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Diagon Alley stalls

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Diagon Alley stalls
Location information
Location

Diagon Alley

Affiliation

"Dark magic protection"

Behind the scenes
First appearance

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Amulets: Effective Againist Werewolves, Dementors and Inferi."
—One of the stalls[src]

The stalls were created in 1996, on the streets of Diagon Alley when many witches and wizards try to take advantage of the fear created by Voldemort's return. They set up stalls selling amulets and other objects, which (according to them) protect the wearer against werewolves, Dementors, and Inferi. These "dark magic protection" objects, however, were often completely usless or even harmful. An office called the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects had to be created to deal with such offenses.