Hogwarts Legacy - Why SEBASTIAN WAS RIGHT to Use the Dark Arts (Don’t Turn Him In)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Last week I posted a video discussing the most compelling reasons why you should turn Sebastian in and get him expelled from Hogwarts in Hogwarts Legacy.
In this video, let’s argue the opposite side of the case and discuss why Sebastian was right to use the dark arts to save Anne, and why we shouldn’t snitch on him after he kills his uncle.
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my biggest problem with Solomon is that he acts like Sebastians parents died messing with forces beyond their control and then the game reveals it was an accidental gas leak
Yeah, didn't get that myself.
Yeah, also he treated Sebastian like dog shit and heavily favored Anne. He kept making negative comments on how Sebastian is "just like his father". Sure, dark arts can corrupt people. But Sebastian is a child and not a fully grown fucking wizard, he is still learning and doesn't understand how terrible it can end, sure Ominis is there, but there is no adult figure who Sebastian trusts. Solomon's aggressive nature if anything pushes Sebastian more to the dark arts because he refuses to listen and be more compassionate with Sebastian's grief. Because in Sebastian's eyes he has no family left, all he has is Anne. (he doesn't count his uncle). In conclusion, Solomon is a bitter washed up auror who hates his brother so much he pushed it onto his nephew who was grieving at the idea of being alone.
It’s even weirder because as Ominous is telling you about their death, he says something like “Sebastian is going to let his obsession be the death of him like his parents.”
Then he tells us they died from a freak accident where they were reading books in the study and gas leaked.
lmao
@@JRF32100 Ominis
Sebastian showed his loyalty in the Library. It was at that moment I decide to trust Sebastian and be there for him through the game. He showed he's a real homie in that scene. In the beginning of them game I didn't know if I could trust him but after that, we was locked in.
trust Sebastian? When he said he won't use dark arts again but used Imperium and killed his uncle just after that ?
OK why does that matter though he’s gonna do everything in his power to save his sister literally I would do the same thing he’s a real one for that of course he did corrupt him a little bit but at the end
I good friend will tell his friend what's right. A yes man will let his friend go off the cliff. So I'm guessing you're a yes man? 😆
That is soley one of the reasons why I did the same, Sebastian showed his loyalty to you so why turn him in?
@Mmo_Gamer Saga I turned him in. Not because of loyalty but because I'm a Ravensclaw & we do traitorous things. Even to the ones we befriend. It can only be one bad mf ruling the wizard lands & that's me lol
Ominis was a refreshing change of pace for slytherin characters. I love him and seb.
Fun fact: Apparently Hogwarts Legacy is the first gig of the VA who voices Sebastian. I would never have guessed.
Both Seb and Ominis were the highlights for me. They were so good imo 🤩
no way? I just hope he's seen all those tik toks of everyone loving his character
I can’t find what he looks like online
Alfie really did a good job in his role as Sebastian
He's so natural
I got fed up with Solomon being so paranoid about Seb and me using Dark Arts that before that mission came up, I set my character up with Herbologist 3 on all my gear, and unleashed my plant army on him during the fight. He saw true ultimate power and was annihilated.
Lol. Ditto cabbages and mandrake are unforgivable.
😂
this is brilliant 😂😂👌
Who needs the dark arts when you have the horrific power of cabbages
@@Roseberry606 lol I love it
Sebastian’s passion and determination for saving his sister is admirable. Especially since everyone else just gives up on Anne. It hurts Sebastian to see her in pain, and he’s determined to help her. No way I’d turn him in.
Not even Anne agrees though.
Why, I love his determination to save his sister.
I'm sure all of us had a moment where we thought we can really save or do something to save a loved one from pain.
He really was brainwashing her to give up on all Hope.
I do love how our character says
"Hope can keep Anne spirits up."
@@flouserschird Learned helplessness is hell of a drug.
Stayed with Sebastians side from the start to the end.
Me to brother, me too. Only time I regretted it is when I used Imperio on Ominios. I felt gulity ngl, didn't realize even sebastian was gonna tell me that was too far. oops.
You can just convince Ominis whyd you jump to Imperio as a first choice
Not me. He lost my trust when he continue his path to the dark art. And he lost it more when he actually continue is madness to save her sister who said she couldn't be healed.
@@animesoulful3574 Was too far but he enjoyed using dark art noneless. Killed a member of his family and continues to say that was Solomon fault when no words reached Sebastian to stop.
How far must he goes to understand dark art can't heal anyone ?
@@mabilleaudrey2154 Gotta break some eggs to make an omelette, i say he should make a new FORTH unforgivable curse, ill stand by his side, hopefully they expand on it in dlc.
Even if it was wrong and Solomon didn't deserve to die, he is to blame for most of what happened. For an ex-auror and a guardian he should have talked to his nephew about his experience, instead of constantly yelling at him and treating him like a pest. Sebastian started by bringing a fruit and didn't even get the chance to try when there were no negative consequences on Anne. Not to mention that he didn't just try to separate two orphan twins, he literally wanted to move away with Anne behind Sebastian's back. Of course he's gonna get irritated and impatient. As for his fate, whatever the decision, I do feel like either way its's the MC that should see himone last time and tell him about Rockwood (despite how much I love Ominis).
He probably did talk to Sebastian but Sebastian is too stubborn to listen
@@1Loftwing1 I dunno. Judging by the way he was yelled at and chase out for for something as simple as bringing a fruit, I’d say Solomon is just as stubborn for not hearing him out. We know Anne was cursed at the beginning of fourth year, which means he had time to scare him out of it but he didn’t even tell the twins why or how he left the ministry because of dark magic.
But if her sister tells its okay and it can't be healed, I don't even understand why Sebastian still continue on this path even when everything he would do will be useless. And regardless how bad things are with dark arts, why the heck he could think it would be the solution to Anne illness ? When everyone telling him to stop ? When even competent doctors can't do something for Anne ?
@@mabilleaudrey2154 well, that’s the thing. His character info says that he investigates the dark arts ‘because’ everyone says there is no known solution, even if it’s the wrong path. He just doesn’t want to wait and see her die. However I don’t think Anne gave up (at least, not until the Imperio incident). I mean she’s in constant pain and wants to go back to Hogwarts with her brother. But staying home with Solomon constantly telling her she can’t be healed obviously got to her.
@@selmabm3409 But she feels the curse can't be healed so if herself feels that, must be true ? So why his brother instead of stay with her until his last moment learn dark arts when it is a bad magic who didn't heal anything ?
No one seems to give weight to Solomon attacking the MC. Sebastian does shoot at him first in a fit of anger after the relic is destroyed, but Solomon out of the blue starts blasting the MC with fire and trying to kill them! Even if Sebastian is in the wrong, Solomon is trying to kill the MC just for being there. At that point Sebastian is righteous in defending both himself and the MC. If Sebastian had been alone, then no, I think he would be guilty of murder. But throw the MC in the mix and you've got self-defense through and through.
I always got the vibe that Solomon never really wanted to adopt Anne or Sebastian, he only did so because there wasn't anyone in their family that was left.
I hated that.
Treating me like I am the enemy when me a fellow Slytherin is just trying to help Sebastian find a cure to help his sister.
Sebastian doesn't deserve to be sent to Azkaban that will only further damaged his fragile psyche.
Azkaban isn't very kind to Prisoners not even for a CHILD.
@@KyleEvra I was a Ravenclaw but yeah, what made me hate him is that he says you're a bad influence on Sebastian when all you're trying to do is convince him to oh I don't know: NOT GIVE UP ON HIS NEPHEW!
oh yes! that was the main reason for me in taking sebastian's side! i hated the idea of fighting solomon so badly i tried to stay just protecting myself without attacking and he killed me twice by setting me on fire! twice!!! i'm sorry but setting someone on fire is a clear intent to kill, so solomon was the first one to start the battle at life threatening level, so we were merely protecting our lifes. if sebastian used bombarda instead avada and blew his head off would've it been less fatal for solomon? no. so in my eyes the choice of spell doesn't matter, he used what he could in a heat of the battle.
and by the way i don't even like sebastian as a person. just this was really unfair.
Exactly!
His Uncle should have been right besides us to find a cure for Anne.
Sebastian is the definition of a ride or die. Also during the fight with Solomon I didn't use any unforgivable curses, and he continued to attack me while I was trying to kill zombies, so I didn't really feel bad when Sebastian killed him lol
Same here. I didn’t learn any of the unforgivable curses on my first run as it didn’t really fit with the character I wanted to portray and I didn’t know yet if there would be consequences for learning them. And, yeah, Solomon still treats you like the enemy. Even earlier in the game when you try to say that hope may do Anne some good and that he should have faith in Sebastian’s tenacity to find solutions, he expresses that you’re just as bad as Sebastian and you are a bad friend for encouraging him. The man doesn’t have a single good thing to say throughout the game. If he had supported his nephew or, at least, given him some kind of empathy things would have turned out differently.
@@sassyghost_8As a Ravenclaw (and now Slytherin), I am open to the dark arts. As a Ravenclaw I turned Sebastian in but as a Slytherin, I’m going to help hide his secret.
But I won’t learn the dark arts as a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff.
@@anujkalra6145 My plan is for my Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff to not use the Unforgivables. Gryffindor will learn one or two and Slytherin will learn all. Only Slytherin will turn Sebastian in. I’ve played through Ravenclaw twice (once as a blind run because it’s my house and once with a character) and now I’m playing Gryffindor. I try not to use them because, based on what I hear, it kind of puts the game in a bit of an easy mode because of how OP the spells can be and I’m not a fan of that. I’m giving the game some breathing room for now though since another game I’ve been waiting on for two years just launched its full release so I’m going to be busy playing that.
