Defense Against the Dark Arts Notes - Year 1

written by Ivy GreenBriar

Notes from the first year of Defense Against the Dark Arts

Last Updated

12/13/22

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Leson 2: Bright Lights and A Little Revealer

Chapter 1

  • Components of Spellcasting

    • Concentration:

      • Is also referred to as focus

      • Mental process of channeling your magic on a specific target to accomplish an effect

      • Partially done through incantation

      • Primarily done by thinking about what you want the spell to achieve or the effect to be



    • Willpower:

      • Magical force you exert to make the spell happen

      • Most spells require at least some level of willpower

      • Mental force has to be exerted to make a spell work



    • Wand Movement:

      • Helps to channel the magical energy in and around them

      • Some are simple, others are complex

      • After time, you can learn to cast spells without their specific movements



    • Incantation:

      • Words said to cast a spell

      • Are extremely important to spellcasting





  • The Verdimillious Charm

    • Offensive spell

    • Creates a temporary light source which reveales items hidden by dark magic

    • Pronunciation: Verdimillious (vur-duh-MILL-ee-us)

    • When cast offensively, green sparks are shot from the tip of your wand

    • Slight stinging sensation will occur

    • Wand movement: forward slash that ends pointing at your opponent

    • Illumination version will shoot out a green light which explodes in a bright green flash

    • Will create a quick outline of items hidden by dark magic

    • Wand movement: circular movement over your head while concentrating on the effect and exerting a small amount of willpower



  • The Revealing Charm

    • Two different variants

    • Used to reveal secret messages

    • Pronunciation: Aparecium (ah-par-EH-see-um)

    • Focus on the effect and push a little willpower

    • Wand Movement: Tap the object you wish to reveal

    • Hidden writing, if it exists on the paper, will glow purple and reveal itself

    • This lasts for five minutes




 


Spell Blocks Provided By Professor Penrose


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.

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