J.K. Rowling reveals her own Patronus
Pottermore rolled out its latest magical feat. Fans of Harry Potter's wizarding world can now take a quiz to find out their own Patronus animal. When casting the Patronus charm in order to ward off soul-sucking Dementors, a happy thought takes form of an animal or creature that represents the spellcaster and will defend the caster against the Dementor.
J.K. Rowling created the Patronus test, as the author puts it "ages ago," and originally got a pine marten (a relative of the otter, mink, and beaver, in case you were wondering), she revealed on Twitter. "My fondness for weaselly creatures is well documented," she joked. But the best selling author retook the quiz as it was finalized last week and was given a new Patronus.
"It had changed (which, as we know, can happen)," Rowling said and she is thrilled with her latest incarnation, a heron, due to its "personal associations."
See all her Tweets below and take the Patronus test over at Pottermore.
As many of you have now realised, the @pottermore Patronus Test is finally live!
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016
I took the @pottermore test (which I wrote) ages ago when it was a work in progress and got a pine marten Patronus. I was happy, because...
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016
... my fondness for weaselly creatures is well documented. However, when we finalised the @pottermore test last week I took it again...
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016
... and found that it had changed (which, as we know, can happen). My new Patronus has personal associations and I like it even better...
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016
... so as far as I'm concerned, the @pottermore test works! Here's my Patronus... pic.twitter.com/xnjKfjGMx4
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016
It's a heron :) https://t.co/MUZUYmRgZS
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016