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|incantation=''Avifors''<ref name="TCG">''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''</ref><br/>(AH-vi-fors)<ref name="CSPS">{{COSVG}} - PS2 version</ref>
 
|incantation=''Avifors''<ref name="TCG">''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''</ref><br/>(AH-vi-fors)<ref name="CSPS">{{COSVG}} - PS2 version</ref>
 
|type=[[Transfiguration]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
 
|type=[[Transfiguration]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
|hand=[[File:Screenshot 792.png]]
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|hand=Sideways figure eight
Point [[wand]] at target<ref name="CSPS"/>
 
 
|light=Electric blue<ref name="TCG"/>
 
|light=Electric blue<ref name="TCG"/>
 
|effect=Turns target into:
 
|effect=Turns target into:
 
*Bird<ref name="TCG"/>
 
*Bird<ref name="TCG"/>
 
*Flock of birds<ref name="CSPS"/>
 
*Flock of birds<ref name="CSPS"/>
*Flock of [[bat]]s<ref name="GFPS">{{GOFVG}} - PS2 version</ref>
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*Flock of [[bat]]s<ref name="GFPS">{{GOFVG}} - PS2 version</ref> on occasion
 
|creator=
 
|creator=
 
}}
 
}}
   
{{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)}}
   
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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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 occasionally a flock of bats<ref name="GFPS"/> with a vivid flash of blue light<ref name="CSPS"/>
   
 
==Nature==
 
==Nature==
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===Effects===
 
===Effects===
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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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 bird, a flock of birds, or more rarely, 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"/>.
   
 
"''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"/>
 
"''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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[[File:SPSavifors.jpg|thumb|64x64px]]SPSavifors (unused) found in SpellShapes.utx of the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PC)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]] PC Game texture files next to the used SVSlapifors and SVSdraconifors spell symbols.
   
 
==Teaching==
 
==Teaching==
   
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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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" />
   
 
==Know practitioners==
 
==Know practitioners==
*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
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*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="CSPS" />
*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="GFPS"/>
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*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="GFPS" />
*[[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="CSPS"/>
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*[[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="CSPS" />
*[[Ronald Weasley]]<ref name="GFPS"/>
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*[[Ronald Weasley]]<ref name="GFPS" />
 
*[[Boy who failed Avifors Spell|Failer]]<ref name="PSGBC" />
 
*[[Boy who failed Avifors Spell|Failer]]<ref name="PSGBC" />
   

Revision as of 05:06, 5 January 2016

"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 occasionally a 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 bird, a flock of birds, or more rarely, 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]

SPSavifors

SPSavifors (unused) found in SpellShapes.utx of the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban PC Game texture files next to the used SVSlapifors and SVSdraconifors spell symbols.

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 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."
Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers