Dutchman Dirk Willems was a religious prisoner who escaped in 1569, but when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice of a river, Willems turned around to save the guard. He was then recaptured and burned at stake.

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    If I remember right there’s a point in the third book where Harry has to explain what a gun is to the wizards and it’s something like “It’s like a wand that only casts kill”

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      They also literally have time travel and could have easily Baby Hitler’d Voldemort but JK Rowling does not violate the timestream or the gender binary