readx;? Popular post - American Academy of Magic: Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which will be mentioned often in the future. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This famous North American school of magic and wizardry was founded in the 17th century and is located on the top of Mount Greylock. The school is subjected to a variety of powerful spells that make it invisible to those who do not know it, and sometimes manifests itself in the midst of clouds.

Origins of Ireland

Born circa 1603, Aesop Sayre spent the first part of her childhood in the Comcalee Valley in County Kerry, Ireland. The girl is the offspring of two pure-blood wizards. Her father, William Searle, is a direct descendant of the famous wizard Morrigan, an animal shapeshifter (Animagus) who can take the form of a raven. William gave his daughter the nickname "Morrigan" because she had been very close to everything in nature since she was a child. Aesop's early childhood was very peaceful, with loving parents, and the family often silently helped their Muggle neighbors, using magic to heal humans and livestock. However, when Aesop was five years old, the family was attacked, resulting in the death of both her parents. A long-estranged older sister, Gormley Ghent, rescued Aesop from the fire. Gormlaith took her to the neighbouring valley "Comgari", known as "Witch's Canyon", where she was raised. As Isolt grew older, she began to understand one thing: the person who saved her from the fire was actually the murderer of her parents and her kidnapper. Gormlaith was a fierce and fervent pure-blood wizard who was convinced that her sister's assistance to her Muggle neighbors would lead to Aesop's marriage with Muggles. Gormlaith also believed that only by taking their daughter away would it be possible for the child to "return to the right path": she was to teach the child that Moregan and Salazar Slytherin's direct descendants could only associate with people of pureblood. Gormlaith decided that Aesop needed a role model, so she started with herself. Whenever a Muggle or animal got too close to the hut they lived in, she would cast a curse that would cause them bad luck and force Aesop to watch. Neighboring communities quickly learned to stay away from Gormlais' home. After that, the villagers who had been friends with Aesop never interacted with her again. The local boys would throw stones at Aesop as she was playing in the garden, and this was the only time Aesop had any contact with the villagers. When she received an offer of admission to Hogwarts, Gormlaith refused to allow Aesop to attend school, believing that she would learn more at home than to send her to a dangerous place full of Muggle descendants and egalitarian. However, Gormlaith herself was a Hogwarts student, and she told Aesop many stories about the school. Basically, everything she says is to discredit Hogwarts and mourn Shreitelin's ambition to correct the pure-blooded bloodlines of wizards. But to her niece, the words of an aunt who isolated her and tortured her almost insanely made Hogwarts seem like heaven. As a teenager, she spent much of her time weaving dreams about Hogwarts. For twelve years, Gormlaith used powerful dark magic to force Aesop into submission, severing her connection to the outside world. Eventually, the girl developed enough strength and courage to steal her aunt's wand (Gormlaith never let her hold her wand) and escape. In addition to her wand, Aesop also carried a golden brooch in the shape of the Goldian Knot, which once belonged to her mother. In this way, Aesop fled abroad.

Fearing Gormlais's amazing tracking magic and seeking revenge, Aesop first moved to England. But Gormlaith soon caught up with her. In order to get rid of her adoptive mother completely and prevent her from finding herself, Isolt cut off her long hair. She disguised herself as a Muggle boy and took the name Elias Stoney. In 1620, she sailed aboard the Mayflower to the New World of America. Aesop landed with the first Muggles to settle in the Americas (in the wizarding world of America, Muggles are known as No-Maj, meaning no magic). Upon arriving in the Americas, Aesop disappeared into the surrounding mountains, leading her shipmates to believe that Elias Stoney had died in the harsh winter, like many others. Aesop left the neocolonies, in part out of fear that Gormlaith would find out about her, even though she was already in the New World. Another reason is that during her journey with Mayflower, she discovers that as a witch, it is almost impossible to be friends with the Puritans.

