Green and silver, folded flat against a wall — Slytherin House Banner #76410

The hat's fourth verse

“Or perhaps in Slytherin, / You'll make your real friends, / Those cunning folk use any means / To achieve their ends.” The Sorting Hat sings a new song each year, and the 1991 one gives each house four lines. Slytherin's are the only ones that sound like a warning, which is the reputation the house spends seven books living with.

The four Hogwarts houses were founded by four witches and wizards who disagreed about almost everything except that the school should exist. Slytherin's founder valued ambition and bloodline, built the Chamber of Secrets under the castle, and left. The house he left behind kept the colours — green and silver — and the animal, a serpent, and the reputation, which is the part that has followed it through seven books. Slytherin's common room is the only one under the lake, lit by greenish light through the water.

The 349-piece banner is a wall piece that folds open. Closed, it shows the house crest on a green field with the serpent at the centre; open, the back becomes a slice of the Slytherin common room, with a fireplace, an armchair, a window looking into the lake and a shelf of the sort of objects a house would keep. The fold is the mechanism, and the hinge is built to hold at both angles without a stand.

The two sides need different treatment. On the crest, a narrow light along the top edge throws the serpent's raised outline down the green field, closer to a wall plaque than a lamp. Inside, the common room gets a green-tinted fire and a cold, faint glow behind the lake window. It is the darkest of the four banners, and the sleek restraint lets colour do more work than brightness.

Wiring follows the hinge, so the banner closes flush and hangs flat. ZENE Bricks' light kit for a 349-piece wall piece is a small commitment, and these lego lights make it work as wall art rather than a shelf model.

• Supports already built LEGO® sets with a little refitting required.
• No circuit experience needed, just follow our simple step-by-step instructions for guidance.
• Twisted pair design balances robustness and installation concealment.
• Have your LEGO® sets be exciting and soul-filled even in the daytime.

• Light Kit include Connecting Cables, Lights, Expansion Boards, etc.
• Battery Box without Batteries
• Instructions in PDF format provided.