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He would have never guessed that to be Heimdallr. Nope, didn't look anything like him. But, he scribbled down the information and started thinking through what Rune he would represent. Heimdallr seemed to be a big protector and help in defense. Asher glanced through the different runes and decided that he had an answer. "Professor, I believe that Algiz would be the rune represented by Heimdallr. Algiz is for protection, defense, and warning. He would warn the others with his horn, providing protection." Asher wasn't sure if that was the correct answer, but it did sound like a good guess either way. He continued to write down what the other students were saying, making notes over the different runes they thought were correct. |
Yep. Heimdallr, it was. Kat watched the things on the board and copied them down in her parchment. Might be some important information, you know. Nine mothers. Like, how is that possible? But then, yes, she knew that this was Norse Mythology and stuff related to that. She knew that mythology was usually weird, irrational, but definitely interesting. Especially since she wanted to know stuff about gods and goddesses. Those were her things, yes. And... uhm. Runes. She'd leave those to the others who had eager and thoughtful minds. |
Professor say WHAAA? How did these students know all this information already without even being told? Did Sophie miss some memo on studying this ahead of time? There was Caleb giving an all-star answer, too. Where did THAT even come from? Sophie made a mental note to talk to her parents about dropping this class ASAP. She copied the notes on whatever that man's name was and then flipped through her book. Okay, so which rune was associated with this guy? She slooooowly raised her hand. "I'm going to go with Algiz, because it deals with protection and shielding, and we just learned that he uses that horn to alert people when giants are near," she said. "...and maybe Kenaz, since it deals with vision and revelation, and he can tell when danger is near." |
Uhmmmmm.... Hard stuff. Marigold bit her lip and tried to think of an answer, but she couldn't. She listened to the other students' answers and nodded her head. "Algiz would work," she said, nodding vigorously. Other than that, she was a bit confused, and hoped it was an okay answer. |
Kace was glad he made the professor laugh. At least he brightened up his day. Kace grinned and was glad he made a good effort. Then he heard the professor move on and he started to take notes when he flipped over the board. Hmm...so now he wanted the rune most associated with him. Kace heard Ella's answer and agreed with her. He raised his hand and said..... "Professor i agree with Ella on Eihwaz because when i read the notes i can make out he is reliable, strong, and protective." |
Tobias got grins. BIG WIDE GRINS. Because their answers sort of connected, yeah? Yeah! Moving on... when the list had appeared, Alec took a moment to scan through it before picking up his quill and scribbling it down. This was likely to be useful at some point. And though they weren't learning about Thor, this was still interesting. He even made a tiny reference to Mario Kart in his notes. One. Tiny. Reference. THERE. It seemed as though the boy had been too busy noting things down to note that he should be looking for the right rune as well. ... Yeah. That wasn't good. Frowning to himself, he reached over and flipped through his textbook until he reached the description of the runes. His grey-blue eyes scanned the paragraphs before he flipped through a couple more pages. ... Right. Okay. He had an answer. "Professor?" he started, looking up and raising his hand in the air, "Erm... I agree with the others who said that it could be Algiz." That was a lame start. "Erm... in the magical effects section, it says that the Galdr for this rune can act as a connecting bridge which... links into the Biforst bridge part, I guess." Did it seem like he was too invested in this bridge? Maybe. "And... yeah, there's the whole protection and defence and that's really what Heimdallr did." Like the others had mentioned. Right? Yeah? Nodnod. |
Adrienne nodded and looked down. No more guessing for her, seriously, all she did was make herself look like a fool and not get her point across. She had meant that Tyr was calling them to war with the sound of his horn, but of course now she wasn't going to explain it! Besides, Heimdallr made much more sense and was... actually the right answer, so she moved on to runes and began thinking back to the textbook she'd read back home before school started. It seemed like just about everyone had already said what Adrienne wanted to say, though. Algiz, protection, guarding, the Hufflepuff from Astronomy (ugh) had even mentiond what she was about to contribute about its Galdr. There wasn't really much left to say about it. "I agree with most everyone about Algiz," she said, "but I also think Kenaz is a pretty good fit." Had anyone mentioned that before? Maybe one person, but it certainly wasn't as unanimous of an answer. "Since he's seen as the Watchful of gods, it makes sense that a rune for insight and wisdom would refer to him somewhat. Also, its Galdr can be used for the banishment of darkness, right, but not destroying it, which is kind of what Heimdallr does when he guards the Bifrost and calls the other gods to protect it." So ha, annoying Hufflepuff, Adrienne could have good reasoning too. |
Nigel had no idea what rune best fit Heimdallr. Was there a correct answer or was this just a guess. It could be Ansuz . Since he was a god. But Nigel was not a master at Norse Mythology. But why not. "Ansuz" Probably was Algiz. But it not like Nigel was being graded on this answer or anything. That would be just plain weird. |
Nicola smiled seeing Botros light up when he heard the correct answers he was looking for. She thought he was such a sweet & intelligent man. Nicola then listened intently once he continued on with the lesson. Which rune was most associated with Heimdallr? Leaning back in her seat, she actually had to pause for a moment as each rune raced through her brain. ... The first to pop up in her mind was rather quite obvious. The Rune Algiz, because she did know that that rune did stand for Protection itself, and what did Heimdallr stand for with his trumpet? Protecting the gods in case of a threat. She was very tempted to raise her hand and call this out, but a number of students had already done so; No Name being one of them, so her hand remained where it was. Then some girl who was in Hufflepuff had pointed out another rune. The Rune Eihwaz. She had to admit, that was a really good one actually, it did relate to Heimdallr more closely than Algiz. But both of these runes were both very good answers. Instead of trying to take credit for these answers Nicola just raised her hand saying, "Even though they have already been mentioned Professor, I would probably feel that either Algiz or Eihwaz would best relate to Heimdallr.." She paused, "But I'm leaning a little more towards Eihwaz as well, because it meant the need to address a problem well in advance, before it could become serious, like Heimdallr did before a threat could fall upon the gods themselves when he would warn them with Gjallarhorn.." |
While the others spoke of Heimdall, she ran the name through her head a few times. No, she hadn't really read up on him before, no reading for us, but she HAD read up on the runes and those were what the Professor was asking about. She gave it some thought, going through the runes in her head a couple times, trying to see what she could remember before finally flipping open her textbook and simply skimming through the runes. Lex already knew them, but she needed some little reminders. Her fingers ran across the words idly, skipping the enter first aett as she remembered that belong to Freya. The second aett was what she needed--THAT'S where she'd heard him name! Ooohhhhhh. Heh, the guy was familiar afterall. This is why they should put pictures in textbooks. She would have totally guessed right without copying, True story. Anyway, she found what she was looking for and raised her hand. "I believe the rune is Algiz Professor. The rune stands for Protection, defense and warning. Heimdall is the Guardian of the bridge between worlds. He's the one that protects it and warns those passing between then. Kinda like giving little cautions." |
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She just sat there listening to other's answering and debating. Wow, they really had an idea about the man. Just when she thought she understood runes and their meanings, professor old starts showing them pictures. Just the thing she doesn't know about. Humph. She remained silent and listened to know about the man in the picture while she scribbled down notes. Oh, this time she was going to speak and answer what she thought. "Uruz." She answered. "the man looks strong and so Thor's rune makes sense." Totally. Though everyone was suggesting something else. Eh, oh, well. |
Mo propped his chin back on his fist and once again absently listened to his classmates speak. Most of them were on the same page as he was, which was sorta... depressing. Like they were all uber smart at this subject so what was the point of really trying? Unless they would get to do something practical next? He sat up eagerly, ready to participate if it would smooth along the lesson toward the activity. "I say Algiz too, Professor. Heimdall is like the guard at the front door. He's honed specifically to be watchful and ready, and that's exactly what Algiz says to me. Not just protecting, but being protected through preparation and design." Yup. So says Mo. |
