Location from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The common room and dormitories of Ravenclaw House, accessed by answering a riddle posed by an eagle-shaped bronze knocker, with an airy round room decorated in blue and bronze.
Ravenclaw Tower rewards the clever and punishes the incurious. The eagle knocker's riddles are philosophical rather than trivia — less 'what year was the Statute of Secrecy signed' and more 'which came first, the phoenix or the flame.' Students who can't answer must wait until someone smarter comes along, which Luna Lovegood considers a feature rather than a flaw. The common room is the quietest in the castle, filled with the scratch of quills and the rustle of turning pages, though heated debates about magical theory can erupt without warning and last until dawn.
A wide, circular room at the top of a tower, with graceful arched windows draped in blue and bronze silk that let in sweeping views of the mountains, lake, and Forbidden Forest. A midnight-blue carpet covers the floor, patterned with stars. Bookshelves line the curved walls between the windows. A white marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw stands beside the door to the dormitories. Instead of a password, a bronze eagle-shaped knocker on the door asks a riddle — you must answer correctly to enter.
Also known as: Ravenclaw Tower, Ravenclaw common room