Unknown
Physical information
Species	Concept
Skin colour	Faceless head (personification)
Affiliation
Loyalty	Darkness Death Seven

[Source]

Unknown is the lack of knowledge about something. Albus Dumbledore once remarked that the only thing a human being fears in death and darkness is the unknown.^[1]

The Unknown is personified in the runic alphabet as an egg-shaped creature with four legs. It also looks like a faceless head (symbolic of its meaning). The Unknown is used in said alphabet to represent the number seven, given that the symbolic meaning of the number is yet to be discovered. The unknown is when one is scared of and doesn't know what of.^[2]

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
• J. K. Rowling's Official Site (First appearance)

Notes and references

Study of Ancient Runes
Professor: Bathsheda Babbling
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