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"...I put my wand to his throat — I then screwed up my remaining strength and performed the immensely complex Homorphus Charm — he let out a piteous moan — go on, Harry — higher than that — good — the fur vanished, — the fangs shrank — and he turned back into a man. Simple, yet effective..."
Gilderoy Lockhart telling second year students about his supposed encounter with this werewolf in a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson[src]

The Wagga Wagga Werewolf was a male werewolf,[1] likely from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia.

Biography[]

He was believed to have been vanquished by Gilderoy Lockhart by means of the Homorphus Charm, returning him to human form after letting out a piteous moan.[1] It was actually an Armenian warlock who performed this feat, though Lockhart used a Memory Charm on him and took all the credit for the werewolf's defeat himself.[2] At some point during or before the 1990–1991 school year, Lockhart held a symposium which detailed his supposed battle with this werewolf, which Cecil Lee attended.[3]

This werewolf was likely the subject of Lockhart's book Wanderings with Werewolves and was discussed by Lockhart during a second-year class during his time as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lockhart asked Harry Potter to reenact the "defeat" of the werewolf as part of a lecture, in which Harry only reluctantly agreed to participate in order to have Lockhart sign a permission form for him to get a library book from the Restricted Section. For a homework assignment, he asked students to compose a poem about the werewolf's defeat, and would give signed copies of Magical Me to the best writers.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

  • The blood status of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf is unclear; while most werewolves were wizards, it is possible he was a Muggle, as Muggle werewolves did exist, although most Muggles died from werewolf wounds.[4]

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 10 (The Rogue Bludger)
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)
  3. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 6 (A Window of Opportunity)
  4. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Werewolves" at Wizarding World
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