Vesper was struck by how poetic those facts were. It was fact that she didn't know much about Norse mythology; her strength lying in Greek and Roman myths. Like the Icarus stuff in Astronomy......but that wasn't to say that she wasn't suddenly extremely interested. Oh yes. Notebook was out. All the things were being written...because they hadn't talked about this kind of thing in France. It also reminder her of a television show she'd seen once...Odin was the all-father and he was in search of his Frigg...She'd fangirled and crushed on the actor who'd played Bragi...because. Just because. Heh. She may or may not have even had a notebook at the time that was tucked away somewhere and full of sketches... Concerning the lesson, though...all she really knew just from reading was that Heimdallr ruled over the second ætt...with Mordgood?...Mordgud? The name was fuzzy to her. So, it'd be one of those runes, right? Maybe she could just select one at random...and that'd be it? Would luck be on her side like that? "Algiz...because it's a protection rune?" Well, there were several that were protection runes...but it was in the second ætt. Blush....Bluuuuuuush. |
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Ella smiled big at Botros and bigger at Alec when he got good feedback for his answer. Smart boyfriend was smart and Ella was proud. As for the notes, Ella took them down even if they were in the textbook. It always helped her remember things better when she wrote them down. Scribble. Scribble. Scribble. And then they were talking about the carving spell and Ella smiled softly, hand raised in the air. They'd used this a lot so she was very familiar. "Professor, the incantation of the carving spell is Intaglio and you want to press your wand to a surface and make the shape of whatever you wish to carve, concentrating on the shape." With that said, the blonde got out her quill and began to draw over and over. And guests? BROWS for that. What kind of guests were they having? Scribble. Scribble. Scribble. Algiz looked like a little birdy foot, didn't it? |
Tobias was chewing on the end of his quill, and it had taken him about 10 minutes to realised that this wasn't a SUGAR quill but just a regular one. He suddenly stopped upon realising this and leaned back, looking at the feathered end of the quill. Ew. So he'd been eating a feather? Why? Why was he doing that? Wrinkling his nose slightly, Tobias soon looked up to the front again. Oh... they'd moved on? GAH! What was WITH him today? Why was he getting so off track in the very class he'd been so looking forward to getting back to all summer? It was enough to really wind him up, and Toby had to fight the urge to get angry at himself. He focused on the thought that he could still do well in the rest of the lesson, and proved this to himself by sticking his hand up. "Is it the intaglio spell thing, sir? You say 'intaglio' and then the rune and keep repeating the rune until you've finished carving it. Oh, and you need to like... sort of trace the rune as though you're writing it with the tip of your wand." Right? Maybe? That said, once he'd caught up on the notes from the blackboard Tobias practiced writing out the rune algiz. He didn't really need to practice it; it had definitely cropped up a couple of times in the letter he'd written to Botros over summer, but Tobias wasn't big-headed enough to believe that he was above practicing writing the rune. You could always do with practice, and you could always improve. Like he could totally improve at how well he was doing in the class, and his brain would improve at staying focused. |
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Based on all of the characteristics of Heimdallr, Hannah thought that the rune that best represented him was Mannaz. Mannaz represented mankind and he was a man right? Of course he was so it made total sense. The sixth years hand was in the air. "I think the rune Mannaz is most associated with Heimdallr because if represents mankind and a sense of self." That was pretty self explanatory right? It made sense to her, if that even counted for anything. Quote:
Hannah wrote down the notes on the board even though she was sure that writing them down would not help them burn in her mind any better. Moving on. The professor was asking about the carving spell. "Professor I think the incantation is defodio." She wasn't exactly sure about the wand movement. Now she had to practice drawing a rune? What kind of waste of time was that? UGH! She pulled out a spare piece of parchment and got to work. |
