Defense Against the Dark Art

Lesson 2

Spells Learnt

Spell: The Verdimillious Charm (offensive version)
Incantation Verdimillious (vur-duh-MILL-ee-us)
Wand Movement: A forward slash the ends pointing at the target
Concentration: Low - focus on the effect
Willpower: Low
Effect: Green sparks will shoot out of the wand and fly towards the target and sting them

Spell: The Verdimillious Charm (illumination version)
Incantation: Verdimillious (vur-duh-MILL-ee-us)
Wand Movement: A circular motion above your head aimed at nothing
Concentration: Low - focus on the effect
Willpower: Low - More willpower can slightly extend the duration of the light
Effect: Green sparks will fly upward and explode, filling the area with green light and reveal
objects hidden by Dark magic

Spell: The Revealing Charm
Incantation: Aparecium (ah-par-EH-see-um)
Wand Movement: Tap the target object
Concentration: Low - focus on the effect
Willpower: Low - Can use more willpower to “charge” the spell and make it last longer
Effect: Nothing if there is no hidden text. If there is hidden text, the words will glow purple for a
few seconds before looking normal. The message will conceal itself after about five minutes.

Spellcasting Components

- Concentration

• Interesting concept.


• The only term that has an interchangeable equivalent.


• Sometimes refered to as “focus” which mean the same thing. Both terms refer to the mental process that goes into channeling your magic on a specific target to accomplish an effect. 


• Only time that listings will be consistent is in official spellbooks or spell blocks.


• When casting a spell, the spell needs to be instructed, partially done through the incantation, but it is primarily done by thinking specifically of what you want the spell to do and what you want the effect to affect.

- Willpower

• A component that seems relatively simple


• Takes time to train properly


• Is the magical force exerted to make the spell happen.


• Some spells will require little to no willpower and the use of the incantation and proper wand movement to cast the spell.


• Most spells require at least some level of willpower, have to want the spell to work and be willing to make it happen.


• Think of willpower in terms of physical force. If you want to push a desk across the floor, you need to exert physical effort; in the same way, you need to exert mental effort if you want a spell to work.

- Wand Movement

• Second most familiar component of spellcasting


• When you think of casting a spell, you probably think of someone saying words (the incantation) and waving their wand or their hand.


• The wand movement is a way to help witches and wizards channel their magical energy and draw on the energy both within and around them.


• Some wand movements will be simple - in Defense Against the Dark Arts you will often find that they are easier, since many of the spells in this course need to be cast quickly; however, they can also become extremely complex.


• Can cast spells without performing the specific wand movement. Requires a great deal of concentration.

- Incantation

• funny words


• extremely important to the process of spellcasting


• accents are acceptable


• important to say the incantation with the appropriate pronunciation

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