‼-story-spoilers-‼

[outer sluice]

okey, thank you, i felt so bad the way looked at me trying to give the book and then he just died

[summer igloo]

Ya I felt his death more than fig

[outer sluice]

agree, it was just something abt the eyes and the trust

[summer igloo]

Sheesh

[tulip osprey]

Thought I could save Fig by doing only good choices in the story, sad to see I still can't

[summer igloo]

Yeah I wish rhere was different endings

[tulip osprey]

There is, but only small difference nothing amazing

[summer igloo]

yeah.. nothing rlly changes besides that creepy scene lol

[tulip osprey]

I think only different ending is if you chose to keep the secret of the power, or use it with that creepy scene like you said x)

[tall orbit]

Toob's death is the one that impacted me the most, despite not seeing how it happened
Lodgok's death felt stupid because of how he brought the journal to Ranrok and Fig's death is forced (Besides I saw it coming because even before his death, whenever I solve a spiral ancient magic thingy the MC says "If only Fig was here to see it")

[summer igloo]

Who is toob

[tulip osprey]

Friend of Deek

[summer igloo]

Oh is the dude who died in the cave or whatever

[tulip osprey]

Yes, kinda sad if you read the story and the notes!

[summer igloo]

Didn’t really care about it cuz we didn’t even know him

[tall orbit]

Don't even know why Lodgok brought the journal into the cave when he's trying to destroy the drill. He obviously knew that he might not come back out alive and had no idea if he would run into us.

[summer igloo]

Ya bro could have brought it to the 3 broomsticks

[tulip osprey]

expelled = azkaban?

[tall orbit]

Nah, but murder = azkaban

You're talking about the avunculicide, right?

[tulip osprey]

talking about Sebastian

[midnight torrent]

why no professor garlick at the end of the avengers assemble scene?

[pine tree]

He get expelled and then awiats trial at the magisterium. Will likely end in azkaban though

[midnight torrent]

I wanted her to throw out like 50 cabbages

[tulip osprey]

But we don't know it yet. We only know he will face Magisterium

[pine tree]

I dont know, but I think only the ex-ministery of magic peeps show up by the looks of it, Shah, Kogawa and Howin arent there either

[tall orbit]

Use of unforgivable curse and murder of his uncle. Most likely he'll be deemed guilty and sent to azkaban.

[pine tree]

true! Im just saying that me personally think it will likely end in azkaban, but we dont get a difinitive answer to that

[tulip osprey]

Thought it was clearly written, had to test it. Seems like we don't really know but he will most probably end there yea
Can he end there that young tho?

[midnight torrent]

it truely sucks you cant "save" anne through sebastians quests

[pine tree]

holding out hope we get a second game that will continue her story!

[summer igloo]

welll not everything has a fairytale ending

[tall orbit]

Don't think wizarding world has some kind of juvenile court for minors

[pine tree]

maybe they will send him to mungos for a psychological investigation / treatment

give him a second chance later

[burnt raven]

i want seb and I vs the entire wizard world in hogwarts legacy 2

[fallen saddle]

Doing hog warts side quest after main story just exploring is such a nice feeling

[devout anvil]

I’m missing two side quests and I have no idea what they are. Lol.

I have the well and manor treasure ones, which seem to be the ones that gets missed. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[rancid river]

I finished the main story with the evil ending and it felt weird

My character chose to claim the power but in the end he sealed it? I thought he’s going to consume it all lol or maybe for safekeeping? Then just lie to the prof where it is hidden. Guess the good ending is the canon one 🤔

[remote nymph]

He's one of the more popular characters. I think they will bring him back somehow if they decide to do a sequel. I doubt the sentence to Azkaban will happen in that case.

[spice sand]

One of the big issues I’ve come across, is that I keep missing chests, like the one in the snidget dungeon

[feral crescent]

You can always check your completed quests in the pause menu and then cross reference them with a online list of all the side quests to see what you missed

[acoustic dune]

You need to use revelio alot more 😂😂😂

[spice sand]

That doesn’t do crap, considering even in the relic tomb, there’s just this whole gate that’s inaccessible.

The snidget one has a crate you’d think you’d use to climb up to get to the chest, but no.

[green kelp]

Just had the death of fig spoiled for me
Thats all i know but the amount of times i have seen that spoiler posted it makes me so angry

[remote nymph]

Why are you on the "Story-Spoilers" channel and complaining about people spoiling things for you?

[green kelp]

It wasnt spoiled from this server

This server has been good with big spoilers, some people dont realize something is a spoiler tho and drop it in general

[remote nymph]

If you don't want further spoilers, I would get out of this channel. We are free to talk about any spoilers here for those who have completed the game.

[green kelp]

I dont care at this point, fig dieing is the big moment of the game i assume as him and sebastian are the only characters i care about

[pulsar palm]

the fact that you face zero consequences for essentially assisting in the murder of Sebastians uncle is wild to me. It was such a good story up until that point but anything to do with dark arts gets hand waved away.

[spice sand]

They ran out of time to do multiple endings

[remote nymph]

Honestly he had it coming and I don't even like Sebastian all that much.

[spice sand]

I haven’t gotten the book yet, but I’m sure the makings of Hogwarts legacy must have something detailing that.

[remote nymph]

Sebastian is deliberately manipulative. But I absolutely hate the Uncle.

[spice sand]

Yes

[pulsar palm]

Flawed characters are fine, he was obsessive about his goal and wound up facing consequences. But we just... walk away and its only brought up during the ceremony then done.

[spice sand]

Fig’s death was disappointing anyway, if you choose to open the container. I only saw him get hit and that was it, but there’s an extra scene or whatever if you choose the good option

[strong zealot]

sebastian is by far my favourite char in HL

[remote nymph]

I can forgive Sebastian because he is a child.

But I cannot forgive a grown man for projecting all his own hate, fear and frustration onto a literal 15 year old whom he is responsible for and who is in an extremely vulnerable state.

[spice sand]

I thought it was dumb Harlow didn’t die but Rookwood did. I used Avada Kedavra on him too.

[pulsar palm]

Dark Arts are like drugs, you can't just tell people not to use them and expect them to just listen. You have to properly educate people.

I feel like I enjoyed the game the most when I didn't think about the story

[remote nymph]

Yeah and the lines were blurred between wanting to help Anne and just wanting to explore the Dark Arts. He justified it to himself but I think it's dubious at best.

[teal raft]

I think the unforgivable spells should have had more consequences in this game

[spice sand]

The whole using ancient magic to remove Anne’s pain seemed to also have been abandoned after the uncle’s death? Cause it wasn’t even brought up at all to the keepers like Sebastian requested.

[pulsar palm]

Yo yeah it was totally ditched and I thought i accidentally took a wrong story path and got the bad ending because of it

[teal raft]

Like, I used them all the time and only enemies took actual note of it, I'd have loved it if someone actually told you to stop using them or whatever

[remote nymph]

I'm curious if Sebastian did actually remove Anne's curse by sacrificing his Uncle in the catacombs. Would be a DLC or sequel plot twist

[teal raft]

He would have needed the prism thing for that I think

[mint musk]

👀 someone mentioned it earlier but I’m wondering if it get removed when we killed rookwood

[teal raft]

yeah I felt like they kinda left that to interpretation? We get to speak to ominis/sebastian but they don't mention if anne is actually better now

[remote nymph]

Tbh the end of the game felt like I was just finishing the prologue of a much bigger story. Not just the Main Story but Sebastian's as well.

Only Natty's and Poppy's really felt like they were finished, but even they could easily reopen into different adventures against Dark Wizards/Poachers in the future. I'm fairly sure they at least have a sequel in mind.

And (hopefully) at least have a draft of where that would lead.

[teal raft]

I really hope this game just gets a season 2 at some point, it'd be really cool

[remote nymph]

It has to. The choice at the end of the main story felt like the adventure was just beginning. Either siding with the Keepers or Isidora and to continue down their respective paths.

[teal raft]

I don't get it tho, maybe I have to rewatch the films/reread the books but wasn't the OWL's the graduation test for wizards? and apparently at the end of the main story we did those?

[remote nymph]

The OWLs are for 5th year students, but there is still years 6 and 7 with NEWTs being the final exam in 7th year

[teal raft]

ah

yeah I read those books long ago and the films too, I'm not super knowledgeable on harry potter stuff, thanks

[fallen saddle]

Why can’t we change our wand, when we get the Keepers’ wand? 😩
So this wand was a 1 time use, in the game and then you have it in your inventory, but you can’t equip it.. 😭😔

[remote nymph]

I'm guessing years 6 and 7 will be sequels.

[teal raft]

I hope if it will be a sequel then we can atleast import our character

[remote nymph]

I'm sure that would be an option. Similar to Mass Effect.

In fact, I think it probably will be a trilogy. Someone mentioned in one of the streams apparently a dev said "Hogwarts Legacy 2" before correcting himself - but unsure how accurate that is.

[midnight torrent]

anyone else thinks its kinda weird how big the world map is but almost no main quest stories lie in the lower half of the map except maybe 1 or 2 quests?

its all like filler side quests

[fallen saddle]

I mean if it took 4 years just to make the story we have now with dozens of gaps that shouldve been filled not filled then think how long it will take for them to make a good 2nd or 3rd game

[remote nymph]

I think the time was more about the technical aspects of the game as opposed to the narrative ones.

Also considering most of the foundation is already there (Castle/Surrounding area) they would probably not need a lot of time for a sequel compared to if they were making it in a completely different area. Ofc I could be wrong.

[fallen saddle]

Well rather than a sequel i would rather they just fix the holes in the story and add game modes like duels/multiplayer/quidditch

I mean if modders can do all that theyve done already in a week i dont see why a team couldnt

[remote nymph]

I don't think they'll make changes to the story tbh. Also just because there are some shortcomings in one game, doesn't mean they should give up on a sequel all together. Usually the shortcomings are addressed in a 2nd game.

[fallen saddle]

No but id rather save another 60 pound and just have them make 1 perfect game than 2 mid ones

[torpid turret]

I'd rather them do a proper multiplayer then half butted and tacked on

[fallen saddle]

Dont think they will do multiplayer

[torpid turret]

Nope

[surreal dune]

Can anyone help me? Im losing my mind. Ever since the update my game has been runnig smooth. Now im fighting ranrok and it glitching and super slow all of the sudden. I cant save while in battle and restart but i cant do this like this idk what to do

[midnight torrent]

maybe, close program and alter your graphics settings in the startup menu. that ranrok fight is pretty heavy

the autosave should have saved before the fight

[steady salmon]

So is Anne dying or is she just always in pain?

[steady salmon]

His uncle destroyed the relic before he even died so I really doubt Anne is okay. I just never understood if she’s Dying or if she’s always in pain

[fallen saddle]

Can the curse be reserved by killing ||Rockwood||?

[steady salmon]

I’m not sure. Hopefully that’s the case but I don’t see why it would be that simple

[fallen saddle]

It wasn't said even after finishing the questline. But I need to know 😭

[dusty lantern]

I dont think curses are reversed by the caster dying

[summer igloo]

No it’s not

You can do the curses after the rookwood fight so Ann is still sick

[torpid turret]

So it's all for Nothing lol

[tall orbit]

Some spells and charms are lifted when the caster die

[spice sand]

It’s too bad ancient magic didn’t really wind up being anything more powerful. I haven’t collected all of the hotspots yet, but I figured it was going to be a bigger deal.

[spark cloud]

wdym a bigger deal, you wipe the floor with big bad evil wizards like rookwood as if theyre little babies and ur like 15 years old 💀

[marble pivot]

Yeah. I kinda expected we would learn spells that were actually ancient magic instead of just the finishers we got. Don't get me wrong. They're brilliant but I can't help but expect more from magic that's supossedly able to fiddle with the universe itself on a grander scale than regular magic.

[spice sand]

That

[fierce wagon]

I picked the choice to release the dark magic into the world, and have been doing side-stuff to get 100%. I'm wondering, did choosing to do that change anything compared to being a keeper of the forbidden magic?

