Overview

The Mending Charm (Reparo) is very useful for clumsy students, as it easily repairs things that have been broken, like a teacup someone knocked off the end table in the common room. The incantation works with most materials, and as it is an easy spell it is assumed that this is taught to 1st year students. Variations of this spell could just be Reparo with a modifier added, or two new spells all together: Oculus Reparo, and Papyrus Reparo, used to fix glasses and torn parchment, respectively.

Effects

While visiting a fellow witch’s home, one witch accidentally knocked over a picture frame while reaching for her cup of tea. The frame fell to the floor and broke, shattering into several pieces. The witch quickly pulled out her wand, and performed Reparo. Instantly, the picture frame was fixed and the two witches could go back on about their day.
This scenario shows just how effective Reparo is. It can fix almost all materials. Like every spell, it does have its limitations. For instance, Reparo cannot fix damages caused by rare & powerful spells like Fiendfyre. It also cannot heal things like minor cuts.
Less experienced witches and wizards were also not able to return liquids to broken containers, so they would like have to use Reparo and Spongify to clean up a broken teacup. Another limitation is that is could not repair a broken magical item, such as a Vanishing cabinet. While Reparo could repair the exterior of a broken wand, the magic inside of it would still be damaged.

History

The creation & first use of Reparo was recorded in the Magic Book of Spells by Miranda Goshawk. In the first instance, Reparo was created by Orabella Nuttley, when she repaired the Colosseum after it had been accidentally destroyed. At the time (in or before 1754), Orabella worked for the British Ministry of Magic’s Improper Use of Magic office. Several other textbooks contained this spell, and Professor McGonagall taught this spell to her second year Transfiguration students.

Credits/References

Written by Vaughn Layton
Base code by Andrew Sutherland, edited by Iselin Merilä and Desmond Gray.