"A Slytherin who needs a reason to use hexes, jinxes, and curses?" He looked around, as confused as a redcap with a green cap on. How odd. They didn't make Slytherins like they used to anymore.

"Very good, Miss Bunbury and Mister Escalante. You do bow in formal duels, but not just any type of bow. You must bend down and curve your back! Simple nods and jerking your head is very disrespectful.

VERY DISRESPECTFUL!" He sent the room shaking again, but he had to make that point.

"Welcome, Miss Greenwell. You are a Ravenclaw, so I believe all you need it some warmin' up and you'll think of so many spells you won't know which one to use.

Precisely! Physical contact between the duelists will not be tolerated!" He eyed the Gryffindors and Slytherins. Yes, I am watching you.

"Nicely put, Miss Storm. It is never too soon to learn how to duel. Also, emotions should not determine the power of your spells, but intent." She should keep that in mind. "Dueling for honor usually doesn't end too well." He chuckled a bit. But no, that wasn't one of the types.

"YES! Very good, Miss Storm and Miss Hole-In-berry. Only magical means may be used! This goes with what Miss Greenwell said, but it is a separate rule."

...What?

Eyebrows raising in surprise, she glanced around for a moment before turning her attention completely on the small dude. Who in Merlin's name had been talking about her? Not that...it wasn't a good thing...or anything.

Nodding somewhat about having the mind open instead of close, that was easier said than done. Practice did make perfect though, and she was willing to do what it took to make it perfect.

Thinking over what he said before and missing previous question, Evelyn ran her hands through her hair before putting it up in a ponytail so it was out of her face. The standard rules for a duel?

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Good Merlin, could she really not remember? However, hearing the others speak a few answers, a few of her own finally popped in her mind. "There shouldn't be any uses of the unforgivables." They were illegal anyways.

Marilyn smiled, raising her hand...*cough* There was no helping it...force of habit now. "Marilyn Force, Seventh Year Slytherin-y Snake...I want to join the Dueling Club to get a better understanding of the sport, to be honest. I've heard how being active in it can't promote faster reflexes and things of that nature..."

He wanted strengths and weaknesses...It was a general rule of Slytherin house not to allow others that information. Glancing around the room in a shifty manner, she answered anyway. "My strengths would have to be thinking quickly under pressure and insults...and my weakness..." *cough* "I tend to forget where I am at times...I occasionally take things a bit far." Which had, on occasion, lead to serious injury...



A rule...Looking around, everyone had pretty much given all the rules...

"Well, it's not a rule, so much...Can duelists have a second...Someone to take over if they cannot continue?"

Jesifur had no idea any of the formal or informal dueling rules. She wanted to learn, so she jotted down notes of what the others had said.

That was the first time Eino's fencing skills would be useful for something magic-related. But moving one: formal and informal types of dueling. Eh? They were standing, so was he supposed to write this down? Anyway, bowing, no physical contact, only magical means of combat, and... What else? Eino pondered before he raised his hand and answered, looking up at the old man. "The duel ends when one person disarms the other?" They weren't supposed to kill each other in a formal duel, so disarming made perfect sense.

Harlow beamed at the praise. She gave him a little curtsy and bounced at bit. She loved doing good in classes. Especially with a professor who was eye level with her.

4 footers rule!

Harlow raised her hand to answer the question, "Isn't there an order to a formal duel? Someone is chosen to cast first," she speculated.

Alyssa was totally lost. She tried to concentrate and note down what was said but finally told herself," Girl, I think that you are in the wrong class". She wanted to leave but wasn't sure that points would get deducted. So she kept her head low, and decided to continue writing down all the answers that everybody else gave and try to be as inconspicuous as possible.

SPOILER!!: I slept early last night so this is just a catch up

Jonathan waited for his turn to introduce. As it was his turn he looked at the professor "I'm Jonathan Kim, fifth year Slytherin." he started to introduce himself to the professor and mainly to everyone else, who doesn't know him yet. "I joined this because I think it's really fun." is that an appropriate answer? "I do need some brushing up on my offensive and defensive spells" he smiled. Well, it's kinda true. With Lord Borr teaching last term's DADA, they did pretty much nothing. Waste of time.

And as for Jonathan's weakness. "I'm OCD." yes, he admits it. "I love to be tidy and clean." most of the time. He is trying to stop that behavior of his but sometimes he always have urges to be OCD. "Also, I do need to learn more spells rather than the basic ones" such as expelliarmus or stupefy. He doesn't want to be that predictable.

As for strengths "I'm good with defense." he's quite quick with it too.

Standard rules when dueling with someone??? Jonathan did have to think about that one. He heard one student answering 'bowing', he was going to answer that one as well but he wasn't quick enough.

Sigh.

Jonathan raised his hand to answer "Making sure that wands are in good condition before dueling with someone?" he didn't know if that answer is correct but wands are quite important when dueling with someone, unless if you are non-magical. So wands in perfect conditions should be a standard rule right, no?

