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The PensieveFor as long as they've existed, Pensieves have had an unspoken rule of privacy. To gaze into another's Pensieve would be considered impolite, a major violation of privacy. They often contained a Wizard or Witch's deepest secrets, or as more often would be the case, those embarrassing blunders you don't want to remember.
As such, the manufacturing of a Pensieve was pretty rare. Until Wally Whizhard came along and decided it was time to end the prudish nature of the Pensieve, as he could see a vast bigger picture unfolding before his eyes, along with a vault in Gringott's with a potential ocean of gold.
Of course when he proposed the idea of
Hogwarts for the Homeschooled Witch or Wizard, everyone laughed in his face- there simply were no renowned Witches or Wizards in the world that came from homeschooling. It would be incredibly irresponsible, not to mention
several breaches in magical law. It simply was not, nor would it ever be possible.
Until the Portkey incidents began. When the magical world was faced with the strangest magical mishap in wizarding history, suddenly ol' Wally Whizhard's idea sounded like the perfect way to educate the new magical folk pouring in.
And so, a rare piece of magic became a staple for you, the new Witch or Wizard embarking on your magical journal.
To use a Pensieve, simply make sure it is on a steady surface, carefully uncork your chosen memory and pour it into the basin. We highly suggest using only one memory at a time, as beginning users often find it difficult to navigate multiple memories at once. Rarely, users have become lost in a Pensieve with too many memories, resulting in chronic day-dreaming during normal activity.
Once you've deposited your memory into the Pensieve, simply lean forward and peer into it. You will feel a pull, then experience the world shifting around you as you find yourself in the classroom of your chosen memory. Images around you may shift, or go in and out of focus. Do not be alarmed, this is normal, especially for those whose memories aren't as strong as others.
You will feel as if you're quite literally there, all those years ago, right along with everyone else. One person out of them all stands out among the rest; the owner of the memory. They could be anyone, be they Hufflepuff or Slytherin, but rest assured each memory is screen for quality purposes. If you have any questions, concerns or otherwise about any of your provided memories, please see your Headmaster for assistance*.
*Inattentiveness, damaged or heavily altered memories, confusing or unclear instructions, etc.When you've completed your lesson, simply concentrate a few moments on slipping out of the memory and back into your own mind, as you pull yourself away from the Pensieve. Do not feel alarmed if you experience dizziness, this is normal.
You are free to view each memory as often as you wish.
Years & AdvancementThe typical Hogwarts student goes through 7 years of schooling, but the unique ability to review, practice and improve at a self-guided rate, Wally Whizhard is confident that you can graduate even faster than that!
Each kit includes everything required for your self-guided journey through year one, along with a list of requirements to pass an advancement exam; a series of tests both written and practical that show you've studied the required material and can put it to demonstration. A student may take as long as they need to study and prepare for their a advancement exam in order to move up in year, though it's encouraged you take no longer than a full school year so that the memories can eventually be returned to their owner.
You may request an advancement exam at any point that you feel ready and confident that you will pass. When a student requests their advancement exam, a date will be set and they will be given their exam in front of their professors and a few Ministry of Magic officials. At the end, they will be graded on each subject, with passing marks required in each to advance.
Students then must wait a minimum of
4 months before they can request their next advancement exam.
When you've passed your advancement exam, you will then be given the kit for year two, and so on and so forth.
Contents of the first year kit include;
One Pensieve; a stone basin in which to deposit and view bottled memories
One large satchel filled with bottled memories; it seems bigger on the inside
School textbooks; all year one books required for studies, secondhand
One pewter cauldron; enchanted to be much lighter than it actually is
One set of brass scales
One set of glass phials
One telescope
From there, each kit will simply consist of new memories and a list of all required supplies for the year, along with a stipend to afford those supplies.
CurriculumIt would be pretty difficult to sum up all of the knowledge that can be found within Wally Whizhard's program, so rather than listing everything, the below list is everything required to pass each subject's advancement exam.
In order to get a full sense of what each class has to offer, please refer to
this page on the Harry Potter wiki and browse through each class's wiki page. It does a much better job at summarizing all of the classes and the information within them!
If it's listed in that year's curriculum there, it will have it's own corresponding memory for your character to view and learn. OOCly, there's no hard limit on how fast/slow you want your character to learn, all we ask is you err on the side of realism and what you think is best for your character.
You are free to handwave whatever aspects of the memories you want. They can be really useful, full of knowledge and easy to follow, or they can be hazy, hard to understand or confusing. Witches and Wizards are fallible, prone to forgetfulness and tampering with their own memories from time to time. Feel free to do whatever you want with that- within reason, of course.
