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{{Quote|However, mastering a [[transfiguration spell]] such as "Avifors" can be both rewarding and useful.|''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2]]'' on the Avifors Spell|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)}}
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{{Quote|However, mastering a [[Transfiguration spell]] such as "Avifors" can be both rewarding and useful.|''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2]]'' on the Avifors Spell|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)}}
   
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The '''Avifors Spell''' (''Avifors'') is a [[Transforming Spells|transformation spell]] which changes a small object or animal into a bird or flocks of birds (or, in certain circumstances, bats), by directing a flash of electric blue light at the target.
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The '''Avifors Spell'''<ref name="CSGBA">{{COSVG}} - GBA version</ref> (''Avifors''<ref name="TCG"/>) is a [[Transforming Spells|transforming spell]] that could be used to [[Transformation|change]] the target into a bird<ref name="TCG"/>, flock of birds<ref name="CSPS"/> or flock of bats<ref name="GFPS"/> with a vivid flash of blue light<ref name="CSPS"/>
   
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==Nature==
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This [[charm]] is learned in the [[first year|First]] and improved upon in the [[second year|Second-Year]] [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration Class]] (or so, it is by [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall]]).
  
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"''Avifors''" can, at times, be a very complicated spell and some beginning [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students are known to struggle with it. [[Boy who failed Avifors Spell|One student]] nearly failed the class when he proved unable to transform objects into anything more than [[egg]]s. His [[Boy who failed Avifors Spell's cousin|cousin]] bragged about this.<ref name="PSGBC">{{PSVG}} - GBC version. "''My cousin had trouble with Avifors. He could only turn things into eggs. He was popular at breakfast time but he nearly failed the class.''"</ref>
   
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===Effects===
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''Avifors'' should not be confused with the [[Bird-Conjuring Charm]], whose incantation is a base in the etymology of this transfigurative charm, and whose effect is [[Conjuring]] a flock of birds, and does not involve [[Transfiguration]].
  
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When used in an offensive manner, a jet of blue light will shoot from the [[Wizardkind|witch or wizard]]'s [[wand]], erupting upon hitting the target and solidifying them into a flock of black bats<ref name="GFPS"/>. These bats can be controlled by the caster, although they may also fly away<ref name="GFPS"/>.
   
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"''Avifors''" should not be confused with "''[[Bird-Conjuring Charm|Avis]]''", a spell to [[Conjuration|conjure]] a flock of birds but does not involve any [[transformation]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
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When used in an offensive manner, i.e. while [[dueling]], a jet of blue light will shoot from the caster's [[wand]] and hit the target, which will erupt into a burst of electric-blue light that soon solidifies into a flock of black bats, which promptly fly away, though they may also be controlled by the caster for various purposes.
  
   
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==Practicioners==
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==Teaching==
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*[[Harry Potter]]
  
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This [[charm]] was learned in [[first year]] and revised in [[second year]] [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration class]] with [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall]], and was included in ''[[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2]]'' by [[Miranda Goshawk]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
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==Know practitioners==
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*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
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*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="GFPS"/>
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*[[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
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*[[Ronald Weasley]]<ref name="GFPS"/>
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*[[Boy who failed Avifors Spell|Failer]]<ref name="PSGBC" />
   
 
==Etymology==
  
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From Latin ''avis'' meaning ''bird,'' and "fors" ([[-fors suffix|a suffix]] often used in transfiguration spells) is Latin for "chance, luck, fortune".
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From [[Latin]] "''avis''", meaning "''bird''", with the [[-fors suffix]] attached.
   
 
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==Notes and references==
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"However, mastering a Transfiguration spell such as "Avifors" can be both rewarding and useful."
— The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 on the Avifors Spell[src]

The Avifors Spell[4] (Avifors[1]) is a transforming spell that could be used to change the target into a bird[1], flock of birds[2] or flock of bats[3] with a vivid flash of blue light[2]

Nature

"Avifors" can, at times, be a very complicated spell and some beginning Hogwarts students are known to struggle with it. One student nearly failed the class when he proved unable to transform objects into anything more than eggs. His cousin bragged about this.[5]

Effects

When used in an offensive manner, a jet of blue light will shoot from the witch or wizard's wand, erupting upon hitting the target and solidifying them into a flock of black bats[3]. These bats can be controlled by the caster, although they may also fly away[3].

"Avifors" should not be confused with "Avis", a spell to conjure a flock of birds but does not involve any transformation[2]

Teaching

This charm was learned in first year and revised in second year Transfiguration class with Professor Minerva McGonagall, and was included in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk[2]

Know practitioners

Etymology

From Latin "avis", meaning "bird", with the -fors suffix attached.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter Trading Card Game
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS2 version
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) - PS2 version
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - GBA version
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBC version. "My cousin had trouble with Avifors. He could only turn things into eggs. He was popular at breakfast time but he nearly failed the class."
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