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the story of ilvermorny

WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER - A CLASSROOM - 12:52PM

The classroom that held the magical items brought by the Americans was bustling with excitement and curiosity. Students from both Hogwarts and Ilvermorny mingled andt he Hogwarts students were closely examining the various enchanted artifacts that lined the room, especially the Ravenclaws. The air was thick with the hum of whispered conversations and the occasional burst of laughter.

An Ilvermorny student, named Heavenly stood up and the room settled into a hushed silence, "I'd like to tell you the story of Isolt Sayre," she began, her voice steady but filled with anticipation, eager to share a tale steeped in the very origins of their school.

"Isolt Sayre was born around 1603 and spent her earliest childhood in the valley of Coomloughra, County Kerry, in Ireland. She was the offspring of two pure-blood wizarding families..."

The listeners leaned in closer, intrigued by the beginning of what promised to be a riveting story.

"Her father, William Sayre, was a direct descendant of the famous Irish witch Morrigan, an Animagus whose creature form was a crow. William nicknamed his daughter 'Morrigan' for her affinity for all natural things when she was young. Her early childhood was idyllic, with parents who loved her and were quietly helpful to their Muggle neighbours, producing magical cures for humans and livestock alike."

A hand shot up from the group, and Heavenly paused. "Yes?"

"How did she end up in America?" asked a curious voice. 

"Well," she continued, "at five years old, an attack upon the family home resulted in the death of both of her parents. Isolt was 'rescued' from the fire by her mother's estranged sister, Gormlaith Gaunt, who took her to the neighbouring valley of Coomcallee, or 'Hag's Glen', and raised her there."

As the room absorbed this, another question arose, "Was Gormlaith a kind guardian?"

Heavenly shook her head solemnly. "As Isolt grew older, she came to realize that her saviour was in reality her kidnapper and the murderer of her parents. Unstable and cruel, Gormlaith was a fanatical pure-blood who believed that her sister's helpfulness to her Muggle neighbours was setting Isolt upon a dangerous path to intermarriage with a non-magical man.Only by stealing the child, Gormlaith believed, could she be brought back to the 'right way'. For twelve years, Gormlaith enforced Isolt's cooperation and isolation through powerful Dark magic. At last, the young woman developed sufficient skill and courage to escape by stealing her aunt's wand, for she had never been permitted her own. The only other object that Isolt took with her was a gold brooch in the shape of a Gordian Knot that had once belonged to her mother. Isolt then fled the country,"

The room was spellbound as the student spoke of Isolt's daring escape and her arrival in America, masquerading as a Muggle boy on the Mayflower.

"Isolt arrived in America among the earliest Muggle settlers. On arrival, she vanished into the surrounding mountains, leaving her erstwhile shipmates to suppose that 'Elias Story' had died of the harsh winter, like so many others. Isolt left the new colony partly because she remained afraid that Gormlaith would track her, even to a new continent..."

Heavenly's voice carried the room into the American wilderness, describing Isolt's encounters with magical creatures like the Hidebehind and the Pukwudgie, whom she named William.

"Isolt learned not to talk to William about her strange sense of kinship with the serpent, nor of the fact that it seemed to tell her things. She took to visiting the creek alone and never told the Pukwudgie where she had been. The serpent's message never varied: 'Until I am part of your family, your family is doomed.' Isolt had no family, unless you counted Gormlaith back in Ireland..."