Employment Report: Gideon Blackwood

Gideon Blackwood

Charms

Foundational Charms

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Bundle: Foundational Charms
Tier 1 – 5ʛ

Prerequisite: None
Contents:

• Alohomora
  
• Colloportus
  
• Hot Air Charm
  
• Illegibilus
  
• Lumos / Nox
  
• Reparo (small objects)
  
• Simple household charms (Dusting, basic heating)
  
• Wingardium Leviosa

Practical Everyday Charms

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Bundle: Practical Everyday Charms
Tier 2 – 8ʛ

Prerequisite: Foundational Charms
Contents:

• Accio (small items)
  
• Colovaria (basic colour change)
  
• Depulso (small items)
  
• Scourgify
  
• Simple silencing or muffling charms (non-combat)

Introductory Defensive Charms

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Bundle: Introductory Defensive Charms
Tier 3 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Practical Everyday Charms
Contents:

• Bat-Bogey Hex
  
• Expelliarmus (non-combat strength)
  
• Flipendo
  
• Immobulus (short duration)
  
• Mucus Ad Nauseam
  
• Pepper breath
  
• Protego (basic)
  
• Rictusempra
  
• Slugulus Eructo
  
• Tarantallegra
  
• Verdimillious

Standard Combat Charms

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Bundle: Standard Combat Charms
Tier 4 – 12ʛ

Prerequisite: Introductory Defensive Charms
Contents:

• Bombarda
  
• Confundo
  
• Confringo
  
• Densaugeo
  
• Expelliarmus (full strength)
  
• Fumos
  
• Furnunculus
  
• Glacius
  
• Impedimenta
  
• Langlock
  
• Mimblewimble
  
• Oppugno
  
• Petrificus Totalus
  
• Protego (enhanced duration)
  
• Relashio
  
• Stupefy
  
• Tail-growing charm

Enhanced
Utility
Charms

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Bundle: Enhanced Utility Charms
Tier 3 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Practical Everyday Charms
Contents:

• Arresto Momentum
  
• Carpe Retractum
  
• Diffindo
  
• Engorgio/Reducio (non-living objects)
  
• Episkey
  
• Locomotor
  
• Impervius (basic)
  
• Revelio
  
• Salvia Hexia
  
• Silencio
  

Advanced Utility & Manipulation

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Bundle: Advanced Utility & Manipulation
Tier 4 – 15ʛ

Prerequisite: Enhanced Utility Charms
Contents:

• Accio (larger items)
  
• Appare Vestigium
  
• Apparition (must have licence)
  
• Brackium Emendo
  
• Bubble-Head Charm
  
• Cave Inimicum
  
• Descendo
  
• Depulso (larger items)
  
• Geminio
  
• Homenum Revelio
  
• Imperturbable Charm
  
• Impervius
  
• Muffliato
  
• Obscuro
  
• Piertotum Locomotor
  
• Reducto
  
• Sonorus
  
• Specialis Revelio
  
• Quietus

*Unlocks non-verbal spell-casting
*Unlocks Wandless magic (requires admin approval)

Expert Charms

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Bundle: Expert Charms
Tier 5 – 18ʛ

Prerequisite: Standard Combat Charms OR Advanced Utility & Manipulation
Contents:

• Arresto Momentum Duo
  
• Baubillious
  
• Caterwauling Charm
  
• Confundo Duo
  
• Disillusionment Charm
  
• Expulso
  
• Finite Incantatem
  
• Fumos Duo
  
• Fumos Suffocare
  
• Glacius Duo
  
• Lacarnum Inflamari
  
• Levicorpus
  
• Liberacorpus
  
• Obliviate
  
• Patronus Charm
  
• Protego Maxima
  
• Sectumsempra
  
• Unbreakable Charm

Charms Mastery

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Bundle: Charms Mastery
Tier 6 – 24ʛ

Prerequisite: Expert Charms
Contents:

• Avada Kedavra (may incur penalties)
  
• Bombarda Maxima
  
• Capacious Extremis (requires admin approval)
  
• Crucio (may incur penalties)
  
• Deterioration Hex
  
• Fiendfyre
  
• Firestorm
  
• Flagrante Curse
  
• Imperio (may incur penalties)
  
• Intruder Charm
  
• Legilimens (requires admin approval)
  
• Protean Charm
  
• Unbreakable Vow
  
• Vulnera Sanentur

Transfiguration

Basic Object Alteration

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Bundle: Basic Object Alteration
Tier 1 – 5ʛ