I didn't understand why Soloman threatened to turn me in when I didn't use a single unforgivable. So dumb that your choices don't matter at all in the game lol
Guilt by association? - But I agree... I really wish your char could make choices that actually mattered or made a difference.
Reasons why I didn’t turn Sebastian In
#1) Azkaban is place worse than death that drives the people confined within crazy. We are told this numerous times in the story and people typically come out worse for it.
#2) Sebastian was right when it comes to the dark arts. If a spell or ritual can be used for good why not weigh the options. In fact the Unforgivable Curses were temporarily legalized by the Ministry to fight back against Voldemort the first time he came into power and the Ministry was able to win, the spells were ofcourse made illegal again, but the point stands that the spells CAN be used for good. We also know that the Ancient Magic Sebastian was trying to harness could in fact remove curses/pain.
#3) Legally speaking, it could have been considered both self defense and a crime of passion. Both of which typically lands people with lighter sentences. Self-defense since his uncle attacked us first and stole an artifact causing the entire army of dead to attack us. Crime of passion since the destruction of his only hope to cure his sister understandably made him upset.
And you let his murder unpunished ? Man if even detention doesn't bother him, he will continue to kill and use dark art against everyone who stand in his way...
Turning him in was the right option.
Yeah, agree with 1st point. Azkaban is against my European beliefs that we should first and most importantly fix and return people into society after their crime, not torture them.
Can't imagine how a teen boy killing his somewhat aggressive uncle in a fight is deserving of such place as Azkaban
Also it isn't like there are other jails that normal criminals go to and Azkaban is just for the worst of the worst (like death eaters). EVERYONE goes to Azkaban no matter the crime, which is terrible because of the torture they suffer there. Imagine getting the same punishment as a mass murderer when all you did was steal from Gladrags its fucking horrid. Also Sebastian is a child, a child who would've been having either his soul and happiness suck out on a daily basis or kissed.
@@mabilleaudrey2154 How exactly is detention the equivalent to being sent to Azkaban where the guards suck out all your happiness and leave you as a mentally unstable person? Not saying he should go unpunished, just saying I don’t think this incident was worth sending him away to Azkaban.
Sebastian was the only character that actually feels like a friend and that you connect with.. don't turn in your only friend !
Friends don't lied or use their own friends. He tried to make us think and approve his actions but he never listened to us a single time. What kind of friend it is exactly?
@The Northwoods Nomad everyone's answer would be different because unless in the situation, you can't say how you'd react.
@@mabilleaudrey2154 the one who did not snich on us tought us magic shared all his secrets and opened up about his personal life. As well as trusting us to help him save his sister. Not to mention he hooks us up whith the dark art magic
Agreed he really is a true friend.
❤
@@mabilleaudrey2154 a better one than you or solomon that actively murder their "Friends"
Solomon Sallow really pissed me off. When he told me "you're just as guilty as he is" I wanted to cast Crucio right then. I even tried.
I agree. 🩷
I would have settled for a throat punch 😂
I spent over 30mins doing Solomon's boss fight cos I was hitting him with only Crucio every time the cooldown ended, the fight only ended because he kept getting hit by my AOEs xP
Fun fact: if you didn't snitched on Sebastian and you go to the Feldcroft and ask vendor about the village he tell you that everyone mourns Solomon, who died in his sleep. Also you can find letter from Anne to Sebastian in his uncle house but she will be ubsent.
The vendor does that regardless of the end u choose for Sebs. Im thinkin the canon endin is to not turn him in.😊
@@didisim7138 yeah...hints that they plan on Sebastian being an important character for later games
That happens no matter what you choose. Anne covered up for Sebastian. And Sebastian will be back anyways bc even Ominis said the Ministry will not put Seb in jail bc of his age.
I’m even willing to bet Solomon killed their parents then treated them like shit because he didn’t actually want custody of them. He hated Sebastian’s dad. (His brother.)
@@Angel_Auraayou're on to something.
The uncle was sort of a bastard and maybe Sebastian would understand if he fucking sat down with him and explained! Hell, maybe said, if he must find a cure then don’t let it ruin his life. Plus Sebastian trusts you and does listen to reason, or would if our character had a few more braincells.
Also honorable mention that Ominus is pretty cool as well. Doesn’t have a stick up his ass, he just knows where that dark arts can lead.
You cannot convince stubborn person to listen to you.
His uncle is stubborn.
Juat like in reality, you can't.
@@thebufoon You can be stubborn and reasonable, the Uncles issue was that he seemed to be an asshole intentionally.
@@r.e.z9428 You don't know how stubborn mentality works.
But at 2nd sentence you're right.
The 1st sentence and 2nd sentence have dealt with them reality.
My parents are the example.
My dad is like him.
Sebastian couldn't convince him because he easily gave up thinking doing nothing and "easing" her pain till she is dead is better than trying to find the cure.
@@thebufoon ...because everyone acts the same? There are shades to almost anything. Someone can be stubborn but not to the point they won’t listen to reason. I’m not saying his Uncle would listen to reason. Just that things would have went better if he at least heard Sebastian out. You know, since he was an Auror and should have probably been more leveled headed. Though we hardly knew anything about him to begin with. Plus him attacking us and destroying the artifact before even knowing the situation and causing the Inferi to run rampant didn’t help him either.
@@r.e.z9428 and they can also be so stubborn they don't listen to reason
it was a waste to go through all that and not actualy save his sister. I hope they plan to continue Sebastian and Anne's story in the next game.
That’s what I’m hoping for too. It felt like all of the friend characters didn’t have fully completed stories. Sebastian and Anne never discovered if their relationship was salvageable, Anne is still cursed somewhere, Natty is hospitalized and under the sharp eye of her mother, Poppy just discovered friendship with people, and Ominis is still stuck in moral and personal limbo just trying to hold on to the only people he cares about. It feels like things were left somewhat open at the end. There are rumors of a sequel in production and there’s always a possibility of a future DLC. I only hope that they make the DLC or the sequel a direct continuation of those story lines because so many ends were still so loose.
@sassyghost_8 a sequel with more defined NPC's, better dialogues, more school stuff would he really cool.
Still tho, I suffer that we don't get to have the experience of living through the first years of hogwarts...
Better experience for those who live the books and movies, and want to.roleplay
More defined friendships, because imagine if you knew Sebastian for 5 years when he'd "gone mad" in the pursuit of helping his sister... you could even know the sister in the earlier years, and actually feel something for the character...
Generally all the npcs felt flat, and not just because we didn't get much time with them.
Sebastian was the best tho
@@WikterRor2807 I’d argue that Ominis had a lot of potential as well but a lot of his more friendly dialogue is found when you pass him in the school. He has little comments about your various exploits both in the main story and the side quests. It’s a very cute little addition but I would have liked to have had actual interactions rather than chasing down his model to refresh his dialogue to see if he says anything different. I will agree that the friend NPCs really needed more love to really shine. Especially since Sebastian got so much attention. I really hope they elaborate on the other characters next time.
@@sassyghost_8 yeah they do have some chats when you meet yourselves on the corridor... problem is that after some point, very quickly... you no longer spend much time at hogwarts.
I liked those first missions...
Professor Sharpe deducting points from you for aiding In your classmates little prank... (forgot his name, other than he was a Weasley, as it was probably the last interaction we had)
@@WikterRor2807 Oh, yeah, Garreth. I really would have liked to see more of him too. He had personality and charm that we only got a taste of when he could have been fleshed out too. It felt weird that the one Weasley classmate was so underutilized.
The same can be said about Isadora's story.
She was not a villain nor even using her magic badly.
Removing trauma and emotion? Sounds a lot like something the perfectly legal Obleviate spell can do with memory.
The trick is to not go full idiot and completely erase all emotion/memory so the subject becomes a blank slate, and instead only remove unbearable trauma.
I'm fairly sure Isadora would never even have gone this far if her supposed teachers would have actually helped her and guided her with her discovery, advising caution and being temperate, but also exploring its uses for good purposes.
Instead they constantly drove her into a corner and reprimanded her for a discovery they themselves did not even understand, or even TRIED to research to see its benefits and dangers.
Then they attacked her first, and when they started losing the battle they themselves picked they decided it was all okay to just use the unforgivable killing curse on her as if it was a justified thing to do.
Caveman version basically being:
Isadora: I discovered fire.
Teachers: No! its dangerous and evil! look at how it burns my hand!
Isadora: But look at how I can use it to keep myself warm, it would be useful!
Teachers: No! Dangerous!
Years later
Isadora: I will convince you of the usefulness of fire, look I can even use it to cook food!
Teachers: No! we have warned you, fire is dangerous! DO NOT USE!
Years later.
Teachers: Isadora why did you start this huge fire?!
Isadora: I will show you, even by force if I have to how useful fire can be!
Teachers: ENOUGH! (attacks her with clubs)
Isadora: (Fights back with a club that's on fire)
Teachers: Oh no she's attacking us! (sneaks up and clubs her to death)
Teachers: We were justified, and she became a monster all on her own.
Best part? Those supposed good teachers then decided that, instead of destroying or using up the "byproduct" magic should be stored in a single huge ball.
You know, that byproduct that can be used to enhance one's magic when used in small doses, best to not destroy it, or use it up, but instead gift wrap it in a huge container so that anyone aspiring to become a demi-god just has to find a way to open it and absorb the power conveniently stored in just a single place.
