Slughorn's Staircase[2] was one of the largest staircases in Hogwarts Castle. It extended from the dungeons to the seventh floor. It has another exit on the sixth floor, near Horace Slughorn's office. The layout of the staircase was very similar to the Divination and Defence Against the Dark Arts Staircases, but the bottom (at dungeon-level) seemed to have been excavated in the cliffs and, thus, the walls and the staircase itself were rough stone.[1]
Professor Slughorn used this staircase when going to his classroom in the dungeons, whereas Luna Lovegood used it for the first time while going to the Slug Club Christmas party with Harry Potter.[1]
History[]
1996–1997 school year[]
Horace Slughorn used to go down this staircase in his way to the Potions Classroom. The students used the staircase to go from the dungeons to the sixth and seventh floors of the castle. Besides that, Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood used it in their way to Slug Club Christmas party.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- It only appears in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and seems to be a replacement of the Divination Staircase, as it does not make an appearance. But in the film adaptation, there's a staircase which never appeared in other film adaptations.[3]
- The name of the staircase is probably because it connects Slughorn's office to Slughorn's classroom. It is only given in the Nintendo DS version of the game.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (First appearance)[3]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
Notes and references[]
Sixth-floor of Hogwarts Castle | ||
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Bathrooms | ||
Boys' bathroom · Disused Bathroom | ||
Classrooms | ||
Classroom 6A · Classroom 6B · Empty classroom | ||
Corridors | ||
Glanmore Peakes' Corridor · Secret Hallway · Sixth-floor corridor | ||
Halls and rooms | ||
East Wing · Floor 6 Bonus · Frog Choir hall · Room of Rewards · Trophy Room | ||
Offices | ||
Horace Slughorn's office | ||
Portraits, statues and other artwork | ||
Damara Dodderidge · Edessa Sakndenberg · Edgar Stroulger · Glanmore Peakes · Portrait at the Storeroom · Selina Sapworthy · Skeleton in a top hat · Temeritus Shanks · Vindictus Viridian · Wendelin the Weird | ||
Staircases | ||
Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Slughorn's Staircase · Staircase to the seventh-floor corridor · Turris Magnus staircase | ||
Storerooms | ||
Storeroom · Writing Supplies Room |