SPOILER!!: People who chose runes!

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Kace saw the ravenclaw quiddtich captain Mo and he smiled. So now he was the one asking the questions. He wondered what steps they needed to make their Gandr. He had no idea, so he decided he would pick a rune and decide why he would use it.

He scanned through his textbooks and raised his hand, "I would choose Uruz...because it would give you physical strength and speed and potential in classes and quidditch and such." he shrugged giving a tiny example.

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Originally Posted by aaetha

Yeah, Adrienne had... no idea how to make a Gandr. In fact, she couldn't even remember what the thing was. She drummed her fingers on the table and looked blankly at the professor. What runes would she want to enact, if she could? "Ehwaz, maybe?" she mused aloud. Because that was a generally positive one, and she liked when positive things happened to her.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

"i'd choose Sowilo" he said after he raised his hand in to the air. "Because i want to be succesful but in a positive way. And have power..like a lion RAWR!" yup.

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Originally Posted by Presley Black

Wow, um. Levels. This was way above Gwen's level. Or maybe it shouldn't have been. Maybe she was supposed to read something about this before coming to school, but the fact was, she hadn't. She'd skimmed the first few chapters of the book, yes, but how to make Gandrs? Two months ago she hadn't believed in magic, and this was all way too much for her.

Thank goodness Mo had directed a question at the more stupid people. Because she was supposed to answer questions to get points. She raised her hand, recalling some of the earlier discussions. "I would maybe use Kenaz?" hadn't someone said something about that one? She flipped quickly through her book. See? Knowledge and inspiration. Exactly what she needed. Especially as the dumbest kid in Ravenclaw.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Caleb raised an eyebrow at the Gryffindor boy who decided to boycott the lesson. REALLY dude? Well ok. If he lost points, that was ok with Caleb. They were so close in the standings right now, the boy had probably just handed them the lead!! Nice!

Ok, now to the question at hand. How did they make Gandrs? OH! THAT WAS WHAT UNCLE ALEX DID! But had he ever actually mentioned how to DO it? No. He knew his uncle would think he was boring him with talk of Runes so he never went into detail. Ugh. So Hufflepuff.

So he raised his hand and decided to answer the second part of Mo's question. "I think I'd pick Uruz as my rune because it's about harnessing power and creativity to do great things," he explained.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

West kept quiet for the next few questions though he nodded enthusiastically at Botros's response to the pyramid theory. Maybe they could chat more about it soon? That stuff was pretty cool, yeah? And then Mo was asking a question and while West did have ideas, and could share steps, he decided to just casually go with the last part. Y'know. Choosing a rune.

He put his hand up. "I'd choose Kenaz, it'd be pretty good for right now. For enlightenment and learning reasons."

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Originally Posted by nanyjj

How to make a wand? Leah was no wandmaker. Therefore she chose the second question to answer instead.

"I'd choose þurisaz to carve into my Gandr, as it is my favorite rune." She answered. She had mentioned this rune for the other question before. "As the runes make the Gandr stronger, I personally think that þurisaz will make it more reliable, as it means hardship."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Hannah was surprised that she had managed to pay attention and answer as many questions as she had so far. This was major progress for her. Honestly, she thought it had everything to do with newts and the rest of her life that was making her finally get it together.

She wasn't so sure what the steps were and it seemed like there were quite a few answers already given so she decided to offer up what rune she would use as that seemed like a safe bet. The seventh year raised her hand. "I'd choose Nauthiz because of the strength factor." Who wouldn't want to use a rune that strengthened you?

Botros paced up and down the dais, smiling and nodding at them all as they chose the runes they'd choose to do a Gandr for. Most importantly, he gave Marco a proud and wide smile. His questions were good, and the fact that he gave alternate easier question was amazing.

SPOILER!!: Steps of Making a Gandr

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Originally Posted by UnicornDragonPatronus

So far the class was going well- despite one student being kicked out. She tried not to smile or laugh- after all, that was something she had done at a few of her past schools. Surprisingly, she hadn't felt the need yet at this school. Time would only tell. For now, though, she wanted to be the good student.

Tessa raised her hand. "You also have to dig a hole at the base of the tree and make an offering. Some sort of food or drink is typically used, I believe," she exaplained.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Senor Mo was up and Ella smiled, watching him curiously. His hair looked nice today, did he know? She was a fan. Actually, there were lots of boys at this school with amazing hair and she was starting to wonder if it was some secret plot to make hair enthusiasts like Ella distracted. Merlin knew her boyfriend did that enough. Was this another scheme like the pillow fight all those terms ago? Bishop is on to you, boys. Seriously.

