Is Horace Slughorn bad?
Slughorn's personality, in many ways, contradicted the
"evil Slytherin" stereotype held by many students of the other Houses, Gryffindors in particular. He was a good person, and did not seem to hold any real prejudice against Muggle-born witches and wizards.
What was Slughorn disguised as?
chair
Slughorn was a complex fellow straight from the off: we were never quite sure what we were getting with the former Head of Slytherin, especially considering the first time we meet him in the books, he was disguised as
a chair.
Was Horace Slughorn a Death Eater?
But Slughorn complicated the moral guidelines of the "Harry Potter" universe. ... As Rowling writes, Slughorn's genuine remorse for the damage he had done in telling Riddle what he wanted to know is conclusive proof that he is not, and
never was, Death Eater material.
What is Slughorn's Patronus?
fish
Harry Potter World on Twitter: "Slughorn's Patronus is
a fish.
Why is Snape the Half Blood Prince?
His father was a muggle. Snape was a half-blood, born to a Muggle father named Tobias Snape and a witch mother named Eileen Prince. ... At some point during his school years,
he decided to reject his father's name entirely, giving himself the moniker "The Half-Blood Prince" with his mother's maiden name instead.
What was Mr Filch's letter?
Kwikspell
Harry, left on his own, finds a letter from
a company called "Kwikspell" on Filch's desk; looking at it, he sees that it is full of testimonials from people who say that the Kwikspell course had taught them magic when they had been unable to do any before.
Who is the true heir of Slytherin?
Tom Marvolo Riddle
At least part of the legend was revealed to be true in 1943, when
Tom Marvolo Riddle, the heir of Slytherin, opened the Chamber and used the Basilisk to attack Muggle-borns. One girl the Basilisk actually killed was a ghost known by the name of Moaning Myrtle.
Is Albus Potter a pure-blood?
An interesting fact of note is that despite the ideals that pure-bloods are inherently more powerful wizards, some of the most powerful or particularly adept wizards and witches in the series are in fact
either half-blood (such as Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape and Harry Potter) or ...