Post by Raziel Van on Jul 5, 2006 18:10:06 GMT -6
An Animagus' physical condition as an animal reflects his or her physical condition in human shape. For example, Peter Pettigrew's rat Animagus form lacked a toe on one of his front paws because he had lost a finger .
An Animagus retains his or her clothing, spectacles, and so on throughout the transformation, disappearing when the Animagus is in animal shape but reappearing when human shape is resumed. Sirius, for example, when Transfiguring into human shape for a meeting with Harry, Ron, and Hermione outside Hogsmeade, retained his wizard's robes. Possibly the Transfiguration process moves the clothing into wizard space while the Animagus is in animal shape, but we simply don't know the details of how this works. In some cases items such as spectacles may affect the animal's appearance. For example, both Minerva McGonagall and Rita Skeeter wear spectacles in human shape, and these are not only transformed with the Animagus but in these two cases form part of the resulting animal's markings.
An Animagus appears to have some ability to communicate with true animals, although it is not known whether an Animagus must be in Animagus form to do so. For example, Sirius was able to understand fairly complex concepts from Crookshanks during their alliance in Harry's third year, such as the fact that Crookshanks had stolen a list of Gryffindor Tower's passwords from a boy's bedside table. Peter Pettigrew has an affinity with rats, and was able to learn Voldemort's hiding place in Albania from their knowledge of a place in the forest that was deadly to small animals such as themselves. Whatever this form of communication is, it evidently is not speech; Sirius did not know Crookshanks' name until Harry, Ron, and Hermione told him, although he had been working with Crookshanks for months at that point.
The Improper Use of Magic Office maintains a register of all known Animagi. In the books this has been referred to only as "the register"; its formal name is unknown. The register is a matter of public record; Hermione Granger at age thirteen could consult it for the information therein, including the names of registered persons.
Note: Your character must be at least 16 in order to be an Animagi.
An Animagus retains his or her clothing, spectacles, and so on throughout the transformation, disappearing when the Animagus is in animal shape but reappearing when human shape is resumed. Sirius, for example, when Transfiguring into human shape for a meeting with Harry, Ron, and Hermione outside Hogsmeade, retained his wizard's robes. Possibly the Transfiguration process moves the clothing into wizard space while the Animagus is in animal shape, but we simply don't know the details of how this works. In some cases items such as spectacles may affect the animal's appearance. For example, both Minerva McGonagall and Rita Skeeter wear spectacles in human shape, and these are not only transformed with the Animagus but in these two cases form part of the resulting animal's markings.
An Animagus appears to have some ability to communicate with true animals, although it is not known whether an Animagus must be in Animagus form to do so. For example, Sirius was able to understand fairly complex concepts from Crookshanks during their alliance in Harry's third year, such as the fact that Crookshanks had stolen a list of Gryffindor Tower's passwords from a boy's bedside table. Peter Pettigrew has an affinity with rats, and was able to learn Voldemort's hiding place in Albania from their knowledge of a place in the forest that was deadly to small animals such as themselves. Whatever this form of communication is, it evidently is not speech; Sirius did not know Crookshanks' name until Harry, Ron, and Hermione told him, although he had been working with Crookshanks for months at that point.
The Improper Use of Magic Office maintains a register of all known Animagi. In the books this has been referred to only as "the register"; its formal name is unknown. The register is a matter of public record; Hermione Granger at age thirteen could consult it for the information therein, including the names of registered persons.
Note: Your character must be at least 16 in order to be an Animagi.