Magical objects in Harry Potter: Encyclopedia II - Magical objects in Harry Potter - Letters and signs

Magical objects in Harry Potter - Letters and signs

Magical objects in Harry Potter - The Dark Mark

The Dark Mark is Lord Voldemort's symbol, and at the height of his power, it was sent up in the air when any one of his followers murdered someone. The Mark is also magically imprinted onto the Death Eaters' left forearms. It consists of a skull with a serpent in its mouth. According to Snape, the Dark Mark can be triggered by Voldemort to glow and burn; this is intended to serve as a summons for the Death Eaters. In this manner, The Dark Mark, in terms of it's appearance on the arms of Voldemort's Death Eaters and the concept of it being used to summon them, has a similar function to The Brand of the Order of the Midnight Sons, a group of supernaturally inclined superheroes from Marvel Comics, who recieved a mark that resembled a dagger composed of flames on their arms which would activate when the world was in a time of supernatural crisis in order to alert the heroes that they were needed. The Dark Mark is cast by placing the tip of one's staff or wand against the target's forearm or the air, and incanting the word "morsmordre."

Magical objects in Harry Potter - Letters

Witches and wizards can write words in the air with their wands.

Dumbledore writes the lyrics to the Hogwarts school song in the air in the first novel. Tom Riddle, at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, does this to show that I am Lord Voldemort is an anagram of Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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