Hogwarts Legacy: found the connection with a villain from the books?

Hogwarts Legacy it is shown in a wonderful gameplay during the last State of Play, and fans have been busy for to analyze the information now in their possession, finding a connection with one of the villains present in the main saga, narrated in the Harry Potter books.

During the extended gameplay, which lasted a full 14 minutes and is a real daydream, viewers got to know Victor Rookwooda dark wizard who has made an alliance with the goblin Ranrok. We are in the late 1800s, and dark wizards and goblins have begun to embark on a lukewarm alliance to achieve a common purpose, although the latter are neither friendly nor sympathetic to humans.

Not much has been shown of Victor Rookwood. The character appears in an alley of Hosmeade, magical village outside Hogwarts that, in the game, can be freely explored, and where important parts of the plot will take place. Rookwood is not, however, an unknown name to anyone who has read the books of the saga, set approx 100 years later Hogwarts Legacy.

The connection found by fans concerns the wizard’s last name, Rookwood, also mentioned briefly in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Firealthough viewers who have not read the novels are unlikely to remember it. Augustus Rookwood was a secret agent of the Ministry of Magic during the first wizarding warwhich took place in the 80s in the canonical Harry Potter saga.

It was first mentioned while viewing a memory through the Pensieve, when Harry had a chance to witness the trial being done at Igor Karkaroff, former Death Eater and Dean of Durmstrang School. During the trial, Karkaroff framed Barty Crouch Jr. and accused Rookwood of being loyal to Voldemort. While working in the Ministry of Magic, the wizard provided important information to the Dark Lord.

The surnames they are never coincidences in the colorful world created by JK Rowling. In this case, there may be a connection between Augustus and Victor, probably the grandfather or great-grandfather of the Rookwook featured in the main saga.

Hogwarts Legacy takes place about 50 years before the adventures narrated in Fantastic Beastsso it’s possible that ancestors appear in the game, and everything is connected. Warner Bros. Games stated that they intend to release the game during Christmas holidays of 2022so next winter.

In addition, the number of consoles they will host has been expanded after the State of Play Hogwarts Legacysince it will come out also on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.