As Alyssa listened to the answers she thought to herself," Two forms of dueling? The normal which is to just fight for the fun of it and the other is to the death, where the intention is to kill. As to the standard rules? No cheating?" Alyssa shrugged. Better not to answer and end up giving a stupid one.

"Raven Charlotte. First year Slytherin. I want join this club because... For a first year student like me, I want to know more about duelling. My strengths are I'm good in charms and Transfiguration. But my weakness is... I don't want people know it." said her cold.

"We are not allowed to use unforgivable curse, right!" answered her. Man! every wizard know that we never be allowed to use unforgivable curse.

"Louisa Carter. Fourth year. Ravenclaw, sir." She was standing so erect and gracefully because... dueling is all about sports and such. That is what she thinks, anyway. Now her strengths and weaknesses? Hmm.

"I don't think I have enough vigilance, sir, but my mind can come up with spells relatively fast." Not the best duelist-to-be but that was why she attended the club!

The girl tried to keep up with the little man talking about formal and informal duels. She had a completely different definition for both of them but all was clear now - you know learning from an ex-Auror. A dwarf for a dueling class and a Centaur as a Divination professor - her ministry application MUST be awesome!

"Nobody uses unforgivable curses." Which was a general rule in duels and out of duels but Louisa had really no idea about this and she couldn't just stand here and listen.

Due to strict professors Tate hired this term, it has become Aiden's habit to raise up her hand before she talks in classes. She's not sure whether it's necessary when she wants to introduce herself though. "Aiden Heartnett. Second year Slytherin," she lowers down her hand before continuing. "My strengths are my agility, stamina, hexes, jinxes and I'm particularly good at casting the Full-Body Bind Curse," she lowers her voice when she reaches the last part. "As for weaknesses, I get angry very easily and probably will go too far when I lose control of it."

As for the duelling rules... "Dark Arts aren't allowed, right?" she frowns.

And at that logic, she couldn't help but smile widely, for the first time in a while. "Sometimes it's not always that easy, sir." She murmured more to herself than the short bearded man.

"Seconds," She said after taking a moment to recall her knowledge of dueling, and omit answers already spoken. "Whether they are allowed or not."

Ira pondered over the question asked...She raised her hand and answered, "Sir, I think that verbal insults to your opponents are not allowed. Is it correct?"
Ira really didn't want him to shout or rather thunder again!

"Janice Elizabeth Trewhella, Hufflepuff, Second year. I want to join the duelling club because, err, it looks fun. My stengths are defensive spells, although I know some offensive spells too. Weaknesses? I don'treally know. Maybe that's wat I'm trying to find out in these lessons.." she said.

Janice raised her hand and answered.
"Bowing before the duelling started??"

"I think the most standard rule is that only magical means can be used. Like... we're not allowed to have a muggle duel." Punching and kicking or something like that. Nora was still clueless when it came to muggles, but she had to try to answer the man's question at least.

Jez raised her hand. "My name is Jezabel Black, and I'm a first-year Ravenclaw. I joined the duelling club because I want to learn about offensive and defensive spells, and duelling in general. My strengths are general intelligence," which was more than some people here could accredit themselves to, "and strategic planning, but I consider my weakness to be getting too ... emotional while wielding a wand." Emotional as in anger. Very angry. Don't get on the wrong side of her - ever.


Her hand still raised, Jez answered, "You can't cast the same spell multiple times in a row."

Katrina raised her hand to answer the Professor.

"I'm Katrina Hudson from Slytherin house and I'm a First Year. I joined the Dueling to enrich my spells and knowledge about them. I also wanted to learn how to defend myself," Katrina said confidently. "My strengths are Charms, D.A.D.A., Flying, Herbology, Potions, and Transfiguration classes. I also ace in spell accuracy and concentration in casting spells. As for my weaknesses, that would probably be History of Magic only but I'm working on it. "

The two types of dueling? What?! Katrina thought. She never knew that dueling had two types. But she somehow read something about doing before, though not sure if it was the answer.

Katrina raised her hand to answer. "I'm not quite sure with my answer but the two types of duels are the informal and the formal duels?" she said. "Formal duels are when the two opponents bow to each other before the start of a duel while the Informal duel is when they simply duel without bowing to each other, maybe caused by an unpleasant emotion like anger,"

Katrina hoped her answer was correct.

"Correct. No Dark Magic is allowed in formal duels, especially the Unforgivable Curses. Those should never be used." Yep, it was necessary...

"NEVER!!!" He eyed the students, attempting to inflict enough fear on them to make them pee their pants whenever they heard, or even thought about, the word 'unforgivables.'


"It's not always required, and it's not one of the standard rules. However, it is an important aspect of dueling. It shows just can dangerous it can be, but you needn't worry about that." Maybe just a little.

"Yes, the object is first to disarm your opponent. However, in some cases dealing some mild damage will help, so a jinx or a hex here and there is inevitable. Then, you must take possession of their wand, this is the only way to acquire temporary ownership of it, and end the duel." Of course, the wands then returned to their original masters.