Prerequisite: None
Contents:

• Multicorfors (outfit change)
  
• Flintifors (matchbox transfiguration)
  
• Reparifarge (reversal of failed transformations — untransfiguration)
  
• Vermillious (red sparks for signalling)

Skills gained:

1. Basic colour/texture changes
   
2. Simple object morphs (matchstick to needle)
   
3. Undoing tiny/simple transformations
   
4. Vanish tiny objects (paperclips, buttons)

Intermediate Transformations

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Bundle: Intermediate Transformations
Tier 2 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Basic Object Alteration
Contents:

• Avifors (object to bird)
  
• Herbifors (flowers from head)
  
• Scribblifors (objects into quills)
  
• Snufflifors (books into mice)
  
• Vera Verto (animal into goblet)

Skills gained:

1. Shape alteration of small inanimate objects
   
2. Temporary transfiguration of small animals (up to 1hr)
   
3. Undo basic student transformations (matchbox back to mouse)
   
4. Conjure objects under 1kg
   
5. Vanish items up to 5kg

Animate & Complex
Objects

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Bundle: Animate & Complex Objects
Tier 2 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Intermediate Transformations
Contents:

• Lapifors (object/creature to rabbit)
  
• Piscifors (turn objects into fish)
  
• Pullus (human into chicken)
  
• Melofors (head into pumpkin)
  
• Entomorphis (into insectoid)
  
• Duckifors (turn opponent into duck)

Skills gained:

1. Full object swaps (teapot to frog)
   
2. Animate ↔ inanimate for small creatures
   
3. Reverse basic cross-species transformations (rabbit to frog)
   
4. Multiple-target transfigurations; temporary hybridisation (≤3 hours)
   
5. Remove multi-step/layered transfiguration (some effects may linger)
   
   

Human-
Level Transfiguration

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Bundle: Human-Level Transfiguration
Tier 3 – 15ʛ

Prerequisite: Animate & Complex Objects
Contents:

• Animagus (requires admin approval)
  
• Draconifors (object to dragon)
  
• Crinus Muto (change colour and style of hair)
  
• Tentaclifors (head into tentacle)
  
• Steelclaw (enhance claws)
  
• Switching Spell (swap two objects)
  
• Piertotum Locomotor (animate statues/armor)
  
• Reparifors (heal ailments such as poisoning or paralysis)
  
• Serpensortia (conjure a serpent)

Skills gained:

1. Animate-to-animate (mouse to raven)
   
2. Partial humanoid features (e.g., animal ears)
   
3. Reverse multi-step/layered transfigurations (some lingering effects)
   
4. Conjure large objects up to 50kg
   
5. Vanish objects/creatures up to 50kg
   
6. Gains an animal form that you can change into at will.
   
7. Clean reversals on most animate subjects (no residual effects)

Untransfiguration & Conjuration Basics

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Bundle: Untransfiguration & Conjuration Basics
Tier 2 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Basic Object Alteration
Contents:

• Incendio (conjures fire)
  
• Ferula (bandage conjuration)
  
• Orchideous (bouquet conjuration)
  
• Ebublio (trap in bubble)
  
• Basic Vanishment (up to 5kg)

Skills gained:

1. Conjure small practical objects under 1kg
   
2. Basic vanish of objects up to 5kg
   
3. Repair/restore small damaged transfigured objects

Conjure medium items up to 10kg

Vanish objects up to 20kg

Advanced Conjuration & Vanishment

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Bundle: Advanced Conjuration & Vanishment
Tier 3 – 15ʛ

Prerequisite: Untransfiguration & Conjuration Basics
Contents:

• Aguamenti (conjure drinkable water)
  
• Avis (conjure flock of birds)
  
• Duro (turn to stone)
  
• Expoximise (bond objects)
  
• Incarcerous (rope conjuration)
  
• Incarcifors (object-to-cage)
  
• Evanesco (vanish object)
  
• Vipera Evanesco (vanish a snake)

Skills gained:

1. Alter durability and density of objects
   
2. Bond materials magically
   
3. Conjure medium objects ≤10kg (chairs, crates) and larger objects ≤50kg (benches, trunks)
   
4. Conjure tools/equipment up to 100kg; conjure simple, low-intelligence animals (not truly alive)
   
5. Vanish objects up to 20kg (small furniture) and ≤50kg / multiple small items; vanish small creatures (puffskein, gnomes)

Master Transfiguration

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Bundle: Master Transfiguration
Tier 4 – 20ʛ

