When Hagrid and Madame Maxime acted as envoys to the giants in the summer and autumn of 1995, Hagrid learned of his mother’s death and of the existence of a half-brother he’d never known: Grawp, a full-blooded giant. There it became wild and took to trundling around among the trees ( CS15). After a bad fright and an exhausting trip across the length of Britain, the Ford Anglia escaped into the forest.
The Ford Anglia was an automobile owned and enchanted by Arthur Weasley. Here we have something that is not a living creature, but perhaps worthy of mention. When he was no longer needed to guard the trap door on the third floor, Fluffy the three-headed dog was released into the forest. (Even in Harry’s first year, he said that the centaurs weren’t exactly friendly.) When Hagrid brought Grawp home with him late in 1995, the centaurs objected, and when Firenze accepted a job offer from Dumbledore, the centaurs turned against the staff and students of Hogwarts castle. Hagrid knows many of them by name and had a civil (though sometimes frustrating) working relationship with them until partway through Harry’s fifth year. (Young Firenze is an exception, and was cast out from the herd and nearly killed because of it in Harry’s fifth year.) In typical centaur fashion, most of them avoid humans and do not involve themselves in human activities, simply watching portents in the stars and uttering cryptic responses to questions. The Acromantulas are among the most dangerous creatures in the forest (FB), although Grawp may have taken the title of ‘most dangerous’ away from them now.Īt least 50 centaurs of fighting age live in the forest ( OP33). Aragog was a pet of Hagrid’s fifty years ago ( CS15). Hundreds of the giant spiders now dwell there, all decended from the original pair. The following creatures are known to live in the forbidden forest:Īcromantulas named Aragog and Mosag, together with their large family, lived in a dome-shaped nest in the very heart of the forest until Aragog’s death during Harry’s sixth year ( HBP22). It was into this clearing, still with webs draped overhead, that Harry walked to sacrifice himself ( DH34, 36). The Death Eaters drove out the Acromantulas and conscripted them to fight for the Dark Lord. Hagrid’s cabin is located at the edge of the forbidden forest.ĭuring the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort used the Acromantula’s lair in the forest as his base of operations. Hagrid set up a paddock for hippogriffs in an area like this ( PA6) and the dragons which had been brought in for the first task were confined here ( GF19). There are areas around the edges of the forest that are part of the Hogwarts grounds, but which are out of sight of the castle.
Anything wild and dangerous that needs a place to live is put there.
The forest is home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures. Off the path the way is almost impassable, although people have moved through it and creatures as large as Acromantulas and a Ford Anglia have managed to get around. The forest is thick with trees - beech ( PS13), oak ( PS15, CS15, OP28), pine ( OP30), sycamore ( CS15), and yew ( OP21) are mentioned, as well as undergrowth such as knotgrass and thorns ( OP30) - but there are paths, brooks, and some clearings. The forbidden forest is often as just called “the forest.” Fred and George Weasley have spent quite a bit of time trying to get into it, naturally ( PS8). This forest is strictly off limits to Hogwarts students, except in the course of occasional Care of Magical Creatures lessons ( OP21) or detentions ( PS15, DH15). The Forbidden Forest, located to the east of Hogwarts castle, is a large, dark forest.
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