DIV-OWL Lessons

Arriving with plenty of time, you join your peers outside the testing area. As with most of the tests before, the theory portion of the exam is held in the Great Hall, which has been converted from the vast hall that typically houses long tables, but now holds scores of desks, each equipped with a parchment and a quill.

You enter the room with your classmates and take a seat, looking around. By now, you have some idea of what to expect, but Hogwarts is always full of surprises. You didn’t notice the examiner’s entry until she made it to the very front of the room, and you can understand why. As the woman climbs first onto a chair, then onto the desk at the front of the room, you think the woman must have some goblin ancestry in her past, as she is still no taller than your average First Year. As she straightens her robes from her climb, you think you see a tattoo on her right wrist.

However, there is not much time to think on it, as she clears her throat before laying her wand against the skin there. In a magnified voice, she says in a clear voice. “Welcome to the written portion of your Divination Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination. You will have three hours to complete the examination. When time is up, the provided quills will affix themselves to the desk, and you will not be able to write anything else. Additionally, should you attempt any shenanigans, the same will happen, and I will come and incinerate your exam.” She spares a moment to pause to let the gravity of that statement sink in before continuing. “Good luck. You may begin.”

Lesson and assignments written by Professor Venita Wessex