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Ilvermorny School Town

Outside of Ilvermorny is a small town that is a popular weekend destination for students. Named after the young founders of the school, Boot’s Keep is a bustling town for the everystudent. Coffee shops, wand repair, pet supplies- anything students would need outside of school work. It would operate on the basis of a college town but many of the businesses are leased to alumni and are staffed with older students to earn a wage.

Some of the hotspots of the Keep are the Noctua- a 24-hour coffee shop and the wizarding world’s magic Starbucks; Phillipa Piper’s Dance Hall- a night club that always seems to change its interior depending on the night (the administration is trying to get Old Miss Piper to stop bringing untrained jackalopes and dust devils to her hall for country night); Greyhops- a beer distillery (butter and otherwise) that was founded and completely staffed by alumni; and Sayre Plaza- a wide open space in the middle of town that hosts the annual Ilvermorny Superbowl watch party.

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ILVERMORNY HEADCANON [Magical Sweets]

Snickering Snickerdoodles

The classic No-Maj treat was brought to the school’s halls in the early 1900′s, but, of course, with a magical twist.  Once you take a bite of these scrumptious cookies, you won’t be able to stop giggling until the whole cookie is finished.  Good luck trying to stay quiet when sneaking a bite during class!

Popping Rocks

A spin on the popular No-Maj candy, these enchanted rock candies don’t just explode with flavor, but also with actual fireworks! As soon as these suckers begin to crackle, you can expect sparklers as bright as 4th of July fireworks to erupt from your mouth. And don’t try to close your mouth; they’ll just end up coming from your ears!

Ocean Water Taff

Chewing these salty treat will make you end up feeling like you took a swim with the fishes. With every bite, you’ll feel more and more like you’re at the shore, complete with a sunkissed tan and sand in your shoes! Eat at discretion, though. You don’t want to end up smelling like a fish!

Juicy Jackalope Jumpers

A delicious, sweet candy that have becoming increasingly popular amongst students in the last few years or so. Appearing as a small, circular-like gummy, each bite of this treat will make you leap with flavor; literally! Those who eat it will end up hopping around like bunnies from classroom to classroom. A good snack if you want to get to class early!

Skinwalker’s Surprise

First comprised by a particuarly devious Wampus student back in the 1960′s, this candy is perfect if you’re looking to prank you friends. Place a raw Skinwalker’s Surprise into a mix of another candy, and watch it camouflage in just like it’s namesake. When someone goes to eat it, they’ll be treated with an awfully, nasty taste in their mouths. Yuck!

Chick Pees

Disguised as the classic PEEP Chicks, these sweet treats look and taste exactly like the originals!  What’s the catch you ask?  The second the one enjoying the sweet treat gets even the simplest of a fright, the spell detects the jump in their heart rate and automatically makes them pee their pants. Perfect for the prankster within!

Boom Boom Balls

These treats are quite simply, really.  These balls of chocolate are absolutely delicious and safe to eat as one normally would.  Yet, if you ever find yourself in a jam and need to escape a sketchy situation (maybe you played a playful prank on Headmaster Hughes), just grab a ball and slam it to the ground.  Very similar to the classic smoke bomb, but instead of nasty smoke these leave yummy chocolate powder in their wake!

Mr. Who’s Wonder Sweets

Mr. Who’s Wonder Sweets were created by an Ilvermorny Alum who was obsessed with the No-Maj game of Guess Who (it’s also kinda ironic his last name happened to also be Who).  Each piece is wrapped individually.  When you unwrap your piece the wrapper will read a famous Witch or Wizard.  Once you pop the sweet treat in your mouth you automatically act and sound like the name on he wrapper and you won’t stop until someone guesses correctly. So gather your friends and play a few rounds with these delicious sweets!

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Ilvermorny Campuses

As the No-Maj population in the United States grew so did the wizarding population, with one out of every five thousand people having magical abilities. By 1915 Ilvermorny’s student population was nearing two thousand and the school was quickly reaching its capacity. MACUSA, concerned about what they would do if Ilvermorny did not have room for students, formed the Department of Magical Education or DOME. DOME, comprised of both career politicians as well as former and current teachers, discussed their options. Due to America’s strict wand laws, home schooling across the country did not seem feasible, and the risks of magical children not receiving an education and learning to control their powers were to great.

The department quickly came to the conclusion that the best option was to create an additional Ilvermorny campus. With this, a new campus would be able to be formed with similar enchantments to the original campus, and students would be able to be divided geographically.

The first of the additional campuses was established in 1929. Located in the wilderness of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, the campus was far from No-Maj reach. With the repeal of Rappaport’s Law in 1965, the US wizarding population was expected to grow even more. Both the Greylock and Olympic campuses were nearing full capacity as well, and DOME determined it was time to build a third campus. The third campus was established in 1972. Maintaining their pattern of hiding within the untamed wilderness, the campus was built in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico. A fourth campus was built in the Flordia Everglades and established in 1999.

With the building of this campus, the schools got together and decided to create championship leagues between the schools for everything from wizards chess to quodpot. Each school established mascots and team names to play under: The Greyback Snallygasters, the Olympic Sasquatches, the Gila Jackalopes, and the Everglade Raugarous.