In a harsh and completely unfamiliar country, Aesop was completely alone. As far as she knew, there were at least no other wizards within a hundred miles. Gormlaith's one-sided education did not contain any information about Native American wizards. However, after spending a few weeks in the mountains, she encounters two magical creatures whose existence she had not noticed until then.

Invisible monsters are nocturnal ghosts that live in forests and feed on humans and humanoids. As the name suggests, Stealthy monsters can twist their bodies, hide behind almost any object, and hide themselves intact when they encounter predators or prey. No-Maj knows about the existence of the Invisible Monsters, but they can't match them, and only the witch or wizard has a chance to survive the attack of the Invisible Monsters.

Goblins are also native to North America, and are short, gray-skinned, long-eared creatures that are distant relatives of European goblins. Goblins are highly capable of acting alone, are cunning, possess great magic, and are not very fond of humans (wizards or Muggles). Goblins hunt with deadly poisonous bows and arrows, and love to play tricks on humans.

The two creatures met in the forest, and the Invisible Monster, which was extremely powerful and physically powerful, managed to capture the uneventful goblin, and was about to disembowel him when Isolt bumped into him, and she cast a curse to drive the Invisible Monster away. Unaware that goblins are also dangerous to humans, Aesop takes him back to his humble house and takes care of him until he is healed.

After the goblin recovered, he declared his allegiance to Aesop and pledged to serve her until he had the opportunity to repay the favors he owed. He felt that it would be a great humiliation for him to owe the young witch a favor, especially since the witch was foolish enough to wander around in a strange place where goblins or invisibles could attack her at any moment. From then on, Aesop's life began to be accompanied by a goblin who complained about his grievances.

Aside from the goblins' disdain for her, Isolt found him very amused and even enjoyed his company. Over time, they developed a friendship that was unprecedented between the two races. In order to follow the goblin taboo, he refused to tell Aesop his real name. Aesop thus nicknamed him William after her father.

Longhorned water snake

William introduces Aesop to magical creatures he is familiar with. Together, they trekked around, watched frog-headed dragons hunt, fought mountain tyrannosaurs, and watched newborn kittens and leopards play in the dawn sun.

For Aesop, the creature that attracted her the most was the giant horned serpent, an aquatic creature with a jewel set in its forehead and living in a nearby stream. Although her goblin guide was terrified of the beast, the goblins were surprised to find that the longhorned serpent seemed to be quite fond of Aesop. To William's horror even more, Aesop claimed to understand what the Horned Serpent was saying to her.

Aesop later learns not to mention William's strange intimacy with the snakes, nor to tell William that she feels as if the snakes are trying to tell her something. She went to the stream alone, and never told the goblins where she went. The water snake's message is always the same: "Your family is in danger, and only by making me a part of your family will there be a turnaround." ”

Isolt had no family, except for Aunt Gormlaith in Ireland. She couldn't understand the enigmatic words of the horned serpent, and later decided that the voice was purely imaginary, and that everything was made up in her own head.

Webb Bout and Chawi Kebut

Due to some tragedies, Aesop was finally reunited with her magical kind. One day, when she and William were foraging for food in the woods, a terrible scream suddenly erupted from the vicinity. William yelled at Aesop to stay where she was, while he weaved through the bushes and wound poisoned arrows.

Of course, Aesop didn't follow his instructions. She soon arrived at a small clearing in the woods and witnessed a horrific sight. The Invisible, who had previously attempted to kill William, succeeded in poisoning two innocent humans, leaving their victims in the clearing. Even more terrifying, two seriously injured little boys lay on the sidelines, watching the invisibility prepare to dismember their parents, waiting in fear to die.

Goblins and Isolt quickly take out the Stealth, this time completely eliminating him. The goblins were quite pleased with their results and happily continued to collect blackberries, ignoring the weakly moaning children who had fallen to the ground. Enraged, Aesop asks for his help in carrying the two young boys home, but William loses his temper. He said that the boys were no different from dead, and that Aesop was an unfortunate exception to the Goblin faith that had saved his life.

