Imp

Imp

Species information

Skin colour

Grey

Hair colour

Bald

Native range

• Britain
• Ireland

Height of average adult

Less than 6 inches

Distinction

Pixie-like traits

Ministry of Magic Classification

Beast
XX

The Imp is a magical creature found only in Britain and Ireland. The height of the Imp is considered comparable to that of the pixie, between six to eight inches, but that is where the physical similarities end. The Imp cannot fly like the Pixie, nor is it as brightly coloured.

Imps make their home in marshland, where they indulge their slapstick sense of humour by pushing and tripping the unwary.

The Imp's diet consists mainly of insects. They also delight in pelting Wizard Crackers and other small projectiles at anybody that they wish to torment. Imp breeding habits are like the Pixie's, but their young hatch full formed.

While rather unthreatening, an Imp can nonetheless be dispatched rather easily by anyone, by throwing back Wizard Crackers that it throws, or using a Knockback Jinx to daze it, and then caging it, or throwing it into a Gnome hole.