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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow  Imagine actually participating in the triwizard tournament, though!? You had to be all KINDS of clever to do well, she imagined. Plus you had to be brave. She liked imagining she could do well in that kind of setting, but there was no denying there were others far braver and more clever than her.
”Professor, in the tournament there were different challenges that participants had to complete in order to move on to the next round. They could be pretty dangerous and really, the kids competing had to be ready for anything!” "That is quite right, Miss Summers. The point of the challenges are to show your strengths as a witch or wizard - so they had to be ready for anything," Gabi nodded in agreement at her answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by astrocat Ashley shook her head. "No," she whispered. "It's just that this lesson is on the triwizard tournament, and people died in it before. I suppose everyone is wondering if we will die today or something. I think that would be a first for History of Magic class though." Now, to pay attention. This was one of the few HoM topics she knew about. "I think like three kids from different magic schools compete to win glory and money. Or something like that. It sounds ridiculously dangerous. Haven't people died in it? You would think they would stop after those." In all honesty, Ashley thought that the whole concept of schoolkids doing dangerous stuff on purpose was crazy. She had had enough danger so far in her life. She wouldn't be caught dead in a tournament like that. Get it? She also wouldn't be in the tournament at all. "Yes, there was a monetary prize involved as well as the bragging rights associated with winning," Gabi said in response to her answer. "And you're correct, the early days of the tournament were quite dangerous." Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl Yes, Bernie saw the flames sticking out of the cup. But that didn't mean she couldn't drink from it! Couldn't it be magical fire?!
Hum hum hum, now she had to think up something she'd read about the Triwizard Tournament ages ago. Bernie tapped on her chin as she thought, then raised her hand to build off Ashley's answer. "And the different schools take turns hosting the tourney," she guessed. "Hogwarts has done it lots of times." Again, this was half-recalled and half-guessed knowledge.
Bernie did not recall what this had to do with the flaming cup though. "Yes, in the days when it was held every 5 years, they would rotate hosting the tournament amongst the three schools. The last two have been held at Hogwarts, however," Gabi replied to Bernie's answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Settling in beside Phoebe for the lesson, Josh was giving the classroom a look around while Professor Recard got herself situated. The History of Magic Professor ought to be proud of him. Outside of the dragon mauling at the start of term, he hadn't been back to see her! Already an improvement from last term! Also, was it just him or did Heath and Claudine seem to just...be joined at the hip literally every lesson?
Anyway, his attention went back forward when discussion began. History of Magic was far from Josh's best subject but this particular topic was even harder for him to get into. "It's something for European schools. Exclusive like that," he offered up after raising his hand. Seemed that way anyway. No other wizarding school from another continent participated. "OH! And the current Senior Undersecretary was a participant in it. He won."
THAT he had heard from pops over a dinner table discussion at one point or another.
"Has a pretty sick looking trophy too," he added as an afterthought while pointing ahead at the stone goblet with blue flames. Gabi chuckled a little, "Yes, the current Undersecretary IS the reigning champion, not only for Hogwarts but for Hufflepuff as well," she said. "And you're correct, it is only between the three European schools. However, we have had other types of friendly tournaments between other schools including Ilvermorny," she pointed out. None QUITE to the same scale as the Triwizard Tournament, but they'd been fun nonetheless. Quote:
Originally Posted by MadAlice "It was dangerous," Violet added. "A lot of people died competing in it, until they discontinued it at some point in...the 18th century, I think. They revived it in the 1990s with an age restriction--you had to be at least 17 years old to complete--but a boy died that year, too, and I don't think it's ever been held since." Violet thought to herself that no amount of money or glory was worth kids dying over it. "You're correct that the age restriction didn't come around until 1994," Gabi smiled at the Slytherin. "But it HAS been held once more since then, around 30 some odd years ago," she said. She wasn't surprised that some students didn't know this - it hadn't had the body count the original ones did, so it was easy to forget it had happened although they should all be grateful that they finally got the whole safety thing under control! Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 By now, Claudine had expected Heath to sit with her during their lesson. She thought that if he didn’t at any time, she might become offended. Not that she’d tell him that. “Hi, you,’’ she replied. Oh, and there was one of her dormmates. “Hi, Fiona.’’ The other girl got a smile because, you know… Claudine liked her and all.