[marble pivot]

Not a thing. Wish it did. Like giving your character unlimited ancient magic meter if you chose to take it's power or reduced spell cooldown if you chose to keep it sealed.

[fierce wagon]

Hahaha, whaat? 😅

[tall orbit]

Honestly we didn't even have much knowledge about ancient magic after finishing the story. We know it's a thing and part of what it can do, but not what it is. The keeper's goal is just to ignore it until it is not a problem anymore.

[fierce wagon]

That's pretty much what I gathered too, then wondered what the intention was behind creating the Ancient Magic (the story writers), I'd be disappointed if this isn't expanded upon

[tall orbit]

Wasn't impressed by the story. Just another "Hero with unique innate ability save the day, mentor figure dies" story.
I'd rather have more in-depth school life like house cups, curfew, sneaking into restricted section of the library not as a one-off quest but on a daily basis.
And relationship/friendship building, brining friends/companion onto adventures

[fierce wagon]

Yeah, being the only kid with the ability to see and use ancient magic is a mary/gary sue trope

[tall orbit]

Yea no. Don't believe that one bit

[fierce wagon]

And makes our character rather isolated from the other students, but it's understandable why no relationships or romance arcs were created

[royal pendant]

I think there is no romance stuff because our characters are still very young.

[fierce wagon]

Facts

[strange flax]

im 8 hrs into the game how much longer for hippogriff mount?

@void otter I was asking how long it takes to get hippogriff mount

[young stump]

You just have to keep playing

[strange flax]

alr

[void otter]

oh not much longer just pay attention to poppy

[strange flax]

alr ty

[steady forum]

Yeah this isn't Rockstar were talking about. Causing the gay boys in Bully to fight eachother in the hallway because your male character kissed one.

[maiden bison]

How's the game so far for y'all
It's a masterpiece for me 😍

[little zealot]

you need to do the main story quest with onai

[fierce wagon]

Hard agree

[fierce wagon]

@kindred walrus this is your channel

[restive isle]

Ight i managed the fight
I'm crying over fig

[acoustic geode]

Hi everyone. Not sure if this is the right channel/section to ask this question. What happens if during "character creation" you choose "witch(gender) and wizard(dormitory) or vice versa"?

[outer minnow]

I did like the story but as you said a more school life story would of been more amazing similar to the bully game!

[burnt raven]

most interactive part of the game is petting cats and spinning globes

[fallen saddle]

Lol the cats meow like they are sick

[ivory token]

I’m stuck on this trial quest and you’ve got to go to this coast place far away and try kill this dragon looking thing but it’s so hard anyone got tips

I can’t even use curses

[tulip osprey]

You need to stay far away, keep avoiding his attacks, use the items around you to throw them at him, have patience and don't rush

[gusty sleet]

ok but can i just say the art in the third trial, no matter how glitchy, was just chefs kiss I mean for how the game has been so far on ps5 and how they did the deathly hallows in the movies i think that they did pretty cool

[fallen saddle]

You're not wrong I loved that quest

[gusty sleet]

I mean my hair went through the basin at the end of the quest, and you kinda knew right away with the art style what it was going to be, but it was a nice shift

[fallen saddle]

Most definitely

[royal pendant]

Question: If we don't turn Sebastian in... where will he go at the end of the school year? Home to the uncle's house that is full of bad memories? Living there all by himself with just 15 years? 🧐

Or will he join us in the Orphanage 🥲

[torpid turret]

Plot twist, he is our brother

[royal pendant]

I really wanna know xD where will he go. Where will we go? Back to the Orphanage, not speaking about magic for the rest of the (every) summer? Dang.

[burnt raven]

with the ancient magic i think you are far beyond a normal student, you are the new keeper, you either absorbed it and are going to be busy using it, or you need to be near it at hogwarts and keep it safe. im sure the ministry will also want to have a word with you seeing as they knew you had ancient magic affinity and sent you to hogwarts for that reason. and as a top g boss in the wizarding world you can bring along your friend seb who totally didn't kill anyone and is completely innocent

[junior jackal]

I agree! Seb did nothing wrong!!

[tulip osprey]

If by "nothing" you mean "kill his uncle, use every unforgivable spell, uses a dark magic book and relic" then I agree too, he did nothing wrong

[torpid turret]

Killed a civilian* not like he is evil or trying to kill. The uncle I mean

But yes, completely

[summer igloo]

It was all for good intentions tho

[torpid turret]

It was Solomon's fault for not saying the safe word :v

[torpid turret]

So? Tell me that, rob a bank and say your intentions were good by giving to the poor. Does work that way

[summer igloo]

That’s just Robin Hood lol

[torpid turret]

:v

[distant lintel]

In all fairness, if Ominis and our character hadn't gotten involved when we did, then Sabastian likely would've gone down a path of no return.

[torpid turret]

Sabastian seemed determined to do it by himself. He'd find someone else

We didn't push him

[summer igloo]

Fr classic slytherin determination

[torpid turret]

However, we were involved.

[distant lintel]

I meant that if Ominis and us didn't stop him when he started using the relic, then he probably would've just gone full bad guy. Sabastian's a good kid, but his desperation was forcing him to make some bad choices.

[fallen saddle]

Facts

[summer igloo]

Do u think the relic could have saved Ann

[torpid turret]

He still did what he did when there were many different ways to do it. He used imperio and scared his sister in a brutal way

[summer igloo]

He tried all the different ways already tho and none worked

[distant lintel]

It was probably a monkey's paw of a sort. It would've ended the curse, but it may have replaced it with something worse. That, or Sabastian would've been corrupted by it.

[torpid turret]

He definitely didn't have to force a goblin to cut his own throat right in front of Anne, now did he

[summer igloo]

:(

[fallen saddle]

the way you say this so nonchalantly makes me laugh

[distant lintel]

I mean he didn't have to do anything. The fact is, Sabastian had power to help his sister by any means necessary, and he believed that he needed to. To Sabastian, results are what mattered most because he was desperate to save his sister.

[torpid turret]

I'm not blaming him for using the curses, I'm blaming him for HOW he used them

[torpid turret]

🤣

[distant lintel]

And him using Imperio in such a cold blooded fashion showed that he was making a mistake by going down this path. His flippant use of Unforgivable Curses was causing him to let go of his humanity, making these brutal acts easier for him.

[torpid turret]

Oh I know the intention the devs were making. It worked

[summer igloo]

Bro is anakin

[torpid turret]

Sabby to me, is the start of a mad man with access to the dark arts

[distant lintel]

More or less, yeah. Sabastian definitely represented the Slytherin determination taken to the extreme. When left unchecked, it can turn to an obsession, which means more and more compromises become acceptable.

[knotty pasture]

he could have used any other spell to idk, push the goblin away, accio, etc
@summer igloo not at all, Anakin had Palpatine bsing hin 24/7, Sebastian does it all on his own

[distant lintel]

It's why I like Ominis so much. Despite him being the "purest" of the Slytherin, he puts his determination into ensuring his friend doesn't go down the wrong path.

[uncut blaze]

Hallo, I rejected all 3 Cursed Spells and finished almost all of the story is there any chance for me to get the Spells now?
I went to the Guard of the cursed spells place and Sebastian wasnt there can anyone pls help?

[distant lintel]

Sabastian can teach you curses you don't know in the Undercroft after you finish the story.

[knotty pasture]

if you sent him to Azkaban he's gone, otherwise he's in the undercroft

[uncut blaze]

I went there he wasnt there

[junior jackal]

Fr! I stood by and said why did u not use Expelliarmus?! Why expose us lmaooo

[torpid turret]

Is this confirmed

[distant lintel]

I didn't turn him in, and he was there to teach me Avada Kadavra.

[uncut blaze]

Not for me ...

[junior jackal]

Thats why we Ravens and Slyths get along lol

[uncut blaze]

I just have 1 last mission and thats to get 34 to win the School thing and thats it

[distant lintel]

Once you have the little memorial for Fig, Sabastian will be in the Undercroft after he talks to you.

[knotty pasture]

I said no one should learn those spells, got to the undercroft and learnt it, then yeeted him to Azkaban... like Palpatine would say: For a safe and secure society

[summer igloo]

I mean they are very similar tho anakin wants to save padme and Sebastian wants to save Ann

[royal pendant]

Welp let's not forget that Dumbledore my killed his own sister. At least he was involved tho.

Dumbledore isn't a bad guy too but he did some bad stuff as well.

[knotty pasture]

yes, but the death of Padme, and his mother was staged, and he had Palpatine corrupting him for 10 or so years

[uncut blaze]

idk brother I just cant get those spells

[torpid turret]

The difference is that Ankin was considered evil :p

[summer igloo]

Still doesn’t change the fast they are alike in many ways

[torpid turret]

I know

[distant lintel]

Well then maybe he just doesn't teach them to Gryffindor. lol

[uncut blaze]

Idk its not cool I want those spells LMAo

I rejected all of them

[junior jackal]

Lmao that would be insane if u couldnt learn them due to ur house

[torpid turret]

Why reject when you want to learn?

[royal pendant]

I haven't learned any of the curses, just in case it becomes relevant in an addon.

[uncut blaze]

I thought it would effect maybe the Story line and I didnt want that

[summer igloo]

I thought it would change the story too but oh well

[distant lintel]

Maybe if you reject all of them they just don't become available.

[grave scroll]

I learned them lorewise "just incase". Like, even Harry resorted to use Imperio in the last book

[junior jackal]

I played too much kotor to know i can use the dark sides powers with a good guy play through so it was instant dark magic for me

[distant lintel]

lol I'm glad I'm not the only Kotor fan using Kotor logic in this game. 😂

[grave scroll]

Kotor system wouldve been perfect for this game. Hopefully sequel will have something like that

[torpid turret]

I wish

[knotty pasture]

ME3s system is much superior to Kotor imo

[distant lintel]

it's almost like the same studio made it

[arctic surge]

Did anyone else find the final boss a huge let down? Boring and repetitive for a final boss fight

[knotty pasture]

my point was why should they use an inferior system when there's a better one

[uncut blaze]

the whole game is to easy

[knotty pasture]

idk, he didn't survive me pressing LB+RB 3 times

[uncut blaze]

I finished main story and 60% side quests in 1 1/2 days

[distant lintel]

That's more or less how most bosses go down for me. Maxima Potion plus two or three Ancient Magic attacks.

[knotty pasture]

the biggest let down is that gear scales too well and you're just op by that point

[uncut blaze]

Is there anything to do after finishing side quests and main story?

[arctic surge]

What mode?

[fallen saddle]

I had Sebastian teach me Avada then suggested to turn him in

[distant lintel]

Map exploration, challenge completion, and Room of Requirements.

[knotty pasture]

didn't even use potions
@arctic surge hard

[uncut blaze]

I have like 7% map exploration

[fallen saddle]

Get to exploring then

[knotty pasture]

2nd pensive fight was a lot more interesting because of the adds

[distant lintel]

Then you must've done 0 side quests then. lol

[uncut blaze]

93% Quests and Map 11%

[distant lintel]

Ooooh! That makes more sense. lol

Yeah, in that case, I'd say Room of Requirements and challenge completions are your only real activity left in the game.

[junior jackal]

I have like 2 more side quest to do and im pretty sure it involves the stars and Merlins challenges

[uncut blaze]

I just want those 3 Spells xD

[knotty pasture]

every professor appearing felt like ME2s suicide mission, but without the good buildup to that

[distant lintel]

lol then I guess you better make a new character who don't give a damn about no morals. haha

Agreed, the ending was definitely rushed. I'd assumed the relationship quests would've factored in to who your allies were, but they basically just amounted to an unceremonious pat on the back from Weasley.

It still baffles me that we didn't get a relationship quest from Ravenclaw.

