Lesson Two - The Four Types
Chapter 2
The four branches of transfiguration:
Transformation
~This is a form that causes things to actually change from their original state into another, or alters the form of them.
~Transformation itself is further broken down into three sub-branches:
- Trans-species transformations: A trans-species transformation is a transformation that to some degree changes the species of the target.
- Switching: Switching spells are spells that either switch the physical location of two items or one essential detail of an object.
- Human transfiguration: Human transfiguration is the act of transfiguring the human body.
~General transformations:
- inanimate to inanimate
- inanimate to animate
- animate to inanimate
- animate to animate
~ANIMAGI: Human beings with the capability of fully turning themselves into an animal at will while keeping their human sentience. Each person is only able to turn into one form of animal for their shape and this animal will bear some identifying mark related to their human features.
~METAMORPHMAGI: Human beings with the capability of changing parts of their appearance at will. While considered a part of human transfiguration, this is not a skill that can be learned. Metamorphmagi can change almost anything in their appearance, from sex and age to something as simple as hair or eye color. They do not require a wand or potion to do so.
~WEREWOLVES: They do not have a choice in their transformations. They are forced to change at every full moon. Normally when this happens, the person does not keep their human mind. Due to this, werewolves are incredibly dangerous and will attack any human on sight. Wolfsbane Potion allows someone to keep their human mind during the full moon, though the transformation will still take place.
Vanishment
~Vanishment is a branch of transfiguration that allows the transfigurist to cause an object to disappear from the world.
~There are many theories on what actually happens to items that have vanished.
~The most popular opinion is that the objects are disassembled and the particles scattered throughout the world.
Conjuration
~Conjuration spells are significantly more complicated than their vanishment counterparts.
~Conjured items are formed by pulling together the particles around us to create the object we desire, essentially opposite to the way in which items are vanished.
Untransfiguration
~Untransfiguration is a series of spells that allow you to undo previous transfigurations.
~However, this is mostly for transformations, as vanishment cannot be undone, and things that are conjured disappear naturally after a matter of time.
