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'''Ignatia Wildsmith''' ([[1220s|1227]]-[[1320s|1320]]) was a wizarding inventor and the creator of [[Floo powder]].
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'''Ignatia Wildsmith''' ([[1220s|1227]][[1320s|1320]]) was a wizarding inventor and the creator of [[Floo Powder]]. During her childhood, she attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], and was [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into [[Ravenclaw]].<ref name="pottermore" />
[[File:Floopowder_1444570a.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Floo Powder]]]]
 
===Etymology===
 
   
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==Biography==
"Ignis" in Latin means "fire."
 
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===Early life===
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{{Quote|Ravenclaw house has an illustrious history. Most of the greatest wizarding inventors and innovators were in our house, including ''[…]'' Ignatia Wildsmith, the inventor of Floo powder.|[[Robert Hilliard]].|Pottermore}}
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Ignatia Wildsmith was born in [[1220s|1227]],<ref name="PSg">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''</ref> somewhere in the [[Great Britain|British Isles]].
   
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In her youth, she attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] from around [[1230s|1238]] to [[1240s|1245]], where she was [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]] into [[Ravenclaw]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
===Appearances===
 
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*''[[Wizard of the Month]]'' {{1st}}
 
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===Adulthood===
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[[File:Ignatia WildsmithGBC.png|thumb|200px|left|A younger Ignatia Wildsmith.]]
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After her graduation from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts School]], Ms. Wildsmith presumably studied further into [[Herbology]], and discovered the magical properties of the [[Floo]] plant. From it, she devised a magical powder, [[Floo Powder]], which, when thrown into a [[fire]], could transport [[wizardkind|wizards]] from one fireplace to another via a [[Floo Network|network of fireplaces]].<ref name="PSg"/>
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===Death and post-mortem===
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Ms. Wildsmith died in [[1320s|1320]], aged around 93. In her honour, her achievement, the invention of the [[Floo Powder]], was recorded on a [[Chocolate Frog Cards|Chocolate Frog Card]].<ref name="PSg"/>
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On [[1 September]], [[1991]], [[Prefect]] [[Robert Hilliard]] welcomed the [[Ravenclaw]] [[first year]]s to [[Ravenclaw Tower]] with a short speech in which he mentioned inventor Ignatia Wildsmith as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]], like them, into [[Ravenclaw]].<ref name="pottermore"/>
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==Etymology==
 
*"Ignis" is [[Latin]] for "fire".
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==Behind the scenes==
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*On her [[Famous Wizard Card]], Ignatia's outfit bears a resemblance to [[w:c:disney:Maleficent|Maleficent]] from Disney's ''[[w:c:disney:Sleeping Beauty|Sleeping Beauty]]''. Throughout the film, Maleficent is associated with green flames, even using them to teleport herself. She also has [[w:c:disney:Diablo|a raven companion]], though this may be coincidental, as Ignatia was not revealed to be a Ravenclaw at the time the card was designed.
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{FWC}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' {{FWC}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' {{FWC}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' {{FWC}}
 
*''[[Wizard of the Month]]''
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Ignatia Wildsmith (12271320) was a wizarding inventor and the creator of Floo Powder. During her childhood, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was Sorted into Ravenclaw.[1]

Biography

Early life

"Ravenclaw house has an illustrious history. Most of the greatest wizarding inventors and innovators were in our house, including […] Ignatia Wildsmith, the inventor of Floo powder."
Robert Hilliard.[src]

Ignatia Wildsmith was born in 1227,[2] somewhere in the British Isles.

In her youth, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from around 1238 to 1245, where she was Sorted into Ravenclaw.[1]

Adulthood

Ignatia WildsmithGBC

A younger Ignatia Wildsmith.

After her graduation from Hogwarts School, Ms. Wildsmith presumably studied further into Herbology, and discovered the magical properties of the Floo plant. From it, she devised a magical powder, Floo Powder, which, when thrown into a fire, could transport wizards from one fireplace to another via a network of fireplaces.[2]

Death and post-mortem

Ms. Wildsmith died in 1320, aged around 93. In her honour, her achievement, the invention of the Floo Powder, was recorded on a Chocolate Frog Card.[2]

On 1 September, 1991, Prefect Robert Hilliard welcomed the Ravenclaw first years to Ravenclaw Tower with a short speech in which he mentioned inventor Ignatia Wildsmith as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been Sorted, like them, into Ravenclaw.[1]

Etymology

  • "Ignis" is Latin for "fire".

Behind the scenes

  • On her Famous Wizard Card, Ignatia's outfit bears a resemblance to Maleficent from Disney's Sleeping Beauty. Throughout the film, Maleficent is associated with green flames, even using them to teleport herself. She also has a raven companion, though this may be coincidental, as Ignatia was not revealed to be a Ravenclaw at the time the card was designed.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pottermore introduction for Ravenclaws (transcription available here)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)