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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-01 07:30:00

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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.

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.

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.

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Iris Shacklebolt

irissh
2016-12-01 03:48 pm UTC (link)

~~Ignoring that I had a big long thing typed up and then IJ ate it!~~

Name: Iris Shacklebolt
Year: Senior
Patronus Form: Pallas's Cat/manul
Why?: Many reasons!

Her dad's patronus is a lynx, and he's very important to her, no matter what she tries to say.
Cats and Iris work together: both are secretive, act confident even when they're making complete fools of themselves, indecisive ("open the door!" "...lol jk I'm going to stay inside"), and magical. This was a lot better before IJ ate it.
Pallas's cats are particularly emblematic of this, being apex predators but looking... well. Like this.

Their happy memory: Iris kind of went through a LOT of memories: her first blazingly happy memory of seeing her dad for the first time after the War, getting her wand at Ollivander's, her friends here at Gooseberry and back at Hogwarts. She ultimately settled on the first time she arrived at Gooseberry and nobody knew her name.
Their attempt: Despite not being in DADA, Iris is pretty good at Charms and isn't too bad at advanced skills. She's seen basically everyone in her life not only cast this spell since she was wee but use it to communicate with from that time, too. That said, she's still a little miffed about the bonding activity and is still a little shaken over the Amortentia, so she's not at peak form.
Are they in DADA or Occlumency?: Neither!

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	Re: Iris Shacklebolt notacad 2016-12-01 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	I get such a huge kick out of that picture XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	goosemods 2016-12-01 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Iris fails to cast a full bodied patronus. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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