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[[Filtered to Bob's third-year-and-up students]]

Your second year should have taught you all how to spell your name in Cirth runes. If you are unsure, there is a copy of the Spellman's Syllabary on the desk in my classroom, in which you will be able to find the correct combination of runes to use in today's assignment.

Which is as follows:

*Use graphite to sketch a five-inch circle on a piece of clean parchment.
*Choose the correct rune formula from the table on Page 35 of Wright's.
*Sketch the formula, along with your name, around the rim in Cirth runes. Make sure it's written backwards.
*Trace over the circle and runes with standard ink.
*Find the corresponding spell from Page 36 and cast it on the parchment, concentrating on your name and the area that you wish to protect.
This will create a rune ward to attach to the outside of a drawer or trunk so that only the person named on the ward will be able to open it. It goes without saying that these wards are not to be placed on another's belongings without permission. You will be graded on craftsmanship rather than the strength of the spell. Beware, though -- a broken circle or misplaced syllable may cause your ward to fail somewhat spectacularly.

For homework, find someone who doesn't take this class and follow the instructions on Page 36 to create a rune ward keyed to their name. Advanced students, add fire and water protection by incorporating red and blue ink, and key your ward to a specific object rather than a receptacle.

If there are any questions, feel free to ask. Also, I shall need an assistant or two to carry assignments back to my office.

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That'll hold the little devils. *evil grin*


[[First strike readable; second strike gone. Yay for nitpicky, fiddly assignments? XDDD As before, leave a note to say how your character did, and have fun thinking up creative malfunctions for bad wards!]]
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[[Filtered to Bob's students]]

Welcome to Ancient Runes. For those who may think this class dry and academic, it is anything but. The written word, well-crafted and adeptly positioned, is used in all kinds of magic, from warding to Potions to Transfiguration -- and a misplaced line in a written spell can twist, nullify, or destroy. During the year, we will explore lettering systems in languages ancient and modern, learn how letters are written, and discover what means and mediums are used in different types of magic.

During the first class, we will concentrate on standard second-year runes: Cirth, Phoenician runes, and the Elder, Younger, and Anglo-Saxon Futhark. We will learn -- or refresh our memories -- about who invented them, when and where they were used, and how the first wizards learned to control the awesome power of symbolic language.

*instructions for nonexistent second-years go here* Older years will need to bring Smedly Lurge's Deciphering Ancient Runes to class, along with a standard quill, multicolored ink, and two rolls of parchment. Those who need an extra copy of the main textbook will find it in the classroom tomorrow. For later lessons, you may need a sturdy pair of dragon-skin gloves. *ominous smile* It is as well to be prepared for anything in this class..... anything at all.

--Professor Bainbridge


[[Welcome to Bob's first class as a teacher. ^^ Feel free to mess about, or post an ooc note saying what your character did here.]]
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Having trouble with our journals, are we? I suppose that given all the weighty matters being entrusted to the journal system every day, some form of leakage was inevitable over time. Well, I hope it's a valuable lesson for all of you. Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes. Si hoc legere scis, flocci non facio; die dulci fruere.

Vita luna est, et una salus victis nullam sperare salutem.....


To my future Ancient Runes students:



[["It's absurd to fear the inevitable. If you can read this, I don't care; have a nice day. Life is mad, and resignation the last hope of the vanquished." Strikes partially readable. All of which is cribbed from these sites.... just pretend it's real scholarly Latin, ok? XD The runes are Tolkien's dwarf runes as evolved from the Elder Futhark, and they offer points to anyone who can read or identify them.]]

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