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"Today we'll go over a particularly sneaky creature: Chameleon Ghouls! There is nothing worse than an inconspicuous object turning into a ghoul when you least expect it. Which is why I'll show you how to handle these masters of disguise. Let's get started! I'd like to introduce you to a Chameleon Ghoul... And to show you how to defend yourself!"
Bill Weasley teaching seventh-year students about these ghouls in Defence Against the Dark Arts[src]

A Chameleon Ghoul was a breed of ghoul that could disguise itself as an everyday object to avoid detection.[1][4][2] The Revelio Charm was capable of uncovering disguised Chameleon Ghouls and the Engorgement Charm was the most useful offence against them.[4]

History[]

Chameleon Ghoul exposed HM73

Jacob's sibling exposing a disguised Chameleon Ghoul with a defensive spell in Classroom 3C

During the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seventh-year students were taught about Chameleon Ghouls in extra curricular Defence Against the Dark Arts evening classes by Bill Weasley. In this class, he showed his students one of these ghouls disguised as a Mechanical Death Eater.[1]

Later during this year, Amos Diggory informed Jacob's sibling that a Chameleon Ghoul was on the loose in the British Ministry of Magic Headquarters, disguised as everyday items ready to attack, and that they needed to help the Ministry deal with it as part of their work experience. Jacob's sibling underwent researching these ghouls as part of their job and studied how to best handle them. After the problem was dealt with, they commented that using the coat racks again should be safe again, with Amos replying that they needed to careful nonetheless.[4]

During her second year at Hogwarts in 1992, Hermione Granger read about Chameleon Ghouls and brought them up when she, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley were discussing how the monster from the Chamber of Secrets had managed to remain undetected for so long.[2]

Behind the scenes[]

  • The Chameleon Ghoul makes its appearance in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 as a common enemy in the game. They are almost always disguised as statues. They are also on occasion books that fly and try to attack by biting. They come into action when the player comes nearby.[5]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 3 (On the Case) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Chameleon Ghoul"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 32 (The Wizengamot Trial) Assignment "Ghouls Among Us"
  5. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Defence Against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A.)
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D.A.D.A. at Hogwarts
Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Temporary Classroom · Hogwarts Turris Magnus · Teacher's Office · Storeroom · Staircase · Storage room · Lesson Cup · Race Cup · Duelling Club · Dumbledore's Army
Professors
Isidora Morganach · Dinah Hecat · Arsenius Jigger · Albus Dumbledore · Galatea Merrythought · 1984–1985 professor · 1985–1986 professor · 1986–1987 professor · 1987–1988 professor · Patricia Rakepick · 1989–1990 professor · First 1990–1991 professor · Olivia Green · Quirinus Quirrell · Gilderoy Lockhart · Remus Lupin · Bartemius Crouch Junior (as Alastor Moody) · Dolores Umbridge · Severus Snape · Amycus Carrow (as Dark Arts teacher) · Unidentified professor · Brindlemore
Textbooks
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection · Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts · Break with a Banshee · Gadding with Ghouls · Holidays with Hags · Travels with Trolls · Voyages with Vampires · Wanderings with Werewolves · Year with the Yeti · The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts · Defensive Magical Theory · Dark Arts Defence – Basics for Beginners · Confronting the Faceless · Defence Against the Dark Arts
Spells studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Aqua Eructo · Boggart-Banishing Spell (Riddikulus) · Bombarda Maxima · Cave inimicum · Concealment Charms · Counter-curses · Counter-jinxes · Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) · Curse of the Bogies (Mucus ad Nauseam) · Cursed barrier spell · Densaugeo · Deprimo Spell (Deprimo) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Ear-Shrivelling Curse · Everte Statum · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · Fumos Duo · Green Sparks · Hex-Breaker· Hex-deflection · Hex Zapper · Homorphus Charm · Human-presence-revealing Spell (Homenum Revelio) · Impediment Jinx (Impedimenta) · Imperius Curse (Imperio) · Imperturbable Charm · Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Lacarnum Inflamari · Langlock · Levitation Spell (Levioso) · Limbo Mist anticharm · Nonverbal spells · Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum) · Pimple Jinx (Furnunculus) · Protective enchantments · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Salvio hexia · Sea Urchin Jinx · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Shield Charm (Protego) · Smokescreen Spell (Fumos) · Snake-Vanishing Spell (Vipera Evanesca) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Stretching Jinx · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimblewimble) · Trip Jinx · Twitchy-Ears Hex · Verdimillious Charm (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Duo Spell (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Tria · Vermillious Duo · Vermillious Tria · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
Creatures studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Banshee · Boggart · Chameleon Ghoul · Charmed skeleton · Cornish Pixie · Dementor · Dugbog · Erkling · Flesh-Eating Slug · Ghost · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Gytrash · Hag · Hinkypunk · Iguana · Imp · Inferius · Kappa · Manticore · Nocturnal beasts · Nogtail · Poltergeist · Red Cap · Snake · Troll · Vampire · Vampire bat · Werewolf · Yeti · Zombie
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