I believe that a person that belongs to house Pukwudgie is generally a kind person. This is the house for the people that will follow their hearts over their minds. The act first and think later people. I firmly believe this.
A Pukwudgie is going to stand up for those that can’t stand up for themselves. They are the activists, the people brave enough to go hand out sandwiches and blankets to the homeless. They are healers and that stems further than just the act of ailing wounds. They’re people that our out healing the world as much as they are healing people literally. I also believe that they are generally fiercely loyal friends to have.
That being said the main criteria for Pukwudgie seems to be the element of the heart. So even if a person doesn’t necessarily fit all of these things I’ve said, if they make choices with their gut or their heart they likely belong in this house. That is one of the things I rather like about Ilvermorny’s sorting system is that it embodies a whole person which breeds diversity. A person you may look at on the surface and go they’re probably a thug, and may very well be, but is because in their heart they believe they’re right to act in such way could be a Pukwudgie just as much as the traits I’ve already outlined. The answer lies in the way a person views their actions and their world and that is what they are judged for in the sorting ceremony.
But mostly I return to the first thing I said, I believe to be a Pukwudgie you are a person that protects and gives back freely. They don’t do things for glory but quite plainly do them to help those who can’t help themselves. That’s what I believe anyway.
@ilvermornyschoolofmagic Hello I am a Pukwudgie and I saw your writing about “Pukwudgie traits” earlier and I have some things to share with you. On one hand, I love your posts. They are well-written and pleasant to read. However, I have to disagree with you on some of the traits thing. There is not and cannot be four flavors of people when it comes to magic-folk. J.K. Rowling realizes this. The Ilvermorny houses’ descriptions were made vague because of this. The point of why they are so vague is that J.K. Rowling is telling us that in order to fit into any house is to just be ourselves- we don’t have to follow a list of traits restricting us like we did for Hogwarts houses.
Yet Harry Potter fans of all shapes and sizes would go to the grave painting Ilvermorny houses the same way they did Hogwarts houses. People paint Horned-Serpent as Ravenclaw, people paint Pukwudgie as Hufflepuff- Wampus as Gryffindor- Thunderbird as Slytherin.. I’m sure you’ve seen the fan-made Ilvermorny house crests floating around the internet. They literally just took Hogwarts house crests and edited them to have Ilvermorny mascots. I’m not even doubting they got the artists permission to use those images. Heck, they even color-coded the crests to have Hogwarts house colors- many of which are not Ilvermorny colors. The colors they put on the Pukwudgie crest will shock no one(hint: yellow and black). Many people just don’t want to realize the schools are very different…
As a Pukwudgie, people think we’re sweet and selfless healers- but the problem is I am actually quite far from sweet or selfless. I’m bitter, sarcastic, and I don’t have the obligation to help everyone I see injured. I know that may seem immoral and against the fan-made “Pukwudgie Code of Hospitality” but that is how I am.
I’m not here to stop you or anyone from making “house traits” because you can write the hell you want. I just feel the need to spread the idea that within each house is diversity in mind, body, heart, and soul. If anyone wants to be uncreative and make Ilvermorny houses the same as Hogwarts houses, they’re closing doors to many possibilities and ideas.. Our own houses are what we make them. Our school is what we make it. Let’s act like it.
Honestly, I think we agree more than we disagree on this point. I struggle with these asks because I want to focus on how the houses are different. American. Ours. And not Hogwarts. I will admit in reading your reply I feel as though I have failed quite heavily at that when really I was just expanding upon what we knew with an ideal.
As one Pukwudgie to another, I’m pretty sure I’m with you in the violation of the hospitality department. I curse like a sailor and often hold the view of: you did it to yourself, in a lot of situations that are bleak. Which is why I try to focus more on how a person is sorted into a house than the traits themselves.