These guys did more damage to the wizarding world then helping.
Not at all. Removing emotions has obvious very bad consequences. If you remove all that is bad, good ceases to exist.
Using dark magic to fight evil people or remove dark curses on the other hand has zero downsides.
Its already revealed that the power she gain from inhaling emotion is inherently corruptive no matter the dose, ur statement is the same as all the addicts i have heard from they always say:"A small amount won't hurt" and trust me they all payed badly for it.The teachers sure don't understand that power but so is Isidora the only thing they know is that its dangerous when tampered with and its corrupted Isidora as a prime example for them to reach a conclusion. Also the spell the teachers originally used against her was disarm charm but wut did she used to counter that? A lethal curse that almost killed one of them. So do you think she using such a curse is a JUSTIFIED thing to do? The teachers only used measures proportional to the threat which in this case is she trying to kill them, ur suggesting they let themselves be killed? Even if they run away instead of killing, Isidora will continue inhaling that emotion to the point no one can stop her (a tyrant u may say) and anyone oppose her will be dead instantly (or any villain get their hands on this power really), they are thinking of the greater good in this case.
And you have to understand that this power so far has caused soooooo many innocent deaths in the pursuit of it (Maria, George,etc...). No amount of power is justified for the lives of the innocent, If you know u can make a cure for cancer but you have to do human experimentation to achieve it, sure u may save millions in the future but u gonna have to sacrifice atleast a few hundreds will you do it? And in this case with Isidora most of the people she stole emotion from weren't voluntary. All of this is enough to say this power will do more harm than good.
Another prime example in real life is nuclear energy, which was originally made to provide clean and renewable energy it was suppose to be the future of humanity where we will reach a utopia without environmental pollutions. But guess wut we gained from that energy? Weapons, hundred to thousands of nuclear warhead always in position to launch ANY TIME and countries used it to hold a gun to each other's heads (This is actually the reason why other countries can't interfere with North Korea help their citizens from their tyrant of a government because they will attack using missles at the slightest provocation). IF ONLY I CAN TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AND KILL WHOEVER HAD THE IDEAS OF INVENTING THIS BLASTED THING AND THANK GOD SUCH A THING WAS AVOIDED IN HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE.
She went insiane i agree and it was partially their fault, and they even were surprised she tried to tell her side of the story....
She crossed the line when she became adict to the power and began eating emotions...but yeah, they pushed her into a deadly situation and then Kept the damn thing around, obliviated the Goblin (i know this will sound evil) instead of killing him (who ofcourse keept records of what he was doing)... and made an elaborate trial so someone could find the damn thing instead of taking the secret to their graves ...Keepers are the worst
@@drackestalentorgen166 Honestly I have not seen any proof that the power in itself is addicting. (the magic byproduct that is)
Seems more like the normal addiction to power.
So I don't see any reason why they could not have just eaten the byproduct and then wasted its power by (idk, constantly using a wind charm over and over until they have used it all up)
So there would be no byproduct that can be abused, and instead keep the secret of the ability to remove painfull emotions.
Though I still stand steadfast in my belief they could have prevented all of this by simply being proper teachers and researchers by aiding Isadora in her research instead.
Advising caution and restraint, but not rejecting the idea.
It could obviously be used for good purposes.
And if properly perfected they might have been able to avoid the byproduct completely, or render it harmless and instead have it function the same as memories for a pensive.
Storing the negative emotions away, but still with the ability to retrieve them when needed (and without giving people a boost in power when they eat it)
Like the simple example, she discovered fire and was murdered for trying to improve lives.
Fire is inherently dangerous, we all know that.
Yet we still use it due to the many good things it can do.
lol thank you for this comment- the whole time i was playing through her story line i was like… so you guys can use ancient magic to cure a drought and save a village but she can’t help some people?
My headcanon is that Uncle Solomon locked their parents in the cellar after an argument and they died of carbon monoxide poisoning, and he didn’t want custody of them so it just made him even angrier.
Woooaaah, you know what, I can see that
I didn't turn him in. My reasoning was that he was loyal to us the entire journey so why would I betray him. Plus I'm just as bad killing people left and right lol like maybe I should turn myself in. He lost his sister whether she lives or not so it's punishment enough. Me and Ominis is all he got now.
Ominis turned his back from Sebastian, isn't he ?
Cringe 😬
you didn't add the part where Ominis after talk with Anne tells the MC that she doesn't want to turn Sebastian in and that the part of her wants to forgive him
I honestly think this video was done more sarcastically than seriously. A lot of the points were made from a "let's be the cool guy" point of view than a legit/morality reason one. I could think of more reasons why not to that make sense. I still enjoyed the video, but I think it was more to be silly.
the 4th keeper used Avada Kedavra on Isidora and it waa forgiven. The memory literally showed that it is OKAY to cast Dark Magic against Wrong. Did the story told what could happen if the Relic was used on Anne if uncle didnt destroyed it? What if it is the really the cure.
Dang spoiler. Didn't get that far yet XD
How would an object that summons a horde of undead wretches be able to break a curse?
@@Allaiya. lol I finished the main story 2 weeks ago and now I am on my second playthrough
It was supposed to reverse dark magic but his uncle destroyed the thing and probably took away her only chance
@@pattonramming1988 well it was it's destruction that caused it so idk. But unless they expand on it we'll never know.
Maybe Soloman is right about being no cure for Anne is one thing... but he doesn't seem to care when Anne is about to be stabbed by a troll or Sebastian and MC being ambushed by Inferius. That is where I drew the line for Soloman. He was not willing to put his anger and stubbornness towards his nephew (his own blood and Anne's brother) aside over something simple as Anne getting stabbed or his nephew being attacked by Inferius.
Did he was there when Gobelin attacked ? We can't have eyes everywhere when we are busy to fight... The proof is that we couldn't saved Anne either and the only option from Sebastian was to use a forbiden spell... When he could have totally use others spells to save her sister.
I am a firm believer in Sirius Black's quote to Harry Potter in the Order of the Pheonix Film. "We've all got both Light and Dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." Just because bad things have happened to a good person that has thrown them into bad situations where they have to make difficult choices doesn't necessarily mean that they're bad. And just because someone is [Insert Hogwarts House/Profession Here], doesn't necessarily mean they're bad or evil by default.
[Rationale] ** SPOILER WARNING **
I understand Sebastian Sallow's rationale, reasons, and resolve. What he's attempting to do is good and a noble cause; however, I agree that he went about it in all the wrong ways, and he absolutely took things way too far and become lost in his single-minded attempt to save Anne. On one hand, Sebastian could have chosen to focus on spending the remaining time he had left with his sister. However, knowing that he * could * have done something to save her, and then not even trying, goes against everything he stands for being a Slytherin. We know that, through the story's narrative, his sister Anne is really the only family he has left. Sabastian loves his sister deeply and would do anything to help cure her or ease her pain. Additionally, I understand that since his parents died, his sister, Ominus Gaunt, Hogwarts, and us/the player, are the only happy things he has left going for him. So, I can understand that if seemingly the whole world turned its back on you, you'd feel you need to do whatever it took by yourself. Sure, I take away points from Sebastian for not considering Anne's feelings and wants on the matter, but I do give him points for trying. However, the real issue in Sebastian's story arc is his uncle, Solomon Sallow, who is an ex-Auror and Unspeakable. It also doesn't help that Solomon is a stubborn, thick-skulled, prickly dick who makes stupid choices (case why he was fired/removed from office). In the scenario Hogwarts Legacy sets up for us, I actually blame Solomon Sallow. Solomon refuses to sit down and discuss things with Sebastian like an adult and provide him with any decent rationale or explanation for his refusal to help Anne. Sure, Solomon tried basic healing incantations, Wiggenweld potions, and Shrivvlefigs, but that is the extent of his "treatment" before deciding Anne couldn't be saved. Instead, Solomon completely and utterly gave up and argues with Sebastian about looking into alternatives for curing Anne and brushes him off at every turn. He simply states that she cannot be healed without any explanation. Instead of listening to Sebastian's viewpoints and considering his feelings, Solomon forces his own viewpoints and opinions onto Sebastian and his sister. This, coupled with a general dislike of having to take in Sebastian and his sister after their parents died, only compounds the issue, which leads to volatile and rash actions out of Sebastian.
We only learn later on that it was Victor Rookwood who cursed Anne Sallow in Feldcroft that day and said, "children should be seen, not heard." However, unbeknownst to Solomon Sallow, Sebastian Sallow, and Anne Sallow at the time this story takes place in Hogwarts Legacy, there were indeed a couple of counters and cures for lesser curses, charms, jinxes, and hexes that could have saved Anne without having to resort to the Inferi Dark Relic:
1) For starters, a curse/dark charm can be stopped/removed by the wizard or witch who originally cast it if they so choose (** except for Avada Kedavera). We, the player, could have either Imperioed Vicktor Rookwood into undoing the curse he placed on Anne Sallow, so or got him to do it by another means.
2) Pheonix Tears had immense healing properties and were one of the only known ways of breaking all curses/jinxs/hexes. However, Pheonix are astronomically rare and are critically endangered. Lucky for Sebastian, we actually rescued one of the last known ones and could have used it to save Anne. Another is Unicorn Blood; however, that one actually curses the drinker with a different curse.
