Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them News

Calling all Potter Fans! A new discovery on the wizarding world has been made and we are pretty excited about it.

The house names of Ilvermorny, aka American Hogwarts, have been leaked along with its attribute descriptions.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, Federico Ian Cervantez — a software engineer — accidentally discovered the names of the four American houses while digging around the javascript he found on the official Harry Potter site that was still under construction. He was merely glimpsing at a random quiz he noticed when he was prompted with a question: “Where do you belong? Horned Serpent, Wampus, Thunderbird, or Pukwudgie…”

Pukwudgie??? Wampus???

The story gets even better because the quiz also cites a detailed explanation of each house.

Horned Serpent: “Dragon-like serpents with horns and long teeth. They are often associated with or said to control the weather, particularly rain, lightning, and thunder. Magical abilities ascribed to them include shape-shifting, invisibility, and hypnotic powers.”

Wampus: “’Cat-like’ creature described as ‘some kind of fearsome variation of a cougar.’”

Thunderbird: “‘Legendary creature’ which is ‘often described as a very large bird, capable of generating storms and thunder as it flies.’”

Pukwudgie: “Two-to-three feet tall and human-shaped, but with a larger nose, ears, and fingers and smooth, grey skin that sometimes glows. Its magical abilities include disappearing and reappearing, partial or complete transformation into a porcupine or cougar, and creating fire.”

Let’s give it up to J.K. Rowling for once again coming up with amazingly creative and inventive ideas. She is now giving each house a magical creature with powers that you are one with as you are sorted.

Watch the trailer again and get ready to be transported back to the wizarding world!

If you missed it, you can also check out my in depth review here.

 

~MSR