Not so sure you can cross of Salem

Hey, Potterheads! Have you seen this? by Iximaz on 2015-06-10 19:10:00 UTC Reply

As has long been suspected, there is, in fact, an American wizarding school.

And now to mope again over the fact I still haven't gotten my letter.

What about one on Hati? by OrangeYoshi99 on 2015-06-12 18:43:00 UTC Reply

Or somewhere nearby. It's plausible, what with the voodoo myths.

Well depending where the US one is by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-06-13 00:11:00 UTC Reply

There might not need to be one. The idea of Voodoo is deeply ingrained in Louisiana Culture, that theoretically it could service the Caribbean, because from a population stand point does the Caribbean have enough to support its own school?

WowÂ… That's a lot of schools... by Silenthunder on 2015-06-11 18:00:00 UTC Reply

But hey… THERE'S ONE IN AMERICA! WHOOPIE! HOORAY! *laughs hysterically* Even with the fact it's fantasy, at least in HP canon it's there! Sorry, I just got very excited, so...
Other Suggestions by Tira on 2015-06-10 20:14:00 UTC Reply

I like the idea of there being one around Babylon. Egypt would be my other guess for one in the area. There are already a lot in Europe, but I wouldn't be surprised by a Grecian one, either.

Perhaps one in India or China (or both)? Japan isn't very big, so I doubt a school there could support all of Asia. I'd lean India more than China.

Definitely one in Australia, as it's pretty isolated from other areas. A school with Aboriginal-themed magic would be cool.

Well, the one in Japan is probably bigger on the inside. (nm) by OrangeYoshi99 on 2015-06-12 18:41:00 UTC Reply
I was thinking about one in Rome or Greece by Matt Cipher on 2015-06-10 20:22:00 UTC Reply

Where all the people from the Mediterranian basin would gather - that would include Egypt and Lybia, as well.

Although, in my own headcanon (*boom!*) I imagine that, aside from the Big 11, there are lesser schools, with a certain field of study - i.e. in Mexico, where they research Meso-American culture or an Alchemy Institute in Poland (we have a discoverer of oxygen, Michael Sendivogius, on our side! :D)

Not so sure you can cross of Salem by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-06-10 19:40:00 UTC Reply

Two American Schools, actually in a way make sense. You can look at it this way, Witches and Wizards reflect a small percentage of the population at large, so it seems reasonable to infer that a larger concentration of population would mean a corresponding larger wizard population. So look at the US, as of 2014 3rd Largest Country by Population and 4th Largest by Area. It seems reasonable to infer that they would have a larger population of Wizards and Witches. So I would suggest that Salem is still viable.

I would personally, again going of population, probably expect to see one in China and India. Not to mention China and India have very old cultures. But that's just my guess.

Although it would make sense... by Matt Cipher on 2015-06-10 19:43:00 UTC Reply

This tweet confirms it being only a joke.

Fair Enough by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-06-10 20:30:00 UTC Reply

Still does not mean that there is not a second US School. But upon seeing information I previously did not have, I still think China and India make a lot of sense and I do think that somewhere in the former Persian and Babylonian Empires does make sense, though maybe in Mesopotamia. How about the Gozer School of Magic? Founded by Gozer the Gozerian in 6000 B.C.E. But that leaves one question to that...

"Who you gonna call?"

North Pole seems more likely. by Iximaz on 2015-06-10 19:31:00 UTC Reply

Since the South Pole is, you know, devoid of human life save for scientists.

And maybe that's because the wizards are there! by Matt Cipher on 2015-06-10 19:33:00 UTC Reply

Originally, I thought about Spain, but that would give us too many European schools. Now though, I'm thinking about Alexandria, Egypt. The library there was pretty darn famous.