3) Blessings are counter-spells for Curses, Jinxes, Hexes, and Charms that are used by Curse-Breakers. Two such counter-spells are "Liberacorpus" (To Free the Body) and Severus Snape's "Vulnera Sanentura" (May the Wounds be Healed). One such Curse-Breaker in this story who * COULD/WOULD * have helped Anne, would have been the Deputy Head-Mistress, Matilda Weasley.
[Regarding Sebastian's use of Unforgivable Curses] --
Even " IF " one needs to actually mean to cause someone harm/torture/death in order for an Unforgivable Curse to work properly (Imperio/Crucio/Avada Kedavera), all spells in the Harry Potter-verse are dictated by intent, emotion, skill, and proper wand gesture and use of the incantation. The more clear/precise the intent and the more potent the emotion used behind the spell, the more powerful a spell's effects will be. The same is true on the other scale (weaker/less potent). I bet it wouldn't be impossible for a person (Sebastian) to cast an unforgivable curse on someone they don't/didn't actually want to hurt (Us/Player Character), while thinking of another person that they actually do (Solomon/Ranrok), albeit at a reduced potency and effectiveness. ** And while a person " CAN " cast Unforgivable Curses and kill others, it doesn't necessarily mean that they're a bad person or that they have become seduced by the Dark Arts and can no longer control their bloodlust (Ex #1: Professor Severus Snape, who was asked by Dumbledoor to cast Avada Kedevra on him in the Astronomy Tower in order to save Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape from Voldemort and Belatrix. Ex: #2: Harry Potter, who cast Imperio on a goblin at Gringotts Bank in order to get into Belatrix Lastrange's vault to destroy one of Voldemorts Horcrux's).
[In conclusion] --
So, in conclusion, yes, Sebastian Sallow may have committed some horrible and illegal acts. However, I think it's important to look at and understand the reasons behind them, as well as the overall outcomes. So long as Sebastian fully understands what he did, feels guilt/remorse over it, learned a lesson from it, and is attempting to make amends and become a better person; then I don't think I would have the heart to betray him and turn him in. Nor would it be justice - the morally correct thing to do. Wizarding world justice and corrections at its point in time is essentially either torture or locking someone away and forgetting about them until they die. If you betray Sebastian Sallow and choose to turn him in, it is a completely Lose-Lose scenario. The outcome being -- Solomon Sallow dies while trying to uphold his arrogant viewpoints and stop Sebastian. Sebastian Sallow will, for the remainder of his life, be tortured by Dementors and kept alone and isolated in Azkaban Prison until his death. Anne Sallow, for the remainder of her life, will suffer and die heartbroken, in pain, and all alone. And Ominus Gaunt will lose his only friend, which causes him immense distress and suffering, leading him (and his family) down the path of eventually creating one of the worst Dark Wizards of all time, Tom Marvolo Riddle (Voldemort)
Exactly
Eloquently said, I will add that Hogwarts Legacy itself as a game outright advocates for considering the unforgivables as tools. The game outright opens with this philosophical statement from Fig "Magic is the same as any power, what matters is the one who wields it." and the game enforces this philosophy throughout the game all the way to the main story's true and bad endings.
@@SwordmaidenGwenthe game literally also tells the story of a woman who went too far with her use of.her power...
Which is kinda synomous with Sebastian's work😅
I definetly understood Sebastian's work up to a point...
When he started losing all.cohesion I knew hed do something unforgivable...
And using acada kedabra on an already beaten Solomon... was exactly that...
Is Salomon a good person?
No, I wont morn for him.
But he, wanted to kill him. And then shower no remorse... "I had to do this, he wanted to tak anne away, you saw it..." etc
Actually I think the whole Sebastian questline is not open enough set regarding the main questline(your own way towards ancient magic). Personally id like to have the option to either prevent Sebastian from going the dark way by ending the main story before his own questline and being able to tell him its rockwood instead and from then on either having a choice of using the artifact or ancient magic etc to heal anne...
I agree it should have been more open. Our choices never mattered, except whether to turn Sebastian in. During the main story, "removing pain" refers to emotional pain, not pain caused by dark curses. That's why Isidora's father lost his ability to feel emotions. There was a missed possibility here. We promised Sebastian to discuss this with the Keepers at least, but we never got the option to bring it up. Even if Isidora's method can't be used, we had access to four very old, powerful, and knowledgeable wizards. Maybe they knew a different way to help Anne or at least where to look for a solution that didn't involve the dark arts.
@@Ashley1BlackAgreed. The Ancient Magic was barely tapped into except for the special attacks and the Trials. I would have liked to have seen its capabilities elsewhere throughout the game. Maybe even give MC some spell slots of strictly ancient magic. There was a lot of potential there that was never tapped.
For sure, personally I would have loved to stop Sebastian from taking the artifact! You just taught me Imperio! Perfect to force him to leave it behind and reason later, but NO I can only cast it on Ominis!
@@sassyghost_8the game was definetly lacking in these departmwnts...
@@jillie_chani didn't even know, as I wanted to take the artifact... the game is very linear
I didn't turn him in in my first playthrough. I was "evil" so it felt beyond hypocritical. If you don't turn him in he sees what he did wrong and vows to make up for his actions. That's why I couldn't turn him in in my second "good guy" playthrough either.
Also really think about it, Solomon scolds Sebastian for using unforgivable curses, yet he has no problem setting two kids on fire with incendio or confringo. He could have easily killed them. He's a hypocrite. The self defense argument is more than usable here. Sebastian is a good dude trying to save his sister. He doesn't deserve to go to Azkaban. Which is yet another hypocrisy of the Ministry of Magic. You can't use Avada Kedavra, yet putting people in a prison that is worse than suffering all 3 unforgivable curses combined, and sucking their souls out is a-okay.
Lets not forget Casting Unforgivables is fine on Muggles and Goblins in the ministries eyes. Just another Hypocrisy layer for it.
And Fiendfyre which is a very dangerous dark curse
As an uncle and godfather to my niece and nephews, I couldn’t imagine sucking as badly as Solomon at the role. Solomon doesn’t sit them down and explain his experiences as a cautionary tale, he doesn’t give Sebastian any chance, he denies Anne all hope and well meaning from Sebastian which could’ve at least mitigated the effects, or the pain in general just because, “ThErE iS nO cUrE!” He has no problem putting either of them in a horrible environment by screaming his head off instead of at least pulling Sebastian aside if he has a problem and needs to address it. Solomon used Dark Magic and yet judges Sebastian and his dead parents, his father at least when there’s no evidence of them having used anything like that, and they succumbed to a gas leak. Solomon acts holier-than-thou to Sebastian by calling him, “his father’s son” as an insult, disrespecting the dead to their own son and having absolutely no basis to act better than anybody. Solomon is a hypocrite and a terrible guardian to Anne and to Sebastian. Solomon has no love for Sebastian and it shows, just disgusting.
Solomon in no way shape or form was an empathetic uncle, two children had lost their parents, and now Sebastian would lose his sister, and be left with a grumpy pessimistic guardian who had a “ my way or the Highway” approach to everything, and consistently made sure to crush the dreams of Sebastian any moment he got the chance, him destroying the shrivel fig, something that actually excited Anne, showed that he’s not a good person, she managed to smile and the exchange between her and her brother was going very well, until Solomon decided to intervene , he could’ve at least allowed the siblings to show each other love and smile amongst themselves without saying anything, even if there was no way to save Anne, why die like a quitter, why not fight and believe, hold onto hope and smile optimistically until the end, Solomon created a negative, depressing environment for his niece and nephew, he had it coming, when he destroyed that relic , it must’ve sent Sebastian to a place he’s never been, as what he thought were his lasts hopes of saving Anne were now gone
He's literally the best NPC in this game. I also like Poppy and the rest of the cast are equally amazing.
I just wish this game's side quests revolves more on the students rather than random villagers around the open world.
Agreed there!
The game was decent, I can't even imagine how amazing it would be to have a character like Sebastian in a longer game, where you Explorer hogwarts ever since youre a first year... hes your friend for 5 years, and you then have this questline... that would be amazing g
Solomon was a prick. He even attacked his own nephew out of anger and died in the process. Sebastian is not in the wrong here. It was self-defense. Same like when San Baker used Avada Kedavra to kill Isidora.
If you look closely again, Sebastian attacked first. So Solomon took that for a declaration of battle and that why both of them started a fight. Solomon was just here to tell him again to stop. Sebastian stroke first in response.
@@mabilleaudrey2154 when he destroys the relic the infero start to attack us so I would say he started it but I understand your point still I wouldn’t snitch on my home boi
@@6l3ck he’s my home boy too but he need to understand that what he did was wrong…
@The Northwoods Nomad it was Sebastian who attacked Solomon after he destroyed the relic. And it’s was also Sebastian who cast Avada Kedavra while they are talking in a moment no one was fighting. So I don’t really think Sebastian was in a situation of defending himself when he killed his uncle. You don’t defend yourself when you use a spell when you are talking to another person. (And no one is attacking you) if Solomon attacked us after destroyed the relic I would be agree with the self defence argument. But not here because Sebastian always cast a spell so he is engaging a fight
And the one who killed Isidore wasn’t in the battle against her while he was near the one who was unconscious 😂 that wasn’t self defense. But if it was Perceval who used Avada Kedavra i would say yes it was for protect himself from her while she was attacking them.
Hell no!
Stubborn old bastard attacked Me!
I felt like Solomon was only focused on shutting down any ideas that Sebastian had that could potentially cure his twin. Like as their guardian and caretaker, Solomon should've at least tried to make Anne comfortable and give her at least a glimpse of hope towards recovery instead of being so negative with everything else. Plus I feel like turning him in would be hypocrytical, like if the MC chooses to use the dark arts in combat to kill ennemies then why turn Sebastian in for basically one shoting his uncle.
