Allie raised her hand.
"Runes originated in the Scandinavian Penisula." she said." SOme of the Scandanavian countries would be Norway, Swedan, Denmark, Finland, Ans Iceland."

After thinking about the professor's question for a little bit, Willow's hand shot to the air, "I believe that they were first used on Norway, Sweeden, and Denmark", Willow said from the back of the classroom. "Oh, and also on Scandinavia", The third year added.

"Mhmm" Shaw squeaked in response, "Runes was used in Scandinavia, Iceland, and the British Isles" she grinned, "and I see no one clarified the point that it was used all over northern europe as well. Not only Scandinavia and Iceland" she tapped her hand on the desk. "Two Points each for Torie, Anna, and Evangeline".


She cleared her throat one more time, "It appears that Runic language surfaced about 100 B.C.E. and used until 1600 C.E. They have been used as oracles with the concept to seek advice by asking a question. In return, Runes hint towards the answer in which the caster uses to precept details. Quite differently from Divination, Runes does not tell the future. It analyzes the route a subject is on and their outcome. There is a setback with this, I wonder if someone can point what?".

Steelsheen raised her hand again "For runes, it says that the future is not fixed. It changes with everything one does. If one does not like the prediction, one can always change paths.

Ari listened intently, not wanting to miss anything since this wasn't her best subject. She hoped Mia would be able to help her out, seeing as how she seemed better adept at this subject than Ari did. Glancing at her curiously she pondered the question before tentatively raising her hand,

"Um, perhaps it's the way the Runes can be interpreted professor, unlike divination which can only have one or two outcomes, with Runes you can have different outcomes, depending on where the rune is placed, whither it be upside down or right side up. In Runes nothing is fixed, it's all up in the air so to speak" she stopped before she rambled on, which was her custom.

Shaking her head, she new she sounded dumb. Why couldn't she be in charms again, or even DADA? She knew those subjects, much better than this one. All well she was here to learn, right?

"Well--The Runes tell us that the future isn't written, or anything like that" Willow replied thoughtfully. "Sort of like it depends of what we do now, maybe? That the things that we do now, will have a consequence on the future, perhaps?". Eh. Maybe, who knew? "Which is the complete opposite of Divination, I think. Divination tells us what is going to happen in the future, no matter what. Its all about predictions".

Transfiguration was so much more easier than this.

The Slytherin girl raised her hand.
"Devination tell us what is going to happen in the future..."she said."..and , Runes tell us that the future isn't written.. it can change with our actions." Hum.. maybe it was that..well it was quite vague, but better than nothing.

Amelia listened as the professor talked more on the history of Runes. Oh she hoped that Ari knew her runes, because she herself was having some troubles understanding what the Professor was talking about. Raising an eyebrow in confusion, she contemplated what the Professor had asked and listened to her classmate's answers.

Raising her hand, she spoke quietly, "The setback to Runes analyzing only the route the subject is on and their outcome might be that it does not accommodate for individual decisions that one might back. We are each are own people, capable of changing that route with just one thought. Runes do not accommodate for the changes in direction of people's own thoughts."

Allie raised her hand.
"Runes tells us that the future is not written. That are future depends on what we do."

Sapphire raised her hand

"Professor rune readings are sometimes obscure,they hint toward answers, but you have to figure out the details, runes don't tell the future. Instead, runes give one a means of analyzing the path that one is on and a likely outcome."

Shumeeta raised her hand thoughtfully.

"Unlike Divination, Runes is not just about predictions, professor. What the runes tell us can easily be changed - the future depends on our present actions. Runes merely help us see our route and figure out how to walk along it."

Then she added, "Quite like arithmancy. Only that runes hint at the future. And if we take this hints wrongly, we can go the wrong way and mess up. We have to figure them out correctly."

Tommy sat near the middle of the room lazily taking notes.

