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The classroom is bright and airy, very clean and comfortable. There are no desks in this classroom, rather there are several wooden tables which would fit between four and six students quite comfortably. The tables are arranged rather higgledy piggledy, all out of alignment with each other and yet there is plenty of room to weave through the tables and walk up to the front of the classroom, or down to the back. Each table has runes carved into them, some a little straighter and clearer than others, and all stained with red. They seem to thrum encouragingly when you sit down to work, but do not provide any distraction; on the contrary you feel far more focused and confident about learning when you sit at these tables and surround yourself in the runes carved by the students and by the professor.
The front of the classroom has a large blackboard, charmed to write on itself,and when it isn't taking notes it quite often it has something to say, though you'll need to transcribe it from runic to English to make any sense of it. Truebridge also has a desk at the front of the class, set to one side, and a perfect view of all the tables arranged haphazardly around the room.
At the back of the classroom, set to one side, there is the door out into the corridor. Along the back wall there is a large bookshelf almost overflowing with books, mostly old, all very well taken care of. You're welcome to look at any of these books but if any harm befalls the tomes, there will be a severe price to pay. A long and comfortable couch takes up the rest of the back wall, and this is a good place to curl up and read or work on some of your homework.
The windows along the remaining side, opposite the door and Truebridge's desk have soft white curtains that are almost transparent. When pulled they simply diffuse the light and ensure it is not too bright, allowing the room to stay bright and lit at all times. The window frames are the most interesting, if you go and inspect them, all of the exposed wood has been painstakingly carved with runes, mostly bindrunes and rune charms, set in ligature and carved then stained red. These have all been activated and almost thrum under your fingertips. No cold will pass these windows, no student will fall to their deaths. It is a barrier of safety and of comfort, and a good example of runic magic. The door into the classroom is similarly marked.
Truebridge opened the door to the classroom and waited for the students to arrive. There was no music playing today and there was a second blackboard set up at the front of the room. Aside from that the classroom was much as it had been left at the end of the last lesson, desks still crookedly placed around the room and the runes that had been carved were subtly beginning to work their magic.
The second blackboard had been divided up into quarters, with each house written up as a title.
"Take a seat wherever you like, we'll start class soon."
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Luin thought about it, this she didn't have a good idea on. She decided to guess and raised her hand, "Kenaz?"
Luin wished she always thought things through, but made another quick guess, and raised her hand, "Also Anssuz is an option. They are somewhat similar in nature."
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"Wouldn't it be Ansuz one of the runes associated with Odin as well as a rune linked with intellect and discovery," Simon supplied thinking back to what he was reading.
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Erm, dagaz perhaps, it means break through so that could be discovery in getting closeread to meeting ones goal", Chloe answered raising her hand high.".
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"I agree with Simon," Kurumi said nodding. "Ansuz is the rune associated with Odin who also had a thirst for knowledge and therefore an unceasing quest for wisdom. It is also associated with Yggdrasil, which we discussed earlier, Odin hung from it before spying the runes we know." Kurumi paused for a moment and looked down at the old book on her desk. "Some also say that Ansuz is associated with The Hierophant in tarot, which represents communicates spiritual knowledge and wisdom and therefore the introduction of runes to the common folk."
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Fee listend to all the suggestions from the students and stopped as Luin started to talk.Kenaz.That seemed to be logical."I have to say i agree with Luin here",the blonde raised her hand,"its named the rune of discovery and is also associated with torch seeing it lights the way to hidden reasons, underlying causes, unknown or unacknowledged aspects as well as hidden motives.They also say its a symbol for the fire of creation. And to me it sounds like all these aspects could have to do something with discovery."If she would be wrong here she had rambled for 5 minutes for nothing.Ugh.
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Satine shook her head with both the Ansuz and the Kenaz answer. She actually thought it was both. "Professor I think its both of the runes...can it not be?
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Even though Luin had made a total guess at first and then became wary about her initial answer she was surprised when a Slytherin girl spoke up and agreed with her. She nodded, that was somewhat why she guessed that, "I did originally believe it to be Kenaz because of it being known as the discovery rune, ..although technically Orin did discover them."
Truebridge listened to all the answers and discussion before responding. The question was which rune most represents the discovery of the runes, so I am looking for one rune in particular. That rune is Ansuz but there are some interesting justifications about Dagaz and Kenaz and so, I shall award some bonus points." He paused.
