Deep in the dungeons of Hogwarts is found the Serpentine Hall and the classroom of Ghoul Studies.

Serpentine Hall not properly part of the Dungeons but the entrance to the Catacombs but by Salazar Slytherin in the tenth century. The hall is home to some of Hogwarts most beautiful stonework and sculpted art. But like many such places it is a facade that hides behind it's beauty many secrets in the Catacombs of Hogwarts.

This lonely hall is the place quoted in the legend of horrors that the older students and siblings use to frighten and astound. It is haunted by ghosts which names are known to only other ghosts and of Course the Professor of Ghoul Studies Miss Oxyntes (Pronounced Ox y nite though some few students call her Miss Night)

The quiet Miss Night is almost never seen above ground in daylight and at night seen more outdoors except on rare occasions at Feasts or important school functions. When she speaks people must strain to hear her but she has demonstrated either an ability or spell that emits a scream equal to a Banshee's which she used to drive back a group of three direwolves that had wandered on campus.

Her quarters are off her classroom and were once an abandoned crypt built for one of the Heirs of Slytherin and are twice as spacious as those of the other professors. (The only draw back is no view.) The Ghoul Studies class is conducted in the catacombs themselves but has as it's actual classroom is a small amphitheater who's lectern sets recessed into a natural half dome of Large crystals. The students desks are spacious and even described as comfy and sit 3-6-12-28 on each level. Four seats are occupied permanently, 2 on the highest level with 1 each on levels 2 an 3. ( 1 Mummy and a Skeleton top level, 1 Ghoul on the third and a former student's ghost on the second level)

The Ghoul Studies class at present has only four registered students. (Aella Arcane 6th year Slytherin. Bella Sinclair 5th year Ravenclaw, 4th year Ravenclaw and Horace Uthur 166th year At Large former Gryffindor 7th year)

Class begins exactly two hours after dark or evening meal in the long nights of winter. Usually Miss Night tells her class the history of the area they'll visit that night or the legends of the ghosts they might encounter. Sometimes though Miss Night's mother and a ghost takes over teaching a portion of the course mother and daughter call practical questions and answers. No one his sure what Miss night does on those night's which she doesn't appear to teach.

Once a month Miss Night locks the students in a catacomb section where Peeves is allowed to play with them anyway he wishes so long as they are not harmed. ( Feel free to try magic on Peeves but be warned that he's resisted many attempts to expel him and a couple of those that tried had to leave the school shortly afterwards.)

From an Early age you have been able to sense the presence of spirits and when you turn 13 to 15 years old they suddenly took an interest in you.
This is a rare ability and some even call it a curse because of certain effects it has.
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Medium abilities are as follows
Call Ghosts, Spirits, Poltergeists and other Quasi Dead. Using this ability is both useful and risky because some Non corporeal are dangerous by nature especially to the untrained medium. It's range is dependent on the training and concentration time of the user
Sense Hidden or dormant Ghosts, Spirits, Poltergeists or Quasi Dead. It's range is dependent on the training and concentration time of the user and it's non descriptive.
Channel By this means a medium may call spirits that do not exist on this plane. This is also a skill not to be used lightly because it may result in the possession of the medium's body.
Banish This power is only usable by trained mediums and should not be used lightly
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I may add or alter this ability to balance the game

Name
Ruthanne "Ruth" Weaver-Jones

Age
14

Year
4th Year

House
Hufflepuff

Wand
10" Hazel wood, unicorn hair core, nice and supple.

Personality
Ruth is best described by all those who had met her as somewhat of a ditz. She's not the brightest and is unable to focus for too long on anything if it doesn't interest her. This is a source of tension between her and her teachers, who constantly have to check on her during lessons to make sure she hasn't started daydreaming. Outside of classes, she tends to hang round large groups of students, listening to their conversations but rarely joining in, and has no true friends yet due to her shyness. If someone does talk to her though, they'll find she's very friendly... perhaps a little too friendly, with no sense of social boundaries and likely to trust anyone who shows her even the slightest amount of kindness. She is incapable of doing wrong to anyone - at least not intentionally - and even less capable of sensing the dark intentions of others, making her vulnerable to manipulation.

History
Ruth is a halfblood, child of the muggle Michael Jones and the witch Cornelia Weaver. Cornelia had once attended Hogwarts in her youth, but after falling in love with Michael, decided to give up using magic and adapt to a normal lifestyle. She had two children, Ruth and her younger brother Robert, and got a job as a business woman, doing all she could to support her family. However, as hard as she tried, Cornelia could never quite rid herself of her need for magic, and would often use little tricks now and then when she felt she could get away for it.

To make things even more complicated, it quickly turned out that Ruth had inherited her mother's abilities. Her powers first became apparent when Ruth accidentally sent a boy flying after he startled her by putting a beetle down the back of her jumper. After this incident, Cornelia, who had been keeping her magical heritage a secret from her family, finally decided to tell them the truth, and told them that Ruth herself should go to Hogwarts in order to train her magical abilities. Michael was uncertain and Ruth even less so as it would mean leaving all her friends behind. After much persuading though, Ruth eventually became curious of a world in which magic existed, and was sent off to Hogwarts and sorted into the Hufflepuff house.

During her first two years at Hogwarts, Ruth was like a lot of Hufflepuffs, having no particular area of expertise. She was fairly average in most subjects, aside from History of Magic which she found the most boring and therefore never tried all that much for, and while she did enjoy Potions class the most, she wasn't particularly good at it as she often enjoyed going off the recipe and experimenting. The results often blew up in her face, quite literally. However, once she reached third year, she started taking Care of Magical Creatures and Divination, the latter of which she discovered she had quite the talent for. However, due to the inexact nature of Divination, don't expect her to be making huge or entirely accurate predictions. After discovering her true magical talent, Ruth has become less crazy about Potions, and while she still enjoys the subject, she's less likely to blow up the Potions Lab, much to her teacher's relief.

Now she's in 4th year, and after hearing about the extracurricular Ghoul Studies, she's become curious. A class teaching about ghosts and the mysteries of death? She knew magic was powerful but she never thought it was that powerful. Now, eager to find out about a very different side of magic, she had decided to take up the class.

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