Healers recommended that the elderly, pregnant and infirm avoided using Portkeys. The sensation of travelling by Portkey was universally agreed to be uncomfortable, if not downright unpleasant, and could lead to nausea, giddiness and worse. ![]() Many students were 'Portkey-sick' and the Hospital Wing was filled with students for the first few days of term, while they got over their nausea and distress. Eventually another method was sought, because the majority of students would either not find the item that was their Portkey, or not arrive in time to take the Portkey. īefore the creation of the Hogwarts Express, Portkeys were used as a means of transportation to not draw the attention of Muggles. While the Memory Charm placed upon him by a harried Ministry official seemed to take at the time, he later wrote a popular Muggle song that bore an uncanny resemblance to Celestina's worldwide hit (Ms Warbeck was not amused). One of the Muggle dog-walkers was even invited on stage by Celestina to perform a duet of A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love. Accidents were still known to occur, however two Muggle dog-walkers found themselves accidentally transported to a Celestina Warbeck concert in 2003, because their dogs had run off with an old trainer on Clapham Common (leaving an anguished crowd of witches and wizards to look frantically for their Portkey on a stretch of empty grass, hopefully seizing old crisp packets and cigarette ends). When secrecy was paramount, and mass movement was planned, the chosen Portkey would be a nondescript object secreted in an out-of-the-way place, so that it would be taken for a piece of unimportant debris by Muggle passers-by. In this way, the arrivals and departures of great numbers of witches and wizards could be staggered, enabling such events such as the Quidditch World Cup to take place with few security breaches. A Portkey could also be enchanted to transport the grasper(s) only at a given time. Once bewitched, the object would transport anyone who grasped it to a pre-arranged destination. ![]() The incantation used to turn an object into a Portkey was Portus. The trio and others landing after being transported from Ottery St Catchpole to 1994 Quidditch World CupĪlmost any inanimate object could be turned into a Portkey. ![]() Lord Voldemort, on the other hand, had to fly some distance from Nurmengard Castle, Austria in order to get near enough to Malfoy Manor to Apparate there. New York City was more than three thousand miles from either Berlin or London. Portkeys also seemed to have no limit as to how far it can transport the users, as Eulalie Hicks and Jacob Kowalski travelled from New York City to the train where the rest of Dumbledore's first army was, which was en route to Berlin from London. Wizards who could not Apparate (dematerialise and reappear at will), who wished to travel by daylight (meaning that broomsticks, Thestrals, flying cars and dragons would be inappropriate), or whose destination had no fireplace (rendering Floo powder useless) would have to resort to the use of a Portkey. stuff they'll just think is litter." - Arthur Weasley explaining the conspicuous nature of Portkeys to Harry Potter Unobstrusive things, obviously, so Muggles don't go picking them up and playing with them. 1.Harry Potter: " What sort of objects are Portkeys?" Arthur Weasley: " Well, they can be anything. For witches and wizards, not all travel choices are created equal.īelow are the best methods of transportation included in the Harry Potter series, ranked from best to worst, mostly based on convenience, practicality, and comfort, but with enjoyment factored in. Some options require skill that makes them difficult, while others necessitate a strong stomach. There’s plenty of variety in travel selection thanks to Rowling’s inventive mind. ![]() Every journey can be an adventure, as we saw in the books. These options don’t all seem safe, per se, but they’re certainly all interesting. Forget Muggle staples like subways, bicycles, and planes witches and wizards can use their magic or their world’s unique creatures to get where they need to go. When it comes to transportation, the wizarding world has a lot to offer. The appeal is multi-faceted, but one important factor is how creatively and meticulously she planned the books, down to details like the modes of travel witches and wizards utilize. Readers around the world remain captivated by the truly magical universe in which her stories are set - and understandably so. Rowling created for the Harry Potter series has proven to be enduring, with fandom seemingly never tapering off.
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