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THE HOUSES OF ILVERMORNY AND ITS FOUNDERS
“Isolt and James considered the Boot boys their adopted sons. Isolt told them the second-hand stories of Hogwarts she had learned from Gormlaith. Both boys yearned to attend the school, frequently asking why they could not all return to Ireland where they could wait for their letters. Isolt did not want to frighten the boys with the story of Gormlaith. Instead, she promised them that when they reached eleven years old, she would somehow find them wands (their parents’ wands being broken beyond repair) and they would start a school of magic right there in the cottage.
This idea caught Chadwick’s and Webster’s imaginations. The boys’ ideas of what a magical school ought to be like were based almost entirely on Hogwarts, so they insisted that it ought to have four houses. The idea of naming the houses after themselves, as the founders, was swiftly abandoned, because Webster felt a house called ‘Webster Boot’ had no chance of ever winning anything, and instead, each chose their favourite magical beast.”- J.K. Rowling
Founders/Houses:
Isolt Sayre - Horned Serpent
Chadwick Boot - Thunderbird
Webster Boot - Wampus
James Steward - Pukwudgie
Paintings:
Augustus Nicholas Burke (b. 1838), Connemara Girl, 1865. National Gallery of Ireland.
Ralph Earl (b. 1751), Portrait of Two Brothers, 1783-84.
Jean-Auguste Dominiqe Ingres (b. 1780), Portrait of a Young Man, Musée Bonnat de Bayonne.
Learn more about Ilvermorny history on Pottermore.
Ilvermorny, hornedserpent, thunderbird, wampus, pukwudgie
