Fan Theory: You might be an undercover Auror.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Just for fun, I think this theory answers a lot of gameplay questions I have.

Was playing the game, and as it goes on, I can't help but think the main player character is an undercover Auror starting as a 5th-year to root out conspiracies and corruption and coverups and such. And may be under the influence of a memory spell to aid your cover.

I mean, you get really no info about your character's background, start off already knowing a decent bit about magic, you can take one class and suddenly are an expert on that type of magic, and you are very adept at detective work. You pick locks and walk into people's houses and they don't freak out. You are overly friendly and helpful, and curfew or juvenile magic use laws don't seem to apply to you.

The sorting hat outright lets you pick the house you want. There are no romance options. You also can unlock a DMLE Auror outfit and hat early on in the player unlocks, which fuels this theory even more as it is directly tied to the player instead of found out randomly in the wild.

It certainly makes a lot of unanswered things, or badly written things, suddenly make a lot more sense.

"21 Jump Street Hogwarts Division."

[ForteDS]

You now need to answer what your character was sent to Hogwarts to investigate to begin with, and why a 15 year old auror exists.

[Aethrys]

The player character has had an uneventful career up until the game then, because we witness the exact moment they become able to see Thestrals.

[annedoe]

we can't be an undercover Aurora we know Zip, Nip, Nah ZERO, magic until we go to Hogwarts. an Auror would already know Wingaridum Levoisa, Alhomara, etc

Not to mention we would also know healing potion.

[=SM= Mr. Kit]

You won't even become a candidate as an Auror unless you're 17 and have graduated from a Wizarding School with extremely good grades.

[annedoe]

Originally posted by Mr. Kit:

You won't even become a candidate as an Auror unless you're 18 and have educated from a Wizarding School with extremely good grades.

17 not 18

[Umakurokoto]

Originally posted by ForteDS:

You now need to answer what your character was sent to Hogwarts to investigate to begin with, and why a 15 year old auror exists.

Well, you're not really 15, would explain the age thing. I like this theory, because it makes the MC less of a special once in a thousand year prodigy character.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Originally posted by ForteDS:

You now need to answer what your character was sent to Hogwarts to investigate to begin with, and why a 15 year old auror exists.

A magical world where people can have memories removed and put back in, and can be transformed, aged and de-aged. Is it really that far-fetched?

And plenty of times "young-looking" adult police have gone undercover in school settings.

[ForteDS]

Originally posted by Umakurokoto:

Originally posted by ForteDS:

You now need to answer what your character was sent to Hogwarts to investigate to begin with, and why a 15 year old auror exists.

Well, you're not really 15, would explain the age thing. I like this theory, because it makes the MC less of a special once in a thousand year prodigy character.

You are still an extremely rare person that can see ancient magic, and the ministry would be risking having a fully grown auror regress to a teenager and have to redevelop into hopefully a still decent person with a rare gift, and not take a darker path.

[ForteDS]

Originally posted by Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Originally posted by ForteDS:

You now need to answer what your character was sent to Hogwarts to investigate to begin with, and why a 15 year old auror exists.

A magical world where people can have memories removed and put back in, and can be transformed, aged and de-aged. Is it really that far-fetched?

And plenty of times "young-looking" adult police have gone undercover in school settings.

Yes, because why would any wizard be 90? Why would your DAtDA teacher be "Wounded by time" if it would be reversed? Didn't age regression or at least preservation and longevity still involve the Philosopher's Stone from the first book, and draught of life?

[KittHaven]

I think it's more likely that our character was a very late bloomer, and either didn't show signs of magic until they were 15/16, or it was somehow not picked up on. Maybe something to do with wielding ancient magic makes the user show magical ability late.

And as for being gifted at magic, it could just be a natural gift/the ancient magic helps things along. Or just because it's a game and as a player, it would probably be tedious for our characters to struggle to pick up every spell lol.

The reason I think we might be a late bloomer, and not the other theory I've seen floating around about our character being a transfer student, is that BOTH Isadora and Percival Rackham also started Hogwarts as a year 5. Neither explicitly state that they didn't show signs of magic before their 5th year, however Isadora's hamlet is probably one of the ones near-ish to Hogwarts and therefore it wouldn't make sense for her to go to another school and transfer to Hogwarts for her 5th year. Plus, the odds of all 3 of us transferring? Extremely unlikely lol. Also at the beginning both George Osric and Fig say they've never heard of a student starting as a 5th year. However Natsai Onai was a transfer (though prob a few years ago) and it seems their surprise was more to do with us starting school at year 5, not transferring from another school with prior knowledge.

