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{{Title|''Descendo''}}
 
{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=Descendo
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|name=''Descendo''
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|image=[[File:Descendo.png|250px]]
|incantation=deh-SEN-doh
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|incantation=''Descendo''<br/>(deh-SEHN-doh)
|type=
 
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|type=[[Charm]]
|hand=
 
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|hand=Point [[wand]] at target
|effect=Causes something to desend or lower itself
 
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|light=Blue
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|effect=Lowers target
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|creator=
 
}}
 
}}
'''Descendo''' likely causes any targeted object to move downwards.
 
   
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{{Quote|With a whip-like movement, Crabbe pointed his wand at the fifty-foot mountain of old furniture, of broken trunks, of old books and robes and unidentifiable junk and shouted, "Descendo!" The wall began to totter, then crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood.|Crabbe tries to kill Ron with this spell.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
==History==
 
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In [[1997]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] used this spell to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to [[the Burrow]]'s attic. In [[1998]], it was used by [[Vincent Crabbe]], who cast this spell on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the [[Room of Requirement]] in an attempt to make it fall over onto Ron.
 
 
'''''Descendo''''' is a [[spell]] that likely causes any targeted object to move downwards, or in other words causes something to descend or lower itself.
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==Known uses==
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" 500px;"
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|-
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! align="center" width="20%" |Caster(s)
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! align="center" width="20%" |Date
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! scope="col" |Notes
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|[[Ron Weasley]]
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|[[July]] [[1997]]
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|Ron used this spell to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to the [[Burrow]]'s attic to show [[Harry Potter]] the [[Transfigure|transfigured ]][[ghoul]].
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|-
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|[[Vincent Crabbe ]]
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|[[2 May]], [[1998]]
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|Crabbe cast this spell on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the [[Room of Requirement]], to make it fall over in an effort to murder Ron Weasley.
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|}
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==Known practitioners==
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*[[Draco Malfoy]]
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*[[Harry Potter]]
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*[[Ronald Weasley]]
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*[[Vincent Crabbe]]
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
Descendo is Latin for "I descend".
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''Descendo'' is Latin for "I descend".
   
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==Behind the scenes==
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In the Nintendo DS version of the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'', players can lower [[Levitation|floating]] objects by tapping on them with the stylus. This is possibly a use of ''Descendo'', though it is never explicitly identified as a spell at all.
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{C|DS version}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]'' {{Possible}} {{C|Nintendo DS version only}}
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{C|Handheld versions only}}
 
*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''
 
*''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''
   
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[[fi:Alasjo]]
 
[[fr:Descendo]]
 
[[fr:Descendo]]
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[[pl:Descendo]]
 
[[Category:Spells]]
 
[[Category:Spells]]
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]

Revision as of 01:36, 1 January 2015

"With a whip-like movement, Crabbe pointed his wand at the fifty-foot mountain of old furniture, of broken trunks, of old books and robes and unidentifiable junk and shouted, "Descendo!" The wall began to totter, then crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood."
— Crabbe tries to kill Ron with this spell.[src]

Descendo is a spell that likely causes any targeted object to move downwards, or in other words causes something to descend or lower itself.

Known uses

Caster(s) Date Notes
Ron Weasley July 1997 Ron used this spell to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to the Burrow's attic to show Harry Potter the transfigured ghoul.
Vincent Crabbe 2 May, 1998 Crabbe cast this spell on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the Room of Requirement, to make it fall over in an effort to murder Ron Weasley.

Known practitioners

Etymology

Descendo is Latin for "I descend".

Behind the scenes

In the Nintendo DS version of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, players can lower floating objects by tapping on them with the stylus. This is possibly a use of Descendo, though it is never explicitly identified as a spell at all.

Appearances