Canon-wise, how accurate do you think the game will be?

[gbuglyo]

From what I've read so far, this seems difficult to assess. On one hand, I've read that the reason the game is set in the 19th century is because the creators wanted a setting in which players can use magic outside Hogwarts according to the official HP canon (the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery was issued in 1875), rather than just taking the easy way out by saying, "the game is not canon so you can use magic wherever you want".

On the other hand, in OotP Hagrid said that he was the only person in Britain to have successfully tamed a herd of thestrals, so having a thestral mount available to Hogwarts students in the 19th century seems canonically inaccurate (unless you have to tame your mount first as part of the game). What's your take on this?

[VanHokker]

I think the game will be extremely canon accurate and filled with tons of goodies for us to explore and find. However I do not think that 100% of what is in the game will align with the books and fit perfectly within the timeline. After all, at a certain point gameplay with trump canon if canon gets too much in the way.

[Jynn]

Regarding the Threstral:

On one hand, it depends on what you define as a herd. If we have 2 thestrals, or so, that isn't much of a herd

On another point, he might not have known about this student hundreds of years ago who kept threstrals in the room of requirement, especially since almost no one knows of the Room of requirement at all. We dont know if anyone else but us, the player character, knows that there are magical creatures being kept in that secret room

Hagrid might just never found out that about it

[Natashi]

The Goblin Rebellion is literally a real cannon lore it existed years before Hogwarts Legacy wasn't even starting to development. Like for example us as muggles question if Jesus Christ was real right ? But when you play Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Goliath from the literal David and Goliath story appears on a wizarding card confirming in my opinion the Jesus was one of the few magical people to exist in their world and possible one of the few reasons why magic is kept under the dark from the muggle world

[gbuglyo]

Originally posted by Jynn:

Regarding the Threstral:

On one hand, it depends on what you define as a herd. If we have 2 thestrals, or so, that isn't much of a herd

On another point, he might not have known about this student hundreds of years ago who kept threstrals in the room of requirement, especially since almost no one knows of the Room of requirement at all. We dont know if anyone else but us, the player character, knows that there are magical creatures being kept in that secret room

Hagrid might just never found out that about it

True. Also, what Hagrid said implies that he was the only person in Britain to own a domesticated herd at that present time, not historically, so the presence of tame thestrals at Hogwarts in the 19th century is, while unlikely, not entirely impossible. (He did say that he started out with six specimens, one male and five females, but these are implied to have been bred elsewhere as Tenebrus is the first thestral born in the Forbidden Forest under Hagrid's care.)

[WizardHufflepuff]

Hagrid said HE THINKS he's got the only domestic heard in Britian.

‘But tha’s not very interestin’, Hermione,’ said Hagrid. ‘The stuff
I’ve got’s much more impressive. I’ve bin bringin’ ’em on fer years,
I reckon I’ve got the on’y domestic herd in Britain.’

It was never established as a fact.

[gbuglyo]

Originally posted by AndrewHufflepuff:

Hagrid said HE THINKS he's got the only domestic heard in Britian.

‘But tha’s not very interestin’, Hermione,’ said Hagrid. ‘The stuff
I’ve got’s much more impressive. I’ve bin bringin’ ’em on fer years,
I reckon I’ve got the on’y domestic herd in Britain.’

It was never established as a fact.

Yeah, true. Still, domesticated thestrals are very rare, and were probably not present at Hogwarts before Hagrid's time.

[Kai]

Very Inaccurate

[Jynn]

Originally posted by gbuglyo:

Originally posted by AndrewHufflepuff:

Hagrid said HE THINKS he's got the only domestic heard in Britian.



It was never established as a fact.

Yeah, true. Still, domesticated thestrals are very rare, and were probably not present at Hogwarts before Hagrid's time.

makes sense, but our character also seems to be very special, so who knows, we might get a special bond with magical creatures due to our connection to ancient magic

but considering how few people knew the room of requirement existed before harry used it as a secret classroom, i imagine no one would ever know that there were magical creatures being kept in there during this time period

[Borjalyokox]

The developers have made very clear that they have read the books several times, so that's that. But we also have to remember that this is a game with lots of customization, activities, and an open world they have to fill with stuff to do. They will respect the canon, but they will also take some liberties to make the game more interesting.

[gbuglyo]

Originally posted by Jynn:

Originally posted by gbuglyo:

Yeah, true. Still, domesticated thestrals are very rare, and were probably not present at Hogwarts before Hagrid's time.

makes sense, but our character also seems to be very special, so who knows, we might get a special bond with magical creatures due to our connection to ancient magic

but considering how few people knew the room of requirement existed before harry used it as a secret classroom, i imagine no one would ever know that there were magical creatures being kept in there during this time period

That's true. I also hope they find a solution that more or less fits the canon.

[gbuglyo]

Originally posted by Borjalyokox:

The developers have made very clear that they have read the books several times, so that's that. But we also have to remember that this is a game with lots of customization, activities, and an open world they have to fill with stuff to do. They will respect the canon, but they will also take some liberties to make the game more interesting.

That sums up pretty well what I'm also expecting (and hoping for) them to do. Fingers crossed! I've just pre-ordered the game. :)

[annedoe]

Our MC's story takes place in 1890s so that would be *after* the 1875 not before

[gbuglyo]

Originally posted by annedoe:

Our MC's story takes place in 1890s so that would be *after* the 1875 not before

I did not know that, so I read up on it. Apparently, the date is shown in a newspaper from early gameplay footage. Who knows, it may still be changed. Or the developers decided not to care about the canon after all.

[gbuglyo]

Alternatively, it is possible to come up with an argument that in the early years after the Decree came into effect, the Ministry of Magic did not yet possess the necessary apparatus to detect underage magic, so in those days, the law was not yet taken very seriously by everyday people (similarly to underage drinking in many countries).

Official HP canon explains the Ministry's ability to detect underage magic by the Trace, but the details about how the Trace works or when it was invented are not clarified by the canon (to my knowledge).

[Dank Sidious]

Respecting Rowling and her original work is most likely not a priority here, so who knows.