The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
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The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
The Dark Arts differ from other forms of magic in the intent of the wizard using it. Most magic is relatively neutral—it can be used for bad or good. Some magic, however, is Evil in it’s intention through and through. Spells of this kind are often called curses. Curses are spells that are often intended to cause harm to another person. This intention to do harm places that spell into the realm of the Dark Arts. However, simply casting a Curse spell doesn’t mean that a person is using the Dark Arts. Ultimately, the deep, true intention of the caster is what makes the difference.
Typical Dark Magic spells are called Curses. There are offensive spells that shoot out of a wand like a gun; curse energy causes physical damage to things it hits besides the magical effect. Hexes and jinxes are lesser spells that adversely affect the target. As mentioned above, these spells are not necessarily Dark Magic. The intention of the caster is what actually makes the difference.
year one: general overview
year two: basic Dark creatures
year three: intermediate Dark creatures
year four: curses
year five: no idea what a competent teacher would have set; as it was, just read the Slinkhard book
year six: non-verbal spells