Angry at the goblin's callousness, Isolt told him that if he helped her save any of the boys, she would see his help as a reward. Because they were so badly wounded, Isolt didn't dare to take the boys to apparition, but she insisted on taking them home. Despite reluctance, the goblins agreed to bring back the older brother, whose name was Chadwick, while Aesop returned to the residence with the younger Webb. As soon as she got home, an enraged Aesop told William that she didn't need him anymore. The goblin looked at her indignantly, then vanished without a trace.

The Boot Boy with James Stewart

Sacrificed his only friend for the sake of these two little boys who might not have survived. Thankfully, they survived. Soon Isolt was surprised and delighted to discover that they possessed magical abilities.

Chadwick and Webb's wizarding parents brought their son to the Americas in pursuit of an adrenaline-pumping adventure. The family wanders into the forest and encounters an invisible monster, which leads to a tragic end in the journey. Coming from abroad, they were unfamiliar with the creature, and mistakenly thought it was some kind of common changeling that was common in gardens. Mr. Bout tries to tease him, and it turns into a tragedy that Aesop and William witness.

In the first two weeks after returning home, the two boys were so badly injured that Isolt was afraid to leave them. Because she was so desperate to save the children that she could not bury their parents with dignity. It wasn't until Chadwick and Webb recovered enough to stay home alone for at least a few hours before she returned to the forest, intending to build a grave for the boy's parents, who might one day return there.

To Aesop's surprise, when she arrived at the clearing, she found a young man named James Stewart. He is also from the Plymouth station. He and the Bout family became friends on their journey to the Americas, and because they missed each other for a long time, they went into the forest to find them.

As Aesop watched, James marked the names of the deceased from the grave he had dug with his bare hands, and picked up the broken wand that had been discarded by the Bouts. He examined Mr. Bout's wand with a deep brow, the dragon's heartstrings at the core of the wand exposed, sparkling continuously. He waved his wand casually. As would happen to any No-Maj wand, this wand will inevitably rebel. James was bounced off the road, flew over the clearing, crashed into a tree trunk, and fainted.

James wakes up in a hut made of twigs and animal pelts to find Aesop taking care of him. Due to her limited space, Isolt was unable to hide her magical abilities in front of him, especially as she needed to stew potions for the Boot Boy's injuries and hunt with her wand. Isolt planned to wait for his concussion to recover, then cast him "Forget Nothing" and send him back to the Plymouth colony.

However, Isolt was also happy to have another person of her age to talk to, and who had previously formed a relationship with the two Buteboys. James also plays with the boys as they are treated for magical injuries. He even assisted Aesop in building a building out of stone on top of Mount Greylock. He had been a stonemason since he was in England, and after he drew what seemed to be a workable design, Aesop took only one afternoon to bring it to life. Named her new home "Ilvermorny" after her birthplace, which was also destroyed by Gormlaith.

Every day, Isolt vows to cast a "forget-all on James" to make him forget everything, but his fear of magic fades day by day. In the end, they had to admit that they had fallen in love and got married.

Four colleges

Aesop and James adopted the Bout brothers as their adopted sons. Aesop would tell them many stories about Hogwarts that she had heard from Gormlaith. The children, like she had when she was a child, were full of longing for school, and often asked Aesop why she didn't take them back to Ireland so that they could receive their letter of acceptance. Aesop didn't want them to be scared about Gormlais, so she promised the boys that when they turned 11, she would help them get their wands (the Boots' wands were too damaged to repair) and start a magic school in their house.

Proposals like this set Chadwick and Webb's imaginations racing. The brothers' ideas for a school of witchcraft and wizardry came almost exclusively from Hogwarts, so they insisted that the school should have four houses. However, the idea of naming the four colleges with the four of them as founders was quickly abandoned, as Webb thought that a college named Webb Boot did not sound like a winner at all. They each chose their favorite magical creature. Chadwick, who is gifted but moody, opted for "Thunderbolt", a bird that summons thunder and lightning while flying. The argumentative but fiercely loyal Webber opted for the cat-leopard, a magical creature that resembles a jaguar, swift, strong, and difficult to kill. Aesop, of course, chose the Horned Serpent, and she still maintained the habit of visiting the Serpent, and she had a strange affinity for the creature.

