The forest! We can't go in there students aren't allowed and there are
Werewolves
Oh, there's more than werewolves in those trees
You can be sure of that.
Throughout the Harry Potter series
We entered the Forbidden Forest in almost every book and a big reason why the characters journeyed through it
So many times is because its JK Rowling's favorite part of the hogwarts grounds
It houses a vast number of creatures and is a key point in almost every books plot in this video
I'm going to explain everything you need to know about the Forbidden Forest
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The forest is one of the larger parts of the Hogwarts grounds it's thick with trees as well as undergrowths
There are some paths and some clearings when you first walk through the forest
But once you get deep enough those paths disappear. When you leave the path, it's almost
Impassable and gets extremely dark because the trees become thicker and thicker covering any light that could come in
There are many tree roots and stumps as well as low-slung branches making it very hard to navigate
Over the years a few Hogwarts students have disappeared inside the forest. Never to be found again
it's traditionally the duty of the keeper of keys and grounds of Hogwarts or the
Gamekeeper to attend to matters in the forest as part of their job
Rubeus Hagrid the gamekeeper during the series lived in a hut on the edge of the forest and he dealt with many
Problems that had to do with the dark woods the forest contains many different kinds of creatures
They have non magical creatures like foxes deer and wolves but are also some smaller magical creatures such as bowtruckles
There are also blood sucking bug bears and werewolves not to be confused with the non magical wolves. There are Hippogriffs which
We saw a number of during Hagrid's lesson, but during that lesson Buckbeak at the most focus
There also unicorns which we saw twice in the series once in the philosopher's stone
When Quirrell was drinking the dead unicorns blood to keep his master Lord Voldemort alive
It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn. He has slain something so pure
But from the moment the blood touches your lips
he will have a half-life a
Cursed life and we saw them another time when Professor Grubbly Plank took over a care of magical creatures
Lesson for Hagrid and taught the class about the majestic creatures. Here we learned that the creatures favorite girls over guys
There are also thestrals which are black skeletal bat winged horses
They can only be seen by those who have witnessed and processed death
Acromantula also live in the forest. They are monstrous eight eyed spiders that are capable of human speech
It's also rumored that the forest houses trolls
Specifically forest trolls which have green skin and green hair
There were a few creatures that weren't originally in the forest, but were added during the events of the series
One of those creatures is blast ended skrewts
They were raised by Hagrid's care of magical creatures class and a few of them were used in the third task of the Triwizard Tournament
As part of the obstacles in the maze after that Hagrid released them into the forest
Hagrid added a giant to the mix as well when he brought his half-brother Grawp home from the mountains because he was being bullied by
the other Giants
And of course we can't forget about the Ford Anglia technically
It's not a creature but it displayed many beastly behaviors after running wild in the Forbidden Forest
For months when Ron and Harry discovered it again. It was smeared with mud covered in tree branches and had gone a bit feral
Arguably the acromantula might have been added to the forest as well
once again because of Hagrid
He helped Aragog escape into the forest after they thought that he was the monster that was in the Chamber of Secrets
He then brought Aragog a female acromantula named Mosag she became his wife and they had hundreds of children
it's certainly true that the spiders that Ron and Harry saw in the forest were there because of Hagrid but it's very possible that they
Were already acromantula in the forest at that point fifty years after
Aragog was saved by Hagrid Aragog indirectly saved Hagrid from life in prison
He helped Harry and Ron put together that Hagrid wasn't the culprit who would open the chamber and that the girl that had died when
it was opened was Moaning Myrtle
He of course was about to let his children eat
Ron and Harry
But because they escaped this information helped him close the mystery
Aragog died four years later and Hagrid had a funeral for him on the edge of the forest
seriously, misunderstood creatures spiders are
The eyes I reckon they unnerve some folk. Not to mention the pincers
And we can't forget about the creatures that were touched upon the most
Centaurs, they live in colonies and are stargazers that can predict the future by looking up at the night sky
Centaurs hated humans most likely because of the way that they were treated by wizards and witches. A centaur named
Firenze who lived in the forest didn't follow the centaur's belief of not intervening in human affairs. In the philosopher's stone
He saved Harry from Voldemort
which made the others in his colony very angry thinking that he messed with the destiny of the stars and during the events of the
order of the Phoenix
He was banished and attacked for accepting a job to teach divination at Hogwarts as a favor to Albus Dumbledore
Hagrid had to intervene when the other centaurs went after Firenze and Hagrid just might have saved his life
Later that year. The centaurs were approached by Dolores Umbridge who insulted and attacked them
After this they went after her and dragged her away
They were once again about to kill but were stopped this time by Dumbledore some other major events that took place in the Forbidden Forest
Throughout the series include Harry spying on Snape and Quirrell. He did this by flying overhead on the edge of the forest
There was also Harry Hermione Neville and Malfoy getting detention and as their punishment they had to go into the forest with Hagrid
We also saw Hagrid give his Hippogriff lesson and saw Malfoy get attacked by Buckbeak
Later on Harry and Hermione rescued Buckbeak by bringing him into the forest
The forest is also where Remus Lupin ran when he was transformed into a werewolf a year later Barty Crouch jr
Dragged and killed his father Barty Crouch in the forest and then transfigured his body into a bone and buried it
Hagrid gave another one of his lessons here this time on thestrals a few months later
Harry went to that same spot that Hagrid taught is lesson to lore six thestrals with blood so that he and the others could
Ride them to London and save Sirius at the Ministry of Magic during a seventh year
Neville was yet again sent to detention in the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid this time accompanied by Luna and Ginny
After they tried stealing the Sword of Gryffindor from Snape's office during the Battle of Hogwarts
Voldemort and his Death Eaters went into the forest
He then called a ceasefire and told Harry that he had one hour to join him.
Harry did as Voldemort said and went into the forest. He first used the resurrection stone to see his fallen loved ones
You've been so brave sweetheart
He then dropped the stone on the forest ground and went to face Voldemort Voldemort tried to kill him
But all that he ended up doing was destroying the Horcrux inside of Harry during the battle many of the creatures from the forest
Participated in the fight such as acromantula, Grawp, Hagrid's half-brother and later the Centaurs
But only after Hagrid yelled at them for not helping in the first place
when the centaurs left the forest to help finish the fight their
Stampede stomped on the resurrection stone making it buried in the forest ground lost forever
the Forbidden Forest was home to some of the most important and
Game-changing scenes in the entire series and will always be one of the most memorable locations in all of the books
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