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Rowling reveals the backstory of the American school of magic and magic, Ilvermorny, the second in the series "A History of Magic in North America". It will provide background information for the "Fantastic Beasts" series of movies based on the Harry Potter spin-off novels.

This famous wizarding school in North America was founded in the 17th century on top of Mount Greylock. The school is cast with a variety of powerful magic, so that people who do not have magic can not see its existence, sometimes only visible in the surrounding clouds.

Irish origins

Born about 1603, Isolt Sayre spent her early childhood in the Comcali Valley in County Kerry, Ireland. The girl is the offspring of two pureblood wizards. Her father, William Sayre, is a direct descendant of the famous Irish witch Morrigan, who was a beastman who could turn into a raven. William named his daughter "Morrigan" because she was very close to everything in nature since she was a child. Aesop's early childhood was very comfortable and beautiful, with parents loving him, and the family often silently helped the Muggle neighbors, using magic to treat humans and livestock.

However, when Aesop was five years old, the family was attacked and her parents died in the disaster. A long-estranged sister from her mother, Gormlaith Gaunt, rescued Aesop from the fire. Gormlaith took her to "Cormgari" in the adjacent valley, known as "Witch's Hollow", and raised her there. As Aesop grew older, she began to understand that the man who saved her from the fire was actually the same man who murdered her parents and kidnapped her. Violent and ferocious (like the rest of the Gaunts), Gormlaith was a ferocious pure-blood wizard who believed her sister's assistance to her Muggle neighbors would lead to Aesop's intermarriage with Muggles. Gormlaith also believed that only by taking their daughter away would it be possible for the child to "return to the right way": she wanted to educate the child that the direct descendants of Morrigan and Salazar Slytherin could only be with the pure People of different bloodlines come and go.

Gormlaith thinks Aesop needs a role model, so she starts with herself. Whenever a Muggle or animal got too close to their hut, she cast a jinx that brought them bad luck and forced Aesop to watch. The neighboring community quickly learned to stay away from Gormlaith's place. Since then, the villagers who had been friends with Aesop no longer interacted with her. Local boys would throw stones at Aesop who was playing in the garden, which became the only intersection between Aesop and the villagers.

When she received her admission letter to Hogwarts, Gormlaith refused to let Aesop go to study, because she thought it would be better for Aesop to study at home than to send Aesop to a dangerous place full of Muggle descendants and advocating egalitarianism. However, Gormley herself was a student at Hogwarts, and she told Aesop many stories about the school. Basically, everything she said was aimed at discrediting Hogwarts and bemoaning the unfulfilled ambitions of Slytherins to straighten the blood of wizards. But to her niece, the words of an almost insane aunt who both isolated and tormented her made Hogwarts seem like heaven—she spent a lot of time as a teenager weaving with Hogwarts. Gewartz related sweet dreams. For twelve years, Gormlaith used powerful black magic to force Aesop into submission, cutting her off from the outside world.

Eventually, the girl develops enough ability and courage to steal her aunt's wand (Gormlaith never lets her hold her own) and escapes. In addition to the wand, Aesop also brought a golden brooch in the shape of a Gordian Knot,

The brooch once belonged to her mother. In this way, Aesop fled abroad.

Fearing that Gormlaith would cast her astonishing tracking spells and seek revenge, Aesop moved first to England, but Gormlaith soon followed her. In order to completely get rid of his adoptive mother and prevent her from finding him, Aesop cut off his long hair. She disguised herself as a Muggle boy named Elias Story.

In 1620, she took the Mayflower to the New World of America. Aesop landed with the first batch of Muggles who first settled in America (in the wizarding world of America, Muggles are called "No-Maj", which means no magic). Upon reaching America, Aesop immediately disappeared into the surrounding mountains, leading her shipmates to think that the Elias Story had died, like so many others, in the harsh winter. Aesop left the new colonies partly out of fear that Gormlaith would find out about her, even though she was already in the new land. Another reason is that during the journey on the Mayflower, she discovered that as a witch, it is almost impossible to make friends with the Puritans.

