Alyssa thought for a while, then raised her hand and answered,"Professor, the purpose of a bind rune is to make sure that the combined energy released from the specific runes that were bound together is equally distributed so that the energy from one rune doesn't overpower the energy of the others. The intent of a bind rune is to provide more power for the user than what he or she would normally get just from using one rune. ." Alyssa hoped that she made sense.

Kennedy bit his lip in concentration and thought about the question for a moment, then raised his hand. "The purpose of a bind rune is so that the rune that is newly created has both abilities of the combined runes." Wow, too many rune in one sentence. "Thus making it into a stronger rune that serves for many more purposes than an unbind rune would." That made sense right? Yeah. It was like putting two protection runes together. The bind rune would be much stronger and it would also have the other runes qualities. "Like mashing two runes' qualities into one." He ended his explanation.

This runes subject wasn't so bad after all.

*Shifty*.

Kurumi thought for a moment. One didn't HAVE to combine two totally different runes when it came to binding seeing as she had seen examples where two of the same rune were combined, so it wasn't just about combining two different properties together - although that certainly seemed to be part of it.

Realizing that her answer was going to be a lot of thinking out loud, she put on an apologetic smile before raising her hand. "Is the purpose to enhance the powers associated with a specific rune by matching it with another, or even a copy of itself? For example, say you were going into battle you might want to combine Tiwaz twice instead of binding it with another. Or, if you were concerned about other aspects of battle, you could combine it with another rune like...Perthro to enhance different aspects of each rune and combine their protective powers..."

Why those two particular runes came to mind was beyond her seeing as they were sort of...complete different ends of the spectrum. Probably her protective rune homework was still a little too fresh in her mind.

Either the Professor was starting to speak better english or Mia was learning to understand his language better, because she didn't have to lean forward in her chair and strain to hear what he was saying.

She raised her hand in the air. "They're used to help people out. Bind runes cannot be used for harm. They are also used for specific purposes. Mental activity, such as memory, logic and clarity of thought. They can also aid in physical actions such as strength, endurance and the five senses. Bind runes can also produce a field of energy to protect yourself, your home and even enhance your relationships."

Sounded rather ideal to her. Maybe she should bind runes.

Lillian doesn't know much about these so-called "Bind Runes" so she paid attention to what everyone was saying. She made a mental note to each ideas that the others are sharing.

Forming her own idea from all that she heard, she raised her hand and gave it a shot. "For me, I guess these Bind Runes' general purpose is for protection."

Erin raised her hand upon hearing and understanding the Professor's question and his way of saying it, "Just like the Runes we had last time, I think Bind Runes are used to provide protection to the user. Just that, with the Runes binded together, I think it's much powerful than the Runes alone."

Beatrice narrowed her eyes uncertainly. Was it just her or did Professor Christiansen actually spoke better now? Maybe because he just said a very short sentence, she thought.

Now. The purpose of a bind rune? Think. Think. Think.
Well, a bind rune is a combination of two or more runes, right? And it makes the ability of that runes stronger and better.. But what exactly is its purpose? She remembered reading across something on her book about those. "Professor, I reckon Bind Runes are for protection. Especially when someone is travelling." Beatrice said slowly..

Ashley was going to have to just go ahead and decide that he was never going to understand much about runes. Instead of trying to answer the questions, he was constantly stuck being confused and taking notes. At least that helped him to get some things, but he really didn't like not even being able to take a guess at any answers himself.
Still, yet again, he had no idea what to say, so he was just writing and learning from the others' answers. That was something, anyway.

As the lesson began, Sierra got herself settled in and turned her attention to the professor. She had to hand it to him. He made Ancient Runes seem not so difficult, useless, and wasteful after all. Plus he gave good house points, so that scored him extra brownie points in Sierra's book. After the first question, she looked at him for a few minutes, trying to remember if she knew anything about bind runes, and then raised her hand.

"It's when you lay several runes on top of one another to create one single symbol and meaning," she said.

...but just as she said that, the man was moving on to the next question.

