Originally Posted by Mell

Oliver looked up at the sound of the door opening and frowned at the young student standing in the doorway. A quick glance told him that she was not just a little late because he might have forgiven that but she was a lot and that he wouldn't wear.

"So nice of you to make an appearance." he said coolly. "That'll be ten points from Slytherin for your late arrival and another five for not being properly dressed." And here he had been hoping to prove Thea wrong about the students. He had been hoping to make it through the whole class without having to take points.

"I suggest you take a seat next to your Prefect and I'll let him finish reprimanding you."
Shaking his head, Oliver turned away from he girl and addressed the rest of the class. "Very good. The Elder Futhark is a runic alphabet. Made up of twenty four runes. Which in today's talk would mean twenty four letters." He paused momentarily. "Runes were often inscribed into stone, metal and wood. Clay is also used but not until later times. The most famous runic inscription is found on the Kylver Stone, in Gotland Sweden. It is famous because this the only stone structure to have the entire Elder Futhark inscribed into it. Others, like these ones." He gestured to the stone structures in the room. "Are less complete but as you can see they show continuity in the order of the runes. These are only replicas of the originals." Maybe one day he could show them the originals."So as we can see, one purpose of the runes was to write messages."

"Okay, we have established that there are twenty four runes to the Elder Futhark, I would like you to tell me what they are. Just name me one rune person please."