Hogwarts wizards who signed in to Middle-earth.

Chapter 320 Professor Selection

The Pen of Acceptance seemed to welcome all, recording all those with magical abilities detected in the Book of Admission.

However, the admission criteria were even stricter, completely eliminating the names of those who were over the age limit for enrollment, and then reclassifying them and ranking them according to their enrollment time.

The first page contains the list of new students who enrolled in September 2961.

Besides the young wizards within the territory, there were also elf children, Dunedan people, and skin-changing people, totaling nearly a hundred people.

Speaking of the Dúnedan, this race descended from the Númenor people, they are not only long-lived, with a lifespan more than three times that of ordinary humans, but they also possess magic.

Like Aragorn, who was adopted by Elrond, whose ancestor was Elrond's twin brother Elroth, he had elven blood and extraordinary magic.

When Aragorn turned twenty in 2951, Elrond revealed his identity to him and gave him two royal heirlooms of Arnor—the Ring of Barah and the Sword of Narsil.

Entrusted by Elrond, Duy also personally crafted a wand for Aragorn.

Furthermore, Aragorn also attended Dui and Arwen's engagement and wedding ceremonies.

After reaching adulthood, Aragorn left the Valley and returned to the Dúnedan tribe in the north, where he officially succeeded as chieftain and began his adventures throughout Middle-earth as a ranger.

The Dúnedan, under Aragorn's command, lived in the region of Eliador. They were secretive, nomadic, and were known as nomads by other humans.

As descendants of the Kingdom of Arno, the people of the northern Dunedan have always considered it their duty to protect the kingdom's former territory and secretly maintain peace and tranquility in the Eliador region.

However, since Dui established his power at Wind Peak, the Eliador region, especially the area near Wind Peak, has enjoyed peace, and dark forces such as orcs no longer dare to invade this place.

Therefore, the people of Dúnedan in the north gradually became more hidden and discreet in Eliado.

After the birth of the wizarding community and the establishment of the Ministry of Magic, the Aurors, centered on Windrise, swept outwards to eliminate all unstable factors, especially dark creatures.

From Beigang in the north to Nangang in the south, from Guzhonggang in the west to the last bridge in the east, all of these areas became the Aurors' patrol range.

Once there are any dark creatures such as orcs, trolls, or dire wolves, they are all wiped out without mercy.

Even the Troll Forest was swept away by the wizard Aurors. The ogres were either killed or fled into the deep mountains, too afraid to come down again.

In particular, some of these Aurors were villagers whom Dui had saved from the ogres, so they hated these ogres to the core and would kill them on sight.

The ogres in the ogre forest met their end; except for a few who managed to escape to deep mountain caves, almost all of them were wiped out.

The once-feared troll forest fell silent.

There were no more reports of cannibals running onto the east-west avenue and kidnapping passersby.

The road from Fengyun Peak to Yougu Valley is unobstructed.

With the wizard Auror protecting Eliador, the people of Dúnedan felt they had no place to use their talents, so they gathered in a secluded corner of the southern part of the Troll Forest, between the Azure Spring River and the Echoing Water River, and lived there in seclusion.

Dui saw information about several recorded Dunedan children in the Book of Admission, with their addresses in the River Corner.

The acceptance letter and admission document are ready, and the student list is also complete.

Dui then began to consider candidates for teachers.

It is now midsummer of 2961, just a few months away from the opening of the first Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The most urgent task is to find all the teachers before the start of the school year.

Just like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in another world, Dui is preparing to offer the same courses.

The first-year curriculum includes Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, History of Magic, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, Herbalism, and Flying.

This means that at least eight professors are needed to teach the students.

And this is just the compulsory course for first graders. In third graders, there will be elective courses such as protecting magical creatures, divination, ancient runes, arithmetic divination, and alchemy.

We need even more professors. But that's not the priority right now. Let's find enough professors for the first year first, and then we can slowly consider recruiting other professors.

First, for the Potions class professor, Dui directly selected Allen Heath, who was the best at potions.

As for other disciplines, Dui plans to conduct open recruitment, selecting from the students who graduated from the magic crash course.

In the History of Magic section, Dui plans to use history books compiled by the elves to teach students the history of Middle-earth, from the ancient Age of the Great Lamp, the Age of the Two Trees, the First Age, the Second Age, to the present Third Age.

And none are more familiar with this history than the elves, an immortal species.

Therefore, Dui plans to invite an elf to be a professor of the history of magic.

Once the decision was made, Dui immediately posted a job advertisement.

The wizards of Hogsmeade, Brie, and Isengard became excited when they heard that their lord was recruiting professors for various subjects, and they all eagerly signed up.

Even Mayor Luke of Breeze, Mayor Luke of Hogsmeade, and Brog, the chief of the Black Wildlands tribe, chose to sign up.

After rounds of selection and evaluation, eight course instructors were finally chosen in early July.

Edward, the butler, defeated a host of competitors to become the Transfiguration professor.

Luke resigned from his position as mayor of Hogsmeade and became a professor of Charms.

Brog, the leader of the Black Barbarians, became the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Allen Heath, the best potion master, became a professor of potions.

The position of professor of herbalism was taken by Margaret, a witch who was in charge of taking care of the Dui Garden and the herb garden.

The position of professor of astronomy was unexpectedly taken by Alpha from Dunedan.

Dui was also very surprised by this, never expecting that Alpha, a Dunedan, would choose to apply for the position of professor of astronomy, and even succeed in it.

Alpha holds a significant position among the northern Dunedan people. Dui met him at the Leap Horse Inn during the expedition to Lonely Mountain and traded the Corpse Demon Ancient Sword obtained from the Ancient Tomb Hill with him, in exchange for many live medicinal herbs.

Furthermore, Alpha also possessed magical talent. After the wand shop opened in Diagon Alley, he went to the wand shop, obtained his own wand, and bought a spellbook at the spellbook shop in Diagon Alley to study on his own.

After learning and mastering the limited basic magic in the spellbook, he began to travel between Hogsmeade and Brie, visiting and asking questions of the first wizards to graduate from the crash course in magic.

Through self-study and exploration, he surpassed the magical skills of many students in crash courses in magic.

In addition, his existing astronomical knowledge allowed him to defeat a host of competitors, gain Dui's appreciation, and obtain the position of professor of astronomy.

Dui originally intended to hire an elderly elf from the Valley for the position of professor of magic history.

However, Alvin volunteered and asked Dui for the position of Professor of History of Magic.

Looking at Alvin's slightly protruding belly, a year into her pregnancy, Dui wanted to refuse, but seeing Alvin's expectant eyes, he hesitated.

In the end, Galadriel spoke up, persuading Dui to agree and explaining that she would help Alvin teach.

Dui then relented and agreed.

As for the flight instructor, Dui originally planned to find someone with good flying skills.

Unexpectedly, Gandalf appeared in the castle riding a flying broomstick.

"Gandalf, are you really going to apply for the flight instructor position?"

Dui asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)