Gnaeus chuckled. "Well, yes. The first to cast goes first." It wasn't a rule, it was a matter of speed, really.

"YES! I-I mean, no, but yes." That answer caught Gnaeus off guard, but he was glad the boy brought it up. "It's not a rule, but a requirement. We will get to it in a bit." He said and winked at the boy. Good thinking. These Slytherins quite an impressive bunch.

"Yes, naturally. No cheating." He confirmed.

"Yes, bowing." He nodded, that had been already covered.

"Absolutely no physical contact between the duelists."

"You can, but it certainly is a bore to see the same thing over and over again!" Not that he wanted to worry about style, at least not yet, maybe for the next meeting.

OOC: That's an OOC rule, but kudos for reading them

"Yes and no. The presence of bowing is not what makes a duel formal, but it is necessary. Many wizards in informal duels bow to each other, too."

"So here are the rules we have covered, and some of the ones you have missed." He expected them to know the simple ones, such as bowing and no physical contact, but others weren't as common. He pulled his wand from inside his robes and tapped his staff with it. The staff began to levitate then transfigured into a blackboard.

"Are those clear to everyone? If you have any questions in regards to the rules feel free to ask now or whenever they come up."

"Now I would like to just take a few moments to explain this." He said and stomped his foot twice. He was talking about the lunar phase stage. "Duelists begin here." He was standing in the middle of it, where the full moon was positioned. "Then, both duelists will walk away from each other until they reach the star." There was a star at both ends of the stage. "There they take their positions and begin to duel. As the duel proceeds the participants may walk closer to each other, but neither duelist may walk past the full moon, into the other duelist's area. Understood?" That was fairly simple, but if they had questions they could ask.

"Before we begin, there's something else that needs to be done." He gestured to the Slytherin boy, then spoke. "As Mister Kim mentioned, your wands must be in perfect condition. In tournaments, there will be a qualified wand expert or wandmaker to analyse the wands. This process is known as wand weighing. Now, I am no expert, but I will do my best to check your wands and make sure that they are suitable for dueling." He put his own wand away, and walked to the edge of the stage. "Make a line here, and bring me your wands."

OOC: Please make sure that you have a wand in your profile under "Wand Type" before you post your character showing Gnaeus his or her wand. It can be the one you received from Ollivander's Shop or you can make one up. After handing the wand don't walk away, it will take only a few moments.

Imagine if somone wasn't aloud to duel imagine if I couldn't that would only subject I can't do!!! Well bare divination but thats not a subject thats just guessing really... Like saying tommorrow we're going to have a tornado

She got into the line and handed him her wand and walked away EEEEEP!

Nora could feel all the butterflies that were fluttering their wings in her stomach when he started telling them about where the duelists should stay and move and so on. This was so exciting!

It took her a few moments to realize that he was then talking about Jonathan, who mentioned something about the wands. Moving quickly, she walked over towards him and handed her wand. It should be in good condition, since she had just bought it this summer, after those annoying twins managed to break her first one into two. Hmph.

"'Name's Salander. Seventh year Slytherin. I want to join the Dueling club because I'm... curious." Well that much was true. He wasnt even sure to actually duel with anybody given that his dueling experiences were rather... unorthodox, to say the least. "Uh, strengths is uh.... shield charms." And using simple spells offensively. Although he decided to keep that last part to himself. After all he was also here because of this weakness "I think I can use a bit more tips on how to duel properly, better techniques..... stuff like that."





He drew out his wand from his pocket as he fell in line, rolling it comfortingly between his fingers. When his turn came up Salander hesitated for a moment, before holding his wand upright by the tip of its handle. He wondered if the Dueling dude can just examine the wand without taking it out of his hand. Obviously he was a little possessive of this particular object.

Daichi read the rules on the blackboard and tried to mesmerize the rules before his attention brought him back to the old man. Old yet COOL man!

He was going to.check their.wands? This had Daichi nervous. To be honest he never thought about polishing it or whatever Jonathan had said. He watched as the first few students walked to the front and grabbed his own wand out of his wristholster to check it. It looked...normal he guessed...

Gulping nervously, Daichi stepped forward and waited in line. When it was his turn he nervously gave the wand with slightly quivering hands to the duelist champion. He thought back to when he had bought it last year. A stupid smile plastered on his lips as he remembered having to wait a good hour before they found his right wand. Memories hehe.

"S-sir?" he asked so that only the man could hear. "Can i...ask a question , sir?"

Jez walked up and reluctantly gave the elderly wizard her wand. It was like a part of her, like she was handing over her magical powers. It was in perfect condition - Jez loved her wand, and kept it clean and well cared for. She just hoped it was good enough for the duelling champion. She guessed his was in even better condition.

Kurumi nodded as she listened, but got just a bit worried when he mentioned no shape shifting. Would it matter if her hair were to do something? Maybe she should just wear her hood the entire time while she dueled just to make sure? There was no rule against that, right? He hadn't mentioned anything about clothing.

Putting these thoughts aside, Kurumi waited in line until it was her turn and presented her wand to him.