Lesson 1

An Introduction

• ''Dark Arts'' a blanket term that covers anyhing that has the intent to harm, injure or even kill


• DA include branches of magic, potion and charm


• 1997-1998 Dark Arts became legal


• 5 categories of DA are dark magic, dark potions, dark creatures. dark artefacts and dark practices

The Three Spell Categories

• Jinx
  
  
  
  • Lowest level
  
  
  • No much harm
  
  
  • Common ones are tripping jinx, stinging jinx and knockback jinx
  
  
  
  


• Hex
  
  
  
  • Second level
  
  
  • Lasting damage
  
  
  • Popular ones are bat-bogey hex, hurling hex and densaugeo
  
  
  
  


• Curse
  
  
  
  • Last level
  
  
  • Severe harm or even kill
  
  
  • Well known ones are reductor curse, full body-bind curse and conjuctivits curse
  
  
  
  

The Wand-Lighting and Wand-Extinguishing Charm

• Wand-Lighting Charm


• Light up the tip of the casters wand


• Lumos (LOO-mos)


• Little consentration or willpower needed


• Wand movement: A counter-clockwise loop

Wand-Extinguishing Charm

• Puts out light from lumos


• Nox (NOCK-ss)


• No consentration or willpower needed
  Wand movement: A flivk of the wand

Lesson 2

Componrnts Of Spellcasting

• Consentration
  
  
  
  • Referd sometimes as ''focus''
  
  
  • Mental process that goes into channeling magic on a spesific target to accomplish an a effect
  
  
  • A spell is instructed by thinking what you want a spell to do and what the effect to affect
  
  
  
  


• Willpower
  
  
  
  • The magicall force you exert to make the spell happen
  
  
  • most spells require some level of willpower
  
  
  
  


• Wand Movement
  
  
  
  • Way to help witches and wizards channel their magical energy
  
  
  
  


• Incantation
  
  
  
  • Say all incantations with the approved and appropriate pronunciation
  
  
  
  

The Verdimillious Charm

• Verdimillious (vur-duh-MILL-ee-us)


• Two different effects


• Two wand movements


• Same incantation

Offensive Version

• Shoots green sparks that fly at opponent and explode around them


• Will cause opponent to experirnce a stinging sensation


• Wand movement is a forward slash that ends pointing at the target


• Low consentration-focus on effect


• Low willpower

Illumination Version

• Shoots green light to towards the ceiling and explodes in a bright green flash


• Temporarily illuminates the area and creates an outlines of any objects that have been concealed by dark magic


• Lasts short time


• Wand movement is circular motion over your head aimed at nothing


• Low concentration-focus on effect


• Low willpower-more willpower slightly extends duration

The Revealing Charm

• Two versions


• Two different purposes

Easier one

• Aparecium (ah-par-EH-see-um)


• Does nothing if there is no hidden text


• If there is hidden text the words glow purple for few secconds


• Message will concela itself after five minutes


• Wand movement: tap the target object


• Low concentration


• Low willpower- more willpower spell lasts longer