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Triwizard Tournament brings Potter magic to ASU

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Harry Potter’s decade-long cinematic reign ended in July, but ASU Dumbledore’s Army is working to keep the young wizard’s spirit alive by staging its second annual “Triwizard Tournament.”

The club’s latest event is centered around the competition from the fourth book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” where club members face off in a series of three tasks to earn points for their respective houses — the four living communities the book characters are divided into while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The first event, held on Oct. 7, was called “capture the dragon egg.”

Members of the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw houses teamed up against members from Slytherin and Hufflepuff houses to capture two golden, papier-mâché “dragon eggs,” molecular bioscience sophomore Aaron Blitz said.

Slytherin and Hufflepuff scored the victory, bringing 30 points to their houses while Gryffindor and Ravenclaw scored 15.

“It is really cool that they are putting all of these events on,” said Blitz, a Ravenclaw member.

Tourism development and management junior Jessie Korinek, a member of Gryffindor, said the second task will be wizard’s chess on Hayden Lawn on Friday.

Korinek said the club is collaborating with the ASU chess club to create a life-size chessboard.

“Every person is actually going to be a living chess piece,” Korinek said.

Korinek, who has been a member since the club’s inception, said membership has grown from its original tight-knit group of 10 to 12 members.

“This year, we have about 20 or 30 people at every meeting,” Korinek said. “It’s just really cool because we get a lot more perspectives on stuff and we are able to do a lot bigger events.”

History sophomore Holly Solis, founder of the club, said the final task will be held Oct. 21, followed by a collaboration to show both parts of the final Harry Potter movie at MU After Dark.

Solis said plans for the last task will remain a secret, but will be more intricate and related to the book.

“We’re sending it off with a bang,” Solis said. “We’re showing part one and two, giving away a wand, having trivia and all this (other) cool stuff.”

Solis said she started the club as a freshman to help make friends and is happy the growth of the club is helping others do the same.

“I’m doing it more towards helping them make friends and having fun,” Solis said.

Reach the reporter at brennan.j.smith@asu.edu

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