Order of the White Rose

The Order of the White Rose is a group of powerful wizards and witches in the Midwestern States of the US that founded and operates the Beaversdam Wizarding University. The order was founded in 1916 by a group of powerful witches and wizards who sought to advance wizarding education in America.

### Founders of Beaversdam

##### Annabelle and James Laurelin

Annabelle and James Laurelin were the first of the founders to discover the ancient magic on the site of Castle Rock where Beaversdam would be built. Annabelle was born in Beaver Dam Wisconsin, and it was there that she grew up and met James Laurelin. They headed to the northwest to settle in Minnesota in 1841 and established their homestead on Castle Rock near a lake that they later named Beaversdam Lake after their old home town back in Wisconsin.

Even though they were no-majs, they were able to notice the extremely powerful magic and healing effects of an ancient Native American medicine wheel located within a part of castle rock that they called the "Hill Cleft". They knew that this was the place to settle and built their house atop Castle Rock near the hill cleft.

The town of Beaversdam gradually began to form near their homestead high on Castle Rock and eventually the town became the center of its sparsely populated region. Annabelle and James Laurelin became the area's great educators and sought to bring the light of knowledge and wisdom the wild and wide northwest. In 1859 they founded a normal school to train teachers for the area's schools.

This normal school was built atop Castle Rock and they later built a new house in 1863 closer to the lake. Their original house was expanded and became the dormitories of the Laurelin House.

##### Nitzana of the Wendigo Clan

Nitzana was the clan mother of the Wendigo Clan of the Leech Lake band of Anishinaabeg Tribe. She was a very talented witch and had mastered advanced necromancy and time travel without the use of a wand or time turner. In 1928 she established the Wendigo House at Beaversdam as well as establishing the Chronomancy, History, and Necromancy departments at Beaversdam

##### Tilar Trianin

Tilar Trianin was the great beauty amongst the founders of Beaversdam and was a very talented witch unsurpassed in beauty related charmwork.

##### Chester Pendragon

Chester Pendragon was a squib, professional baseball player, and the owner of an enchanted baseball bat that would never miss. He converted an old quidditch bat into a baseball bat, and used it to have a perfect batting average in Major League Baseball. He originally played for the Washington Senators which later came to Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins.

Chester came late to the founders and is known for establishing the Pendragon House and the no-maj sports programs at Beaversdam in 1947.

##### Marie Christiansen

Marie Christiansen was a no-maj who found out about magic by accident through Tilar Trianin. Tilar Trianin in her experimentations with beauty related magic created many charmed objects, but none more powerful than than the Star Glass. This Star Glass was a rhinestone that was later set within the Star of The North Necklace. This became the trophy won in the Minnesota Star Ball.

While in possession of the Star Glass she became one of the greatest dancers of all time, could play any instrument with ease, and became a great beauty second only to Tilar Trianin.

Tilar Trianin's attempts to recover the Star Glass led Marie to find out about witchcraft and wizardry, and she was accepted to the Order of the White Rose. She became the adoptive sister of Tilar Trianin in 1926, and Tilar realized that the Star Glass could indeed remain in no-maj society and would be a great benefit to no-maj society.

In 1945 founded the dance program at Beaversdam Wizarding University which became the finest dance school in wizarding society and a top tier dance school amongst no-majs.