In front of the anvil, facing the elevator, were four other figures that did not quite reach the height of the central figure’s waist.  The first was a wizard, dressed in typical dark wizard robes and pointed hat.  His clothing appeared to be made from metal.⁵  He stood with hands upraised before a tiny anvil with a gleaming sword struck through it.  “Merlin,” whispered her father with a note of reverence.  Unlike the goblins, Merlin was depicted roughly in electrum, his face poorly formed.  The sword, though, seemed less a carved ornament than a replica forged in exacting miniature detail.

The next figure was a knight clad in chain mail and holding a large sword with a ruby-encrusted handle above his head.  Again the knight himself, seemingly formed of silver, was poorly detailed.  However, both the sword and his mail appeared to be replicas crafted with minute attention to detail.  Luna bent down and tried lifting one corner of the knight’s mail with her fingernail.  The links of the mail moved individually, felt light and hard like steel, and a spot of clear oil was left on her nail when she pulled it away.  “Godric Gryffindor,” whispered Xenophilius.

Beside Godric was a figure dressed in a cloak of blue metal.  He appeared to be made of brass and was seated playing a golden harp with strings of silver.  The harp, like the implements of the other figures, was a replica of exacting detail.  Luna resisted the urge to strum it only with an effort.  On the figures head, almost invisible, was a crown of glass.  “King Alfred the Great,” said her father.