Changes: Portrait of the Healers

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A group of six medieval Healers was immortalised on a portrait hung at the Grand Staircase at Hogwarts Castle. A human skeleton was also included on the portrait. The portrait was placed near the Fat Lady, on the seventh-floor level.

History

Healers FatLadyAttack — The portrait after the Fat Lady's attack.

Attack of the Fat Lady

"Oooooh... Frightful!"

— One Healer's moans after Fat Lady's attack^[src]

On the 31st of October 1993, Sirius Black attacked Fat Lady's portrait on a failed attempt to gain entrance to Gryffindor Tower. The Healers most likely witnessed the attack, as they had horrified looks on their faces afterwards. ^[1]

Dolores Umbridge as Headmistress of Hogwarts

Dolores Umbridge replaced Albus Dumbledore as Head of Hogwarts School in 1996. One of her first actions as Headmistress was getting rid of all the portraits at the Grand Staircase. The Healers' was one, if not the last, to be removed. Argus Filch, the caretaker, removed the portrait off the wall, and carelessly handled it, causing the group of Healers to fall as he laughed. With the reinstatement of Dumbledore as Headmaster at the end of the school year, all the portraits were hung again, including the Healers'. ^[2]

Behind the scenes

Healers Filch — Filch removing the portrait from the Grand Staircase.

These individuals may have died sometime prior to 1993, as many portraits hung at Hogwarts Castle depict deceased individuals.
David Heyman, the producer of the Harry Potter film series played as one of them in a cameo.

Appearances

Notes and references

Seventh-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Disused bathroom
Classrooms
Classroom 7B · Classroom 7C · Divination Classroom
Common rooms
Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory · Gryffindor common room · Gryffindor Girls' Dormitory
Corridors
Divination corridor · Fat Lady's Corridor · Hall of Hexes · Porticus Olidus · Pungent Passage · Runic Corridor · Seventh-floor corridor
Halls and rooms
Bean Challenge rooms · Gryffindor Tower reading room · Knights' Room · North Wing
Offices
Filius Flitwick's office · Sybill Trelawney's office
Other locations
Dark Tower topmost cell · Room of Requirement · Vivarium
Portraits, statues and other artwork
A Young Professor McGonagall · Bridget Wenlock · Sir Cadogan · Caged monkey · Edward Rabnott · Elephant · Elizabeth Burke · Fat Lady · Flowering almond trees · George von Rheticus · Giraffe · Godric Gryffindor · Healers · Hippopotamus · Journeying wizards · Lachlan the Lanky · Mother and baby · Oraclitus Spheer · Staring Portrait · The Lady and the Unicorn · Three young ladies · Tiger · Troll Tapestry · Two lovers in a graveyard · Valeria Myriadd · Wailing Egyptians · Witch flying to the moon · Wizard in black flowing robes · Wizard in blue · Wizard with a broomstick · Wolfhound
Staircases
Detention Escape Route · Divination Stairwell · Grand Staircase · Grumpy Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Secret stairway to the fourth floor · Slughorn's Staircase · Staircase to the sixth-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Attic

[1] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)

[2] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

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 ===Attack of the Fat Lady===
 {{Quote|Oooooh... Frightful!|One Healer's moans after [[Fat Lady]]'s attack|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)}}
 On the [[31 October|31st of October]] [[1993]], [[Sirius Black]] attacked [[Fat Lady]]'s portrait on a failed attempt to gain entrance to [[Gryffindor Tower]]. The Healers most likely witnessed the attack, as they had horrified looks on their faces afterwards. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''</ref>
 ===Dolores Umbridge as Headmistress of Hogwarts===
-[[File:Healers Filch.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Filch removing the portrait from the [[Grand Staircase]].]]
 [[Dolores Umbridge]] replaced [[Albus Dumbledore]] as Head of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts School]] in [[1996]]. One of her first actions as Headmistress was getting rid of all the portraits at the [[Grand Staircase]]. The Healers' was one, if not the last, to be removed. [[Argus Filch]], the caretaker, removed the portrait off the wall, and carelessly handled it, causing the group of Healers to fall as he laughed. With the reinstatement of [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] as Headmaster at the end of the school year, all the portraits were hung again, including the Healers'. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''</ref>
 ==Behind the scenes==
+[[File:Healers Filch.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Filch removing the portrait from the [[Grand Staircase]].]]
 *These individuals may have died sometime prior to [[1993]], as many portraits hung at [[Hogwarts Castle]] depict deceased individuals.
+*[[David Heyman]], the producer of the ''[[Harry Potter films|Harry Potter film series]]'' played as one of them in a cameo.
 ==Appearances==
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 [[Category:Healers|Healers]]
 [[Category:Males|Healers]]
-[[Category:Unidentified Portaits]]
+[[Category:Unidentified portraits]]