Via had been sitting and scribbling on her notes. She heard another question and she raised her hand, "It's about analyzing things professor, so I guess things always change, i mean every time it changes you had to think about what happens next, the effects, and if you doesn't like the result or the possible outcome then you can change your way."

Via sat down and hoped she wasn't going to lose points. She just wanted to have an interaction than to just sit and listen as the others were reciting.

Show off... Cassandra thought as she glared at the puffed up captain.

Cassandra raised her hand "The setback would be that when runes are used properly, they are inspiration and guidance down different paths in your life, so when misinterpreted they guide you down the wrong path and away from your future. They are inaccurate. At least in the eyes of a seer."

Astrid raised her hand and said, "Runes is not about telling us the 'future' as much as helping us see 'details' that might help us guide our own, not yet written future. This helps us determine which path we like to take for ourselves."

Anna raised her hand. "The setback is that people lose the ability to "think outside the box" or in this case, the "path" the Runes have predicted they will take. People more or less lose the ability to think for themselves and make important decisions on their own. They adapt to the life path only, and they sometimes miss out on opportunities life may or may not hand them. People begin living for the predicted life path only, and often times, all else becomes lost."

Gwen raised her hand.

"Well, things change all the time," she began. "Fates are so complex that a path, or route, is never constant. Just one tiny decision can impact a larger outcome. Two conclusions drawn from runes about one inquiry can be totally different."

Tomasina sat there taking notes as this was one of her worst subjects, but the way all these lessons were going she doubted it would be of any importance down the road.

Lilly sat at her desk and took notes on what was being said. She need all the help she could get in this class. She was also listening to the questions very carefully to see if she knew any.

Isabella tried not to slouch in her chair at the back, and fought a private battle with herself. She hated drawing attention to herself, but she also wanted to learn and answer the questions so she didn't look stupid.

She fixed her eyes upon the front, trying to block out all others in the classroom as she raised her hand timidly and said "The caster has to figure out the details for themself. It is down to their intuition and understanding. Also, if one is not happy with the answer the runes have given, it is easy to change paths as our future isn't written and set in stone."

She took a deep breath as she lowered her arm and noticed she was shaking. She hated the nerves she had. She then glanced around her and saw the other students looking happy and content but thinking hard, not appearing to notice her nervousness.

Ponessa finally raised her hand, looking up from her notes, "It does not adjust to any variables. It focuses on where the subject is, and traces it's route based on no variables changing."

This, being one of her favorite subjects, she was very eager to take notes on. Ponessa was always stockpiling information, no matter how 'Useless'.

Shaw waved her handkerchief in response to the first two students as another sneeze was filling up her nostrils. "Right..." -sneeze- "two points for each." She took a couple of steps backwards making sure to place one foot behind the other carefully. No need in falling in class from a simple sneeze, watery eyes and a stuffy nose.

"Can anyone tell me what the word 'rune' means," she asked the class with another sneeze that echoed across the room and bounced off the walls.

Torie raised her hand. "Professor, rune means a number of things, but in relation to divination, it is any aphorism, poem, or saying with mystical meaning or for use in casting a spell."

Cassandra was a little confused, but she raised her hand. "Well, It's a noun, any of the characters of an alphabet, futhark, probably derived from a Greek script and used by the Scandinavians and other early Germanic people from about 300, it's something inscribed or written in such characters or, a Finnish or Old Norse poem or canto, verse, or song, one that is mystical or obscure."

"Very nice, two points," Shaw spoke before blowing her nose. She sniffled and then continued on with the lesson. "The word 'rune' actually means mystery, secret or whisper. Each rune has different meanings and properties associated with them. Each translates into a word or a phrase signifying concepts important to the early people who used them. It represents the forces of nature and mind.

"Let's talk about Norce Mythology for a moment and then I will assign homework. My allergic reactions are taking over this old body of mine and I need rest," she said with a smile, but it was rest from the children who were making her ill. Sometimes it was hard being nice. "What did the chapter say about the Norce Mythology?"