felix felicis was the potion that harry potter took to get slughorn's memories.
felix felicis was the potion that harry potter took to get slughorn's memories.
what potion did harry potter take to get slughorn's memories?
felix felicis
when a person drinks the draught of living death, they go into a deep sleep so strong that they appear to be dead, hence the name. it is made from powdered root of asphodel which is added to an infusion of wormwood, and was first mentioned in harry's first potions lesson with snape in "harry potter and the philosophers stone". it was later mentioned in his first potions lesson with horace slughorn in "half-blood prince" when harry receives top marks in horace slughorn's first newt (nastily exhausting wizarding tests) potions class for brewing this potion so well, having used the handwritten advice in the half-blood prince's book. he is then awarded a small bottle of the potion felix felicis as a prize. this potion is described as changing in colour during the process of being made. it has a texture and consistency akin to that of clear water. a process of examining the potency of the potion is to drop a new or fresh leaf in it – the leaf is instantaneously reduced to ashes.
potions in harry potter
veritaserum is a very powerful truth potion. the name "veritaserum" derives from the latin word "veritas", meaning truth. three drops of this potion are all that is needed to force anyone to respond to any question with the truth. it is first used on barty crouch jr. in "goblet of fire;" in "order of the phoenix", umbridge demands the potion to use it while interrogating harry about who he contacted, but is thwarted by snape who claims he has none left having given her an entire bottle earlier in the book (although that bottle was a placebo). in the film version of "order of the phoenix", umbridge forces cho to drink veritaserum to expose dumbledore's army. instead of using veritaserum, umbridge threatens harry with the cruciatus curse to divulge who he contacted in the floo network. in "half-blood prince", harry considers using the potion to get slughorn to reveal his memories about voldemort, but thinks better of it; and in "deathly hallows" rita skeeter uses the potion to extract the story of dumbledore's childhood from bathilda bagshot. rowling has revealed on her fansite that veritaserum can be fooled using occlumency and is hence not usually accepted in general practice in wizard courts.
potions in harry potter