I do, however, still think there is an ideal to each house which is the guideline I use to answer these asks. It’s the first image you get when you hear healer, warrior, adventurer, or academic. Or even mind, body, heart and soul. That’s what the house strives for. However, like I’ve said in both of my asks, and will repeat again for Thunderbird and Horned Serpent is how you view the world or react to it determines which house you belong to. I react with my heart. I’m not a bleeding heart type but I do “follow my heart” whether the outcome is good or bad. And I’ve seen that thread with pretty much every friend I have and how they were sorted no matter how wildly different they are as individuals.
So I guess, really these ask answers are my attempt to give a guideline to the ideal but that doesn’t mean it’s the whole picture. Not by a long shot because nothing is that simple. And for an ask answer, that’s an incredibly hard concept to get across in a few short paragraphs. Truly, I could go on forever. Which makes all of the ‘trait’ asks I could get (because I have a few lying in wait that I’m thinking on how to answer) hard to tackle because I could simply say what I’ve just stated and leave it at that because I don’t think you’re wrong: the sorting lies on the person being sorted alone and what they believe is right for them.
And as an aside, I really don’t like the fan made stuff that just puts Ilvermorny on Hogwarts. It bothers me so completely because we’ve always wanted Hogwarts and she gave it to us, why is it so bad that it’s different? I think it should be. The ideals we fans see in our own houses because of Hogwarts are not such a bad thing, but it is certainly not the full story. Not by a long shot.
The Ilvermorny house of Wampus represents the body and symbolizes the soldier. Taking this into consideration I will say that that Wampus traits likely included are dependability, integrity, tenacity, adaptability, aggressiveness, and focus. These are people that are highly committed to what they do or what they believe and, therefore, are fairly self-confident people. These people are likely to be your soldiers just as much as your athletes. This is not to say they cannot pursue other careers because that would be silly to state, but as far as personalities go they embody those two as ideals for their house.
These are strong willed people. They are loyal and therefore follow direction well. Yet, the key point to all of the Ilvermorny houses is that they embody a part of their body. They choose a house with what part they use to handle a problem which means that even outliers to these traits can find themselves in this house if they found a situation and more than not are likely to go: I throw myself, physically, into that problem. That fight, if you will. You can be a soldier without ever entering a fight for our nation; at least that is what I choose to believe.
Though, with that there is also a duality that I see within this house. that duality is the ideal that a wampus is Captain America. Yet, just as easily as that sort of environment can breed someone who stands by their beliefs and literally throws their body in front of others to protect them, it can also breed a Bucky Barnes. I apologize for the Marvel reference but it is the only way I have been able to put this idea to paper; so work with me? Anyway, to extrapolate on that train of thought let’s take the house of Pukwudgie into account: everyone believes that they are basically heartfelt kittens. Well, with that mentality you are just as easily going to get the ideal that will gladly lay down their life for a tree as they would for a person. The common line in that story is that they often feel that in their heart that is the right move. Wampus is the exact same story but with their body being the trait.
That is truly what I love about the Ilvermorny system. So much of it is that you choose your perception, your way. You do not debate or refute it, the magic let’s you choose. Either way, the nature of Ilvermorny’s sorting ceremony leaves the potential of the houses to be divided on some issues. Which is so unbelievably American and wonderful to see captured in the magical world. All of the houses hold the ability to breed evil. None of them seem to be singled out for this nature, and with our politics and everyday life this very much is the case. I would continue but I feel this deserves it’s own article. Anyway, the Wampus house is a noble one (as are any of the others) to be part of.
So, this isn’t a Harry Potter related video but considering the “holiday” that is today. It’s a perspective that doesn’t get a lot of light shed onto it and considering the side of the new Harry Potter stories and Ilvermorny that have been ignored or white washed.... I’m just gonna leave this here.
Also, this youtube channel is just interesting overall. Worth checking out.
