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| | Term 12: April - June 2006 Term Twelve: Hendrik's Riddles (Sept. 2058 - June 2059) | |
04-21-2006, 09:24 PM
| | |  Ancient Runes: Lesson 1
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04-21-2006, 10:50 PM
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lua raised her hands and answered "Because the more letters you have the more the meaning changes or more difficult to interpurt by others"
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Touy raised her hand;'I think because each rune has more then one meaning
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04-21-2006, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Backslash "Completely likely," Opteryx nodded. "The proceedure for activating or spelling runes might be poorly documented because nobody wanted to write it down, out of fear of being discovered, or because they didn't want their methods to be used by other wizards against them. Runes do NOT have to be charmed, of course, but without a spell to activate the rune, it's simply writing."
"Now, suppose we all knew how to charm a rune into activating. Why would it then be difficult to create a runic spell with more than one runic character? For example, a sentance written entirely in runes?"
"Maybe because their being poorly documented makes them slightly diffacult to translate now days. Over the time maybe their meanings got slightly tainted. Maybe the meanings of some runes is gotten slightly general. Which could make using multiple runes diffacult."
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04-21-2006, 10:54 PM
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Jordana raised her hand and said, "Is it because Runes are phonetic, in other words they represent the way something SOUNDS, not the way it is SPELLED in modern English."
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04-21-2006, 11:39 PM
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Alyssa raised her hand"Because one sentence can be used in one symbol" alyssa said nervously.
"Well, not exactly..."
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Erin raised her hand again, this time completely unsure of her answer. "Maybe because just one spell wouldn't be sufficent to activate the whole sentence?" she guessed.
"You're getting close, though in theory one kind of spell or incantation is probably sufficient to activate a chain of runes. Three points to you."
Quote: "Because, since there is not written documentation on how to spell runes, there is no set pronounciation, so it could be harder to activate it?"
"Actually, the pronounciation of the runes is well-documented, and there *is* a set pronounciation for them. Good try, though."
Quote: lua raised her hands and answered "Because the more letters you have the more the meaning changes or more difficult to interpurt by others"
"Five points to Gryffindor. Yes, that is definately one of the problems. Since each rune has its own meaning...or multiple meanings, in a few cases, the more runes you have, the more complicated the resulting spell becomes because the runes effects will mix with each other. There's even a rune that will reverse the meaning of a rune it's placed next to."
"You've all come up with some very good reasons, so three points again to everyone else who answered. Does anyone have any questions before I assign the homework?"
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04-21-2006, 11:41 PM
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Erin looked around at her classmates, checking to see if anyone was going to ask a question.
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04-21-2006, 11:42 PM
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Alyssa wrote down her notes and waited for the Home Work for the professor.
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Brittany busied herself by cramming as many notes as she could on one piece of parchment. She sat attentively...
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04-21-2006, 11:52 PM
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Meghan scribbled down everything on the parchment that was sitting on her desk. She shook her head when asked if there were any questions.
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04-21-2006, 11:59 PM
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Oh homework this will be intresting thought Touy
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04-22-2006, 12:00 AM
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Marie wrote as fast as she could her note on her parchment & wait that the teacher give the homework.
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As Jordana was writing down her notes, she heard the Professor say that they were going to be given homework. "Great, more homework. At least I'm done with all the other assignments." Jordana thought. She had already finished her other assignments from her other classes so, she wouldn't be buried under mountains of school work.
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04-22-2006, 12:06 AM
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Andrew wrote down some more notes and looked up waiting to hear what the homework was.
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04-22-2006, 12:11 AM
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Seeing that there were no questions, Opteryx continued.
"Your homework is as follows:
Turn each of the words in the following list into runic alphabet using the chart in your textbook, and then find out the meanings of each of the runes in that word. You can find the meaning of the rune, in this case, by referring to the same chart.
-Cat
-Charm
-Wand
-Your name (not the words, but your first name.)
Homework is due on April 29th. Class dismissed, and have fun!"
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04-22-2006, 12:16 AM
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Meghan copied down the homework. When she had finished she shut her book and put all her scattered papers in order. She than put all of those things into her back and slung it over her shoulder. She stood up and started to walk out of the classroom. "Great lesson Professor," she said with a smile. "It was great review for everything I forgot over the summer." With that she left the classroom.
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04-22-2006, 12:17 AM
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Alyssa wrote down her assignment and left the room.
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04-22-2006, 12:19 AM
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Ayumi copied the homework into her notebook. "Lovely, more homework," she sighed Hogwarts classes were just as hard as she thought they would be.
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04-22-2006, 12:20 AM
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Marie copie the homework, she put back her stuff in her bag & she left the class with a big smile.
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04-22-2006, 12:25 AM
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Andrew wrote down the homework and packed up his stuff then left the class.
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04-22-2006, 12:27 AM
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Erin copied down the homework, but didn't get up and leave the classroom; she wanted to stay back and ask Professor Opteryx a question.
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04-22-2006, 12:27 AM
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sorry professor, I have a question. I have read in a book that horcruxes , I mean making horcruxes is like making ancient runes.
when some people in ancient civilisations, made an ancient rune, sometimes wrote a charm or spell on it to charm something or someone. I like to know is it true that Horcruxes are like ancient runes?
forgive me to ask this question here, Im not a dark wizard, and dont like to learn dark arts, just I have read this in a book and like to know is it true or not.
thanks
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Amber wrote down the homework and left the room.
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04-22-2006, 12:42 AM
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Nelisera scribbled down the assignment and left the room, headed for her common room.
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04-22-2006, 01:28 AM
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Fancy scribbled down the homework quickly, hoping that her knowledge learned in her previous lessons of Ancient Runes would help her with this assignment. Once the shining green ink had dried on her parchment, she rolled it up and hastily stuffed the rest of her belongings in her bag. She jogged out of the classroom, hoping that she wouldn't be late for her next class. | |
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04-22-2006, 01:43 AM
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sorry professor, I have a question. I have read in a book that horcruxes , I mean making horcruxes is like making ancient runes.
when some people in ancient civilisations, made an ancient rune, sometimes wrote a charm or spell on it to charm something or someone. I like to know is it true that Horcruxes are like ancient runes?
forgive me to ask this question here, Im not a dark wizard, and dont like to learn dark arts, just I have read this in a book and like to know is it true or not.
thanks
Opteryx blinked a few times in the wake of this question, then, surprisingly, seemed to think on it.
"Well, first of all, I think creating a Horcrux certianly involves a lot more than the work involved in activating a string of runes. The processes involved are quite different to begin with. With runes, the runes must be engraved on a surface--usually stone, wood or metal--and upon spelling or activating, the magic combination of the runes will begin to work. Horcruxes don't involve such engravings, I would think--the subject of Horcruxes is not widely studied due to its subject matter and because it's a seriously Dark Art. Does that answer your question somewhat?"
Opteryx looked up and nodded to the student who was waiting behind, indicating that he would talk to her next after he was done with this student.
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