Chapter 45: Legendary Characters
Ollivander Wand Shop, which has been making wands since 382 BC.
382 BC.
What happened in the world that year?
Kane was thinking, and remembering something.
In the east, it was the king of Chu who made Wu Qi the prime minister, and in the west, it was the Spartan Phratidas who occupied the Acropolis of Thebes.
And what about the UK?
Without England, it was the Celts at that time, and King Belinus was still about the time to reign, presumably still building stone walls in the swamps where Wolbrook joins the Thames, and building a dock to the south.
Who was Bellinus? It all started with the book "History of the Kings of Britain" written by a Christian priest named Geoffrey in the small town of Monmouth, Wales, England, in 1138 AD.
The book was the greatest achievement of the pastor's life, and Kane had flipped through it, and the first chapter of the character was spicy.
According to the reverend Geoffrey, the first king of Britain was called Brutus.
This Brutus is a big man, he is the great-grandson of Aeneas, the great hero of the Battle of Troy.
When it comes to the Battle of Troy, the first thing that comes to people's minds is Agthius, and the buddy's real gold bell hood iron cloth shirt is indeed unambiguous, except for the door of the foot and neck, which is completely invulnerable.
What leg hair is Aeneas?
Well, Aeneas is not familiar to everyone, but he must be familiar to everyone, Aphrodite, that is, Venus, the Greek goddess of love.
Most of the more than 100 kings in Geoffrey's "Kings of Britain" only have stories of fighting each other like Greek mythology, and there is no information to analyze and verify.
There is a big one in the radish, and there is a king who has a little intersection with the real world, that is, the twenty-third king Bellinus, and there is the modifier 'the great' at the end of the original text, Kane can't pronounce it.
According to records, this king led the Britons in a raid on Rome.
The Bretons were the Celts of the British Isles, which was to distinguish them from the British, because the latter referred to all the people who lived on the British Island, including the later Angles, Normans, and so on.
The Celts did plunder Rome, specifically in southern Germany, which was then called Gaul, and the Celts had the style of an ancient nomad who grabbed a handful of them, and of course, they basically had no horses, just a bunch of barbarians who lived in huts, slept on straw mats, had no management system, and even had no writing.
Kane felt that Geoffrey, the Christian priest of a small town in Wales, had made up history by moving a few of the Celts' rare highlights from the interior of Europe to the British Isles, and then said that it was the king's deeds.
Also, the famous King Arthur is also mentioned for the first time in this book "Kings of Britain".
This figure of the fifth century A.D. was nearly nine hundred years later than Bellinus.
So, King Arthur is more real?
No, King Arthur is a recognized legendary figure.
What is a legendary figure? China's Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor are even legendary figures.
A common feature of legendary characters is that there is no record in the literature at the time, and it is not mentioned in the book until hundreds of years later, and then the more relevant books from the age when the characters existed, the more full and vivid the story becomes.
In 1138, during the Crusades, theocracy stinked in the Western world, and the words of the priests were equal to truth, truth.
Considering the background of this era, Kane's understanding of the success of the important historical work "The Kings of Britain" is becoming more and more clear.
Britain once went to the world to plant flags, and such a bullish country can understand its vanity in finding some ancestors of 'crooked droplets'.
But this is all an allusion to his hometown in his previous life, maybe this world will be different?
So he wanted to hear about Garrick Ollivander and what kind of ancestral anecdotes he could 'hammer'.
Compared to this, the wand is not worth mentioning.
With the knowledge and superior craftsmanship of magical artifacts that he knew, he felt that if he became a teacher to Ollivanders, it would be the other party's high climb.
Ollivander's wand shop was cramped and dilapidated, with only a featureless wand in the display window, leaving Kane speechless.
The Ollivanders Wand Shop in Diagon Alley is truly famous, and has even become a cultural symbol in the British wizarding world.
It's all about corporate culture, why can't you pick up the faΓ§ade a little?
The long history is not equal to tatters, the mystery needs style, the kind of distinction in front of you is clearly the beggar wind, could it be that this is the rudder of the beggar gang Diagonal Alley?
When you walk in, it looks like you've been in a poorly managed warehouse of unsalable stationery boxes, and it's the same one that has been flooded, burned, and sandstormed.
A figure flashed out from behind a shelf large enough to obscure the view, and pointed its wand at Kane.
It was an old man, his eyes very light in the color of crystals, like two shining moons against the dim light of the shop.
Kane was surprised, but after only a moment's pause, he regained his composure.
"Hornbeam, principle and honor, regardless of good or evil, is superior to those wizards who have gifts and a singular and pure passion for things. I'm guessing your wand uses a dragon's heartstring, strong and powerful, strong and powerful. Kane said eloquently: "But you're a bit rude to look like this." Rest assured, I'm not Voldemort. β
The old man's expression was complicated, a little hesitant, and a little dignified, and finally he put away his wand in a daze.
Kane stared at the old man and said, "I haven't been able to pay attention to your details before, in fact, if you think about it seriously, your silver eye is a loophole, pure silver-cyan crystal, pitch-black pupil, this is a variant of the pupil of the moon, someone on the ancestor has been bitten by a vampire dragon lizard and has mutated, or is it simply its dependent?"
Kane added: "No wonder even Hagrid's rough crunch is afraid of you, his wild instinct is much better than that of ordinary wizards." β
The old man is Garrick Ollivander, he has a very special talent, the eye of truth, he can see something more essential, so he can always recognize the blood of the wizard at a glance, so as to tell which family the other party belongs to.
But now, he can't see Kane's bloodline, Kane is too special, let alone seen, he has never heard of it.
"You're a Hogwarts student?"
"It's about to be. β
Garrick was surprised: "You're only eleven?"
"Why, haven't you seen a high IQ? Pure-blood families can still produce a wizard with a good brain once in a while, right?"
Garrick said in his heart, "You're not a simple high-IQ teenager at all, okay. β
But he's not as open as Kane.
Pretending to be like a cool moment, the whole family crematorium.
Ollivander is a typical example of an old man, he is well aware of the dangers of his job, and has tried to keep a low profile in recent years, rather than talking nonsense without a door.
Kane is obviously a watering can, he was not like this in his previous life, maybe the gutter overturned and died too ugly, resulting in a bit overkill in this life, anyway, there is a little bit of joke about life, and he dares to throw anything out.
When he chatted with Catherine, he also jokingly said: "After I have time to look around and see more things in the world in a few years, I will probably become a broken mouth like Smaug in [The Lord of the Rings], right? β
Of course, in fact, there are also people and places.
Originally, he wanted to talk to Garrick and listen to the story.
If the other party talks well, then he may consider asking the other party to use one or two skills to form a good relationship.
He also thought of Ollivanders' value in intelligence.
So many people's wands are in his hands, but this person's memory is out of luck. This means that he has the ability to give many wizards a side of the character, temperament, hobbies, and even spell-casting habits, which can be clearly explained.
I didn't expect that extraordinary people have extraordinary abilities, and this is also a person with a strong bloodline and extraordinary talent, 'fiery eyes'! With his current ability, he really can't be blinded by others.
That said, he didn't want Ollivander's big mouth to spread everywhere, but he wasn't Voldemort's murderous nature, so what should he do?
Contracts, bribes.
Human beings have weaknesses, and those like Ollivander, who is obsessed with wand-making, have a more and more distinct weakness.
Kane felt that he was more than capable of tickling Garrick's itch......