Gamekeeper's Hut



This outsize shack, originally used by the Keeper of the Grounds, has been taken over by Professor Sarah Norman, the Wandlore teacher for years 5-7, and the Animagi Trainer. Her entire menagerie will be joining her shortly from New York, so somnambulists are advised to cross this location off their mental map for night-time wanderings. The denizens will include a 40-stone White Bengal Tigress and a 21-foot Reticulated Python, among many, many others. For those with the requisite courage, and lack of allergies, it may also be considered her office. Over the door, and around the building a foot below the gutters, are blunted hooks of sturdy construction, for when Harald, the python, feel like taking the air. Thanks to a previous owner, Harald thinks he's a bat, and therefore needs to "hang" and "chill" - or rather, given that he's a reptile, "warm". For those favouring the aerial approach, there's a Fwooper/Parrot hybrid with fire-breath, and a couple of crows with comprehensive knowledge of CIA strategy and tactics, who will be patrolling the perimeter. The mud wallow at the back will contain a couple of very content Capybaras, and probably one rather shrill and bespattered Pygmy Puff on a regular basis. They will be frequently accompanied by a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig in their happy snuffling. In short, animals are entirely safe here, and humans, even those with wands, irk them at their peril.