In a harsh and unfamiliar country, Aesop was completely alone. As far as she knew, at least there were no other wizards within a hundred miles. The one-sided education that Gormlaith gave her did not contain any information related to Native American wizards. However, after spending a few weeks in the mountains, she encountered two magical creatures whose existence she hadn't noticed before.

Hidebehinds are nocturnal ghosts that live in the forest and survive by preying on humans and humanoids. As the name suggests, the Stealth Monster can distort its shape, hide behind almost any object, and be able to hide itself intact when encountering predators or prey. No-Majs know about Invisibility monsters, but they are no match for them. Only a witch or wizard has a chance of surviving an Invisibility monster attack.

Goblins (Pukwudgie), also native to North America, are very small, have gray skin and long ears, and are distantly related to European goblins. Goblins are highly capable of acting alone, scheming, powerful magic, and not very fond of humans (whether wizards or Muggles). Goblins hunt with deadly poisonous bows and love to play tricks on humans.

Once, the two creatures met in the forest—an invisible monster of extraordinary strength and size managed to capture a young and inexperienced goblin. Aesop ran into them just as the Invisible was about to gut the goblin. So Aesop cast a curse to drive away the invisible monster. Unaware that goblins are dangerous to humans, she takes him back to her humble home and nurses him until he recovers.

After the goblin recovered, he declared his allegiance to Aesop and promised to serve her until he had a chance to repay the favor he owed. He thought it a great humiliation to owe the young witch a favor, especially since the witch was so stupid as to be wandering around strange places where goblins or invisible monsters might attack her at any moment. From then on, Aesop's life began to be accompanied by a goblin complaining bitterly with him.

Leaving aside the goblin's dismissive attitude towards her, Aesop found him very interesting and even enjoyed his company. Over time, they developed a friendship that was unprecedented between the two races. In keeping with goblin taboo, he refuses to tell Aesop his real name. Aesop therefore helped him nickname "William" after her father.

horned water snake

William introduced Aesop to the magical creatures he was familiar with. Together they trek around watching Frog-headed Hodags hunt, wrestle with Snallygaster and watch newborn Wampus kittens play in the dawn sun.

For Aesop, the most intriguing creature was the giant Horned Serpent, an aquatic creature with a jewel in its forehead that lived in a neighboring stream. Although her goblin guide was terrified of the beast, the goblin was surprised to find that the horned hydra seemed to take a liking to Aesop. What scares William even more is Aesop's claim that he understands what the horned hydra is saying to her.

Aesop later learns not to mention to William her strange affinity with snakes, or to tell William that he thinks the snake seems to be trying to tell her something. She goes to the stream alone, and never tells the goblins where she goes. The message from the water snake has always been the same: "Your family is doomed, and nothing will change unless I become part of your family."

Aesop had no family, unless you count Aunt Gormley in Ireland. She couldn't understand the enigmatic words conveyed by the horned water snake, and later even decided that the voice was purely imaginary, and everything was fabricated in her mind.

(Attention everyone~ Aunt Luo laid the groundwork for the following plot!)

Webster Boot vs. Chadwick Boot

Because of some tragedies, Aesop finally reunited with the same kind of magic. One day, when she was foraging in the forest with William, there was a sudden scream nearby. William yells at Aesop to stay where she is while he weaves through the bushes and reels the poisoned arrow.

Of course, Aesop didn't follow his instructions. She soon reached a small clearing in the woods, and beheld a horrific sight. The invisible monster who had previously tried to kill William had succeeded in killing two innocent humans, and the victims lay dead in the clearing. What was even more frightening was that there were two seriously injured little boys lying on the side, watching the invisible monster prepare to dismember their parents, waiting to die in fear.

Goblin and Aesop quickly dealt with the Invisible, and this time wiped him out completely. Quite pleased with their results, the goblins happily continued gathering blackberries, ignoring the weak and groaning children on the ground. An enraged Aesop asked him to help her carry the two little boys home, but William lost his temper. He said that the two boys were no different from being dead (William’s original words were as good as dead, poof), and helping humans would violate the goblin’s creed, Aesop was just an unfortunate exception, because she had saved him One life.

