154 Schools

I stopped looking at the painting and focused on everything else in the area. The room was square-shaped, with tables on the top right corner with a small library next to it. it seemed to be the common study area for those who did not wish to leave the house premise.

On the bottom left were the paintings I was currently looking at. It was simply full of paintings, nothing more nothing less. I guess it served as a way of conveying the history and sightings of thunderbirds.

On the bottom left was an array of couches set in a 'U' shape. They all surrounded a fireplace that radiated a warm heat the instantly relived whatever fatigue we were feeling.

And on the top left, there was a massive map of the world. Filled with notes and markings both new and old. Seems to be left behind and edited by many generations. Locations of magical beasts, schools, governments, magical communities. And beneath it were notes categorized into shelved. Each one addresses any of the aforementioned topics on the map in detail.

I skimmed over the stuff about different schools and soon found myself engrossed in them. The Japanese school was constructed on a smaller island off the main country itself. There, massive buildings stood. Not a castle, but buildings with ancient Japanese architecture. They only had two houses, one was under the name of Raijin and the other was under the name of Fujin. Masters of lightning and storms. They were said to protect the entire school and no attacker had even been able to penetrate inside and leave to tell the tale.

Although I doubted such gods existed, I didn't believe they were baseless. Either they had a massive and immensely dangerous array set up, a guardian beast of some sort, or something else. Either way, they were powerhouses in the world.

Next was the Uagadou, the Ugandan wizarding school, located in the Mountains of the Moon in western Uganda. It was the largest of the eleven wizarding schools, accepting students from all over Africa.

Many Visitors, according to the parchment in front of me, who came to to the school spoke of a stunning edifice carved out of the mountainside and shrouded in mist, so that it sometimes appeared simply to float in mid-air.

There wasn't much else, but it did speak about the reputation of the school in brief detail.

Uagadou students were famously skilled in Astronomy, Alchemy and Self -Transfiguration. Wands were primarily a European invention, and although African wizards did adopt them as useful tools, Uagadou students preferred to cast spells simply by pointing their fingers or through other types of hand gestures. This technique gave them a sturdy line of defence when accused of breaking the International Statute of Secrecy (they could say they were simply making a random gesture and not intending to do magic)

I chuckled at the comment left on the side. A very well thought out excuse. But also, a shocking revelation. The students of Uagadou were able to do wandless magic. Although that was the case, however, it was a different way with much less control. Although they still had to point which was a direct giveaway, it didn't take away from the fact that they were able to do so. Something I would have to investigate in detail. There must be more to it since otherwise, everyone else would have adopted the same methods.

Even though wands do provide some boosts in power output, people in other countries are limited to attacking with a wand and cant point their fingers in conjunction. It was a murky concept that went against some of my previous hypotheses and conclusions. It definitely sparked my curiosity.

There was also a key detail here, there were only less than a dozen known wizarding schools worldwide. And although I wasn't convinced there weren't some hidden ones for one reason or another, at least several of them were made public knowledge.

These schools are;

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic is located in Pyrenees, France. Their range of acceptance was France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. And the school was founded before the 1290s. it is unknown when it was officially founded. They are willing to accept international students.

Castelobruxo is located in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Their range covered All over South America and was founded in the 10th or 11th century. They are willing to accept international students.

Durmstrang Institute is located in Scandinavia, the northernmost reaches of either Norway or Sweden. They are willing to accept international students, but presumably mainly Northern and Eastern Europe. They were founded pre-1290s but the specific date was also unknown.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located in Highlands, Scotland. Their range covers Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The school was founded in the Late 10th century.

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located in Mount Greylock, United States of America. Their range is all of North America and is willing to accept promising students from abroad under the recommendation letter from the headmaster of their current school. It is one of the youngest schools being founded in the Early 17th century.

Koldovstoretz is located In Russia and they accepted anyone from Russia and abroad under similar circumstances as Ilvermorny. It is unknown when the school was founded.

Mahoutokoro is located in Minami Iwo Jima, Japan and the range of acceptance is all of Japan with similar conditions to ilvermorny for accepting students from abroad.

Uagadou is located in the Mountains of the Moon, Uganda and accepted anyone from Africa and abroad, similar conditions to ilvermorny. They were founded Pre-11th century.

Hyderabad, located at the bottom of Kangchenjunga Taplejung District, Nepal; Sikkim, India. They accepted anyone from all over India and the same format for abroad students as every other school.

Tsinghua is located in a remote area of Guilin & Yangshuo, China. They accept any student from all across China and the same rules apply for any abroad student.

That was all the schools currently known to the world. A sense of excitement welled up inside me as I thought about their own ways of teaching, their own schools. Their own culture and ways of life. Their innovative use of magic for both everyday life and for battle purposes. I wanted to know it all.