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'''Flourish and Blotts Bookseller''' is a bookstore in [[Diagon Alley]] where most [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students purchase their schoolbooks. The store has had a few problems with certain books, such as ''[[The Invisible Book of Invisibility]]'' which cost them a great deal of [[Wizarding currency|money]] though they never found them, and ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'' which tore each other up as well as biting the [[Manager of Flourish and Blotts|manager]] when he tried to get one out.
 
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{{quote|They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all.|[[Harry Potter]]'s first time at Flourish and Blotts.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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'''Flourish and Blotts Bookseller''' is a bookshop in [[Diagon Alley North Side|North Side]], [[Diagon Alley]]. Established in [[1450s|1454]], it is where most [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students purchase their schoolbooks. The shop has had a few problems with certain books, such as ''[[The Invisible Book of Invisibility]]'' which cost them a great deal of [[Wizarding currency|money]] though they never found them, and ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'' which tore each other up as well as biting the [[Manager of Flourish and Blotts|manager]] when he tried to get one out.<ref name="PA4">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 4 (''The Leaky Cauldron'')</ref> Flourish and Blotts also runs a service, which enables purchasers to buy books via [[owl]] delivery.<ref name="HBP11">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 11 (''Hermione's Helping Hand'')</ref> They also take advance orders for book that are in high demand, such as ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]''.<ref name="DH8">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Wedding'')</ref>
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
===1992===
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===Establishment===
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Flourish and Blotts was first established in [[Diagon Alley]] in the year of [[1450s|1454]].<ref name="LHP5-7">''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'' {{See image|File:FlourishandBlotts1454.jpg}}</ref>
[[File:Normal PDVD 2623.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]] at Flourish and Blotts.]]
 
In August of [[1992]], famous [[Wizards|wizard]] author [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] held a book signing at the store and used it as an opportunity to announce his taking of the post of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] [[professor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that year. In an effort to gain more publicity, he dragged [[Harry Potter]] into the spotlight against his will and gifted Harry a complete set of his books. That same day, a fistfight occurred between [[Lucius Malfoy]] and [[Arthur Weasley]], and Lucius Malfoy secretly gave [[Tom Riddle]]'s [[Tom Riddle's Diary|Diary]] to [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]].
 
   
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===1991===
During the [[Christmas]] [[Christmas holidays|holidays]], the bookshop was temporarily closed, as they were still tidying up after [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]'s book signing in August. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS1 version</ref>
 
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Flourish and Blotts was briefly closed during the summer of [[1991]], as they were dealing with an outbreak of [[bookworm]]s.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' - Game Boy Colour version</ref>
   
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===1992===
[[File:Flourish and Blotts (interior).jpg|thumb|left|250px|The bookshop's interior.]]
 
 
[[File:Normal PDVD 2623.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]] at Flourish and Blotts.]]
 
Sometime in early [[1992]], Flourish and Blotts was closed as it attempted to locate its order of [[Disappearing Ink]]. In August of [[1992]], famous [[Wizardkind|wizard]] author [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] held a book signing at the shop and used it as an opportunity to announce his taking of the post of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] [[professor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that year. In an effort to gain more publicity, he dragged [[Harry Potter]] into the spotlight against his will and gifted Harry a complete set of his books. That same day, a fistfight occurred between [[Lucius Malfoy]] and [[Arthur Weasley]], and Lucius Malfoy secretly gave [[Tom Riddle]]'s [[Tom Riddle's Diary|Diary]] to [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]].<ref name="CS4">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' - Chapter 4 (''At Flourish and Blotts'')</ref>
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During the [[Christmas holidays]], the bookshop was temporarily closed, as they were still tidying up after [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]'s book signing in August.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS1 version</ref>
   
 
===1993===
 
===1993===
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[[File:Monster_book.png|thumb|222px|The inside of Flourish and Blotts, during [[1993]]]]
In the summer of 1993, the front window of Flourish and Blotts held an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]''. To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year [[Care of Magical Creatures]] class taught by [[Rubeus Hagrid]], the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tend to rip each other apart. When [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] went to the shop to buy their schoolbooks, the manager almost cried when Ron and Hermione said they wanted two copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'', but was very relieved when Harry noted that he already had a copy.
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In the summer of [[1993]], the front window of Flourish and Blotts held an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]''. To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year [[Care of Magical Creatures]] class taught by [[Rubeus Hagrid]], the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tend to rip each other apart. When [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] went to the shop to buy their schoolbooks, the manager almost cried when Ron and Hermione said they wanted two copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'', but was very relieved when Harry noted that he already had a copy. Harry also asks for a copy of [[Unfogging the Future]] to which the manager leads them to a small corner in the back of the shop where a small table lies for books on Fortune Telling, such as [[Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks]], [[Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming]] and [[Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul]].<ref name="PA4" />
   