The Magical Congress of the United States of America, known to American witches and wizards by the abbreviation MACUSA (commonly pronounced as: Mah – cooz – ah) was created in 1693, following the introduction of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. Wizards worldwide had reached a tipping point, suspecting that they could lead freer and happier lives if they built an underground community that offered its own support and had its own structures. This feeling was particularly strong in America, due to the recent Salem Witch Trials.
MACUSA was modeled on the Wizards’ Council of Great Britain, which predated the Ministry of Magic. Representatives from magical communities all over North America were elected to MACUSA to create laws that both policed and protected American wizardkind.
MACUSA’s primary aim was to rid the continent of Scourers, corrupt wizards who had hunted their fellow magical beings for personal gain. MACUSA’s second great law enforcement challenge was the number of wizarding criminals who had fled to America from Europe and beyond, precisely because of the lack of organised law enforcement such as existed in their own countries.
The first President of MACUSA was Josiah Jackson, a warlike wizard who was voted into post by his fellow representatives because he was considered tough enough to deal with the difficulties of the post-Salem Witch Trials era.
In these first years, MACUSA had no fixed meeting place. Meetings were held in different locations to avoid No-Maj detection.
Law Enforcement
President Jackson’s immediate priority was to recruit and train Aurors. The names of the first dozen volunteers to train as Aurors in the US have a special place in United States’ wizarding history. There were so few of them, and the challenges they faced so great, that they knew they might be required to lay down their lives when they took the job. The descendants of these witches and wizards have been given particular respect in the US ever since. The original twelve were:
Wilhelm Fischer
Theodard Fontaine
Gondulphus Graves
Robert Grimsditch
Mary Jauncey
Carlos Lopez
Mungo MacDuff
Cormac O’Brien
Abraham Potter
Berthilde Roche
Helmut Weiss
Charity Wilkinson
Of these twelve, only two survived into old age: Charity Wilkinson, who would become MACUSA’s third President, and Theodard Fontaine, whose direct descendant Agilbert is the present day Headmaster of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Also of note are Gondulphus Graves, whose family remains influential in American wizarding politics, and Abraham Potter, whose distant relationship to the famous Harry Potter would be uncovered by eager genealogists centuries later.
Challenges
America remained one of the most hostile environments for magical people, mainly because of Scourer descendants who had vanished permanently into the No-Maj community and who kept suspicion of magic alive. Unlike most Western countries, there was no cooperation between the No-Maj government and MACUSA.
Initially, an enchanted edifice was created in the Appalachian Mountains as MACUSA headquarters, but over time this became an inconveniently remote location, especially as wizards, like No-Majs, were increasingly congregating in cities.
In 1760, MACUSA relocated to Williamsburg, Virginia, home of the flamboyant President Thornton Harkaway. Among many other interests, President Harkaway is credited with breeding Crups – dogs that closely resemble Jack Russells, apart from the forked tail. The Crup’s devotion to wizards is only surpassed by its aggression towards non-magical people. Unfortunately, President Harkaway’s pack savaged several local No-Majs, who afterwards were only able to bark for a period of 48 hours. This breach of the Statute of Secrecy led to Harkaway leaving office in disgrace. (It might not be coincidence that Williamsburg was the first city in the US to have a dedicated psychiatric hospital. Sightings of odd happenings around President Harkaway’s residence might account for the admission of No-Majs who were, in fact, perfectly sane.)
MACUSA relocated to Baltimore, where President Able Fleming had his home, but the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, followed by the arrival of the No-Maj Congress in the city, made MACUSA understandably nervous and they departed for Washington.
It was in Washington that President Elizabeth McGilliguddy presided over the infamous ‘Country or Kind?’ debate of 1777. Thousands of witches and wizards from all over America descended upon MACUSA to attend this extraordinary meeting, for which the Great Meeting Chamber had to be magically enlarged. The issue for discussion was: did the magical community owe their highest allegiance to the country in which they had made their homes, or to the global underground wizarding community? Were they morally obliged to join American No-Majs in their fight for liberation from the British Muggles? Or was this, simply put, not their fight?
