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Blood Quill

Umbridge's punishment writing tool; it carves the words into the back of the hand as the student writes. Harry spends afternoons with 'I must not tell lies' etched into his skin, and the scar stays.

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In the books

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Chapter: 13

Umbridge makes Harry use the quill in detention; each line he writes cuts into the back of his hand.

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