Talk:Inferius

I think this is our 100th article, isn't it? Yay! «Rainer» 07:44, 28 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Yup! The Chosen One ^{(Choose me!)} 10:30, 28 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Picture

Change the picture, alot clearer. From the new HP6 Trailer. --FinniganGorge 16:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks... --ÈnŔîčö ^{(Send me an Owl!)} 17:38, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Zombie vs Inferius

Is there actual zombies in Harry Potter? I remember them being mentioned in the first book.Ztyran 22:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

There are. Quirrell mentions getting rid of a zombie in the first book, but I'm not sure that Zombie deserves its own article, seen as Zombie and Inferius are probably synonyms (like Doxy and Biting Fairy). I think Quirrell would use Zombie to name a Inferius, to make sure that new muggleborn students would know what was he talking about. -- Seth Cooper ^{(Owl Post)} 22:47, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

A "Zombie Trail" was also mentioned as a tourist attraction in an ad in the Daily Prophet Newsletters. I agree with Seth that "zombie" is probably just a lay term for "Inferius." ★ Starstuff ^{(Owl me!)} 15:22, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Isn't the difference between zombies and inferi that inferi are more like puppets to a dark wizard? But then again, I'm not sure what the HP-universe zombies are like, even if in most zombie stories zombies just wander around and stuff. MUDBL00D 21:38, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Beedle Bard

There should be some mention of 'Necromancy' and Inferi from the book. It added more dimension to the Inferi lore. The magical branch of Necromancy is put into HP canon/lore on page 95 of the Beedle Bard book, USA edition.

How is an Inferius created? Is it not just a body with Piertotum Locomotor placed on it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 99.246.206.192 (talk • contribs).

What happened to the inferi after the war?

What happened to the inferies' bodies after the war, did they get a burial? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abranon (talk • contribs).

I certainly can't recall anything ever being mentioned about that, and it certainly seems unlikely it would have ever come up. I mean, it would be nice and all if somebody thought of that, but anything would just be speculation. ProfessorTofty 01:09, January 22, 2012 (UTC)

WOMBAT

The WOMBAT test lists:

1. A person has to have been killed with Dark Magic to become an Inferius
2. Occlumency can guard against possession
3. Dementors are unknown in tropical climates
4. Curse is stronger than hex which is stronger than jinx
5. Werewolf mating at full moon will have cub instead of human.

It then asks which is true.

Trouble, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix says Occlumency one is true, Pottermore tells that the werewolf one is true, Rowling said in an interview that the Dementor one was true and her website reaffirms the hierarchy of spells. They all are true! Am I missing something? --Hunnie Bunn (talk) 23:09, November 7, 2013 (UTC)

But are they?

• As far as I can tell, Order of the Phoenix doesn't say Occlumency can guard against possession, but rather the shared mental link between Voldemort and Harry as Horcruxes.
• Care to provide a source regarding Dementors and the tropics?
• Rowling outright says that, when it comes to which spells are classed as what, the "boundaries are flexible", and that curse>hex>jinx is just a general rule. Hence things the the jinx on the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and the Full Body-Bind Curse.

Hence, unless further evidence is provided, only the final answer is true. -- 1337star ^{(Drop me a line!)} 03:34, November 13, 2013 (UTC)

Native range?

Cab we really say that Inferi that Inferi have a native range?

They are not naturally born creatures, just enchanted corpses. Aby wizard skilled enough can perform this spell, no matter of location.

Thinking about it, should the species infobox even be used? They are just enchanted corpses. In my opinion, that´s like giving the species infobox to Horcruxes, enchanted mirrors, or the Sorting Hat.--Rodolphus (talk) 17:29, December 25, 2015 (UTC)

Bumpig.--Rodolphus (talk) 10:21, February 8, 2016 (UTC)