Hogwarts Legacy seems to be cool, however there is not any approach these spiders will be Aragog’s brood, proper? There are a number of theories for the way they acquired there.
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The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy is definitely probably the most anticipated sport of the 12 months, topping gross sales charts effectively earlier than its launch in February. Even those that aren’t huge Harry Potter followers are drawn by the open-world exploration and Darkish Souls-like gameplay showcased within the trailers, so the just lately launched cinematic trailer has solely elevated the hype.
This cinematic trailer has additionally raised a query, nonetheless. Hogwarts Legacy takes place at Hogwarts within the Nineties, in line with the sport’s blurbs. Why, then, is it displaying college students battling Acromantula within the Forbidden Forest?
What Is an Acromantula?
For context, Acromantula are the large spiders within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, recognized by identify within the e-book Incredible Beasts and The place to Discover Them. They act as a lesser antagonist in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques, seen within the Forbidden Forest when Harry and Ron are attempting to find solutions in regards to the Chamber. Within the e-book and film, Aragog explains to the protagonists that he and his youngsters are within the Forbidden Forest due to Hagrid. When Tom Riddle tried to border Hagrid for opening the Chamber of Secrets and techniques and Aragog for being the monster inside, Hagrid helped Aragog escape to the Forbidden Forest and later introduced him one other Acromantula to be his mate, thus permitting for the rumored Acromantula nest talked about within the Incredible Beasts e-book.
The difficulty comes when inspecting the timeline. The Harry Potter books happen within the ’90s, and in Chamber of Secrets and techniques, the Chamber was talked about as being opened 50 years in the past. This may put Aragog assembly Hagrid and being launched to the Forbidden Forest as occurring someday within the Forties — a great 50 years after the occasions of Hogwarts Legacy. Aragog cannot have originated from the Forbidden Forest as a result of he “got here to Hagrid within the pocket of a traveler,” and Acromantula are listed on the wiki as originating from Southeast Asia. So how did these spiders arrive within the Forbidden Forest effectively earlier than they have been alleged to? Properly… possibly a wizard did it.
Potential Explanations for the Acromantula in Hogwarts Legacy
Probably the most easy rationalization can be that these anachronistic Acromantula are right here merely for the popularity and coolness issue — the sport’s gamers will seemingly be very conversant in the films, and all people remembers the scene with the large spiders, ergo the sport ought to have large spiders as a possible mob. There are, nonetheless, a number of different workable explanations. For instance, the Acromantula could possibly be right here as a result of an antagonist introduced them to Hogwarts to trigger hassle. Followers noticed within the Incredible Beasts movies that it is attainable to incongruously transport giant magical creatures in one thing as small as a briefcase, so it stands to cause {that a} nest of Acromantula could possibly be smuggled onto college grounds.
There’s additionally the idea that it may not even be going down at Hogwarts — this could possibly be a late-game stage that takes gamers off-grounds and to another locale. Or it could possibly be some multiplayer stage the place gamers battle towards waves of mobs. The Deluxe Version comes with entry to the Darkish Arts Battle Enviornment, and whereas Acromantula are usually not essentially darkish creatures, with a hazard ranking of XXXXX in line with the Incredible Beasts e-book, they might undoubtedly be one thing a darkish wizard would set on their foes. It is undoubtedly a puzzler and hopefully one which will likely be answered Feb. 10 when the sport comes out — and even sooner for many who buy the Deluxe Version.