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Third Years: Lesson 1; *Archived* Gamp's Laws
Topic Started: Feb 15 2016, 08:26 AM (67 Views)
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Professor Summers waited for his third years to arrive whilst seated behind his desk at the head of the room, his cloak draped across the back of the chair. His sleeves were rolled up and he sat casually, looking forward to just getting the class over and done with - he still had the other years to get through. He preferred the older students he used to teach. It was easier to converse with them, and get a point across. Eleven to fourteen year olds weren't quite the same.

As the students filed in, the wizard picked up his wand from the desk and waved it toward the board behind him, the small chunk of white chalk at its base coming to life and writing across its surface.

Gamp's Laws of Elemental Transfiguration: Limitations

"Good morning, third years. For those of you who are new to the school, I am Professor Summers, your Transfiguration instructor until you enter fifth year. For the rest of you, welcome back. Today's lesson is unfortunately going to be a bit dull and wands won't be necessary. Just bear with it for today and try to take as many notes as you can." The wizard told them, not liking the fact they were doing theory any more than he did. "So, let's get started. Today we'll be looking at restrictions within Transfiguration. What can't we do? Well, there's five specific categories."

Summers got to his feet and walked around the classroom, wand still pointed at the board behind him. The chalk danced through the air, writing up another word. Death. "I'm sure by now you're all aware that, while magic makes it seem like we are capable of doing anything, we can't go so far as to bring back the dead. At least, as they used to be. It's possible to foresee death, but reversing it is entirely impossible as far as we know. A lot of you may have already learned this at a young age, when a beloved pet has died and your parents couldn't simply wave their wand and have it brought back to life. No magic, including that of Transfiguration, is capable of this." He stopped, glancing at the students faces to find some were dismayed, whereas others obviously knew this already. Some people had to learn this the hard way.

"Following that, we have Magical Injury. Unlike muggles, wizards have the ability to cure most illnesses or injuries through magic. There's Skele-Gro, which can regrow lost bones overnight, a feat that would be impossible without magic. Various potions are readily available to remove sickness in seconds. Cuts and bruises can be healed with simple spells. But, it's not always so easy. Curing Insanity is beyond our capabilities, for starters. There also exists magic, dark magic, that leaves a permanent scar on its victims. Limbs can be lost through the use of this magic and we are powerless to regrow or reattach them. This is the harsh reality of magic."

"This next one is a bit obvious." Aeon continued, wanting to move on from the last two, less friendly subjects. He couldn't have their thoughts lingering on it for too long, it'd put the class in a low mood. "Knowledge and skills can't be gained by magical means. You can't pluck information from nothing and place it into yourself. There's no way of simply being able to just know things. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to study." He informed them, leaning back against the edge of his desk as he spoke. It was a bizarre thing to think, but he had to mention it. "Next on our list may come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but food in unable to be created. You can summon it if you know where it is, and are able to duplicate existing food, but creating it is impossible. Your meals every day don't simply appear out of thin air. It's all prepared by the house elves and summoned to your plates." Aeon nodded his head as some of the kids looked shocked. Apparently it was not common knowledge. "And lastly, we are unable to gain money or possessions which require money by magic. Gold is impossible to create. That would be too easy. You can't wave your wand and conjure a bag of galleons, as much as you'd all like to. If we could do that, we wouldn't need galleons in the first place. This isn't to say it's impossible to conjure something out of nothing, but the things you do conjure are never permanent. Sure, you may be powerful enough to keep something around for weeks or months, maybe even years, but not only would it take great skill, it would also eventually fade back into the nothingness it came from."

Summers took a breath, tired of talking. This was all boring stuff that anyone with common sense would know anyway. He wasn't sure why it was included in the curriculum. Then again, there were a handful of students who hadn't previously known things such as food weren't created magically. "So. Some of you might think, what can you do? With Transfiguration, we can change what we already have, living or not. As for the rest of its capabilities..that's simply something you'll need to find out as the course progresses, so stay tuned. Before I dismiss you all for the day, I have some homework. Nothing too hard, just your thoughts on Transfiguration and its limitations. Super simple stuff. Class dismissed."
Extra Credit Essay: Your theories on limitations of Transfiguration. Basically write your thoughts on some of the inner workings of Transfiguration, and why or why not there are limitations on certain things. Please include a short introduction of yourself at the start of your essay.
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