When everyone asked James what creatures he liked, he immediately felt confused. As the only no-maj in his family, he had never come into contact with the creatures that everyone was familiar with. Eventually, he brought up the goblins, because his wife had told him many stories about William, the little man, and they always made him laugh.

Thus were founded the four academies of Ilvermorny. The four patriarchs didn't realize it at the time, but in fact, the unique personality of each of them was revealed in such a casual name.

dreamland

As Chadwick's 11th birthday approached, Aesop began to be overwhelmed as she didn't know how to fulfill the promise she had made to Chadwick: to give him a wand. As far as she knew, the wand she had stolen from Gormlaith was the only wand in North America at the time. She didn't dare to take the risk of disassembling the wand to study the structure inside, and the two wands used by the Bouts in the past only made her realize that they both contained dragon heartstrings and unicorn hair, and that by the time she found the wand, the materials had long since dried up.

On the eve of Chadwick's birthday, she had a dream in which she walked along a stream and encountered a horned water snake. The horned serpent emerged from the water and bowed its head to Isolt, causing her to cut off a long part of its head. Aesop woke up and set off, walking in the dark, down the stream.

The horned serpent was waiting for her, and bowed its head for her, just like in a dream. She cut off part of the snake's head and thanked the snake, then returned home to wake James to help make the wand. (Thanks to James's stone and wood workmanship, home is more beautiful and welcoming than ever.) ）

The next day, when Chadwick awoke, he saw an intricately carved wand made of American maw wood, encased in the horns of a water serpent. Aesop and James have succeeded in crafting a magical wand.

Creation of the Ilvermorny School

By the time Webb was 11 years old, the small family's school of magic and wizardry had become a growing reputation in the area. Two boys from the Wapanon tribe, and a mother and two daughters from the Narragan tribe, came to Ilvermorny in exchange for the magic they had learned to learn wand-making techniques. All of the production was done with Aesop's wand and James' handiwork. A protective voice in Aesop's mind told her to keep the cores of the Horned Serpent for her two adopted sons, so she and James began to use a variety of other cores, such as the hair of a cat-leopard, the heartstrings of a mountain tyrannosaurus, the antlers of a staghorn rabbit, and so on.

By 1634, the small family had grown far beyond what Aesop had imagined. As the years passed, the house gradually expanded, but the expansion did not increase as fast as the number of students. Soon, the number of children was large enough for Webb to hold intramural competitions. However, the school's reputation had not yet spread widely among Native American tribes and British colonists, so Ilvermorny did not have students staying overnight. The only people who spend the night at school are Aesop, James, Chadwick, Webber, and Aesop's twin daughters born to James: Martha (named after James' deceased mother) and Leona (named after Aesop's mother).

Gormlaith's revenge

Little did the happy and busy family know that a crisis was looming over them. Rumors of a new school of magic and magic in Massachusetts reached England. Rumor has it that the famous Irish witch gave the headmistress the nickname "Morrigan", but the name of the school was enough to convince Gormlaith that Aesop had unwittingly made it to North America, married pure Muggle offspring, established a school, and even accepted anyone with magic, whether pure-blood or not.

After Aesop's valuable wand was stolen by Aesop, Gormlaith went to the Ollivanders Wand Shop, which she despised to buy a new wand. In order to ensure that her niece could not see her arrival in advance, she imitated Aesop's methods at the time, secretly disguised herself as a man, and crossed the sea to the Americas on the Bonavinto. Excessively, she uses the name of Aesop's murdered father and calls herself William Searle. Upon her arrival in Virginia, Gormlaith continued her quiet journey to Massachusetts and Greyrock Hills. She arrives at the top of the mountain on a cold winter night, intent on repeating her old trick against the second Ilvermorny, killing the couple who ruined her dream of establishing a pure-blood family, stealing her great-nieces (who are the last of the family's bloodline), and returning to the Witch Valley with the children.