Her gaze flicked back to the goblet at the front of the classroom then to Reccard. Were they starting soon? Yes, it certainly seemed so. The Triwizard Tournament! It was quite an exciting topic and today’s lesson was seemingly no different. “It’s the Goblet of Fire that selects the participants from each School. Apparently it can tell who are most worthy to compete.’’ This fact had always phased Claudine. How can a Goblet tell from simply a name on a slip of parchment of who was worthy?
"Exactly right, Miss Blaze. The Goblet of Fire is the tool used to determine who is worthy of competing," she explained. How did it do that? A bunch of charms, of course! Quote:
Originally Posted by CruppieMom89 Ivy nodded her understanding to Ashley, but before she could ask anything else, Professor Recard had started speaking. Ivy shifted in her seat to make sure she was paying full attention. Truthfully, she didn’t really know anything about this Triwizard Tournament, but she glanced around as some of the other kids answered. Clearly it was TERRIBLE and she couldn’t for the life of her understand WHY they’d ever do something like that at a SCHOOL.
But, then again, the Headmaster had tried to feed her friends to monsters in the Forbidden Forest even though no one believed her that that was what had happened.
Hogwarts was weird...
Deciding she wanted some answers for a change, Ivy raised her hand. ”Professor? I don’t have an answer, but I was just wondering... why would they do something so dangerous at a school? It seems like people do a lot of dangerous things with the students, and it’s just... well, I kind of would rather not die...”
Maybe she should go back to Muggle school? Gabi shrugged a little. "Your guess is as good as any. Many people believe that the tournament was held despite the high death toll because the reputation of the school was deemed more important. The bragged rights each school got when they won were apparently worth the sacrifice," she explained with a frown. "We also have to remember that life expectancy has changed dramatically since the middle ages - there was inherent danger in MANY aspects of daily life, especially when magic was involved, so many people did not view it as high of a risk as we do now," she told her. That was what journal entries of the time period seemed to indicate, at least. Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireheart The Triwizard Tournament! Now that was a piece of wizarding history that thoroughly perplexed Avalon. Why any school would host such a dangerous event, she never understood. From what she had read about it, several innocent students died. Was it really worth it, just to get bragging rights, a fancy trophy, and some money? They should have just kept it discontinued after the first time. Bringing it back in the 20th century only ended in another sad death. "The last Triwizard Tournament was marked by the return of Voldemort, and like Violet said, a student died because of it," Avalon said after raising her hand, adding on to her classmate's answer. From what Avalon knew about wizarding history, Voldemort would have come back regardless of if the Triwizard Tournament was held, but he used the event as a vehicle for his return. That was reason enough to not hold it anymore. Gabi nodded but held up a finger in regards to her response. "Correct on most accounts - as I said before, the 1994 tournament was actually not the last time it was held, but you're correct that Voldemort manipulated the tournament so he could kidnap Harry and use him to bring back his mortal body," she explained. He had also planned to kill Harry but naturally, it hadn't QUITE worked out that way. Quote:
Originally Posted by LilFox06 Valencia raised her hand excitedly. "It's a competition between schools." she said echoing what a few others had said. "It's meant to encourage friendship and unity between schools as well as friendly challenge showing off the best and brightest of each school in a series of skill challenges."
She was jealous she'd never seen one honestly.
"I think it's a wonderful opportunity to show off your school's strengths." She smiled at Valencia and nodded. "Correct! The competition not only allows the best of the best to showcase their schools strengths, but they spend the entire year together at the school, allowing time for friendships to be formed," she explained. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Yay, she was right. Phoebe gave herself a silent round of applause, with flourishes, as the professor began her lesson. Fine, lovely, let's learn about the extremely dangerous and interesting Triwizard Tournament. The unfair and murderous tournament that Phoebe would totally try to compete in if given half a chance.
She raised her hand. "I think that while it was going on, they held it every five years? Which is really unfair, right? Because you have to be 17 to compete, but you're only 17 for one year at Hogwarts, so you almost never have any chance to compete. Unfair." "Not quite," Gabi corrected Phoebe's answer, although she was sort of correct. "The 17 year old age limit was only imposed starting in the 1994 tournament. Prior to that, any age could enter, but obviously they often chose someone who was on the older side and therefore more experienced," she explained. The 17 year old rule was, in Gabi's opinion, an absolute necessity in this day and age. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Fiona was looking forward to learning about The Triwizard Tournament. She listened to the answers from her fellow students prior to raising her own hand to provide an answer. "In the Triwizard Tournament of 1792, a cockatrice that the champions needed to capture went rampant. This lead to the tournament being cancelled for about two hundred years." "Very good point!" Gabi nodded. "That incident in particular was the catalyst for cancelling the event, as it showed they clearly were not taking safety precautions very seriously," she pointed out. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack When adults said ‘we’ll see’ they usually meant no, but Professor Recard made it seem like her answer was actually a YES, which was very exciting. It was enough to keep Kiz quiet and attentive for the first question. The only issue was that every time she raised her hand to answer, someone else said what she was going to say. So her hand went up and down and up and down at least THREE different times before she gave up entirely.