Aesop was furious at the goblin's ruthlessness, and she told him that if he helped her save either of the boys, she would repay his assistance. Aesop was afraid to disapparate the boys because they were so badly wounded, but she insisted on taking them home anyway. Reluctantly, the goblin agreed to bring back his older brother, whose name was Chadwick; and Aesop returned to the residence with the younger Webber. Once home, a furious Aesop tells William that she doesn't need him anymore. The goblin looked at her angrily, then disappeared without a trace.

boot boy with james stewart

In this way, Aesop sacrificed his only friend for the two little boys who might not survive. Fortunately, they survived. Soon Aesop is surprised and delighted to discover that they have magical abilities.

Chadwick and Webb's wizarding parents take their son to America in pursuit of a thrilling adventure. The family wanders into the forest and encounters an invisible monster, bringing the trip to a tragic end. They were unfamiliar with the creature from abroad, and mistakenly thought it was some kind of common changeling that was common in gardens. Mr. Bute tries to tease him, and it turns into a tragedy that Aesop and William witness.

In the first two weeks after returning home, the two boys were injured so badly that Aesop was afraid to leave their side. Because she was too anxious to save the children, she couldn't bury their parents with dignity. It wasn't until Chadwick and Webb were well enough to be alone at home for at least a few hours that she returned to the forest to build a grave for the boy's parents, where the boy might return one day.

To Aesop's surprise, when she arrived at the clearing, she found a young man named James Steward, also from the Plymouth Colony. He became friends with the Bute family during their trip to America. He missed them because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, so he went into the forest to look for them.

As Aesop watched, James marked the name of the deceased on the grave he had dug with his bare hands, and picked up the broken wand that had been discarded beside the Boots. He inspected Mr. Boot's wand with a deep frown, and the dragon's heartstring at the core of the wand was exposed, emitting sparks continuously. He waved his wand casually. As with any No-Maj wand, the wand inevitably rebelled. James was bounced off, flew across the clearing and hit a tree trunk before passing out.

James wakes up in a hut made of branches and animal furs to find Aesop by his side tending him. Because of the limited space, Aesop couldn't hide her magical ability in front of him, especially since she also needed to brew potions to heal the Bout brothers and hunt with a wand. Aesop planned to wait for his concussion to recover, to give him "forgetfulness" and send him back to Plymouth Colony.

But Aesop is also happy to have another person of his own age to chat with, and this person has a previous relationship with the two Boot boys. James also plays with the boys while they receive magical healing. He even assisted Aesop in building a building out of stone on top of Mount Greylock. A former mason in England, Aesop took only one afternoon to bring the design to life after he drew up what looked to be a feasible design. She named her new home "Ilvermorny" after her birthplace, which was also destroyed by Gormlaith.

Every day, Aesop vowed to cast "Forget Nothing" on James to make him forget everything, but his fear of magic disappeared day by day. In the end, she had to admit that they were in love and married.

four colleges

Aesop and James adopted the Bout brothers as their adopted sons. Aesop would tell them many Hogwarts stories he had heard from Gormlaith. Just like her childhood, the children were full of longing for the school, and often asked Aesop why he didn't take them back to Ireland so that they could also receive their own admission letters. Aesop didn't want them to worry about Gormlaith, so she promised the boys that when they turned 11, she would help them get their own wands (the Butts' wands were too damaged to be repaired), and Start a magic school directly in your own house.

Proposals like these sent Chadwick and Webb's imaginations racing. The brothers' ideas for wizarding schools came almost entirely from Hogwarts, so they insisted that the school should have four houses. However, the idea of ​​naming four colleges after the four of them was quickly dismissed, as Webb thought a college named "Weber Butt" sounded nothing like a winner. They each chose their favorite magical creature. Intelligent but moody, Chadwick chose the Thunderbird, a bird that conjures lightning when it flies. The argumentative but extremely loyal Weber chose "Wampus", a magical animal that looks like a jaguar, agile, strong and hard to kill. Of course, Aesop chose the long-horned water snake. She still maintained the habit of visiting the water snake. She had a strange intimacy with this creature.

