Nagini's venom

The venom produced from Lord Voldemort's snake familiar is an extremely potent poison that prevents the wounds of the victim from healing. This would lead to severe blood loss that must be compensated with a Blood-Replenishing Potion, or the victim would die from blood loss. There is an antidote to it.

1994
In 1994, Death Eater Peter Pettigrew milked the venom from Nagini and used it, along with unicorn blood], to concoct a [[Dark Arts|dark potion for Voldemort's shattered soul to regain a rudimentary, but physical form. This form is very weak, greatly reducing Voldemort's capabilities, but allowed him to perform magic, until he could regain his true form. Until then, Voldemort required the potion every few hours to keep his crippled body alive, and Pettigrew had to milk Nagini for the venom to continue to feed his master.

1995
In 1995, when Nagini was sent by Voldemort to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries, she met up with Arthur Weasley, who was sent by Albus Dumbledore to guard the prophecy, on behalf of the Order of the Phoenix. Nagini, who sensed Arthur hiding under an invisibility cloak, bit him in his chest and injected him with her venom, preventing his wound from healing.

Arthur was sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, and was to take a Blood-Replenishing Potion every hour to counter the blood loss that would otherwise cost him his life, but was otherwise fine. When Arthur was persuaded by trainee Healer Augustus Pye to try the Muggle remedy stitches to seal the wound, the venom melted the stitches, rendering them ineffective. Eventually, Arthur managed to find an antidote to dispel the venom.

1998
During the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, when Voldemort mistakenly assumed that Severus Snape was the master of the Elder Wand, he ordered Nagini to kill Severus. The great serpent bit Severus in the neck, and injecting him with the venom, preventing it from healing (even by magical means), thus leading to Snape's demise.

Appearance

 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows