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PATRONUS STUDY SESSION
PATRONUS STUDY SESSION
Ms. Lilywhite has been teaching a section on casting Patronuses. Every year, she allows non-DADA students to attend extra study sessions she holds after dinner, because she believes a well-formed Patronus is an important life skill. It’s… not, probably, but who’s going to argue with her?
HOW THIS WORKS
If your character attends these sessions or takes DADA, they will at least learn what their patronus will be and will get a partial formation. The mods will roll to see if your character can cast a successful full-bodied patronus.
Occlumency students are presumed to already be well-versed with this spell, as it requires emotional control and self-awareness, which are invaluable skills in Occlumency, especially if you plan on becoming an Auror. Unless you choose otherwise, all Occlumency students automatically succeed, or can already cast the charm.
Fill out this form if your character takes Occlumency or attends the extra study sessions:
If your character attends these sessions or takes DADA, they will at least learn what their patronus will be and will get a partial formation. The mods will roll to see if your character can cast a successful full-bodied patronus.
Occlumency students are presumed to already be well-versed with this spell, as it requires emotional control and self-awareness, which are invaluable skills in Occlumency, especially if you plan on becoming an Auror. Unless you choose otherwise, all Occlumency students automatically succeed, or can already cast the charm.
Occlumency students: Automatic success.
Seniors in DADA: 75% success.
Seniors not in DADA: 50% success.
Juniors in DADA: 65% success.
Juniors not in DADA: 40% success.
Sophomores in DADA: 55% success.
Sophomores not in DADA: 30% success.
Fill out this form if your character takes Occlumency or attends the extra study sessions:
Name:
Year: Sophomore/Junior/Senior
Patronus Form: It can change from the last time we asked you, but this will be your official “canon” answer.
Why?: What does this animal mean, or why is it significant to them?
Their happy memory: What memory finally worked for them?
Their attempt: Any other notes on how it went for them?
Are they in DADA or Occlumency?: This contributes to the likelihood of their success.
Laurel Templeton
Year: Senior
Patronus Form: Robin
Why?: Laurel's sun sign is in Gemini. Air. She strikes me as kind of up in the clouds, hopping/flitting from place to place, and a bird kind of feels like a natural choice (I mean, Azurcrest).
Everything I've read about robins in a symbolic sense points to their representing joy in change, springtime, singing your own song, letting go and and accepting growth, ability to find pleasure in simple things. These all strike me as v Laurel-ish in different ways. :)
Robins are also some of the first lil creatures you see when winter is ending and spring is on the way.
Their happy memory: Her first (and only) starring role in Annie, seventh grade. She thinks about how it felt to take a bow and be applauded, to know that her hard work had paid off for the production, and the ways in which her creativity was supported by friends and her sister and parents.
Their attempt: Eh. She's mostly here because she's curious, and she has no real background in either DADA or Occlumency. She might look to be performing slightly better than she actually is. That said, Laurel is kind of cheery and good-vibey and high spirits generally, even if lately she's had a lot on her mind (and those things could easily affect her performance if she allows them to). I think in previous years she's probably been successful casting the spell, if only for a short time, or perhaps less-than-corporeally.
Are they in DADA or Occlumency?: Neither.
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