Changes: Vanishing Cabinet

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This article is about the Vanishing Cabinet. You may be looking for the torture device.

A pair of Vanishing Cabinets will act as a passage between two places. Objects placed in one cabinet will appear in the other. The cabinets seem to ward off all known defensive spells, as they were successfully used to transport several Death Eaters from Borgin and Burkes into Hogwarts School. If one cabinet is broken, a transferred object moves to a kind of limbo. Vanishing Cabinets were highly popular during the First Wizarding War; in the event of a Death Eater attack, one could simply disappear to the other cabinet until the danger had passed.

History

The Vanishing Cabinet at Hogwarts was obviously not known for the danger it represented, as neither the headmaster nor the caretaker removed it from the premises. He might not have known the cabinet even existed, because Dumbledore never knew the Room of Requirement existed, and this is where the cabinet was kept. Though they knew it was a Vanishing Cabinet, no one seemed to know it was linked to a second cabinet in the shop of Borgin and Burkes. Peeves damaged this Cabinet in 1992 when he was persuaded by Nearly Headless Nick to drop it in a classroom right above Filch's office to get Harry out of trouble with Filch. In 1996, Fred and George Weasley shoved Graham Montague headfirst into the Cabinet on the first floor of Hogwarts when he tried to take points away from them. Montague eventually escaped (by Apparating) and was found in a toilet's u-bend by Draco Malfoy, who summoned Professor Snape for help. Montague revealed the previously unknown powers of the Cabinets to Draco.

Vanishing cabinet and malfoy — Draco Malfoy using the Vanishing Cabinet

Draco then realised its usefulness. The Hogwarts Vanishing Cabinet was later moved to the Room of Requirement and in 1997, Draco Malfoy repaired it to allow a group of Death Eaters to enter Hogwarts from the Borgin & Burkes Vanishing Cabinet, in order to accomplish his plot to assassinate Albus Dumbledore.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, when Vincent Crabbe released Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirements, it was likely the Vanishing Cabinet was destroyed, along with many other artefacts hidden there.

Spell

The activation spell for the Vanishing Cabinet is Harmonia Nectere Passus.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))

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 ==History==
-The Vanishing Cabinet at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] was obviously not known for the danger it represented, as neither the headmaster nor the caretaker removed it from the premises. Though they knew it was a Vanishing Cabinet, no one seemed to know it was linked to a second cabinet in the shop of [[Borgin and Burkes]]. [[Peeves]] damaged this Cabinet in [[1992]] when he was persuaded by [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly Headless Nick]] to drop it in a classroom right above [[Argus Filch|Filch]]'s office to get Harry out of trouble with Filch. In [[1996]], [[Fred and George Weasley]] shoved [[Graham Montague]] headfirst into the Cabinet on the first floor of Hogwarts when he tried to take points away from them. Montague eventually escaped (by [[Apparition|Apparating]]) and was found in a toilet's u-bend by Draco Malfoy, who summoned [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] for help. Montague revealed the previously unknown powers of the Cabinets to Draco.
+The Vanishing Cabinet at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] was obviously not known for the danger it represented, as neither the headmaster nor the caretaker removed it from the premises.  He might not have known the cabinet even existed,  because Dumbledore never knew the Room of Requirement existed, and this is where the cabinet was kept. Though they knew it was a Vanishing Cabinet, no one seemed to know it was linked to a second cabinet in the shop of [[Borgin and Burkes]]. [[Peeves]] damaged this Cabinet in [[1992]] when he was persuaded by [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly Headless Nick]] to drop it in a classroom right above [[Argus Filch|Filch]]'s office to get Harry out of trouble with Filch. In [[1996]], [[Fred and George Weasley]] shoved [[Graham Montague]] headfirst into the Cabinet on the first floor of Hogwarts when he tried to take points away from them. Montague eventually escaped (by [[Apparition|Apparating]]) and was found in a toilet's u-bend by Draco Malfoy, who summoned [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] for help. Montague revealed the previously unknown powers of the Cabinets to Draco.
 [[File:Vanishing_cabinet_and_malfoy.jpg|thumb|left|[[Draco Malfoy]] using the Vanishing Cabinet]]