Charms Lesson 7 Year 1 : Differentiation and Locking/Unlocking Charms

Locks and Unlocks - Soft and Hard

 

 

Welcome

 

Professor Sterling is patiently waiting on her chair, grading assignments from the last class she had. She welcomes her students in "Good Day, students. I hope you find today's two charms interesting, as they're related to locks and unlocks. Sounds fun, right?"

 

 

Welcome back, everyone, to the class! I am Professor Martina Sterling! Today, we will be differentiating between two categories of spell!

 

 

One category is Static spell! Static spells are also known as instant spells, as they are almost cast in an instant! We do not need to wait for long for them to be cast, and we don't need to hold up any components for long, we can just bring them up and down in a second! Examples are Wand Lighting and Severing charms.

 

 

 

 

The next category is the Dynamic spell. Dynamic spells are basically hard to cast, as we need to hold those spells up. We should take time to study those, and the components must be maintained until the effects take place. Examples are Mending and Locomotor Charms.

 

 

 

Now, let us learn the Locking Charm! It produces no light. It was invented by an unknown Irish magician around the 1600s only. Not much is known about the invention history. It was invented before the Unlocking Charm was invented.

 

 

 

This charm is used to close locks on doors and other places. Mechanical Locks are the easiest which can be unlocked. Its counter charm is the Unlocking Charm. Please do not try to use this charm on animate objects, as they may get seriously hurt. The light which comes from it is invisible.

 

 

 

• Incantation: Colloportus

• Pronunciation: cull-low-PORE-tus

• Wand Movement: A upward and downwards flick, and then a swish

• Concentration: Low for less complex locks ; more for complex

• Willpower : Moderate

 

 

 

We move on to the Unlocking Charm. It gives out Invisible, blue, yellow, or purple light while we cast it. It unlocks objects and locks. There is an Anti Alohomora Charm that can be used to prevent this charm. It is also known as the thief's friend. The unlocking charm portabeto was used before the charm was invented.

 

 

 

Before that one, however, Open Sesame was the most popular spell. It ripped doors from their hinges and tore them into firewood. From all those, Alohomora was more easy to use. It is said to be invented by an ancient African sorcerer, but in the 1600s, in Britain, the charm was first used by Eldon Elsrickle, to loot houses of London. Many wizarding people got to know about it, and one, called Brogan Bubbler, invented the counter charm for it, and wizards used it.

 

 

 

The caster must focus on the lock being opened, and you must perform the wand movement while you start saying the incantation, and end it while you finish saying it. A simple mechanical lock will take less willpower, and a complex one will take more.

 

 

 

The wand movement for this spell is a backward 'S' with a curve. You need to maintain sufficient quantity of concentration on the object.

The most important thing while casting the spell to do is visualisation and imagination. Those two components can take you anywhere, so you must visualize the lock, and then visualise yourselves opening the lock by casting the charms by the wand movement, incantation, willpower and concentration ; the golden components.

 

 

 

Depending upon the weight, design and the complexity of the lock, the willpower and concentration components must be adjusted.

A mechanical lock, as mentioned before, is easier to unlock than bewitched or magical locks, which are available in magical supplies stores in Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley.

 

 

Now, I'm closing today's class.  Class dismissed!