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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=''Protego Maxima''
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|name = ''Protego Maxima''
|image=[[File:Protegomaximahs.gif|255px]]
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|image = [[File:Protegomaximahs.gif]]
|incantation=''Protego Maxima''<br />(pro-TAY-goh MAKS-ee-ma)
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|incantation = ''Protego Maxima''<ref name="DHF2"/><br />(pro-TAY-goh MAKS-ee-ma)
|type=[[Charm]]
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|type = [[Charm]]<ref name="DHF2"/>
|hand=Point skyward
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|hand = Point [[wand]] skyward<ref name="DHF2"/>
|light=Blueish white
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|light = White<ref name="DHF2"/>
|effect=Summons a large protective barrier
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|effect = Summons a large protective barrier<ref name="DHF2"/>
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|creator =
 
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{{Quote|Protego Maxima. Fianto Duri. Repello Inimicum.|[[Filius Flitwick]] conjures up magical defences prior to the [[Battle of Hogwarts]].|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2}}
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{{Quote|Protego Maxima. Fianto Duri. Repello Inimicum.|[[Filius Flitwick]] conjures up magical defences prior to the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2}}
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'''''Protego Maxima''''' was a [[Maxima|stronger version]] of the [[Shield Charm]] that, when cast in combination with ''[[Fianto Duri]]'' and ''[[Repello Inimicum]]'', conjured up an almost impregnable magical protection barrier.<ref name="DHF2"/>
   
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==Effect==
'''''Protego Maxima''''' is a stronger version of the [[Shield Charm]] that, when cast in combination with ''[[Fianto Duri]]'' and ''[[Repello Inimicum]]'', conjures up an almost impregnable magical protection barrier. Bodies crossing the boundaries of the barrier disintegrate on the spot, while [[spell]]s cast at it (if not of enough power to break it) create large, resonating explosions. This spell is the core of the shield summoned around Hogwarts; it is the shield itself that is seen descending over the castle.
 
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People who were out of the shield couldn't see and hear the wizards or witches that were protected. [[Spell]]s cast at it (if not of enough power to break it) created large, resonating explosions. This spell was the core of the shield summoned around Hogwarts; it was the shield itself that was seen descending over the castle. It should be noted however that on occasion [[protective enchantment]]s could be breached with a [[shield penetration spell]].<ref name="DHF2"/>
   
 
==Known uses==
 
==Known uses==
[[File:DesintegrateSnatcher.JPG|thumb|left|220px|[[Snatchers]] being disintegrated by the power of this spell combined with other protections.]]
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[[File:DesintegrateSnatcher.JPG|250px|thumb|[[Snatchers]] being disintegrated by the power of this spell combined with other protections]]
*This spell was cast by [[Headmaster]] [[Albus Dumbledore]] to protect the boundaries of [[Hogwarts Castle]] from the [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] forces in the early hours of [[1 September]], [[1996]]. Indeed a Death Eater tried to cross the barrier on a broom but was repelled by the shield.
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This spell was cast by [[Filius Flitwick]], [[Molly Weasley]] and [[Horace Slughorn]] to protect the boundaries of Hogwarts Castle from the Death Eater forces in the late hours of [[1 May]] [[1998]], prior to the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] that started at midnight the [[2 May|next day]]. The [[Death Eaters]], on [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s command, started bombarding the magical protection with spells, and it was ultimately brought down by a [[Shield penetration spell|spell cast by Voldemort]].<ref name="DHF2">{{DH|F2}}</ref>
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*This spell was cast by [[Charms Master]] [[Filius Flitwick]] to protect the boundaries of Hogwarts Castle from the Death Eater forces in the late hours of [[1 May]], [[1998]], prior to the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] that started at midnight the [[2 May|next day]]. The [[Death Eaters]], on [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s command, started bombarding the magical protection with spells, and it was ultimately brought down by a [[Shield penetration spell|spell cast by Voldemort]].
 
