Harry Potter Reverse Spell

1 history 2 etymology 3 see also 4 appearances 5 notes and references in 1927 leta lestrange used this spell on the record.

Harry potter reverse spell. This spell was used in the spring of 1994 by sirius black and remus lupin to reveal ronald weasley s pet rat scabbers as peter pettigrew in the shrieking shack exposing his true hidden identity to ron harry potter and hermione granger. Harry potter and the goblet of fire chapter 26. Temporarily freezes the target then reverses its direction of travel.

I just want to know what snape did with his first chance if he s already on his second one said harry grimly and his cushion to his very great surprise flew straight across the room and landed neatly on top of hermione s. The spell is located in a beginner s guide to transfiguration by emeric switch. Source this spell incantation unknown was used by kingsley shacklebolt on an unknown death eater during the battle of hogwarts.

The winner s wand forced the loser s wand to produce echoes of the most recent spells performed in reverse order. Finite incantatem a general counter spell that s used to reverse or counter already cast charms furnunculus curse a jinx that causes a breakout of boils or pimples g. It was considered to be harry potter s signature spell.

Probably a combination of latin expello meaning expel and arma meaning weapon. The reverse spell effect otherwise known as priori incantatem was an especially rare manifestation of this spell that occurred when two wands with the same core that is taken from the same animal attempt to duel each other. Black forcing pettigrew to return to his human form.

It appears that the object goes to where you direct it. The revelio charm could be used to untransfigure a transfigured human. The reverse spell effect known as priori incantatum forces images of past spells out of a wand.

There exists a spell which can change animagi wizards and witches back into their human form from their animal form. Used by severus snape on gilderoy lockhart during a live duelling demonstration during the first and last meeting of the duelling club in 1992. References from the canon can be cast as a spell prior incantato in which case it forces the target wand to emit a ghost image of the last spell it cast.