eye colour and other queries

[slytherin_jenn]

I'll try to answer as best I can...

> 1.  Harry's eye colour is always described as a deep green (or jade
or emerald etc). I 
> remember them being described as 'green' but where did this unusual
'absinthe in flames' 
> kind of colour come from?  That doesn't even seem like a 'real' eye
colour to me.

Celoneth:
His eyes are mentioned as "bright green" (PS UK version p. 20) & I
guess they have to be somewhat distinctive b/c people mention it so
often & remember what colour Lily's eyes were. 

> 2. Draco's eyes are always descibed as grey (my favourite is
'full-moon-over-the-water' 
> LOL). I don't remember Draco's eyes ever being described in canon at
all, though I possibly 
> wasn't paying attention.

Celoneth:
I don't remember any reference to his eyes - its not in the
description given when Harry first meets him, and the Lexicon doesn't
have anything, though there may be something in canon I just can't
find it, he's usually described as just pale & blonde. It may be the
result of people using the description of the actor who plays Draco in
order to describe him. 


> 3. Many of the fics talk about 'glamour spells'--are they
fanfic-created or in canon?  I 
> cannot remember ever reading about a glamour spell.. though they
sounds like a brilliant 
> idea of course.s

Celoneth:
In GoF, Hermione uses a hair potion when she goes to the Yule Ball, so
it may stem from there? There's also a spell to modify teeth size when
Hermione gets buckteeth & Madam Pomfrey shrinks them. I don't recall
specific glamour spells, though it makes sense for them to exist.

> 
> 4. They also talk about 'wards' being around premises -- kind of
like protective spells to 
> keep others out.  I KNOW there are such spells in canon but where
are they described as 
> 'wards'?

Celoneth:
I don't recall them being called "wards" but there are references to
enchantments being put around houses. There's a bunch of references to
the types of protections Hogwarts and other magical buildings have -
being unplottable, spells that make Muggles not see the building or
remember an urgent appointment. (I believe the references are in PS &
the beginning of GoF [when they're at the Quidditch match]) There's
also the spells that Hermione puts around the tent when they're
camping in DH. & DD mentions that most wizarding homes have
protections from unwanted Apparators (HBP UK version p. 62).

hope this helps 
Celoneth