Category: The Burrow

by Meghana Desai First of all, I want to thank simplybecky in the CoS forums for inspiring my revelation and hence this editorial. The purpose of this editorial is to figure out how Dumbledore’s...

by Cheri Mathieu Jo Rowling has already explained what Dumbledore was talking about in his howler, “Remember my last!” On her website she explains what that letter was so I won’t reiterate it here....

by meamcat What does Dumbledore’s Howler, “Remember my last, Petunia” mean? First, let’s look at the passage from OotP: Harry darted forward to pick up the letter, but Aunt Petunia beat him to it…...

by Daniel D There are many things we know about the truth drug Veritaserum, and probably lots more things that we don’t. Lets recap: We know that it takes a whole month to mature;...

by Stuart C In the course of the Harry Potter story, we have been introduced to the potion Veritaserum on several occasions; but we have actually seen it administered only once, to Crouch Jr.,...

by Noelle Ebert In the article Wizards on Trial, Sam Cavanaugh posed the question of why the Ministry of Magic doesn’t use Veritaserum in their criminal proceedings. Although his ideas about security and denial...

by Robbie Fischer Veritaserum is a pretty scary substance, isn’t it? To imagine how scary it is, just put yourself in Harry Potter’s shoes. In his fourth year at Hogwarts, Professor Snape threatens to...