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"'R' promised to take a life, and they did. I thought telling fewer of you would protect more of you... Rowan's death taught me otherwise. The best, and possibly only, chance we have to take down 'R' is if all of us unite against them."
Jacob's sibling stating the group's intentions at its founding[src]

The Circle of Khanna was a secret organisation founded by Jacob's sibling, Ben Copper, and Merula Snyde. Its goal was to avenge the death of Rowan Khanna by fighting R and locating the final Cursed Vault. The group was formed in Hog's Head Inn, where the three informed their friends about R. The group was named by Ben.[2]

History[]

1989–1990 school year[]

Rowan Khanna's death[]

Sometime during the school year, Jacob's sibling, Merula Snyde, and Ben Copper went into the Forest Grove to intercept a possible meeting between Jacob and R, unknowingly being followed from a close distance behind them by their friend, Rowan Khanna. During the search, a swarm of dementors showed up and circled the group. However, the Dark witch Patricia Rakepick apparated into the vicinity and cast a powerful Patronus Charm, which warded off all of the dementors. She then engaged in a duel with the students, which was watched by Rowan. At some point in the duel, she cast a Killing Curse at Ben, intending to kill him. However, Rowan sacrificed their life for Ben by pushing him out of the way and getting hit by the curse themself.[3]

Period of mourning[]

Rowan Tribute

Hogwarts Students and staff raise their wand as a tribute to Rowan

Rowan's death struck the entirety of Hogwarts as an extremely painful event and their death was mourned by all of their friends, who found it difficult to come to terms with their tragic loss. In particular, to suffer were Jacob's sibling, Ben Copper, and Merula Snyde, all of whom had watched them die. A memorial service took place in the Great Hall, where Professor Dumbledore gave a brief eulogy of Rowan's life, aspirations and sacrifice before leading the students and staff in raising their wands as a tribute to Rowan.[4]

Forming[]

Jacob's sibling gathered their friends for a meeting in the Hog's Head Inn, where they, along with Merula Snyde and Ben Copper, explained to the group about R. Jae Kim asked how they would refer to the group outside meetings.Tulip Karasu suggesting a code word, however Barnaby Lee suggested a secret society name. Ben then came up with the name "Circle of Khanna", after Rowan, in whose memory the group was formed. The name was then agreed upon by the group, who kept the name from then and on.[2]

First tasks[]

After the forming of the group, all members with the exception of Jacob's sibling and Penny Haywood split into smaller groups based on their abilities and interests. Each group went into a different location in or near Hogwarts Castle.[2]

One such group consisted of Merula Snyde and Ismelda Murk, who went to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom along with Beatrice Haywood, who found about the Circle of Khanna from the two and showed interest in joining. The three studied curses and dark artefacts, as this knowledge could be useful for entering a Cursed Vault. Sometime later, Jacob's sibling came to the classroom to see how the group was doing and was surprised to find Beatrice, as the group was meant to be secret. Not long after, Penny came to the classroom, as she heard from Cedric Diggory that Beatrice had gone there. Penny and Beatrice made up after their feud which had started at the beginning of the school year.[2]

Another group gathered in the Transfiguration classroom. This group consisted of Jae Kim, Nymphadora Tonks, Tulip Karasu, and Andre Egwu, and focused on disguises and stealth. When Jae went to the Transfiguration classroom, he was followed by Fred and George Weasley, who were interested in joining the Circle of Khanna. Jae went to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom to ask if the twins could join the Circle of Khanna as well. As he entered the classroom, he saw Beatrice accepted as a member and came to the conclusion that Fred and George could join as well as they were also younger students. Jacob's sibling followed Jae to the Transfiguration classroom, where the other students explained their plans to Jacob's sibling.[2]

Charlie Weasley, Liz Tuttle, and Barnaby Lee gathered on the school grounds where Care of Magical Creatures classes were held. The three decided to train marine creatures, specifically Plimpies and Murtlaps, as they could be helpful for finding the final Cursed Vault. However, as one of the Murtlaps, Hester, went missing, Charlie went to look for Jacob's sibling for help, and found them in the Transfiguration classroom. The two went back to the school grounds where they looked for Hester until they were able to find her.[2]

Talbott Winger and Badeea Ali teamed up to make a Map of the Great Lake, which could be helpful in figuring out the location of the final Cursed Vault. Talbott scoured the area for any landmarks and Badeea painted the lake. The two went to the Hogwarts Library in order to work on their painting. Sometime later, Jacob's sibling came to the Library and saw the two. Badeea and Talbott explained their plan to Jacob's sibling. However, librarian Irma Pince did not approve of the students talking and painting in the library, and as such, they decided to continue on the Training Grounds.[2]

Ben Copper decided to invite his friend Cedric Diggory to the Circle of Khanna, seeing that his good duelling skills could help the group. The two, along with Diego Caplan, went to the Training Grounds in order to train duelling spells. After the three had trained for hours, Jacob's sibling, who had agreed to meet Talbott and Badeea in the area, spotted the three students.[2]

Recruiting Chiara[]

During duelling training, Cedric had his arm broken and was sent to the Hospital Wing. As Poppy Pomfrey was petrified at the time, Chiara Lobosca took care of him. Jacob's sibling came to the Hospital Wing to visit him. As Jacob's sibling mentioned the Circle of Khanna, Chiara wondered what it was. Jacob's sibling remembered that Chiara had not shown up to the Hog's Head Inn on the day of the group's founding, which left Jacob's sibling surprised since they had invited her. Jacob's sibling and Cedric both wanted Chiara to join the group, but Chiara was busy taking care of students. Jacob's sibling agreed to help Chiara.[5]