At night, the huge granite buildings at the top of Greylock Hill come into view. In the direction of the castle, Gormlaith cast a powerful curse on Aesop and James, forcing them into a deep slumber of the spell.

Then, with a sizzling voice, she recited the reptilian language—the language of snakes. The wand at the bedside, which had served Aesop for many years, fluttered slightly as she slept, and then lost its effect. After living with the wand for so many years, Isolt never knew that the wand in her hand once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of Hogwarts, or that the core ingredient used for the wand was the Basilisk Horn, the king of snakes. At that time, the wandmaker instructed the wand to go into a state of slumber when given certain commands. This secret has been passed down for centuries among every generation of wand bearers in the Slaitzerin family.

Unbeknownst to Gormlaith, there were two other people in the house who hadn't fallen asleep by her spell, as she hadn't heard of 16-year-old Chadwick and 14-year-old Webb. Another thing she didn't know was that the brothers also had the horns of a water snake in their wicks. The wands were unaffected by Gormlaith's creeping words. Instead, the magical nucleus vibrates with the ancient creeping language. Sensing that their owner might be in danger, they begin to make muffled noises that sound exactly like the warning sounds of horned water snakes.

The two Bout boys got up and jumped out of bed when they heard the sound. Chadwick subconsciously looked out the window and saw Gormley Ghent approaching the building in the woods.

Chadwick, like all children, has heard and known more than their parents could have imagined. Isolt and James, adoptive parents, may think they have succeeded in protecting their children from the story of the murderer Gormlais, but they are wrong. At a young age, Chadwick overheard Aesop talking about why she fled Ireland. Unbeknownst to Aesop and James, Chadwick's dreams often depict an old witch sneaking up on Ilvermorny through the woods. Now, he's witnessing his nightmare come true.

Chadwick called Webb to warn his parents, and ran downstairs to do what he thought was the only thing he thought was reasonable: he ran out of the castle to meet Gormlaith and prevent her from entering the room where his parents were sleeping.

Gormlaith didn't expect to meet a teenage wizard, and at first, she underestimated the teenager's abilities. Chadwick expertly blocks her curse, and a duel ensues. Although Gormlaith's mana was far superior to Chadwick's, it only took a few minutes of dueling for Gormlaith to admit that the gifted boy had been taught well. While casting a number of curses on his head in an attempt to subdue him and force him into the house, Gormlaith questioned his family background, saying that she "didn't want to kill such a talented pure-blood wizard".

Meanwhile, Webber is trying to wake up his parents, but Gormlaith's spell is so strong that even Gormlaith's shouts and the sound of the curse hitting the building can't wake them up. Webb therefore decided to run downstairs and join the fierce duel outside.

The two-on-one duel made Gormlais' situation even more tricky. In addition, the Bout Brothers' wand core is made of the same substance, which multiplies mana tenfold when used together against a common enemy. Even so, Gormlaith's dark magic was enough to match them. As the duel turns into a bitter one, Gormlaith laughs and tells the brothers to let them live if they can prove that they are of blood, while Chadwick and Webber are determined to prevent her from approaching their family. The walls were broken and the windows shattered, but Isolt and James remained asleep until their twin daughters, who were sleeping upstairs, were woken up and screamed in fear.

The screams instantly broke the spell that had trapped Aesop and James. The chaos of the duel and the magic could not wake them up, but it was the frightened screams of the daughters who succeeded in lifting Gormlaith's curse. The power of love is too great for Gormlaith to comprehend. Isolt yells at James to find his daughters, and she rushes to help her adopted sons. She clutched Slagelin's wand in her hand.