The arguments for and against intervention were protracted and the fight became vicious. Pro-interventionists argued that they might be able to save lives; anti-interventionists that wizards risked their own security by revealing themselves in battle. Messengers were sent to the Ministry of Magic in London to ask whether they intended to fight. A four-word message returned: ‘Sitting this one out.’ McGilliguddy’s famous response was even shorter: ‘Mind you do.’ While officially the American witches and wizards did not engage in battle, unofficially there were many instances of intervention to protect No-Maj neighbours and the wizarding community celebrated Independence Day along with the rest of American society – although not necessarily alongside them.
One of the most significant American magical laws was created in 1790, when MACUSA approved an edict to enforce total segregation of the wizarding and No-Maj communities. Rappaport’s Law, named after then-President Emily Rappaport, was created as a result of one of the worst breaches of the International Statute of Secrecy ever known, a breach in which the daughter of Rappaport’s Keeper of Treasure and Dragots and a Scourer descendant almost exposed the existence of magic worldwide. With the passing of Rappaport’s Law, intermarriage and even friendship between wizards and No-Majs became illegal in the United States.
MACUSA’s base remained in Washington until 1892, when an unforeseen uprising of the Sasquatch population caused another security breach. Historians place the blame for the rebellion on Irene Kneedander, Head of the Body for Protection of Magical Species (Humanoid), whose interpretation of her job title had involved attacking any Sasquatch that ‘stepped out of line.’ The arrival in Washington of the Sasquatch necessitated mass Obliviations and extensive repairs to headquarters.
MACUSA needed a new refuge, and over the course of several years, wizards infiltrated the construction team of a new building in New York. By the time the Woolworth Building was completed it could both house No-Majs and – if activated by the correct spells – transform into a space for wizards. The only outer mark of the MACUSA’s new secret location was the owl carved over the entrance.
MACUSA in the 1920s
As with most other magical governing bodies, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is the largest department in MACUSA.
Rappaport’s Law was still in operation in the 1920s and several offices in MACUSA had no counterpart in the Ministry of Magic; for example, a sub-division dealing with No-Maj Fraternisation and an office issuing and verifying wand permits, which everyone, citizen and visitor, was supposed to carry within the States.
A significant difference between the wizarding governments of the United States and the UK of this time was the penalty for serious crime. Whereas British witches and wizards were sent to Azkaban, the worst criminals in America were executed.
In the 1920s the President of MACUSA was Seraphina Picquery from Savannah. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement was headed by Percival Graves, a well-respected descendant of one of the original twelve American Aurors.
And with it some, hopefully, fun things will be rolled out over the next few weeks. I know I am not the best at updates. Even when it comes to the new released trailers for Fantastic Beasts I’ve been lax but that is also because I assume most have seen it already. Anyway, I realize to have a page that 1,035 of you (Wait what? Seriously, THANK YOU!) may not be keen on all of the things I’m posting but hopefully you’ll be willing to stick around.
One, I’ve been working behind the scenes to set up this as an RPG. The goal is to get that up and running completely by the 31st. This includes,
• Common Rooms where roleplayers can chat in character among themselves.
• Open Roles, teacher (npc) introductions and options for original characters.
• Rules. (I know BOO! But in opening this up to everyone, it needs to be there.)
• An OOC board to update storylines that are going on between all characters just in case they may effect other story lines.
And my personal favorite:
• a forum for everyone to talk about Ilvermorny and North American Wizardry/Magic, because ultimately all I’ve posted thus far has either been directly from Pottermore or my own personal head canon. Ultimately, I want this world building to be a collaboration. I want to hear the opinions and differences of cultures that would effect the wizarding world in America. We’re a melting pot and I’m personally curious because, as I’ve said before, I can bring the white to the table but that’s about it. The goal is to have more immersion than that. I’m very much looking forward to the interactions with other fans on this one.