Prerequisite: Human-Level Transfiguration OR Advanced Conjuration & Vanishment
Contents:

• Full temporary humanoid reshaping (ears, height, hair texture)
  
• Multiple-target transfigurations
  
• Temporary hybridisation (3hrs max)
  
• Reverse moderate animate transformations (creatures with higher intelligence)

Skills gained:

1. Full temporary humanoid reshaping (ears, height, hair texture)
   
2. Multiple-target transfigurations
   
3. Temporary hybridisation (3hrs max)
   
4. Reverse moderate animate transformations (creatures with higher intelligence)
   
5. Conjure vehicles/mass objects (rowboat, cart; bulk books)
   
6. Conjure semi-intelligent creatures (mimic life; not truly alive)
   
7. Conjure large constructs/shelters: days → weeks → months (semi-permanent)
   
8. Vanish medium creatures (kneazle, crup) or up to 500kg; vanish large creatures (erumpent, thestral) or up to a ton
   
9. Vanish large inanimate (fireplace) or semi-sentient things; vanish complex beings/magical constructs (case-by-case)

Divination

Basic Foresight

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Bundle: Basic Foresight
Tier 1 – 5ʛ

Prerequisite: None.
Contents:

• Foresight: vague dreams/flashes tied to danger
  
• Sensory: gut feelings, fleeting intuition
  
• Spiritual: detect ghostly presence awareness
  
• Aura: faint shimmer of colour

Skills gained:

1. Can have simple prophetic dreams tied to danger or strong emotions
   
2. Detect vague magical “mood” in a place or object
   
3. Feel presence of nearby ghosts
   
4. Basic aura shimmer recognition

Enhanced Perception

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Bundle: Enhanced Perception
Tier 2 – 8ʛ

Prerequisite: Basic Foresight
Contents:

• One-symbol visions tied to personal outcomes
  
• Basic sensing of emotional residue in places
  
• Awareness of emotion-charged objects

Skills gained:

1. Detect simple omens with basic interpretation
   
2. Sense “emotional temperature” of a space
   
3. Begin recognizing magical residue from past events

Advanced Foresight

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Bundle: Advanced Foresight
Tier 3 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Enhanced Perception
Contents:

• Predict broad events within 24 hours (good/bad)
  
• Clearer detail in symbolic visions
  
• Visions triggered more reliably by objects or locations

Skills gained:

1. Advise others based on short-term predictions
   
2. Link visions to specific triggers or patterns
   
3. Identify recurring symbols across dreams

Timeline Reading

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Bundle: Timeline Reading
Tier 4 – 15ʛ

Prerequisite: Advanced Foresight
Contents:

• Perceive potential danger locations or objects in detail
  
• Narrow visions to specific possible futures
  
• Distinguish between multiple branching outcomes

Skills gained:

1. Warn others of location-specific dangers
   
2. Choose between favourable/unfavourable paths
   
3. Recognize when a vision is symbolic vs literal

Master Seer

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Bundle: Master Seer
Tier 5 – 20ʛ

Prerequisite: Timeline Reading
Contents:

• Lucid visions of past, present, and probable future
  
• Ability to revisit visions for deeper insight
  
• Perceive simultaneous outcomes across timelines

Skills gained:

1. Guide others with highly accurate predictions
   
2. Influence choices to change outcomes
   
3. Read timeline “anchors” that bind events together

Spiritual Comm

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Bundle: Spiritual Communication
Tier 3 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Enhanced Perception
Contents:

• Brief, unclear conversations with ghosts in fixed locations
  
• Recognition of ghostly presence through sound or chill
  
• Occasional glimpses of spirit forms

Skills gained:

1. Communicate simple messages to lingering spirits
   
2. Identify areas tied to specific ghosts
   
3. Comfort others by relaying basic messages from the dead

Advanced Medium

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Bundle: Mediumship
Tier 4 – 15ʛ

Prerequisite: Spiritual Communication
Contents:

• Summon known spirits without location aids
  
• Maintain ongoing conversations with spirits
  
• Share spirit messages with third parties

Skills gained:

1. Act as a bridge between living and dead
   
2. Assist ghosts in resolving unfinished business
   
3. Detect magical bindings keeping a soul in place

Master Medium

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Bundle: Master Spiritualist
Tier 5 – 20ʛ

Prerequisite: Mediumship
Contents:

• Summon spirits anywhere, regardless of prior contact
  
• Communicate across time and spiritual planes
  
• Call ancient or long-forgotten souls

Skills gained:

