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It was before wizards went underground, when we were still being hunted by Muggles. Young wizards and witches sometimes tried to suppress their magic to avoid persecution. So, instead of learning to harness or to control their powers, they developed what was called an Obscurus. It's an unstable, uncontrollable dark force that busts out and attacks. And then vanishes. Obscurials can't survive long, can they? There's no documented case of an Obscurial surviving past the age of 10. The one I met in Africa was 8 when she...
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I wonder what you can tell me about this, Mr. Scamander. It's an Obscurus. But it's not what you think. I managed to separate it from the Sudanese girl as I tried to save her. So I wanted to take it home to study it. But it cannot survive outside that. It could not hurt anyone, Tina. So it's useless without the host? Useless? Useless? That is a parasitical, magical force that killed a child. What on earth would you use it for? You fool nobody, Mr. Scamander. You brought this Obscurus into the City of New York in the hope of causing mass disruption, breaking the Statute of Secrecy and revealing the magical world. You know that can't hurt anyone. You know that. You are therefore guilty of a treasonous betrayal of your fellow wizards and are sentenced to death. Miss Goldstein, who has aided and abetted you... No, she's done nothing of the kind. Receives the same sentence. Just do it immediately. - I will inform President Picquery myself. - Tina.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them