A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
written by Hermione Potter
This is an informative book that will help all transfigurists. As this textbook should be in the possession of every fifth, sixth and seventh year within Hogwarts, several copies of this text may be found in the Magical Textbook Section of the library.
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Chapter 5 Human or Animal Animalis Verto
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Human or Animal
Animalis Verto
This chapter will review the transfiguration spell needed to successfully accomplish a human or animal transfiguration. This spell is critically dangerous, and should always require supervision when practicing such spells. The spell, Animalis Verto is a versatile spell much like the spell, evanesco, in the sense that only one spell is required for the entire branch of conjuration, and in this case, human and animal transfiguration. The spell requires utmost concentration, and any amount of stress or distraction can hinder the spells completion and can end with disastrous effects.
The words are derived from Latin, animalis meaning “having breath”, and verto which, as you should already know, means “to turn” or “I change”. The incantation is pronounced an-uh-mey-lee-uhs VAIR-toh.
Referencing back to our categories in Chapter 1, this spell solely falls under the transformation branch of transfiguration. This spell can accomplish a broad range of effects dependent upon the caster. This is where the transfiguration branches Switching, Cross Species Switching, and human transfiguration are most often dealt with. With this spell, the caster may alter their own body parts to match that of an animals’, or an entire human being into another form. Human Transfiguration can be used to essentially replicate the natural abilities of Metamorphmagi, allowing the practitioner or the subject to take on an entirely different form or make various individual changes to their appearance, such as growing or changing the color of one's hair or taking on individual animal body parts. Although it is possible to transfigure humans into inanimate objects, it is unknown how someone who had himself transfigured into an object would be able to untransfigure without the intervention of another witch or wizard.
The level of this transfiguration ranges from somewhat difficult to expert
t= Transformation of oneself or another human or animal
a= caster/victim must be heavier than the transformation
v= extreme
w= strong
c= complete
Z= perfectly spoken, completely clear
Human or Animal
Animalis Verto
This chapter will review the transfiguration spell needed to successfully accomplish a human or animal transfiguration. This spell is critically dangerous, and should always require supervision when practicing such spells. The spell, Animalis Verto is a versatile spell much like the spell, evanesco, in the sense that only one spell is required for the entire branch of conjuration, and in this case, human and animal transfiguration. The spell requires utmost concentration, and any amount of stress or distraction can hinder the spells completion and can end with disastrous effects.
The words are derived from Latin, animalis meaning “having breath”, and verto which, as you should already know, means “to turn” or “I change”. The incantation is pronounced an-uh-mey-lee-uhs VAIR-toh.
Referencing back to our categories in Chapter 1, this spell solely falls under the transformation branch of transfiguration. This spell can accomplish a broad range of effects dependent upon the caster. This is where the transfiguration branches Switching, Cross Species Switching, and human transfiguration are most often dealt with. With this spell, the caster may alter their own body parts to match that of an animals’, or an entire human being into another form. Human Transfiguration can be used to essentially replicate the natural abilities of Metamorphmagi, allowing the practitioner or the subject to take on an entirely different form or make various individual changes to their appearance, such as growing or changing the color of one's hair or taking on individual animal body parts. Although it is possible to transfigure humans into inanimate objects, it is unknown how someone who had himself transfigured into an object would be able to untransfigure without the intervention of another witch or wizard.
The level of this transfiguration ranges from somewhat difficult to expert
t= Transformation of oneself or another human or animal
a= caster/victim must be heavier than the transformation
v= extreme
w= strong
c= complete
Z= perfectly spoken, completely clear
