West saw the look from Mo and sort of... partially acknowledged it, serious eyes now, unlike earlier in the lesson. West's hand was not up at the question about who knew someone who had died... because... well... he did but did he really KNOW her? He remembered how she smelled... and that there was this lullaby... and...

... it didn't matter.

He tackled the question part instead, raising his hand and recalling what he'd read in Hogwarts, A History. "Abby Wright was a Hufflepuff Student murdered at Hogwarts a little over ten years ago. Hogwarts, A History doesn't say who or how she died, only that she was one of three Hufflepuffs that was murdered that year." It was an interesting term to read about considering their Headmistress was a professor back then and there was something in there about her now-husband getting tossed out a window. Weird.

Frowned upon? How so? What a pity! At least the professor had given her a thin smile in response to her hopeful grin. She would take it as a small sample that he couldn't be that stone-person-without-feelings she had supposed him to be.

He asked about dead people... she knows lot of people who had died. At Hogwarts? She didn't know much about Hogwarts's History.... But, yeah! A idea popped in her mind and quickly she raised her hand and waved: "Professor! The Fat Friar! The ghost of my house! It seemed that he was one of the firsts students of Hogwarts! Oh!" She covered her mouth with her hands: "I don't know when he died and I'm not sure if he died at Hogwarts, but... He knows everything about Hogwarts or much more about History of Magic, I guess" , she had a gleam in her eyes as she said it.

Skipping the part about knowing people who had died, on a personal level he assumed, Ryan raised his hand.

"Remus Lupin. I believe he died during the Battle of Hogwarts, right next to Nymphadora Tonks." He looked over at Ella and gave a small smile.

A sombre subject. Beezus sighed. Deaths, they were going to talk about deaths. Such an uncomfortable topic but she stayed listening as the discussion went on.

But she knew she won't be able to get through this topic without wibbling. See there. They brought up the deaths of the two Professors. "Professor Christiansen......and Professor Burbage...." She muttered silently to herself. They were good mentors, those two. Even if one was a complete puzzle to all of them and the other was a complete nutter. Still, they were good and it was most unfortunate that they died under the worst of circumstances.

More sighing.

Anyway, she had an answer...at least one that she haven't heard her peers had mentioned so Beezus raised her hand. "Professor, there's also the death of Myrtle, commonly known to everyone as Moaning Myrtle. She was a Ravenclaw student." ...Ah. A fellow eagle. "She was killed by Founder Salazar Slytherin's basilisk under Lord Voldemort's orders on June 13, 1943. But she still haunts the Girl's Bathroom at the First Floor." And she also heard that the ghost had been flirting with her boyfriend. Pssh. But....Myrtle was of historical significance, wasn't she? She had witnessed A LOT of events at Hogswarts since she died, even helped in the quest to defeat Isfret.

This was the part of the class where she typically went quiet. Recollection wasn't her thing, she had a selective memory and it never took quite well to things of the historical kind. Not her fault, nothing she could do about it either. Sure she knew some but everyone she knew was being said and she didn't think the Professor would appreciate repetition--

Oh wait!

Wasn't there that one guy...um...slowly her hand rose while she tried getting it together in her head. Her grandparents had told her about him, poor chap, pity what happened to him. Now if only she could remember his name. "Um...there was that Professor, that DADA Professor who was possessed by the Dark Lord. He died after Lord Voldemort's soul left his body."

Real shame, if only they could have gotten him another body first, guy probably might have lived.

"....Professor...Quir...rell I think. Yeah, that was it. Professor Quirrell."

Minerva smiled as the professor gave her more praise, wow she really did like this professor. Now for his next question, Minerva listened and thought of many different names that she had read about. Trying to think of one that might stand out that others weren't saying.

Her first thoughts went to fourth term with that dreaded plant *wibbles* and the professors that they lost over it. Oh and don't forget poor Millie the wombat, no Minerva would never forget watching that happen, but someone said about those professors.

