======Staffroom======
=====Location Information=====
  * **Type:** Room
  * **Location:** Ground floor, [[Hogwarts Castle]], [[Scotland]]
  * **Owner/Residents:** [[Hogwarts]] staff
  * **Key Features:** A long, wood-panelled room with mismatched dark wooden chairs, a large fireplace, and a notable wardrobe.
=====Description and History=====
The [[staffroom]] is a private chamber at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] reserved for the use of the school's professors. Located on the ground floor, off the [[Entrance Hall]], it serves as a lounge and meeting place for the staff. The room is described as long and panelled, filled with a variety of mismatched, dark wooden chairs. At one end of the room is a large fireplace, and against one wall stands a tall wardrobe.
Historically, this room has been the central common area for the faculty. Its most famous piece of furniture is the wardrobe, which, during [[Harry Potter]]'s third year, was discovered to be housing a [[Boggart]]. [[Professor Lupin]] used this creature for a practical [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] lesson.
=====Role in the Story=====
The [[staffroom]] is the setting for several significant events and overheard conversations throughout the series:
  * **//Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone//:** [[Harry Potter]] overhears a tense argument between [[Professor Snape]] and [[Professor Quirrell]] just outside the [[staffroom]]. Harry misinterprets the conversation, believing Snape is threatening Quirrell for the [[Philosopher's Stone]], when in fact Snape is trying to uncover Quirrell's intentions.
  * **//Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets//:** After [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] and [[Nearly Headless Nick]] are petrified, [[Professor McGonagall]] leads Harry to the [[staffroom]] to await a decision from [[Professor Dumbledore]]. While there, Harry overhears [[Minister for Magic]] [[Cornelius Fudge]] and [[Lucius Malfoy]] discussing Dumbledore's suspension and [[Rubeus Hagrid]]'s arrest.
  * **//Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban//:** The room plays its most prominent role when [[Professor Lupin]] leads his third-year [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] class there. He reveals a [[Boggart]] is living in the wardrobe and teaches the students the //[[Riddikulus]]// charm. [[Neville Longbottom]] memorably confronts the [[Boggart]], which takes the form of [[Professor Snape]], and forces it into his grandmother's clothes.
  * **//Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire//:** The [[staffroom]] is used for the Weighing of the Wands ceremony before the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. [[Garrick Ollivander]] inspects the wands of the four champions in this room. Afterwards, [[Rita Skeeter]] ambushes Harry and conducts a sensationalised interview with him in a small broom cupboard off the [[staffroom]].
  * **//Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix//:** [[Dolores Umbridge]] uses the [[staffroom]] to assert her authority as the [[Hogwarts High Inquisitor]]. She places [[Sybill Trelawney]] on probation here in front of her colleagues. Later, [[Professor McGonagall]] furiously confronts Umbridge in the [[staffroom]] after Aurors, acting on Umbridge's orders, stun her and attempt to remove [[Rubeus Hagrid]] from the grounds.
  * **//Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince//:** Harry, under his [[Invisibility Cloak]], follows [[Professor Slughorn]] into the [[staffroom]] where the staff are welcoming him back to [[Hogwarts]]. Later in the year, Harry overhears another critical conversation between [[Professor Dumbledore]] and [[Professor Snape]] here. Dumbledore insists that Snape must honour the promise he made, which Harry again misinterprets as part of a villainous plot.
  * **//Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows//:** Before the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] begins, [[Professor McGonagall]] uses the [[staffroom]] as a command centre, instructing [[Professor Flitwick]] and [[Professor Sprout]] to meet her there to organize the castle's defences.
=====Known Areas Within=====
  * **Main Chamber:** The primary gathering space for professors, containing a long table and numerous chairs arranged around a fireplace.
  * **Wardrobe:** A large, dark wardrobe that famously housed a [[Boggart]] in [[Harry Potter]]'s third year.
  * **Broom Cupboard:** A small cupboard adjoining the main room, used by [[Rita Skeeter]] to conduct a private interview with [[Harry Potter]] for the //[[Daily Prophet]]//.
=====Behind the Scenes=====
The [[staffroom]] is depicted in the film adaptations, most notably in //Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban// for the [[Boggart]] lesson. Its on-screen appearance is largely faithful to the book's description, featuring a long, wood-panelled room with a large fireplace and an assortment of chairs (film).