Hogwarts

Biodata

History

Hogwarts was founded by the Four Giants—Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin—as a refuge for young wizards during an era of increasingly frenzied Muggle witch hunts. Its original route across the Black Lake was enchanted so that students entering by it would receive lasting protection within the school grounds. 38

The founders later encountered a series of mysterious events. Slytherin departed, Hufflepuff disappeared, Ravenclaw died after the loss of her diadem, and the circumstances of all four founders' fates were obscured. 70 134 138

A century before Rhine Snow's enrollment, a mysterious Ancient Magic appeared at Hogwarts. The incident triggered an attack by goblins and drew the attention of the Slytherin Party, a poaching organization; Hogwarts survived, the goblins were confined to Gringotts, and the Slytherin Party was wiped out. Hogwarts subsequently erased the event from historical records. 62

Rhine enters Hogwarts on September 1, receives the founders' protective magic through the traditional Black Lake approach, and is sorted into Gryffindor. His arrival causes his Primordial Connections System to upgrade. 38 39

Grounds and Facilities

• Hogwarts Castle — An enormous castle rising above the Black Lake, containing classrooms, dormitories, the Great Hall, the Restricted Section, and numerous concealed or restricted areas. 37 38 100
• Black Lake — The traditional arrival route for first-years. Its waters contain merpeople and the Giant Squid, later identified by Rhine as Godric Gryffindor's Animagus form. 38 119
• Forbidden Forest — Originally created to supply potion ingredients, herbs, magical creatures, and crops. It became dangerous after the founders' mysterious troubles and was placed under strict restriction and gamekeeper patrols. 134
• Room of Requirement — A highly complex magical space powered by accumulated wishes. Rhine investigates it with the Profound Insight Heavenly Eye and suspects that its creator intended it to gather wish power over time. 119
• Owlery — Houses Hogwarts' messenger owls, including Roberts in Cage Seventeen. 4
• Greenhouses — Used for Herbology instruction and magical-plant cultivation. Professor Sprout permits Neville Longbottom to assist there part-time. 50

Protective Magic and Security

Hogwarts is regarded as the safest place in the wizarding world because of protective magic left by its founders, rather than Dumbledore's presence alone. Students who enter through the original Black Lake route receive protection throughout the grounds, reducing the likelihood of fatal accidents. 38

• The protection is significantly weaker once students leave Hogwarts; most known student deaths occurred outside the school. 156
• Hogwarts' safeguards do not extend fully to non-student staff such as Argus Filch, leaving him vulnerable despite living and working in the castle. 219
• During the Five-Colored Lightning Tribulation, Dumbledore raised Hogwarts' protective magic to its maximum and formed a barrier over the castle. 117
• Voldemort later claims to have identified flaws in the ancient protections and plans to suppress them temporarily with alchemy arrays. 234
• Rhine intends to establish the Wuzhuang Temple Great Array at Hogwarts for added protection and to benefit his and Willow Immortal's cultivation. 230

Academic Structure

Houses

Teaching and Student Life

• First-years are sorted into Houses by the Sorting Hat during the opening feast. 39
• Hogwarts teaches Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Herbology, History of Magic, Flying, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. 47 50 57 66 83
• Quidditch is Hogwarts' most prominent sport; House teams compete for the Quidditch Cup, while House points determine the House Cup. 59 83 90
• The school maintains a Restricted Section containing dangerous magical books, including books capable of physically attacking readers. 97
• Hogwarts has an unwritten tradition that its Transfiguration professor is the most likely candidate for Headmaster. 47

Major Events

• Rhine Snow's enrollment — Rhine receives his acceptance letter, enters Hogwarts through the Black Lake route, and is sorted into Gryffindor. 1 38 39
• Ancient Magic investigation — Hagrid reveals that Hogwarts concealed the century-old Ancient Magic incident; Rhine begins investigating the castle for related traces. 62
• Savior Game construction — Dumbledore invites Rhine to advise on a level-clearing challenge intended to train Harry. Rhine proposes increasingly hazardous changes to Fluffy, Devil's Snare, and the Flying Key trial. 104 105
• Five-Colored Lightning Tribulation — Rhine's Talent Furnace causes a five-colored lightning phenomenon above Hogwarts. Dumbledore and the professors defend the castle while Quirrell/Voldemort flees the lightning. 117
• Forbidden Forest crisis — Voldemort attacks Hagrid within the forest. Rhine drives back a maddening aura connected to the Giant Squid and escapes with Hagrid, who is severely injured. 136 137
• Herbology exchange — Rhine and Professor Sprout's cultivation of ancient plants prompts Herbology masters across Britain to request academic exchanges with Hogwarts. 212
• Quirrell's private lessons — Quirrell uses private Defense Against the Dark Arts instruction as a pretext to target Hermione, but the students' cultivation-derived abilities leave him seriously injured. 232 233