It is currently 7:30 in the morning, United States Central Time. The first moment from Half-Blood Prince (from chapter two, it is called “Spinner’s End, Cokeworth”) was just released half an hour ago. In order to view it, however, you need to solve the riddle and enter the password. Here is the riddle, in picture form, from the Pottermore Insider:

Anyone who has read the book knows that it’s obviously Snape. However, the password is a little tricky.

Upon entering “Snape”, I received this message: “Please try again…” Pause. “I know I’m right,” I thought… So I tried “Severus Snape”. No dice. I tried both entirely lowercase. Nope. It wasn’t until I decided to try “Professor Snape” that entrance was finally granted to me.

Within this new moment, we are given three paragraphs of new content from J.K. Rowling about Cokeworth, the (fictional) industrial town where Petunia, Lily and Snape all grew up. Personally, I find the revelations Jo has given us about this town interesting, but sorely lackluster in comparison with all the hype leading up to today. Let’s hope that each day gives us more and better new content!

Today’s new content will be added to the “Pottermore Index” later today. Check back tomorrow for more news!