Next her thoughts went to the people she read about, back at that war that was here. Many of the names were already being said. She thought about the name Snape, but then he didn't die in Hogwarts so she threw that out, finally she put her hand up, "Professor, there was one name that stuck out in the list of student names that died in that battle, her name was Lavender Brown." Min didn't know why that name stuck out to her.. Which made her second guess herself that maybe just maybe she got the name wrong.

So they were going to discuss death? Or more specifically people who died at Hogwarts? That was a bit of a morbid topic, was it not? Ethan eyed the new professor a bit curiously as he listened to his classmates rattle off the more familiar names from his history books.

Not wanting to repeat an answer the boy tried to think a bit deeper until he remembered something he had heard just last summer. Raising his hand, he said, "Mr. Vinteren, my aunt told me that when she was a student here a few years ago, one of her favorite professors was murdered. Forrester, I believe his name was.. and he was, I think, professor of Astronomy." Huh. Weird how two Astronomy teachers had been killed within a decade or so. Though now that he thought about it, Ethan wasn't completely sure if Forrester was actually killed at Hogwarts. That detail he didn't quite remember.

Lexi was pleased with the nod that accent man gave her. It made her feel successful.

Now she had to figure out a good answer for someone who had died at Hogwarts. There were a lot of famous people who had died, but she wanted someone that hadn't already been said. Then she remembered her granny talking about a boy who had died. What were the names? Crelly? Cranie? Creevey? That was it, Colin Creevey. Raising her hand she spoke. "My granny told me about a boy named Colin Creevey who died. He apparently idolized Harry Potter and when he was told to leave with the other underage wizards he snuck back in to fight with Dumbledore's Army and then died. It was in the Battle of Hogwarts on May 2, 1998."

As the students started volunteering answers, Erik pointed his wand at the board so it flipped over to the other clean side. A list began forming there as more and more deaths were....unfortunately...recalled by the students. Hogwarts was looking like quite the popular place to die, no?

Known Locations of Deaths at Hogwarts
Astronomy Tower (Dumbledore, Burbage)
Staff Room (Binns)
Great Hall (Voldemort, Lestrange)
First Floor Girls' Bathroom (Myrtle)
Ancient Runes Classroom (Christiansen)
Hogwarts Grounds (Crouch)

Known Deaths, Unknown Locations
Nymphadora Tonks
Abby Wright
Fat Friar
Fred Weasley
Remus Lupin
Set Avis
Quirinus Quirrell
Lavender Brown
Edward Forrester
Colin Creevey

When it seemed the answers had stopped coming in so much, Erik cleared his throat. "Does anyvone have any corrections or additions to make to vhese lists? For example, does anyvone recall vhere Professor Quirrell died?"

Believe it or not, Erik actually knew the locations of several of these peoples' deaths. He liked reading about this topic.

Well that list was interesting, but West eyed one particular part of it.

West stuck his hand up, since he knew about that particular one... "Forrester didn't die at Hogwarts, he died at The Leaky Cauldron. But he was a professor at the time." Which was why West had seen to it that his name was added to the fountain in the tower patch. It felt right to do so.

No corrections? Yeah....West Odessa had one. She didn't. So......

As for where Quirinus Quirrell died, the brunette's eyebrows forked together as she thought hard. She read all about this in Hogwarts, A History, it was the recalling that required effort. Meeerlin. She silently drummed her fingers on her desk for a few moments. Quirrell....Quirrell.....he died..... Oh! There! ...She raised her hand and answered, "I believe Professor Quirinus Quirrell died in.....a chamber deep inside a trapdoor in one classroom located at the Third Floor which used to be a forbidden area." It was also the chamber where the Mirror of Erised was apparently kept secure and it protected the Sorcerer's Stone while it was at the school. See? Reading always helps.

Any other locations she knew? Let's see.....Beezus raised her hand again. "Remus Lupin....didn't he die at the Courtyard? He was killed by Death Eater Antonin Dolohov." His story was a real tragic one. So sad..

