Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Charms Corridor====== =====Location Information===== * **Type:** School Corridor * **Location:** Third Floor, [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] * **Owner/Residents:** [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]; frequented by [[Charms]] students and [[Professor Filius Flitwick]]. * **Key Features:** During the 1991-1992 school year, it was forbidden to students and contained a locked room housing [[Fluffy]], the three-headed dog, who guarded a trapdoor. =====Description and History===== The Charms Corridor is a passageway located on the third floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]]. It is named as such presumably due to the proximity of the [[Charms classroom]], taught by [[Professor Filius Flitwick]]. For the duration of the 1991-1992 school year, this corridor gained notoriety after [[Headmaster]] [[Albus Dumbledore]] declared it to be out-of-bounds. At the start-of-term feast, he announced, "//The third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death.//" This measure was put in place to protect the [[Philosopher's Stone]], which had been moved to [[Hogwarts]] for safekeeping from [[Lord Voldemort]] and his followers. The end of the corridor contained a locked door. Behind this door was [[Fluffy]], a monstrous three-headed dog belonging to [[Rubeus Hagrid]], who served as the first line of defence for the Stone. The dog was placed directly on top of a trapdoor, which provided the only entrance to a series of magical chambers and obstacles protecting the artifact. Following the destruction of the [[Philosopher's Stone]] at the end of the school year, the corridor was presumably reopened to students, and [[Fluffy]] was removed from the castle. =====Role in the Story===== The Charms Corridor is a central location in //[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]//, serving as the focal point for much of the trio's investigation. * After [[Harry Potter]]'s scheduled midnight duel with [[Draco Malfoy]] turns out to be a trap, he, [[Ron Weasley]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Neville Longbottom]] flee from [[Argus Filch]] and his cat, [[Mrs Norris]]. They accidentally run into the forbidden corridor and burst through the locked door, where they come face-to-face with [[Fluffy]]. They manage to escape before the beast can attack them. * [[Hermione]] later deduces that [[Fluffy]] must be guarding something, as evidenced by his position on a trapdoor. * [[Harry]] and [[Ron]] observe [[Professor Severus Snape]] limping away from the corridor, which, combined with a bite mark on his leg, leads them to incorrectly suspect that he is trying to get past [[Fluffy]] to steal what lies beneath. * [[Harry]], [[Ron]], and [[Hermione]] learn from [[Hagrid]] that music soothes [[Fluffy]] and puts him to sleep, a critical piece of information they later use. * In the book's climax, the trio enters the corridor, intending to stop [[Snape]] from stealing the [[Philosopher's Stone]]. They find the door ajar and an enchanted harp playing by itself, indicating that someone ([[Professor Quirinus Quirrell]], as it turns out) has already passed [[Fluffy]]. Using a flute given to him by [[Hagrid]], [[Harry]] keeps the dog asleep while they descend through the trapdoor to face the challenges below. =====Known Areas Within===== * **Room Guarded by Fluffy:** A locked room at the end of the corridor that, during the 1991-1992 school year, housed the giant three-headed dog, [[Fluffy]]. * **The Trapdoor:** A wooden trapdoor in the floor of the room, concealed beneath [[Fluffy]]. It was the entrance to the underground chambers that protected the [[Philosopher's Stone]]. =====Behind the Scenes===== * In the film adaptation of //[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]//, the corridor and the initial encounter with [[Fluffy]] are depicted very similarly to the novel, becoming a memorable scene (film). * The corridor and the challenge of getting past [[Fluffy]] also feature prominently as a level in the video game adaptations of the first story (video game). * [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s very specific and dramatic warning about the corridor serves as an obvious plot device to pique [[Harry]]'s curiosity, a tactic in line with the [[Headmaster]]'s often cryptic methods of guiding his young protégé.
