Protego totalum

Protego totalum
Incantation	Protego totalum (proh-TAY-goh TOH-tuh-luhm)
Type	Charm
Hand movement	Raise wand
Light	None (haze)
Effect	Shields an area

"Raising her wand, she began to walk in a wide circle around Harry and Ron, murmuring incantations as she went. Harry saw little disturbances in the surrounding air: it was as if Hermione had cast a heat haze across their clearing."

— Hermione casting the charm

Protego totalum was the incantation of a protective enchantment used to shield a certain area or dwelling for an extended period of time. It was a variation of the Shield Charm, and was used to stop and repel any intruder and/or spell from the protected area, except the most powerful curses, including the Unforgivable Curses.

Known uses

Caster(s)	Date	Notes
Hermione Granger	1997-1998	Hermione Granger used this charm as part of the protective enchantments used to hide the camp she shared with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley during the hunt for the Horcruxes.
Harry Potter		Would occasionally cast the protective enchantments (which included this charm) used to hide the camp he shared with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley during the hunt for the Horcruxes.

Known practitioners

Callum McClintock

Jacob's sibling

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Kevin Farrell

• Unidentified Muggle-born Hogwarts student

Etymology

The incantation is derived from "protego", meaning "I protect" and Latin "totus", meaning "as a whole", thereby making the whole incantation "I protect as a whole".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened