Portrait curse

The portrait curse was a dark spell that could transport a person ito a magical portrait. The longer the person stayed inside it, the more the person lost the ability to think like a human.

History
In the 1988 - 1989 school year, Beatrice Haywood annd several other students got trapped inside Portraits at the Grand Staircase. Professor Patricia Rakepick tried to break the curse with the help of Jacob's sibling, Merula Snyde and Bill Weasley.