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- "With a whip-like movement, Crabbe pointed his wand at the fifty-foot mountain of old furniture, of broken trunks, of old books and robes and unidentifiable junk and shouted, "Descendo!" The wall began to totter, then crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood."
- — Crabbe tries to kill Ron with this spell[src]
Descendo was the incantation of a charm[2] that made objects fall or move downwards.[4][1]
History[]
During the 1988–1989 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Filius Flitwick taught this charm to fifth-year students in Charms class, in preparation for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels.[2]
Known uses[]
| Caster(s) | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eleazar Fig | 1 September 1890 | Used it on a Guardian after summoning it in Vault 12 of Gringotts Wizarding Bank.[5] |
| Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student | 1890–1891 school year | Learnt this spell from Professor Mudiwa Onai.[6] |
| Ron Weasley | 29 July 1997 | Used it to lower the ceiling hatch and ladder leading to The Burrow's attic to show Harry Potter the transfigured ghoul.[4] |
| Vincent Crabbe | 2 May 1998 | Used it on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the Room of Requirement, to make it fall over in an effort to murder Ron Weasley.[1] |
| Harry Potter | Used it on a fifty-foot high pile of junk in the Room of Requirement to stop the Fiendfyre (that Vincent Crabbe had conjured) from following them.[1]  |
Known practitioners[]
![Eleazar Fig[5]](/wiki/File:Eleazar_Fig.png "Eleazar Fig.png (529 KB)")
![Mudiwa Onai[6]](/wiki/File:Mudiwa_Onai_headshot_HL.png "Mudiwa Onai headshot HL.png (528 KB)")
![Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student[6]](/wiki/File:Unidentified_19th-century_Hogwarts_student.jpeg "Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student.jpeg (265 KB)")
![Filius Flitwick[2]](/wiki/File:Filius_Flitwick_profile.jpg "Filius Flitwick profile.jpg (21 KB)")
![Harry Potter[1]](/wiki/File:Harry_Potter_DHF1.jpg "Harry Potter DHF1.jpg (43 KB)")
![Ron Weasley[4]](/wiki/File:Ronald_Weasley_DHF1.jpg "Ronald Weasley DHF1.jpg (40 KB)")
![Vincent Crabbe[1]](/wiki/File:Vincent_Crabbe.jpg "Vincent Crabbe.jpg (320 KB)")
![Wandkeeper[7]](/wiki/File:Wandkeeper_WWHP.jpg "Wandkeeper WWHP.jpg (119 KB)")
Etymology[]
Descendo is Latin for "I descend".
Behind the scenes[]
- In the Nintendo DS version of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, players can lower floating objects by tapping on them with the stylus. This is possibly a use of Descendo, though it is never explicitly identified as a spell at all.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Possible appearance) (NDS version only)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Handheld versions only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Hogwarts Legacy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 18 (Legilimency and Occlumency) - Charms Lesson "Descendo"
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 6 (The Ghoul in Pyjamas)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "The Path to Hogwarts"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hogwarts Legacy, Assignment Quest "Professor Onai's Assignment"
- ↑ "Wand Fitting at Ollivander's" on YouTube
