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  2. Lord Voldemort - Wikipedia

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    31 December 1926. Died. 2 May 1998. Lord Voldemort (/ ˈvoʊldəmɔːr / VOHL-də-mor, /- mɔːrt / -⁠mort in the films) [j] is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. He first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) and returns either in person or in flashbacks ...

  3. Hastur - Wikipedia

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    Hastur (The Unspeakable One, The King in Yellow, Him Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, Fenric, or Kaiwan) is an entity of the Cthulhu Mythos. [1][2][3][4][5] Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce 's short story "Haïta the Shepherd" (1891) as a benign god of shepherds. Subsequently Robert W. Chambers used the name in his late ...

  4. Voldemort effect - Wikipedia

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    Voldemort effect. The Voldemort effect is a social phenomenon where people are fearful of naming someone, to speak of something or acknowledge it exists, and therefore derail any attempt to confront it. [1][2] The phrase takes cue from the line associated with Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series: 'he who must not be named', because they ...

  5. Ralph Fiennes - Wikipedia

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    He is the eldest child of Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), a writer. [7] He is the grandson of Maurice Fiennes, great-grandson of Alberic Arthur Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and great-great-grandson of Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele. [8]

  6. Ministry of Magic - Wikipedia

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    The Ministry of Magic is the government of the British wizarding community in the fictional universe of Harry Potter. It is led by an official called the Minister for Magic, and is first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Throughout the novels, it is regularly depicted as corrupt, elitist and completely incompetent, with its ...

  7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $934.9 million [3] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 2005 novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and the sixth instalment in the Harry ...

  8. The Last Dark - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-0-575-07602-0. Preceded by. Against All Things Ending. The Last Dark is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the final book of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, ending the story that Donaldson began in 1977 with Lord Foul's Bane. It was published on October 15, 2013. [1][2]

  9. Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation) - Wikipedia

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    Lord Voldemort, Death Eaters. The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.