Special Abilities

Special Abilities Apr 20, 2009 22:43:35 GMT -5

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Post by Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy on Apr 20, 2009 22:43:35 GMT -5

Sign up here for a special ability. Only three per student. I'm putting age restrictions on some, so when you sign up make sure your character is the right age.

Animagus

An Animagus is a witch or wizard who can turn into a particular animal at will. This ability is not innate: it must be acquired by magical means. All Animagi must register at a central authority; it is illegal to obtain this ability without registering.

Each Animagus has a specific animal form, and cannot transform into any other animal. The animal cannot be chosen: it is uniquely suited to that individual's personality, like the Patronus charm, and in some cases the Animagus will change into the same animal used in the person's Patronus charm. Similarly, when an Animagus transforms it is always into the exact same animal (i.e. same markings, same colours, etc.). When an Animagus registers, they must record all the defining physical traits of their animal form so that the Ministry can identify them.
Requirements: Sixth year and up

Metamorphmagus

A Metamorphmagus (a portmanteau of metamorph and magus) is a witch or wizard born with the innate ability to change some or all of their appearance at will. The talent cannot be acquired; a witch or wizard who has it must be born with it.
Requirements: Any age

Parseltongue

Parseltongue is the language of snakes. It is in the common mind a*sociated with Dark Magic (although Albus Dumbledore has stated that it is not a necessarily evil quality), and those possessing the ability to speak it ("Parselmouths") are very rare. It appears to be a skill acquired through both learning and genetic inheritance (or by use of Dark or dangerous Magic). Harry Potter is a Parselmouth: it was revealed in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that this was due to Voldemort pa*sing on some his abilities to Harry the night he tried to kill him, In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it is revealed that it is a part of Voldemort's soul residing within Harry that grants him this ability.

Other known Parselmouths include: Herpo the Foul; Salazar Slytherin and his descendants, including the Gaunts (Marvolo, Morfin, Merope) and Lord Voldemort. Albus Dumbledore can understand Parseltongue. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince he repeats Morfin Gaunt's words "the big house over the way", which were spoken in Parseltongue.

Ginny Weasley is not a Parselmouth, despite the fact that at points in Chamber of Secrets she appeared to speak in Parseltongue: she was at the time being possessed by the spirit of Tom Marvolo Riddle, who was himself Lord Voldemort, a Parselmouth. Ron Weasley uses Parseltongue in the final book to reopen the Chamber of Secrets, but only through persistently trying to mimic the sounds Harry made. This, along with Dumbledore's comprehension of Parseltongue, indicates that the language may not necessarily be a strictly magical trait, but can be a learned art.
Requirements: Fifth year and older

Flying

Flight without aid of a broomstick or other object is a relatively rare ability. Voldemort can do this without the aid of a broom or carpet, as can Severus Snape. Hagrid reveals to Harry that he "flew" in order to reach the island that Uncle Vernon had taken his family to in order to escape the letters coming from Hogwarts, in the fourth chapter of the first book; the means of flying is not revealed, nor is any physical evidence of a flying apparatus indicated. Severus Snape flies out of Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; he left the school through an upper-story window, and Minerva McGonagall said that he was unhurt as 'he had learned some tricks' from Voldemort. Levicorpus can be cast onto people to make them levitate, but they have no control, and can only rise upwards. It is stated that flying unsupported defies the laws of magic, as only objects are known to float with a flying charm.

Objects are also known to be enchanted so they fly. Sirius Black had a flying motorbike that he loaned to Hagrid to bring Harry to the Dursleys and Arthur illegally enchanted a Ford Anglia to fly. These machines work like usual except that they are in the air, this could explain how Hagrid flew to get Harry out on the island.
requirements: Adults only

Seer

A Seer is a witch or wizard with the clairvoyant ability to predict future events. The predictions given through this ability can sometimes be self-fulfilling prophecies, and Albus Dumbledore states in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that not all of them come true, depending on the choices made by those mentioned. This would seem to indicate that a Seer predicts possible or likely events, at least in some cases.

Each prophecy made by a Seer is recorded in a gla*s sphere and stored in the Hall of Prophecy of the Department of Mysteries within the Ministry of Magic and can only be retrieved by one of the people mentioned in it.

According to Minerva McGonagall, true Seers are extremely rare. Sybill Trelawney is the only Seer shown in the books, although it is mentioned that Sybill's great-great-grandmother, Ca*sandra Trelawney, was a renowned Seer in her day.
Requirements: Sixth year and older

Legilimency and Occlumency

Legilimency is the magical skill of extracting feelings and memories from another person's mind — a form of magical telepathy (although Severus Snape, an able practitioner of the art, dismisses the colloquial term as a drastic oversimplification). It also allows one to convey visions or memories to another person, whether real or imaginary. A witch or wizard possessing this skill is called a Legilimens, and can, for example, detect lies and deceit in another person, witness memories in another person's past, or "plant" false visions in another's mind.

The counter-skill to Legilimency is Occlumency, by which one can compartmentalise one's emotions, or prevent a Legilimens from discovering thoughts or memories which contradict one's spoken words or actions.

Legilimency and Occlumency are not part of the normal curriculum at Hogwarts, and most students would graduate without learning them. They seem to be considered a more advanced form of magic, perhaps comparable to post-graduate studies in the muggle world, and a Hogwarts student would get special tuition in them only in special cases, such as Harry Potter's.
Requirements: Adults Only

Apparition and Disapparition

Apparition is a magical form of teleportation, through which a witch or wizard can disappear ("Disapparate") from one location and reappear ("Apparate") in another. It is sometimes accompanied by a distinctive cracking or popping sound, though this is a*sociated with ineptitude rather than success; the most skilled magicians can Apparate "so suddenly and silently" that they seem to have "popped out of the ground" (Dumbledore). The act is also accompanied by a very unpleasant squeezing sensation, as though being sent through a tight rubber tube, according to Harry

Apparition is licensed by the Ministry of Magic, and a witch or wizard must be 17 years old or older and have a license to use Apparition. This is similar to the way real-world governments require individuals to have a license to drive a motor vehicle. Students at Hogwarts may attend Ministry lessons in Apparition during their sixth year, and may take their examination once they turn seventeen.
Requirements: Must be Seventeen years old

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