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Author's Note: I've taken known facts from the books to create a new story with a sort of medieval background. I hope you like it.

Quaternary Tournament

1. Introduction

The realm of Hogwarts was divided into three main social levels. The upper level, of course, consisted of Purebloods. Purebloods had only magical ancestors and could track them flawlessly down for at least two centuries. They were the elite of the wizarding world and even though there were differences between the individual families, depending on their magical ability and richness, they all had, in general, the same rights and powers over lesser human beings.

Next in line came the Halfbloods. Halfbloods were everyone with at least one muggle ancestor somewhere in their bloodline, even if that occurred several generations before. They were mostly accepted into the wizarding world, although they didn't have the same rights and privileges as the Purebloods and had to follow several restricting rules. For example, Halfbloods weren't allowed in any leading position and had commonly a lesser magical education then the Purebloods.

The bottom level was composed of Muggles. They and their ancestors had no magic power whatsoever. Their inability to do magic left them defenceless against the wizards and witches of Hogwarts, who eventually abused their power and enslaved them. That's why nowadays Muggles had no rights at all. They had to unconditionally obey every order their masters, the Purebloods, gave them.

There were also two known subspecies, Squibs and Muggleborns. But they were so unusual that these days the majority of the wizarding world believed that they were either extinct or had never existed in the first place. The authorities however knew better. They were still aware of those abnormalities among the wizarding population and dealt with them in their own way.

Squibs were non-magical people born into wizarding families, but they were really rare. And most of them were killed instantly as a family, who produced a squib would loose its reputation and would be condemned for eternities. For these reasons the families in question would never mention this calamity to anyone and so, with time, people began to forget their existence at all. Only very few Squibs survived, because their parents risked everything to find them a place to life as Muggles.

Muggleborns were even more seldom than Squibs. Muggleborns were supposed to be magical people born to Muggles. Officially they didn't exist and anytime a magical child was born to a Muggle-woman it was explained that a Pureblood must have fathered the child, which was a disgrace in itself. Therefore all 'Muggleborns' had to be hunted down mercilessly and be killed instantly.

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The regime of Hogwarts was represented by the sovereign and his council. Although the sovereign had the final say in everything, it was recommended to have the council's accordance, because the council had the power to dispossess the sovereign, when all twelve council-members voted for it.

At the time being Hogwarts was ruled by Abraxas Malfoy, but that was about to change. Abraxas had finally reached an age where he could not be trusted to lead the country anymore and so he was asked to resign by the council.

That's why for the first time, since a hundred years, the Quaternary Tournament, also known as the Fourwizard Tournament, was about to take place.

Every pureblood witch or wizard between seventeen and twenty-five was allowed to take part in the competition, revolving four magical tasks, to claim the title of the next sovereign of Hogwarts.

So what do you think? Are you interested in this story?

I'm not sure how frequently I'm going to update, but I've already planned out most of the plot and I promise I will eventually finish it.