Category:Hogwarts

Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry is a boarding school for British magicians, believed by many to be located in Scotland but that actually is located in the north of the Magic Realm, where its grounds borders to Hogsmeade Village, the Forbidden Forest and the Northern Mountains. These mountains surround the place in both the south and east and also serve as a shield in case of trouble originating from these directions, all to keep the students safe.

History
Hogwarts was founded by four magicians from Earth in the late 10th century; Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. They all wished to educate the young magicians of their time to handle magic with care in order to not frighten the Muggles, because if they were frightened they might try to drive the magicians to extinction. They all had different ideas of how this would be handled however, which eventually led to Salazar Slytherin separating himself from the others as he considered purebloods to be the only ones worthy of the school while the three others wished to accept other students as well.

The school began to host a tournament against two other schools, these two located on Earth, about three hundred years after its founding. These tournaments were later cancelled, however, since the death toll began to grow too high.

Students were accepted from the age of 11 and if you turned that age after the beginning of the schoolyear (usually 1st of September) you had to wait another year before you could be accepted. Upon arriving at the school the new students were put through a sorting ceremony that involved putting on the Sorting Hat, which would eventually place the students into one of the four houses; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin. The students at Hogwarts studied a number of subjects which helped them master various parts of magic, such as transforming objects, the usefulness of herbs, how to brew various potions and how to recognize various magical creatures. The Headmasters were chosen with great care and one of the most famous ones came to be Professor Albus Dumbledore, who accepted this position in the middle of the 20th century and held it until the beginning of the 21st.

First Moriquendi War
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Resurrection of Sauron
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Second Moriquendi War
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Hogwarts II
Hogwarts II, or Valinorian Hogwarts, was secretly built south of the Ruby Mountains by magicians who had come to Valinor after their death. Their aim was, as with the original Hogwarts, to educate magicians in the arts of magic, but this time they were only accepting students from the Four Nations. As several magicians who had attended Hogwarts in the past arrived through the Death Portals, Hogwarts II also became a place where they could keep on practicing their skills with wands without being teased by those who used magic without such tools.

Third Moriquendi War
During the Third Moriquendi War and the Time of Ice, Hogwarts II was placed under a Fidelius Charm to keep its inhabitants safe. Thanks to this charm people who, for some reason, got through the secret tunnels of the Ruby Mountains did not see the castle and the various small villages built there; they only saw a desert. The Fidelius Charm was cast by Remus Lupin, who was also working with the Alliance in order to keep them safe as well. However few thought it wise to move also the Alliance to the South; with their current position the Alliance and the magicians would be able to attack from two directions. The charm did, however, also keep people from telling their allies in the Alliance about the refuge that lay just south of them.

While Sandra Roberts was the leader of the Alliance few magicians with wands had remained north of the Ruby Mountains due to the constant threat from Andernilwen. When the Time of Ice ended and spring came back again Andernilwen did, however, start to force the Alliance south in order to trap them against the mountains. When Remus told people that they could go through the mountains Sandra was the one to order her men to do so, despite not being present at the moment (she was then on Coruscant) and also not being completely familiar with the area, but was on the other hand able to trust Remus with her life. When she later joined up with the others she was just as surprised as them that this magnificent castle had been there this whole time without them knowing.

After this Hogwarts II became the new base for the Alliance and they mustered their men for the Last Battle from there. A new Death Portal was also created by Sandra in order to avoid more loyal men from various worlds being killed when falling through the one under Andernilwen's possession.

After the Third Moriquendi War ended Hogwarts II reverted to its original purpose and also came to sort the four new Queens into their houses, that carried the same names as those present at the original school; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Hogwarts II also kept on being an independent area, without being governed by the Ruby as would otherwise be the most logical thing to do.