Firstly, being confined, if nothing else, by the size of the room it inhabited, the Boggart would scale down an otherwise-gigantic form (as seen when a Boggart turned into the full moon). īoggarts' ability to shapeshift showed remarkable speed and fluidity, but had several limitations. Much like Poltergeists with mischief and Dementors with gloom and depression, Boggarts seemed to embody the human emotion of fear, and consequently feed on other beings' fears.
Much like Poltergeists, Boggart were non-beings, who, although they resembled living creatures, were not considered magically "alive" and were as a result amortal (a Boggart could be made to disappear with the Boggart-Banishing Spell, but it would inevitably reappear, with several more by its side at times). " A Boggart is a shape-shifting creature that will assume the form of whatever most frightens the person who encounters it." - A Boggart's basic nature īoggarts would, at least before the Battle of Hogwarts, very commonly appear as Lord Voldemort, since he represented the worst fear of many wizards and witches.
When facing a Boggart, it was best to have someone else along, to try to confuse it, since facing more than one person at once made it indecisive towards determining what form it should take, usually resulting in a not frightening combination of the victims' fears. Because of their shape-shifting ability, no one knew what a Boggart looked like when it was alone, as it changed shape instantly upon encountering someone. Nobody knows what a boggart looks like when he is alone, but when I let him out, he will immediately become whatever each of us most fears." - Professor Lupin to his third-year Defence Against the Dark Arts class in September 1993 Ī Boggart was an amortal shape-shifting non-being that took on the form of its observer's worst fear. He does not yet know what will frighten the person on the other side of the door.
" So the boggart sitting in the darkness within has not yet assumed a form.
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