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Unicorn

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Unicorn
Species information
Hair colour

White (Foals are golden and silver)

Native range

Northern Europe

Distinction(s)

Pure, bright white, a single horn on its forehead.

Ministry of Magic Classification

XXXX

"Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime. The blood of a unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price. You have slain something pure and defenceless to save yourself and you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."
—Firenze to Harry Potter[src]
The Unicorn is a white, horse-like creature with a single horn on its forehead. Unicorn foals are pure gold. They turn silver when they're about two years old. They grow their horn at around four.
The number one, in the runic alphabet
At about seven years old, they're fully grown and turn pure white. They are so brightly white it makes snow look grey in comparison. Their hooves are golden and their blood is silver-blue in colour and shines under moonlight.

Unicorns prefer a woman's touch, but the young are more trusting and don't mind men as much. Unicorns are also so fleet of foot that they can rarely be caught by humans. They inhabit the forests of Europe.

Various parts of the Unicorn - the horn and tail hair in particular - are used in potions and for the cores of wands, respectively. The tail hair can also be used as binding in bandages due to its incredible strength[1]. The blood of a Unicorn can be used to keep a person who is near death alive, but "you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."[2]

The Unicorn's single straight horn is used, in runic, to symbolize the number one. [3]

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[edit] History

[edit] 1992

A dead Unicorn in 1992.

At least two unicorns were slain by Quirinus Quirrell so Lord Voldemort could drink their blood and return to power. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy found the corpse of one of them in the Forbidden Forest.

[edit] 1995

In 1995, fourth year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry studied unicorns in their Care of Magical Creatures class[4].

[edit] Appearances

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  3. ↑ J. K. Rowling's Official Site
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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