Rowling herself is a Thunderbird.)įrank's role in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is unclear, but I'm guessing his magical wings and his ability to warn of supernatural danger will come in handy for Newt and his friends. Thunderbird House "favours adventurers," according to Pottermore. The Thunderbird is also significant because it inspired one of the houses of the American Wizarding School, Ilvermorny. "Wolfe wands were generally held to be extremely powerful, though difficult to master," wrote Rowling in "History of Magic in North America," adding that Wolfe Thunderbird wands were favored by Transfigurers. Thunderbirds were also considered particularly valuable, specifically their tail feathers, which were frequently used by wandmaker Shikoba Wolfe. Manz revealed a bit more about Frank's magical power in his interview with EW: "Its multiple powerful wings shimmer with cloud-and-sun-like patterns and their flapping can create storms."
"The Thunderbird possesses powerful wings and can sense supernatural danger," they tweeted. If Frank is a Thunderbird, then what, exactly, is a Thunderbird?Īccording to Rowling's Pottermore short story, "History of Magic In North America," the Thunderbird is a magical bird native to Arizona "that can sense danger and create storms as it flies." On the official Fantastic Beasts Twitter account, this description of the Thunderbird was amended. And, according to Fantastic Beasts ' visual effects supervisor Christian Manz's interview with Entertainment Weekly, "Newt named him Frank and promised to return him to his natural habitat in Arizona." Now, while this information partly explains why Newt landed in New York City in the first place, it doesn't really answer the original question. In Fantastic Beasts, Newt rescued the Thunderbird from traffickers in Egypt. Not so different from a Hippogriff, the Thunderbird is actually closer to a Phoenix, though all three are bird-like creatures with strong and powerful beaks. So, just what kind of creature is Frank in Fantastic Beasts ?Īccording to Pottermore and other reports, Fantastic Beasts ' Frank is actually a Thunderbird. Harry Potter fans will probably be quick to assume that Frank, a bird-like creature is a Hippogriff, like Buckbeak, but they would be wrong. One of which, Frank (notably, the one of the only creatures Newt has named), seems to be of unknown species. There are, however, a few main creatures that Newt Scamander seems particularly fond of.
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Already, the trailers for the new Harry Potter prequel are full of CGI beasts and furry little creatures that could only exist in the magical world. Newt described him as a majestic, powerful, and regal creature, but a 'wee-bit sensitive to strangers'. He also had his bag of feathers disguised as leaves with transfiguration, that Jacob's sibling undid with Reparifarge.Let's be real: it would be profoundly disappointing if there weren't a ton of brand new, never-before-seen magical creatures in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Frank was the name Magizoologist Newt Scamander gave to a Thunderbird he rescued from traffickers in Egypt in the 1920s. He obtained the feathers by provoking a Thunderbird in the sky with Metelojinx at the Forest Lake, but he was apprehended by Holly Blackbird and Jacob's sibling. ĭuring the 1989–1990 school year, the unscrupulous wizard Todd Cribb planned to make money from selling counterfeit Shikoba Wolfe wands that had Thunderbird tail feather cores. The wand of Holly Blackbird had a Thunderbird tail feather core, which was a highly valuable family heirloom. Wands with Thunderbird tail feather cores had been known to fire curses pre-emptively when supernatural dangers were present. Wands with Thunderbird tail feather cores, like the birds the feathers were taken from, were able to sense danger and could cast curses on their own.
Wolfe's wands were extremely powerful but difficult to master, and were good for transfiguration work.
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