From Alterations to Altercations: The Transfigurative Guide
written by Katherine Lutz
Companion to a Beginners Guide to Transfiguration, for First, Second and Third Year Transfiguration Students.
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Fera Verto
Chapter 6
Fera Verto is one of four spells known as the mediatory spells, in that they are the core and foundation to all arts of transfiguration. The others are Avifors, Draconifors and Snufflifors, and together they wield the basic technique and proper use of the transfiguration world.
Fera Verto is the given spell for transfiguring animals into any variation of crockery: goblets, cups, plates, etc. Fera Verto falls under two categories for the factors of its makeup: first as a life diminishing spell since it makes the animal into something less than what it was, and second as an alteration spell for although the animal becomes something else, in essence it remains itself.
Take note: The Animal in question, is typically the size of, or smaller than, a shoe box. Attempts beyond this size are not advised!
Life Diminishing refers to two notable points in the Laws of Elemental Transfiguration. The fact that the words ‘life diminishing’ are used does not necessarily make them correct as, although the animal is less than its original state of being, it is in its essence always an animal. When the spell wears off, it will revert back to its original form utterly unharmed. Many wizards and witches go on to question the validity of this statement since the animal is effectively put to the side whilst the object is used. In fact, the animal is purely encased in the magic and so their essence is never lost but rather shielded by the spell. The spell uses the solidity of the animal’s form to generate the shape of a plate, or goblet or any form of crockery required and stays thus until the spell wears off. In the situation where the crockery is destroyed (a common trick employed by stage magicians) the magic encasing the animal is destroyed and the animal returns to normal unharmed. In situations where the animal reverts whilst the crockery is still dirty, the excess dirt or food or whatever was on or in the object is simply banished and the animal is unscathed by it.
Magical historians and animal rights advocates as a general rule dislike this spell as they see it as cruelty and an attempt to breach the magical laws put in place by Gamp eons ago. Less commonly known is that blood can have a significant effect on how this spell performs. The blood of certain species such as that of a dragon mixes with the magic and enhances the effect beyond normal, allowing the spell to turn the animal into an object outside of crockery, like a chair or a sofa. The type of blood and the freshness of it, as determined by the Ministry of Magic regulations and guides for magical blood, will determine how powerful the spell is. Fresh blood from an Antipodean Opaleye will enable the spell to endure several months of rigorous movement and use before it reverts to its original state as an animal. Also to be noted is that the blood is used up in the process and therefore once it reverts, the blood will disappear.
Fera Verto is the given spell for transfiguring animals into any variation of crockery: goblets, cups, plates, etc. Fera Verto falls under two categories for the factors of its makeup: first as a life diminishing spell since it makes the animal into something less than what it was, and second as an alteration spell for although the animal becomes something else, in essence it remains itself.
Take note: The Animal in question, is typically the size of, or smaller than, a shoe box. Attempts beyond this size are not advised!
Life Diminishing refers to two notable points in the Laws of Elemental Transfiguration. The fact that the words ‘life diminishing’ are used does not necessarily make them correct as, although the animal is less than its original state of being, it is in its essence always an animal. When the spell wears off, it will revert back to its original form utterly unharmed. Many wizards and witches go on to question the validity of this statement since the animal is effectively put to the side whilst the object is used. In fact, the animal is purely encased in the magic and so their essence is never lost but rather shielded by the spell. The spell uses the solidity of the animal’s form to generate the shape of a plate, or goblet or any form of crockery required and stays thus until the spell wears off. In the situation where the crockery is destroyed (a common trick employed by stage magicians) the magic encasing the animal is destroyed and the animal returns to normal unharmed. In situations where the animal reverts whilst the crockery is still dirty, the excess dirt or food or whatever was on or in the object is simply banished and the animal is unscathed by it.
Magical historians and animal rights advocates as a general rule dislike this spell as they see it as cruelty and an attempt to breach the magical laws put in place by Gamp eons ago. Less commonly known is that blood can have a significant effect on how this spell performs. The blood of certain species such as that of a dragon mixes with the magic and enhances the effect beyond normal, allowing the spell to turn the animal into an object outside of crockery, like a chair or a sofa. The type of blood and the freshness of it, as determined by the Ministry of Magic regulations and guides for magical blood, will determine how powerful the spell is. Fresh blood from an Antipodean Opaleye will enable the spell to endure several months of rigorous movement and use before it reverts to its original state as an animal. Also to be noted is that the blood is used up in the process and therefore once it reverts, the blood will disappear.
