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Stuff I've mentally added to J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World because I wanna. XD
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== Characters ==
=== Scott Hansen ===
Throughout the tale, references are repeatedly made to something shady Scott did in the past that earned him a two-year sentence in Azkaban for violating the Statute of Secrecy. Chuck describes it as 'something about fireworks in front of a crowd of Muggles' in "Know One". What actually happened was a collision between the Harry Potter world and the real world's history.
The Second Wizarding War officially ends 2 May 1998 with the death of Lord Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts. The wizards of the British Isles heave sighs of relief, bury their dead, try to get on with their lives.
Among them are the Hansen brothers of County Armagh, Scott (21) and Hercules (17). On a whim, on 15 August 1998, they're with a few friends, taking a day trip (Driving! Like Muggles!) from Armagh to Derry and stop off in the town of Omagh, about midway along the route, for tea and snacks.
Everything's normal and fun until the local police start appearing and nudging folks down the main shopping street away from the courthouse. Scott, having fought the Wizarding War and still suspicious of every shadow, gets a really bad feeling and risks throwing an invisible shield charm around their little party over Herc's objections. And they should've been able to have a good laugh about Scott's paranoia except, as they're passing a group of tourists ... well, history happens.
In the form of the single worst bombing of Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Debris sparks off the shield charm and they survive when they shouldn't have. The friends kinda freeze, but the Hansen brothers are the same heroes they are in every universe and are immediately doing what they can to help the injured. Except Herc sticks to Muggle first aid and Scott opts for magic and his memory charms in the aftermath don't hold well enough and word gets out about weirdness happening in the aftermath of the bomb.
And, we know you meant well, Mister Hansen, but there are rules that must be followed to protect everyone.
I really wanna write this story, or at least Scott's recollection of it, but the words have been failing me.
=== Gallery ===
Kate-Bracken-3.jpg|Ailsa McTavish
Argyle-mug.jpg|Argyle (Hansen-Hanlon)
Avion.jpg|Avion (Lapierre)
Paul-Brannigan-2.jpg|Beathan McEwan
Bruce.jpg|Bruce (Hansen)
Dave-Atkinson-1.jpg|David Hughes
Ruth-Negga.jpg|Debra Hansen-Hanlon
Peter-capaldi.jpg|Diarmad Fairbairn
apple-corp.jpg|Don Douglas, Lesley MacCailín, Murron MacDonald, Mackenzie Gorman
Fella.jpg|Fenella Reid
Adele-bethel.jpg|Lesley MacCailín
Luath.jpg|Luath (Reid)
Mana-ashida.jpg|Mako Mori
Phost.jpg|Phost (Fegan)
Jake-Burns-1.jpg|Rory Fegan
Scott-Hogwarts.jpg|Scott Hansen
Titus.jpg|Titus (Vince)
Zoidberg.jpg|Zoidberg (Hughes)
== Locations ==
=== "the Scottish School" (Scotland) ===
"The Scottish School" is a wizarding academy in the Scottish Highlands founded in the 13th century by the poet, prophet, and wizard Thomas the Rhymer. The official name of the school is Gaelic and a tongue twister for even native speakers of that language. When mispronounced by a magic-user, the name is a spell which causes something embarrassing to happen to the speaker.
(Thomas was a bit of an asshole.)
Thomas' purpose in starting the school was to train wizards to follow him from Tomnahurich Hill to defend Scotland in its hour of need. His followers take it as a point of pride Thomas has not had to come back and make it their goal to ensure he doesn't has to.
(Like we said, Thomas was a bit of an asshole and no one really wants to deal with him again, so.)
Thomas' prophecies allowed for the creation of a substantial endowment, so there are no expenses for students and all who apply are accepted. Of course, the School is not well known or particularly prestigious, so the student population remains manageable. It also recruits wizards and witches born to non-magical Scottish families.
There is no prohibition against mundane technology at the Scottish School and students are encouraged to maintain contact with friends and family outside the wizarding community.