So, I hope you all will enjoy what I’ve been creating for a good long time now and want to play along too.
I believe that a person that belongs to house Pukwudgie is generally a kind person. This is the house for the people that will follow their hearts over their minds. The act first and think later people. I firmly believe this.
A Pukwudgie is going to stand up for those that can’t stand up for themselves. They are the activists, the people brave enough to go hand out sandwiches and blankets to the homeless. They are healers and that stems further than just the act of ailing wounds. They’re people that our out healing the world as much as they are healing people literally. I also believe that they are generally fiercely loyal friends to have.
That being said the main criteria for Pukwudgie seems to be the element of the heart. So even if a person doesn’t necessarily fit all of these things I’ve said, if they make choices with their gut or their heart they likely belong in this house. That is one of the things I rather like about Ilvermorny’s sorting system is that it embodies a whole person which breeds diversity. A person you may look at on the surface and go they’re probably a thug, and may very well be, but is because in their heart they believe they’re right to act in such way could be a Pukwudgie just as much as the traits I’ve already outlined. The answer lies in the way a person views their actions and their world and that is what they are judged for in the sorting ceremony.
But mostly I return to the first thing I said, I believe to be a Pukwudgie you are a person that protects and gives back freely. They don’t do things for glory but quite plainly do them to help those who can’t help themselves. That’s what I believe anyway.
I think this is the most random question I’ve gotten so far considering it has nothing to do with Harry Potter or American Wizardry or their school. And since half of it appears to be misspelled I’m gonna guess what you mean...
The first General-Governer of Pakistan was Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was appointed into office on August 15, 1947 due to the country gaining its independence from England. It looks like there was a small period of shared rule where England still had its hands in the goings on of the countries government which is why the role of general-governor was formed. Or at least that is what the wondrous no-maj invention of Google has told me.
Forgive me if this is inaccurate because I really don’t know a great deal about Pakistan’s government or history but thanks for the “and now you know” moment.
Hey do you analyze houses? For example Slytherin Pukwudgie vs Hufflepuff Pukwudgie or Gryffindor Thunderbird vs Gryffindor Wampus
I think for this one I am going to have to say no. You see when I look up Ilvermorny anything I find that this is a giant focus: how the houses are the same. Or if you’re a Ravenclaw doesn’t that automatically mean you would be a Horned Serpent at Ilvermorny. Everyone is analyzing the houses and since there’s such an over flow of it I really don’t want to. I’ve read simple x=y things like what I just stated, to people taking the crest and overlaying them and going: LOOK THEY OVERLAP! And in many ways it does work. The results make perfect sense given the text we were provided with. I just don’t feel the need to add to it. I feel like that action is somehow an over simplification that is unfair to the new world that is the American Wizarding World and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Perhaps, this is something deeply American rooted within me that wants to steal something from another thing and make it all my own. I mean, that’s sort of how everything American was created after all. We’re the melting pot. We steal things, reinvent them and put the seal of America on it and call it good but I digress.
I also cannot deny that there are similarities. The assumption noted in my example makes sense. The creators of Ilvermorny created the school to be like Hogwarts because they wanted it. In all reality, I find that very clever of Rowling because how often have we American’s gone: I want to go to Hogwarts, knowing that even if there was a Hogwarts we wouldn’t be allowed to attend because we are American. So to give us Hogwarts here is awesome, but again, with this page I want to make it ours. Different. Even if it has the same foundation.
Though, I will note one thing I’ve observed in reading about the houses and everyone else’s analysis is that there seems to be one key difference: at Hogwarts the founders picked students on what tools they found more important to go through life with and make base decisions off of: Bravery, Cunning, Loyalty and Knowledge. These traits run in Ilvermorny’s houses as well, it’s been pointed out time and time again but the fact their looking for those traits suggest the founders cared more about thought and problem solving in their decision and that was put into the Sorting Hat to carry out the tradition.
