RAVENCLAW

“Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning will always find their kind”

DESCRIPTION

is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The House was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw.

HOUSE COLORS
— Blue and Bronze

ANIMAL
— Eagle

ELEMENT
— Air

TRAITS

Intelligence
Wit
Wisdom
Creativity
Originality
Individuality
Acceptance
Sharpness

HEAD OF HOUSE
— Filius Flitwick

HEAD GHOST
— The Grey Lady

REPUTATION

According to Slytherin prefect Gemma Farley, Ravenclaws are so competitive when it comes to academic success that they are known to backstab each other and other students, in order to get top marks.

While Hufflepuff prefect Gabriel Truman noted that they are so proud of the success of famous members, such as Laverne de Montmorency, that they claim any intelligent wizard as a member of Ravenclaw House. Some Ravenclaws, such as Xenophilius Lovegood, and his daughter++

Luna Lovegood are also noted to have a propensity towards eccentricity.

Ravenclaw appeads to have little rivalry with the other houses, except in Quidditch. Harry Potter believed that they tended to side with Gryffindor in its rivalry with Slytherin, as did Hufflepuff house.

Many Ravenclaws joined Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts along with Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs.

Within the house, though, they’re well-known for being welcoming and encouraging of creativity, eccentricity, and individuality and being very accepting.

COMMON ROOM

is in one of the castle's towers and is wide and circular. You have to climb a tight spiral staircase to get there. It has graceful arched windows, and the walls are hung with blue and bronze silks.+

The domed ceiling is painted with stars, which are echoed in the midnight-blue carpet. Tables, chairs, and bookcases cover the expanse of the floor, and a white marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw sits next to the door that leads to the dormitories above.

Unlike the other common rooms in the school, a logical riddle given by a bronze eagle-shaped knocker must be answered to enter. Hermione stated in her first year when figuring out the complicated riddle, that most wizards and witches do not have much sense of logic, which++

might be something that Rowena Ravenclaw noticed herself and decided to use clever riddles instead of passwords, as they are safer than some words.

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