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Former Professor Valon Kazimeriz
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Originally Posted by cedricdiggory  Cedric saw a ghost named nearly-headless nick"nick..what's you're doing there?" "That'll be two points for conversing in my class, Diggory. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington is here as my guest, not for your entertainment. Focus on the lesson." Kazimeriz said sternly. Quote:
Originally Posted by dan arjay Daniel cleared his throat and raised his hand, "Dark creatures differ with sometimes not too greatly with magical creatures, but they do differ. For one, dark creatures are magical in nature and they are not animals. Another is that they do not have a normal life cycle like other animals do, they cannot reproduce, and they exists only as an embodiment of an evil intention.
Lastly, they often seek to harm others, not to sustain life, but for unknown reasons. The Red Caps are a great example. They bludgeon unsuspectingly travelers so that they can use their blood to stain their cloth caps red. It doesn't give them food, it doesn't allow them to reproduce, they do it purely out of nastiness. One way of thinking about it is to say that they are a physical embodiment of an evil, harmful intent. And if you think about the essence of magic being intent, Dark creatures are a physical embodiment of Dark Magic.
Daniel then paused and sighed. And then he added, "Sometimes the difference of a dark creature and a magical creature can get a little blurry. Werewolves are a great example. Sometimes they are not Dark creatures, but when they are, they attack people with the intention of passing the disease on to others or kill them. Daniel sighed after saying the last word, he had never meant to say so long but he actually did... "Very good- but refrain from quoting the texts verbatim. I presume all of you know how to read; what I wish to hear is proof that you are comprehending the material." Professor Kazimeriz cautioned the boy. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle Paris wanted to beam. She hadn't earned any points in DAD before and she was rather proud that Kazimeriz had pointed her out and even her Slytheirn tendencies. She raised her hand, "Dark creatures tend to seek out humans or wizards to cause them harm. Dark creatures are usually crossbreds of other types of creatures. They were created by a witch or wizard like a basilisk." She offered. "A good guess, but not completely accurate. True dark creatures are not usually crossbred or wizard-generated; instead they are literally corporeal evil-- that is, the physical embodiment of what society views as 'evil' or negative intentions. That being said, many such creatures are deeply misunderstood. For example, werewolves and vampires fall into somewhat different category, being that they are part-human and merely act on a base, animalistic level to satisfy a very dangerous need. But we will talk more about werewolves, vampires, and other complex creatures during another class... for the purposes of this class we are going to be focusing on specific dark creatures: those that feed on Fear." A ghost of a smirk crossed Professor Kazimeriz's face. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hollister Miles raised his hand, shaking only slightly. "Dark creatures are ... darker." He snorted. "Plus, instead of being a lot like a normal magical creatures, like unicorns, as you said, they normally have abilities to inflict dark magic. And also, they're just not very nice. I guess that's what makes them 'dark', they create fear." "They do not inflict dark magic in the same way that we as wizards think of 'magic' with wands and such, but yes, they are capable of altering mood and doing physical and psychological damage to their victims." Quote:
Originally Posted by Crayola Evangeline had figured out all she had to do in order to dont run away screaming. And that was concentrate on the questions Kazimeriz was asking, as well as the answers her classmates were giving. It was working too!
Sorta, anyway. When she began her answer, after raising her hand, her voice was still a bit unsteady.
"Dark creatures are nasty little creatures that have no other purpose than to harm something or someone. Like ... Banshees. Their scream kill people, right? But they don't fed on those people. They just .. kill them for the heck of it." The Prefect said with a curt nod. She had heard that there was once a singer that sang with Banshees as the backing group - she couldn't understand how that worked, though. Wouldnt they kill the singer's fans? Hmmm. "Also, dark creatures are magical in their nature, they ain't animals really. For that, they don't really have a complete life cycle and many times they just ... exist."
Evangeline had a slight idea that all she had just said made little sense. Ah well. "Very true. With some rare exceptions, you will never see a juvenile dark creature for this very reason. I am sure this disappoints those of you who would find a baby boggart to be a delightful pet, but regrettably, as Miss Green stated, they merely exist with no true life cycle." Kazimeriz nodded. "Two points are awarded to every student who offered an opinion. Now then... let's get to it. As you are aware, the topic of this class is Fear, so let us turn our attention to dark creatures and fear. Who can name one dark creature that feeds on fear?"
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