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- ""Locomotor Trunk." Harry's trunk rose a few inches into the air. Holding her wand like a conductor's baton, Tonks made it hover across the room and out of the door ahead of them, Hedwig's cage in her left hand."
- — Nymphadora Tonks using this charm to move Harry Potter's trunk[src]
The Locomotion Charm[3] (Locomotor)[1][2] was a charm that enabled a witch or wizard to levitate a target a few inches off of the ground and then move said object in any given direction.[1] This spell was described as basic.[4]
Similarly to the Summoning Charm, a specific object can be moved by saying the object aloud after saying the incantation.[3]
Contents
Known uses
- "Parvati and Lavender, who were practicing basic locomotion charms, were making their pencil cases race each other around the edge of the table."
- — Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown practising this charm together[src]
| Caster(s) | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Porpentina Goldstein | 6 December, 1926 | Tina used a Locomotion Charm to set the table for a dinner she had with her sister, Newton Scamander and Jacob Kowalski.[5] |
| Filius Flitwick | 1988–1989 school year | Taught Jacob's sibling and Diego Caplan this charm.[6] |
| Jacob's sibling | Jacob's sibling used Locomotor Book to practise this charm.[6] | |
| Jacob's sibling or Diego Caplan | Used this charm to make Diego's flan dance at the Great Hogwarts Cook-Off.[6] | |
| Nymphadora Tonks | 5 August, 1995 | Tonks used Locomotor trunk in 4 Privet Drive to move Harry Potter's trunk downstairs before flying off to 12 Grimmauld Place.[1] |
| Fred Weasley | 1 September, 1995 | Used it on his trunk in 12 Grimmauld Place, causing Ginny Weasley to fall down the stairs.[7] |
| George Weasley | ||
| Filius Flitwick | 8 March, 1996 | Flitwick used Locomotor trunks to move Trelawney's belongings back up the main staircase, back to her lodgings.[8] |
| Lavender Brown | June 1996 | Practised this charm beside each other while studing for their Charms O.W.L.s.[3] |
| Parvati Patil |
Known practitioners
See also
Etymology
The incantation is derived from Latin "loco" meaning "place" or "set down",[9] and "moto" meaning "moving about" or "keep moving".[10]
Appearances
This spell's movement in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- Pottermore
- LEGO Dimensions
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pottermore - From the Story: Locomotion Charms
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
- ↑ LEGO Dimensions (see this video)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (identified as a Locomotion Charm in LEGO Dimensions (see this video)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, "THE GREAT HOGWARTS COOK-OFF" Achievement
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10 (Luna Lovegood)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
- ↑ See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.
- ↑ See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.