[junior jackal]

Its okay @distant lintel you and me talking about kotr is the relationship quest between our houses

[distant lintel]

lol I always figured Slytherin and Ravenclaw interactions would result in debating random nerdy topics.

But yeah, outside of Amid and that one trouble maker with the glasses, there aren't really any Ravenclaw students that you bond with. And even then, I can't exactly say that the two I mentioned were all that spectacular to be around. One got you in trouble and the other just kept complaining the whole time.

[mellow hedge]

Spoiler for anybody curious, you have to actually play as all four houses to the point where you find the map chamber in order to platinum the game

[torpid turret]

Oh, you don't have to beat the game?

[fallen saddle]

I just finished niam quest, when will i get avada?

[distant lintel]

You can get any curses you don't have in the Undercroft from Sabastian once you finish the msq.

[naive horizon]

just finished it! 10/10 honestly

[distant lintel]

I feel like the ending was a bit rushed and ended with too many loose ends for my liking. I'm not unsatisfied with the journey, but I definitely hope we get story expansions in the future.

[fallen saddle]

Is the quest name in the shadow of mountain?

[oblique iron]

agreed, or maybe a part two but added onto the game where no second purchase of a pt.2 game

[naive horizon]

i get what you mean, i was really hoping to finding a cure for Anne

[distant lintel]

Also I was anticipating for Isidora to be way more relevant than she ended up being. Plus we have no clue about why we're gifted with Ancient Magic or what that all entails for us. Then you have loose ends for all the relationship quests (plus no Ravenclaw relationship) and it feels like a very solid Part 1 of a story.

[naive horizon]

yeah i want to know where my parents are hahah

[spice sand]

Has anyone actually turned in Sebastian? People were complaining about there being no consequences, but this article claims he gets expelled.

[shy herald]

He does get expelled and you lose out in future interactions up to that point

[distant lintel]

Yeah, if you turn him in he get arrested off screen. I didn't turn him, but I'm glad I didn't since arresting him is super underwhelming.

[shy herald]

It also wouldn’t allow him to learn the truth that it wasn’t a goblin but a dark wizard who cursed Anne

[knotty pasture]

No, Ominis tells you that he was allowed to speak with him before he got taken away, and he told Seb that it was Rockwood

In any case Seb will end up hating both Goblins and Dark Wizards

[shy herald]

Thanks Felicia I just assumed that scene would be omitted. I never turned him in and actually saved the progress on another slot cuz I’m too much of a seb simp. It makes sense Ominis shows up to take his place in that scene after the eulogy

[mellow hedge]

No

[golden prairie]

Idk why some people snitched on Sebastian when he didn’t snitch on you at the library

[oblique trellis]

I also have no idea why someone would do that

[golden prairie]

People will say he was sussy from beginning but also let him teach you curses 🤦

[oblique trellis]

yeah.. in my opinion he is the best written character in the whole game

[knotty pasture]

how so?

[fallen saddle]

Snitches get stitches

[oblique trellis]

do you mean me? ^^

[knotty pasture]

yes

[oblique trellis]

Well from my point of view Sebastian is the only one friend who really has character development and is also in a morally grey area in his story. You even get to know his family. I didnt have that connection at all to Natty or Poppy (even though the quests with Poppy are fun and she is lovely) but I feel like our character is really a friend of Sebastian, he gets involved into the main story a lot and you cant help but feel sorry for him and also torn between him and Ominis.

Its not always just black and white like we used to know the Harry Potter universe, I think it gives a good glance at the dark magic, which he tries to use to do something good. Of course he gets on the wrong path but there are many factors who play into it -> the desperation to fine a cure, the obsession with dark arts in general, the harsh reactions of his uncle, who doesnt even try to understand him and the helplessness of Ominis

[knotty pasture]

I am not sure the uncle never tried to, you only know that Sebastian never accepted his answer to it
coupled with a few other traits you see as the story unfolds he actually has a quite dark/shady character, not actually grey

[fallen saddle]

I agree because, it seemed like our character really wanted to be friends with Sebastian and was showing more personality with him than with other characters. Like there's one mission where the character is basically upset with him lol

[knotty pasture]

also I think you didn't listen to the small conversations after the classes he has, they're quite telling about his character and intentions

[shy herald]

Adding Seb into the main story was good. It’s too bad Poppy and Natty didn’t get as much involved. I really want to know more about those two.

It was wishful thinking on my part I’d get a Suicide Mission (like in ME) where all my friends come together to help me stop Ranrok and do whatever with the Repository. I mean the teachers were cool but it would have felt so much more like the story I had in my head had it been my friends.

Anyway, Sebs story with the Triptych and Relic was well written and for me was way more enjoyable than the main story plot.

[oblique trellis]

Well right in the first scene with his uncle, he is yelling at him for trying to make his sister happy, like a little present, even if it was in hopes of a cure, the guy is 15. He is a child. His uncle is yelling at him, not even saying hello, nothing. And then blames Sebastian for his sister having pain from the curse. Then blames him because he is his fathers son. I get his frustration with Sebastian, but he is the adult, he should know better. He even brings a friend and the uncle has the nerve to blow up at him. Its his sister after all, more precisely, his twin.

[knotty pasture]

It was wishful thinking on my part I’d get a Suicide Mission (like in ME) where all my friends come together to help me stop Ranrok and do whatever with the Repository.
the dialogue at the start of the game hints a lot towards you having a lot more interactions with your classmates, and actually goes into the direction of "it would be good if you befriend some, otherwise bad stuff might happen"

[shy herald]

THIS ^

[oblique trellis]

Yes! And Sebastian is upset with our character. It feels like a real friendship. Yes it gets dark, yes is pretty unfair to Ominis and also to us. But its a highly emotional situation. What I dont like its that people tend to think he is sus in the beginning because he is Slytherin. Heard that a few times tbh. Like, people just expect bad things from Slytherin students. And I dont like it :D

[shy herald]

Yah when we started arguing with him and there was a small clash. I really enjoyed that.

[oblique trellis]

Hell yeah! I was just saying that to a friend today - I wish we would have had a mission with ALL our friends. Because as we can see in Harry Potter, Harry is truly strong only with the support of his friends!

[fallen saddle]

I know right not all of us are jerks lol but yeah, I loved that story with him and I really hope in the future we'll be able to help Anne or at least hear more about that story.

[knotty pasture]

What I dont like its that people tend to think he is sus in the beginning because he is Slytherin. Heard that a few times tbh. Like, people just expect bad things from Slytherin students. And I dont like it 😄
start a new game and actually listen to him after the first few classes. he is NOT a nice guy

[oblique trellis]

Yeah because with the other friends its always just happy and almost a bit shallow? Like I want emotions in a relationship

[oblique trellis]

Well now that the sequel is pretty much safe, I really hope so too! We got to know all our friends and now they can build up on that!

[shy herald]

I keep seeing the 6th year and 7th year rooms and I’m like… future sequel?

[oblique trellis]

I am on my second playthrough and know pretty much every interaction with him. ^^ I also dont want him to be a nice guy, we have plenty of that in Hogwarts and they are all shallow. I got the impression that he is very loyal, once you are his friend. There was no need for him to cover us. Yes, he said he likes his friends to be in his debt, I saw it as a joke and he never brings it up again.

[fallen saddle]

Facts

[oblique trellis]

Hopefully! The whole story has so much potential!

[knotty pasture]

not just interaction with you, but dialog between others which you can just listen to

[oblique trellis]

Oh, what interactions do you mean exactly? I am interested to listen to your point of view (:

[knotty pasture]

like for example after your first charms class he talks with Ominis about accioing people around, and there are a few others, all kind of "oh he's just making weird comments", but the point is if you take them all together the picture of him gets quite dark

[oblique trellis]

Okay, interesting, thats never how I interpreted them actually. I thought the conversation was about him proving a point that Accio actually also works on people, whereas Ominis says No, it would only work because you are using Accio on their clothes. So I thought it was about how Accio works

[knotty pasture]

that's exactly my point, in isolation you can think "oh he's just saying weird stuff", but the frequency and how he acts otherwise do tell you a lot long before you even start his quest line

[oblique trellis]

Well, I think its a fact that he is pretty much into Dark Arts anyway, like he said, people should learn the Dark Arts and how to use them responsibly. I never had the intention that he would use them for pure evil purposes at all. I have to admit though that I felt like the use of AK on his uncle was not necessary. But then I guess it was out of rage / growing hatred but then again... we are talking about 15 year olds. Strangely enough I still just feel bad for him, even after what he did. So no, I did not turn him in. No 15 year old should be in Azkaban anyway. ^^

[knotty pasture]

imperio on the goblin before that was also questionable at best, the only understandable use was crucio in his first quest, because otherwise the 3 would have just starved there

[oblique trellis]

I honestly dont even really care about the goblin. If he just Confringos him or slices him to pieces with Diffindo or smashes him to the ground, or uses Imperio and lets him kill himself, at that point there was no difference. In the end you kill.

If we take that further we could also criticize our character for letting people explode with our Ancient Magic spell or killing dozens of people and animals

[knotty pasture]

Accio or Levioso would have worked as well, sure you kill stuff for gameplay reasons, but for him cutscene wise there wouldn't have been a reason for him to do so

also in the first defense against dark arts thing where you duel him later he tried to Bombarda and completely fumbles it

[oblique trellis]

Yes, there was a choice to use an unforgivable spell, but as how I see it, he does anything to protect his sister. We all killed Goblins before, even Solomon. I get what you mean that it was unnecessary to use an Unforgivable curse but I think that was a scene for character and story development and it kinda makes sense for his character and his intentions. I just wasnt shocked or saw it in a bad way

[oblique trellis]

Thats true, a bit ambitious. Interestingly enough Hecat didnt really care that much ^^

[knotty pasture]

I wasn't shocked myself, it was pretty clear from how his quests were structured, even in the first playthrough, that he'd use it
it was just, in my opinion, irrational

[oblique trellis]

Yeah, okay, I get that!

[shrewd hull]

"In The Shadow of The Mountain" bug
Upon getting to the Troll fight section and defeating the Troll + all the other enemies, it is still prompting me to "Defeat the Troll" as the main objective.

I tried posting this in the game help area, but I'm on cooldown

[oblique trellis]

restarting the quest wont help? I never had that bug so I cant really help I think :/

[shrewd hull]

How do I restart the quest?

[shy herald]

Try to die or abandon it

[oblique trellis]

yeah, this

[shrewd hull]

Ahh got it, thank you

[shy herald]

If you go to menu and unselect the active quest it will ask if ur sure u wanna abandon

[midnight torrent]

anyone else find it kinda odd we kinda like kidnapped highwing from poppy? Like it seems like poppy and highwing had a bigger connection and we just "rescued" highwing and it feels weird even with poppy's blessing

[fallen saddle]

ye that was odd. I was expecting we could bring poppy to the vivariums

[knotty pasture]

I played the first playthrough with a few friends and we were all like

eh, we just call it poaching instead of "rescuing"

[midnight torrent]

I thought we were bringing highwing to poppy, but I guess they'll never see each other again

[noble dirge]

Well poppy did say that high wing took to us more than anyone else, which includes her most likely. We did end up telling Poppy that high wing was safe and we were looking after them. It would’ve been cool if a scene would’ve shown us flying in on high wing to a poppy cutscene

[torpid turret]

Yea, safe in our bag

[noble dirge]

lol i have high wing in the vivarium and i don’t really take her out unless i’m going to poppy

[safe jewel]

Just finished the dark magic story line, I hurt now

[abstract kestrel]

Im stuck in the Ranrock Dragon Fight, in the last 1/3 of his health. ain't got no healt potions left. if i abandon and restart. where will i restart? at the start of his fight or way earlier? and nothing seems to really do damage except throwing his rocks back at him after doing 3 of those spheres and ancient magic, not even avada kedavra seems to do dmg after removing his shield by striking the spheres. am i missing something?

And a lot of the time my camera will get stuck at him so i cant do the spheres.