Turning in Sebastian is so insanely hypocritical. The entire game is you killing practically everyone you don't like, or are doing something you don't like. The player is a mass murdering psychopath that will quite literally kill dozens of sentient beings and then go on a speech how they're sad that something bad is happening.
Jeez, take it easy not that serious.
Solomon is an awful Auror he comes in destroys the artefact that controls Inferi and allows them to attack two underage students while actively trying to subdue his nephew and friend instead of getting them out of that dangerous situation.
Solomon was a failure. He gave up being an Auror. He gave up on his brother, apparently. He gave up on Anne. He's just a useless, bitter old man who only exists so that Sebastian and Anne can have a legal guardian. The real reason that Sebastian wouldn't go to Azakaban is because no one would notice he was gone and a lot of people would probably go "Who?".
I'm happy he is dead.
Ugh.
How dare he attack me!
I don't think the Uncle deserved to be killed, but no way is getting Sebastian sent to Azkaban is overkill. Literally torture a poor kid for the rest of his life because of one bad decision.
I do hope he would get out of it...
These are different times, than HP in books.
There were people.throwing avada kedabra left and right and the ministry did nothing.
He's a kid.
It was basically a crime of passion
Casting Crucio on that turd Solomon was one of the most satisfying things I've done in the game lmfao.
"Solomon was little bitch who couldn't handle the fun spells", LMAO Facts! I love the fun spells, and Solomon needed to chill!
The main character says it best. What point is turning him in. It won't bring the uncle back.
Because he murdered someone?!
If somoene murders in irl he shouldn't go to prison?
@Hyrenapth i agree. It also didnt feel right to turn him in when your character can use them and even right in front of professors/classmates and no one bats an eye
It’s a difficult one
Anne doesn’t want anything to do with him anyway once he kills Solomon (and she still has us and Ominis)
There’s also the issue of - if he is let off the hook once, what’s to stop him from feeling the urge to carry on. He still holds I’ll will to his uncle and believes he did the right thing even if he regrets it, he’s practically left with no one and no direction fkr his future, opening him up to easily fall further down that dark hole into the dark arts
The *only* thing that stopped me from turning him in - we know that Azkaban isn’t exactly a fine pillar of a correctional institute. It’s just as (if not more) guaranteed that throwing him a way to rot in there will turn him either more resentful, or so depressed he hurts himself. It’s unlikely he will reflect, change and reform
At least away from there and under our own watchful eye, he stands more of a chance or any sort of reform. It’s still a gamble though, and it’s one kf the toughest decisions to justify either way in the game.
And I think that’s the point - the ending is as tragic as the events themselves, there is no ending that lets you sleep soundly at night
@Hyrenapth Well, true... but I'd argue that no one deserves Azkaban. Especially not a teenager. Even for an "unforgivable" crime. And that... was far from unforgivable. Should he face consequences? Yes. But the Wizarding World would unfortunately send him away for life into a place where he'd literally be tortured for the rest of his existence. I could not in good conscience sentence someone to that.
Sea-bass was with me all along. Best character and storyline.
Sea-bass !!! I'm wheezing 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭
Sebastian was my partner I did whatever I could to help him and stood by his side to the end, hope we get more with him in the future
Yeah, Avada Kedavra or Imperio being labeled “unforgivable” and meaning a one-way ticket to Azkaban regardless of the context is probably the stupidest aspect of british magical society!
Sebastian basically showed us that Imperio can be used for tremendous good by saving Anne from the Goblin!
And take Voldemort’s mother for instance!
She fooled Voldemort’s muggle father Tom Riddle into a relationship with her and even had a kid with him pretty much without him knowing thanks to love potions.
Totally normal, acceptable and not at all r*pey according to wizarding law! But if she had used Imperio on the poor guy to the exact same end, then it becomes a problem all of the sudden?
And does San Bakaar killing Isidora make him more evil than her if it means saving countless lives including his own?
Seriously, the HP-universe’s morality is skewed beyond repair!
There are other spells usefull than cast Imperio tho. And if he has listened to his own sister, he wouldn't be so far in the dark path. But no, he didn't even listen his sibling when she's the one cursed.
I agree with that logic. It’s just like real life.
@@epcza13 Its like reality because we are the one who's taking the responsability to decide someone else fate xD
@@mabilleaudrey2154 You're right, I could of used ancient magic to shrink him and step on him, or use it to explode him, or repeatedly slam them on the ground ... why not set him on fire and have him scream in painful agony, or use force spell to break multiple bones in his body by smashing them into a tree, or just send them off a cliff? The thing is, while there may be numerous things he could of done, some of which I find far worse than simply making them stop with Imperio, it really comes down to desperation and the heat of the moment. When you have only a second to decide, you'll use the 1st thing that pops in your head.
That's why Sebastian said, "The dark arts are meant to be used." and I fully agree with him, it's messed up that they would limit such spells when there are loopholes, trickier and more time consuming but still loopholes.
Solomon deserved everything he got, he literally tries to kill both of you, just not with "dark magic". Also, snitches get Avada Kadabra-ed
Actually he used Fiendfyre which is dark magic and one of the worst curses
Funny thing is the animation of ancient magic when the player uses is way worse than avada kedavra like one of them is u levitate the enemy and disintegrate them or another where u summon lighting and that disintegrates them which should make them feel more pain when they're about to die. Alreast avada kedavra instantly kills without making the victim feel that much pain. And sending Sebastian to azkaban would prevent him from having his redemption arc and make him more evil.
Exactly
You are putting real world values on Harry Potter's world...
Lol
He was in the wrong but he had good intentions, he deserves consequences but Azkaban is not the place for him.
Ngl Sebastian is such a bro. Don’t snitch on him
Had Solomon been more open to experimentation and supportive of Sebastian looking for a cure (and not destroyed that Shrivelfig like WHY there was no downside to trying a damn fruit!), he might not have descended to the use of Dark Magic. And even if Sebastian did descend anyway, it would be Solomon's responsibility as his guardian to talk him out of it calmly, and support safer ways of finding a cure- NOT banishing him from Feldcroft and then trying to leave with his sister behind his back!
Sebastian definitely wasn't right, per say, for using the Dark Arts (except Crucio, that I deem a necessity), but he he only takes half the blame, and the other half of the blame goes to Solomon, for handling a delicate situation with his desperate nephew VERY poorly. Sebastian has enough sense to know that when he's very emotional, he needs to walk off and think so that he doesn't say or do anything he regrets. The one time he couldn't walk away, was the time his emotional state reached such a breaking point that he wound up killing his Uncle.
Solomon didn't deserve to die, and Sebastian must be held responsible to an extent. But they were both idiots and both are to blame for the Catacombs disaster. Sebastian doesn't need Azkaban, he needs help! He's 15 years old! And since the only two options in the Wizarding world are hell-on-earth Azkaban and freedom, then I'd rather Sebastian have his freedom.
Also... why in the ever-loving hell was Solomon using fire tornados on US??? Like, IDIOT USE THOSE ON THE INFERI NOT ME I AM CHILD WHO JUST GOT HERE AND HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON!
Exactly
this ^
I legit cried- I cried when Solomon started attacking us. Sure raising the dead and controlling them seems pretty dark side but to be fair the dead weren’t attacking us until jerk destroyed the thing controlling them. Then like during battle the MC starts yelling at Solomon to stop and talk and he blames you just as much as him- even though I was a “good character” and sided with Ominis the most
He didn't attack "us", you attack him. He just takes the relic and destroys it. Sebastian attacks him and kills him. He is a plain murderer. Second degree murder, sure, but still a murderer.
And let's not pretend like it was a mistake, because he constantly tells you that you have to mean an unforgivable curse for it to work. He wanted to kill Solomon, the person who, despite being not too nice, was still taking care of him and his sister.
@@ReallyUnexplainable - Sebastian attacks Solomon first (after he destroyed the relic) Then immediately Solomon attacks the MC !! Even if you don't touch him, he will chase you and cast wicked spells at you literally trying to kill the MC!
@@FranWest. No. You can't use forced mechanics to shape the lore in your own interpretation. Just like Solomon attacks you, you can just as easily attack him first. He is trying to subdue you, yet your character has no reason to stop him, other than defending Sebastian from a very well deserved spanking.
Yet after the two of you subdue him, and he can't fight anymore, Sebastian EXECUTES him. He deserves to get sent to Azkaban. He wanted to kill him, and he did it.
@The Northwoods Nomad If you want a personal interpretation, that's fine. But don't change the facts of what happened. Stick to them.
Part of those facts are that Sebastian attacked Solomon, and that Sebastian executed Solomon when he was already out of commission, and couldn't fight any longer.
As long as you accept those irrefutable events, you can make any assumption you want, but don't complain if I call it stupid, because you can't claim self defence from someone you've attacked, and you can't claim innocence after murdering someone who wasn't a threat to you.
I trust Sebastian far more than I trust the Keepers or any professor in Hogswart.
He showed love for his sister, loyalty the player, determination in all things.
I don't understand why Solomon was so adamant about trying to help. Never liked the guy from start to finish. Was more than happy to kick
his bucket. It's a shame there wasn't any romance with Sebastian or Ominis though. Would've liked it.
Considering one of the keepers themselves used the killing curse as well Sebastian did what he had to. Plus Sebastian had been loyal to your character.
