<strong>Brian Fletcher</strong><br/><br/>The history buff chuckled, "All the animals in the Hogwarts foursome display the traits that medieval bestiaries connected with the traits desired by the school's founders."  He followed her look toward the dorm flags.  "These too, I think, follow their medieval traits . . . bestiaries, the early Care of Magical Creatures types, not the heralds.  Leopards, for instance, were said to be swift, fierce, even notably violent.  Foxes were considered ingenious and adaptable.  I can recommend a couple books in the library later, if you like."<br/><br/>Yes, he'd gotten stellar marks in History of Magic.  Even Muggle History was interesting to him, despite being a pureblood, or as pure as any wizarding family was these days.  And the middle ages exerted some strange pull on him that he'd never been able to explain.<br/><br/>(OOC: Just for note, what he's said about the Hogwarts animals, leopards, and foxes is indeed the case.)<br/><br/>