There are no houses and the uniform consists of jumper, shirt, tie, trousers/skirt/kilt, socks, and comfortable shoes/boots/brogues, all provided free of charge to students. A sliding-scale allowance for non-uniform pajamas and 'holiday clothes' is also provided.
The 'formal' uniform is modeled on Highland dress, though a wand is substituted for the sgian-dubh and female-identified students may choose between the traditional ankle-length tartan skirt and a kilt. The School maintains a collection of formals which are lent to students when needed.
The School has long had a reputation for teaching somewhat 'wild' magic, placing emphasis on working with nature (especially magical creatures and plants) and wandless and nonverbal magic. 
The curriculum is a blend of standard wizarding (similar to those taught at Hogwarts) and mundane subjects, with a few combining the two. For example, where Hogwarts teaches 'Defense Against the Dark Arts', the Scottish School presents "Magical and Self-defense', a blend of magical and physical tactics for self-protection. 
After the end of the Second Wizarding War, the board of governors and faculty have increased their efforts to aid students' integration with non-magical humans and blend magic with technology. As such, many of the newest faculty members hold qualifications from magic academies and mundane universities. The school also operates as the area's high school for all students.
Having witnessed the disillusionment of the werewolf population during the Second Wizarding War, School officials have also made it a priority to reach out to and support werepeople, magically-abled or not, recruiting them from throughout Europe. To this end, the School provides magical and medical treatment (including Wolfsbane potion) and psychological counseling free of charge.
Also at this time, the board of governors took the decision to discourage the use of the term 'Muggle' for humans without magical ability. Students and faculty are instead encouraged to label themselves as 'wizardly' and use no modifier for non-magical people. If necessary, the adjective 'mundane' (never capitalized) can be used in places 'Muggle' would have been formerly. It is stressed that 'mundane' does not mean 'boring', but instead carries the sense of the Mundane Egg: something which can be mistaken for ordinary but which contains something extraordinary.
The School is located near the shore of of Loch Tay, close to the village of Killin, Stirling, Scotland. Since opening to non-magical students, the main classroom buildings are openly visible and approachable, while the facilities where magic is openly practiced (the flying grounds, for example) are Hidden and the student dorms (built on the 'submerged' crannogs in the loch) are Hidden and Unplottable.
Prior to the change in enrollment policies, the main land point of access to the School was through an abandoned mine and the entire school was Unplottable and upon the loch.
The region around the School is an unofficial reserve for magical creatures, which include all the common Scottish cryptids, including a very shy loch serpent who lives among the crannogs.
The School's athletic point of pride is its equestrian team, with mounts provided from the loch's resident kelpie herd in exchange for food and protection.
==== Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh & Lagomorphia ====
When Thomas set out to build the School, he felt it needed to be well-protected from threats both magical and mundane. To this end, he selected the cave guarded by the fierce Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh to be its entrance.
His efforts to convince the Beast to serve as the gatekeeper resulted in the deaths of three of Thomas' fellow wizards and serious injuries to a number of others, however, and Thomas and the other survivors were forced to run away. (Thomas insisted it was a 'strategic retreat'. No one believed him.)
Several days and numerous adult beverages later, Thomas was found by his friend and fellow-magus Diantha de With. Diantha was known throughout Europe, and especially in her native Nederland, for her skill in helping savage beasts see reason. She offers to take care of Thomas' problem and Thomas leaps at the chance.
After a long struggle, Diantha succeeds in fastening an enchanted rhinestone collar around the Black Beast's neck. The Beast, mortified, ceases its attack and promises to serve as a faithful gatekeeper if Diantha grants it the freedom to cast a last spell unhindered.
Diantha grants the request.
The Beast, being a proper Beast, promptly seized the chance to curse Diantha and her descendants. Upon exchanging their first kiss, they will transform into beasts at the kiss of the light of the full moon and the affliction will pass from parent to child until Diantha's blood vanishes from the earth. 
And, thus, wererabbits came to be. 
The condition is called 'lagomorphia' and is not contagious aside from its transfer from parent to child. In another a small mercy, the Beast forgot to include a pain clause in its curse, so the transformation is nigh-painless, a rarity among were-conditions.
