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  1. What's the difference between "Obscurus" and "Obscurials"?

    Mar 12, 2022 · An Obscurus is a type of powerful magical parasite that forms when a wizard or witch suppresses their magical ability. An Obscurial is the person whose body is a host for the …

  2. harry potter - Was Ariana Dumbledore an Obscurus? - Science …

    Nov 27, 2016 · Obscuri (Obscuruses?) are described in the wiki as the repressed energy of a child, known as an Obscurial, who is forced to repress their magical talent through physical or …

  3. Do the Dementor and the Obscurus have something in common?

    Sep 12, 2017 · Both feed on human emotion, both are highly deadly, and both do not appear in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Do the Dementor and the Obscurus have …

  4. harry potter - Why wasn't this character an Obscurial? - Science ...

    Nov 19, 2016 · The Obscurus in Fantastic Beasts was created because there was a wizard living in an orphanage run by a puritan who wanted to hunt magical folk. That seems like a very …

  5. Why didn't Merope Gaunt turn into an Obscurus?

    Oct 3, 2017 · In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we discovered that any witch or wizard with their magical powers repressed eventually turns into an "Obscurial". In the Half …

  6. harry potter - Why does the Obscurus not appear in the textbook ...

    Jan 19, 2017 · In the film version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the main story revolves around a creature called an Obscurus. Now without giving too much of the story …

  7. Can a child wizard be cured of being an Obscurial?

    Mar 23, 2017 · The power of his Obscurus can at last be channeled. He points the wand at the window and a spell of immense power shatters the glass and breaks apart the mountain …

  8. harry potter - Can an Obscurus (like the one Newt Scamander has) …

    1) Obscurus is a parasite that attaches itself to oppressed magical children; 2) Newt was able to isolate one from its host. Hence, why not?

  9. harry potter - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange

    Jun 27, 2017 · The in-universe publisher of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is called Obscurus Books, as shown on the title page. It's also referred to in the foreword by Albus …

  10. harry potter - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange

    Apr 17, 2017 · In the film Fantastic Beasts, Newt is asked whether he's caught all the creatures that escaped from his trunk. He replies in the affirmative. However in several early scenes we …