"Three points for Ravenclaw for getting Ansuz first, plus an additional point for justifying Kenaz as a possible answer, Two points for Gryffindor for Kurumi and Simon's justification of Ansuz, and an additional point for Gryffindor for Chloe's Dagaz suggestion. One point for Slytherin for," He paused to remember, matching the face with the class list, "Feenella's Kenaz explanation."
He tapped the board and it updated.
"Next question, For First, Second and Third years only and worth three points, What is the name for the group of gods that rule earth, nature, fertility and the subconscious?"
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Aw right, question for the younger students. Tapping her quill on her desk, having not really used it for the whole lesson, Evelyn snapped her gaze back to the Professor when he asked one for the fourth and fifth years. Meep! "Amber." she said, after raising her hand.
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"No, actually." Truebridge answered. Its a different group of gods." Almost a trick question really. Still, he made note of the effort.
"Thats right the Vanir, Three points for Hufflepuff."
Next one then.
"For the Fourth and Fifth Years, And worth three points, What is ‘Freya’s Tears’ another name for?"
Raising his hand Salander replied "Gold Professor?" Then he looked at Evelyn. Errr... yeah maybe that too?...
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Aw right, question for the younger students. Tapping her quill on her desk, having not really used it for the whole lesson, Evelyn snapped her gaze back to the Professor when he asked one for the fourth and fifth years. Meep! "Amber." she said, after raising her hand.
"Right again. Three points to Slytherin." Truebridge gave the briefest, approving little nod in Evelyn's direction and then continued on.
"Sixth and Seventh years, for the last three point question, What is a feathercoat?"
He wasn't sure at all, but he raised his hand nevertheless.
"It transforms the wearer into a bird."
"Absolutely right, Evan. Three more points for Slytherin."
He marked that up. "We're going to take a quick break and then start on the last round of questions, which are worth five points each. Does anyone have any questions about the questions and answers so far?"
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"Absolutely right, Evan. Three more points for Slytherin."
He marked that up. "We're going to take a quick break and then start on the last round of questions, which are worth five points each. Does anyone have any questions about the questions and answers so far?"
ooc: If your character is curious to know more about anything that has come up in the quiz questions, now is the time to have them ask.
Nika sighed. She had way too many questions. She just added to her notes and watched the professor curiously. Maybe she could get one of the next questions right.
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"Absolutely right, Evan. Three more points for Slytherin."
He marked that up. "We're going to take a quick break and then start on the last round of questions, which are worth five points each. Does anyone have any questions about the questions and answers so far?"
ooc: If your character is curious to know more about anything that has come up in the quiz questions, now is the time to have them ask.
Slightly embaressed about getting an answer wrong, Emily's confidence in this class had shot down. She had studied so hard as well!
There was one question she didn't know. Normally she woudn't have asked and instead looked it up in the library but she knew it would bug her for the rest of the lesson. Better get it over with... "Professor, what actually is Baldr’s Bane?" she said in a quiet voice. Now she felt stupid. Great!
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"Absolutely right, Evan. Three more points for Slytherin."
He marked that up. "We're going to take a quick break and then start on the last round of questions, which are worth five points each. Does anyone have any questions about the questions and answers so far?"
Taking a deep breath, Evelyn slumped in her seat some to relax, letting her breath out slowly as she started to doodle on her notebook page. Again. And what else to doodle than Dragons? Or...
No, she had a question. Raising her hand, she waited to be called on before asking. "I have a question, Professor." she said, letting her quill drop to her desk before continuing. "The last question about the feathercoat. If there is something such as cloak of invisibility existing, could there be a cloak or something that...transforms people into birds, or some other form of animal? Is that even possible?"
"A magical item belonging to Freyja that Loki used to turn himself into a falcon to retrieve Thor's hammer," he offered after raising his hand.
"A falcon is one of the known feathercoats. A few others had different feathercoats which enabled them to turn into eagles."
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Slightly embaressed about getting an answer wrong, Emily's confidence in this class had shot down. She had studied so hard as well!
There was one question she didn't know. Normally she woudn't have asked and instead looked it up in the library but she knew it would bug her for the rest of the lesson. Better get it over with... "Professor, what actually is Baldr’s Bane?" she said in a quiet voice. Now she felt stupid. Great!