Solomon was going to take his sister away from him and even have Sebastian thrown into Azkaban, and this was all after he pretty much made Sebastian's life a living hell constantly starting fights with a boy who just wants to protect his sister after they were both orphaned. Considering the mental and verbal abuse Sebastian was going through, whether or not he simple chaincast bombarda onto Solomon or used the killing curse, its all the same to me.
And we all know Ominis wants to be more that friends with sebastian.
Destroying the relic was also a dumb move for Solomon because it was not just a powerful item, but an artifact of massive historical relevance.
Yeah, destroying the relic is just as dangerous as using it if you don't know what you're doing. If you don't understand the powers of its creation, you have no way of knowing what could happen by destroying it. And since Solomon clearly had no desire to even understand the relic, then destroying it was an incredibly reckless thing to do, one that I'm genuinely baffled as to why a former Auror would even attempt it. Just as you must understand a power to wield it effectively, so too must you understand it to oppose it.
@@emmasilver2332 Templars(read Aurors) are not known for critical thinking only blind faith in the LORDs law (the man behind the curtain). At an early point in the quest Solomon already guarnteed he will kill the MC and Seb after the disowning. The fight he used Deadly spell and only deadly spells no levi not stupify, only Bombarda and Fire.Kinda like the FIRE and EXPLOSION that killed Seb's parents.
Solomon abused Anne and Sebastian. They can be saved, and Solomon's mold was set. Just like in real life, who you surround yourself with matters.
I am more disappointed that we never got a conclusion of Anne sickness. Like we went through all of that to not get a cure for her. Like why couldn’t we use the ancient magic that we end up getting on Anne? This part of the story is disappointing.
That's pretty much the whole reason Sebastian killed his uncle. He intervened for the last time
I personally never liked his uncle from the beginning from meeting him can't wait to defeat him and keep sabatian around
The whole unforgivable curse thing is just stupid. You kill everyone in this game with other spells so why is the killing spell so wrong. Same outcome. Whether it’s dark magic or not it’s still the same thing.
Because it sets your intention to kill ...other spells are for defense and if it kills well it wasn't your first intention..
@@feliz_1990 I dont know me sending a wind blade meant to cut things into two against Solomon after he tries to kill us with Explosions and FIRE instead of dealing with the ZOMBIES I want that fucker dead. I wish the game allowed us the final blow like with Rookwood.
Big Dan calling for us NOT to betray a character? Opposite Day going hard.
Well it's only smart since you're technically culpable if no complicit in his actions
Funny thing: If you have a couple ancient magic bars, along with the right traits and armor, you can win this fight in around 10 mins.
I mean I understand him he’s doing it for his sister. I turned him once in and I felt bad about it and the ending is better when you tell him personally who’s responsible for cursing his sister.
But that doesn't change the fact that he killed his uncle to save his twin who told him to stop because her curse can't be remove.
@@mabilleaudrey2154 killing the uncle was more like self defence the uncle attacked us first. just because people say anns curse cant be cured does not mean it should not be researched to find a cure. look at cancer or dementia if people did not experiment and study to find a cure for these diseases a lot more people would be dead
Sebastian is my favourite and I would delay doing his quests because I didn't want it to end.
Slytherins stick together. Taught me all the fun spells!
I got the impression the game was trying to show Sebastian as a cautionary tale, but at the same time it undermines that by making Solomon a colossal prick.
He insinuates that Anne's sudden attack is Sebastian's fault, when it's established they're entirely random, so he's basically using Sebastian's sister's pain against him to make Sebastian feel like shit. He portrays Sebastian's parents as some dangerous pioneers, when their deaths were accidents. Instead of trying everything to help Anne, he stops any attempt and keep her basically shut away and victim to random bouts of agony so she can be Solomon's pet patient.
He openly crushes Sebastian's hopes, slams him for saving Anne's life and tries to drive a wedge between Sebastian and his sister. Then at the end he, an adult ex-auror, openly attacks two students using lethal magic.
By the last aencounter I didn't need persuading. I was way ahead of Sebastian trying to murder the prick before he killed us both. My bro Sallow just got the AK in there first. Naturally I made sure he didn't go to Azkaban, and brought Ominis round to the idea.
Slytherin buddies for life.
Sebastian is my bro I will never turn him in
Same
I'm a loyal one, I ain't no snitch!
His uncle started it and kept trying to kill me. It was self defense.
I’m no snitch.
Solomon was an abusive POS. But what pisses me off above all is Anne.
She practically spits in her brother’s face for trying to help her. Discouraging him. (Probably telling Solomon that they were in the catacombs). Shooting him into a wall and burning the spell book which potentially had the cure.
Just goes to show you: You can’t help people who don’t want to be helped.
I didn't send her brother to Azkaban.
Because of her.
I didn't want her to be lonely.
People treat dogs better than the Uncle treated Anne. Let the poor suffering girl have the d@mn fruit. Even if there is no cure....pain relief and a smile on someone's face while they are dying is basic Hospice care. Plus uncle casts Fiend Fire at the player multiple times during the big fight = fiend fire is dark painful & will burn you to death while AK is instant and painless.
You can go back to his place after finished his questline, and you will see that Anna left him a letter
And you can also talk to the guy who sell stuff there, ask him what's new in the village, he would tell you that Solomon died in his sleep( if you didn't snitch on Seb
I always figured that using dark magic is like an adrenaline rush. That the corruption is caused by someone getting addicted to using dark magic and inevitably using it too much and ending up doing something like Sabastian did on impulse. Kind of like the dark side of the force but more closely tied to the action of casting a dark spell and not simply being a dark wizard.
I haven’t finished the story myself yet so I don’t know what order Sebastian uses the unforgivable curses but I think it was very poetic how he used avada kedavra last I might be misremembering so correct me if I’m wrong but the 3 curses are unforgivable because they corrupt the welder and the shock of that will either bring realization that you’re not yourself when casting those curses or be a type of mad euphoria
I really believe Sebastian has learned and will spend the rest of his life regretting and atoning for his choices but he’s going to face those consequences alongside us and not in Azkaban
Unforgivables only corrupt the wielder if the wielder fails to understand the difference between intent and desire. You don't have to WANT to cast the curse, you simply have to INTEND to. Snape didn't WANT to cast the Killing Curse at Dumbledore, but he INTENDED to because he knew he didn't really have a choice, seeing as Dumbledore told him to do it so Draco wouldn't have to AND he was under an Unbreakable Vow to carry out the deed should Draco fail.
The moment he didn't snitch on us at the library, I decided to be a ride or die with my boy.
Just curious what everyone else's thoughts are on this (sorry for the wall of text lol):
So I've heard a bunch of people say that to cast the Unforgivable curses you have to mean them, or want to cause pain/kill/control etc so that right there is proof enough that Sebastian is evil and should be turned in. I know that's true to an extent but I feel like there's more to it. For example, Ominis's backstory- he refused to cast the cruciatus curse on muggles because he found it so horrible but then his own family tortured him with it until he finally gave in and did it just to make the pain stop, and he's lived in regret and never forgiven himself since then. Even with that knowledge I certainly don't think Ominis's character is evil (and feel like most people would agree) and don't think his character ever genuinely wanted to torture some muggles. I've always thought you don't necessarily have to want/like to cause pain/kill etc.. so much as you just have to intend or even need the spell to work in the moment you cast it. It seems interesting that the game offers that information earlier on.
Am I interpreting that wrong? I mean even Harry used the imperius curse a couple times in the final book and I don't think he has some hidden desire for power. (Btw I did not turn Sebastian in- given what I mentioned above, and also the fact that the game suggested Solomon had used dark magic himself in the past, and the fact that the main character yelled at Solomon to stop multiple times while fighting him before Sebastian finally killed him, and the fact that Sebastian dropped his wand and looked shocked/horrified after, andddd irl if someone is attacking you in real life and you kill them it's generally considered self-defense, I didn't really think twice about not turning him in.)
It's not that using one of these curses means you are evil.. Just that whatever curse you are using is that IN THE MOMENT you have to mean it. People can have fleeting thoughts that are bad or "evil" but that doesn't mean we act on them.. These spells are like conduits for these sinister thoughts. When Sebastian killed his uncle that surely was a heat of the moment call; it being a combination of self-defense, frustration and anger. Same goes for Ominis, he wanted to hurt those muggles because he didn't want to be hurt anymore.. It was a survival instinct, not inherently evil. But upon reflection both Sebastian and Ominis felt guilty and bad about it.
All of us have bad thoughts at times and thankfully mostly don't act on them because of self-restraint and even when we want to we usually don't have the means to act on those bad thoughts and our logic reasoning takes over.. But if you had to the tools to do so easily at your fingertips.. It's one mistake away.
Of course, there are also those who believe just ending the threat for the greater good is a good enough reason to kill someone.. Like Professor Bakar did in the memories.
I believe the general consensus is that if you readily and easily use the unforgiveable curses, you lack discipline and self-restraint and are a danger to yourself and those around you because of it.
@@FlorentiusIV To mean it and to want it are two different things. For example, I didn't want to punch my sexual assailant in the groin, but I sure didn't do it by accident either. I did what I had to do in order to make it stop. I meant it, and I don't regret it, but if I had been strong enough to escape or persuasive enough to get him to stop without causing him excruciating pain I would not have put him through that, because I genuinely hate seeing anyone in pain, whether or not they deserve it. Have I experienced fleeting thoughts of malice towards another person? Of course. Everyone does from time to time. But you can absolutely mean for something to happen whilst also having absolutely no desire for it to happen. We don't put our pets down because we want to, we do it because they are suffering and we would rather not let them continue to suffer.