[knotty pasture]

you might accidentally press the right stick if you play with a gamepad and target lock
but ya, it's just hit the orbs with the correct color and then shoot the dragon or just ancient magic it, dunno about your gear but for me each use drained a complete phase of the hp bar

completely upgrading your gear, even without runes gives you 3-4x damage easily

[abstract kestrel]

im playing on pc with the keyboard. my stats are Health: 1885 Defence: 226 Offence: 296 and everything except for ancient magic seems to do miniscule dmg

[knotty pasture]

I play on pc as well, but with a controller, I don't like how the camera snaps to targets in this game, makes mouse look in fights feel very sluggish

iirc my stats were also around 300 at that point

though enemies do scale with your level

[abstract kestrel]

i am level 30

[shy herald]

That fight really is all about hitting the colors with the right spells (praise colorblind options). And when he is targetable just unload dmg spells and if you have AM up def spam that. Bursting the last bubble above him should kill him and it starts the cutscene after the last bubble whatever color is broken.

[fallen saddle]

am i missing something for unlocking Sebastian quests? trying to learn imperio and all it says is be lvl 17 to trigger quest but im lvl 19 and dont have any sebastian quests...is there a certain trigger?

[shy herald]

Did you finish Main Quest Fire and Vice?

[shrewd hull]

||does anybody know how many more main quests there are after defeating Ranrok? i know the story is fully complete but there still are main quests"||

[shy herald]

Two more

[golden prairie]

justice for Tobbs

find his "master"

[mental pilot]

Agreed. Use our powers for good and kill lots of house elf masters.

[rancid river]

Anyone having a problem with the battle arena not registering on the trophy progress? Stuck in 50%

[marble pivot]

Yeah. I thought it was kinda strange. At least I thought we'd be able to take her to the room of requirement and show her highwing in a vivarium. Maybe a relationship quest where we both fly on highwing.

[burnt raven]

my question is whats gonna happen to all those animals in the room of requirement when someone elses uses it?

does poaching die down and they are eventually released? kinda doesnt seem probable as voldy went to the forest and was killing unicorns with ease in the 1st movie

[distant lintel]

The Room of Requirement is different for different people. So our room and someone else’s room can exist at the same time. So the animals are fine.

[burnt raven]

so why doesn't every student enter it? wouldn't that be a good way to give everyone their own dorm, study hall, etc?

[distant lintel]

Not every student can enter it. They need to desire something strongly in order to access it, and even then it may not always work. We got access to it because we were in need of privacy that the house commons couldn’t provide, and we get continued access through by having a shortcut there through Deek.

[burnt raven]

so technically you or deek eventually let the animals go? or can the room be passed to someone else after you die?

[pine tree]

Also the room is secret, it's not like everyone knows how to find it. Hermoine mentions it too, "You found it Neville, the room of requirement!"

[distant lintel]

It’s likely. The animal handler in Hogsmede buys and cares for animals elsewhere.

[haughty trench]

i cant explain how much this game brings back so much nostalgia, the amount of fun running around and going to classes, doing achievments, murdering poachers i love it, i just got 45/45 for achievements and it has been a blast, time to start my seconds play through

[burnt raven]

but did you pet every cat?

[haughty trench]

Does merlin have a beard?

[weak tundra]

um wat? on the last quest i select4ed ti wanted to use the power and not have the repository be back?

i wanted to use that red power for myself but my characther still put it in the reporistory

[fallen saddle]

Yeah all it does is show who you are as a player lol. You don't get to use that power nor does it have any real backlash

[keen sequoia]

||after seb kills his uncle and there is the dialogue option where you can choose to say that he took it too far or that everyone should know the spell, I chose the first one and I didnt get to learn avada like the quest said, but then he says to meet him in the undercroft, have I lost my one chance to get the spell or will i get to choose again in the undercroft?||

[fallen saddle]

You will be able to get it afterwards
But that also depends on an option of yours later

[keen sequoia]

I def going to get it next time, I was wanting to get it originally I just didnt realise i chose the wrong answer, thanks for telling me, afterwards I felt so bad thinking I ruined my entire savefile

[fallen saddle]

Yeah I changed my answer after not getting it haha

[marble pivot]

I think if you don't turn him in at the end of his questline you can still learn the curses.

[high grail]

|| I feel bad for gaslighting him but I had to complete the spell collection ||

[marble pivot]

I think you can approach it as not gaslighting him at the end, if you don't turn him in and learn them in the undercroft.

[fallen saddle]

I don’t know what ending to get shall I control the bad magic

[fallen saddle]

Me personally I did the good ending lol

[zealous harbor]

you mean the dark arts?

yall beat the game already?

[summer igloo]

Yaaa

[knotty pasture]

the game isn't that long if you don't commit to the collectathon (though you need a certain percentage to win the house cup from what I've seen)

[arctic flax]

Yeah if I remember right there was only like 34 main quests. But the side quests add up though

[knotty pasture]

most of which are not necessary for the story

grinding through the story until main quest 30 iirc actually makes the game a lot easier and especially faster as well

[arctic flax]

Yeah when I beat ranrok I was like level 31. I did a bunch of side stuff making myself more powerful before the end

[knotty pasture]

if you don't have access to the loom/not use it the game can be challenging on the first playthrough if you do as much as you can before the main quests
but if you get the loom and upgrade gear you start to faceroll everything

[tulip osprey]

Can't wait to have good ~~mods ~~ updates on pc

[knotty pasture]

I would like to see an update with added difficulties

[tulip osprey]

Currently doing my last few Treasure Vaults and then... Nothing more to do in game 😦

[remote nymph]

So on rewatching the memories it's apparent that Isidora modified her memory to imagine that her father said "thank you" afterwards when that didn't happen in Charle's memory and the slight "static" in Isidora's probably means hers was the modified one.

Also is it ever expanded upon why the Keeper's destroyed Isidora's portrait? Is it even confirmed that they did? Or are they just wanting to silence her and make sure no one follows in her footsteps?

[abstract kestrel]

@knotty pasture @shy herald lol i just did the fight today on my first try after i put only ancient magic enchantments into my equipment. 3x Ancient Magic Attacks and Poooooof 😮

[knotty pasture]

yup

the game def needs higher difficulty levels

replaying the start for the achievements I wish there were more options to take someone with (one from each house)

and that it would actually effect something (sure some dialog is a little different, but not much)

[dapper sapphire]

What on earth is boils? There is apparently a potion to cure it

[fallen saddle]

Giant bumps on certain part of the body

[vivid nacelle]

In what house does the Azkaban mission happen?

[shy herald]

Yes I agree. Added difficulty would be brilliant!

[pine tree]

Hufflepuff

[royal bolt]

Yup Hufflepuff

[swift pine]

What

There are different quests like that? O_O

[royal bolt]

This is an early quest before encountering the Map Chamber

[swift pine]

[kindred walrus]

Hey just a question why are mods disallowed on this game?

[agile ice]

It’s against the eula I believe

[little zealot]

BISCUIT.... sob sob... what am i suppsoed to do without her ...sob. ...

[midnight pawn]

Its 1 different quest per house. The jackdaw quest that leads you to the map chamber. Gryffindor does the headless hunt like Harry did with Nearly Headless Nick

[gloomy chasm]

so two chances to learn it in the same quest? or different quests

[marble pivot]

Not a quest per say, but if you don't turn sebastian in at the end of his quest you can learn the curses after. I believe.

[oblique trellis]

@marble pivot That is correct

[marble pivot]

I couldn't remmeber if you refused to learn all of them that he wouldn't teach you any because you stood by them being unforgivable. For me I think the only unforgivable curse is the cruciatus curse

[ashen sandal]

When do we get Christmas decor? It’s winter time where I’m at in the game. I just learned transfiguration and have yet to see the great hall decorated for Christmas

[primal oracle]

Bro it's been a couple weeks

[pulsar mauve]

I’m 40% done cause I’m just messing around with side quests and decoration and I take breaks

I’m going for 100% hufflepuff normal mode, and then 100% on all houses on hard as well

[small scarab]

Holy that ps5 exclusive quest was amazing

[midnight torrent]

im jealous of all the ps5 owners. I wanna run around a resident evil mannequin house

[fallen saddle]

Hufflepuff

[fallen saddle]

I haven’t gotten that far yet and I’m done with the main quest line

[midnight torrent]

i think the ps5 exclusive quest released today right?

[fallen saddle]

Honestly no idea, I didn’t know it had a release date for it

[midnight torrent]

i seen a lot of tiktok lives playing it today, thats how I found out about it

[turbid zinc]

I’m playing video games for over 20 years, love RPGs, and this might be the best quest I’ve ever played

[midnight torrent]

making me jealous i see, a true slytherin

[fallen saddle]

ranrok gave me a run for my money lol

[turbid zinc]

Best RPGs I’ve played:

1. Hogwarts Legacy
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 1-3
3. Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets (Gameboy Color Version)
4. Octopath Traveller

[fallen saddle]

I agree that hogwarts legacy is one of the best rpgs

[turbid zinc]

Think about it. Avalanche only did Disney Infinity and some small stuff? - and now they‘re beating records of Rockstar and Square Enix

[fallen saddle]

I know it’s kinda crazy lol

[turbid zinc]

They quest got everything. A horror atmosphere Stephen King couldn’t write better, it’s long, hard, really good bosses, decent plot, a unique gameplay mechanic …and is worth the achievement

[small scarab]

not released today but it is like a year exclusive to ps5

[knotty pasture]

uff as an rpg I'd say it's rather weak, esp if one's accustomed to bioware games

[turbid zinc]

It’s definitely better than bladurs gate or mass effect

[knotty pasture]

how so?

[cunning bobcat]

Anyone else hoping Professor Weasly becomes our Dumbledore now that 🥹 Professor Fig is gone. Because well he's not gonna be our Dumbledore.

[tribal arrow]

did u never play Nier Automata?

[crude ridge]

@tribal arrow linking here, who is krypta?

[tribal arrow]

wait its german word, english is crypt

where you learn confringo

[knotty pasture]

that's the dungeon

[crude ridge]

so wait-- you can learn the 3 curses outside of the story? is that true or misinformation?

[knotty pasture]

true

[tribal arrow]

No if you decide to not learn them

sebastian will teach you after his story depending on your decisions

[crude ridge]

so yeah its what i feared, you miss your chance, you don't learn them

[tribal arrow]

if you turn him in you won’t be able to learn them if you didnt learn them in tje story

[knotty pasture]

you can find Sebastian in the undercroft to learn the spells up until you yeet him to azkaban

[crude ridge]

i think i understand

[tribal arrow]

so you dont have to finish his story line first?

[crude ridge]

is there an option where you don't send him to askaban and stop him from doing the 'unforgivable'

[runic sinew]

Nope

[tribal arrow]

You can decide if you want to snitch or not but he is evil xd

[runic sinew]

He will do it always

[crude ridge]

TT that's sad. i like him. guess it depends how the story goes.

[knotty pasture]

no, you can actually tell him that no one should learn the killing curse, then teleport to the undercroft, learn it, and then tell on him

[runic sinew]

Wouldn’t call him evil just a teen trying to save his sister who’s going a tad to far lmfao

[crude ridge]

its not right to be 'evil' for being driven to save your twin sister from a freaking curse

[tribal arrow]

i assume you both know what i mean with evil xd

[runic sinew]

I am stupid so don’t count on it

[tribal arrow]

i mean technically he is evil since he killed his uncle

[runic sinew]

Can I say that?

