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Are there schools for witches/wizards in America?

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ilvermorny_School_of_Witchcraft_and_Wizardry

yes
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Doesn't the whole movie of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them take place in the US?
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They're mentioned in the fourth book during the World Cup.
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Is it fair to speculate that there are wizards exist across all continents then?

LooksLikeDarko posted...

Is it fair to speculate that there are wizards exist across all continents then?

The fourth book has wizards from all over the world.

probably not antarctica tbh
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Yes, there's an International Confederation of Wizards mentioned numerous times in the book and they speak of other nations outsideof Europe a couple of times during the book.

Then, of course, there's the Fantastic Beasts movie and Pottermore that discuss other countries.
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AlephZero posted...

probably not antarctica tbh

Blizzards

I wonder what the North Korean wizard school is like

there are no black wizards
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Tezlok posted...

I wonder what the North Korean wizard school is like

It is the most glorious school of all the wizarding schools
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So is Voldemort like the Hitler of the Wizard World? Like are American Wizard scared of this guy too or are they like "We're the super power of the Wizard World, who cares about this Voldemort guy".
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Chicken posted...

there are no black wizards

What, there are several
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DarthAragorn posted...

Chicken posted...

there are no black wizards

What, there are several

They're not actual wizards, the school had to let them in because of affirmative action
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TheDoctorIsln posted...

So is Voldemort like the Hitler of the Wizard World? Like are American Wizard scared of this guy too or are they like "We're the super power of the Wizard World, who cares about this Voldemort guy".

I mean, the guy's grand plan was to attack a high school for wizards so don't think too much about it.
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Are there other dark wizards in the world besides Voldemort and Grindewald?
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Chicken posted...

there are no black wizards

Angelina (Gryffndor Quiddich Captain books 4 and 5)
Lee Jordan (Best friend/co-conspirator of the Weasley twins. Also Quiddich commentator)
Dean Thomas (Seamus Finnegan's best friend)
Blaise Zabini (Self-centered, but otherwise inoffensive pureblood Slitheryn boy. Too good for the death eaters, apparently. His mother is infamously beautiful and conveniently outlives all her husbands).

Hermione Granger

And yes there are at least two schools, one for primary and secondary education, and the Salem Institute, which seems to be higher education.
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TheDoctorIsln posted...

So is Voldemort like the Hitler of the Wizard World? Like are American Wizard scared of this guy too or are they like "We're the super power of the Wizard World, who cares about this Voldemort guy".

Well, Grindelwald would fit more in how far reaching his power was and his time frame but Voldemort fits more with his "cleansing" message.


Plenty of black wizard/witches. Well, plenty based off the percentage of black people in Britain. And other ethnicities popped up as well.
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hollow_shrine posted...

Chicken posted...

there are no black wizards

Hermione Granger

And yes there are at least two schools, one for primary and secondary education, and the Salem Institute, which seems to be higher education.

Troll level maximum.
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TheDoctorIsln posted...

So is Voldemort like the Hitler of the Wizard World? Like are American Wizard scared of this guy too or are they like "We're the super power of the Wizard World, who cares about this Voldemort guy".

He's not quite equivalent. Britain is the only one that really cares about him. As someone mentioned, Grindewald is closer to Hitler; America did care about him.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

Are there other dark wizards in the world besides Voldemort and Grindewald?

Yes, they're just the two most modern famous ones. Historically, Herpo the Foul was the first person to hatch a basilisk and succeed in creating a Horcrux. And then all of Voldemort's followers would be considered dark wizards.
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TheDarkCircle posted...

AlephZero posted...

probably not antarctica tbh

Blizzards

Lmfao well played.

pegusus123456 posted...

Herpo the Foul

At what point did JKR just give up. That sounds like an std.
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AlephZero posted...

pegusus123456 posted...

Herpo the Foul

At what point did JKR just give up. That sounds like an std.

He's from Ancient Greece, so it'd make sense that his name is kind of weird.
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Go_Totodile posted...

TheDarkCircle posted...

AlephZero posted...

probably not antarctica tbh

Blizzards

Lmfao well played.

lol thanks bby

Twinmold posted...

I mean, the guy's grand plan was to attack a high school for wizards so don't think too much about it.

Did they really change it that much in the later movies?

JE19426 posted...

Twinmold posted...

I mean, the guy's grand plan was to attack a high school for wizards so don't think too much about it.

Did they really change it that much in the later movies?

I actually enjoyed the last two films overall even if they changed a good bit---but that final foghtt through Hogwarts with them twirling around in the air is so dumb, lol.



Sigh, 3 through 6 were so bad, though.
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Tezlok posted...

I wonder what the North Korean wizard school is like

Did you know Kim Jong Un cast a perfect fifteen foot Patronus on his first try at age 3?
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I heard Kim could use wordless and wandless magic since he was five.
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