In the case of Sebastian, I doubt he would have even considered casting the Cruciatus curse on one of his friends if it weren't for the fact that all three of them were going to starve to death if the curse wasn't cast. And I imagine most people would rather suffer the Cruciatus curse for a few minutes than suffer the prolonged pains of starvation and dehydration. I know I would. Sebastian didn't have a shred of anger towards the MC when he cast the spell. He even says "I shan't forget this" when the MC tells Sebastian to cast it on him/her, indicating that he's grateful the MC is willing to suffer the pain for him. Not a shred of anger or malice, yet the spell still connects. One can only assume with this information that Sebastian didn't actually WANT to torture his friend, he was simply willing to do what needed to be done to prevent something objectively worse.
@@emmasilver2332 This is why i think the Fascist Wizarding world is just doing population control with them making a Dark arts Label ...again ...
According to lore, the so called "dark arts" or even "unforgivable curses" are no different from regular magic. Its the Ministry of Magic that legislates whether a spell is "dark" or not. There are far worse and sadistic spells than the three curses, and they're not even considered dark.
Pretty sure "I want you to feel the most excruciating pain imaginable, the kind you will suffer from well after the spell fades" being the intent you have to have to cast Crucio makes it less legislative and more morally "dark".
@@nightfall37 agreed, even belatrix herself said it best to Harry. Righteous anger isn’t enough, you have to want them to suffer true pain. The emotions needed to cast the unforgivable curses properly are bad enough once but become a very steep slope.
Crucio is torture but I dont know if its the worse torture you can do logically you can use incarcerous to bind them literally burn somebody to death with incendio and even slow the rate at which they burn so they die a slow agonizing death as their insides burst, magic makes most body parts dismemberment no longer an issue as long as it wasnt powerful dark magic like sectumsempra they can heal that shit and do it over and over again. Crucio is only tricking your pain receptors but real torture would truly break someone faster and worse than bellatrix lestrange broke frank and alice longbottom using only crucio so id argue crucio is actually the tamest form of torture in the wizarding world
@@nightfall37 Crucio doesnt work like that funnily enough it Fades but you remember the pain. Meanwhile there is a Normal and basic curse cast on anne by R******* that is made to only ever torture someone slowly to death. That curse isn't unforgivable.
Solomon keeps trying to kill Sebastian and the player, it was self defense. The nasty little goblin had it coming too.
i'm currently past the step of acquiring the relic, and Sebastian used Emperio to save Anne. honestly, i don't like how the quest railroads Sebastian to this conclusion. i was mostly siding with Ominis' arguments of "the Dark Arts sound fine until something happens that you'll regret." to that point, i'd rather just have Sebastian teach me the spells, and i'll do all the legwork and take all the blame for him. that way he can still achieve his goal, but with a clear conscience. he's the one who has connections to friends and family that are important to him. i'm just a transfer student, so i'll gladly do things in his stead so he can save face
A curse that literally takes away the will of the one it's being casted upon, the Caster has to have full intention of using it and let's not pretend that this was just some case of I saved my sister by stopping the Goblin... sure he stopped the goblin with the imperius curse, what did he do then? He grinned and forced the goblin to kill itself, right in front of his sister. If you don't think that's messed up then maybe you got a problem in your head as well.
I didn't turn Sebastian in because I'm equally culpable and I have no intention of going to Azkaban
I hated Solomon for being squeamish about the unforgivable curses to the point that it endangers his home and family
Sebastian is one of my favorite companions along with Poppy Sweeting
He taught me 3 of my favorite spells
Ominus is such a chickenshit that it borders on overwhelmingly annoying
If there's any DLC I'd love for a continuation of Sebastian's story maybe with the option to express how pissed off I am at Sebastian for using the relic
Yeah, the uncle was a total jerk. He just busted in saying "what are you two doing!?" and me with a surprised pikachu face was like: "I'm not doing anything, I just got here" but instead of finding out what's really going on, he threatens to snitch on us, takes the relic and destroys it without even checking what it does, even when that was the thing that was controlling the inferi that were all around us. Like DUDE! And on top of that, instead of fighting the inferi alongside us to get the hell out of that place alive so we can talk this out, he just freaking attacks us! WTF bro! But still... using the killing curse on him was a bit too far... and I'd say Sebastian was a bit too desperate and obsessed. The first person who researched the relic wrote in their notes that using the relic had too high a price to pay. What if to use it you had to sacrifice a bunch of living people. The thing about dark arts is that most of it requires paying a high price for using it because what it accomplishes is also really powerful, to the point it's consider sinister. I mean, I don't think using some of the unforgivables against real evil people is really that unforgivable, but in a lot of cases, dark arts are bad news.
I don’t see why people are bitching about him the guy was doing what’s right for his sister even though his uncle didn’t think so he was legit trying to find a way to cure her shit if I was in his position I would do the same thing I would move heaven and hell to find a way to save my family member I don’t care who gets in my way
I don't think I could ever turn him in. Kids lost his parents, practically his twin sister as well due to the curse and his Uncle does nothing but pick a fight with him, be antagonistic towards him and really just treat him unfairly. He's a kid who wants to save his sister, who feels like no ones else cares. I was not surprised that it culminated in the way it did. If his Uncle had shown an ounce of empathy, or communicated with him, in a way that showed he cared, I believe Sebastian would not have have gone down the 'dark arts' path. He could've explained his experiences with the dark arts but no. The more his Uncle pushed back, the more Sebastian would dig his heals in and become more determined to prove him wrong. So while he in NO WAY deserved to die, I do believe If he'd showed he cared, that it kills him too that nothing can save Anne, Sebastian would not have lost himself. His own actions, I believe ultimately brought about his death - just how I see things.
Sebastian's responsible for killing him 100% - he made that choice, but he's a 15/16 year old kid who wants to save his sister. He 's got no true understanding of the dark arts. The adult, in this situation, did not handle the situation in the right way at all. Killing his uncle was a step too far and I did say 'no one should know that spell' after woods. But I couldn't turn him in because I felt for his character. I could see what had caused this and how remorseful he is after woods. He knows what he did was wrong and he will have to live with it for the rest of his life. It's a complex situation but I think his uncle is partly responsible for what Sebastian chose to do. Turning him in would isolate him further and turn him more towards the dark arts. I'm nothing if not a Hufflepuff who believes he needs a friend in his corner to save him from himself. But also I tend to think it's pretty hypocritical when your character is killing people left right and centre lol 😂🤣
As a hufflepuff 🦡 Sebastian has my loyalty as well as him covering for my MC in the library
Hufflepuff gang lets go
Here’s how I justified in not turning him in. During most of the choices there were choices where it made moral sense in learning the spells mainly when we learn Imperio where before you find the relic you learn it more for use in combat against dark creatures (I consider that a morally ok time to use that spell and honestly taking control of someone/something has always been that morally grey type of power that a lot of fiction use anyway where it can be used for good or bad), with Crucio all 3 choices technically do have some morality behind in learning or not learning them as long mainly for the two you decide to learn the spell you are able too explain why you learned them in that way with actual intent with no dishonesty in your words. Avada Kedavra choices however is when I noticed one was definitely the moral choice while the other had no clear morality too it which would’ve been fine if there was a third option, the option where I would agree there are times where it would make sense to use the spell but tell him straight up that that time wasn’t one of them and reprimand him for it, with that type of option it can still given us room in actually learning the spell but also tell him that no you were in the wrong and you need to accept the consequences for that action (now it doesn’t mean I would have turned him in or not if this option was available but for my own sense of morality it would’ve given me a better time in coming too the right conclusion for my judgement to either get him taken in or not), but no we didn’t get that choice so I originally was going to tell him was in the wrong but as soon I noticed I wouldn’t learn the killing curse I reloaded a older save and picked the option to agree with him even though personally I didn’t and honestly can see they should’ve put a third option in this part. When it comes to deciding in the end because of there no third option in that scene I knew I couldn’t turn him in mainly for he wasn’t fully in control of himself and for the technical morality he did have in his character development that for me personally overwrites (somewhat) his worst deeds and he has been a bro to us from the beginning and we did technically learn the spells as well I couldn’t just turn him in, luckily however the ending he got practically gave him a punishment in living on he now knows what he did was wrong and now has to suffer living with at knowledge which more me especially for those times and how bad Azkaban was that was definitely punishment enough
I wish there was more consequences to using dark magic.They made it sound like bad things could come from it and then when you use it BOOM nada. still fun to use though
The only thing I've noticed is some students that you do quests with will mention it in dialog.
Nati says she doesn't like the dark arts when you use them.
Anne could shave been saved. Once we found out it was Rookwood that cursed Anne, that information could have been used to cure Anne. This family was destroyed in this game a little good news would have been nice. It also would have given the purpose to Rookwood cause I still don't know why he was there. Missed opportunity.
The way I see it, both Sebastian and Solomon are at fault here. Solomon was so focused on Anne's suffering that he couldn't or wouldn't see what Sebastian was going through. He kept pushing him away that it's little wonder that the poor kid snapped.
On the other hand, Sebastian tends to get lost in his emotions (which he openly admits to the MC) and doesn't think things through. I mean, good for you, you found a holocron that allows you to whip up and control an army of zombies. How the hell does that translate to "I can heal curse victims"? I'm not one to tell people to stop when it comes to helping family, but at the very least, slow down and think for a second.
