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In the books, Harry Potter was born in 1980, meaning that Hogwarts Legacy takes place roughly a century before The Boy Who Lived started living. It\u2019s long before he turned up at Hogwarts, then!<\/p>\n

The first Fantastic Beasts movie (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) is set in 1926, with Newt Scamander apparently being born in 1897. He\u2019d probably be a bit too young to appear in Hogwarts Legacy.<\/p>\n

Three minutes and 50 seconds into the video below, you can see this point in the timeline being revealed as the setting for Hogwarts Legacy.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Which Harry Potter characters may appear in Hogwarts Legacy?<\/strong><\/h2>\nAs the trailer confirms, \u201cIt\u2019s the late 1800s, so while the common rooms and classes may be familiar, most of your professors will not be.<\/p>\n\u201cHowever, you may recognise a few faces,\u201d the trailer teasingly tells us, before cutting to a scene where the player-character converses with Nearly Headless Nick (who is already a ghost at this point).<\/p> Which other characters could you expect to see, then? There\u2019s always a chance that other familiar ghosts could appear, but what about living and breathing people?<\/p>\nIt\u2019s worth noting that ancient Potter characters such as Nicolas Flamel (he of Philospher\u2019s Stone fame) would very much be alive at this point, which could make for interesting cameos.<\/p>\nAlbus Dumbledore is said to have been born in 1881, which could mean he is the right age to be attending Hogwarts himself at the time of the game. His future romantic interest\/nemesis Gellert Grindelwald would be alive at this point too.<\/p>\nSo far, only Nearly Headless Nick has been confirmed in terms of returning characters, but we\u2019ll be sure to let you know if that changes! It\u2019s certainly an interesting point in the Harry Potter timeline.<\/p>\nFollow <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimesGames"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Radio Times Gaming on Twitter<\/a> for all the latest insights. 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