JK Rowling Just Officially Named the Hogwarts of North America

Just when you think that J.K. Rowling has revealed all there is to know about the Wizarding world, she manages to go and spring a great big Merlin’s beard of a surprise.

Rowling has revealed a lot about this institute, although it could be that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will make things much clearer.

Ilvermony is an American school… and unfortunately that’s about all we known so far. “Occasionally, too, the magical community in a given country is tiny or far-flung and correspondence courses have been found a more cost-effective means of educating the young”.

Mahoutokoro: located in Japan on the topmost point of the volcanic island of Minami Iwo Jima, this palace is made of mutton-fat jade.

Wizarding children are flown back and forth to their homes every day on the backs of a flock of giant storm petrels.

Japanese wizarding students get enchanted robes that grow as they age and change color depending on their level of achievement, supposedly it’s a real pressure cooker. The school is also known for their Quidditch.

Castelobruxo, pronounced “Cass-tell-o-bro-shoo”, is located in Brazil, “hidden deep within the rainforest”.

Over thousands of years, Uagado in Africa has remained a mystery with its exact location unknown – despite it being the largest of all wizarding schools. It lies somewhere in the center of the continent – here Pottermore is especially unhelpful, noting that “the only address ever given is ‘Mountains of the Moon.'” Uagadou’s students are adept and transfiguration and learn how to cast spells without the use of wands.

Are you excited about the new Wizarding World information? There, students master herbology, while is school is guarded by “Caipora, small and furry spirit-beings who are extraordinarily mischievous and tricky”. Durmstrang’s reputation is tainted by some nefarious wizards who headed the school throughout history.