The air carried the pungent scent of damp earth mingled with the aroma of grass, the remnant of the morning mist.
The heavy mist that had blanketed the early dawn restricted visibility to less than three meters. To ensure today's match could proceed without disruption, Ministry of Magic personnel had deployed large-scale weather charms to disperse the dark clouds overhead and reveal the sun.
As the fog lifted, the empty stands gradually swelled from a scattering of spectators into a sea of humanity.
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