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1、AzkabanAzkabanhasexistedsincethefifteenthcenturyandwasnotoriginallyaprisonatall.TheislandintheNorthSeauponwhichthefirstfortresswasbuiltneverappearedonanymap,Muggleorwizarding,andisbelievedtohavebeencreated,orenlarged,bymagicalmeans.Thefortressuponitwasoriginallyhomet
2、oalittle-knownsorcererwhocalledhimselfEkrizdis.Evidentlyextremelypowerful,butofunknownnationality,Ekrizdis,whoisbelievedtohavebeeninsane,wasapractitioneroftheworstkindsofDarkArts.Aloneinthemiddleoftheocean,helured,torturedandkilledMugglesailors,apparentlyforpleasure,
3、andonlywhenhedied,andtheconcealmentcharmshehadcastfadedaway,didtheMinistryofMagicrealisethateitherislandorbuildingexisted.Thosewhoenteredtoinvestigaterefusedafterwardstotalkofwhattheyhadfoundinside,buttheleastfrighteningpartofitwasthattheplacewasinfestedwithDementors
4、.ManyinauthoritythoughtAzkabananevilplacethatwasbestdestroyed.OtherswereafraidofwhatmighthappentotheDementorsinfestingthebuildingiftheydeprivedthemoftheirhome.Thecreatureswerealreadystrongandimpossibletokill;manyfearedahorriblerevengeiftheytookawayahabitatwheretheyap
5、pearedtothrive.Theverywallsofthebuildingseemedsteepedinmiseryandpain,andtheDementorsweredeterminedtoclingtoit.ExpertswhohadstudiedbuildingsbuiltwithandaroundDarkmagiccontendedthatAzkabanmightwreakitsownrevengeuponanybodyattemptingtodestroyit.Thefortresswasthereforele
6、ftabandonedformanyyears,ahometocontinuallybreedingDementors.OncetheInternationalStatuteofSecrecyhadbeenimposed,theMinistryofMagicfeltthatthesmallwizardingprisonsthatexistedupanddownthecountryinvarioustownsandvillagesposedasecurityrisk,becauseattemptsbyincarceratedwit
7、chesandwizardstobreakoutoftenledtoundesirablebangs,smellsandlightshows.Apurpose-builtprison,locatedonsomeremoteHebrideanisland,waspreferred,andplanshadbeendrawnupwhenDamoclesRowlebecameMinisterforMagic.Rowlewasanauthoritarianwhohadrisentopoweronananti-Muggleagenda,ca
8、pitalisingontheangerfeltbymuchofthewizardingcommunityatbeingforcedtogounderground.Sadisticbynature,Rowlescrappedtheplansforthenewpr
