It has become clear that the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry hides many secrets. Avalanche Software did their homework during the development of Hogwarts Legacy and included a lot of it in the form of puzzles, quests, and dialogue. However, some are only accessible through exploration and tedious learning of Alohomora. And rightly so, because some are very shady.
I put you in context. Argus FilchThe Hogwarts warden and warden in Harry Potter, is a truly peculiar character: he doesn’t like children and loves old ways such as overly strict rules and physical punishment. In “The Philosopher’s Stone” he says:
What a pity that he is not punished as before! There was a time when she punished herself by hanging by her thumbs in dungeons. How I miss the screams.
The Professor McGonagall clarified in “The Goblet of Fire” that physical punishment is prohibited. The thing is, Hogwarts Legacy is set 100 years before Harry Potter and the castle keeps some of the gadgets in Hogwarts Legacy. They are in one of the wall towersspecifically to the right of the main door, leaving the castle behind.
These could be the gadgets that Filch mentions and that Hogwarts had a rather murky times regarding punishment of students. It is likely that they were removed from the dungeons and stored in this tower as a storage room. It is likely that Filch got his hands on one during Filch’s brief tenure. Dolores Umbridge at Hogwarts.
Remember that the school was founded about the year 992 by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin, the latter being the main inspiration for those who believe that magic should only be taught to the Purebloods. It is not surprising that there were methods of this style.
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