When everyone asked James what creature he liked, he suddenly felt hesitant. As the only No-Maj in his family, he had never been exposed to the familiar creatures. In the end, he brought up the goblin, because his wife told him many stories about petty William that always made him laugh. (James is indeed a loving character, hahaha~)

Thus were the four houses of Ilvermorny founded. What the four patriarchs did not realize at the time was that each of them had a unique personality revealed in the names they had chosen so easily.

the dream

As Chadwick's 11th birthday approached, Aesop was at a loss because she didn't know how to fulfill the promise she had made to Chadwick: give him a magic wand. As far as she knew, the wand she had stolen from Gormlaith was the only wand in North America at the time. She didn't dare to take the risk of dismantling the wand to study the structure inside, and the two wands used by the Boots in the past only let her know that they both contained dragon heartstrings and unicorn hair, and when she found the wand, these The material has long since dried up and died.

On the eve of Chadwick's birthday, she had a dream in which she was walking along a stream and encountered a horned water snake. The long-horned water snake emerged from the water and lowered its head to Aesop, asking her to cut off part of its horn. Aesop woke up and set off, walking in the dark, down the stream.

The horned water snake was waiting for her there, and bowed its head for her, just like in the dream. She cut off part of the water snake's horn and thanked the water snake, then returned home to wake James to help make the wand. (Thanks to James' stone and wood craftsmanship, the home is now more beautiful and welcoming than ever.)

When Chadwick awoke the next day, he saw an intricately carved formica wand encased in the horn of a water snake. Aesop and James succeed in forging a magical wand.

Founding of the Ilvermorny School

By the time Webb turned 11, the small family's magic school had spread to local fame. Two boys from the Wapanong tribe, and a mother from the Narragan tribe with her two daughters came to Ilvermorny one after another, hoping to learn the technique of wand making in exchange for the magic they learned. All production processes rely on Aesop's wand and James' handicraft.

A protective voice in Aesop's mind told her to keep the core of the horned water snake for her two adopted sons (attention, foreshadowing again!), so she and James began using various other Wand cores, such as cat leopard hair, mountain tyrannosaurus heartstrings, jackalope antlers, etc.

In 1634, the degree of development of this small family was far greater than the imagination of the Aesop family. Year after year, the house gradually expanded, but not as fast as the increase of students. Soon there were enough kids for Webb to hold intramural competitions. However, the reputation of the school had not yet spread widely among the Native American tribes and the British colonists, so there were no students staying at the Ilvermorny School. The only sleepovers at the school are Aesop, James, Chadwick, Webb, and Aesop's twin daughters with James: Martha (named after James' dead mother), Leona (after Isola named after Suo's mother).

Gormlaith's Revenge

This happy and busy family doesn't know that the crisis is approaching them step by step. Rumors of a new school of magic and magic in Massachusetts reached back to England. Rumor had it that the headmistress was nicknamed "Morrigan" after the famous Irish witch, but the name "Ilvermorny" alone was enough to convince Gormlaith that Aesop had secretly Successfully reached North America, and married pure Muggle offspring, established schools, and even accepted anyone with magic, pure blood or not.

After the family's precious wand was stolen by Aesop, Gormlaith went to Ollivander's wand shop, which she despised, to buy a new wand. In order to ensure that her niece would not find out her arrival in advance, she imitated Aesop's method at that time, secretly disguised as a man, and crossed the sea to America on the Bonaventure. Going too far, she calls herself William Searle, using the name of Aesop's murdered father. Arriving in Virginia, Gormlaith continued quietly to Massachusetts and Mount Greylock. She reached the top of the mountain on a cold winter's night and planned to repeat the same tricks with the second Ilvermorny, killing the couple who had ruined her dream of starting a pure-blood family, and stealing the great-nieces the last bloodline of her), and return to Witch's Hollow with the child.

