Friday, September 23, 2022

New Hogwarts Houses and Who'd Be in Them

I just recently got back in to the Harry Potter series, and I thought of an interesting concept.  What if Hogwarts completely disbanded the four houses and created not four, but five new houses?  I feel like everyone would have a spot in one of these houses.  The big difference between these houses and the houses we know and love in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin is that these five houses are based on your hobbies and interests, not your character traits.  I thought this would just be a fun little exercise to do, come up with these five houses and sort popular Harry Potter characters into them.  

I'll first name the house (explaining it's pronunciation and Latin origins), what hobbies and interests members of that house would have, explain a bit more about the house, and then name some witches and wizards who would be sorted into that house.

House #1: Valdepartum (VAL-DUH-PART-UM, Latin for very creative)
Hobbies/Interests: Writing, art, music, theater, cooking
Comment: Members of Valdepartum love to express their creativity through art, music, writing, and anything they can create or make and share with the world.
Members: Rita Skeeter, Celestina Warbeck, Dean Thomas, Nymphadora Tonks, Molly Weasley, Gilderoy Lockhart

House #2: Descientia (DUH-SIGH-EN-TEE-UH, Latin portmanteau of words for desire and knowledge)
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, learning, teaching, traveling, experiencing new things
Comment: Members of Descientia love learning and experiencing new things.  They enjoy learning and also sharing their knowledge, possibly through teaching.  They also love being the smartest person in the room.
Members: Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Percy Weasley, Bill Weasley, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Tom Riddle/Voldemort

House #3: Ludobonum (LOU-DOE-BOE-NUM, Latin portmanteau of words for game/sport and good)
Hobbiest/Interests: Sports (Quidditch), games (chess, gobstones, wizard crackers), competition
Comment: Members of Ludobonum love playing games and sports.  They generally are good sports and care more about having fun than winning.  They just want the world to be a happy and fun place.
Members: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Ludo Bagman, Dean Thomas, Fred and George Weasley

House #4: Amarevivus (UH-MAW-RAY-VEE-VUS, Latin portmanteau of words for love and living)
Hobbies/Interests: Animals, plants, magizoology
Comment: Members of Amarevivus love plants and/or animals.  They feel they sometimes can relate to them better than humans.  They hate to see any plant or animal life suffer and want to protect them and their rights.
Members: Neville Longbottom, Newt Scamander, Luna Lovegood, Charlie Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Pomona Sprout

House #5: Amiculus (UH-MICK-YOU-LUSS, Latin portmanteau of words for friendly and people)
Hobbies/Interests: Hanging out with friends, public speaking, talking, making friends
Comment: Members of Amiculus are what you'd call a "people person".  They fit right into any group, they make friends easily, and they are generally well-liked.  They want to make the world a better place and enjoy meeting new people.  They are best-suited of the five houses for a career in politics or social relations.
Members: Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour, Arthur Weasley, Sirius Black, James Potter

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