Wizet and Galen Claudius's conversation soon returned to the topic of "Dark Magic creatures."
"Dark Magic creatures really are difficult to deal with..." Galen Claudius sighed, pursing his lips.
"Magical creatures such as Merpeople and Centaurs generally have fixed territories, like Hogwarts' Black Lake and Forbidden Forest."
"Fantastic beasts are much the same. Even enormous fire-breathing dragons can be gathered and managed in dragon reserves."
"But Dark Magic creatures are different. Those things come and go without a trace... You never know where they might appear, and they're hard to manage."
Wizet nodded in agreement. Galen Claudius was right—appearing and vanishing unpredictably was indeed a defining trait of Dark Magic creatures.
Although the name "Dark Magic creatures" contained the word "creatures," making them seem to belong to the same category as fantastic beasts and magical creatures, there were actually major differences between them;
The most obvious of these was the matter of reproduction among Dark Magic creatures, fantastic beasts, and magical creatures.
Books on fantastic beasts and magical creatures generally mentioned how those creatures reproduced, as well as the changes in form they underwent as they grew.
Yet, as far as Wizet remembered, books and materials on Dark Magic creatures rarely mentioned how they reproduced, much less any supposed changes in form;
Perhaps Dementors were the only relative exception. The process of "increasing the number of Dementors" could be described as "breeding," and Dementors did not need to undergo any growth process before being put straight to work.
Generally speaking, books about "Dark Magic creatures" described the habitats of particular Dark Magic creatures;
Or they told readers how to observe the surrounding environment and determine which Dark Magic creatures might appear.
Books about Dark Magic creatures usually mentioned creatures such as Boggarts, Dementors, Red Caps, and Hinkypunks;
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