<< October, 2007 >>

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Happy Harry Potter Day! erm... Month? heck... Year!
The past few months have given us such a flurry of Potter activity and emotions, I for one am still reeling. Hearing the conclusion of the story we've anticipated for so long has meant many things for many fans, but for most all of us it was powerful. Now here we are barely two and a half months later and already wondering what the future holds for the Potterdom.

At the Lexicon we are busier than we have ever been, incorporating the new and definitive Canon throughout the site, and working on special features to help us all continue enjoying this magical world! Jo may have finished writing the books, but the pleasure of experiencing them is far from over. Be sure to keep watch here and around the Floo Network sites for what we've been up to!

October is a special month in Harry's life and the Potter world. How especially appropriate that The Boy Who Lived is featured as Wizard of the Month on Jo's official site. Here's wishing you a magical October this year! and that you continue to enjoy the magic for a long time to come.

-Belinda Hobbs
HP Lexicon Assist. Editor
Manager and Editor of the Floo Home Page

1492
31st - Halloween
Nearly Headless Nick nearly dies.

1981
31st -  Halloween
Voldemort kills James and Lily Potter, attempts to kill Harry who lives.  Voldemort reduced to ethereal state.

1991 (PS)
31st -  Halloween
Feast interrupted by Prof. Quirrell announcing a Mountain Troll in the 
dungeons.  Harry and Ron rescue Hermione from the troll, cementing their friendship.

1992 (CS)
24th - After Quidditch practice in the rain, Harry is caught by Filch "befouling the castle" and discovers the Kwik-Spell letter.  Nearly Headless Nick comes to his rescue (by persuading Peeves to smash the Vanishing Cabinet) and invites the trio to attend his Deathday Party on Halloween.
31st -  Halloween
The trio attends Nearly Headless Nick's 500th Deathday Party at 7pm. 
When leaving the party, Harry hears the mysterious voice for the second time.  They discover the first basilisk attack: Mrs. Norris is petrified. 

1993 (PA)
16th- Before Transfiguration class Lavender learns of the death of her pet rabbit
31st -  Halloween
First Hogsmeade visit for 3rd years, Harry has tea and a chat with Lupin. 
During the Halloween Feast Sirius Black attacks the Fat Lady portrait, everyone spends the night in the Great Hall.

1994 (GF)
23rd - Notice of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students' upcoming arrival is posted.
30th – At breakfast Harry receives Sirius's reply. 
Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students arrive at 6 p.m. with a welcome feast. 
Triwizard Tournament is announced, Goblet of Fire is placed in the entry hall. 
31st -  Halloween
At breakfast the twins attempt to cross the age line to place their names in the Goblet of Fire, end up with beards. 
The trio pay a visit to Hagrid. 
At dinner the Goblet of Fire is brought into the Great Hall.  The three champions are chosen and Harry's name comes out of the Goblet. 
Ron and Harry argue.

1995 (OP)
5th - First Hogsmeade weekend of the year.  Dumbledore's Army recruiting meeting takes place in the Hog's Head.
7th - Umbridge disbands all student organizations. 
Hedwig is attacked. 
Umbridge inspects Potions class. 
Trelawney announces that she's on probation. 
The trio talk to Sirius via common room fire; Umbridge almost catches him.
8th - Angelina gets permission to reform the Gryffindor Quidditch team, they have practice at 7 p.m. 
Harry gets a flash from Voldemort, sensing his impatience and anger. 
Dobby returns Hedwig, talks with Harry in the common room.
9th - First meeting of Dumbledore's Army. 
31st -  Halloween  (not mentioned)

1996 (HBP)
12th (or 19th) - Harry reads HBP's Advanced Potions book in bed, levitates Ron by accident.
Trip to Hogsmeade, trio sees Slughorn and Mundungus.
Katie Bell Imperiused and touches necklace, landing her in hospital for months.
Harry tells McGonagall he suspects Draco.
14th (or 21st) – Harry has a second private lesson with Dumbledore: They go into pensieve, meet 12-year-old Riddle and discuss his personality.
15th (or 22nd) - Hermione and Ron discuss the Slug Club, Hermione invites Ron to the Christmas party.  Harry notices attraction between them. 
31st -  Halloween  (not mentioned)

1997 (DH)
(autumn, date unknown) Trio overhears conversation about Gryffindor's sword, talks to Phineas Nigellus. Ron storms off and disappears.
(next day)
Hermione stalls in packing but finally she and Harry move on

