

If a riddle is particularly difficult, it is not uncommon to see a group of Ravenclaws congregate outside the door and attempt to solve it together. The knocker will ask the student a question in the form of a riddle and will not open until it is answered correctly. Students can enter the common room by knocking on the bronze eagle-shaped door knocker. The Ravenclaw common room is located in Ravenclaw tower, one of the three tallest towers of Hogwarts castle. Ravenclaws are most noted for their intelligence, but also their acceptance of unique quirks and eccentricities.

Ravenclaws value wisdom, creativity, cleverness, wit, individuality, and innovation. Ravenclaw’s official house mascot is an eagle, and its house colors are blue and bronze. Hogwash Victoria Coren Sat 19.22 EDT 19.22 EDT An Austrian school for witchcraft and wizardry has reported a surge in recruitment since the publication of Harry Potter and the. The Ravenclaw house was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the original founders of Hogwarts. Some of the more well known features of the grounds include a loch known as the Black Lake, the Whomping Willow, and the Forbidden Forest, along with manmade structures such as a full-size Quidditch pitch, multiple greenhouses and other outbuildings, and vegetable patches. Hogwarts’s extensive grounds are pictured below in the only canon map available (drawn by JKR herself). There are multiple enchantments around and within Hogwarts, some even unknown to the headmasters. This spell can only be lifted by the headmaster, and he can choose to lift it in a certain area or over the entire school. It has been made impossible for witches and wizards to apparate or disapparate while inside the Hogwarts grounds. Magic powered radios are an exception, however. Likewise muggle devices that can be replaced with magic simply “go haywire” when anywhere near the school. To muggles, the area looks like an old abandoned castle, with multiple signs warning of danger. The school was made unplottable as a means of protection, so the exact location is unknown.