1. Retrieve lost knowledge from historical spirits
   
2. Intervene in spiritual entanglements
   
3. Pierce magical barriers between realms

Aura Reading

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Bundle: Aura Reading
Tier 3 – 10ʛ

Prerequisite: Enhanced Perception
Contents:

• See aura clarity and disruption
  
• Detect strong emotions (anger, sadness, joy)
  
• Spot anomalies or intent shifts

Skills gained:

1. Recognize when someone’s intent changes mid-action
   
2. Sense emotional disturbance in groups
   
3. Identify magically influenced mood

Adv Aura Reading

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Bundle: Advanced Aura Reading
Tier 4 – 15ʛ

Prerequisite: Aura Reading
Contents:

• Detect magical interference or inner conflict
  
• Identify layers of emotional states
  
• Sense hidden curses or enchantments
  
• Empath (requires admin approval)

Skills gained:

1. Read concealed emotional truths
   
2. Pinpoint magical tampering in people’s energy
   
3. Warn others of dangerous magical influence

Master Aura Seer

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Bundle: Master Aura Seer
Tier 5 – 20ʛ

Prerequisite: Advanced Aura Reading
Contents:

• Read soul intent and ancestral bonds
  
• Perceive magical truth without verbal confirmation
  
• See fractured soulstates and fated paths

Skills gained:

1. Discern truth from lies at a soul level
   
2. Understand magical destiny threads
   
3. Unravel aura damage and its cause

Initial Balance: 125ʛ

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Position: Deputy Head Master

Employee Name: Gideon Blackwood

Deposit Period: Summer 1920

Beginning Balance: 125ʛ

Employment Activity Log:

• Complete 3 Lessons - 6ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete all club-related duties - 6ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a journal - 1ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete one thread in each of the 6 major school areas - 4ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a detention thread - 2ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a thread that directly relates to the term's plot - 3ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a patrol thread - 2ʛ [ ]
  
• Start two open threads - 2ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete two open threads - 4ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a thread providing aid to a student (can be academic or daily life) - 2ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a thread where you have recruited students for a set purpose - 5ʛ [ ]
  
• Complete a thread with another professor - 2ʛ [ ]
  
• Crash a thread where students are participating in wrongdoing - 1ʛ [ ]
  
• Participate in a staff meeting (must complete) - 2ʛ [ ]
  

Branches of the Willow being purchased:

• Foundational Charms 5g
  
• Basic Object Alteration 5g
  
• Basic Foresight 5g
  
• Practical Everyday Charms 8g
  
• Intermediate Transformations 10g
  
• Enhanced Perception 8g
  
• Introductory Defensive Charms 10g
  
• Enhanced Utility Charms 10g
  
• Untransfiguration & Conjuration Basics 10g
  
• Standard Combat Charms 12g
  
• Advanced Utility & Manipulation 15g
  
• Expert Charms 18g
  

New Balance: 125ʛ + 0ʛ - 116ʛ = 9ʛ

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Subject: Charms/Deputy Headmaster

Professor/Staff Name: Gideon Blackwood

Report Period: 1920/1921 Term

Beginning Balance: 9ʛ

# Year Activity Log:

• Complete 2 Lessons - 4ʛ DONEDONE
  
• Complete a thread that directly relates to the term's plot - 3ʛ DONE
  
• Start two open threads - 2ʛ DONE DONE
  
• Complete two open threads - 4ʛ DONE DONE
  
• Complete a thread providing aid to a student (can be academic or daily life) - 2ʛ DONE
  
• Complete a thread with another professor - 2ʛ DONE
  

Branches of the Willow being purchased:

• Advanced Conjuration & Vanishment Tier 3 – 15ʛ
  
• Animate & Complex Objects Tier 2 – 10ʛ
  

New Balance: 9ʛ + 17ʛ - 25ʛ = 1ʛ

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Subject: Applied Magic

Professor/Staff Name: Deputy Gideon Blackwood

Report Period: Term 1921/1922

Beginning Balance: 1ʛ

# Year Activity Log:

• Complete 2 Lessons - 6ʛ LESSON 1 LESSON 2 = 6g 4ʛ (Only two lessons were held this term)
  
• Start two open threads - 2ʛ OPEN OPEN = 4g
  
• Complete a thread with another professor - 2ʛ GALEN ROSE = 4g
  

Branches of the Willow being purchased:

• None this term. Carrying over to next term.
  

New Balance: 1ʛ + 14 12ʛ - 0ʛ = 15 13ʛ