-and may my blood stop running blue-
.........Did he have to call it "G.H.O.S.T."
As some of you may already be aware, I will be sponsoring the Explorer's Club. Your student representative will be Miss Coraline Jones; please apply to her for the time of the first meeting.
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This couldn't be better if I'd planned it.
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We'll be moving on this week into the practical aspect of the craft. Seventh- and sixth-years, please bring Advanced Rune Translation to class. Fifth-years, don't forget your dragonhide gloves -- you'll only be writing one character today, but you'll be doing it with four different corrosive inks. Fourth years and up, bring your wands, and everyone do remember to bring your minds -- you're going to need them.
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(Meanwhile, Bob's cat Marco wanders into an open classroom on the third floor and is investigating the intriguing area beneath the front desk when a breeze shuts the door behind him. OOPS.)
[[That's right, it's a HOMEWORK POST! \o/ As usual, respond with name, House, year, and how your character handles the assignment.
Grading: will be the usual scale of 0-5 points for second and third years, 0-10 for fourth and fifth, and 0-15 for sixth and seventh, with up to five extra credit points for class behavior and successful results, as well as the canonical letter grades from T(roll) to O(utstanding).
Class topics will be as follows:
Second-year: a passage written in runes, with a spell in the middle. Students will be asked to translate the passage and identify the spell.
Third-year: use of rulers and compasses to resize and align the lettering for a written spell.
Fourth-year: compose a runic translation for one of several simple spells, using syllables from a list.
Fifth-year: etch the Anglo-Saxon rune hægl (meaning hail) on a stone, using a different ink for each line, and drawing them in proportion to one another so the stone doesn't explode.
Sixth-year: create a symbol in the style of your language track (Semitic abjads, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Celtic runes, or the Chinese Oracle Bone alphabet and its descendants). Use the chart in Advanced Rune Translation to define possible meanings and magical properties inherent in its shape.
Seventh-year: transcribe a sample passage from Spellman's Syllabary onto wood, stone, hide, paper, or shell, including a spell-word transliterated from a different language into Runes, and using mediums whose properties will allow the spell to preserve itself even if the rest of the passage is obliterated.]
As some of you may already be aware, I will be sponsoring the Explorer's Club. Your student representative will be Miss Coraline Jones; please apply to her for the time of the first meeting.
[[Private]]
This couldn't be better if I'd planned it.
[[/private]]
[[Filtered to Ancient Runes students]]
We'll be moving on this week into the practical aspect of the craft. Seventh- and sixth-years, please bring Advanced Rune Translation to class. Fifth-years, don't forget your dragonhide gloves -- you'll only be writing one character today, but you'll be doing it with four different corrosive inks. Fourth years and up, bring your wands, and everyone do remember to bring your minds -- you're going to need them.
[[/filtered]]
(Meanwhile, Bob's cat Marco wanders into an open classroom on the third floor and is investigating the intriguing area beneath the front desk when a breeze shuts the door behind him. OOPS.)
[[That's right, it's a HOMEWORK POST! \o/ As usual, respond with name, House, year, and how your character handles the assignment.
Grading: will be the usual scale of 0-5 points for second and third years, 0-10 for fourth and fifth, and 0-15 for sixth and seventh, with up to five extra credit points for class behavior and successful results, as well as the canonical letter grades from T(roll) to O(utstanding).
Class topics will be as follows:
Second-year: a passage written in runes, with a spell in the middle. Students will be asked to translate the passage and identify the spell.
Third-year: use of rulers and compasses to resize and align the lettering for a written spell.
Fourth-year: compose a runic translation for one of several simple spells, using syllables from a list.
Fifth-year: etch the Anglo-Saxon rune hægl (meaning hail) on a stone, using a different ink for each line, and drawing them in proportion to one another so the stone doesn't explode.
Sixth-year: create a symbol in the style of your language track (Semitic abjads, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Celtic runes, or the Chinese Oracle Bone alphabet and its descendants). Use the chart in Advanced Rune Translation to define possible meanings and magical properties inherent in its shape.
Seventh-year: transcribe a sample passage from Spellman's Syllabary onto wood, stone, hide, paper, or shell, including a spell-word transliterated from a different language into Runes, and using mediums whose properties will allow the spell to preserve itself even if the rest of the passage is obliterated.]