To sum up all of this, if these two actually had a decent conversation instead of going straight into a pissing match, things might've ended up differently. As for the consequences of either choice, I suppose we'll find out should we get a sequel.
Did you seriously forget Uncle attacked our Character without warning.
In my second playthrough playing as a sweet kind Hufflepuff, I didn't let my Kyle learn any Darkspells and even had Sebastian cast Crucio on me, I didn't want to cause intense pain to Sebastian. 🩷
During my second playthrough, I quickly grew to hate his Uncle.
His Uncle seems to just pure hate Sebastian and even though you are sweet kind Hufflepuff who follows the Laws best as you will not learning any Darkspells at all he still blames you and calls you just as Guilty as Sebastian.
Stubborn old bastard!
I have a moral middle-ground with the unforgivables, mainly because of all the instances when they're used neutrally. Imperio, for example, was used in an emergency to gain access to gringotts in the deathly hallows, and aside from the one time harry uses Crucio in a fit of rage, he never uses that spell again. I made the mistake of not learning the death curse but then again I'm not likely to use it on anyone anytime soon, except once or twice in the dark arts arena. Maybe next time I'll learn it.
I still don't know if there's a hidden trophy for learning all spells.
Well in the books Harry uses Crucio twice. First on Bellatrix in Order of the Phoenix and on Amycus Carrow in Deathly Hallows. But I get what you mean for the neutrality. But the only unforgivable I ever used is just Imperio. It could be used to save someone like how sebastian saved Anne. Also yeah there's an achievement on unlocking all spells
there IS an achivement for getting all the Spells
There is an achievement for learning all the spells, but I believe the Unforgivable Curses don't count so you should still be able to get it
My issue is azkaban is not a just punishment for a kid trying to save his dying little sister and being stopped by his emotionally abusive and controlling uncle. Cause really, Sebastian was grieving in his own way but wasn't allowed. Even when he wasn't using dark magic, the uncle would stop it. He didn't try to save her and he tried to control Sebastian's grieving process too. The Uncle was abusive, not just to Sebastian but Anna. He made her completely dependent on his care, no wonder she turns on her own brother. Add to that, I don't think they were living with their Uncle for very long either. I got the impression it was a few years max since their father died. So the Uncle comes in and bullies two kids as one is actively dying. The one who should be in Azkaban is the Uncle. And when the Uncle fights Sebastian and the player, that is definitely self defense, so it's definitely not murder. The way i see it, Sebastian killed his abuser and I'm not going to rat him out for that. Personally, I wish there was a way to get Sebastian help instead of prison. He needs therapy, not prison.
If I turn him in... Well what about me? I lost count how many people I killed.🤣
From the start, Solomon is a red flag to me. Something felt wrong on how he just gave up. There's a whole world of wizards, and you want us to believe there is no cure. For me, the fact that a grown man, family or not, is living alone with 15 year olds with no wife at his age during these historical times feels weird. But again, maybe I'm digging too deep. I can't be the only one with those thoughts, though. I know he was put into the position, but it feels off.
In our world, if a teenager this age commits a crime, there are two options. juvenile detention center and after reaching the age of majority, the court decides whether the teenager will serve a sentence or not. Or he's tried as an adult and given probation.
Sebastian showed immediate remorse and would never forgive himself for what he dan. Why should I send him to the hell that is Azkaban? What is happening to him after is punishment enough for stupidity
Taking his wand away is a good enough punishment.
He is still a CHILD.
the fact that Solomon judged me and labeled me and Sebastian 'evil' is stupid. No wonder no one but Anne went to his funeral, no one bloody liked him
Along with all the things you mentioned I also just actively encouraged their usage as much as possible. Ominis would overhear, get upset, gotta smooth it out, easy. Ominis isn’t they hard to win over and man do I enjoy my boys.
No, I think his uncles aversion to the darks arts is justified, because the more dark magic one uses, the more the dark magic corrupts the users mind, unhinges it and makes them and more deranged.
You can see this happening Sebastian as you go through the quests and see the massive change in him from when you first meet him and what he is like towards the end. This is why it is dark magic, it corrupts the user of it the more they use it.
Problem is that because the dark arts is frowned upon it there is secondary reason why people sink more and more into it because society isolates people who use the dark because they are afraid of it. They wont go in the dark because of fear and they wont allow the person practicing dark back into light because "He's gone too far."
The uncle is a total moron because I didn't cast a single dark arts and didn't do anything bad. The only thing I said to him was that Sebastian indeed DID save Anne there. The Uncle then went full judgemental and assuming rage mode for absolutely no reason telling me that Ill get expelled the next time when there literally was never a first time. That dude has some unresolved trauma worse than Sebastian and seeing he is obsessed, that's one hell of an achievement.
I simply felt like the direction this character going was not good . I honestly felt bad for him . When i played this game i felt all the story . Sebastian was the only real friend since the beggning . Helped us without asking questions , got himself caught in the library , and helped me through the entire storylane in main or secondary stories . Even when u decide to go in like a batman he helps u no matter what . Since he went through rough times , growin up without parenta , with an uncle that constantly lookin for a fight , with a cursed sister i think i can understand why he did the thigs that way . He was the only one trying to help his only family member left.... ofc at some point it was too much for him... He only needed support he was alone , not even ominis was tryin to help . I also thing that his uncle was a total prick and he got what he deserved . Ofc....he could just use another spell like expliarmus , supefy etc ......but i think he just got scared... he was a real brother through the whole story line I WONT SENT HIM TO AZKABAN . I would ofc cosider turnin him in if he would be sent somewhere he would get helped , but sending him in AZKABAN for the rest of his life for the only reason he did everythin he could to save his sister.... This man dont deserve this.
I didn't turn Sebastian in. The way I see it, he's a young boy who watched his parents die in front of him, and now watching his sister die slowly and painfully. He was likely curious of the dark arts anyway, but when his many attempts at curing Anne were rebuffed by Solomon, that's when we see him turn to the dark arts as a solution. His character is so desperate to save his sister, to not experience more loss in his life (and to not be left alone with his unsupportive uncle who puts him down every time we meet him). While I was playing the game, I originally thought the dark power surrounding Slytherin's book and the relic somewhat corrupted him and pushed him further into the dark arts as the game progressed, because once he got that book, that's when I noticed his personality flip (I thought there was going to be a reveal that the book was a horcrux or something!). So IDK, I felt too sad for him (knowing his backstory) to turn him in.
Also, our MC kills way more people than Sebastian, so if we did turn him in, we'd have to turn ourselves in too :/
I agree 100%, that is exactly how I viewed Sebastian on my first blind playthrough. I didn't really see it as a hard moral choice, if dark arts can save Ann then lets do it. And is casting the killing curse worse the casting a dozen spells to kill a bad guy enemy? The weirdest part of this game is how they made a Slithering the MC's best bud and most useful NPC no matter what house you played, that bothered me as a Ravenclaw. Like where is my Luna Lovegood type character to hang out with lol?
I love Sebastian , cant stand his uncle and I am not really a fan of Anne either
In my playthrough I defeated Rockwood before this quest, even got to tell Sebastian about the curse not being from the goblins but there was not an alternative option to find a cure for Anne before the duel with Sebastian's uncle - there should have been an option to go to Rockwood's home, investigate, find the spell for the curse used on Anne so that one could cure her without it boiling up to the duel of death against the uncle - the developers should have thought this through before forcing everyone down the path of choosing death for one's friend by sending him to Azkaban and loosing Ann to the curse - eish - so sad - poor writing results in poor endings
It was really simple for me. Sabastian got dragged into my mess and he still did not snitch on me. Owed the man a debt and there was no way I could just turn on him.
I think the issue with the Dark Arts has more to do with intent. The difference between killing with Incendio v. Avada Kadabra is when you use killing curses you "have to mean it." The intent with the unforgivable curses is you have to WANT to hurt someone. The difference between spellcasting is a spell like Incendio is used for defense and death is a byproduct. An unforgiveable curse is used with the intention to harm and only the intention to harm and if you don't want to cause harm, the spell fails.
In many lore, dark magic (or dark arts) has an extremely high price that places the castor and others in danger. In some lore as well as Harry Potter (ie. Tom Riddle and the horcruxes) it distorts the individual's personality and identity the more it is utilized. While the castor may be willing to pay the "price" in many lore and stories, uninvolved bystanders are also subject to the dark magic "cost" which is why it is considered unethical.
So while magic is a tool, the nature of Dark Arts is to either cause harm or to distort the natural order of the universe. Therefore, the intent to harm (whether intentional or unintentional) is already apparent during casting
Solomon: There is no cure!
Me: That you know of.
Solomon: What?
Me: You don't know if there's a cure. And Sebastian is the only one willing to try and find it, so let him!
I hate how everyone in the HP universe condemns dark magic. Just because its dark, doesn't mean it can't be used for good. Also, why aren't spells like Confringo, Bombarda, Expulso, or Diffindo considered unforgivable? The first three are pretty much "Point at it and it explodes, and last can cut someone to pieces if used incorrectly. And might I point out that during his boss fight, Solomon uses Bombarda?! That man wasn't trying to save Sabastian and the player, he was gunning for blood.
I like that the spells are forbidden.
Makes them even more interesting.
dark arts is legal in America as long as you have a license.
Sebastian didn't have to use Avada Kadavra.
He could have used Levioso, Accio, and Depulso to save her.
OTOH, the uncle is a dickhead. He won't let Sebastian even try to cure her, and destroyed a priceless artifact that might have been able to cure her.