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ℋ Year One
Transfiguration: Successfully transfigure a small animal into an object of your choice.
Charms: Demonstrate a levitation charm, an illumination charm and help Professor Flitwick remove the pumpkin juice stain from his tie.
Potions: A written essay on the uses of a bezoar, along with successfully brewing a cure for boils.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Demonstrate the use of a jelly-legs jinx, as well as its counter-curse.
Herbology: Successfully identify at least 6 different dangerous plants in the Hogwarts greenhouses.
History of Magic: Written exams on famous wizards through the years, as well as an essay on self-stirring cauldrons.
Astronomy: Written exams and an essay on planetary movements.
Flying: Successfully navigate an obstacle course while dodging a slow moving bludger.
ℋ Year Two
Transfiguration: Successfully transfigure a pair of slippers into a pair of rabbits and then back again.
Charms: Demonstrate a freezing charm, a fire-making spell and write an essay on shrinking charms.
Potions: Successfully brew and test a fire protection potion.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Demonstrate a disarming charm and a full body bind curse.
Herbology: Successfully repot at least six mandrakes and write an essay on their uses in potion making.
History of Magic: A written exam on the international warlock convention of 1289.
Astronomy: Successfully create a star chart.
ℋ Year Three
Transfiguration: Successfully transfigure a teapot into a tortoise and write an essay on animagi.
Charms: Demonstrate cheering charms, counter-spells and banishing charms.
Potions: Successfully brew a shrinking solution and test it on yourself or another creature.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Successfully face your fears and banish a bogart using the ridikulus charm.
Herbology: Successfully demonstrate the herbivicus charm and an essay on de-fanging vampiric vegetation.
History of Magic: A written exam and an essay on witch hunts through the ages.
Astronomy: Write an essay on Uranus.
ℋ Year Four
Transfiguration: Successfully summon a snake, a color changing charm and transfigure a hedgehog into a pin cushion.
Charms: Demonstrating summoning and scouring charms as well as an essay on safe usage of exploding charms.
Potions: Successfully brew an antidote to three different poisons and a written essay on the skele-gro potion.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Demonstrate hex deflection and write an essay on counter-curses.
Herbology: Successfully contain a bouncing bulb and write an essay on Shrivelfigs and their uses in potion making.
History of Magic: A written exam and essay on the goblin rebellions.
Astronomy: Write an essay on Europa and lo.
ℋ Year Five
Transfiguration: Demonstrate switching spells, transfigure a goldfinch into a golden snitch, and a gobstone into a skunk.
Charms: Successfully repair several objects while making them grow legs and dance around the room.
Potions: Successfully brew three different draughts of your choosing (Peace, Invigoration, Befuddlement), as well as an essay on the uses of the unicorn horns.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Successfully banish a snake, perform a smokescreen spell and an impediment jinx.
Herbology: Successfully harvest fangs from a fanged geranium and write an essay on the uses of dittany.
History of Magic: Written exams on giant wars, werewolf code of conduct and the international statute of secrecy.
Astronomy: Accurately observe and identify constellations and create a star chart.
ℋ Year Six
Transfiguration: Nonverbally demonstrate a vanishing spell on three different creatures.
Charms: Nonverbally demonstrate knitting charms, a water creation spell and a bubble head charm.
Potions: Successfully brew an elixir to induce euphoria, a draught of living death, as well as an essay on polyjuice potion.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Nonverbally demonstrate and put into practice a shield spell and write an essay on dementors and how to defend against them.
Herbology: Successfully extract venom from a venomous tentacula.
History of Magic: A written exam on the history of wandlore, the owl airforce and ancient runes.
Astronomy: Write an essay on lunar phases.
ℋ Year Seven
Transfiguration: Nonverbally demonstrate conjuring charms, human transfiguration and transfigure cauldron cakes into cabbages.
Charms: Nonverbally demonstrate a draught charm and the reductor curse.
Potions: Successfully brew an Everlasting Elixir.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Nonverbally demonstrate an imperturbable charm, a stretching jinx and the ear-shriveling curse.
Herbology: Successfully repot a venomous tentacula.
History of Magic: Written exams on the dissolving of the wizards' council, the uprising of Elfric the Eager and an essay on the gargoyle strike of 1911.
Astronomy: A written exam on space weather, Jupiter and Saturn.
ℋ Electives
Care of Magical Creatures:
Divination:
Arithmancy:
Muggle Studies:
Ancient Runes:
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