Minerva sat and listened to all the names. Wow so many people were killed at this school. It kind of freaked her out a bit knowing this. She even felt a little on edge thinking about it. As he made the list of people, Minerva knew there was more, but she just couldn't put her mind to think of the names.

Putting up her hand she couldn't think of the exact name of the place Quirrel died, but she could at least try "[Professor, I can't think of the name of the place he died in, but it was a secret hide away for a stone that Hogwarts was hiding at the time." for some reason her memory was not helping her think of how he died either.

Seeing what the Professor had written on the board, Michael couldn't help but frown.

Unknown location?

But he had just said...

Oh did Professor man do that on purpose so that Michael could raise his hand and correct him? Okay he could do that. He raised his hand in the air. "Uh yes Sir, I have a correction." Maybe with all the students saying their answers that the man hadn't heard what Mikey had said before. "Set Avis died in the library." This time he emphasised it just so the Professor wouldn't miss it again.

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What a lovely topic of discussion.

The only person he could think of was his grandma, who died about 5 years ago. Which was sad at the time because it made his grandad sad. But he came to stay with Theo and his family a lot so he was pretty much okay now. He didn't raise his hand, though.

At Hogwarts?

He knew of those two professors but other students had already mentioned those. It was a little creepy actually, to start naming loads of deaths from THEIR school. Why was it so dangerous here? Obviously, the battle of Hogwarts took lots of lives. Theo had read all about that since it was kinda interesting. "There was a Slytherin..." Because it was cool to read about historic Slytherins. But what was his naaaaaame? "Crabbe." His first name had completely vanished from his mind. "I can't remember WHERE he died, but it was caused by Fiendfyre." True story.

Errrr who was Professor Quirrell?

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Sombre was not the word to use for lesson. No this was just plain DARK. There wasn't even a change in subject, just continuelly Who died at Hogwarts, how did they die, are you sure you didn't miss anyone and how they died, do you know of anyone that died at Hogwarts.

Oakey normally got bored in History of Magic, and just started doodling on his notes. Instead he just placed one elbow on his desk and and laid his cheek on his hand. dotting around the names of those who died while he attended Hogwarts.

Can they move on to who lived full, and not so deadly lives while attending the school? He didn't care if the list was short.

Whoa...that was a nifty list.

She kinda wanted to know how some of the rest of 'em died but knew that would require reading and consequently knew that that wasn't happening. Eh, maybe she'd get someone to tell her about them later. These people all seemed to have the right answer.

Lex looked over the list, they all seemed right, mostly because she'd never heard of a number of them but she figured she'd stick her hand up because two of those that she did know about technically weren't right. Technically. "Neither the location for Professor Burbage or Mr. Runes Guy are correct. Runes guy was yanked from the classroom--heard him screaming and everything so he was still alive there and probably alive while he was pulled down several flights of stairs. Same for Professor Burbage. She left the room kicking and screaming but still very much alive so she couldn't have died in the Astronomy Tower. Not sure if she made it down all the flights of stairs though, that could be taxing for someone at her age. With both cases they were most likely digested by the plant and we found the plant in the Greenhouse so for all we know they probably died there. I'm almost sure they weren't eaten or killed before then though because a Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain was also taken but we got there in time so he lived." YOU ARE VERY WELCOME MILTON!

But yeah, point was, neither died at the location they were attacked at.

Sarah never knew someone personally that had died, of course she had heard of people dying yet she had both sets of grandparents alive and all her great parents alive too. She decided not to add a death, not wanting to be the next one. Why did he have to choose death? Did he think soemone else was going to die?

Sarah knew that he was killed on the third floor or at least that was where the trapdoor was, yet maybe he was killed on a different floor where the trapdoor lead to? Sarah did not know yet even if she did know she wanted to be quiet.

Nigel was not sure how the Quirrell was. But hopefully somebody else did and would answer the question. But he did did have some additions to his list.

