Flagrate

Spell Name: Fire Line Charm

Incantation: Flagrate

Pronunciation: /fləˈɡreɪtiː/ flə-GRAY-tee

Spell Branch: Charms

Magical Discipline(s): Enchantments

Appearance: Causes a fiery red trail to be produced by the caster's wand.

Description: With this spell, the caster's wand can leave fiery marks. The shape lingers for some time. It can be used to write text or symbols, and the writing lingers for some time after drawing it. The writing can be rearranged by the flick of a wand.

Regulations: None

Skill Level: Beginner

Etymology: The word Flagrate comes from the Latin words "flagro", meaning "glowing", or "blaze".

References:

• Cast by Tom Riddle in The Chamber of Secrets to spell out 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' and unscramble it to 'I am Lord Voldemort'.
• Also cast by Hermione in Order of the Phoenix to identify doors of the Department of Mysteries which members of Dumbledore's Army had already opened, by marking them with an 'X'.
• Declan Ó Móráin instructs third years to use this in a Care of Magical Creatures lesson[1]
• Miles Faraday considers different fire-related charms in his seventh year[2]
• Magdalena Eisenberg uses it when duelling with Auberon Eisenberg[3]
• Bridget Nilson uses it in a malicious way in retaliation to Olivia Foley[4]

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