Post by Headmistress Antionetta on Aug 20, 2011 1:40:37 GMT -8
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Just to get this out of the way: this is not where you sign up for these abilities! Mmk, now! Below are some explanations for all of the different abilities offered here at Lacrimosa. We hope this answers any and all of your questions about these species. However, if they do not, please don't be afraid to ask us questions about them. If you would also like to see an ability put up here or something added to an ability, please post it in the Suggestions & Questions board. Thankyou!
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An Animagus is a witch or wizard with the rare ability to transform into a particular animal at will. The Animagus spell is very difficult and dangerous to perform, which is one reason that all Animagi are required to be registered by the Ministry of Magic. Another reason is so the Ministry can ensure that an Animagus does not use his or her power for any illegal purpose while in their animal forms.
Metamorphmagi
A Metamorphmagus is a witch or wizard who has the ability to change their appearance at will, without the need for a wand, spell, or potion.
Parselmouth
A parselmouth is a wizard or witch with the ability to understand and talk to snakes
Seers & Divination
Divination is presented as the ability to predict the future. While it is taught as a subject at Hogwarts, there are very few wizards or witches who can actually predict the future.
Legilimency and Occlumency
Legilimency, a compound of the Latin 'legere' (to read) + 'mens' (mind), is the art of, as one might suppose, reading another person's mind. Occlumency is the ability to block one's mind from a Legilimens.
Apparition and Disapparition
To Apparate is to transport oneself from one place to another by dissapparating and reapparating, coined from the Latin 'appareo', meaning to appear. Disapparition is of course to disappear.
Veela charm
The Veela seem to have the ability to change between two states. In their normal state, they appear to be women, with skin that "shines moon-bright" and white-gold hair that "fans out behind them without wind". They are incredibly beautiful, though inhumanly so, but when they dance that apparent inhumanity no longer matters. Like the legendary Sirens, Veela music and dance has the power to cloud men's minds and make them want to do insane and self-destructive things in order to secure the notice of these desirable creatures.
Werewolves
To become a werewolf, a person must be bitten by another werewolf. When the person transforms, they lose control of themselves and are not responsible for their actions. However, there is a potion, the recently discovered Wolfs bane Potion, which, if taken daily in the week preceding the full moon, will cause the victim to be able to keep their mind while they transform. They are then able to control their actions, and are virtually harmless.