After taking care of students, Jacob's sibling tried to ask Chiara to join the Circle of Khanna again, to which Chiara responded that she was unsure whether she should join. This left Jacob's sibling surprised, as they knew Chiara was dedicated to saving Hogwarts. Chiara decided that the two should talk about it in private.[5]

The two met up in the Great Hall after it had cleared up enough for them to sit down without any students nearby. Chiara explained that she was worried people would find out she was a werewolf and that she would hurt others if she lost control of herself. Jacob's sibling managed to convince Chiara to join the Circle of Khanna.[5]

Involvement of Alanza Alves[]

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Alanza Alves meeting members of the Circle of Khanna

In this school year, Alanza Alves, an exchange student from Castelobruxo, was introduced to the Circle of Khanna and informed of Rowan's death by Jacob's sibling, Ismelda Murk, Merula Snyde and Beatrice and Penny Haywood in Classroom 3C, to which Alanza was saddened to hear of. During this time, Beatrice brewed Felix Felicis in the classroom, after having stolen the necessary ingredients from Professor Snape (following Ismelda's advice), as they believed the said potion may have been needed in their upcoming missions.[6]

1990–1991 school year[]

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The Circle of Khanna meeting in Classroom 3C

During the 1990–1991 school year, Jacob's sibling held a meeting for the Circle of Khanna in Classroom 3C, the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, in order to update them on Jacob and R.[1]

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The Circle of Khanna celebrating in the Three Broomsticks Inn

Following the conviction of R member Kazuhiro Shiratori in his Wizengamot trial, the Circle of Khanna celebrated this in the Three Broomsticks Inn with plenty of butterbeer.[7]

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The Circle of Khanna meeting in the Boathouse

Later during the school, the group met at night in the Clock Tower Courtyard, where Jacob's sibling informed the group of Merula's kidnapping of Corey for R and that she had left the school, and of their suspicions about Olivia Green, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.[8] Jacob's sibling later assembled the group in the Boathouse, where they agreed to find potentially incriminating information about Professor Green. Jae Kim and Tonks chose to help them secretly search Green's office while she was away. When the group re-assembled to meet on the Training Grounds at night, Merula unexpectedly showed up, and because the group had been told by Jacob's sibling that she had kidnapped Corey, along with being unexcluded from meetings, she vindictively revealed that Jacob's sibling's father was the leader of 'R'. This left the group in shock and disbelief, although Jacob's sibling was forced to explain their discovery, which the group responded moderately well to.[9]

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Members of the circle standing with Jacob's sibling

Jacob's sibling explained to the group's members in the Great Hall about their position with learning that their father was the leader of 'R'. After being explained how they were in such a complicated situation and how Jacob's sibling wanted to finally get to the bottom of 'R', they agreed not to disband, as they had worked too hard and that it was too late to turn their backs on the cause.[10]

The Circle hatched a plan to retrieve Olivia Green's memories, which involved releasing Tim the Wampus cat into the Clock Tower Courtyard and then breaking into her office during the commotion. While retrieving the memories in her office, however, Jacob's sibling and their accomplices were caught in the act by Green, who angrily escorted them to Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore threatened to expel Jacob's sibling and their friends for this extremely reckless act, as the Wampus cat could have easily seriously injured students. However, after they pled their cases to him, he decided not to expel them, but stated that they would receive much detention as punishment. He also ordered them to stop investigating 'R' and endangering themselves while doing so, telling them it was the responsibility of Ministry Aurors to do so.[11]

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The Circle of Khanna preparing for battle at the Viaduct

The Circle of Khanna had a final showdown with the Dark wizards of "R" at the borders of the Viaduct bridge on 22 June 1991. When Jacob's sibling confronted Peregrine, the group's leader, he refused to hand over the cursed amulet, so the students starting duelling with the Dark wizards. The student wizards managed to overpower and defeat all the adult Dark wizards, leading to their ultimate victory over the dark organisation and avenging Rowan's death. Aurors led by Alastor Moody soon arrived to arrest the defeated Dark wizards, taking them to Azkaban. Moody thanked the students for having done such good work.[12]

Known members[]

Only the leaders and founding members appeared in their meetings in Hog's Head Inn; Chiara Lobosca was invited to be a founding member but did not attend.

Leaders[]

Founding members[]

Other members[]

Associates[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • The group had many similarities to Dumbledore's Army. Some of these include:
    • The group was created and led by students.
    • The group was formed and held its first meeting in the Hog's Head Inn.
    • The group was kept a secret from the staff and most students.
    • The tragic death of a student at the hands of a Dark wizard (both times due to the Killing Curse) was one of the inspirations of the formation of the group.
    • Fred and George Weasley were members of both the Circle of Khanna and Dumbledore's Army.
  • Unlike Dumbledore's Army however, students from all houses were members of the group, whereas no known Slytherins were invited into Dumbledore's Army.

Appearances[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 31 (Circle Up)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 20 (A Circle of Friends)
  3. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 18 (Into the Forest)
  4. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 19 (A Farewell to a Friend)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 21 (Moving Forward)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 22 (The Exchange Student)
  7. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 33 (Double Agents)
  8. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 41 (That's Awkward)
  9. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 42 (A Study in Green)
  10. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 43 (Father Knows Best)
  11. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 44 (The Memory Heist)
  12. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 57 (The Final Battle)
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