In front of the lawn, the Hogwarts young wizards watched the Russian and American wizards with a mixture of curiosity and schadenfreude.
The Russian students who had climbed down from the tree-sized broomsticks scattered every which way were now packing them into special storage bags.
"Wow, are those really students? They're not adult wizards pretending, are they?"
"They look like a bunch of big white bears! They're so burly!"
"Oh, Merlin's branches! That's what their broomsticks look like?"
No wonder the Hogwarts young wizards kept exclaiming in amazement. The Durmstrang students had already seemed enormous.
But the Koldovstoretz students were even broader and brawnier, averaging around 1.78 meters tall-and these were only students.
Their way of traveling was even more unusual and rugged. They actually rode trees!
Judging by their weather-beaten faces, they had probably flown all the way from Koldovstoretz on those trees.
Just thinking about it was impressive. England was a long way from Moscow.
These students certainly lived up to their nation's reputation as fighters.
It also gave some idea of just how violent and bloody Quidditch must be in Russia's wizarding world!
Koldovstoretz apparently had only one house. Every student wore white bearskin, making them look like living polar bears.
The Ilvermorny students were comparatively normal in height and dress, but the pride in their eyes was unmistakable.
However bedraggled these young wizards had been on the giant bald eagle, they still held their heads high and climbed down with composure.
The American magic academy had been founded by a Hogwarts student, so Ilvermorny was truly an offshoot of Hogwarts. It, too, had four houses.
They were Horned Serpent, representing wisdom; Wampus Cat, representing the body; Thunderbird, representing freedom; and Gnome, representing the heart.
Because its founder had married a Muggle, Ilvermorny had always billed itself