SPOILER!!: Erik Vinteren;11367811
While the students were providing answers, and some were still answering his question about those who had died at Hogwarts, Erik made another list on the board beside the first. And he highlighted one of the answers in blue.
First, he would answer questions before he explained further.
"Nagini died at Hogwarts, yes, but she vas never truly a living being. She only had qualities shared vith Lord Voldemort because she vas his Horcrux. But Harry Potter," he gave a nod to Roxanne's niece or whatever,
"could be added to the list." So he made that amendment.
"Now, you'll notice vhat I haff made another list here, of your answers. Excellent responses," this time.
"But vhere is one in particular I vould like to call your attention to...as Mr. Summers said, vhere is a wizardly way of figuring out how someone died." He allowed them a moment to look at the list.
How to Corroborate a Story --primary sources
-----eyewitnesses
-----testimony of eyewitnesses
-----writing of eyewitnesses
-----witness' memories
--secondary sources
-----textbooks
-----photographs
-----rumours
--research -----spellwork
-----legilimency
-----Veritaserum
-----examining sources
-----examining the body
-----examining artefacts, crime scene
"I haff highlighted 'spellwork' in blue because I vill be teaching you a spell today vhat can tell you vhether or not someone died in a particular area, and if vhey did, vhere they died exactly. Vhis spell is not only used by historians to corroborate stories of vhen/vhere a person died, but it can also be used by law enforcement to investigate crimes." Morbid, very morbid, but also deadly
pun intended useful.
"Vhe spell is 'spiritum revelio' - don't try it now, not yet - and it is closely related to the charm 'homenum revelio.' Can anyvone tell me vhat homenum revelio does, or vhen you use it?"
Sarah listened and took down some notes (which were illegible so they would not help her anyway. Homenum sides like hocide, so maybe it meant killing and revilo sounds like revealing so maybe in this case it meant... wait she had actually learnt that spell before, it reveals if there are any living being around. So what was spirit?
SPOILER!!: Erik Vinteren;11367853
"Like homenum revelio, spiritum revelio only reveals to vhe caster the location of vhere someone died. Vhe incantation itself comes from vhe Latin vord for spirit, as though it is showing you vhere vhe spirit separated from vhe body." If they believed in that sort of thing.
"Vhe incantation is a simple 'Spiritum Revelio' as you draw a counter-clockwise circle in vhe air and vhen point your wand through vhe circle. If it vorks, you vill see an outline of a body - vhe body of vhe dead - in green."
He demonstrated the wandwork for them.
"Now you try." Nothing should happen for them, though, as no one had died in
this room.
Yet. He'd already checked.
Now that was osrted out Sarah quickly wrote it down i her notes. Now she had to practice the charm though.
First she had to do the incantation. "Spiritam Reverlio". she tried. "Spritum Ravelio". No luck. More concentration. She looked at her notes again"Spiritum Revelio". Finally she said it. Then she repeated it again for more luck "Spiritum Revelio,Spiritum Revelio Spiritum Revelio"
All done. THen she did the wand movement, the cirle and then put the wand through it . It seemed so simple.