Brief History and Essential Laws:

• In ancient times, magic was practiced much more openly and freely than it is today. In ancient Greece and Egypt, witches and wizards were held in high regard.


• Beginning around 1000 C.E., the Wizarding World began separating from Muggles, and for approximately 400 years (from 1000 C.E. to around 1400 C.E.) was ruled by the Council of Warlocks. In the 1400s, various magical governments were established based on ethnic and cultural values as well as location.


• Witches and Wizards were persecuted throughout the 1600s with such instances as the witch burnings, though these proved ineffective thanks to Flame-Freezing Charms. These problems culminated in the introduction of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1689. This international law completed the separation of the two worlds. While the law was signed in 1689, it took three years before it was officially established by all governments internationally.


•  Anyone under the age of 17 falls within the guidelines of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery established in 1875. No student is allowed to practice magic outside of school unless it's for life-threatening events.


• Attempts to circumvent the law and lie will only result in a greater punishment handed down by the Ministry of Magic. Your magic is under a Trace spell until you are 17.


• The Ministry can determine where the magic is coming from, but not necessarily who cast it.  So if you cast under a magical home, they can't easily detect that, but if it's under a muggle home, then they can easily detect who it is.


• The first instances of dedicated wand-making lie with the Ollivander family, who have been making wands since 382 B.C.E.

Primitive Tools;

• Crystals, crude wands made of little more than a hippogriff wing feather wrapped around a stick, and metal rods all allowed some to exert a level of control over their magic.

The Discovery of Wands;

• Magic was not always formally taught or controlled. The sort of uncontrolled bursts of magic that young magical folk is prone to be the norm several millennia ago. (Muggle Mythology)


• Instead of randomly causing something to vanish when they were angry, they could instead make it happen by using their focusing item. Eventually, the most effective of foci, the modern wand, was created.


• A wooden shaft containing a core from a powerful magical creature, the wand allows us to focus and channel our power to achieve the desired result. These wands are much more advanced and focused than their predecessors.

The Wand-Lighting Charm:

• Incantation: Lumos ('LOO-mos')


• Wand Movement: Single counter-clockwise loop


• Willpower: low (determines the color of the light)


• Concentration: Low (lighting the top of your wand)

The Wand-Extinguishing Charm:

• Incantation: Nox ('NOCK-ss')


• Wand Movement: a flick of the wand


• Willpower: None


• Concentration: None