In the dark night, the huge granite building on the top of Greylock Mountain came into view. Gormlaith heads towards the castle and casts a powerful jinx on Aesop and James, forcing them into a spell-bound sleep.

Then she hissed into Parseltongue, the language of snakes. The magic wand on the bedside that had served Aesop wholeheartedly for many years trembled a little while she was asleep, and then lost its effect. Having lived with this wand for so many years, Aesop never knew that the wand in his hand once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts, nor did he know that the core material used in the original wand was actually a snake demon horns—and a basilisk, the king of snakes. At the time, wandmakers instructed wands to fall asleep when given specific commands. This secret has been passed down through the centuries among each generation of wand-bearers in the Slytherin family.

What Gormlait didn't know was that there were two other people in the house that she hadn't put to sleep because she hadn't heard of 16-year-old Chadwick and 14-year-old Webb. Another thing she didn't know was that the brothers also used the horns of the water snake for the core of their wands. These two wands were not affected by Gormlaith's Parseltongue. Instead, the magical core vibrates with ancient Parseltongue. They sensed that their master might be in danger, and began to make a low sound, which sounded exactly like the warning sound made by a horned water snake.

Brother Bout got up and jumped out of bed when he heard the sound. Chadwick subconsciously looked out the window and saw Gormlai Gaunt approaching the building in the woods.

Chadwick, like all children, has heard and known far more than their parents imagined. Aesop and James, the adoptive parents, may have thought they had successfully shielded their children from stories about the murderer Gormlaith, but they were wrong. As a child, Chadwick overheard Aesop discussing his reasons for fleeing Ireland. Unbeknownst to Aesop and James, ever since then, Chadwick's dreams have often featured images of an old witch stalking Ilvermorny through the woods. Now, he's seeing his nightmare come true.

Chadwick told Webber to warn his parents, and sprinted downstairs, doing the only thing that seemed reasonable to him at the moment: he ran out of the castle to meet Gormlaith, and prevented her from entering the room where his parents slept.

Gormlaith didn't expect to meet a teenage wizard. At first, she underestimated the boy's ability. Chadwick deftly blocks her jinx, and a duel ensues. Although Gormlaith's magic was far superior to that of Chadwick, after only a few minutes of the duel, Gormlaith had to admit that this gifted boy was well taught. While casting a number of jinxes on his head in an attempt to subdue him and drive him towards the house, Gormlaith questioned his family background, stating that she "didn't want to kill such a talented pure-blood wizard". .

Meanwhile, Waver is trying to wake his parents, but Gormlaith's spell is so strong that not even Gormlaith's shouts and the sound of the curse hitting the building can wake them up. Webb therefore decided to run downstairs and join the fierce duel outside the house.

The two-to-one matchup made Gormlaith's situation even more difficult. In addition, the core of the Bout Brothers' wands uses the same substance, and when used together to deal with a common enemy, the magic power will be multiplied tenfold. Even so, Gormlaith's dark magic is still enough to rival them. The duel had become heated, with Gormlaith laughing and telling the brothers to let them live if they could prove their blood was pure, while Chadwick and Webb were determined to prevent her from getting closer to their family. Walls were smashed and windows shattered, but Aesop and James remained sound asleep until the twin girls sleeping upstairs were awakened, screaming in terror.

The scream immediately broke the spell that trapped Aesop and James. Neither the confusion of the duel nor the magic could awaken them, but the terrified screams of the daughters succeeded in breaking Gormlaith's curse. The power of love is so powerful that Gormlaith can't understand. Aesop yells at James to get his daughters, while she herself rushes to help her adopted sons. She held the Slytherin wand tightly in her hand.

