Defence Against the Dark Arts Class
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Arcadius Lestrange
Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts

Student Aides

Abraxas

Classroom Description

The large cathedral-like windows in this room provide plenty of illumination to work by at the rows of old fashioned wooden desks, which seat two people each. The rooms itself has low, wooden beamed ceiling but still feels open and spacious thanks to the ample lighting and the large size of the space. Towards one end of the room an open space has been left for the instructor to walk about in, a blackboard covering most of the wall in that section of the room. In a corner of the instructor's area there is a small spiral staircase carved out of white marble that ends in a small balcony from which the instructor can observe the whole room without impediment as well as serving as the entrance to the D.A.D.A. office.

Synopsis

One of the seven Core Classes taught at Hogwarts. The class it taken by all students from First Year until Fifth Year. "D.A.D.A." teaches students how to protect themselves from Dark magic and creatures, from blocking hostile hexes to learning how to recognize and overcome werewolves and boggarts and other Dark creatures. Under Lestrange the curriculum is padded out with learning about some of the most infamous wizards of all time. It also some say quite controversially goes into some depth of the Unforgivable Curses in the NEWT level classes. Not enough to actually teach the students in the Dark Arts. Just enough however to have a healthy dose of respect and fear of most heinous spells known to wizarding kind.

Professors of Defence Against the Dark Arts: Galatea Merrythought (1895 - November 18th 1938), Arcadius Lestrange (November 21st 1938 - )

Each particular subject roughly takes up two weeks time. Every class is two hours long.

In order to take Defence Against the Dark Arts at the N.E.W.T. level a student must have an 'E' Grade in their Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.

Career Requirements

In order to be accepted into the Ministry of Magic's Magical Law Enforcement Department, a person must have received an "E" in Defence Against the Dark Arts along with "E" grades in four other O.W.L.s. If a person wishes to ever reach Inspector rank within the M.L.E. they must have an "E" grade N.E.W.T.s in Defence Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, and Potions.

Curse-Breakers must also have at least an "A" in Defence Against the Dark Arts at N.E.W.T. level to be accepted at Gringott's Wizarding Bank Curse-Breakers must also have passing O.W.L.s in Arithmancy, as well as N.E.W.T.s in Transfiguration, and Charms. Most importantly, nothing short of an "E" in N.E.W.T.-level Ancient Runes will be acceptable to the goblins.

The above entries are not the only career requirements. Make sure to do some research when figuring out report cards.

Hogwarts Schedule

6 AM 7 AM 8 - 10 AM 10 AM -12 Noon 12 Noon - 1 PM 1 -3 PM 3 - 5 PM 5 - 6 PM 6 - 8 PM 8 - 10 PM 10 PM - 12 Midnight 12 Midnight - 2 AM
Wake-Up/Ready Breakfast 1st Period 2nd Period Lunch 3rd Period 4th Period Dinner 5th Period Free Time to Lights Out 6th Period 7th Period

Syllabus

1st Year

1st Year Supplies

• Book: The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
• Parchment
• Quill
• Wand

September

  • Gnomes
  • De-Gnoming the Hogwarts Garden

October

  • Knockback Jinx
  • Laboratory on using the Knockback on Doxies.

November

  • Doxies
  • A spare Greenhouse is used for a lab on Doxy Egg collecting exercise as well as fang milking. It is also a test period on how well the Knockback Jinx was learned.

December

  • Wand-Lighting Charm
  • Wand-Extinguishing Charm

January

February

  • Imp
  • Students are responsible for the care and upkeep of their own Imp for 2 weeks. If the imp escapes it's a failure. If the imp inacts a prank the grade drops by one level.

March

  • Gargoyle
  • A treasure hunt like exercise where students must count the non-sentient Gargoyles of the Castle and come back with code words the sentient gargoyles have given the students. Each word is part of a clue that leads to a chest somewhere on campus. This chest has tokens of proof that the task was completed. The Count is 25% of the grade, gathering all the pieces of the puzzle is another 25% of the grade. Returning to the class with the token is 50% of the grade.

April

May

2nd Year

2nd Year Supplies

• Book: Dealing with Dark Arts: An Introduction to Defense and Deterrence by Meluvia Trump
• Parchment
• Quill
• Wand

September

October

  • Jelly Fingers Curse
  • Jelly Fingers Curse workshop using Imps as targets.

November

December

  • Freezing Charm
  • Freezing Charm Curse workshop using Pixies as Targets.

January

  • Kelpie
  • Kelpie defense workshop.

February

  • Deflection Charm
  • Deflection Charm workshop using it in practice duels.

March

April

May

3rd Year

3rd Year Supplies

• Book: Defensive Charms and Curses: A Compendium to Counter the Dark Arts by Tilly Tinderwick
• Parchment
• Quill
*•Wand

September

  • Review
  • Review

October

November

December

  • Obscuring Charm
  • Obscuring Charm Workshop in a practice duel setting with a partner.

