Why the Keepers are the REAL VILLAINS of Hogwarts Legacy

Throughout the course of Hogwarts Legacy, your character will work closely with the Keepers - a collection of condescending portraits, charged with the task of keeping a powerful source of ancient magic secret. In this video, we’re going to explore why the Keepers are the real villains of Hogwarts Legacy - and how their actions ultimately led to the disastrous situation Professor Fig and our protagonist found themselves in.

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[DioDinero]

I wonder what Isadora’s portrait would’ve said about everything that went down.

[ThoraxetheImpaile]

If Isadora was right about one thing, it's that it is better to share and study this kind of magic. Nothing stays buried forever. The very fact that Ranrok acquired any info on the Keepers and Fig's wife found the portkey indicates as much. As for keeping the final repository under Hogwarts, I think that had more to do with being unable to destroy it safely without the negative emotions running rampant. What I find funny is the Keepers thinking the MC would follow all of their ideals and keep a kind of magic that few can see and use a secret. Even if you agree that Isadora was a complete basket case, they aren't in a position to stop you since they're dead and can only communicate through enchanted canvases. The worst they can do if you go against their wishes is give you a splinter if not a paper cut.

[johnlavender]

Hogwarts Legacy is a good game, but the ending makes little sense and seems rushed. When first playing, I thought maybe we would have the chance to repair Isidora's portrait and learn about the magic to save Anne. This is clearly implied during the last main quest with Sebastian. But we don't and our choice at the end is largely irrelevant and Sebastian's storyline ends inconclusive. Not to mention, the main story ends during the winter, basically skipping half the school year. I feel like maybe they planned a bigger story but didn't have enough time. Or maybe they will expand upon it with DLC or a sequel.

[christopher]

Yeah the keepers always thru me off, I also didn't like how they never seem to communicate amongst themselves, by the time Keeper San bakkar shows up he should be VERY different towards us. He says " I dont trust you " like bruh I dont trust YOU

[kiri_noha]

By the time Isidora was killed, Avada Kedavra wasn't unforgivable yet. According Dumbledore, the death curse became classified as unforgivable by the Wizarding World in 1717 along with the two other curses.

[catlover]

There’s a very interesting parallel between Solomon Sallow’s reaction to Sabastian’s exploration of Dark Magic and the Keeper’s reaction to Isadora’s use of Ancient Magic. Both have a very set idea of how certain magics should be used and how they should not. I think, in both cases, had the mentor guided the students in their exploration of new uses of magic, they may not have felt the need to go as far as they did. After all the game itself mentions magic is just a tool in the intro- what matters is how it is used.

Also, are we sure the Keepers actually want us passing their “trials”? Or are the “trials” just there to try to kill anyone who could possibly discover their secrets? The only trial that really seemed to “teach” something was the Deathly Hallows one, and even that one was super dangerous for the MC. Even the very first one in Gringots was just “here’s some giant guardian statues; hope you survive! Oh, you know like two spells? Guess it s*cks to be you!”

[MenrvaS]

Apparently the portraits were enchanted with anti-spoillio spell. Thats why they deflect your questions and instruct you to complete the trials instead.

[eeveeninggents]

I noticed this on my first play through that they never wanted us the player to have anything to do with this magic. But I couldn’t understand why wouldn’t they help teach us about it or help us grow…. “Oh you have this ability that’s helpful? Yeah you shouldn’t use this at all what so ever it’s dangerous because we can’t use it.”

[cassandrarousos]

Reminds me of what Palpatine said to Anakin in Star wars. "If one is to understand the great mystery, one must understand all aspects. Not just the norrow minded view of the Jedi".

[ripperdjak]

I wish you could have actually spoke to her through her portrait. Would have giving us the other half of the argument, and let us actually make a decision

[Crippledhead]

The keepers may be biased narators but isadora's penchant for forging ahead with abandon is in stark contrast to their restricted containment of knowledge and the pursuit of power. They had respect for power while she had a thirst for power that blinded her to its corruption. Sebastien's story ark was a microcosm of the game in that Sebastien ended up destroying everything around him (including himself) in order to save the thing he held most dear.

[evanhardy]

Instead of taking his pain, Isadora should’ve given him back some joy

[TheFallenAdonael]

Isidora truly proves that the idiom "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" holds true. Its okay to want to take away pain from someone truly suffering- the physical part at least. But emotionally? No. Pain makes us human. It allows us to grow and evolve both collectively and individually. Without it, well, we would never truly appriceate the good that comes with the bad. "There are no shadows without light and light without shadows." Balance, Isidora. Perhaps if the keepers had sat Isidora down as a child they could have set her down a very different path. Or not. We'll never know now, will we?

[fredashay]

It's an awesome game, but their "trials" make no sense.
All the "trials" do is prove you're a good fighter and can solve puzzles.
That does nothing to prove you are trustworthy enough to become the guardian of powerful and dangerous magic.

[dougjr]

this one line from Rackkam stuck with me while playing. In his memory he tells Isidora that her father's pain is not hers to take, which ultimately leads Isidora down her path. He never gave an explanation for that though. Why was his pain not hers to take? My theory/guess is that Rackham thought his words were enough. Pain is not something easy to get over, especially loss. And some, like Isidora's father, live with it for the rest of their lives. But pain is apart of us and it is up to us to move on from it. I know we all wish we could take the pain from a loved one so they don't suffer but its not ours to take. They have to make the decision to move forward and heal. By taking away his pain, Isidora left her father with no way to heal, no way to look back at the tragedy that plagued him for so long and come to terms with it. My guess is she also did this multiple times to her father which is why he became an emotionless husk, no better than when she first took his pain. (I wonder if a Cheering Charm would have been a potential option to help her father or if Isidora might have used it as a basis for her pain removal spell) Prof Fitzgerald reacts as if something personal was taken when Isidora attempts to take her pain. And then Isidora inhales it seemingly getting a buzz off it, yeah she was unhinged by that point. That said, I do think the Keepers went about things the wrong way. Instead of trying to hide this power, they should have studied, researched and refined what Isidora started and maybe find a way to do what Isidora was but with less destructive consequences. But they should have also tried to reason and understand what Isidora was doing the night she first demonstrated on her father. They might have reaached an understanding or might have been able to convince her that it was too dangerous to continue without more study. By the time they confronted her beneath Hogwarts, it was too late and the only option they had left was to kill Isidora. Were the Keepers the real villains? I don't think so but I don't agree with how they went about things. and I would have loved to have been able to talk to Isidora's portrait and learn more on her side at the very least to help Sebastian and Anne, potentially subverting the outcome for the Sallow family.

[Seraph_op]

Isidora reminds me of Anakin and the Keepers are like a Jedi Council. After I saw the connection I chose the "dark" path, those boomers should stay dead and stop messing with the future.

[JustinGarfield]

When the professor asked do you trust a goblin, I knew it was a red flag.

[mocassindo]

Did anyone notice there's something odd with Isadora's own flashback? Right before the moment her father says thank you, the memory seems to glitch... false memory?

[wpuoxdj]

Isidora’s a mistake is she started testing in students who the keepers are responsible for.
Her father was one thing cause she was already dead inside and keepers were just disturbed but they didn’t stop her.
Isidora lost it eventually and she had to be put down.

[rassman]

I do agree with you, those two big guards proved useless because our character had to find the wand to get past them, the baddies didn't pass them at all. As for the secret, there must have been loads of miners and other support staff who now know where it is. The next baddy (wizard or dwarf) can just wander in avoiding the guards on our character's day off, and they have won.