==See Also==
 
*''[[Protego Horribilis]]''
 
*''[[Protego Totalum]]''
 
*[[Shield Charm]]
 
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
 
*The incantation is derived from the Latin "''protego''", meaning "I defend", or "I protect", and "''maxima''", nominative feminine singular of "''maximus''", meaning "greatest", or "highest limit"; altogether the incantation means "I protect to the highest limit".
 
*The incantation is derived from the Latin "''protego''", meaning "I defend", or "I protect", and "''maxima''", nominative feminine singular of "''maximus''", meaning "greatest", or "highest limit"; altogether the incantation means "I protect to the highest limit".
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
*In the novel, Flitwick uses ''[[Protego horribilis]]'' instead when casting the defensive enchantments around Hogwarts.
[[File:Shieldbreaking.jpg|thumb]]
 
 
*In {{DH}}, the protective enchantments around the grounds were summoned by [[Filius Flitwick]], and Flitwick alone. In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|second part of the film adaptation]], Flitwick is joined by [[Molly Weasley]], [[Horace Slughorn]], and [[Poppy Pomfrey]] to do so.
*In the novel, Flitwick uses ''[[Protego Horribilis]]'' instead when casting the defensive enchantments around Hogwarts.
 
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*In {{DH|F2}}, it seems that this shield is capable of keeping [[Dementor]]s at bay, as they are seen being forced away as the shield lowered to the ground.
*In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', the protective enchantments around the grounds were summoned by [[Filius Flitwick]], and Flitwick alone. In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2|second part of the film adaptation]], Flitwick is joined by [[Molly Weasley]], [[Horace Slughorn]], and [[Poppy Pomfrey]] to do so.
 
*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'' the protective enchantments around the ground are summoned by Filius Flitwick, Horace Slughorn and Minerva McGonagall. [[Molly Weasley]] does not help the teachers to do it.
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*In {{LEGO|Y2}}, the protective enchantments around the ground are summoned by Filius Flitwick, Horace Slughorn and Minerva McGonagall. [[Molly Weasley]] does not help the teachers to do it.
*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'', a shield was cast over [[4 Privet Drive]] (possibly by [[Alastor Moody]]).
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**Also in the same game, a magical shield was cast over [[4 Privet Drive]] (possibly by [[Alastor Moody]]).
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*In December 1926, a similar shield dome was created by multiple American Aurors on top of the New York City subway in which Credence Barebone, in his uncontrolled Obscurial form, ran rampant until he was supposedly "killed." This shield dome is similar to ''Protego Maxima'' as it forms a hemispherical shield around an area, but the shield dome formed in New York City starts forming from where the casters are pointing their wand with no light coming out of their wand, whereas ''Protego Maxima'' shoots a bluish-white light out of their wand, and forms a shield very far above the caster.
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*In [[1927]], this may have been the spell, or maybe a stronger variation of ''Protego'', combined with other protections, used by [[Magical Congress of the United States of America|MACUSA]] that was used to prevent [[Gellert Grindelwald]] from moving from his chair in MACUSA as when a [[fly]] passed by the shield's boundaries, the shield became visible with transparent harsh red light, and the fly was disintegrated until only its wings remained in the air, clearly outside the shield's boundaries. The fly's disintegration mimics how the [[Three unidentified Snatchers who disintegrated during the Battle of Hogwarts|three unidentified Snatchers during the Battle of Hogwarts]] were disintegrated.<ref name="COGS">{{COG|S}}</ref>
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*In [[1927]], [[Gunnar Grimmson]] may have used this spell to protect himself from the [[Credence Barebone]]'s Obscurial form for long enough to Disapparate safely after Grimmson [[Attack on Irma Dugard|killed]] [[Irma Dugard]] on [[:en:Gellert_Grindelwald|Gellert Grindelwald]]'s orders.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{HBP|F}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' {{1st}}
 
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*{{DH}} {{Indirect}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{Comment|Indirect mention}}
 
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*{{DH|F2}} {{1st ID}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{1st ID}}
 
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*{{DH|G2}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]''
 
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*{{COG|S}} {{Possible}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
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*{{COG}} {{Possible}}
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*{{LEGO|Y2}}
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*{{HM}} {{Mention}}
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*{{MA}} {{Flashback}}
   
