Norvel Twonk, O.M. (First Class) (1888-1957) was a wizard, who died saving a Muggle child from a Manticore in 1957. His portrait was hung at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1]
Biography[]
Legacy[]
Twonk was posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class.[1] There was a portrait of Twonk hung at Hogwarts Castle, guarding a secret shortcut between the fifth-floor landing of the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room. The password required to gain access to said shortcut was "Manticore".[2]
Behind the scenes[]
- If Twonk attended Hogwarts in his youth, he might, depending on the exact date of his birth, have been in the same year as Theseus Scamander.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Pottermore (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
Notes and references[]
| Fifth-floor of Hogwarts Castle | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bathrooms | ||
| Boys' restroom · Prefects' Bathroom | ||
| Classrooms | ||
| Abandoned classroom · Art Classroom · Classroom 5B · Music Classroom | ||
| Corridors | ||
| Astronomy Corridor · Cursed Corridor · Fifth-floor corridor · Hospital tower corridor · Icy Corridor | ||
| Halls and rooms | ||
| Secret attic · Astronomy reading room · Fifth-floor hall · Floor 5 Bonus · Locked Room · Muggle Studies showroom · Satyavati Shah's bedroom · Secret Muggle Room · Upper Hall | ||
| Other locations | ||
| Vault of Ice · Weasley Candy Emporium · Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement | ||
| Portraits, statues and other artwork | ||
| Boris the Bewildered · Norvel Twonk · Timothy the Timid | ||
| Staircases | ||
| Clock Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Staircase to the fourth-floor landing · Turris Magnus staircase · Vanished Stairs | ||
| Storerooms | ||
| Storeroom |