She pouted a little, scooting back in her seat (sitting normally for once in her life). But WAIT. She had a question, so she raised her hand (again). It was Claudine's answer that sparked her curiosity this time. "How does the goblet know who to choose? What spells did they use to make it?" And was the fire REAL or was it just for show? And also, did you get to keep the goblet if you wont the tournament? That'd be even cooler than the medals they gave out at gymnastics.
"Very good question, Miss James," Gabi smiled at the first year as she waved her wand, revealing a drawing of the goblet on the chalkboard with some notes she was about to go over. "Quite simply, it is charmed much like the Sorting Hat and can decipher the character of a person simply via their entry. However, as was evidenced in the 1994 tournament, it is very capable of being manipulated and has been under strict lock and key since to prevent anyone from tampering with it," she added. Especially since the Goblet was a binding agreement - if you were picked, you HAD to go through with it. Maybe they should take that charm off just to be safe... Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Naya looked up when the professor began to start class. And.......it was just what she thought. They were going to be talking about the Triwizard Tournament. Naya knew some things about the Tournament, but she was excited to learn more. Not being from a wizarding family, her information had come from books, friends and school.
When the first question was posed, Naya raised her hand. “In the Triwizard Tournament one student from each school is selected to participate. Once they are chosen, they are duty bound to participate. There is no backing out.” She did know that the one exception to that rule was the Harry Potter incident. That happened because of.......circumstances. "Very right. So you better be certain you're up for the task before putting your name down!" Gabi nodded with a grin at Naya's answer.
"Many of you brought up the basic details of the Tournament. There are three participating schools - Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, and of course Hogwarts. Each school took turns hosting the tournament. Prior to 1994, the record of wins was Hogwarts 63 - Beauxbatons 62," she explained. And then poor Durmstrang with the big ol' ZERO. "However, in 1792 the Tournament was disbanded indefinitely due to the dangers it presented to the students, and it was determined that it simply was no longer worth it to continue," she added. Insert pause here for note taking. They better be diligent, she had a lot to cover today!
"It was brought back in 1994, and the Goblet actually selected TWO champions from Hogwarts to compete. Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory were both nominated as champions. As we now know, Harry Potter's entry was rigged by Barty Crouch Jr, who was posing as Alastor Moody at the time. The Goblet was tampered with, picking a second champion who had not only not put his own name in, but was far too young considering the 17 year old age limit," she explained. As she talked, her bullet points appeared on the chalkboard behind her, in case the students got a bit behind in their note taking. "Poor Harry had no choice but to compete due to the magical binding spells put in place if you were selected," she explained. What would happen if he didn't participate? History hadn't exactly written down those details but knowing how many wizards operated, probably with some very painful curse.
"As many of you mentioned, Cedric Diggory unfortunately passed away in this tournament - not necessarily due to the dangers faced in the tournament, but because the entire thing had been set up by Lord Voldemort in order to get Harry to him so he could use his blood to bring his body back," she explained. Why had Voldemort gone through all that trouble just for Harry? Because he was dramatic, duh. "The tournament was once again cancelled, but has since been reinstated at Hogwarts. There is no set time in which the tournaments occur - it's simply whenever the staff of the three schools meet and agree upon a tournament during their yearly meet ups," she told them all. A lot of them were probably unaware that the tournament had come back, because thankfully it had been far less dramatic than the predecessors. "The last one was held in the 2072-2073 school year."
"So, I'd like to ask you this question now - why did we bring the tournament BACK to Hogwarts, considering the fact that Cedric Diggry died in 1994? The whole point of cancelling them in the first place was due to student safety - yet we brought it back years later despite his death. Why do you think that is?" she asked them. There was no right answer here - she was curious to see what they thought.
OOC: Hi everyone! So for all you newer members - yes, we HAVE had a school plot where we brought back the Triwizard Tournament in SS canon! For reference, you can look at the archives for that term here. That was actually the LAST time I was on staff as Divination professor GOSH I AM OLD. Feel free to use those to help you answer the next question! We shall move on in about 24 hours. Thanks!
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