■usually a double class
■takes place in a dungeon, drafty and cold
■memorizing the properties of various potion ingredients, the composition of specific potions, and practice preparing them
■essays on the properties of potion ingredients (and occasionally analyzing how a student's practical assignment specifically went wrong and how to correct it)
Potions are magical liquids created my mixing various ingredients in a cauldron according to very specific rules. These ingredients must usually be drunk to give their magical effect. The ingredients in potions range from the mundane, to the bizarre and the fantastic, and the procedures for creating some potions can be complicated and time consuming. The Potions Master is Severus Snape.
Class groupings:
Gryffindor/Slytherin
Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff