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The Alps were the largest and highest mountain range in Europe.[1] They stretched from France in the west to Austria in the east.[1]
History[]
Shacklehorn-Thorn incident[]
Mathilda Grimblehawk in the Austrian Alps
The Austrian portion of the Alps were home to golden eagles, Graphorns, mountain trolls, and possibly Yetis.[2]
Percival Shacklehorn, a British wizard, went to the Austrian Alps with the intention of catching a wild Graphorn.[2] During this expedition, a mountain troll found its way into Shacklehorn's magically-expanded tent, and was rendered invisible when it broke a bottle of Invisibility Potion.[2] The Muggle monster hunter Laura Thorn was in the Alps searching for a Yeti at the same time.[2] She also wandered into Shacklehorn's tent, and, along with the mountain troll, was accidentally transported to the Leaky Cauldron in London.[2] Mathilda Grimblehawk and her partner were able to track down the loose mountain troll.[2]
Wandering tree book series[]
The book series Wanderings of a Tree in the Alps, which had at least five volumes, may have been the memoirs of a sentient, mobile tree's travels throughout this mountain range.[3][4]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (First mentioned) (Mentioned on a book cover)
- Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World (First appearance)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alps" on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World, Case 2: The Smell of Fear
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (see this image)
- ↑ Goblet of Fire set report from AndersonPiano.com (archived via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine here)