[runic sinew]

Yeah but his uncle rlly should’ve done better. I get both their sides but ones a hormonal teenager and the other an adult and he sucks at emotional maturity

[knotty pasture]

if you listen to him outside of his story you'll notice that he is not just trying to save his sister, but that he has a bad streak in any case

[runic sinew]

Well he’s more extreme but not inherently evil I’d say

Not good but not evil yk

[knotty pasture]

I think he is, based on all the comments he's doing, they seem fine in isolation, but the amount doesn't paint a pretty picture

[runic sinew]

Meh I think it’s not right but it’s not like I don’t get where he is coming from

[crude ridge]

i heard his conversations but nothing scream 'bad or evil'. he's open minded

I would of bet anything that ancient magic could of removed the curse, if i had a chance

or find a way to crack the curse. in the hogwarts legacy universe, if i could-- id have my character be a cursebreaker

[runic sinew]

Yeah. He’s anti-goblins but it’s understandable since he believes they cursed his sister. Doesn’t make his hatred right or correct in anyway but I don’t think him feeling that way makes him evil especially cuz the ones we fight do fight alongside Ranrok

[tribal arrow]

That anti goblins depends on your decisions

[knotty pasture]

"it be fun to yoink people around with accio, if you're so inclined" (first part not 100% accurate)
"I like people in my debt"
and a few others

[runic sinew]

Maybe but I feel like it could backfire like with Isadora and the emotions she tampered with

[runic sinew]

Girl that’s just someone being cunning not evil I’d say

[runic sinew]

He doesn’t like goblins from the start cuz of his sister. He only changes his mind when you tell him the truth so eh

[knotty pasture]

not really fitting the definition of "cunning", but okay

[crude ridge]

yeah but certain things you cant. like i may be going out of things here, but i learned from magic and fantasy fiction, curses work under certain rules. "Children should be seen and not heard" was a clue that means she was caused pain whenever she thought of what happened. if you could remove the memory-- perhaps the curse would become benine

[tribal arrow]

yes and you can only tell him the truth if you dont snitch xd

[runic sinew]

True

[crude ridge]

and there is a simple solution, the pensives . you could remove the memory and see what she seen without risking the curse

[runic sinew]

But my ass ain’t snitching on him ever his uncle had it coming should’ve been emotionally matured lmfao (jk doesn’t justify him killing his uncle but yk)

[crude ridge]

but im going off the deep end with my imagination-- like most ravenclaws do 😛

[knotty pasture]

Ominis will tell him if you do

[runic sinew]

How does ominis know

[tribal arrow]

He cant because if you snitch sebastian gets lifetime vacation in the holy triangle

[crude ridge]

I like Omnis too. he's tragic and had to deal with alot, not ot mention blind, but awesome he can sense with his wand

i been honoring omnis' trust despite loyalty to sebastian

[runic sinew]

Ominis is best boy

[knotty pasture]

You tell him, he then is able to speak with Sebastian one last time before he's carried away

[runic sinew]

I see

Yeah never choosing the options to snitch on my boy ever

[tribal arrow]

i heard if you snitch sebastian will never change

[runic sinew]

That’s possible

I mean pretty sure Azkaban would make everything worse cuz dementors

[tribal arrow]

Its the holy triangle

[runic sinew]

Made jackdaws lover (?) crazy

[crude ridge]

well i guess i wont know till i get there, but yeah trying hard to know what choices i make and how big impacts there are to story. i do plan to play super good, super bad (or rather semi bad) I don't have the heart to go full dark on my fellow students, i always go the 'im joking' route sometime

[runic sinew]

Ah yes

[runic sinew]

Eh your choices don’t impact the story too much

[crude ridge]

darking slytherin witch who isn't afraid to be tricky and deceptive -- esp for a glasses wearing nerdy girl

[knotty pasture]

he does, he then hates goblins AND dark wizards

[runic sinew]

So he gets worse

[tribal arrow]

he is a dark wizard himself lol xd

[crude ridge]

it feels like it does, but i can understand that

[runic sinew]

Awesome

[tribal arrow]

oh and dont forget the part where one of his best friends snitched on him xd

[loud spindle]

Sebastian was great but I did it all for Anne tbh

[knotty pasture]

well I just told you what Ominis told the MC what Seb told Ominis

[runic sinew]

Yes but I don’t think he sees himself as one he just thinks he did what’s necessary but I think you know that so why am I saying this lmfao

[tribal arrow]

yes all good

[crude ridge]

I just couldn't turn on sebastian. in the restricted section he protected us in our quest for ancient magic... he was deserving of our trust to let him in on it, so i felt

[runic sinew]

Big oof. Yeah not doing that ever. He ain’t a saint but I like him too much. As I do with ominis. Wished we got more Anne tho the trio seems adorable

[runic sinew]

He’s a good guy. Just lost his way trying to save his sister

[crude ridge]

and despite how false hope can not help Anne-- i do believe the magic in hope can overcome dark magic, from a magical theory angle of things. without hope, there is none at all

[knotty pasture]

"I like friends who are in debt" ~Seb ca. 1890 while sneaking into the forbidden section of the library

[crude ridge]

ROFL

[runic sinew]

That’s not evil tho. Also he might’ve been joking lol

[tribal arrow]

that debt is paid depending on your decisions

gettin cruciod should pay that debt lmao

[runic sinew]

Def

[loud spindle]

Should have had more time all 4 of the group with MC Anne seb and ominis

[runic sinew]

Also how were we fine after getting hit with cruciatus but natty wasn’t

[knotty pasture]

she be weak, we just walked it off

[tribal arrow]

yes hahahah and i was sad because i wanted to get cruciod

[runic sinew]

Okay rude

[loud spindle]

Main character is just built different

[runic sinew]

Well at least it ends up with natty not blaming herself for her fathers death anymore

[tribal arrow]

ye and we shouldn’t forget that crucio depends on the victim

oh and natty got cruciod while being an animal

[loud spindle]

Also they say u havw to mean crucio and seb probably didn't mean it cos he's our friend

[crude ridge]

i need to read more of the books but ... i wonder what the wizarding world's view on 'hope ' is in magic

[tribal arrow]

i doubt not meaning it would open that door

[crude ridge]

its a shame we don't have expecto petronum. id imagine that be a great finisher in the game, even if its not custom to our own

[runic sinew]

Nah he did otherwise it wouldn’t have worked but it might’ve been weaker

[knotty pasture]

I don't think any of the crucio options but have that of an extreme reaction

[tribal arrow]

Because you can’t have it

[loud spindle]

Yeah that's what I tried to say

[tribal arrow]

nevilles parents were disabled after it

[runic sinew]

It’d be useless cuz we don’t meet dementors except in the Hufflepuff house quest

[runic sinew]

Whoops sorry

[tribal arrow]

and it would force you to be good because only ppl with clear heart thing can cast it

[loud spindle]

Nah Ur all good u said it clearer than me

[knotty pasture]

I meant in the game

[loud spindle]

They should add that sceptumsera

[tribal arrow]

they wont because it doesnt exist

[runic sinew]

Pretty sure Dolores umbridge can cast it so that’s incorrect

[tribal arrow]

snape is liquid

[runic sinew]

Snape invented that spell

[loud spindle]

Oh yeah

[tribal arrow]

Umbridge isnt evil. She is 100% sure she does the right thing

[runic sinew]

Pretty sure Lucius has one too but non-corporal

[tribal arrow]

Snape is the only deatheater who is able to cast it

[runic sinew]

And he sucks

[crude ridge]

Oh god, she's a sugar rush that is guaranteed to get all your teeth pulled. I hated her and glad she got what she deserved

[runic sinew]

At least in the books

[runic sinew]

Actually I don’t think she thinks that. She just does what benefits her

[tribal arrow]

No she is strictly for rules and discipline

[runic sinew]

I guess

Idk the Patronus thingy is tricky

[tribal arrow]

and i wrote something wrong she isnt 100% sure, she is 100% convinced

[runic sinew]

I think absolutely corrupt and evil ppl like Voldemort can’t cast it but I do think others could even if they aren’t good

[tribal arrow]

for patronus everyone who is pure in heart can cast it

thats the rule for it

[runic sinew]

Seems wack cuz how do you decide who’s pure of heart

Cuz snape def wasn’t

[tribal arrow]

Snape was, everything what he did was to protect harry yk

[runic sinew]

He bullied children

And only did so cuz he loved lily not for Harry or James he is not a good guy. Movie snape is but not book snape

[tribal arrow]

hmm i think magic decides it xdd

[knotty pasture]

wouldn't that include pure evil?

[runic sinew]

LMFAO

Thatd be funny

[tribal arrow]

technically yes, because umbridge can only cast it because she is 100% convinced in what she does and thinks

[knotty pasture]

no, Snape was selfish, that's basically the reverse

[tribal arrow]

im sure Grindelwald could cast it too

[runic sinew]

Okay voldi show me your Patronus

[runic sinew]

Yussss big time

[tribal arrow]

Voldi wasn’t convinced at all, he was scared of death and harry

[runic sinew]

It was a joke

[tribal arrow]

i know

[runic sinew]

Whoopsie

[tribal arrow]

But voldi was stupid af, He literally made Harry unkillable 2x and everyone in hogwarts 1x

no idea who that is

[runic sinew]

Cuz he was paranoid lol didn’t act clever when he was scared

[tribal arrow]

Yes but the first time was when he killed lily and james

[runic sinew]

He didn’t kill lily immediately cuz of snape

[tribal arrow]

technically snape was the reason why harry survived

and not lily

[runic sinew]

Otherwise the sacrificial love stuff wouldn’t have happened and I don’t think voldi thought that would happen considering how he underestimated love constantly

[tribal arrow]

sacrificial protection btw.

[runic sinew]

Yea but also the reason why they got targeted in the first place. Shouldn’t have blabbed

[runic sinew]

Yeah was too lazy to type that tho I think I ended up typing more big brain

[tribal arrow]

Ye but because snape asked voldemort to not kill lilyand voldemort said yes, lily had that decision that saved harry

iirc neville and harry have birthday at the same day

so if voldemort knocked at the wrong door the franchise wouldve a different name

[runic sinew]

I know but it wouldn’t even have needed to come to that if he hadn’t told voldi about the prophecy

[tribal arrow]

How to make a prophecy not come true?

by not telling anyone about the prophecy

[runic sinew]

He probably would’ve won then. I don’t see him giving the longbottoms a choice to do the sacrificial protection love thingy but idk prophecy is prophecy so maybe

[runic sinew]

Yeah if he heard the full one he probably wouldn’t have blabbed

[tribal arrow]

only the part about marking as equal would be enough to not do stupid things

„i cant mark him if i never meet him“

[runic sinew]

But snape was stupid lol and voldi paranoid so yayyy we got a series

[tribal arrow]

Wait i thought about it for a sec and it actually makes sense why snape told him

[runic sinew]

Wait why

[tribal arrow]

since we know the prophecy is the only way to remove lordi from existence

he was evil already at this point

[runic sinew]

Yeah but he fully supported him

So why would he tell him if he knew it would erase him from existence

[tribal arrow]

ye because he was a spy

[runic sinew]

He was after that. Once he found out lily was the target or well Harry

[tribal arrow]

i think he was before that

why should dumbledore tell snape about the prophecy

[runic sinew]

I think he was after. Cuz he became a spy cuz he was in debt to Dumbledore so he’d save lily from voldi which was after he told him

[runic sinew]

He didn’t snape overheard the prophecy but didn’t hear the whole one cuz aberforth threw him out of the hog’s head

[tribal arrow]

because its a threat to your master to it makes sense to tell him

[runic sinew]

Yes exactly but wasn’t your point he told Voldi cuz it would erase voldi from existence? When voldi was his master???

Since he only changed sides after voldi targeted the potters which was after he told him

[tribal arrow]

ye if u assume that he was a spy already

[runic sinew]

He wouldn’t have wanted voldi to die otherwise

[runic sinew]

He wasn’t a spy before he was after he told him. Why would he be a spy before?

