Veela magic

Fleur Delacour's Veela allure affecting Ron Weasley

"The Veela had started to dance, and Harry's mind had gone completely and blissfully blank. All that mattered in the world was that he kept watching the Veela, because if they stopped dancing, terrible things would happen.... And as the Veela danced faster and faster, wild, half-formed thoughts started chasing through Harry’s dazed mind. He wanted to do something very impressive, right now. Jumping from the box into the stadium seemed a good idea... but would it be good enough?"

— Harry Potter being entranced by Veela magic at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup

This magic was used by Veela and humans with Veela heritage. It could be used to attract and enchant men.

Overview

Fleur Delacour's allure gives her a faint silvery glow

The magic created an "entranced" effect, wherein men who were attracted to women fell into a trance-like or hypnotic trance, in which they lost sight of their surroundings and focused solely on the Veela's dance or appearance. Those under the hypnotic spell would experience a blissful blankness of the mind, believing that the Veela and their dance was the only thing that mattered, and that something really bad would happen if they stopped. The mesmerised people also felt compelled to do something crazy to try to impress the Veela, giving no thought to personal safety, or at least simply be near the Veela in question, and were strongly attracted romantically.

Men were also known to make outrageous (and obviously false) claims in the presence of Veela, trying to win their affection.

Even after the Veela stopped dancing, there were still some lingering effects. For example, during the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, after Veela mascots of the Bulgarian team finished their performance, some of the Irish fans briefly believed themselves to be fans of Bulgaria and were confused about why they were wearing Irish merchandise.

It was unknown whether men with Veela heritage like Louis Weasley would also have this ability.

Veela were always, and under any circumstances, physically perfect, graceful and flawless, without anything that would make them look unattractive or distract from their presence, which is part of why their magic works so well. They were usually perfectly aware how to increase their appeal by apparel, action or choice of words, but even these were simply details to enhance their natural appeal.

Some wizards seemed more immune to this than most others. An example of this is Harry Potter; when confronted by Fleur Delacour, he seemed relatively unaffected, while every other boy in the Great Hall fell victim to her allure. Though the first time exposure would have a stronger effect; during the Veela performance at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, even Harry fell victim to their beauty just like every other man in the crowd. Additionally, men who were exposed to it over a period of time became more resistant to it, although the Veela charm took full effect if the Veela surprised the man in some way.

Full-blooded Veela also had the ability to transform into harpy-like creatures and to throw fireballs when angered, and when witnessing this, Harry Potter remarked that they didn't look the slightest bit beautiful while they were these creatures. It is unknown if half-blooded Veela were able to throw fireballs, transform into harpy creatures, or in any way turn off their appeal.

Known users

"She's part Veela. You were right — her grandmother was one. It wasn't your fault, I bet you just walked past when she was turning on the old charm for Diggory and got a blast of it —"

— Harry Potter regarding Fleur Delacour's allure

Status	Person(s)
Veela	Apolline Delacour's mother
	Delila
Part-Veela	Apolline Delacour
	Fleur Delacour
	Gabrielle Delacour
Unknown	Unidentified soprano
	Delacour sisters' cousins

Behind the scenes

• It is unknown if Veela magic can affect homosexual males in the same way it does heterosexual males. It also remains unknown whether homosexual, bisexual or asexual males are affected by it. It is also never known if it affects lesbian or bisexual females as well.
• While it is presumed that Veela charm could affect anyone who was attracted to women and not just men who were, this has never been confirmed to truly happen.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)