"Mischief maker, eh?" Varius smiled. If he were likely to get into any mischief, he would probably be doing it under the impression that he wasn't actually creating mischief. Varius was one of those people who was completely ignorant of his own actions and the consequences that would be derived from those actions. Probably what gave off some of his weird vibe. "And smart? Thank you," he winked, deciding to ignore the thwacking reference. Gulp.

He wrote down what they had discussed thus far, before pondering over the debate face-off. "This ones hard. We don't really know what these people were like when they were alive, simply what they were famous for. But debating could be seen as a form of dueling? Particularly for muggles I would assume. Maybe it would be Hengist as well... after all, building a village isn't likely to go without problems... i'm not too sure. This one is tricky - what do you think?" he began stroking his parchment with his quill feather, still thinking.