With the capture of Verandi Farley and several high-ranking Trossach members, the British wizarding world has finally caught a break. The rate of rogue werewolf attacks have started dropping at a steady rate and, hopefully, things will stay that way. The Ministry is starting to loosen some restrictions, like not arresting werewolves standing on the street for loitering, however there’s still an obvious power imbalance between wizardfolk and werewolves.
The Cotswolds pack are continuing to advocate for the rights of werewolves and petitioning to change the legislation that has been set in motion by the current Minister for Magic, whilst the remaining Trossachs members are trying to stay out of the spotlight and keep a low profile… for now.
Whilst the British wizarding world seems to have calmed down, the same cannot be said for over in Northern Europe where a rebellion of magical creatures has risen. The state of things has gotten so bad that the European Ministry has enacted protocols to protect those under eighteen whilst their adult witches and wizards fight to keep control of their countries.
Students from Durmstrang have been sent to Hogwarts to keep them safe and those not old enough to attend school have been sent to live with relatives or designated British Ministry officials outside of Europe for the time being.
Will the low rates of werewolf attacks in Britain continue? How long will Durmstrang students stay at Hogwarts? Will the creatures usurp the wizardfolk in Northern Europe? Only time will tell.
SEPTEMBER 2019 It's been a very long, eventful summer in the wizarding world. A baby was stolen, several high ranking Trossach members were imprisoned, and werewolf attacks have drastically dropped as a result. What will happen now school has returned?
MAY 2019 An attempt to capture the beta of the Trossachs has been launched. Were the Aurors successful in their mission? Go read more here!
To prepare some of her students for the exams in the upcoming month, Professor had decided to refresh the memories of her younger students about the very subject she had been teaching for a few years now. As she waited for her students to fill her classroom, she had leaned against her desk, her hands holding a cup of tea and she can hear that chatter around the entire room when the students had started coming in. There was a smile on the professors face, giving them a nod when they had greeted her and she waited for a few moments before she had raised her hand, addressing the class and to silence their chatter. Sure, Ancient Runes wasn’t a fun subject and it wasn’t easy - it was why she decided that today of all days she was going to start all over with her lessons. Well, not entirely start over.
The professor gave her students a smile, pushing herself from the desk and had placed her cup of tea down on her desk behind her as she walked down the aisle between the desks. On the blackboard behind her were the words what are Ancient Runes?.
”Good afternoon, students.” she greeted as she looked at them and turned back around to walk back to the front. ”You might be asking yourselves why I have those four words written on the blackboard up front.” she started.
”My answer would be, because the final exams would be coming up and our wonderful fifth years would be starting on their OWL’s. So, today we’re going to be asking, what are ancient runes?” she asked the very question that’s on the board.
The professor had paused as she looked at her students. ”So, someone, tell me.”
Ancient Runes was the one class at Hogwarts in which Lars felt like a fish in water. After all, Runes came from Scandinavia (okay, not exactly, but that detail didn't change all that much) and at Durmstrang this subject was on his class list from the very first day. When he arrived at Hogwarts he was very disappointed to find out that they only began the subject in their 3rd year. Thus, the entirety of his third and fourth year at Hogwarts he'd barely paid any attention to what was being taught, acing all his tests without needing to put much effort into it.
At the same time, he'd pursued learning the subject on his own, knowing full well that everyone back at Durmstrang would be way ahead of him if he didn't. He acquired his sister's old notebooks and self-taught. Some days he felt like he knew the subject better than their professor.
Today would be another one of those lessons, as, to his great dismay, they were returning to the bloody basics. His chin was resting on his hand as he sighed and rolled his eyes, answering in a monotone voice.
"Runes are the Germanic answer to the Latin alphabet, and mages have imbued runes with magic, using them for a wide range of needs, starting from healing and defense, to curses."
Post by AGNES CLEARWATER on Dec 8, 2019 10:54:39 GMT
Dark circles were embedded underneath Aggy's eyes and as she walked into the Ancient Runes classroom, she let out a yawn wide enough that she was surprised she didn't unhinge her jaw in the process. She was exhausted, she hadn't been sleeping again, and she was surprised at this point that she was even moving about the castle. The nightmares lately had gotten worse - partly because her cousin William had been writing her and mentioned him maybe swinging by over Easter break- and it felt like every second night, she woke up screaming and crying and wanting to crawl into Evan's bed... which she had been, although not nearly as often as she wanted to.
Falling into the seat next to Lars mainly because it was closest to her, Aggy rubbed the back of her hand over eyes with a frown before trying to focus on what Professor Mason had written at the front. What is ancient runes? Back to basics, no doubt. "If I start snoring like a middle-aged man who secretly dreams about one day owning a... whatever sports car is the big thing, then murder me," she hissed to Lars, before raising her hand to tack onto what he'd said. "Ancient runes are a form of writing that - low and behold, I know everyone's stunned - is ancient. They were used hundreds of years ago by witches and wizards, and they can be used to represent the alphabet or whole words... basically, they're a ton of fun to decipher."
