Damocles Belby

Origin: Harry Potter
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Residence: Clayton Street 20 (30-89); Lab in Mage tower (2-1-4)
Occupation: Potioneer
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Import Date: 5

Damocles Belby[3] O.M. (unknown class) was a wizard and potioneer who was famous for inventing the Wolfsbane Potion. This achievement was likely the reason he was awarded an Order of Merlin award.[2]

Biography
Early life

While being educated at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Damocles Belby was a favourite student of Horace Slughorn, the Potions Master, who remarked that he was an "outstanding" wizard.[2]

Later life
After graduating from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Damocles Belby went on to become a Potioneer and invented the Wolfsbane Potion sometime after the mid-1970s. This potion, made up mostly of Aconite, was able to relieve (but not cure) the effects of Lycanthropy by allowing the werewolf to retain his or her human intelligence while transformed.
The potion's development led to werewolves gaining a better chance to integrate themselves into wizarding society, which presumably resulted in his Order of Merlin award. Damocles had a nephew, Marcus Belby, who stated that his uncle and father did not get along. As such, Damocles had little contact with his relatives, and was not very well known to his nephew Marcus.[2] This is probably why Marcus failed to gain much recognition in the Slug Club from Slughorn.

Magical skills and abilities
Horace Slughorn claimed that Damocles Belby was an "outstanding wizard" and that he well deserved his Order of Merlin award.[2]
Potions: Damocles Belby was adept with making potions. He was one of Horace Slughorn's finest students, and after graduating Hogwarts, he developed an accomplished career as a potioneer. He managed to invent the Wolfsbane Potion, a potion "particularly complex" according to Remus Lupin.[4]