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===1994===
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In the summer of [[1994]], [[Molly Weasley ]]went to Florish and Blotts to get three copies of [[The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4]] for Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
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== Books sold ==
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* The Book of Charms and Spells
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* A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration (1 Galleon)
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* Magical Drafts and Potions (2 Galleons)
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* The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection (1 Galleon)
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* A History of Magic (2 Galleons)
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* One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi (2 Galleons)
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* The Standard Book of Spells, Grade One (1 Galleon)
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* Magical Theory (2 Galleons)
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* Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2 Galleons)
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* Break with a Banshee (5 Galleons)
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* Gadding with Ghouls (5 Galleons)
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* Travels with Trolls (5 Galleons)
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* Voyages with Vampires (5 Galleons)
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* Holidays with Hags (5 Galleons)
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* Wanderings with Werewolves (5 Galleons)
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* Year with the Yeti (5 Galleons)
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* The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 (1 Galleon)
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* The Monster Book of Monsters (4 Galleons)
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* Unfogging the Future (2 Galleons)
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* Intermediate Transfiguration (2 Galleons)
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* The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 3 (1 Galleon)
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* Easy Spells to Fool Muggles
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
[[File:Gilderoy Lockhart at Flourish and Blotts (concept artwork).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Concept artwork for Gilderoy Lockhart while in Flourish and Blotts.]]
 
[[File:Gilderoy Lockhart at Flourish and Blotts (concept artwork).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Concept artwork for Gilderoy Lockhart while in Flourish and Blotts.]]
*The set for Flourish and Blotts was a redress of the set for [[Ollivander|Mr. Ollivander]]'s [[Ollivander's Wand Shop|Wand Shop]], which reflects on the real-world as shops on [[Diagon Alley]] would most likely have similar layouts due to space requirements, as a row of mini-mall stores might.
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*The set for Flourish and Blotts was a redress of the set for [[Garrick Ollivander]]'s [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|Wand Shop]], which reflects on the real-world as shops on [[Diagon Alley]] would most likely have similar layouts due to space requirements, as a row of mini-mall shops might.
*The 2-disc DVD edition of the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' includes an interactive tour of [[Diagon Alley]] and this store, which is the only store interior in the tour to also be interactive.
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*The 2-disc DVD edition of the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' includes an interactive tour of [[Diagon Alley]] and this shop, which is the only shop interior in the tour to also be interactive.
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* Books in ''[[Pottermore]]'' can be bought here.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Comment|Mentioned on sign}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
*''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' {{Possible}} {{Comment|Briefly}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]''
 
*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]''
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
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*''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
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*''[[Pottermore]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 19:13, 9 March 2015

"They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all."
Harry Potter's first time at Flourish and Blotts.[src]

Flourish and Blotts Bookseller is a bookshop in North Side, Diagon Alley. Established in 1454, it is where most Hogwarts students purchase their schoolbooks. The shop has had a few problems with certain books, such as The Invisible Book of Invisibility which cost them a great deal of money though they never found them, and The Monster Book of Monsters which tore each other up as well as biting the manager when he tried to get one out.[1] Flourish and Blotts also runs a service, which enables purchasers to buy books via owl delivery.[2] They also take advance orders for book that are in high demand, such as The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.[3]

History

Establishment

Flourish and Blotts was first established in Diagon Alley in the year of 1454.[4]

1991

Flourish and Blotts was briefly closed during the summer of 1991, as they were dealing with an outbreak of bookworms.[5]

1992

Normal PDVD 2623

Gilderoy Lockhart at Flourish and Blotts.

Sometime in early 1992, Flourish and Blotts was closed as it attempted to locate its order of Disappearing Ink. In August of 1992, famous wizard author Gilderoy Lockhart held a book signing at the shop and used it as an opportunity to announce his taking of the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that year. In an effort to gain more publicity, he dragged Harry Potter into the spotlight against his will and gifted Harry a complete set of his books. That same day, a fistfight occurred between Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley, and Lucius Malfoy secretly gave Tom Riddle's Diary to Ginny Weasley.[6]

During the Christmas holidays, the bookshop was temporarily closed, as they were still tidying up after Gilderoy Lockhart's book signing in August.[7]

1993

Monster book

The inside of Flourish and Blotts, during 1993

In the summer of 1993, the front window of Flourish and Blotts held an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of The Monster Book of Monsters. To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year Care of Magical Creatures class taught by Rubeus Hagrid, the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tend to rip each other apart. When Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley went to the shop to buy their schoolbooks, the manager almost cried when Ron and Hermione said they wanted two copies of The Monster Book of Monsters, but was very relieved when Harry noted that he already had a copy. Harry also asks for a copy of Unfogging the Future to which the manager leads them to a small corner in the back of the shop where a small table lies for books on Fortune Telling, such as Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks, Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming and Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul.[1]

1994

In the summer of 1994, Molly Weasley went to Florish and Blotts to get three copies of The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4 for Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Books sold

