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Baby Basilisk: Any member of the TBC forums that have not yet reached the age of 16 are known as 'Baby Basilisks'.  (See also 'Elder Basilisks'.)

Basilisk Bar, The (1): The Basilisk Bar started life as the personal domain of Rose, TBC's resident bartender, and a staging area for the army of GTDE barmaids. A large number of drinks is available there, and a full list is available here. 

Basilisk Bar, The (2): In 2005, TBC added a permanent chatroom to the site, also called The Basilisk Bar, to save the constant search for a new chatroom whenever we wanted to have a chat session.  Everyone is free to use the chatroom for a quick gossip, and it is also used for hosting chat parties, quizzes and anything else we can think up.

Basilisk Nursery, The: Any members of TBC who want to adopt their own Hit Basilisk can do so here. Operated by Chocolate Muse, the Official Basilisk Care-Giver, new Basilisk-owners are issued with Basilisk Care Kits and an ‘I Luv Basilisks’ badge, and taught the proper way to groom, de-fang, and train your basilisk, should it be cold-blooded killer or misunderstood sweetie.

BLIPs, The: The largest-ever poll of TBC's members, asking just what people like about the Cafe, and what needs to be improved. The results of these answers will no doubt reverberate across the Cafe for a long time to come... (Mostly because we're really slow at changing things around here.)

Cafe Kitchen, The: Isabella's private domain, despite the occasional intervention by Mrs Weasley. The Kitchen is where all TBC's culinary treats are made up, and distributed to the masses. Stop by sometime, and sample Bella's wares.

Cassandra Thickquill: Intrepid Daily Prophet reporter, and intrepid pain in the ass.  Cassandra Thickquill has taken a great deal of interest in the workings and activities of the Cafe, and even had the impertinence to try to post an expose on the cafe around the time of our second anniversary.  She was duly punished for the idea - spending months as a Niffler underground - but is now at large again...

Clan con Fuoco, The: TBC’s first family, headed by Shimmerystar and Presto, who became married after Rose mistook an ‘innocent’ PM message for a marriage proposal, and are still together today. The happy couple were soon joined by two children, Shimmer Jr and Presto Jr, who Rose is a proud Godmother to.

Crumpet: TBC’s unusual nickname for Remus John Lupin, started by Chocolate Muse during a discussion about TBC’s most popular Marauder. Thanks to the wonder of the Word Filter, Mr Crumpet is set to be with us for quite some time. Not to be confused with David Thewlis, the Anti-Crumpet, and TBC Clue Victim #8.

Educational Decree Thirty-Four: A decree passed by Dolores Umbridge, outlawing TBC for their support of Tom Riddle, and making her Supreme Commandant of the Cafe. Using her new powers, Commandant Umbridge took over the forums, turning them into a garish display of pinkness, flowers and kittens, (Now available as the ‘Scumbridge’ skin) and subjecting the café to a reign of terror unlike anything it had ever known. The foul menace was stopped, not once, but twice, with the assistance of the Potterverse characters, who helped the TBC Crew to remove this threat.

Elder Basilisk: The name given to those members on the TBC forums that are of age 16 or above.  Members of this group are granted access to the 'Secret Chamber', an additional forum where more mature topics and issues are discussed.  (See also 'Baby Basilisk'.)

Executive's Code, The: The mysterious 'Executive', the shady operator at the heart of TBC Clue XIII, seemed to delight in leaving mysterious cyphers for the detectives that were following the trail.  Cryptology fans battled through Binary, Hexadecimal and Base64 codes to find new nuggets of information, and as a result of the Executive's encoded assistance, the killer was finally caught.

Fellowship of the Basilisk, The: When Smeagol was murdered, and the One Ring went missing, the Fellowship of the Basilisk was formed by a few brave adventurers, seeking to claim the power of the ring in order to control the production of the Harry Potter films...  Ably assisted by the denizens of Middle-Earth, this elite gathering rode out on their quest at the dawn of TBC Clue XIV.

Green & Silver: A Serpent's Tale: What would happen if, contrary to all the laws of Hollywood, the members of TBC were offered a movie deal? Well, most likely they’d mess it up completely, but that’s not the point. But, if TBC were offered a movie deal and it wasn’t screwed up, this is sort of what it would be like.

GTDE: The shortened term for a Gryffindor Tower Death Eater, in tribute to the site that started the group, the now-defunct Gryffindor Tower. The GTDEs are the inhabitants and operators of The Basilisk Café, and are known for their fascinating drink concoctions, as well as the skimpy costumes of the GTDE Barmaids.

GTDE House: Also known as the TBC Mansion, this is the place where all TBC members can stay and enjoy the comforts of the Basilisk Bar, and the many other rooms contained within the mansion. Of course, everyone has a roommate to party with, because it's just more fun that way…

Hit Basilisk: The pet of choice for many – if not all – members of TBC, the Hit Basilisk is a highly-trained, often-misjudged killing machine, loyal to their Master, and lethal to all who get in it’s way. Just make sure you give your Basilisk a hug, every day.

JKR.com: TBC's unofficial abbreviation for JK Rowling's official site, jkrowling.com. JKR.com is the premier source for Harry Potter news and out-of-books canon, since it all comes directly from Mrs Rowling herself - short of Harry himself popping by for a chat, there can be no better source. We have a guide to JKR.com and it's secrets on the site, as well as an active and popular news thread on our forums, giving the very latest news and updates on what going on there.

MARVOLO: MARVOLO is the premier product line of TBC Industries, a robotic duplicate of our favourite teenaged Dark Lord. With settings for Content, Charm and Slashiness, this is one mechanical marvel that will give you hours of enjoyment every day for the rest of your life…  Reports of delays to the MARVOLO Mark III model met with widespread dismay.

Morsmordre Margarita: This was originally one of the drinks available on the Drinks Menu, to be cooked up by one of the saucy GTDE barmaids.  However, when the convention 'Lumos 2006' put out a call for ideas to go on their drinks menu, Scheherazade put forward this and a couple of other Cafe favourites for consideration.  As a result, this TBC-created concoction was on the drinks menu at one of the biggest HP conventions to date.

Mot Elddir: Rose's discovery that Thomas meant 'A twin' was bound to end up in the bad place, and it didn't take long for a hormone-entranced cafe to leap on board the idea of having two identical Riddles...  Mot was the name eventually chosen for this duplicate Dark Lord, and he still fuels the minds of certain members today.

Mr Rose: You might know this tall, dark and handsome stranger as Severus Snape, the man of a hundred nicknames. Our very own GryffinRose laid claim to Snape very early in the life of the Cafe, and the two of them are known to double-date regularly with the Clan con Fuoco.

Last Updated: 29 October 2006

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