Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Excellent. Let us begin. Today's lesson will begin with the standard boiler plate regarding the purpose of this class before we get into the meat of the lesson. And then we'll have some time to apply our lesson. The sooner we get through the discussion, the more time we can spend on practice," Tate eased his weight back into a more relaxed position.

"When we discuss the 'Dark Arts', we are generally referring to a variety of different concepts. While Care of Magical Creatures or Charms or Potions covers one subset of the magical world, this class covers them all. What are some of the areas of the Dark Arts you are already familiar with?"