Ravenclaw

Rowena Ravenclaw was a witch noted for her cleverness and creativity, and was described as beautiful. She was from Scotland. She devised the ever-changing floor plans and moving staircases in the Hogwarts castle, and coined the proverb "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure." "One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowena Ravenclaw was the most brilliant witch of her time, though legend has it that a broken heart - cause unknown - contributed to her early demise."

Her lost diadem granted enhanced wisdom to its wearer. Her daughter, Helena Ravenclaw, ran away with it in an effort to surpass her mother in intelligence and wisdom and hid it in Albania, in which its whereabouts remained unknown ever since. She, however, revealed its location to a young Tom Riddle, who proceeded to retrieve it and turn it into a Horcrux. In the original uncursed form, it is said to be able to imbue its wearer with great wisdom. Late in her life, Rowena, suffering from a terminal illness, sent for the Bloody Baron to find her daughter so she could see her one last time before she died. However, Helena refused to go with the Baron, and he killed her in a paroxysm of rage. Immediately overcome with guilt, he then took his own life. ~from Wikipedia/ pic from HP-Lexicon

Q: How many Ravenclaws does it take to light up a wand? A: One, but she needs 23 books to make sure it is done properly!



Filius Flitwick Near the end of //[|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]//, Flitwick is summoned by Professor McGonagall to ask Snape to come to the aid of the [|Order of the Phoenix] against the intruding [|Death Eaters]. However, he is unable to do so, since Snape has stunned him. In //[|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]// he helps to put protective charms around the castle to hinder [|Lord Voldemort] and his oncoming Death Eaters, and later fights the intruders in the Battle of Hogwarts, battling [|Yaxley] and later defeating [|Antonin Dolohov]. Also in //[|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]//, Flitwick insists that the [|Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem] is lost, and he is described by Harry (along with Dumbledore) as having been a "model student" who supposedly never entered the [|Room of Hidden Things], and so it never occurred to him that the diadem could be hidden there. In the film adaptations, Flitwick is portrayed by [|Warwick Davis]. Rowling said: "I must admit, I was taken aback when I saw the film Flitwick, who looks very much like a goblin/elf (I’ve never actually asked the filmmakers precisely what he is), because the Flitwick in my imagination simply looks like a very small old man."[|[2]] However, Rowling mentions on her official website that Flitwick is human, with "a dash of goblin ancestry." His appearance on screen noticeably changes in the later films, in which he is depicted as the conductor of the school choir and band/orchestra. He takes on a more human look, with slicked-down black hair and mustache, and many of the elf-like looks he had in the first two films are gone. >>"Hogwarts Staff" Page on Wikipedia
 * Filius Flitwick** is the [|Charms] [|Master] at Hogwarts and the head of [|Ravenclaw], and is described as being very short. He used his magical skills to help decorate the Great Hall at Christmas time in the [|first book], as well as help guard the [|Philosopher's Stone] by putting charms on a hundred keys so they can fly, making it difficult to find the key to the door of the next chamber. During Harry's second year, Flitwick helps Professor Sinistra carry a [|petrified] [|Justin Finch-Fletchley] to the hospital wing. He teaches the front doors to recognise a picture of [|Sirius Black] after his second break-in in //[|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]//. He helps patrol the perimeter of the maze for the third task of the [|Triwizard Tournament] held in Harry's fourth year. He eventually removes most of the swamp that had been created within the school by [|Fred and George Weasley] in the [|fifth book] in a couple of seconds, though he had previously left the swamp untouched to annoy Professor Umbridge. However, he chooses to leave a small patch of it because he thinks it is "a good bit of magic," and as a tribute to the legendary Weasley twins.

=Riddle of the Week= No, not Tom Riddle. But we Ravenclaws ought to enjoy some intellectual stimulation, yes? And so, the Riddle of the Week!

Previous Week's Answer: Your word. I apologize for the late update.

**There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed dry. How?**
The answer will be posted, along with a new riddle, next Friday. This riddle, and probably all subsequent riddles, were found on the Forty Traditional Riddles pages of Thinks.com. (http://thinks.com/riddles/a1-riddles.htm)