Chamber of Secrets
Basilisk's underground lair
The Chamber of Secrets is a hidden room in the Harry Potter series, built beneath Hogwarts by Salazar Slytherin to house a monster that would purge the school of students he deemed unworthy.
The phrase has become shorthand for any secret space or hidden agenda: What's in your chamber of secrets?
- basiliskReptile that kills by looking
- deadly gazeLethal visual power
- diaryPersonal daily record
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- SlytherinCunning wizards' faction
Hogwarts · Tom Riddle · petrified · Ginny · Salazar Slytherin · heir · pure blood · monster · pipes · bathroom · Moaning Myrtle · fangs · venom · phoenix · Fawkes · sword · hidden · underground
- Literary SequelsMockingjay, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince
Chamber of Secretstown square
Central civic space
open court · public forum · open forum · meeting hall · great hall
Chamber of Secretspublic square
Open urban gathering place
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