January

February

  • Red Cap
  • Field trip into the Forbidden Forest. Cancelled until end of Centaur Conflict. Til the conflict is over a deep dark part of the dungeons is gone to to face the Red Caps that have taken up a place there. It is unknown the circumstances of the shedding of blood there.

March

  • Kappa
  • Professor Lestrange calls in a favor from a very good friend, who is the equivalent of the Care of Magical Creatures Professor at Mahoutokoro in Japan. The Japanese professor brings in a kappa and each student gets a chance to try to get the water out of the cup on the top of its head.

April

  • Jelly-Legs Curse
  • Jelly-Legs Workshop in a practice duel setting with a partner.

May

  • Hinkypunk
  • An area in the viaduct area is set up to be a boggy obstacle course with Hinkypunks.

4th Year

4th Year Supplies

• Book: A Light in the Dark: Intermediate Dark Arts Defense by Emuneth Hecklepoke
• Parchment
• Quill
• Wand

September

  • Review
  • Review

October

November

  • Charmed Skeleton & Zombie Workshop
  • Inferi Workshop

December

  • Siccing Charm
  • Snowball Wars - A bit of fun before Winter Break, the Professor takes the class out to the Training Grounds and splits the class up by Houses and they are given twenty minutes to erect snowy fortifications and construct as many cricket ball sized snowballs as they can before the War begins.

January

  • Deflection Charm Review
  • Deflection Charm Workshop

February

  • Revulsion Jinx
  • Revulsion Jinx Workshop

March

April

  • Incarceration Jinx
  • Incarceration Jinx Workshop

May

5th Year

5th Year Supplies

• Book: Dueling with Dark Wizards: A Practical Guide to Advanced Defensive Spellwork by Mordelle Nott
• Parchment
• Quill
• Wand

September

  • Review
  • Review

October

November

  • Lesser General Counter-Spell
  • Lesser General Counter-Spell Workshop.

December

  • Acromantula
  • Snowball Wars - A bit of fun before Winter Break, the Professor takes the class out to the Training Grounds and splits the class up by Houses and they are given twenty minutes to erect snowy fortifications and construct as many cricket ball sized snowballs as they can before the War begins.

January

  • Carman, the Celtic Witch - This disparaging witch roamed Ireland, destroying anything or anyone in their path with her three wicked sons named Dub (“Darkness” in Irish), Dother (“Evil”) and Dain (“Violence”). The Celtic Witch Carman put a terrible blight on Ireland’s crops and terrorized the Irish until the Tuatha De Danann, the “Peoples of the Goddess Danu,” used their good magic to fight and defeat her, and drove the witch and her off spring out to sea.
  • Baobhan Sith - A particularly evil and dangerous female vampire from the highlands of Scotland who preyed on unwary travelers in the glens and mountains.

February

  • Stunning Spell
  • Stunning Spell Workshop

March

April

  • Jelly-Brain Jinx
  • Jelly-Brain Jinx Workshop

May

  • Review for O.W.L.s
  • Review for O.W.L.s

6th Year

6th Year Supplies

• Book: Advanced Defensive Magic: Curses and Counter-Curses by Jerus Anedge
• Parchment
• Quill
• Wand

September

  • Review
  • Review

October

November

  • Intruder Charm
  • Intruder Charm Workshop

December

  • The Dullahan
  • Snowball Wars - A bit of fun before Winter Break, the Professor takes the class out to the Training Grounds and splits the class up by Houses and they are given twenty minutes to erect snowy fortifications and construct as many cricket ball sized snowballs as they can before the War begins.

January

February

  • Disarming Charm
  • Disarming Charm Workshop

March

  • Myrus Odium Carrow - Graduated top of his class in Creature Lore in 1841, with high marks in herbology and charms. Not long after graduation, he became obsessed with learning about and researching dark creatures. The taming of such that started off as his own personal satisfaction to capture and control such creatures, once found out and reported, turned into his own private collection of hunting beasts. Such animals were used in conjunction with dark arts magic and the implimentation of planting very dangerous plants around his home, creating a natural fortress of sorts. When finally driven from his lair by teams of aurors, claiming his 'hand was forced' to use deadly force against several of them in 'self defense'. This would have landed him a permanent residence at Azkaban had he not fought down to the last dark beast he controlled, and ultimately his last breath.
  • The Fachan

April

  • Shield Charm
  • Shield Charm Workshop

May

7th Year

7th Year Supplies

• Book: Understanding the Dark Arts: An Advanced Study of Dark Magic and Defensive Spells by Selma Goyle
• Parchment
• Quill
• Wand

September

  • Review
  • Review

October

  • Harmful Spells
  • The Unforgivables

November

December

  • Shield Charm, Area Workshop
  • Snowball Wars - A bit of fun before Winter Break, the Professor takes the class out to the Training Grounds and splits the class up by Houses and they are given twenty minutes to erect snowy fortifications and construct as many cricket ball sized snowballs as they can before the War begins.

January

  • Spell Ward
  • Spell Ward Workshop

February

March

April

  • Greater General Counter-Spell
  • Greater General Counter-Spell Workshop

May

  • Review for N.E.W.T.s
  • Review for N.E.W.T.s
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