It wasn't until Isolt raised her wand to attack the abominable aunt that she realized that, despite all the help it had given her, it was now in her hands like the stick she had picked up on the ground. Gormlaith felt complacent, and she forced Aesop, Chadwick, and Webber up the stairs before she heard the nieces crying. Gormlaith finally arrives at the twin girls' bedroom, and she blasts open the door to see James, determined to die, standing in front of the cradle to protect her daughter. Isolt couldn't stop crying with a deep sense of despair, and she had begun to speak incoherently, only to hear the name of Aesop's murdered father. There was a loud crackling sound, the moonlight in the room was obscured, and William the goblin suddenly appeared on the windowsill. Before Gormlaith could understand the situation, a poisoned arrow pierced her heart. Her terrible screams could be heard for hundreds of miles. In order to make herself immortal, the old witch had dark magic in her blood, and these curses were chemically linked to the goblin venom. She began to stiffen and crumble, eventually crumbling into gravel. The Ollivanders wand falls to the ground and explodes. All Gormlaith Ghent had in the end was a patch of dust, broken sticks, and charred dragonstrings.

William saves Aesop's family. However, in the face of their gratitude, he only cursed Aesop angrily, because he realized that Aesop had never called his name for nearly ten years, and only thought of him in fear of his life. The clever Isolt didn't tell him that the William she was calling for was actually her father. James was so pleased to meet the long-known goblins that he forgot that goblins don't have a crush on most humans. He clasped William's hand in a confused face, telling him how glad he was that he had chosen to name one of Ilvermorny's academies after goblins.

Many people are convinced that it was James' praise and gratitude to him that softened William's heart. The next day, William and his goblin family moved into the house, and although they continued to complain, they helped them repair the damage caused by Gormlaith. William then declares that since the wizards are too weak to protect themselves, he has decided to make a pact with them and collect a large sum of money to serve as the school's private security guard and order.

The legacy of Slejerin

Ever since Gormlaith used Creeping to give commands to Slagelin's wand, the wand has remained unusable. Aesop couldn't crawl and speak, but she didn't want to touch the wand again, the last memories of her unhappy childhood. She and James buried the wand in the ground outside the school.

Within a year, some unknown serpentine grew from the site where the wand was buried, and no matter how much it was cut down or destroyed, it would be impossible to do so. A few years later, it was discovered that the leaves of the tree had powerful medical effects. This tree is a testament to the fact that there are two sides to everything, just as Slaegerlin's descendants are not all bad, so is Slaiterin's wand, which can do good in addition to bad things. And the best legacy of Slegelin seems to be here in the Americas.

The growth of the Ilvermorny School

Ilvermorny's reputation grew steadily over the next few years. The granite cottage was turned into a castle, and as the number of students increased, more teachers were recruited. Now, witch and wizard children from all over the Americas are sent to Ilvermorny, who has switched to boarding schools. By the 19th century, Ilvermorny had become internationally famous.

Isolt and James served as principals together for many years, and many generations of students loved them as homemakers.

Chadwick became a well-known wizard and published seven books, "Chadwick's Magic Episode 1 – Episode 7" was adopted as a textbook by Ilvermorny. He married a Mexican therapist named Josifina Caderon. The Caderon Bout family remains one of the most prestigious wizarding families in North America. Prior to the creation of the "Magical Congress of America", the New World lacked the enforcement of wizarding laws. Webb Boot later became an enforcer, a modern-day "righteous man." During a trip to London to return to London with a wicked dark wizard, Webb meets a young Scottish witch who works for the Ministry of Magic and falls in love with her. As a result, part of the Bout family returned to their hometown of London, and Webb's descendants went to Hogwarts.

James and Aesop's eldest daughter is a firecracker. Although Martha's parents and brother still loved her, living in Ilvermorny was quite painful for her, as she was unable to perform any magic. Eventually, she married the brother of a friend from the Bokomtuk tribe and lived as a Majj ever since.

