Magical Creatures- P

Phoenixes are magnificent and highly unusual creatures. The strangeness of the phoenix is due to their ability to carry immensely heavy loads and the healing powers of their fat, pearly tears. They are also unusual because of the manner in which they die: at a certain time, they burn, and are then reborn from the ashes. Phoenixes sport crimson and gold plumage and are extremely loyal. Dumbledore owns (orowned R.I.P.) a phoenix named Fawkes, and his organization created to defeat Voldemort is named after the phoenix (The Order of the Phoenix). They, when full grown, have a long tail of glimmering gold and with the length of a peacock's, beady black eyes, glossy feathers, gleaming gold talons, long, sharp golden beaks, and are the size of a swan. Their wide scarlet wings radiate heat and an odd golden glow.