Lecture done Ellsworth plunged into the wrap up, sure he would see disappointment on his students faces. But not all work could be wandwork. "Two weeks from today I would like an essay outlining the usages of charms in dueling." He told them merrily. "It needs to be six inches long and well thought out. I look forward to reading them. You are dismissed."

In 100-250 words please discuss and reflect on the usages of charms in dueling. This is a broad topic so please have fun with it. Professor Ruskin will especially enjoy topics that consider experimental charms, this may be a rumor throughout the school so if you have a student who listens to that type of rumor feel free to brown nose. House points will be given for the best in three categories: creativeness, thought provoking, and ridiculousness. Please note that house points may also be taken for complete rubbish assignments and for ridiculousness. What's life without a bit of risk? ;) This assignment will be due mid November and OOC at the end of November. Late work will be accepted.

  

The Best Duelists Use Charms
Anne Moony, 4th Slytherin

The Standard Book of Spells says that Charms are spells that add properties to something but don’t completely change it. That’s good for dueling because you want to make your opponent a loser, but you don’t want to make them dead. Unless you’re a dark wizard. If you’re a dark wizard, then you might want to kill someone when you duel, but that is dishonorable, and you don’t really get the honor and glory of winning if you can’t win fair. And you should never use dark magic in a duel unless it’s a jink or hex not a that bad Unforgivable curses. Those are the darkest curses and curses are bad charms.

To illustrate her point, Anne drew a rather detailed four-panel cartoon of a duel with the victor (who looks rather like Anne) either winning a trophy or being hexed by several other characters, helpfully labeled 'auror,' after the use of an unforgivable curse.

The more Charms I know, the better I am as a duelist. Think of it as math:
Winner is the duelist with the highest duelist score (Y).

Y = (Skill + Strength + Creativity) x Charms Known

This means that even if someone is stronger than me, if I know more charms, I can still beat them. Especially if I've practiced combining spells and trying new things...

Anne continues on with her magical math theories, offering her formulas for combining spell successfully (she's not there just yet, but she's figuring out the math!). About a foot of parchment later, Anne realizes she didn't account for the duelist's intent in her formula. Her formulas show her struggles getting philosophical as she attempts to measure intent over consequence in her numbers. Several lines of hypothesis testing and moral quandarizing are scratched out entirely. Multiple punctures in the parchment reflect Anne's frustration over the whole development.

The rest doesn't matter. My point is true - the best duelists use Charms because charms are a wide class of spells that can be used without breaking the law or the duelist's moral code. I am going to learn and practice everything I can to be the best duelist I can be and that means learning a load of charms.

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Ellsworth Ruskin

  

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MJ about made me cry with this one!
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