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
 
[[Category:Protective spells]]
 
[[Category:Spells with a light]]
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[[Category:Spells with modifiers]]
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[[de:Protego Maxima]]
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[[es:Protego maxima]]
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[[fi:Varjelum kamalus]]
 
[[fr:Protego Maxima]]
 
[[fr:Protego Maxima]]
[[es:Protego Maxima]]
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[[pl:Protego Maxima]]
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[[pt-br:Protego Maxima]]
[[Category:Charms]]
 
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[[ru:Протего максима]]
[[Category:Protective Spells]]
 
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==See also==
 
*''[[Protego horribilis]]''
 
*''[[Protego totalum]]''
 
*[[Shield Charm]]

Latest revision as of 20:20, 30 June 2023

"Protego Maxima. Fianto Duri. Repello Inimicum."
Filius Flitwick conjures up magical defences prior to the Battle of Hogwarts[src]

Protego Maxima was a stronger version of the Shield Charm that, when cast in combination with Fianto Duri and Repello Inimicum, conjured up an almost impregnable magical protection barrier.[1]

Effect

People who were out of the shield couldn't see and hear the wizards or witches that were protected. Spells cast at it (if not of enough power to break it) created large, resonating explosions. This spell was the core of the shield summoned around Hogwarts; it was the shield itself that was seen descending over the castle. It should be noted however that on occasion protective enchantments could be breached with a shield penetration spell.[1]

Known uses

DesintegrateSnatcher

Snatchers being disintegrated by the power of this spell combined with other protections

This spell was cast by Filius Flitwick, Molly Weasley and Horace Slughorn to protect the boundaries of Hogwarts Castle from the Death Eater forces in the late hours of 1 May 1998, prior to the Battle of Hogwarts that started at midnight the next day. The Death Eaters, on Voldemort's command, started bombarding the magical protection with spells, and it was ultimately brought down by a spell cast by Voldemort.[1]

Etymology

  • The incantation is derived from the Latin "protego", meaning "I defend", or "I protect", and "maxima", nominative feminine singular of "maximus", meaning "greatest", or "highest limit"; altogether the incantation means "I protect to the highest limit".

Behind the scenes

  • In the novel, Flitwick uses Protego horribilis instead when casting the defensive enchantments around Hogwarts.
  • In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the protective enchantments around the grounds were summoned by Filius Flitwick, and Flitwick alone. In the second part of the film adaptation, Flitwick is joined by Molly Weasley, Horace Slughorn, and Poppy Pomfrey to do so.
  • In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, it seems that this shield is capable of keeping Dementors at bay, as they are seen being forced away as the shield lowered to the ground.
  • In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, the protective enchantments around the ground are summoned by Filius Flitwick, Horace Slughorn and Minerva McGonagall. Molly Weasley does not help the teachers to do it.
  • In December 1926, a similar shield dome was created by multiple American Aurors on top of the New York City subway in which Credence Barebone, in his uncontrolled Obscurial form, ran rampant until he was supposedly "killed." This shield dome is similar to Protego Maxima as it forms a hemispherical shield around an area, but the shield dome formed in New York City starts forming from where the casters are pointing their wand with no light coming out of their wand, whereas Protego Maxima shoots a bluish-white light out of their wand, and forms a shield very far above the caster.
  • In 1927, this may have been the spell, or maybe a stronger variation of Protego, combined with other protections, used by MACUSA that was used to prevent Gellert Grindelwald from moving from his chair in MACUSA as when a fly passed by the shield's boundaries, the shield became visible with transparent harsh red light, and the fly was disintegrated until only its wings remained in the air, clearly outside the shield's boundaries. The fly's disintegration mimics how the three unidentified Snatchers during the Battle of Hogwarts were disintegrated.[2]
  • In 1927, Gunnar Grimmson may have used this spell to protect himself from the Credence Barebone's Obscurial form for long enough to Disapparate safely after Grimmson killed Irma Dugard on Gellert Grindelwald's orders.

Appearances

Notes and references

See also