[HPforGrownups] Hogwarts Ghosts

[Susanna Luhtanen]

No: HPFGUIDX 28830



Susanna Luhtanen
s_luhtanen at hotmail.com


> > Anyway, does this make any sense, and have I missed any instances in
> > which wizards conjure things from thin air?
>
>There are a couple you missed. Prof. McGonagalll conjurs a fan from thin 
>air
>in CoS in order to get Nick to the Hospital Wing...


Sirius did too - putting something on Pettigrew.

>Which reminds me; What are the stories of the ghosts? We know nothing about
>them aside from what house they were in.
>
>Nearly Headless Nick was hit I think 47 (don't quote me on that) times in 
>the
>neck with a blunt axe. What did he do to deserve this beheading attempt?

Possibly nothing - maybe he was falsely accused like Sirius.

And
>who did it? The two most likely theories are he either did something
>considered criminal by another and they proceeded to behead him or a 
>criminal
>did it for some reason or another. I've also noticed Nick is the only ghost
>whose real name we know

He may have been beheaded officially...

>The Fat Friar is a cheerful ghost who shows no outward sign of his death 
>like
>Nick or The Baron. He was a Friar obviously but where? And how did he die? 
>I
>would like to think something interesting like poison or a curse but more
>likely he died of natural cause

I think someone poisoned him.

>The Bloody Baron, a most mysterious ghost. His robes remain stained with
>blood even after death. Peeves is terrified of him which leads me to 
>believe
>that Peeves knows all about him.

The bloodstains are a reminder of a murder he DID commit, I guess - each 
presents a kill... a kill of a Poltergeist!

>The Grey Lady, we know next to nothing about her. She hasn't even been 
>named
>in the books so far but appeared in SS/PS. A popular theory is that she is
>really Rowena Ravenclaw but I doubt it as i'm sure a Founder's ghost 
>wouldn't
>stay if the others didn't

I'd agree... she's not that - but some other Ravenclaw...



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