loch Ness, from Welsh ar "on, upon" + cardden "thicket". He might however have been named after Sir Thomas Urquhart, a 17th century translator and writer of some very weird fantastical works.


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