Abel Treetops• Character
Abel Treetops was a wizard from Cincinnati who said in 1832 that he had a patented approach for taming Wampus Cats so that they might be used as guards for wizarding homes. In actuality, Treetops was placing Engorgement Charms on Kneazles, which are tame and naturally hostile to suspicious and… Read MoreAbernathy• Character
Abernathy was Tina Goldstein’s pompous boss in the wand permit office at MACUSA headquarters (WFT). Read MoreAbraham Potter• Character
Abraham Potter was one of MACUSA’s original twelve aurors (Pm). Read MoreAchilles Tolliver• Character
Achilles Tolliver was an Auror whom Tina Goldstein dated after she read the (erroneous) magazine headline announcing that Newt was going to marry Leta Lestrange (CG). Read MoreThe American Revolutionary War results in a new country: the United States• Event
Between 1775 and 1783, the original thirteen British colonies in North America rebel against foreign rule and establish a new country, the United States of America. North American witches and wizards debate whether or not to take sides against their British magical counterparts. In the end, both sides decide to… Read MoreAmerican Witches and Wizards Engage in "Country or Kind" Debate• Event
In 1777, MACUSA President Elizabeth McGilliguddy presided over a gathering of witches and wizards from all over North America for the “Country or Kind” Debate. Thousands arrived, so the Great Meeting Hall was expanded magically to hold them all. Their purpose was to debate whether they should give allegiance to… Read MoreAnti-Wizard Feeling On The Rise
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Headlines and advertisements
Anti-Wizard Feeling On The Rise is a headline from a magical newspaper in 1926 (WFT). Read MoreAntonio• Character
A baby chupacabra named Antonio was chained under the chair of prisoner Gellert Grindelwald in MACUSA Headquarters. While placed there as a threat to the dark wizard, Antonio helped him escape when Ministry Aurors were moving him out of MACUSA custody in New York City (CG). The creature sank his… Read MoreAppalachian Mountains
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Mountains, hills, and landforms
A long mountain range in eastern North America running from northern Canada down to mid-Alabama in the southern United States. Read MoreAppaloosa Puffskeins• Creature
Newt Scamander hoped to purchase a fuzzy creature known as an Appaloosa Puffskein in New York City as a birthday present for someone, but the breeder had been shut down by MACUSA a year earlier. Porpentina Goldstein explained to him that breeding magical creatures is forbidden in New York (WFT). Read MoreAristotle Twelvetrees• Character
Aristotle Twelvetrees was Keeper of Treasure and Dragots in MACUSA in the late 18th century (Pm). Read MoreArizona
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Creatures' homes, lairs, and territories • Regions, counties, and territories
Arizona is a state in the American southwest. Much of the land is beautiful, arid desert. Read MoreArnold Guzman• Character
Arnold Guzman was an American who met with Newt Scamander at the Ministry of Magic in 1927. He was very persuasive in explaining how dangerous Gellert Grindelwald for members of the Wizarding World, especially Purebloods who saw him as a hero. Guzman also warned Newt that Grindelwald would use the… Read MoreThe Attack on Ilvermorny• Event
The Irish witch Gormlaith Gaunt attacks Ilvermorny School to take revenge on her niece, Isolt Sayre, who had stolen the family heirloom wand once belonging to Salazar Slytherin from Gormlaith and fled to America. The witch was also furious that Isolt married James Steward, a No-Maj, and was running a… Read MoreAurors
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Occupations
The Aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle the Dark Arts. They operate in some ways as soldiers but more often as intelligence agents, seeking out Dark wizards and defeating them, often in fierce wizard duels. Alastor Moody and Frank and Alice Longbottom were famous Aurors,… Read MoreAutomatic typewriters
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Communication
In the basement of MACUSA headquarters in New York, there at least one hundred automatic typewriters on the unmanned desks. Read More
MACUSA
Abernathy
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Abernathy was Tina Goldstein’s pompous boss in the wand permit office at MACUSA headquarters (WFT). Read More
The American Revolutionary War results in a new country: the United States
• Event
Between 1775 and 1783, the original thirteen British colonies in North America rebel against foreign rule and establish a new country, the United States of America. North American witches and wizards debate whether or not to take sides against their British magical counterparts. In the end, both sides decide to… Read More
Anti-Wizard Feeling On The Rise
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Headlines and advertisements
Anti-Wizard Feeling On The Rise is a headline from a magical newspaper in 1926 (WFT). Read More
Appalachian Mountains
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Mountains, hills, and landforms
A long mountain range in eastern North America running from northern Canada down to mid-Alabama in the southern United States. Read More
Arizona
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Creatures' homes, lairs, and territories • Regions, counties, and territories
Arizona is a state in the American southwest. Much of the land is beautiful, arid desert. Read More
Aurors
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Occupations
The Aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle the Dark Arts. They operate in some ways as soldiers but more often as intelligence agents, seeking out Dark wizards and defeating them, often in fierce wizard duels. Alastor Moody and Frank and Alice Longbottom were famous Aurors,… Read More