She lowered her hand and then raised it again a second later. "Well, having more than one is always better than just one, isn't it?" she suggested. Well, unless you were talking about grindylows, dementors, or stink bombs. They weren't, though. This was runes, and unless you ended up with some unlucky meaning, having more than one had to be more powerful. "So wouldn't the meanings combine together to give a more powerful effect?"

The purpose...the purpose...

The same words revolved in Victoria's head over and over again. Ugh! Why couldn't she think of the purpose? She had answered the first question correctly...

'Well..." Victoria started to say, "I guess it just doubles the power of one rune."

Tiffany raised her hand,"Bind runes are runes that are combined together with two or more than two runes. And so the purpose will be to give out a stronger power of those runes, I guess." yea and that would be the answer.

A bind rune? ''If two runes selected correctly then it can give you more strength than any of the other runes,''

Vat is.. I mean, what is the purpose? Christiansen's accent was clearly getting in his head already.

Keefer shrugged. He didn't know. After all, that was why he came to this class--to learn the content. But he figured he could make a logical guess anyways. He tentatively raised his hand. "Could it be to bring the wizard or witch more power? If you combine two runes in certain ways, they're bound to be more effective together than alone, just like two Chasers can score more effectively when they pass than if they try to go it alone." There is no I in team.

"Ya, you are all correct." He said nodding his head. "Zey are to enhance each ozer's pover... zo, protectif runes are zat much more poverful. Bindrunes are alzo used to put your... how do you say... Inishals? to strengssen your personality and bring our ze goodness in your soul."

He then went to the board and drew:

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"Vat runes are zes? And vat are zeir purpose?" He asked.

"I believe that rune is raido sir", Nathan said raising his hand high after he referred to his text book.

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Harvey looked at his text book and then he put up his hand "Sir those are two runes, which are Nauthiz and Wunjo. Nauthiz's purpose.... um does it give you the power to overcome distress and conflict and also gives you power to face your fears. Wunjo purpose...um.. gives the power to give Joy, pleasure, harmony and prosperity?" he answered as best he could from his textbook

Looking at the rune that the Professor had shown them, Alyssa opened her textbook and searched through the various runes to come up with a combinationt that would form the one he was showing.

Alyssa raised her hand, "Professor I believe that this rune here is a combination of the Wunjo and Nauthiz Rune. Wunjo Represents Joy, harmony and perfection and Nauthiz means there is stress but that can be turned into strength. One just needs harmony to restore balance."

William raised his hand. "Sir, that looks like a combination of Thurisaz and Gebo together," William told the professor. "I think this would represent both beauty and forgiveness at the same time."

Kennedy thought over the question as he stared at the bind rune on the board. He had several guesses, but looking closely at the text book he decided on two that would resemble the shape on the board if put together. "Is it Gebo and Wunjo?," he said. It looked like those two, but then it could have been raido and not Wunjo.

Violet stared at the runic figure for a few minutes. Well, it was easy to see which two were there! Or...no, wait, was that a third? After a while, she started to see lots of rune shapes, depending on how you looked at the bindrune.

Raising her hand, she answered, "It looks like a Raidho rune combined with a Algiz, which would maybe be for keeping safe while you travel? But I can see other runes in there as well, depending on how I look at them--I mean, at first I was thinking it was a Naudhiz with a Wunjo...and I guess you could find Isa in almost any combination--how do you know which runes were intended and which are just there because of the way the other runes are shaped? Do runes you didn't intend affect a bine rune's magic, too?"

Kurumi peered a little closer to the bind rune drawn on the blackboard and then flipped through her book to the page showing all the Elder Futhark and took several moments comparing what she saw on the board with what she saw in the book. Guessing was going to be...difficult since there was just no telling how exactly these two runes had been combined - she didn't know a thing about the process, so for all she knew Ingwaz had been thrown on top of Nautiz.

"Professor, is it a bind rune composed from Raido and Isa?" she asked with her hand in the air. "Assuming it is, Raido is the rune representing a journey, arrival, departure or simply events concerning travel or vehicles... which is sort of the opposite of Isa which is the rune of ice, cold, freezing and lack of change... but I believe that Isa can also mean a bridge across danger. So, this could be a bind rune for a traveler about to embark on a dangerous journey, or perhaps one for someone who is seeking help in the transitions in their life."