In Which Howl Teaches

[slitherouter]

Name(s): Howl Pendragon, [OPENED]
Location: Classroom
Week: Week 44
Time: All Week
Rating: PG

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Third and Fourth Years

[slitherouter]

From his position, Howl holds up his wands. "As you should all know by now, wands are incredibly important in spell casting. While some magic can performed without it's aid, it is next to impossible to get to such a point without first knowing the basics. Now, why exactly are wands so important?"

Re: Third and Fourth Years

[icyprodigy]

Toshiro resented the idea of being sorted by years. In his opinion, the talent and work ethic of a student was what dictated their learning, not their age. Of course, this might have stemmed from his years of being acknowledged as "short" and "cute" rather than being taken seriously.

He raised his hand in response to Professor Pendragon's question. "Wands channel and enhance the spells made by the caster by their materials and by their connection with their owner."

Re: Third and Fourth Years

[slitherouter]

The Professor tried bit back a chuckle at the student's seriousness, "I couldn't have asked for a better answer. Thank you, Hitsugaya." To the rest of the room he continued, "While it is possible to perform without a wand, they are incredibly important for this reason. Without a wand to direct a spell, problems can occur, as I'm sure many of you discovered as children."

"As Hitsugaya pointed out, materials are also incredibly important to a wand. As we all know, the wand chose the wizard. Without the proper wand, spells are more likely to go awry. This goes for cores, wood type as well as the flexibility of one's wand. Now, who can tell me the most common wand cores?"

Re: Third and Fourth Years

[dunamis_storm]

Gokudera almost had to laugh at that question. Really common cores were the first thing a wizard learned. "There are essentially three, valued for their ability to work easily with most wizards. Dragon heartstring, phoenix tail feather and unicorn hair. There are other common cores of course, but those three are most often actually put into wands."

Re: Third and Fourth Years

[slitherouter]

"Good," he smiled, happy to know the two students thus far seemed to know what they were saying. "But the real question is why these three of all things? It is not as if dragons are easy to tame, Phoenix's are easy to come by or unicorns easy to catch."