=== Hebrides Dragon Sanctuary (Scotland) ===
Managed from the island and village of Bhatarsaigh (Vatersay) in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, the refuge is composed of the uninhabited islands, stacks, and skerries south and west of that one. While the MacFusty clan has overall responsibility from the Ministry of Magic for the hiding of the Hebrides Black dragons from the world at large, the MacIver family oversees the Sanctuary.
==== The MacIvers of Bhatarsaigh ====
The MacIvers are a family on a mission: to domesticate, not just tame, dragons. Since this is widely considered impossible, the MacIvers involved in the project are generally looked at as tellers of tall tales, if not outright liars, by wizarding society, not that they particularly care.
The dragons they work with most intensely to this end is the group living on Sanndraigh, an uninhabited island visible from Bhatarsaigh. By 2018, the MacIvers are able to approach juvenile dragons closely enough to play fetch without danger to themselves and they hope to be hand-feeding them by mid-century.
(Domestication's a very long-term goal.)
Nearly every MacIver has published a book or book chapter on their work with Hebrides Blacks, making this species the best-documented outside of China. 
The family welcomes all who want to work with dragons and 'adopt' any willing to play by their (very few) rules, bestowing upon them a MacIver nom du travail.
The MacIvers are especially noteworthy for their emergency drills. At least twice a year, all MacIvers over the age of sixteen (the Scottish age of majority) who wish to work with the dragons are required to participate in a simulated crisis at the Sanctuary. The regular practice allows the family to respond in a coordinated way on the rare occasion something does go pear-shaped. Each family member is in possession of a charmed item (exact nature TBD) capable of syncing with that of a leader which functions like a metronome, allowing MacIvers to coordinate actions even when out of sight or earshot of each other. The combination of rehearsal, research, and synchronized action makes them among the most formidable dragon handlers in Europe.
=== Ukrainian Dragon Sanctuary (Ukraine) ===
Located south of the village of Bohdan in the Carpathian Mountains near the region's tallest peak, a small magically protected area which is home to the largest breeding population of Ukrainian Ironbelly dragons. The Sashas Kaidanovsky maintain a home in a valley here and study the dragons full-time.
=== Welsh Dragon Reserve (Wales) ===
Coinciding with the northwest part of Snowdonia National Park, the reserve for the the Welsh Green species of dragon is informally bounded by a triangle formed by the A5, A55, and A470 motorways. The Pritchard family of Llanfairfechan has oversight.
=== White Hare Hill (Northern Ireland) ===
An area of Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, lying between the towns of Armagh and Tynan, White Hare Hill is home to a handful of Wizarding families, including the Fegans, Hansens, Hughes, and Vinces. The families freely mingle with their Muggle neighbours as farmers.
Tensions between the families developed during the First Wizarding War, with the Hughes and Vinces remaining neutral (in the sense of 'refusing to fight') and the Fegans and Hansens actively engaging in combat with the Dark Forces. The tensions remain, though much subdued through Chuck's arrival in Northern Ireland.
== Spitballs / Headcanons / Randomness ==
=== Australia ===
The Wizarding community--including the equivalent of the UK's Ministry of Magic--of the land Down Under is dominated by Indigenous families. There's no central Wizarding school: youngsters are home-schooled by their families and Muggle-borns are assigned mentors/tutors to train them individually.
Why is this? You see, since the UK's Wizarding community is so insular and close-knit, very few families ever emigrated to the southern hemisphere and a vanishingly small number of individuals were ever deported during Straya's days as a penal colony, which means nearly every Wizard of European descent in Australia is the rare Muggle-born. The very rarity of magical ability among white Australians has largely prevented the establishment of magical lineages in that population.
The unfortunate counter-example to this trend would be the infamous Eady family of Port Macquarie. While not as consistent in producing Wizards as Pure-blooded European families, the Eadys generally throw at least one or two Wizards per generation and those individuals are almost immediately the bane of the Ministry of Magic-esque's existence.
Merlin help the Ministry if the Eadys ever manage to start intermarrying with a leading Pure-blood family, such as the Darlings of Mt Isa.
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