With the recent premiere of Harry Potter's final installment and the publicity flare it undoubtedly ignited, Andreas Starchel (aka Grand Wizard Dakaneth) has seen an uncontrollable surge of applications arrive at the International School for Wizards and Witches.
Back in 2003, at the school's foundation, most of Starchel's friends and colleagues didn't place much confidence in his dream. Yet, as the Grand Wizard and his partner Sonja Kulmitzer draw plans to expand the school's curriculum, it's become obvious that the dream wasn't as fantastical as the naysayers assumed.
Rather than spend time attempting to master impossible skills like flight and invisibility, Grand Wizard Dakaneth leads lectures on potion-making, astromony, botany and herbology. The only questionable course in the curriculum promises to teach students how to 'channel magical energies.' I wonder, are the mid-terms tough?
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