Desmond the Sheep
There is a sheep. His name is Desmond, a fact everyone seems to know and nobody remembers being told. He is not a creature of the forest, he does not fight, and he cannot be defeated, captured, fed, or reasoned with. He simply turns up in the background, looking as though he has been awake since a previous decade, and then he leaves. Students have started counting.
Where Desmond Turns Up
- Forest fights. About one fight in twenty-five, Desmond is in the background. You will get a line about it at the start of the fight. Each one is a sighting.
- After a forest victory, very rarely. He walks over, drops a Chocolate Frog card at your feet, and leaves. Roughly one victory in a hundred and fifty, and one in seventy-five for VIP members, whom he seems to tolerate slightly more.
- Loading screens. Now and then, while the owls or the alerts are loading, he is in the way.
- The footnotes of this guide. He has been asked to leave. He has not.
- The Incantation Lab. There is a rumor that the right words bring him running. Running is an overstatement.
The Sighting Log
Open Desmond's Sighting Log from the Curiosities menu in the forest. It counts every sighting and shows when you last saw him. Desmond does not count them. He would prefer you did not either.
Your hundredth sighting is special. He stops, looks at you properly, and a card appears in your binder. Neither of you will bring it up again.
The Flock
The Flock is a set of twelve Chocolate Frog cards, every one of them Desmond. It sits in your binder below the Bestiary. Flock cards never come in packs, cannot be crafted, and do not fight in Card Duels, because Desmond has made his position on dueling clear by lying down.
| How you get it | Cards |
|---|---|
| Your first sighting | Desmond |
| A rare drop after a forest victory | Nine variants, from a hat to a brief and unpopular reign |
| The right words at the Incantation Lab | Desmond, Summoned |
| Your hundredth sighting | Desmond, Distinguished |
Drops always hand you a Desmond you do not have yet, so the set always moves forward. Collect all twelve and you earn The Whole Flock, a badge for your profile.
The Champions
The students who have seen Desmond the most are listed on the Hogwarts Champions page under Collections, on the Sheep Sightings board. Desmond has seen the list. He did not find it interesting.
Desmond is not a metaphor. He is a sheep. He would like that on the record.