About This Book

Some related volumes of the work may not be visible on certain platforms, so I’m adding a single chapter to explain some of the settings used in this book.

About this book:

"From Kamar-Taj to Hogwarts" tells the story of events that occurred in the magical communities of certain countries, such as Britain, from 1937 to 1945. The names of countries are replaced with aliases, as readers will understand. The protagonist, Shevan, is escorted by the Ancient One to the Harry Potter universe in 1925. The character’s origin from Kamar-Taj is not simply a golden finger for crossing worlds; it will play a significant role in later plot developments.

The protagonist attends school one year before Tom Riddle, who later becomes Voldemort, though Tom’s character will not be spoiled here. Other familiar names, such as the legendary Auror Alastor Moody, Miranda Goshawk, author of "Standard Book of Spells," as well as various professors’ personalities and backgrounds, have been adjusted to fit the novel. While I’ve tried to stay true to the original, it’s impossible to achieve a perfect match, so I hope readers will be understanding.

The Fantastic Beasts storyline will be incorporated, but only after the third movie is released, so that the plot can be fully integrated and avoid major discrepancies with the films. Therefore, the early chapters focus more on daily life; if that’s not your preference, feel free to save up chapters and read later.

About ghosts:

In "Doctor Strange," the soul and body can likely operate separately, as shown in the final episode’s post-credits scene of "WandaVision." Thus, the protagonist’s ability to use soul power simultaneously is not problematic. In the Harry Potter world, ghosts can interact physically, as seen during Nearly Headless Nick’s five-hundredth deathday party, where ghosts pair up to dance. The forms of ghosts and soul bodies in both universes are somewhat similar—transparent bodies, abilities to pass through walls, etc.—so for the sake of this storyline, I’ve constructed a consistent appearance for them.

Additionally, after a certain plot development, ghosts will play a major role, but not by forcibly tying in Helena Ravenclaw.

Ps: The following are two explanatory chapters from the related works section; if you’ve read them, you can skip ahead.

About Transfiguration:

In my view, Transfiguration should be divided into four branches: Transformation, Switching Spells, Conjuration, and Vanishment. Strictly speaking, Switching Spells could be classified under Transformation.

Here’s a personal summary of the four branches and their corresponding knowledge:

Transformation (also called Transubstantial Transfiguration): Refers to any spell that changes the form of a target, including advanced transformations such as Trans-Species Transformation and Human Transformation.

Human Transformation includes Animagi, Metamorphmagi, and even werewolves. Additionally, Untransfiguration is the counter-spell for Transformation, used to restore transformed objects to their original state. Spells such as Vera Verto are used to turn a bird into a goblet.

Switching Spells: These spells swap the properties of two objects. Hermione once considered switching dragon’s teeth and jelly beans, though the incantation is unknown. Since Transformation changes a single object and Switching Spells involve exchanging properties between two objects, I believe they are not entirely the same.

Conjuration: This branch involves summoning objects out of thin air. According to my interpretation of the wiki, it’s less about summoning and more about constructing something using magic. Due to translation issues, the Chinese version often confuses this with the Summoning Charm, but Conjuration is part of Transfiguration and is the counterpart to Vanishment. Spells include Avis for conjuring birds and Serpensortia for conjuring snakes.

Vanishment: This makes objects disappear into thin air, dissolving them back into the world. Many Harry Potter fans have been misled by certain games into thinking Vanishment can be used on people, or that it’s as powerful as the Unforgivable Curses. In reality, it cannot be used on magical beings; at most, it might make someone’s clothes vanish (which may lead to unexpected consequences). Spells include Evanesco for vanishing objects and Vipera Evanesca as the counter-spell to Serpensortia.

Transfiguration must adhere to Gamp’s Fundamental Laws, which have five exceptions, only food is mentioned in the text. This makes sense: since Transfiguration relies on magic, even if you succeed in transforming food, for example, if someone eats food that was originally a stone, once the magic fades, the food reverts to a stone, with obvious consequences.

About Hogwarts professors:

Readers of the original books may not often consider the number of professors at Hogwarts, since the focus is always on the protagonist’s classes, making a handful of teachers seem sufficient.

However, if you consider seven years and four Houses, with two Houses sharing a class, there are a total of fourteen classes. Excluding the advanced classes for sixth and seventh years, which combine all four Houses, there are still twelve classes. For example, Herbology meets three times a week, so Professor Sprout would have to teach thirty-six classes weekly, each lasting two hours. Clearly, this is impossible.

Thanks to the collective efforts of many fans, this bug has been addressed with several solutions. I chose what I believe is the most reasonable, adding my own insights to form the setting for this book.

The setting is as follows:

There are several professors for each required course at Hogwarts (I believe 3-5 is reasonable), and among them, one serves as the head of the teaching group—essentially, the department chair—usually the Head of House for their respective subject. Additionally, outstanding recent graduates can stay on as teaching assistants to help reduce the professors’ workload.

This explains some of the settings in Fantastic Beasts: as is well known, before Professor McGonagall taught Transfiguration, Professor Dumbledore held the post, but in "Fantastic Beasts," Dumbledore is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. (As for McGonagall’s appearance in the films, just ignore it, or consider her as a talented alumna who stayed on as a teaching assistant and happened to share the same name, since Minerva McGonagall was born in 1935, ten years after the protagonist of this book.)

The story of Fantastic Beasts happens around 1926, when Dumbledore is about forty-five and has not yet become Head of House, so he is part of the "teaching group" under Professor Galatea Merrith. After 1926, possibly due to the retirement of the previous Gryffindor Head or Dumbledore’s increasing prestige, he becomes Head of House, which fits the department chair role. At this point, Professor Merrith has not retired, so the Defense Against the Dark Arts chair is not vacant, making it natural for Dumbledore to teach his other specialty, Transfiguration.

This setting is also reflected elsewhere: after Harry Potter and his classmates graduate in 1997, Neville stays at Hogwarts to teach Herbology, but since Professor Sprout is far from retirement, Neville is likely first a teaching assistant, eventually becoming a member of the teaching group. Sprout has to teach and care for the greenhouses, so she surely has plenty of helpers.

As for Defense Against the Dark Arts, cursed by Voldemort so every professor meets a bad end—it's hard to patch this bug. From my perspective, after the curse is discovered, the number of classes is reduced, with students attending only once a week, so the professor teaches twelve classes weekly, which is just barely manageable.

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These are some of the settings used. If there are parts you don’t understand, feel free to discuss in the comments—I’ll reply when I see them! Thank you all for your support!

One last word: as a new author with a new book, a few influential readers have continuously supported me with recommendations, which is truly moving. I’m not sure whether these readers wish to be mentioned by name, so I’ll refrain for now. Once again, thank you sincerely!