After a brief discussion of the five schools and the unique forms of magic each practiced, Harley asked curiously,
"Professor, why didn't the other schools come to compete in the Tournament?"
"Three of the schools didn't have any outstanding students. They hadn't even taken part in the last Wizarding School Potion Championship, so there was no chance they'd compete in this Six-Wizard Tournament."
Professor Dumbledore smiled.
"After all, schools have their pride. Why would they deliberately embarrass themselves if they had no students they could show off?"
"If Hogwarts hadn't had such an outstanding student as you, we probably would have missed this Potion Championship too."
"And the Six-Wizard Tournament probably wouldn't have happened. It would have stayed the Triwizard Tournament."
"Everyone wants to compete with the best schools. Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang weren't highly ranked internationally before, so it was fine for us to hold a little competition among ourselves. There was no need to embarrass ourselves in front of the rest of the world."
"What about the other two schools? Koldovstoretz and Uagadou seemed to have competed in the last Potion Championship," Harley asked, raising another question.
"There was an incident in the Wizarding World where Koldovstoretz is located." Professor Dumbledore shrugged.
"As you know, the Muggle country there broke apart, and the Wizarding World split along with it."
"The Russian government had thought everything was settled, so they went ahead and sent students to the next Potion Championship as usual."
"But now the consequences of that split have become clear. During the last Quidditch World Cup in Britain, tensions in that region grew even worse. They don't have the time or energy to compete now."
Professor Dumbledore sounded somewhat downcast, as if he was sad that Koldovstoretz couldn't compete—and even more regretful that such a powerful and