Pomona wept her heart out, as if she had become a student again, running to the headmistress's office to pour out her troubles.
Though Severus's words had been rather vicious, some of them were undeniable. Even "white wizards" were not all perfect saints. In his youth, he too had been ambitious and full of fantasies, and had even become good friends with Grindelwald.
After Austria was annexed and the Third Reich was established, Germany rose to first place in Europe in both population and economic strength. Even so, the Third Reich's population could not possibly sustain a world war. Even after population farms appeared, a child needed at least fifteen years to grow up from birth. Thus, the Führer became obsessed with dark magic, especially Grindelwald's technique for creating Inferi. He had even turned a Qilin into an Inferius.
Grindelwald had never considered using the Philosopher's Stone for Human Transmutation either. Though it was a forbidden art, the Philosopher's Stone could theoretically still accomplish it.
After World War I ended, the price of bread in Germany soared to five hundred thousand marks. This was certainly related to the inflation of the time, but also because Germany had ceded territory, including East Prussia.
Sicily had been known as the "Golden Basin" in classical times, but it was not an important source of grain for Germany at the time. It was too small. Hitler had his eye on the Caucasus oil fields and Eastern Europe's vast farmlands.
After Emperor Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire died, the empire fell into the period of the Great Interregnum. Then Rudolf I of the Habsburg dynasty became emperor.
Frederick II's parents' marriage had made him Sicily's heir, but the Holy See strongly opposed it. If Frederick II wanted to wear the crown, he had