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News About Companion Books, New Secrets, and More Revealed on JK Rowling.com
JKRowling.comWell it is not quite a huge trick, but there are a few new goodies this Halloween found on our favorite author's website. In addition to the new Wizard of the Month and Door Opening archive we first told you about this morning, there is an update in the news section now on JKRowling.com.Jo writes that she is still intending on writing the "definitive Harry Potter encyclopedia, which will include all the material that never made it into the novels, and that I will give the royalties from this book to charity. I cannot, therefore, approve of "companion books" or "encyclopedias" that seek to pre-empt my definitive Potter reference book for their authors’ own personal gain. The losers in such a situation would be the charities, that I hope, eventually, to benefit." Jo also has given us two new secrets hidden on the site. If you wish to find them on your ownSTOP NOW, otherwise scroll down for more.
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First Clue: In the Rubbish Bin, hold your curser on the Sneakascope until it moves. A ? will be revealed. Then go to the "Extras" section and draw the mark. A handwritten paper from Jo regarding the third year is revealed, and note the very curious names of professors at the top of the page. Second Clue: Take the portkey to Jo's office. On the lightswitch, click the upper right corner, then move your cursor to peel back the wallpaper Door for a new Potion recipe (egg and Lacewing Fly leg). Portkey back to the main desk and wait for ole Peeves to come by and knock over the pens. Poof! an egg appears. Click on it. Portkey over to the "Fansites" area and wait in the Fansites trophy case for a new Lacewing Fly to flit in and land on the FSA cup. Click on it.
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LOL lacewing does not look like a fly, and no, it’s not a feather, it will appear on the right, insectish kinda looking, long legs, I had an impression that it was running, but all happend so fast…
Yay! I got them both :) They took about 5min to accomplish (with the instructions), not that bad really.
Squibby, thank you – just so I’m not wasting my time, is the “reward” type-written or hand-written like the first prize.
Try moving the coin holder on the top shelf and click on the gobstones that are behind it, I did and a couple of seconds later the lacewing appeared and stood on the center trophy.
MB, both my rewards today were hand-written, maybe one of them wasn’t new, I’m not sure, but hand-written
OMG, why won’t the stupid pen work on the extras? Is there something special you have to do? Grrrrrrrrr
okay, i waited over an hour for the thing in the trophy room to appear, but nothing happens. :(
Well, I managed to miss Peeves. I was so bored waiting, that I clicked on another page and was reading something when he made his appearance. :( Anyway, I wanted to ask whether there was a third clue. While I was waiting for the lacewing fly in the trophy room, I clicked on a feather on the left side of the shelf and it disappeared. Does that lead to something else?
For all you guys whom this isn’t working, try tomorrow. It might be less, crowded, ya know? Plus, sleep will help you think…;)))
don’t try to click and drag the pen, just click on it once, then it will move.
drawing the mark is effing killing me.
the feather from that is probably from an easter egg way back.
Wow… you guys are further then me. I put my cursor over the sneakascope, and it just spins and spins. no moving. How long does it have to spin for? Maybe I should wait until I get home, since I really shouldt be doing this at work anyway <blushes>.
The fly looks more like a Daddy Longlegs (crane fly).
Looks like I was right that Harry is the last Wizard of the Month. It’s all coming to an end!
It’s kind of a bummer that Steve Van Ark is being sued over his Harry Potter Lexicon book since JKR has previously said that even she used the site on occasion. Besides there are already companions books out there! I still stay she should turn it into “Hogwarts: A History” – updated and revised by Hermione Granger-Weasley instead of just a straight encyclopedia.
Still waiting in the trophy room. For those that are having a problem with the pen (I did, I drew the darn makrk 50 times), once you draw it press the front left “side” of your left clicker on your mouse as you lift your finger. For me, it acted like an “enter”.
Haha, darn, I thought we were going to find out more on Remus’s sexuality. Guess not D: Oh well. Enid Pettigrew.. that’s very interesting. I can’t get clue #2 either, though… anyway, thanks very much for posting this!!
Happy Halloween! =)
I’m on a Mac too and can’t get it to work on Safari OR Firefox. Could someone please just post the info? I don’t have access to a PC.
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