Also yeah, the prior knowledge thing. Putting aside that this is a game and we as players would need to learn the spells, the way everything is set up it's very evident that our player knows nothing, and they don't seem to know much about the wizarding world itself either.

So yeah, my fan theory is that something was going on with our magic to make us start school late and it might/probably has something to do with ancient magic (backed up by all 3 known ancient magic wielders starting school in the 5th year specifically)

[Umakurokoto]

Originally posted by ForteDS:

Originally posted by Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

A magical world where people can have memories removed and put back in, and can be transformed, aged and de-aged. Is it really that far-fetched?

And plenty of times "young-looking" adult police have gone undercover in school settings.

Yes, because why would any wizard be 90? Why would your DAtDA teacher be "Wounded by time" if it would be reversed? Didn't age regression or at least preservation and longevity still involve the Philosopher's Stone from the first book, and draught of life?

So, there's a penalty to de-age oneself, let's say. You've ostensibly taken the years off your lifespan by the same number you de-age. Take ten years off your life to de-age from 25 to 15, not many would make a sacrifice like that unless lives were at stake.

[ForteDS]

Originally posted by Umakurokoto:

Originally posted by ForteDS:

Yes, because why would any wizard be 90? Why would your DAtDA teacher be "Wounded by time" if it would be reversed? Didn't age regression or at least preservation and longevity still involve the Philosopher's Stone from the first book, and draught of life?

So, there's a penalty to de-age oneself, let's say. You've ostensibly taken the years off your lifespan by the same number you de-age. Take ten years off your life to de-age from 25 to 15, not many would make a sacrifice like that unless lives were at stake.

That's steeped in speculation with no basis in established lore, and would be a reckless use of the ministry's resource with a rare and powerful individual. We still haven't touched on what the "student" would be investigating undercover that must have been abandoned after getting swept up in the goblin rebellion, and if it was the goblin rebellion itself, I see no advantage that being a 15 year old student provides that being an officially stationed Auror wouldn't serve, but better.

[Umakurokoto]

Originally posted by ForteDS:

Originally posted by Umakurokoto:

So, there's a penalty to de-age oneself, let's say. You've ostensibly taken the years off your lifespan by the same number you de-age. Take ten years off your life to de-age from 25 to 15, not many would make a sacrifice like that unless lives were at stake.

That's steeped in speculation with no basis in established lore, and would be a reckless use of the ministry's resource with a rare and powerful individual. We still haven't touched on what the "student" would be investigating undercover that must have been abandoned after getting swept up in the goblin rebellion, and if it was the goblin rebellion itself, I see no advantage that being a 15 year old student provides that being an officially stationed Auror wouldn't serve, but better.

Every fan theory is steeped in some level of speculation by necessity. As for why such a scenario came to pass, a prophecy could favor a sacrifice like that as a path to avoid calamity. It would make for interesting DLC material.

[ForteDS]

Originally posted by Umakurokoto:

Originally posted by ForteDS:

That's steeped in speculation with no basis in established lore, and would be a reckless use of the ministry's resource with a rare and powerful individual. We still haven't touched on what the "student" would be investigating undercover that must have been abandoned after getting swept up in the goblin rebellion, and if it was the goblin rebellion itself, I see no advantage that being a 15 year old student provides that being an officially stationed Auror wouldn't serve, but better.

Every fan theory is steeped in some level of speculation by necessity. As for why such a scenario came to pass, a prophecy could favor a sacrifice like that as a path to avoid calamity. It would make for interesting DLC material.

I say that's more bending over backwards to try to get the theory to somehow work, and I think the story is better served just saying that your character transferred to England from parts unknown and underserved for magical education.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Originally posted by Umakurokoto:

Originally posted by ForteDS:

That's steeped in speculation with no basis in established lore, and would be a reckless use of the ministry's resource with a rare and powerful individual. We still haven't touched on what the "student" would be investigating undercover that must have been abandoned after getting swept up in the goblin rebellion, and if it was the goblin rebellion itself, I see no advantage that being a 15 year old student provides that being an officially stationed Auror wouldn't serve, but better.

Every fan theory is steeped in some level of speculation by necessity. As for why such a scenario came to pass, a prophecy could favor a sacrifice like that as a path to avoid calamity. It would make for interesting DLC material.

Oh! I like that!