Quidditch Through the Ages

"Well... you can stay here and look around. We'll go out and fly around for a while longer." Fred glanced at the Flying Broom Albert had placed beside him, then turned and left the locker room with the others.

Albert picked up his book and Flying Broom and went to the audience seats. He found a seat and opened "Quidditch Through the Ages" to read it carefully: the name Quidditch comes from its birthplace, Queerditch Marsh.

Albert's understanding of Quidditch was limited to the most basic common sense; as for the origin of the name, it seemed both unexpected and yet perfectly logical.

In the 11th century, the diary of Gertie Kiddell, a witch living near Queerditch Marsh, contained a description of this: One day, a group of people were playing ball on Flying Broom over Queerditch Marsh when the ball fell into Gertie's vegetable garden and was confiscated by her.

The next day, the ball players did not give up. They made a new ball and started throwing it into the woods at one end of the swamp to score points.

On the third day, the ball players brought two stones Accio in the air, trying to knock them off their brooms.

This is the original Bludger, scoring circle, and Bludger.

Albert reached out and gently turned to another page: a Quidditch match in 1269, which was watched by the Speaker of the Wizards' Council, Babble Bragg. He told the players on the field that whoever could catch the Golden Snidget in the match would receive 150 Galleon.

At that time, hunting Golden Snidget was very popular, and any wizard who captured Golden Snidget could become famous.

From then on, the Golden Snidget and Quidditch were connected.

Later, Quidditch had hunters specifically tasked with capturing the Golden Snidget.

If any hunter manages to catch and kill the Golden Snidget, his team will win 150 points, symbolizing the 150 Galleon promised by Breno.

"150 Galleon in 1269? This Wizards' Council Speaker is really damn rich." Albert muttered to himself. "No wonder he got 150 points for catching the Golden Snitch later."

However, Albert could easily guess Golden Snidget's fate.

Sure enough, by the mid-14th century, the number of Golden Snidget had plummeted due to Quidditch Match, and they were considered a protected species by the Wizards' Council led by Alida Cragg.

Later, Bowman Wright, Metal Craftsman from Godric's Hollow, invented the Golden Snitch. Ultimately, the Golden Snitch became a replacement for the Golden Snidget Flying Man, allowing Quidditch to continue.

Albert had seen the Golden Snitch before, and it was hard to imagine that a wizard at the end of the fifteenth century could create such an exquisite Golden Snitch.

Of course, since the Shock Absorption Charm wasn't invented until the 19th century, Albert couldn't help but maliciously speculate how Quidditch players before that managed to overcome the Eggsy's sadness and play on Flying Broom.

In the latter half of Quidditch Through the Ages, there is an introduction to the rules of Quidditch Match, and what Albert is most interested in is the rules regarding the Golden Snitch.

Aside from the Seeker, any player touching or catching the Golden Snitch is committing a foul. In other words, there's no such thing as a player catching the Golden Snitch and handing it to their own Seeker.

The competition will only end when the Golden Snitch is caught.

Of course, there is another situation where the game can also end with the consent of both team captains.

It can be simply understood as one side conceding defeat.

In any competition, admitting defeat is always allowed.

Albert continued flipping through the pages and discovered several more interesting rules.

In Quidditch Match, if a team suffers an injury, no other player may be substituted, but medical treatment is permitted for the injured player. If a player leaves the field, the team will continue playing after the injured player leaves.

Hmm, so there are no substitutes? Albert discovered another problem: when there are no substitutes available, Charlie is looking for them as backups? "I see, real backups?" Albert couldn't help but smile wryly.

It's probably because several players on the team will be graduating next year, so Charlie is busy looking for players to replace them! After all, it's much faster to start developing excellent players this year than to select them next year. Then, they can just go through the motions and not worry about what others will say.

Later in Quidditch Through the Ages, Albert actually discovered that players could indeed be substituted during Quidditch match. That is, after several days of play, teams were allowed to bring in substitutes to replace the players and allow them to rest.

This is the only situation where a substitute player is allowed.

Then again, the audience isn't crazy; how could they possibly stay up all night watching the games for several days straight?

In fact, Albert felt that once a Quidditch Match exceeded one day, it lost its meaning to continue.

He continued scrolling down, and in the later parts of the rules, there were some fouls: such as setting the opponent's broom tail on fire.

Using a broom to strike an opponent. (Albert is sure Erin and Mark have both done this.) Also, intentionally bumping into an opponent while flying or using an elbow to strike an opponent. (Basically, Quidditch player except the goalkeeper has done this.)

Grab the opponent's broom handle to slow them down or hinder their progress. (Malfoy used this tactic on Potter.)...

Of course, violating the above rules will usually only result in a penalty kick, but in serious cases, it may lead to a suspension.

In fact, Mark is the best example; he has done a lot of things like deliberately bumping into his opponents.

If he were to use his elbow to take the opponent's Seeker off the field, Albert felt he would do the same, which, in a way, would give him a huge advantage.

Albert thought maliciously: Could this be how that three-month-long match came about? Both sides had taken the other's Seeker off the field, no one caught the Golden Snitch, and neither side was willing to concede, so the match naturally had to continue.

Noticing someone had landed beside him, Albert turned around and saw that Charlie and his group had finished their training.

Charlie asked, "Why didn't you go practice flying?"

"There seems to be something wrong with the broom; it's shaking badly."

"I guess they're too old. The school's brooms have been used for a long time, and they all have some problems." Charlie sighed and called to the few people still flying in the sky, "George, Fred, and you guys, come down and listen to the tactical analysis."

"Is training over?" Fred and the others landed and came to Charlie's side to ask.

"Not yet. I'll explain Quidditch tactics to you later, and you can come and listen too."

"But we've already heard it."

"I listened to you talk all summer."

The Twins looked at each other and each said a sentence.

"Shut up."

Angelina was quite pleased that Charlie was able to explain tactics to them, showing that he didn't treat them like outsiders.

After putting the Bludger and the Bludger into the box, Charlie led the group into the locker room. He stood in front of the blackboard and began explaining the Quidditch tactics he had devised during the summer.