  • The Book of Charms and Spells
  • A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration (1 Galleon)
  • Magical Drafts and Potions (2 Galleons)
  • The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection (1 Galleon)
  • A History of Magic (2 Galleons)
  • One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi (2 Galleons)
  • The Standard Book of Spells, Grade One (1 Galleon)
  • Magical Theory (2 Galleons)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2 Galleons)
  • Break with a Banshee (5 Galleons)
  • Gadding with Ghouls (5 Galleons)
  • Travels with Trolls (5 Galleons)
  • Voyages with Vampires (5 Galleons)
  • Holidays with Hags (5 Galleons)
  • Wanderings with Werewolves (5 Galleons)
  • Year with the Yeti (5 Galleons)
  • The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 (1 Galleon)
  • The Monster Book of Monsters (4 Galleons)
  • Unfogging the Future (2 Galleons)
  • Intermediate Transfiguration (2 Galleons)
  • The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 3 (1 Galleon)
  • Easy Spells to Fool Muggles

Behind the scenes

Gilderoy Lockhart at Flourish and Blotts (concept artwork)

Concept artwork for Gilderoy Lockhart while in Flourish and Blotts.

Appearances

Notes and references


London's wizarding quarter
England, Great Britain
Carkitt Market - Diagon Alley - Horizont Alley - Knockturn Alley
Diagon Alley
Shops

2nd Hand Brooms · Amanuensis Quills · Badeea Ali's uncle's tea shop · Bats! Bats! Bats! · Belcher's Bottled Beers · Bernie Balls Fireworks · Blinkhorn's workshop · Boogermongers · Boot and Shoemaker for Witches and Wizards · Brigg's Brooms · Bufo's · Broomstix · Broom Brakes Service · Broom Shop · Caput Mortuum · Cauldron Workshop · Cranville Quincey's Magical Junkshop · Creepy Scrawlers Stationers · Crispa Culpepper's Drugs & Preparations · Diagon Alley Arts Club · Diagon Alley cafés · The Diagon Dispensary · Eeylops Owl Emporium · Fine Enchanting Cauldrons · Flail & Hyde Furriers · Floo-Pow · Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour · Florist's stall · Flourish and Blotts · Gaberlunzie Garments · Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop · Grandma Gramercy's Grandiloquent Gramophones · The Harpy's Bazaar · Healer Shop · Herbert's Sherbets · J. Pippin's Potions · Janus Galloglass · Jimmy Kiddell's Wonderful Wands · The Junk Shop · Krakens · Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions · Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions · The Magic Lantern · Magical Menagerie · Mandrake Mufflers · Marcus Minucius Myomancer · Mourning & Starr Armourers · Mr Milvus Grizedale, Kitemaker · Mr Mulpepper's Apothecary · Mr Trismus, Mouth Magician · Mulligrubs Materia Medica · Nell's Bells · Nollikins for Scrolls & Skins · Noltie's Botanical Novelties · Obscurus Books · Oldknowe Books · Ollivanders · Owl Post Office · Pettichaps · Potage's Cauldron Shop · Praedico Predico · Quality Quidditch Supplies · Rosa Lee Teabag · S. Starling · Scribbulus Writing Implements · Second-Hand Bookshop · Second-Hand Robes · Shrew & Scold's Bridal Wear · Slug & Jiggers Apothecary · Spindlewarps Wool Shop · Sugarplum's Sweets Shop · Surgical and Dental Operator · Tangle & Noils Wigmakers & Perruquiers · Tatoo Artist · The Three Sheets · Trading Card Shop · Tut's Nuts · Twilfitt and Tattings · Twinkle's Telescopes · Unidentified shop · Vietch's Leeches · Wand Showroom · Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes · What Larks! Songbird Specialists · Whizz Hard Books · Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment · Wynch & Tugg Movers · ZA Coffee

Other services

Brews and Stews · Daily Prophet's main office · Diagon Alley stalls · GalleLoans · Gold Pole · Gringotts Wizarding Bank · The Ministry Press · Ollivanders Wand Repair and Re-Tooling · Peter Boat · TerrorTours

Locations

1 Diagon Alley · 129b Diagon Alley · 18a Diagon Alley · 275 Diagon Alley · 343 Diagon Alley South · 521 Diagon Alley · 59 Diagon Alley · 92 Diagon Alley · 93 Diagon Alley · 94 Diagon Alley · Penny Haywood's flat

Known residents and shop employees

Archibald Bennett · Broom Shop shopkeeper · Badeea Ali · Badeea Ali's uncle · Clutterbuck Crispe · Cranville Quincey · Daily Prophet personnel · Edwin Avarus · Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour attendant · Fred Weasley · Garrick Ollivander · George Weasley · Healer · Jimmy Kiddell · J. Pippin · Penny Haywood · Penny Haywood's flatmate · Madam Primpernelle · Manager of Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop · Mulpepper · Podric Batworthy · Ronald Weasley · Shimmy Hardoteer · Sugarplum · Unidentified florist in Diagon Alley · Verity · Villanelle

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