The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

"This book gives an excellent grounding in magical self-defence."

- Advert at Flourish and Blotts.

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection is a book authored by Professor Quentin Trimble. This book provides insight and information on verious dark creatures, it also contains some basic defencive spells.

History
It was a required textbook for both first year and fourth year Defence Against the Dark Arts students. A copy of this textbook at Flourish and Blotts Bookshop has a cost of one galleon.

Contents

 * Curse of the Bogies
 * Green Sparks
 * Hags
 * Knockback Jinx
 * Red Caps
 * Red Sparks
 * Smokescreen Spell
 * Vampires
 * Wand-Extinguishing Charm
 * Wand-Lighting Charm
 * Werewolf Bites
 * Zombies

Behind the scenes

 * It is possible, given that this was the required textbook for that year and that Moody wanted his class to read about resisting the Imperius Curse, that such a topic was covered in this book.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Pottermore

Notes and references
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