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The Quintaped, also known as the Hairy MacBoon, is a dangerous magical beast with five legs, each ending in a clubfoot, and is covered with thick, red-brown hair.

Nature

Distribution

Quintapeds are only found of the Isle of Drear, which has been made Unplottable because of the danger.

Interaction with humans

The quintaped is carnivorous, with a particular taste for humans and as such are extremely hostile towards them.

Uses

The number five, in runic.

The five club footed legs of the Quintaped are used to represent the number five, in the runic alphabet.^[1] Incidentally, the classification of the creature is also five X's.

History

According to legend, Isle of Drear was populated by two wizard families, the MacBoon clan and the McClivert clan, who were apparently rivals. The family heads, Dugald McClivert and Quintius MacBoon, got drunk and engaged in a wizard's duel, which resulted in Dugald's death. In retaliation, the McCliverts attacked the MacBoons, turning them all into monstrous five-legged beasts. However, the MacBoons were infamously inept wizards, and the McCliverts realised too late that they had made the MacBoons infinitely more deadly. Resisting desperate McClivert attempts to untransfigure them, the MacBoons killed all the resident McCliverts.

Whether the legend is true or not is unclear. There are no surviving McCliverts or MacBoons today that can relay the fate of their ancestors. For their part, the Quintapeds have resisted all attempts by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to Untransfigure them, and they are unable to communicate with the Quintaped. It can only be assumed that, if they are indeed Transfigured MacBoons, then they are happy to live the rest of their lives as Quintapeds.^[2]

Etymology

The prefix quint- means "five", while -ped refers to legs. Hence, "quintaped" refers to something having five legs (maybe saying Fivelegs); this leads to a mystery about a relation to the similar creature 5 Legger. The Quint-part of the name could possibly be taken from the legend-told Quintius MacBoon whose first name starts with Quint and was transformed to a Quintaped.

Behind the scenes

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, when Harry is hiding his Potions textbook in the Room of Hidden Things, he sees a cage containing the skeleton of a creature with five legs. It is unknown if this was a Quintaped.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Possible appearance)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Harry Potter Trading Card Game (First appearance)

Notes and references

Study of Ancient Runes

Professors: Bathsheda Babbling · Clodagh Dromgoole · Elspeth MacGillony
Textbooks: Advanced Rune Translation · Ancient Runes Made Easy · Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms · Rune Dictionary · Spellman's Syllabary
Known runes: Acromantula · Demiguise · Ehwaz · Eihwaz · Fwooper · Graphorn · Hydra · Quintaped · Runespoor · Salamander · Unicorn · Unknown · Mark of Merlin

Magical creatures by classification
X	Flobberworm · Horklump
XX	Augurey · Bowtruckle · Chizpurfle · Clabbert · Diricawl · Fairy · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Imp · Jobberknoll · Mooncalf · Porlock · Puffskein · Ramora · Winged horse
XXX	Ashwinder · Billywig · Bundimun · Crup · Doxy · Dugbog · Fire crab · Fwooper · Glumbumble · Hippocampus · Hippogriff · Hodag · Jarvey · Knarl · Kneazle · Leprechaun · Lobalug · Mackled Malaclaw · Moke · Murtlap · Niffler · Nogtail · Pixie · Plimpy · Pogrebin · Red Cap · Salamander · Sea serpent · Shrake · Streeler · Winged horse
XXXX	Centaur · Demiguise · Erkling · Erumpent · Golden Snidget · Graphorn · Griffin · Hidebehind · Kappa · Kelpie · Merperson · Occamy · Phoenix · Re'em · Runespoor · Snallygaster · Sphinx · Tebo · Thestral · Thunderbird · Troll · Unicorn · Winged horse · Yeti
XXXXX	Acromantula · Basilisk · Chimaera · Dragon · Horned Serpent · Lethifold · Manticore · Nundu · Quintaped · Wampus cat · Werewolf

[1] J.K.Rowling Official Site

[2] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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 ===Interaction with humans===
 The quintaped is carnivorous, with a particular taste for humans and as such are extremely hostile towards them.
-==Etymology==
-The prefix quint- means "five", while -ped refers to legs. Hence, "quintaped" refers to something having five legs (maybe saying Fivelegs); this leads to a mystery about a relation to the similar creature [[5 Legger]].
-The Quint-part of the name could possibly be taken from the legend-told [[Quintius MacBoon]] whose first name starts with Quint and was transformed to a Quintaped.
 ==Uses==
+[[File:Quintaped.jpg|frame|The number five, in runic.]]
-[[File:Quintaped.jpg|frame|The number five, in runic.]]The five club footed legs of the Quintaped are used to represent the number five, in the [[Study of Ancient Runes|runic alphabet]]. <ref>''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site]]''</ref> Incidentally, the classification of the creature is also five X's.
+The five club footed legs of the Quintaped are used to represent the number five, in the [[Study of Ancient Runes|runic alphabet]].<ref>''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site]]''</ref> Incidentally, the classification of the creature is also five X's.
 ==History==
 According to legend, Isle of Drear was populated by two [[Wizardkind|wizard]] families, the [[MacBoon clan]] and the [[McClivert clan]], who were apparently rivals. The family heads, [[Dugald McClivert]] and [[Quintius MacBoon]], got drunk and engaged in a wizard's duel, which resulted in Dugald's [[death]]. In retaliation, the McCliverts attacked the MacBoons, turning them all into monstrous five-legged beasts. However, the MacBoons were infamously inept wizards, and the McCliverts realised too late that they had made the MacBoons infinitely more deadly. Resisting desperate McClivert attempts to [[Untransfiguration|untransfigure]] them, the MacBoons killed all the resident McCliverts.
-[[File:QuintapedHPtradingcard.jpg|thumb|left|152px|A Quintaped.]]
+[[File:QuintapedHPtradingcard.jpg|thumb|right|152px|A Quintaped.]]
 Whether the legend is true or not is unclear. There are no surviving McCliverts or MacBoons today that can relay the fate of their ancestors. For their part, the Quintapeds have resisted all attempts by the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]] to [[Transfiguration|Untransfigure]] them, and they are unable to communicate with the Quintaped. It can only be assumed that, if they are indeed Transfigured MacBoons, then they are happy to live the rest of their lives as Quintapeds.<ref>''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''</ref>
+==Etymology==
+The prefix quint- means "five", while -ped refers to legs. Hence, "quintaped" refers to something having five legs (maybe saying Fivelegs); this leads to a mystery about a relation to the similar creature [[5 Legger]].
+The Quint-part of the name could possibly be taken from the legend-told [[Quintius MacBoon]] whose first name starts with Quint and was transformed to a Quintaped.
+==Behind the scenes==
+*In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', when Harry is hiding [[Severus Snape's copy of Advanced Potion-Making|his Potions textbook]] in the [[Room of Hidden Things]], he sees a cage containing the skeleton of a creature with five legs. It is unknown if this was a Quintaped.
 ==Appearances==
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Possible}}
-* ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
+*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' {{1st}}
 ==Notes and references==
+{{Reflist}}
-{{Reflist}}In The half-blood Prince Harry potter saw a skeleton of something with Five legs,It is unknown is it was a Quintaped.
 {{Runes}}
 {{Creatures by classification}}
+[[de:Quintaped]]
+[[es:Quintaped]]
+[[ru:Пятиног]]
+[[pl:Kwintoped]]
 [[fr:Quintaped]]
+[[it:Quintaped]]
+[[nl:Quintaped]]
+[[no:Femfot]]
+[[sv:Quintaped]]
 [[Category:Beasts]]
 [[Category:Runic Number Symbols]]