"There is the unidentified fallen fifty at the Battle of Hogwarts"

It did seem that a lot of people died here at Hogwarts.

Wow! That was quite a list of deaths at Hogwarts! Jory had not realised that there were so many people. Who knew how many others they might have missed. Professor Quirrell? Jory wasn't sure but he raised his hand, anyway. "Professor Quirrell died in a chamber possibly somewhere under the school where Mr Flamel's Stone was hidden.'' Also the Mirror of Erised.

Aha, here was a correction he'd been expecting. "Very good," Erik acknowledged the boy with a nod, flicking his wand at the board so Forrester was removed from the list. He didn't even know how the child knew where Forrester had died, but...maybe he was a voracious reader.

"Correct," he acknowledged the Ravenclaw prefect next. "On both accounts. Quirrell died in vhe chambers beneath Hogwarts and Lupin died outside Hogwarts in vhe courtyard. Excellent."

"That's right," Erik encouraged the Hufflepuffs, "as your classmate said, it vas in an underground chamber vhere they were hiding vhe Philosopher's Stone at vhe time." Crazy Hogwartians.

"Yes, correct." Erik wondered what was with the Hufflepuffs and Quirrell.

...he wasn't sure if Wisteria was joking or not. "Are you talking about vhe deaths of vhe Astronomy and Ancient Runes professors two years ago?" he asked, rather point-blank. "Because vhat did happen." At least one very important person had died back then. He shouldn't be forgotten like that.

Oh, a correction. "Vhank you," Erik murmured, turning around again to fix his list on the board.

"Vincent Crabbe died in vhe Room of Requirement, as a result of vhe Fiendfyre he set himself in an attempt to stop Harry Potter from destroying Lord Voldemort's horcrux." Erik replied to the boy in one long, matter-of-fact sentence. He knew his history. And he added that to the board.

"Vhat is also true," Erik added the fifty to the list. "A lot of people haff died at your school, it seems."

And then there was Alexa Cambridge. Erik winced at the way she described Tristan as 'Runes guy' - it was so disrespectful. So painful to hear how he was being described as 'screaming' down 'several flights of stairs.' Erik took a breath and reminded himself that she had no idea. She didn't know who Tristan Christiansen really was. She had been...what, a first year at the time?

Patience, Vinteren, patience.

"You haff a point there, Miss Cambridge," he said instead, quietly adjusting his notes on the board to fit along with her theory. "Better?"

And on the topic of his notes...Erik glanced to the board and made another correction. "Fred Weasley actually died outside the Room of Requirement, as he vas killed in an explosion vhile fighting alongside his brother." He adjusted that note and looked at the class.

"I realise vhis is a difficult topic for many of you, but I assure you I haff a point in reviewing vhis vith you." He paused. "It has been more vhan 80 years since vhe Battle of Hogwarts, yet we still know and recognise as fact the locations of all vhese peoples' deaths." He gestured toward the board. "How is vhat possible? How do we know for certain, for example, vhat Remus Lupin vas killed in vhe Courtyard? And even though she didn't die in vhe battle of Hogwarts," he gestured toward Burbage's name, "how do ve know how and vhere she died?"

He was looking for a few different answers here...

"Sources, professor?" Alice had remained fairly quiet for the majority of the lesson, eyes glued to her name tag as she tried to avoid that face Selina had been so obsessed with. But she was talking now, hand up and everything, even though she still wasn't making direct eye contact. "People who were there document the information, such as about where they died and when, by people using the.. historical method?" Or something. "Like the use of primary and secondary sources and all. Historiography."

.. if that didn't make any sense, they could blame his face. His face was distracting.

At least she wasn't stammering now, or blushing, that would have been worse than spouting nonsense in a lesson.

Well, Jory certainly knew how he knew about most of those death. He raised his hand. "Professor, the facts were documented in books,'' he said. "The information most likely would have had to come from witnesses, the ones who survived the Battle.''