Adi made his notes, his little left hand flying over the page of his book as he wrote. the amount of stuff he had already learnt and the lesson had not even gone half way as yet! Incantation for carving? He knew! It was Intag... Intag....Intag what? He had forgotten! Arrrgh! Thhat was one of the most frustrating things ever! Having the answer on the tip of your tongue and not being able to recall it fully. But he did know the answer to the other part of the question. Adi raised his hand. "Professor, you chant the name of the rune you want to carve. But there's the incantation that must be first said before the chanting. I um...forgot what it was.'' And who were these guests? He was curious but he pushed the thoughts out of his head and began practicing drawing the rune. Over and over and over the first year drew Algiz's symbol. |
Since intaglio had been said, West didn't bother answering again with the same thing. He also didn't write down notes because he just never needed to, so it was just time to wait and see what or who these guests would be. |
Sky had been taking notes, since she'd had absolutely no idea about which rune was Heimdallr's. And considering the look she had received for her last answer, it was probably for the best. Wait, had Botros said guests? What kind of guests did he mean? Did they have something to do with the statues in the corridor? "The spell's 'Intaglio' and you repeat the name of the rune you're carving until the rune is complete." Well, she figured she better make up for her off the wall answer followed by her note taking silence. And what better way than this kind of complicated spell? |
Tora didn't know the spell to carve a rune. Hadn't known. Now she knew just from listening to her fellow classmates, but if she raised her hand to say the answer, it would feel like cheating to her, so she left it be. Instead she practiced writing the rune. Honestly it was pretty simple. Like an upside down broomstick... sort of. Still, she wanted to draw it right. Photos!: Parchment! Ok this was harder than she originally thought. Eventually (after twelve tries!) she got it right. Just to make sure, she drew two more. Apparently it wasn't luck! She could now draw Algiz! She circled the correct ones, so that when the Professor came around he would be able to tell which ones Tora actually considered successful. |
Kace was hearing that they were having guests? Hmm...that was interesting. He wondered who they could be. Then he perked his ears up for this one. He forgot how to do the carving, good thing the professor was going over it. He tried drawing out the rune. It did look like a ducks foot actually. He scribbled....scribbled....scribbled....and even more scribble till he got the shape right. Once he got the hang of the shape. He waited till hear how he should preform the spell. He even wrote Algiz on his notes so he won't be confused. |
AHA! Tag was sort of lightly bouncing in his seat. Paying attention to the Professor a bit more he heard that the answer he'd given was actually correct. See now why Tag liked this class! He was rather happy about that too. So, as Botros said Tag wrote down the notes he'd written on the blackboard. Those would come in handy in studying for his OWLS. Thanks Professor! For the notes, that is. Uhhhhh. Now he wanted to hear what the carving spell was. Oh oh. Tag couldn't remember that, so he sort of shrunk- if that was possible for a guy his height at his age- more into his seat. He should know this. Yes? Then Ella said it was Intaglio. Tag would trust her. She was usually right, and rather smart. Yes? Yes! Though, he didn't write down that answer for the moment, in case Botros had more to say. Although, now that he thought about it, it seemed like Intaglio seemed familiar? Hadn't they used it in that maze activity in this class last year? Tag couldn't quite remember though. So he silently sat there. In the meantime though, Tag started to practice drawing the Algiz rune. Being productive and all. |
Well. Adrienne shot a gentle glare at Tora- she wasn't properly mad, but she didn't like her friends being better than her at things, and she was pretty sure Tora was at least 12% better than her at Ancient Runes. Ugh. And now she was annoyed, so she couldn't even remember that rune incantation, even though she knew she'd done it last class. Besides, other people would surely answer for her, so she just added a rune drawing onto the end of her notes. Photos!: Adrienne's Parchment Okay, so that looked... totally fine. There was no apparent reason for her to practice it. Seriously, it was just three lines, how could it not look fine? So while other people were drawing Algizes, Adrienne spent her time drawing stupid comics. Yayyy. |
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