If it was for Love of lily he wouldn’t have joined the death eaters to begin with or called her a mud blood

[tribal arrow]

maybe because he is good hearted

[runic sinew]

He only changed sides cuz lily was in immediate danger

[runic sinew]

A good hearted person doesn’t bully children for no reason

[tribal arrow]

Ask Ryan Reynolds

[runic sinew]

Pretty sure he doesn’t bully them to the point where he becomes their greatest fear

Snape is not a good person at all. Hes hella selfish

[tribal arrow]

wait was the wrong one, Adam Sandler was it iirc

[runic sinew]

Ewww

[cunning bobcat]

Yeah Snapes kind of a 🍑

Re reading the books and omg he's so awful like I can't wait for him to leave the page

[runic sinew]

I like Movie Snape. He got some bad qualities and a weird obsession with lily but man hella enjoyable

[runic sinew]

Yeaaaaaa hes the worst

It’s kinda crazy what he did to Lupin in the third book

“Here’s how to kill your teacher”

[tribal arrow]

i mean that weird obsession is called love of your life

[runic sinew]

It’s weird

And gross dude needs to move on and not ruin her sons life

If he truly loved her like pure love he wouldn’t have tortured Harry like that

[mossy swift]

Just completed the main story surprisingly was not expecting that

[cunning bobcat]

It's deff the Alan Rickman part of him in the films as to why anyone enjoys him I swear

[mossy swift]

Yeah I always thought that was weird at times

[runic sinew]

Absolutely

[runic sinew]

Snapes logic is very flawed

[rancid river]

Not expecting what exactly?

[outer reef]

i finished that crazy long find 16 keys. I take the tokens back to the chest, insert them, and the chest opens. Out pops the merlin cloak. cannot find it in my inventory. Anyone have a clue what's going on?

[rancid river]

It’s your house cloak not the merlin cloak

Also it’s transmog. Check your gear, hover to your robe and press square (playstation)

Appearances

[outer reef]

lol, really? well, that would explain it. ty. i still cannot find the merlin cloak. i've enabled it via watching, and through twitch and the potter website shrugs

its not in transmog.

[rancid river]

Did you get a pop up in the character selection that the merlin cloak is now available?

[outer reef]

i think i did back when i completed the avalanche requirement to obtain it, but i can't remember. so maybe there is a bug with its release?

[rancid river]

Im not sure.. recheck if you claimed it on the potter website as well. Like claim it on twitch>connect twitch to wb account>connect pottermore account to wb> connect ps account to wb account> claim the drop again in the pottermore account.

[outer reef]

no idea. all those boxes seem to be ticked. if the merlin cloak is only transmog then even if my inventory was full it shouldn't have made a difference.

[fierce wagon]

I almost missed that "REDEEM" button on the wb page yesterday

[cosmic storm]

Finished the main story. What the heck was that? It was- so sudden and not good

[rancid river]

Yeah it was just like that. I remember when i read some spoiler that theres a headmaster fight at the end but it didnt happen lmao

Oh wait i still need to do my OWLs maybe there is one 😳

[outer reef]

anyone have issues with getting the telescope to zoom? nvm, it was due to a custom fov i'm using. disabling it allowed me to zoom the telescope.

[lean void]

I only have two tokens so far and also need 11 or 12 demiguise moons

[strange flax]

when do i get my second upgrade been like 7 hrs or something of playtime and I still havent gotten a owl

[tribal arrow]

after story quests

[sullen fable]

other houses have special storyline but what are they? I only know the hufflepuff one

[jaunty tulip]

Ravenclaw you go to the owlery tower and do a puzzle, gryffindor you do a quest for nearly headless nick, slytherin is the only one i dont know

[sullen fable]

i see , that's nice

[runic sinew]

It’s about the headmasters houself going into a cave near Hogwarts

You’re supposed to get a ring but jackdaw sold it so you only meet him lol. Nothing special

[oblique trellis]

Yeah he wants you to retrieve an heirloom from a former master, apparently Jackdaw had a crush on her

[jaunty tulip]

Oh yeah you go to the owlery tower for ravenclaw because jackdaw stole a wand from olivander and he wants it back cuts its an heirloom wand

[runic sinew]

My guy was two-timing lol

[jaunty tulip]

wait...

[oblique trellis]

haha, you were faster though :D

[jaunty tulip]

heirloom wand... heirloom ring? was jackdaw getting the deathly hallows? tf

[oblique trellis]

well there is no deathly hallows ring so ^^

[sullen fable]

lol

[jaunty tulip]

the ring horcrux in harry potter was the resurrection stone, it was the gem in the ring iirc

[runic sinew]

No just a thief trying to impress a girl

[sullen fable]

he was getting "his" deathly hallows

[oblique trellis]

aaah yes, I forgot ^^ Was just thinking about their normal appearances ^^

[runic sinew]

Also the ring is from the gaunt family not the black family

[tribal arrow]

Dont forget the Toast

[runic sinew]

YESS THE TOAST AHAHAHA

[sullen fable]

🍞

[real onyx]

Should I open it contain the magic

[hexed socket]

what should i do with the repostory

[daring cave]

Great game but what’s wrong with the developers for excluding figs death if you go evil, why even give us an evil option if it does nothing story wise

[deft bramble]

After ranrock dragon gets down to like quarter health and he begins to walk sorta? What is the best thing to do in this situation? It's really hard to dodge when he runs at you.

[fallen saddle]

Try to keep your distance. If you've got confringo and expelliarmus then I'd just spam those

[fallen saddle]

Hold the dodge button to fast dodge. You just have to learn his pattern

[golden prairie]

I missed Poppy already

[knotty pasture]

missed or miss?

[remote nymph]

What is it about releasing the Ancient Magic at the end that makes it inherently evil? Is it that we don't actually know what it is? Or that the emotions were taken without consent? If I'm honest the Keepers seemed a little suss and completely okay with Dark Magic. I mean - Isidora using the experimental spells on Children was taking it a little too far, but I still don't get how that choice is the "evil" one.

And tbf the story didn't really give us enough info on what that type of magic even was to make an informed decision.

[vital zenith]

What makes you think they were okay with using dark magic?

[remote nymph]

The fact that San Bakar literally uses Avada Kedavra to kill Isidora. And also that was kind of a cheap shot without taking her head on.

[vital zenith]

Casting it out of necessity doesn’t mean they endorse it

[remote nymph]

Also right after she dies there is a release of some white vapour stuff that appears to go into the Repository. I'm fairly sure it will function like a Horcrux for her.

[remote nymph]

It means they went to the effort of learning it and he could have used any means of other spells to incapacitate her or whatever.

[vital zenith]

All you need to know is the wand movement and incantation, with enough conviction anyone can use it

[remote nymph]

I think there is more to it than that - you need to put significant effort into mastering it. Most famous "Good" wizards would never have used it to kill someone.

Don't get me wrong - I think making Isidora somewhat sympathetic and the Keepers slightly flawed makes for a much more interesting narrative.

[vital zenith]

To cast unforgivable curses, you have to mean it, it’s basically the only requirement besides the movement and incantation

[deep cypress]

Isodora was getting drunk on the residual power stripping smoke one of pain brought her.

And taking that pain takes the rest of their emotions as seen with her father. She was already more powerful. He had to catch her unawares and had to stop her before she killed them. If she had, no one would have been able to stop her from taking emotions from the entire world

[remote nymph]

I don't disagree with any of this. But the use of Avada Kedavra to kill her I think was a delibrate choice to make the Keepers appear more grey. I don't think any of the "Good" chars from Harry Potter ever resort to it as a means to kill.

[deep cypress]

Aurors we’re given permission to use Unforgivables by the Ministry if a situation calked for it.

To catch or kill Dark Wizards not nearly as maniacal as Isidore was becoming. She was literally using her magic on children and amassing power from it

[remote nymph]

That was a controversial decision by Barty Crouch Sr for a particular period of time at Voldemort's height that would have gained significant backlash.

[summer igloo]

Well Avada kedavra wasn’t banned during that time

[remote nymph]

I know - it was outlawed in 1707 by Gump

[vital zenith]

Lore wise, “good” people have and will continue using it in times of need

[remote nymph]

So why was Sebastian's questline so controversial and divisive?

[vital zenith]

Bc he is a child

[remote nymph]

Ah so if he did the same thing in 2 years, that would make all the difference?

[vital zenith]

Also it’s alluded his uncle was hypocritical and that’s why it’s “divisive”

[deep cypress]

And despite claiming that he regretted killing Solomon and that he “didn’t mean it”

He even tells you much earlier in the quest line that you need to really mean to use them for them to work.

Sure he can regret it after and want to make amends.

But at the time, he 100% meant and intended to kill his uncle, even out of anger and frustration he felt at the time

[remote nymph]

It's divisive because he was seduced by the Dark Arts and used finding Anne a cure as a means to justify engaging in seriously Dark Magic such as raising Inferi and learning torture curses, that really have nothing to do with curing his sister.

[vital zenith]

Anne doesn’t care much about using dark magic, I’m pretty sure, but she’s rightfully upset that Sebastian killed him

[vital zenith]

It’s very much the same vibe as the Snape discussion as to whether or not was a good person, which is neither here or there

[remote nymph]

All I am trying to say is that the Keepers are not the epitome of good as they would have you believe and Isidora had some qualities about her that make her somewhat sympathetic.

[remote nymph]

I'm not trying to say anyone is either good or bad. If anything this started by my saying that both parties have shades of each.

[vital zenith]

They never claimed they were perfect “good” ppl, just keepers of ancient magic and devised the trials to train ppl with the same abilities

[remote nymph]

My issue was more the two choices being framed as "good" and "evil".

[vital zenith]

My question was simply where you got the idea they use dark magic but dislike it at the same time

[remote nymph]

Because a character in the HP universe using Avada Kedavra to kill someone is synonymous with being a Dark Witch/Wizard. Dumbledore/McGonagall/Harry etc never would have resorted to it from a narrative standpoint. It makes me think it was a deliberate decision.

[vital zenith]

Except you’re wrong lmao

[deep cypress]

Yeah and they knew that while they could use their abilities for hood (like ending the drought) there are some lines you just don’t cross.

Like manipulating the very fabric of a person by taking something that isn’t yours to take.

Isidora didn’t care that her magic took away more than pain. It stripped someone of their emotions entirely. Taking away a vital part of what made them a person

[vital zenith]

Dumbledore literally asked Snape to kill him so Draco wouldn’t have to

[vital zenith]

Exactly, they were curious and willing to experiment with it at first when they saw how relieved her father was but afterwards shocked by the side effects

[remote nymph]

With the particular clause being that Dumbledore gives permission to Snape to do that, which in turn doesn't wreak havoc on his soul. Can't say the same about San Bakar.

[vital zenith]

It’s the same principle, it’s not out of hatred or spite, but out of necessity

In other terms “the greater good”

[remote nymph]

She clearly deluded herself into thinking that her victim's were thankful. The static in her memory confirms this. She had the aim of healing people (which ironically fits with Morgana's backstory), but got seduced by Dark Magic in the process.

[remote nymph]

I think if you start justifying killing people out of necessity, then it is a slippery slope. He could have used any other type of magic to incapacitate her, but he opted to murder her instead.

[vital zenith]

You can kill people with incendio, diffendo, flipendo, … but they’re not banned and you’d still be killing someone

[remote nymph]

I don't think Isidora was as "evil or evil's sake" as Voldemort was. She clearly had good intentions and became delusional in the process.

[vital zenith]

Magic is all about intent which is reiterated often throughout the series

[remote nymph]

I know, but they frame the Dark Arts as having a corrupting influence in a different manner to other forms of magic that could kill. Ofc I think AK is preferable to incendio lol. But the narrative emphasises the unique nature of the Unforgiveable Curses.

[vital zenith]

With them only being able to be cast with your full intention

[deep cypress]

They already showed that she was much more powerful from inhaling the dark residue left behind and easily blocked Rakham’s attempt to stop her.

He had to use something she wouldn’t be able to block and use something quickly before she used her newfound power to kill them as she nearly did Niamh

He didn’t have the luxury of time

[vital zenith]

Harry Potter used imperio after that one death eater spat on Minerva

[remote nymph]

I think it was Crucio. Minerva used Imperio.

[vital zenith]

Oh oops yeah thx for rectifying

[deep cypress]

He used Crucio didn’t he?

