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Knockturn Alley, a pun on nocturnally, is a fictional location in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of novels. Leading off of the more savoury Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley is a dark and seedy alleyway in London to which muggles have no access, and where no respectable witch or wizard ought to be found either. All of the shops and stores in Knockturn Alley are devoted to the Dark Arts; the largest and most disreputable is Borgin & Burke's, which sells sinister and dangerous objects. Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
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Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
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Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
// In J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter novels and their filmed adaptations, Diagon Alley is a long road in London, comparable to a magical high street. ...
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Muggle is a term from the fictional Harry Potter series of books that refers to a human who is a member of the non-magical community. ...
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The Dark Arts is a fictional magic or subject in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ...
Despite its reputation, Hagrid visits Knockturn Alley in Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets in search of Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent and other items which he presumably requires for the care and feeding of the exotic and dangerous creatures to which he tends to become attached. Rubeus Hagrid (born December 6, year ca. ...
Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
Harry, while travelling via Floo powder to Diagon Alley, accidentally landed in Knockturn Alley, where he spied on a conversation between Lucius Malfoy, his son and Mr. Borgin. Harry was discovered by a witch who clearly wanted to take advantage of him being lost and vulnerable, but he was rescued by Hagrid. This article is about the fictional character Harry Potter. ...
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Borgin and Burkes Borgin and Burkes is a shop on Knockturn Alley, widely reputed to have a collection of Dark magic items, poisons, and the like on sale. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Borgin and Burkes is first seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Lucius Malfoy and his son Draco pay a visit. Mr. Borgin is given a list of poisons that Malfoy wishes to sell. Borgin and Burkes is later visited by Draco Malfoy in Half-Blood Prince, where he asked how to mend a Vanishing Cabinet and to keep an item in his shop (either the second Cabinet or the opal necklace). Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
Draco Malfoy (born 5 June 1980) is a fictional character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter books. ...
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It is revealed that when Merope Riddle was pregnant with her son Tom Riddle (later Lord Voldemort), she went to Borgin and Burkes to sell a locket, a family heirloom that originated with Salazar Slytherin, as she was desperately in need of money. Mr. Burke, knowing how valuable the item was, bought it for a small amount of gold, which the poor woman willingly took. Merope Gaunt is a character from the fictional Harry Potter series. ...
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Borgin and Burkes is also revealed to be the place where Tom Riddle worked after leaving Hogwarts. Riddle was employed to seek out and purchase rare antiques, heirlooms, and obviously Dark items; his legendary charm aided him in this pursuit. His employment ended when he abruptly quit around the time that a witch was found murdered and two ancient heirlooms stolen. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ...
Wares Borgin and Burkes has held many items of ill repute. Notable items include the Hand of Glory, a withered human hand holding a candle that will give light only to the bearer. The shop also contains a Vanishing Cabinet connected to its twin in Hogwarts and a silver and opal necklace which causes death to anyone who touches it. Other items which have unknown uses include many rusty, spiked instruments, masks, a blood-stained pack of cards and a staring glass eye. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ...
Other unnamed shops In Chamber of Secrets there are other stores mentioned selling shrunken heads, live gigantic black spiders, and poisonous candles. Street vendors include an old witch with a tray full of whole human fingernails. And somewhere in the alley, according to Hagrid, someone sells Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent. Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
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