A Magical Collection

written by [No Name]

My grandmother had a wonderful collection of magical art in her home, I would say only second that of Hogwarts. In this book I'll talk about my favourite paintings, sculptures and photographs from her collection. (THIS IS NOT A TEXTBOOK) This book is complete.

Last Updated

05/31/21

Chapters

5

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878

The Portraits

Chapter 4

Arthemus

He looks just like any old wizard, pointed hat, billowing robes and a long white beard. But this is actually the only known portrait of Arthemus the wandbreaker. Quite barmy, he caused quite an uproar in 18th century Finland when he went around breaking wizards and witches wands. Eventually he was caught and was put under house arrest for twenty years, where he entertained himself with breaking sticks his houseleves collected for him. Even though he has not attempted any more wandbreaking as a portrait, the other portraits cling tightly to their wands whenever he approaches. But every time I visit grandmother I stand in front of the him, breaking a few sticks for his amusement.


Hariba of Bergen


Hariba was a well-known witch in 16th century Bergen, both among muggles and wizards. This was long before the signing of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1689. But Hariba was careful around muggles, as she as an unmarried woman of a certain age (Hariba’s girlfriend resided in Trondheim) was already looked upon with suspicion. Muggles knew they could turn to Hariba when someone was ill or needed a shoulder to cry on. Hariba loved her muggle neighbours, one of the reasons she would not join her girlfriend in Trondheim. And it was her girlfriend who had the portrait done to keep her company, especially after Hariba was killed after a cauldron explosion.

One day, grandmother was out looking for a Tomte (a magical creature) with whom she wanted to ask for some advice on sparrows, when she came across an abandoned house. Grandmother decided to have a look around. When she reached the attic she heard someone snoring in a corner. There was no one there, so she suspected that the house was haunted. But she started to remove old pieces of furniture from the corner and pulled away a piece of dirty cloth - uncovering the sleeping portrait of Hariba. Grandmother could not leave her there, alone and dirty so she brought her home. Hariba slept for twenty years until she finally woke up on christmas eve 1923. And for close to a hundred years, the portrait has been talking non stop. Grandmother think she gone mental after being left alone for many years. She had cast a spell on her to silence her, but Hariba still moves her lips in silence. Thankfully the other portraits can’t hear her because of the spell. But grandmother, the kind witch she is, lifts the spell every friday between 7 and 8, sits down with a cup of tea and nods kindly to Hariba, who for one hour talk utter nonsense. 


The potion makers family


A charming picture of a wizarding family! The man is the famous french potions master Gerard Salmiac, his wife Arabelle and daughters. We don’t know their names so we have always called them “small” and “older”. To be able to converse with them grandmother had to learn french. It took her a few years but now Gerard is her constant companion when brewing potions.


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