Hall of Prophecy
The Hall of Prophecy is a chamber within the Department of Mysteries, on Level nine of the Ministry of Magic in London, England. It features shelves containing records of prophecies, though many of these records, if not all, were destroyed when part of a battle between Death Eaters and Dumbledore's Army members occurred in the Hall in 1996.
The Hall of Prophecy is described as a long, cold room with a ceiling as high as a cathedral. It is filled with row upon row of long, towering shelves lit by blue-flame candles. On these shelves sit "small, dusty, glass orbs", which are records of prophecies. These prophecies and flickering blue candles are the only source of light within the cold, quiet room.
Each glass orb that contains a record of a prophecy is labelled with the name of the person who made the prophecy, the person whom the prophecy concerns, and the year the prophecy was made. A few of these prophecies glow a dim, "weird," liquid white from within and are warm to the touch, while others remain "dull and dark as blown light bulbs."
The orbs are also magically protected so that the only people who can lift them off their stand are the Keeper of the Hall of Prophecy, and the subject or subjects of the individual prophecy. Anyone else who attempts to inspect the orb with their hands will be afflicted with instant madness, which is what happened to Broderick Bode when he was forced to attempt to steal one by Death Eaters while under the Imperius Curse.
Head Unspeakable of the Hall of Prophecy
Sigmund Freud
Unspeakables of the Hall of Prophecy
Charles Montague
The Hall of Prophecy is a chamber within the Department of Mysteries, on Level nine of the Ministry of Magic in London, England. It features shelves containing records of prophecies, though many of these records, if not all, were destroyed when part of a battle between Death Eaters and Dumbledore's Army members occurred in the Hall in 1996.
The Hall of Prophecy is described as a long, cold room with a ceiling as high as a cathedral. It is filled with row upon row of long, towering shelves lit by blue-flame candles. On these shelves sit "small, dusty, glass orbs", which are records of prophecies. These prophecies and flickering blue candles are the only source of light within the cold, quiet room.
Each glass orb that contains a record of a prophecy is labelled with the name of the person who made the prophecy, the person whom the prophecy concerns, and the year the prophecy was made. A few of these prophecies glow a dim, "weird," liquid white from within and are warm to the touch, while others remain "dull and dark as blown light bulbs."
The orbs are also magically protected so that the only people who can lift them off their stand are the Keeper of the Hall of Prophecy, and the subject or subjects of the individual prophecy. Anyone else who attempts to inspect the orb with their hands will be afflicted with instant madness, which is what happened to Broderick Bode when he was forced to attempt to steal one by Death Eaters while under the Imperius Curse.
Head Unspeakable of the Hall of Prophecy
Sigmund Freud
Unspeakables of the Hall of Prophecy
Charles Montague
