Cursed Vaults

The Cursed Vaults were five vaults rumoured to exist at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that were believed to contain treasures dating back to before the founding of the school, such as gold, prophecies and various other powerful magical artifacts. Every vault had a different curse placed on it.

History
The origins of the vaults have been forgotten. Theories included that they were created by the Hogwarts founders themselves or a Headmaster who suffered from paranoia.

At some point during his school career, a student named Jacob went looking for those vaults, endangering the whole school in the process, for which he was expelled.

The vaults may have a connection to cursed ice found in the school. During the 1984–1985 school year, the ice that had been securely contained within a locked room in the fifth floor of the castle, which once nearly spread throughout the school, broke free from the room and began to not only spread once more, but also turned out to have become impervious to the Knockback Jinx, which previously had been sufficient to shatter it. Minerva McGonagall believed this was because someone tampered with the vaults.

One of the vaults was located at the end of the Vanished Stairs hidden by a wall on the fifth floor. The magical door was covered in ice, and attacked those who touched it or tried to use the Fire-Making Spell on it. After Jacob's sibling, Bill Weasley, and a friend made their way into the vault using the Fire-Making Spell and defeated the Ice Knight, they found a broken wand and a book inside.

Jacob's sibling heard a warning from their brother which was spoken through the vaults, which Bill and Penny could not hear, telling them not to let "her" find the other four vaults. The book only contained drawings and scribblings.

Another one of the vaults, the Vault of Fear, was found by Jacob's Sibling and their friends in the 1986–1987 school year.

Vaults and locations

 * Vault of Ice: Behind the Vanished Stairs on the Icy Corridor, Fifth Floor
 * Vault of Fear: Behind the Restricted Section in the Hogwarts Library

Behind the scenes

 * When venturing into the Vault of Ice, the player can choose between Ben Copper and Penny Haywood to bring along with them and Bill Weasley.
 * When venturing into the Vault of Fear, the player can choose between Rowan Khanna, Nymphadora Tonks, and Bill Weasley to bring along with them, Tulip Karasu, and Barnaby Lee.

Notes and references
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