Events & Reminders

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD will be released:
November 12 - UK
December 11 - US

2008

June 19-21, 2008: Convention Alley 2 - Ottawa, Ontario Canada

July 10-13, 2008: Portus 2008, Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas

July 25-27, 2008: Accio 2008, Magdalen College, Oxford UK

August 7-11, 2008: Terminus sponsored by Narrate Conferences, Inc.- Chicago, Illinois USA

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released in theaters
November 20 – Germany, Netherlands
November 21 – Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA
November 26 – Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Spain
December 6 - Japan

2009
July 23-26, 2009: “Level Two 2009”, San Jose, California

2010
July 15-18, 2010: Infinitus 2010 at “Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park", Universal Studios, Orlando Florida

Here at the Floo Network headquarters, we've been working behind the scenes on a new layout. Yay! I hear you cry.

Yes, this one is getting quite tired, its been around a long time. It has served us well, providing a simple text based format for bringing you instant access to Floo Network information. But its time for a change.

We still have some work to do, and it may take a couple of months, especially given the events over the past month. So as a special treat, how about a glimpse into the future?

Sneak peek at coming features!

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Cover Art - Image Galleries

PotterCast - The Leaky Cauldron's Weekly PodCast

Reader's Guide to Deathly Hallows - The Harry Potter Lexicon

Now at the HP Lexicon.... The Canon Portkey!

We've cast the Portus spell on the Lexicon allowing it to transport you deep into the canon. This tool will have many uses:

• helping locate passsages in the books
• creating lists of related events, characters, topics or themes
• pulling together all the Lexicon's resources about a specific event
• connecting the non-book canon to the stories
• letting YOU set tags for searching through the canon and marking your favorites
• and many many more! (probably some that we haven't discovered yet!)

What it does NOT do:

• It does not search the texts of the books. An electronic version of the books would be illegal to create, and something we would never do.
• It does not search the Lexicon. That's what our Remembrall is for.

The Canon Portkey is not finished, there is still a formidable amount of data to be entered, but we've launched it in Beta for you to test out. Please have a look! Register an account and help us add tags! Give us feedback! and most of all... let us know want uses you find for this versatile new tool.

We are experiencing difficulties with our trivia creator. Please check back.

Each month we will post three little “snippets”, tiny screenshot images, from Jo Rowling’s official website, www.jkrowling.com

Your challenge is to scour the pages of Jo’s site, searching for the exact location the snippet can be found. Some will be easy, and some will be difficult to find… but all will be visible somewhere on the current interactive flash version of her site. (Not the Text only version, because it has no pictures, obviously!) None will be from previous versions that are no longer visible, such as “behind the door”. Once you’ve found the exact location of all 3 snippets, send us an email with your answers. Be sure your answers are descriptive enough for us to determine that you've truly found it.

For example:

“On the desktop” would not be an acceptable answer here. It should read something like, “On the desktop, below the keyboard and above the Rubber eraser Portkey".
Ready?

Current Snippet Search Challenge -

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September Snippet Search Challenge -

1. Part of the eyeglasses Portkey on the desk.

2. Text from the letter of Acknowledgments (behind the Door) talking about Jessica.

3. From the radio in the Extra Stuff section.

Winners Sept 07:
1. Darlene Huey
2. Ginny Guerra
3. Serphina
4. LOLA
5. Priscilla
6. AWorkerBee
7. Matthew Z.
8. Mary Anne Peter Rayappan
9. Butter
10. Bandersnatch

Fantastic Beasts
1. IDLY WRONG
2. HULK ROMP
3. DOLL THIEF
4. WAND’S HEIR
5. TRUCK ELBOW

CRYPTOQUOTE (by Mike Weinstein, edited by Cody Goldbug)
A short quote from J.K. Rowling (archived at Accio Quote!) has been encoded with a substitution cipher, in which each letter of the alphabet is replaced with a different one.  (For instance, every Q in the cipher might stand for E in the original text.)  Can you decipher the quote?

Inspirational Livestock
T CWR XH W EBWTH KXTHK DBXP PWHNOSRESB EX VXHAXH, VXXJTHK XZE XD EOS CTHAXC WE NXCR, WHA T YZRE EOXZKOE, "MXF AXSRH’E JHXC OS’R W CTUWBA, KXSR XDD EX CTUWBA RNOXXV."

Solutions to be posted next month