It wasn't until Aesop raised his wand to attack the disgusting aunt that she realized that although this wand had helped her a lot, it was no different from the wooden stick picked up on the ground in her hands. Gormlaith felt complacent, and she forced Aesop, Chadwick, and Webb towards the stairs, when she heard the cries of her nieces. Gormlaid finally arrived at the bedroom of the twin girls. She blasted open the door and saw James standing in front of the cradle with the determination to protect his daughter. The deep sense of despair made Aesop couldn't help crying. She had begun to speak incoherently, and she could only hear the name of Aesop's murdered father mixed in the words.

At this time, there was a huge crackling sound, the moonlight in the house was blocked, and the goblin William suddenly appeared on the window sill. Before Gormlaith knew what was going on, a poisoned arrow pierced her heart. Her shrill screams spread hundreds of miles away. In order to make herself immortal, the old witch filled her blood with black magic, and these curses had a chemical effect on the goblin's venom. She began to stiffen and brittle, and eventually shattered into gravel all over the floor. Ollivander's wand explodes after falling to the ground. All that Gormlaith Gaunt had in the end was dust, broken sticks, and charred dragon heartstrings.

William saves the Aesop family. But in the face of their gratitude, he just cursed Aesop angrily, because he found that Aesop had never called his name for nearly ten years, and only thought of him in fear of danger to his life. The shrewd Aesop did not tell him that the William she called was actually her father. Being able to meet the long-famous goblin, James was so happy that he forgot that goblins didn't like most humans. He squeezed the hand of a bewildered William and told him how grateful he was that he had chosen to name one of Ilvermorny's houses after goblins.

Many are convinced that this praise and gratitude from James softened the heart of William the Goblin. William and his family of goblins moved in the next day, and while they were still grumbling, they helped them repair the damage Gormlaith had done. William then declared that since the wizards were too weak to protect himself, he decided to make a protection treaty with them and charge a large sum of money to start working as the school's private security guard and maintainer of order.

Legacy of Slytherin

Ever since Gormlaith used Parseltongue to give commands to Slytherin's wand, the wand remained unusable. Aesop didn't know Parseltongue, but she didn't want to touch the wand anyway, the last remnant of her unhappy childhood. She and James buried the wand in the ground outside the school.

Within a year, some unknown snakewood grew where the wand was buried, and it was impossible to cut or destroy it. Years later, it was discovered that the leaves of this tree had powerful medicinal properties. This tree proves the fact that everything has its pros and cons, just as the offspring of Slytherin are not all bad, the same is true for Slytherin's wand, which can do good things as well as bad things. And the best legacy left by Slytherin seems to be here in America.

The growth of Ilvermorny School

Ilvermorny's reputation grew steadily over the next few years. Granite cottages were turned into castles, and as the number of students increased, more teachers were recruited. Children of witches and wizards from all over America are now sent to Ilvermorny, which is converted to a boarding school. In the 19th century, Ilvermorny was already famous internationally.

Over the years, Aesop and James have served as principals together, and many classes of students regard them as family members.

Chadwick became famous, became a traveling wizard, and published seven books. "The Magic of Chadwick Episode 1 – Episode 7" (how is it so similar to the Harry Potter series?) was adopted as a textbook by Ilvermorni . He married a Mexican therapist named Josefina Calderon. The Calderon-Bout family remains one of the most prestigious wizarding families in North America to this day.

Prior to the founding of the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA), the New World lacked the enforcement of wizarding laws. Webb Boot later became the Law Enforcer, the modern-day Auror. While deporting an extremely evil dark wizard back to London, Webb met and fell in love with a young Scottish witch working for the Ministry of Magic. Part of the Boot family therefore returned to their hometown in London, and Weber's descendants all went to Hogwarts to study.

James and Aesop's eldest daughter is a Squib. Although Martha's parents and brothers still loved her dearly, life in Ilvermorny was painful for her because she couldn't perform any magic. In the end, she married the brother of a friend from the Bokomtuk tribe and lived as a No-Maj ever since.

