ÂŤNobody really wants to know how the first moving portrait was made- they were already there when the Magical Community was finally out of the Dark Ages.
Some say, not wrongfully, that they were always there.
Not always, they just have been there for a long time.
The only person who can really say the exact time those portraits were first created is, of course, Merlin.
No magical historian is taken aback by this, since itâs far from the first thing we know for sure was invented by the Camelotian sorcerer.
The reason why he used such magic, however, is still up to debate.
It is said that the first ever moving portrait was of his employer, king Arthur (see History of Magic, Bathilda Bagshot, chapter eleven: âKings and queens that got touched by Merlinâs brightnessâ), but we canât be too sure.
It is said, in historical circles, that there were also other portraits that were created during that time period - sadly our knowledge of the Dark Ages is limited, we have no witnesses but Merlin himself, who is now somewhere in Wales -, but none of them were as majestic as Arthurâs. There was a letter, with it, which the scholars have called a practical joke for a very long time; it is now long gone, but itâs said that its contents were in the likeness of âmay nothing but death do us part, uh? Death will not part us, for I cannot die and I refuse to be parted from you for all eternity. Now, you royal prat,â this is the part thatâs surely made up, Merlin saw Arthur as a son, as someone who needed protection, not someone to call âpratâ, âthis should work. If it does, than you will have to listen to me complaining about your death for centuries. Good luck.âÂť
from âA Study in Historical Magicâ, Remus Lupin, never published because the author is apparently a werewolf. Do you wish to continue to read?