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Originally Posted by Govoni

"Sowulo......." Gabe's tone was quizzical. Had that been a test? Erm....."It means 'sun'"

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Breakfast? Oh yeah. Adi had had a hearty one, thank ya very much. He was not going to suffer through a lesson again on an empty sstomach. Nope. He had learnt his lesson since the first Herbology class.

The boy's interest was perked up when Botros started to talk about an artifact. What could it be? He eyed the illustration on the board. "Sowilo,'' he said as he raised a hand. Then he looked back down at his book, confirming the meanings.

Jera meant harvest. Sowilo meant sun and Uruz meant strength. Erm...Did that mean that there was good harvest to come if there was sun and strength? Hmmm.

"Correct! The third rune in this runic chain is Sowilo or Sowulo or Sowelo, all pronunciation is correct." He beamed at the Ravenclaw and the Hufflepuff who answered.

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AJ had remained silent on the first question because she honestly was a lost cause in Ancient Runes. It was one of her worst subjects. It was a hard pill for her to swallow because she quite liked being the best at everything, thank you very much.

More runes, and AJ had to open her textbook. There was no way that she knew any of these off of the top of her head. Ummm... she finally found the runes in her book that resembled the runes on the board. AJ raised her hand. "Could it mean that sun is powerful and strong?" She was really going out on a limb here.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel looked at the Professor and raised her hand and smiled. "Professor do they all when they are put together have something to do with Power." Angel wasn't sure if it was right or not but she was at least trying and had at least guest something right which was actually progress in her eyes.

With a nod, Abraham gestured at both girls to show that they were on the right track. "Yeeees, that's good. This series of runes do convey power, but in what sense. I know it's difficult to tell when you have no idea what kind of artifact we're talking about, but I'm testing your expertise." He grinned, pleased with the result.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Toby was so distracted. SO DISTRACTED. All twitching and twirling his quill between his fingers but dropping it about twelve billion times, and staring between the moving patch of sunlight on his desk and the windows, trying to work out exactly where it was coming from. His foot was still taptaptapping incessantly under the desk and the Hufflepuff was trying so hard to channel all his energies into that one movement so he could focus on this lesson.

He'd skipped the first question, because he was still trying to get his focus back when it had been asked, but now he was determined to give it a shot. Gabriel Banner had already identified the rune, which left the other part of the question. Toby raised a hand, fingers fidgeting even as they were up in the air.

"They're each sort of to do with positive change, and growth, and positive energy, and success and all that. A couple are for fertility. So altogether, they'd be good to like... help things grow and... maybe stay alive? Like..." Toby's eyes strayed over to the potted plants at the side of the room for the first time. He might have added 'like plants' at that point, but yeah, distracteeeeeeed. Because PLANTS. This was good. If this was a plants lesson, this was GOOD.

Apparently having totally forgotten about not finishing the rest of his answer, Tobes went back to fidgeting with his quill and thinking about those PLANTS.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Jera, Uruz and Sowilo........ thank Merlin they were allowed to use their textbooks. Really. "I agree with Toby," he started, looking up from his book and giving the boy a 'sup nod, "It's about growth that gives off a positive result. And what's interesting is that Jera and Sowilo can't be inverted." Definite positive change and whatnot.

The professor snapped his fingers twice in excitement. "GREAT answers! It is all about the power of growth, and the fact that Swoilo and Jera cannot be inverted make this a very powerful chain of runes." He looked at the rest of the class excitedly as if his words made sense. "This chain of runes, my dears, is the Healing Charm." Oh dang, he needed some drumdrolls before he broke the news to class. "It is carved on the Healing Bracelet found in one of Egypt's ancient tombs. It's said that when invoked well, this bracelet can heal any malady." Botros looked at the blackboard with adoring eyes.

"The main rune in the chain as you can see is Swoilo, it is repeated many times to emphasize the purpose of this runic charm; Healing. Swoilo represents the sun, it is an endless source of energy and brilliance: a renewal of hope and achievement. The sun's rays offer vital healing energy, and the appearance of this rune often indicates a positive resolution to a health issue, or a time of successful recovery." He waited for them to write those things down if they wanted to, though it was all there in the textbook.

"Then we have Uruz, the rune of strength, connecting the runes that are on the edge. It's there for this specific reason, to strengthen this chain of runes and make it almost unbreakable. You cannot invert Uruz, that makes it invincible when it's the chain holder.

"Jera is about change, a growing and fertile change. It helps the healing rune, Swoilo, get rid of the malady and let its healing energy flow into the target be it a human or a creature - anything with life in it." Botros waited some more before shooting his question.

"Can you think of more runes we could add to this chain to make it even more effective?"