And he used Imperio on a goblin to get the trio into gringotts

[vital zenith]

I mixed those situations up ;w;

[remote nymph]

I think the Dark Arts have a corrupting influence beyond simply wanting to mean them. Unless continued use means you gradually want to start automatically inflicting death, torture and control over people.

[vital zenith]

Oh yeah for sure, but a lot of other factors determine how resilient you are against it

[remote nymph]

At the end of the day, I think San Bakar using AK on Isidora hints towards some moral complexity on their part, that I hope is expanded upon in a sequel. Their destroying Isidora's portrait also supports this. I just hope the choices won't be boxed into "good" and "evil". If HP tells us anything, it is that it is more complicated than that.

[vital zenith]

I think they hinted at it being complex when he hesitated on giving the memory, as for destroying her painting I think it’s their way of ensuring she can’t influence others to finish what she did or something along those lines

[deep cypress]

Fig even says right at the start that it’s not about the magic itself, but the one who wields it

Sebastian, while good intentioned, became fixated on Dark Arts being the only solution. To a point he wouldn’t consider anything else and was willing to go to extremes and manipulate his friends because he thought the ends would justify the means.

[remote nymph]

Also (and I disagree with this on a practical level), but AK is framed as the absolute worst of the 3 curses, which is why I don't think Harry etc ever resorted to using it.

[summer igloo]

He did try everything else tho and nothing worked

[remote nymph]

I just think I wish for moral complexity. If siding with the Keepers will always be "good" and siding with Isidora will always be "bad", then the story will be incredibly dull.

[vital zenith]

I mean maybe that’s why they didn’t add different endings

[remote nymph]

What do you mean?

[deep cypress]

They tried Nurse Blainey, the head nurse at Hogwarts and St Mungo’s.

They could have looked beyond such a tiny scope. Tried healers in other countries or those that studied Dark Magic Curses.

[summer igloo]

At least in Solomon eyes they tried everything which is why he gave up

[vital zenith]

If making the keepers choice have a different ending than the “bad” option, then it’d enforce the logic that the keepers are 100% good

[remote nymph]

I think the issue is that the narrative did not explain enough about the nature of the magic being kept hidden to make a justified decision on whether to keep it hidden or to use it. And lets be real - the Keepers hesitations almost resulted in the fall of Hogwarts.

[vital zenith]

I partly blame the character you play as, bc they killed him before ever knowing which curse it was or control him to undo it or idk
Instead they just killed him and was like “yeah he’s dead and cursed your sister you’re welcome”

[remote nymph]

The only reason that really justifies it being an evil action (in using it) is that the emotions were taken without consent. But also these are people that are long dead.

And let's be real - just keeping it stored under Hogwarts means the events will probably repeat in the future with more people knowing about the repository now.

Hopefully this is all explored in a sequel, because I felt like a lot was left unclear.

[vital zenith]

I think the empowering bit scared them the most and Isi doing what she wanted without taking no as an answer

[summer igloo]

Keeping it at hogwarts also keeps it safe since it is protected by magic

[remote nymph]

What makes that power any different than the power of the usual ancient magic? Is emotion magic more corrupting? It's all pretty vague. Why is it red?

[vital zenith]

I think it’s just a matter of power, they knew that kind of magic gave her more power and she didn’t follow their logic and morale so they were scared of being overpowered by her bc it’s not a matter of skill anymore since she can just rip pain out of anyone, sniff it and be more powerful

[deep cypress]

Isidora says that the power made her feel like what she was doing was right and that she needed to continue. And that the rush it gave her was incredible

So yes. It was both corrupting, and addictive in equal measure.

It made her believe that she had to keep taking pain, believing it was good and either not realising or not caring that it took the ability to feel anything at all.

[vital zenith]

I wonder if she could take away her on pain

[remote nymph]

They still didn't really explain the difference in colour, which was pointed out by Rackham. I think this would be a key plot point. Also Isidora clearly had good intentions, which were warped by her childhood trauma of the drought, the death of her brother and depression of her father. She had that intent before she crafted the spell that created residue that corrupted her, so I think the intent was pure.

[deep cypress]

Another problem with taking emotion is it could potentially rob someone of their ability to use magic properly

As emotions and magic are intrinsically linked

[remote nymph]

Also the parallels between Isidora and Morgana were not lost on me. The similarities in name too cannot be a coincidence.

[vital zenith]

Also I felt there was a parallel with Sebastian and Isi

[remote nymph]

It's pretty clear that the removal of pain also removed the ability to feel emotions that cause said pain (love as a key one). I definitely got that much. I just think the details seriously need to be ironed out for the whole thing to be believable, because a lot of it is hazy atm.

And then we were forced to make a key decision based on relatively incomplete information.

[vital zenith]

Tbf not even the keepers knew what or how she did things, it’s a whole unexplored side of their ancient magic so it kinda fits being vague

[vital zenith]

Key in lore and not gameplay wise

[remote nymph]

Yeah and I guess I hope this will be explored in a sequel. More importantly I hope the writers already have these answers and aren't just making the main plot up as they go along.

[remote nymph]

Well the impact on gameplay was non-existent. But I'm sure it will carry over to a sequel, in a similar manner to Mass Effect.

And then it may have gameplay implications.

[summer igloo]

nah I doubt the endings will carrry over

there will probably just be a canon ending

[vital zenith]

I can see both having pros and cons but idk

[summer igloo]

Also we don’t even know if there will be a sequel so

[remote nymph]

I think it's easy enough to have a slight change in narrative based on whether you went one way or the other. Ofc in Mass Effect it was much more convoluted with many decisions impacting the sequel. I think for HL it will just be two paths they will cater to.

[vital zenith]

I kinda hope there’ll be a dlc where you can choose to be an auror or something else

[remote nymph]

The Ancient Magic storyline will definitely continue so whether the repository was kept or used up will definitely have an impact on the next game I feel.

[remote nymph]

I'm thinking years 6 and 7 will be sequels to make a trilogy, maybe you can do some Auror work on the side?

[summer igloo]

Even if u choose to let the magic out it still stays in the repository for the time being

[remote nymph]

Oh does it? I just watched a quick clip and thought it was all released with the MC playing around with pieces of red magic and eyes going all cray cray.

[summer igloo]

Ya he inhales the magic and stuff but the rest still goes back

[remote nymph]

Oh cheap

Lol then maybe there won't be a difference.

[summer igloo]

ye that ending kinda sucks and I didn’t even know fig died in it cuz the cutscene is different

[remote nymph]

Did he die in the "sniff red stuff" ending? Do you ever see his corpse?

[summer igloo]

he dies but u never see him die 😐

[remote nymph]

Okay weird.

[maiden tide]

Yeah I found that weird

[summer igloo]

also the main character doesn’t even acknowledge it really

[maiden tide]

It almost feels like they decided to make fig die just so they could have someone die to make it feel sad

Which it didn’t feel sad it was just hella random

[summer igloo]

Yeah

[remote nymph]

Yeah the sequel definitely needs to work on some character development. They have some good foundations on the characters they have, but they need a little more complexity.

[maiden tide]

Lodgok’s death I thought was very well done as it had meaning behind it and it genuinely mad me feel sad. My character also had a reaction that showed he cared for Lodgok

Which none of these happened with Fig

[summer igloo]

I thought logdok would betray us tbh

[maiden tide]

I got that feeling at first but after that first mission I felt he was gonna be loyal especially since he’s good friends with Sirona

[summer igloo]

Ya I was like bro scammed us out of a helmet

[tribal arrow]

fig was useless

[midnight torrent]

Anyone else choose to wield the ancient magic, and told off fig exclaiming this was MY power? I need to finish isadoras work and need to save my best friends sister bro!

[compact moon]

more like professor
uh
hm my lawyer has advised i dont continue this joke

[frozen crater]

I turned Sebastian in to the police when I finished the game

[runic sinew]

[mellow hedge]

How did you do that?

[vital gate]

It was lowkey insulting to have Weasley look over my book and tell me I had a lot of work left to do when the quest to give her that book was literally the last thing shy of 100% left in my challenges

[mint musk]

They could have just included the good ending fig death scene after the battle but changed the dialogue instead of making it so ambiguous for the bad ending

[midnight pawn]

@vital gate the house cup mission?

[vital gate]

I think it's talking to Weasley right after that does it, or that did it for me iirc. If that doesn't, then the house cup does

But I did every other sidequest in the game prior to finishing the MSQ, so #32 hit in postgame

[frozen crater]

Remember the last shadow mission where Sebastian and ominis are arguing and after I talked to Sebastian, I talked to ominis, and I agreed with ominis about turning him in

[midnight pawn]

That's the boat I'm in now. 1 MQ left and 1 SQ but the trophy popped after summoners court 5

[vital gate]

Yeah my trophy popped at 30/32

[midnight pawn]

Friggin snitch

Oh weird. I'm 31/32

[vital gate]

Maybe some of the discovery-only quests like the cursed tomb treasure, henrietta's map, well well well, don't count correctly toward it

[deep cypress]

They do count

Have you completely finished the companion questlines?

[vital gate]

Yep

I'd done everything possible at that point except the final non-postgame 'talk to sebastian'

[deep cypress]

That’s the last one in Sebastian’s questline

That’s the one you need to get the last side/relationship quest

[vital gate]

Yeah, that was the only one I hadn't done when the achievement popped, ingame displayed 30/32. There is that one more where he apologizes to you and such, hadn't done that yet either obv

[deep cypress]

Are you playing on PS5?

Might be the haunted Hogsmeade quest counting as a side quest for the trophy?

[vital gate]

Oh, very well could be that, yeah! I think you have it

Now if only Penny would stop silently gawping her mouth at me when I'm in her menu

Like a horrifying muppet, she is

[deep cypress]

Yeah like it doesn’t count for the field guide but does for the trophy I guess?

[mellow hedge]

You said you did it after beating the game. That's before you beat the game

[deep cypress]

I sold to penny once and then left lol

I already had more than enough money

[vital gate]

I sell to her regularly. If I'm going to start my own dragon hoard I may as well get an extra 10%

[frozen crater]

Yeah after the game I talked to ominis and he said he’s having a trail in the ministry

[mellow hedge]

I picked all the nice guy choices naturally as a Gryffindor and Harry Potter Can't do any less

[frozen crater]

Idk it’s it true

[gilded flower]

Hello i have a question. I want to buy the game. And i need some help from someone who played it (multiple storylines/houses)

Anyone here who played more than 1 house??

[frozen crater]

No

[gilded flower]

Damn

Can someone explain to me how different the game is depending on what house you choose? Is it like a completely different game? Or is it mostly the same?

[midnight pawn]

Only 1 mission is different. Your common room is different. That's about it

[cunning bobcat]

I haven't played more then one house but from how I understand it, its only common rooms and house related quest. From what I understand Ravenclaw only has the common room, nothing else.

[analog oracle]

does story change if you tell weasley everything

[cunning bobcat]

No

[gilded flower]

@cunning bobcat @midnight pawn Are house related quests a big part of the game?

[midnight pawn]

No..

[cunning bobcat]

Your character still, "lies"

[analog oracle]

ok

[cunning bobcat]

More like gimmics

[gilded flower]

Ok thank you

[marble rivet]

Can somebody tell me which Part of the Main Quest is before the "Alohomora" Quest starts?

[midnight torrent]

HOW COULD YOU!!! he was a bro

people that turned in sebastian are the same peple that didnt give back biscuit

[gilded flower]

@cunning bobcat @midnight pawn i send a screenshot to my friend of this conversation who is playing the slitherin house. And he says he “can’t imagine” the game being the same when you choose another house like gryffondor

He thinks his main story mainly revolves around slitherin stuff

[shy herald]

Sebastian story is not limited to the House you pick.

[runic sinew]

Cuz we’re the best house

[cunning bobcat]

It's not like "MOM OR DAD DIED" it's more of slight dialog referring to your house.

