What is Transfiguration?

• It is the alteration of objects in our physical world (it is the change of one thing into another thing).


• Not just an alteration of appearance, however, but of the molecular structure of an item as well. When you are working with the molecules of an object, you are changing its basic principles.


• There are four branches of transfiguration: transformation, vanishment, conjuration, and untransfiguration.

The Transformation Formula;

• Formula. t=((w*c)/(v*a))*Z
  
  
  
  • 'T' is the intended transfiguration difficulty.
  
  
  • 'W' is the wand power.
  
  
  • 'C' is the concentration.
  
  
  • 'V' is the viciousness.
  
  
  • 'A' is the mass of the beginning object.
  
  
  • 'Z' is the unknown variable.
  
  
  
  


• The only variable that can be measured is the mass of the starting object, while the others have no definite way to be measured. 

The Variables in Depth

• Wand power is the strength of your wand and is also influenced by your relationship with it.


• Concentration in general is how your mind focuses and directs your magic.


• Viciousness is the liveliness of the target object.  Viciousness cannot be zero, even for inanimate objects.  The reason for this is that at the atomic level, there is always movement in an object.  The only possible way to have absolutely no viciousness is if that thing is at absolute zero, or zero Kelvin, where all atomic motion is stopped.


• The Z variable is one of those concepts that both exist and does not exist simultaneously, as no one can pinpoint exactly what it is.

The Dangers:

• This type of magic has many opportunities for things to go wrong - and disastrously so.  When spells backfire or aren’t performed correctly, it can prevent items from completing their transfigurations.