Overview

Fiendfyre also known as the Fiendfyre Curse (Pestis Incendium) is a deadly curse that produces a gigantic and powerful enchanted flame. The flame would take the form of large fiery magical beasts, such as serpents, dragons, and chimaeras. These gigantic beasts would seek out living targets and were extremely volatile. The sentient cursed fire would spread rapidly incinerating everything it moved through. Fiendfyre took extreme skill as well as intense concentration to control as the curse was an advanced Dark Magic. Fiendfyre was one of the very few known substances that was capable of destroying Horcruxes. Fiendfyre could not be extinguished by normal or conjured water or a Water-Making Spell.

Effects

Fiendfyre burned everything it could through the form of large beasts as it constantly mutated into other beasts as well as powerful formless flames spreading rapidly destroying everything it came in contact with. The caster could have the flames go after a set target as well causing it to eventually conquer and engulf the surroundings of the target in flames incinerating any nearby lifeforms and physical forces. The Flames were also able to kill even the caster. This showed that Fiendfyre required someone with exceptional skill and concentration to control it. There is a counter-curse to extinguish the flames, this was known by exceptionally skilled practitioners and not every common witch or wizard causing the danger of the use of this curse for everyone and everything around it to increase. This included the caster themselves as well.

History

• 1997-1998 - Amycus Carrow was the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts that year and would teach Dark Magic to students. Harry believed him to be the one to teach Vincent Crabbe how to summon it.
• 2 May 1998- Crabbe casted Fiendfyre during a skirmish in the Room of Requirement during the Battle of Hogwarts as an attempt to kill Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. He died in the magical inferno as the very flames he had cast overcame him. During the destruction the flame made, Ravenclaws Diadem, a Horcrux of Voldemort's, was also destroyed.

Credits/References

Written by Aleric Selwyn
Base code by Andrew Sutherland, edited by Iselin Merilä and Desmond Gray.