The first recorded Basilisk was bred by Herpo the Foul, a Greek Dark wizard and Parselmouth, who discovered after much experimentation that a chicken egg hatched beneath a toad would produce a giant serpent possessed of extraordinarily dangerous powers.
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Herpo the Foul's Basilisk is believed to have lived close on nine hundred years.
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The first recorded Basilisk was bred by Herpo the Foul, a Greek Dark wizard and Parselmouth, who discovered after much experimentation that a chicken egg hatched beneath a toad would produce a giant serpent possessed of extraordinarily dangerous powers.
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Herpo the Foul's Basilisk is believed to have lived close on nine hundred years.