As for the question, Ella's hand went up.

"One of the last steps is um..." What was one of the last steps? GAH. Hair on the brain. "Is to, I guess you could say, personalize your Gandr. Like adding ribbon or shells to it." Yup, that was a thing. Ella had used ribbon on hers.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Ben had opened his mouth to speak a wood when the professor moved them on again, turning it over to another older student. The second year in turn, looked to the boy awaiting whatever question he might have for them for the chance that perhaps he had something to answer. How to make a Gandr? He didn't know of course and moved to look in the textbook for a possibility but then remembered something a classmate had mentioned earlier and raised his hand.

"Carving the runes into the wood would be one."

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Toby totally DID have an idea about this one. For the other questions, he'd mostly been kind of unsure about his answer. But the Hufflepuff had just been sitting there reminiscing about his times with Hazel while he waited for a question, so was ready and willing to give an answer.

He grinned (as per usual), raised his hand, and looked between Mo and Professor Botros over and over as he answered.

"One part of step is that you make an offering to the tree, and bury it at the base of the tree. I think to say thank you, 'cause the tree's doing something awesome and really helping you out by letting you have a branch. I think the offering can be almost anything? I gave mine some food when I made mine. Nutrient for growing and all."

Okay? Okay.

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Originally Posted by Gabben

*This was where Romulus got a little fuzzy. How to make a Gandr... hmmm his grandfather had said something about a tree.*
"Ummm... my grandfather said that he would locate a living tree from which to cut."
*Rom wasn't sure what he had meant by a living tree. Weren't all trees living?*

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Sander thought for a moment. Hmmm...he had never made a Gandr before but he read something about it.

So he raised his hand,"I'm guessing one step is select the type of wood with the qualities you desire for your gandr. Like if you want it to be used for healing properties, you would pick wood from the birch tree because birch is known to be used in healing."

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Beverly wrote down the types of wands, grinning slightly at her parchment. Ash was there. She'd been correct.

Then there was another student taking the lead. And this one also had a badge. Was it just badge people that were being called upon? Meh. It didn't matter since she didn't know any of them.

Beverly chewed on the inside of her cheek as she raised her hand. "Um, you shape the wand, m-maybe with the severing charm and then, um, you carve runes into the wood." There was more, but the other students could cover that. Her hands were growing clammy AGAIN. Waah! She preferred Botros asking the questions since he was, you know, more...old experienced?

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Birch was more linked to Thor. That... seemed logical, yeah. There was something next to that section that mentioned lightning, right? And Thor was the god of thunder and lightning, something he knew thanks to comic--

... Fox Boy was leaving? Alec's eyebrows shot up and he looked over at Botros to see how the man was taking this. Maybe it was because the older boy was in an important year and was planning on taking an exam on this subject but he didn't see why someone would leave the lesson. Did he find it that bad? And, well, Botros wan't going to take this personally, right?

Oh. Hey! Ravenbear was up there asking a question. Shaking away his previous thoughts, Alec looked up at the Ravenclaw and grinned, giving him a thumbs up too. It was difficult standing up there, you know. And the question? A step in how a Gandr was made? The seventh year sat there and tried to think back to the long term assignment they had had where they had to make a Gandr. One of the steps...

... And which one did he remember? The most embarrassing and difficult one. Sheepish, the boy raised his hand in the air. "One was to thank the tree by writing a song or poem for it and chanting it while... while you sprinkle bark shavings around the base." Embarrassing and difficult step had been... exactly that. Yeah.

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Originally Posted by Lexers

Oh! Lucas knew this one.

"You can chant just before you make an offering to the tree you're using. And then you carve them into the wood which gives it shape. Once you've done that you usually colour it, right? Sometimes they used blood?" It all sounded a little horrific, if you asked Lucas.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Utterly lost, Lux wrote down everything the Professor had written on the board while trying to make some sense of everything. She understood that there was a certain procedure to everything, and you could use different woods for Runes, but this was all too complicated for her little Second Year brain. Sighing, she looked at Lucas as he managed to answer the question. Why was he so smart? Maybe he could help her with her homework if she needed it... Which she probably would.