"Baldr's Bane is another name for mistletoe. Baldr once had a dream of his death and because dreams are prophecy for the Norse gods and goddesses, his mother made every object on earth promise not to hurt him. Everything in the world made that promise except for mistletoe, who Frigg, Baldr's mother, did not ask. Loki heard this and had a magical arrow, or in some recountings it is written as a magical spear, made from the mistletoe and joined the other gods in their latest game.
This game consisted of the gods hurling things at Baldr because it was amusing to see things bounce off of him without hurting him. Loki gave the mistletoe missile to Höðr, Baldr's blind brother, who killed Baldr with it, inadvertently."
Truebridge explained in his usual patient way, "Bane is of course another word for death, destruction, ruin, poison, or a thing that causes death or destroys life. Mistletoe causing Baldr's death is why it is also known as Baldr's Bane."
Of course there was more to the story, but that was enough of it to answer her question thoroughly.
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Taking a deep breath, Evelyn slumped in her seat some to relax, letting her breath out slowly as she started to doodle on her notebook page. Again. And what else to doodle than Dragons? Or...
No, she had a question. Raising her hand, she waited to be called on before asking. "I have a question, Professor." she said, letting her quill drop to her desk before continuing. "The last question about the feathercoat. If there is something such as cloak of invisibility existing, could there be a cloak or something that...transforms people into birds, or some other form of animal? Is that even possible?"
"Yes it is possible but the magic to do so is supposedly lost. Think on it. One can charm a... canary cream, for example, and eat that and turn into a giant canary. The difference with the feathercoat is that its user would still keep his or her own mind, the feathercoat would effect their outer self but they would not have the mind of a bird. As with many lost magic, it is theorized that such things are achieved with a combination of spell work and runework, just like the very wards in the foundations of Hogwarts." Was that enough of an answer? He smiled at Evelyn a bit absently and then got ready to continue the lesson.
"Any more questions or are you all ready to continue with the five point round?"
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"A falcon is one of the known feathercoats. A few others had different feathercoats which enabled them to turn into eagles."
"Baldr's Bane is another name for mistletoe. Baldr once had a dream of his death and because dreams are prophecy for the Norse gods and goddesses, his mother made every object on earth promise not to hurt him. Everything in the world made that promise except for mistletoe, who Frigg, Baldr's mother, did not ask. Loki heard this and had a magical arrow, or in some recountings it is written as a magical spear, made from the mistletoe and joined the other gods in their latest game.
This game consisted of the gods hurling things at Baldr because it was amusing to see things bounce off of him without hurting him. Loki gave the mistletoe missile to Höðr, Baldr's blind brother, who killed Baldr with it, inadvertently."
Truebridge explained in his usual patient way, "Bane is of course another word for death, destruction, ruin, poison, or a thing that causes death or destroys life. Mistletoe causing Baldr's death is why it is also known as Baldr's Bane."
Of course there was more to the story, but that was enough of it to answer her question thoroughly.
"Yes it is possible but the magic to do so is supposedly lost. Think on it. One can charm a... canary cream, for example, and eat that and turn into a giant canary. The difference with the feathercoat is that its user would still keep his or her own mind, the feathercoat would effect their outer self but they would not have the mind of a bird. As with many lost magic, it is theorized that such things are achieved with a combination of spell work and runework, just like the very wards in the foundations of Hogwarts." Was that enough of an answer? He smiled at Evelyn a bit absently and then got ready to continue the lesson.
"Any more questions or are you all ready to continue with the five point round?"
"Ready Professor." Nika sighed, no she wasn't ready.
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Jake could only eye the board with a little smile on his face. He'd long given up on answering; it meant too much focus. Focus he didn't have. As well as reading skills he didn't have.
Fun to watch though, and if he caught a question, he'd give it a go.
Like this one? Jake raised his hand.
"Heimdall?"
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Truebridge listened. "With Tyr yes, but I'm wanting the names of the runes. Tiwaz is one, so I'll give Hufflepuff one point."
"Right. Those are the runes that Zisa rules over, the runes of the third aett. Five points for Ravenclaw."
And next question.
"For everyone, worth five points, Which figure in Norse Mythology has nine mothers?"
"Heimdallr " Professor?
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