He's obviously well respected by other wizards in his field (you don't get awarded Order of Merlin, Second Class without people thinking you're pretty great). It's clear right off the bat that we're supposed to think Newt Scamander is a pretty smart guy. What are we supposed to think of this guy exactly? Should we be a little suspicious of his advice? Scamander's background, what does that tell us about him as a character? After all, he is the one who narrates most of this book. We're not sure Hagrid thanks him for that last one. He was involved in all kinds of other high profile government projections like the creation of the Werewolf Register and the Ban on Experimental Breeding.
The book was a "world-wide bestseller" (1.2) and propelled Mr. Needless to say, Fantastic Beasts was a big hit. I was then but a lowly Ministry of Magic employee and leapt at the chance both to augment my pitiful salary of two Sickles a week and to spend my holidays travelling the globe in search of new magical species. Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books, who was kind enough to ask me whether I would consider writing an authoritative compendium of magical creatures for his publishing house. The first edition of Fantastic Beasts was commissioned back in 1918 by Mr. He was about 21 years old when an interesting opportunity came along: Scamander got a job at the Ministry of Magic in-where else?-the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. (Gee, sure sounds like fun.)Īfter graduating from Hogwarts, Mr. His mother bred fancy Hippogriffs and he liked to dissect Horklumps for fun. He had an interest in fantastic beasts even as a child. Scamander was born in Great Britain, way back in in 1897.
So what do we know about the author of one of the most famous wizarding texts of all time? Who Is Newt? He was mentioned on Harry Potter's supply list in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but since he didn't get much of a backstory, this is really his moment to shine.) Newt Scamander is the only totally original major character that appears in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
( Source)īut the most fantastic thing about ol' Newt is that he wrote an awesome encyclopedia. We know: this dude sounds like a fantastic beast in his own right: "Scamander" sounds more than a bit like "salamander," and "Newt" makes us think of, well, a newt.
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