Raising her hand, she tried to guess an answer to the question. "I suppose one of the steps would be selecting what you want to carve the Rune into? Like... the kind of wood." That seemed like a simple answer since different woods had different powers or significance or whatever they had just been talking about.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi drew his attention to the boy who had helped him out in Herbology last year and considered the question. Adi had not made any Gandrs but he did read on the process. Loads of steps were involved of he remembered. Could he just remember one of those steps please? He frowned in thought. It was Alec who unknowingly helped him. Hearing his friend say thank the tree made him remember...''After we've selected a tree we have to communicate with it by touching it or looking at it,'' he said with a hand in the air.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Professor wanted them to not so Lex would not. It was that simple and the Gryffindor would detach herself from the situation that much. Bart was right, she should mind her own business in future and the Gryffindor quieted down to let the Professor do his job. Botros could handle students whoever he wanted, it wasn't her business. Alice got a small nod for trying.

There were a few questions she had to admit she didn't much feel like answering but then Mo was up and he asked one she remembered all too well. Her hand went up. "One step would be making peace with the tree, befriending it so it feels more comfy giving you wood." Essentially talking to the tree and that kind of thing.

Pointless given the nature of trees but she wasn't about to tell that to Botros.

Bart walking out didn't bother her one bit. It wasn't her business and he wasn't her student. As far as she was concerned it didn't even happen so....Bart walked out of the classs? Cool story bro.

Now who was asking the next question?

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Delilah was about to raise her hand and answer the question when Bart abruptly walked out classroom. Oh, that is sad. This class is pretty interesting so she honestly didn't see why had to leave. Not that it was any of her business or anything. Heh.

Right. Yeah. Question.. and she was just going to guess the answer. Kind of. "Um. The first step would be to offer and say something nice to the tree? I'm not sure exactly what, though...." Lame answer is SO lame. Talk about embarrassment. She blushed a little before starting to take notes.

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

She was totally taking notes. Yup. And she just had faith in her classmates that she'd take their answers for granted. Well, almost. She'd actually wait for Botros to comment. And she was glad to know that did have answers to most of the said questions. Her speed of formulating the accurate sentences was the down side.

But this one! Yes, she rememebered it very well.

"We chant to the tree while walking around it," That part somehow stuck to her mind.

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

Benjy chuckled slightly to himself, after listening to Mo's question. "First thing I'd do is pick up some wood lice or fairy eggs," he answered with a grin. "Not as an offering to the tree, but it's guardians. Not gonna get many sticks from a tree protected by bowtruckles without them."

Out of the box, maybe. But still relevant. Now, who was asking the next question?

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Originally Posted by lemon

"Um... you have to... um...."

Her hand had gone up, but Alice was momentarily distracted with shooting glares at the back of that one kid's head. Excuse him? What did Bart think he was doing? It was NOT acceptable to walk out of a class like that, almost as unacceptable as it was to treat Botros the way he just had. She didn't say anything, though, on account of the professor had instructed her not to.

But that child was doing laps on foot around the pitch today instead of trying out. Mhm. Making sure of it.

"You.. er... stripp the bark off the branch and stuff to shape its personality... I think? And you're meant to keep the shavings, and during the next moon phase, 28 days, you gotta sprinkle them around the base of the tree you took them from. In a clockwise motion. Three times. Yeah."

He clapped for this lot, they all seemed to know how to make a runic wand either because they already tried or by the help of their textbooks. They got points and claps all the same. "Very good all of you. We will list the steps real quickly. It's a complicated process that needs time and devotion, making a Gandr. But you still need to know the steps in simple words." He waved his wand at the blackboard behind him.

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Originally Posted by Blackboard

How To Make A Gandr:

• Select a wood.
• Locate a living tree
• Communicate with it
• Ask the tree for a branch.
• Make an offering to the tree.
• Thank the tree.
• Shape the branch into a wand.
• Leave it for an entire moon cycle.
• Paint, carve, or burn runes into the surface.
• Redden the runes.
• Seal your runic wand.
• Accessorize your runic wand.

"You don't have to write it down, it's all in your textbook. You should take a brief idea of how we make a runic wand, i.e. a Gandr." With a clap on the shoulder of the Ravenclaw Captain, Botros looked for the next student that would ask their fellows a question. "Mr. Kildare, would you please come up and quiz us with yet another question?"