At Ilvermorny the houses represent: Mind, Body, Heart and Soul. Which suggests the houses find gut reactions more important. Do you react to situations using your mind? Do you follow your heart? It looks the same as Hogwarts but at it’s core it’s different. It’s less methodical, it’s more chaotic, and I really like that. It’s very, American. A Horned Serpent may hit the library to solve a problem like a Ravenclaw would but the break down of what the traits are in words very much suggests mind versus gut instinct.
That’s just my view on it, and I suppose I analyzed the houses a bit for you anyway but I really don’t wish to do an in depth of how the houses are the same. I really truly want to see how they are different.
And to quote a wise old wizard: “It’s not how you are alike. It’s how you are not… ”
lol is the 'is this a test thing' the default for microsoft?
If you’re talking about the sample text option that Microsoft uses with Word (maybe their other programs too, I wouldn’t know) then yes. It’s a “language” called Lorem Ipsum that is based off Latin and mimics the way text looks no matter what language it may be written in which makes it a super handy design tool when trying to figure out aesthetics. Basically, it’s the standard fake text used in design work.
Things you likely didn’t need to know but there you have it: gibberish for design purposes.
Hey, I have one question. A wand with hybrid core, Phoenix feather and Unicorn hair. How will be?
Part of pairing a wand with the wizard/witch is that the magic within senses it will work well with the other. It’s like a marriage between the magical user and the tool. At least that is always how I pictured it from how the books spoke of it. Yes, wands can be earned but some wands rather dislike being taken away from their owners and never behave well with the new owner for that reason. So in all actuality, the core of a wand doesn’t give the full picture of how a wand will behave. The type of wood it is paired with also helps manipulate the magic and the person using the wand (the one it was meant for) also dictates how the wand will act.
However, I imagine that that combination would make for a rather dependable and powerful wand. I imagine the user would have an easier time with Charms and Defense with it.
This is one of my favorite things I’ve ever found for sorting out how a wand may behave. It’s a fan built thing but I feel it is very successful and very very in depth: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7136712/5/HP-TUTORIAL-1-WANDS-AND-WAND-CORES-OUT-OF-DATE
I’ve always used it to decide the best wand type for the characters I have played (and still do play). It’s an excellent bit of writing. So kudos to fanfiction.net user Anna Brelin (where ever you are) because I love this so much.
There are other sources for wand types/builds out there but that one is hands down the best I’ve found out there that is HP based 100%.
I have read this article. I will admit I am about as white as it gets, and have no affiliation with JKR. I merely jacked the writing from Pottermore because it was easier to me to have the reference right here than going back to the website for the source material. That being said, I have been contemplating what that part of the HP community has been saying and how it can be worked into this page to make it a more cohesive with our history as America the whole and far more consistent with the richness of the Native American peoples beliefs and history as well taking the text that Rowling wrote away from what is such a typical case of America being white washed.
My best solution for this problem is to open this blog to submitted ideas from the community on how to handle it. An open discussion, if you will, to mold it into a more realistic view. That being said it would have to still live in the canon that Rowling has created because in spite the obvious flaws, it is her universe and it’s canon now. To a great degree she failed in integrating that history into her tale of the Irish girl with Slytherin heritage but I do find some very interesting elements worth exploring within that story. For instance, the idea that the native culture does not use wands. Why would that be? It sure as hell isn’t because they were/are incapable of wand making. I firmly believe that isn’t the case. However, I think there is potentially a very interesting story within that fact that Rowling has made that should be explored. I just don’t think I am the person to do it. As I said: I am white, and as much as I love history and actually really love Native American history I am not the person to come up with that answer. I am incapable of it with my background.
So I would much rather ask the HP community: Why? Why would a civilization choose to stick to nature and magic so purely?
Make it make sense. Make it interesting. Make it fun. Help me create this story the way you always hoped it would be.
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