The twins' younger sister, Leona, taught Defence Against the Dark Arts at the Ilvermorny School for many years. Leona never married. Rumor has it that unlike her sister, Leona was born with a talent for crawling and speaking, and that she was adamant not to marry in order to prevent Shreigerin's bequest from being passed on to the next generation. This rumor was never confirmed by the Aesop family. (Unbeknownst to the Aesops in the United States, Gormlaith was not the last descendant of the Ghent family, and that there were other relatives of the same blood in the UK.) ）

Both Aesop and James are over 100 years old. They witnessed Ilvermorny transform from a cottage into a granite castle. By the time they died, the school they had founded had become famous, and magical families across North America were scrambling to send their children to school. They hired many staff, expanded the school building, and cast a sophisticated spell to protect the school from being seen by the No-Maj. In a word, the little girl who dreamed of attending Hogwarts at the time has now built a room of her own in North America.

Ilvermorny today

Given that one of the founders is Maji, the public may expect the school to adopt a democratic approach. Indeed, Ilvermorny became recognized as one of the most democratic and unteachable schools of magic.

Marble statues of Aesop and James are erected on either side of the main entrance of Ilvermorny Castle. The door opens to a circular hall with a glass dome above. On the second floor of the hall, there is a wooden terrace that surrounds the hall. Other than that, there is little superfluous in the hall, only four other wooden carvings representing the four academies: the horned water snake, the cat-leopard, the ptarmigian, and the goblin.

As the freshmen march into the rotunda, the rest of the faculty and students watch from the circular terrace above. The freshmen stood in a circle against the wall, and one by one they were called to stand above the Goldian knot carved into the center of the stone floor of the hall. In the silence of all the teachers and students, everyone waited for the magical statue to react. If the Horned Water Snake Academy wants to recruit the student, the crystal set in the forehead will glow. Cats and leopards will hiss when they want students, ptarmigans will flap their wings, and goblins will raise their bows and arrows.

If there is more than one of the statues of the academy that indicates the desire to solicit students, then the choice falls to the students themselves. This is very rare, perhaps only once in ten years, and Serafina Piqueri has encountered it—four colleges are trying to recruit her. She was the head of the Wizarding Congress of America for several years in the 1920s, making her the most prestigious witch of her time. And she chose the Water Snake Academy. Some say that the four academies of Ilvermorny are the epitome of a wizard or witch: the horned serpent for wisdom, the cat and leopard for the body, the goblin for the heart, and the ptarmichor for the soul. It is also said that the Water Snake Academy favors the intelligent and love to read, the Cat and Leopard Academy advocates warriors, the Goblin Academy is mostly for kind-hearted healers, and the Thunderbird Academy is mostly for those who like adventure.

The obvious differences between Hogwarts and Ilvermorny don't stop at the sorting ceremony, although the two schools of witchcraft and wizardry share many similarities. Once students have been assigned to the houses, they are directed to a large hall where they will choose their wand (or rather, the wand will choose its master). Until the repeal of the Rappaport Law in 1965, the North American wizarding community still adhered to strict rules regarding secrecy laws, and all children were not allowed to hold wands until they went to Ilvermorny to attend school. In addition, wands are not allowed to be carried out of school during holidays. Only wizards and witches over the age of seventeen are allowed to legally carry wands outside of school.

The robes of the Ilvermorny school are blue and raspberry red, in honor of Aesop and James. Blue was Aesop's favorite color, and she dreamed of being a student at Hogwarts Ravenclaw as a child, while red was from James' favorite cranberry pie. All Ilvermorny students fasten their robes with a golden Goldian knot in honor of the brooch that Aesop found in the ruins of the original Ilvermorny hut.

To this day, many goblins still work at the school, complaining because they insist they don't want to stay there. However, many years later, goblins still haunt the school. There is a particularly old goblin who reacts to the name "William". Some people say that he is the goblin who saved Aesop and James back then, but he just laughs at this statement, and says that if that William was still alive, he would have been more than 300 years old. However, no one has been able to confirm how long the goblins lived. William didn't let anyone wipe down the marble statue of Aesop at the entrance to the campus. On Aesop's death day, he would place a few Mayflowers on Aesop's grave, and anyone who carelessly mentioned it in front of him would throw a tantrum into him.