The biggest change I'd say is the house quests. Slytherin goes to the chamber while Hufflepuff goes to Azkaban I'm pretty sure

[shy herald]

Choose the house you want. All it affects is where you sleep, the colors of clothes you find and the quest to get to the map chamber. And a few character dialogues saying your x personality cuz you’re in x house.

[gilded flower]

So if i choose gryffondor my game and story will be like 90% the same as his?

[cunning bobcat]

Yep

[gilded flower]

Thank you

[shy herald]

Have fun when you get the game!

[gilded flower]

Thanks i wil 🙂

[cunning bobcat]

It's just slight stuff meant to give you more of a personal impact and journey, then your friends you've been playing alongside with.

[alpine knot]

@lethal coyote not all keepers are holders of ancient magic. Just Parcival and the bad chick

[cunning bobcat]

I think we're deff going to run into her again 👀

[alpine knot]

Hopefully, however.. she kinda got killed. But we should find her in the painting someday right? Haha

Dumbledore also was in his painting after the kill curse

[runic sinew]

Maybe

[marble rivet]

nobody?

[cunning bobcat]

I'm betting HORCRUX someone had to do it before Tom in order for Slughorn to tell him.

[shy herald]

Complete Percival Rackham’s Trial

[alpine knot]

Very good point!

[cunning bobcat]

Hmmm, I think right after you go to Hogsmeed

[alpine knot]

After the first trial of Parcival 🫶🏻

[gilded flower]

1 more question guys sorry. You said slytherin goes to the chamber. And hufflepuff goes to azkaban

[marble rivet]

ty

[gilded flower]

Where do gryffondor and ravenclaw go then?

[alpine knot]

Slutherin goes not to the chamber

[alpine knot]

Ravenclaw does a mission for Olivander, nothing special. Slytherin goes to a cave for blacks house elf

[gilded flower]

Huffle to azkaban? What aboyt gryff?

[fallen saddle]

Headless head pumpkin hunting

[gilded flower]

Pan said they go to the chamber btw

[gilded flower]

Gryffondor goes pumpkin hunting?

[cunning bobcat]

It was fun

[fallen saddle]

Yeah they find a ghost's head in pumpkin patch

[cunning bobcat]

I wanted a whole minigame

[fallen saddle]

Ravenclaw has the most boring one

[gilded flower]

Wich houses did you choose

[fallen saddle]

I chose Slytherin

Then went to ravenclaw, gryffindor and saved Hufflepuff for last because I really liked that mission

[gilded flower]

Okok cool

[alpine knot]

Doing the exact same order! Now at Ravenclaw tho. That special house coat is pwetty

[shy herald]

yes you interact with the Headless Ghosts crew

[cunning bobcat]

Was the Chamber cool? I just know slytherins go there but didn't wanna look into it further

[fallen saddle]

Most definitely I can't lie

[shy herald]

It’s not the chamber but just a cave lol

[fallen saddle]

Yeah it's just cave that leads into a secret....well chamber but it's not the actual chamber we know

[alpine knot]

Chamber won’t be opened till Tom comes. Wouldn’t be canon otherwise

But i guess the blind guy could open it, now I think of it

He’s the heir of Salazar, in theory hahaha

[fallen saddle]

Oh yeah that's a theory

Voldemort's mother was a Gaunt

[alpine knot]

Yeah, but I think the developers can do way better stuff in terms of new content. Chamber of secrets is overrated anyway 👌🏻

[fallen saddle]

Facts

[cunning bobcat]

True, I think I was just hoping to see it before Harry 😭

[vital gate]

There is a note for the chamber's entrance but it literally says "golly gee there's a snake on this faucet and nobody knows whyyyyy~"

[runic sinew]

I wanna pet the snake tho

[alpine knot]

Fair, would be cool to petrify the whole school

[runic sinew]

Fax

[frozen crater]

He went too far tho he needed therapy

[midnight torrent]

#sebastiandidnothingwrong

[frozen crater]

Imagine that on twitter 😂

[vital gate]

@stable spruce You need to state that you'll keep the power for yourself

[runic sinew]

Fax no printer

[stable spruce]

will remember that. will it be like a question someone will make and u answer blah blah

[midnight torrent]

i loved it when the character said MY power, gave me anakin vibes.. MY new Empire

[vital gate]

It'll be really obvious, Fig will ask you what you plan to do

[midnight torrent]

and then fig had that obi wan look of "your new empire?"

[runic sinew]

Iconic

[stable spruce]

got it got it thank you!

[alpine knot]

Leave Sebastian alone, LEAVE HEM ALONE!

[deep cypress]

Ominis would be the best Slytherin Heir to control the basilisk…

For one he’s blind himself so no risk of accidental oetrification…

And two he doesn’t carry the same level of reverence for blood status that the majority of the Gaunt House do.

So he’d probably just order it to hunt dark wizards lol

[midnight torrent]

lemme add these emojis 😭 😭 😠

[alpine knot]

Hahahahahahaha YES!

Sadly there is no ‘emoji with bad make up’

[frozen crater]

I also was confused on natty being cursed with the crucio spell cause her eyes look dead and back headed, and she doesn’t speak after the curse was done. Then we cut back to the hospital and natty is paralyzed and fine, like why?!

[alpine knot]

Yes, very true! However, I believe he’s dark wizard in the making. There is way more to that guy honestly.

[runic sinew]

I don’t think so he’s a sweetheart

[deep cypress]

I want more Ominis… he’s really interesting for a not main NPC (like Sebby, Natty and Poppy)

You don’t normally get many older generation Slytherins that aren’t blood purity fanatics, never mind a Gaunt

Him and Sebby are my two favourites lol I just love them

[runic sinew]

And heavily against the dark arts due to trauma

[alpine knot]

I think he could snap so hard due to his trauma 😂

[frozen crater]

Trauma gets everyone in the wizarding world including him

[runic sinew]

Well he’d be a bad heir if we go by slytherins perspective

[alpine knot]

Was even a think in the 1800s.. 😂 we all can relate 2023

[runic sinew]

Fair fair

[deep cypress]

Right?

He’s so interesting

He’s got a certain sarcastic bite but he’s actually really nice and far too forgiving at times

[frozen crater]

Like Anne with Uncle Solomon when he dies

[alpine knot]

Also. I wanna cure Anne! I want the choice to do it and suffer consequences

[runic sinew]

that rat

[deep cypress]

Oh yeah in Slytherin’s eyes he’d be unworthy

[runic sinew]

Lies he had it coming

[frozen crater]

I wish we could but we can’t

[deep cypress]

I love the way he says that lol

Genuinely annoyed but also not wanting to fully go off

[alpine knot]

Maybe, I’m very sure we will get DLC’s. That’s 99% certain looking at the sales

[runic sinew]

I love ominis Sebastian and Anne

[alpine knot]

Also, I’m mad fan of poppy tho. She’s amazing!

[runic sinew]

I need more of the three. Also love the constant teasing between them and also the mc

[frozen crater]

Uncle Solomons death wasn’t the saddest death but figs bro hit me in the heart where tears don’t come out

[runic sinew]

Lodgok was the worst for me even tho I saw it coming

[deep cypress]

Yeah I reckon actual discussion on DLCs will start after last gen get the game

No point trying to start now, they’d have to pull resources from getting last gen ready

[shy herald]

Yah I really liked Sebastian’s jokes when walking up the mountain.

[alpine knot]

I didn’t even noticed at first, was so distracted. Didn’t see his body dead so.. haha

[frozen crater]

Sebastian literally casted avada kadabra on his uncle!

[alpine knot]

I believe the discussions are already there. They can make art work, get a idea on what the story will be.

[alpine knot]

I ment Fig haha

Uncle was pretty dede

[frozen crater]

Oh he died due to too much magic I guess

[shy herald]

And then Anne just burns all the Inferi with her flame thrower. I want more of her and that cast

[alpine knot]

Lol… #getgood. But on the bright side; he will be reunited with his lovely wife

[frozen crater]

Yeah that’s true

[runic sinew]

Yessss

[alpine knot]

Plot twist: Anne Will be evil, the dark magic consumed her and she kills Sebastian

And then we kill her,

[frozen crater]

Or Sebastian kills Anne by accident and corruptions after the years

[deep cypress]

“You were supposed to protect us!”

“I am protecting you, you foolish boy!”

Listen to him Sebby

[shy herald]

I was thinking either Anne or Seb go dark side and we have to fight then win them back with love and friendship

[runic sinew]

Imma fight with my boy seb

[alpine knot]

Yes, but I think this story needs a bitter sweet ending.

[runic sinew]

The world can burn

[runic sinew]

He’s doing a bad job at protecting tho he be missing that emotional maturity

[alpine knot]

Also poppy needs to kill her parents. And I wanna be Bambi animagi with natty

[frozen crater]

I was confused on how fig died but it was a sweet ending that he sacrificed himself

[deep cypress]

I’d send him to jail but Ominis gets so genuinely upset about losing him

I couldn’t do that. So I’m going for the (hopeful) redemption route.

If Seb lets me down again I’m done

[runic sinew]

Could you be a Phoenix animagus and if so would you be immortal??

[alpine knot]

Also whoever wrote that ravenclaw dude: why.. 😂

[shy herald]

Kinda of related but I assume Gran is paying for her tuition cuz that’s what I thought of initially when she told me her parents are poachers and don’t give a f about her

[frozen crater]

Who? The broom guy in broom class?

[deep cypress]

Don’t think Animagi can be magical creatures, only mundane animals

[alpine knot]

That would be a interesting theory. I could swallow the killing curse like in the book

[runic sinew]

Imagine sending him to jail his uncle should’ve been able to handle him better but he didn’t he had the same level of emotional maturity AS AN ADULT

[alpine knot]

No, the star guy 😂 but that broom guy is also cringe

[runic sinew]

Big sad

[alpine knot]

All these relation quests had an open ending, it’s killing me

[stable spruce]

im on the third movie rn

[frozen crater]

Like the name or the character in general?

[runic sinew]

Same

[shy herald]

Hopefully a sign well get more

[alpine knot]

All of him.

[alpine knot]

Oh we will, will take some time tho

[frozen crater]

K I thought he was just mid

[alpine knot]

I am not a fan of releasing this on old gen tho. Might be unpopular but after 2 years new gen it shouldn’t be the case anymore

[frozen crater]

Well everyone who has old gen needs to be included on the journey too

[alpine knot]

Normally yes, but it’s pretty normal that after 2+ years they stop making old gen. Like from ps3 to ps4 and xbox360 to Xbox one. It’s the cycle

[deep cypress]

I can kind of get Solomon’s perspective. He lost his brother and sister in law to a tragic accident and got saddled with their quite young kids.

He doesn’t seem to have a wife or parent to help raise them, I don’t think he ever fully knew how to raise or ever wanted kids

He loves them, but he knows the dangers of Dark Magic and doesn’t want to lose them to obsession as he lost his brother and Sidter in law (who were so obsessed with studying they died to a faulty lamp causing carbon monoxide poisoning.)

Which can I add is an interesting choice. They didn’t die from some awful attack but something much more mundane (and not that uncommon for the time)

[alpine knot]

It also slows down game makers, in a lot of ways. The game needs to be optimezed for old gen, which means we get less quality. The core needs to be stable for both

[runic sinew]

I am not saying I don’t get his side lol I get both their sides but Solomon didn’t try to actually make Sebastian understand his side (or at least we didn’t see him trying) he just told him “no”. He also never showed Sebastian how he actually felt like his emotions which might’ve helped Sebastian see his perspective. That’s why I said he should’ve done better

[deep cypress]

Sure, if we weren’t going on nearly 3 years into current gen.

The fact that they still made a version for last gen is quite the power move.

A lesser dev team might have just dropped it like GK did. It takes a lot more effort, time and money to also make a last gen version of a game primarily made for current gen.

[alpine knot]

Also it makes sure we get a dlc later 😂