The twin's younger sister, Leona, taught Defense Against the Dark Arts at the Ilvermorny School for many years. Leona never married. Rumor has it that, unlike her sister, Leona was born with the gift of Parseltongue, and that she was determined not to marry in order to prevent the Slytherin blood from being passed on to the next generation. This rumor has never been confirmed by the Aesop family. (The Aesop family in the United States does not know that Gormlaith is not the last descendant of the Gaunt family, and that there are other bloodlines in the UK-such as Lao V and his elders.)

Both Aesop and James lived to be a hundred years old, and they saw Ilvermorny transformed from a hut into a castle of granite. When they died, the school they founded had become so famous that magical families all over North America rushed to send their children to attend. They hired many staff, expanded the school building, and cast sophisticated magic to protect the school from the sight of the No-Majs. In a word, the little girl who dreamed of going to Hogwarts at that time has now built her own one in North America.

Ilvermorny today

Given that one of the founders is a No-Maj, the general public might expect the school to be democratic. The fact is that Ilvermorny has become one of the most democratic and most educative great schools of magic.

Marble statues of Aesop and James were erected on either side of the main entrance of Ilvermorny Castle. The door opens to reveal a rotunda with a glass dome above it. At the height of the second floor in the hall, there is a wooden terrace surrounding the hall. Other than that, there was little in the Great Hall, save for four other wooden carvings representing the four Houses: Horned Water Serpent, Cat Panther, Thunderbird, Goblin.

As new students file into the rotunda, the rest of the faculty and students watch from the circular terrace above. The freshmen stood in a circle against the wall and were called one by one to stand over the Gordian Knot carved into the center of the hall's stone floor. In the silence of all teachers and students, everyone waited for the reaction of the magical statue. If the Horned Serpent Academy wants to recruit the student, the crystal set on the forehead will light up. The cat and leopard academy would roar if they wanted students, the thunderbird would flap its wings and fly, and the goblin would raise its bow and arrow.

If there are statues in more than one college expressing a willingness to recruit students, the choice falls to the students themselves. This situation is very rare, maybe only once in ten years, and Seraphina Picquery (Seraphina Picquery) met - four colleges wanted to recruit her. She served as the head of the Magical Congress of America for several years in the 1920s and was the most prestigious witch at the time. And she chose Water Snake Academy.

Some say that the four houses of Ilvermorny are the epitome of wizards or witches: the horned hydra represents the intellect, the leopard represents the body, the goblin represents the heart, and the thunderbird represents the soul. It is also said that the Water Snake Academy favors those who are smart and loves to read, the Cat and Leopard Academy favors warriors, the Goblin Academy is mostly kind-hearted healers, and the Thunderbird Academy is mostly for people who like adventure.

The obvious differences between Hogwarts and Ilvermorny go beyond the ritual of sorting, although the two schools of wizardry share many similarities. Once students are assigned to houses, they are led into a large hall where they choose their wands (or rather, the wands choose their masters). Until the abolition of Rappaport Law in 1965, the North American wizarding world still had very strict regulations on the law of secrecy, so all children were not allowed to hold wands before they went to Ilvermorny to study. In addition, wands are not allowed to be taken out of school during vacations. Only wizards and witches over the age of seventeen are legally allowed to carry wands outside of school.

The school robes of Ilvermorny are blue and raspberry, in honor of Aesop and James. Blue is Aesop's favorite color, and she dreamed of becoming a student at Hogwarts Ravenclaw when she was a child; red is from James' favorite cranberry pie. All Ilvermorny pupils fasten their robes with a golden Gordian Knot, commemorating the brooch Aesop found in the ruins of the original Ilvermorny cottage.

To this day, many goblins still work at the school, complaining as they insist they don't want to be there. Yet many years have passed, and goblins still haunt the school mysteriously. There is one particularly old goblin who responds to the name "William". Some people said that he was the goblin who saved Aesop and James. He just laughed off this statement and said that if that William was still alive, he would have been more than 300 years old. However, no one has yet confirmed how long goblins live. William won't let anyone wipe down the Aesop marble statue at the campus entrance. On the anniversary of Aesop's death, he would place mayflowers on Aesop's grave, and he would lose his temper if anyone carelessly mentioned it to him.