Brittany waved back at beck happy to see that there was someone she knew.

Rave's hand shot into the air, "People used runes for writing messages, inscriptions and epitaphs, as amulets and charms, as an oracle for use in divination and for rituals, magic and spells."

Angel was seated a row to the side and a seat back from Evy. "Hello" she said softly as she took out her note taking material. She gave her fellow hufflepuff a friendly smile and then started glancing about the room.

Jordana raised her hand and said, "Ancient Runes have been used as a means of obtaining answers from a Higher Source. I'm not sure of what else they could have been used for. That's all I recall at the moment." she said with a faint smile.

"runes are used for writing and as amulets!" eliza said

Sean raised his hand and said, "Ancient Runes are also used for amulets and charms as well as for rituals and for oracles."

Brittany didn't want to take a chance and say the wrong answer so she just sat there.

Ariana didn't bother to lift her hand up, since everyone else pretty much answered it correctly. She didn't know anything about Ancient Runes anyway, that's why she was here.

saeda raised her hand and
said "Ancient Runes are used for amulets and charms ''.

Angel raised her hand. "Runes are an ancient Germanic alphabet, used for writing, divination and magic. They were used throughout northern Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and Iceland from about 100 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E."

Josey rested her chin on her hand as she quickly took notes on the other students' answers. The class had barely started and already they were learning a lot!

Beck's eye crossed at all the answers that were being fired off so quickly. She didn't know anything about Runes, and she had read the book ahead of time. She quickly wrote down all the information that was being said and tried to pay close attention.

Serilda jot down some notes and quickly read through a little bit of her textbook. "Hrm..." she murmrured, studying one of the runes. She drew a model rune in her notebook and attempted to translate some of the words and symbols on the rune.

Ariana wrote down everything everyone said, not wanting to miss a single thing. She began doodling a rune onto her notes, not really seeing what she was drawing. She looked up to the professor, waiting.

Jewil said knowing she was really late on the subject but filling the teacher had not said anything meant the answers where not right. "UMMM... The Ancient Vikings believed that the Runes were the gift of Ódhinn, and The runes are inextricably bound to Norse mythology." Knowing she was late she looked at her hands.

"Very good, Rave. Ten points for that quick summary."

"Right again. Five points."




"Runes and Hieroglyphics are similar, but they aren't the same, as you pointed out. Hieroglyphical symbols were used by the Ancient Egyptians to resemble the item or being that they are made to represent, while runes are more simple and are symbols that represent a letter rather than an entire word. Five points to both of you for bringing that up."

"Correct, ten points. And while we're on this subject I'll point out that there are different scripts of runes depending on the country. What will be studied in this class is the Elder Futhark script, considered the oldest."



Professor Opteryx nodded. "Very true--runes are not to be experimented with if you've little idea of what they will do, because runes in a string have a very different effect than a single rune alone. Ten points."

"Now, runes are basically little more than a writing system on their own. What must be done to runes to render them useful in magic?"

Cassandra raised her hand "Do they need to be in physical form? Amulets and such?"

"do you need to say some sort of poem or something?"eliza tried to think of the word "a chant."

Beck raised her hand "To make the writing magic, you have to have the correct tree, herb or stone associated with the symbol."

Ariana thought about this and raised her hand as she guessed in a small voice "Um, shouldn't you perform a small ritual before casting them? I mean, like putting them in a bag and swirling them around then placing them as they fall softly onto your hand or something like that..." her voice trailed off as her answer sounded dumb to her. She blushed a bright red colour and covered her face in her hands.