Meet Our DADA Counselor

I suppose it is time that I introduced our "new" DADA counselor, Lucious...er, that's Lucius Whitmarsh. Those of you who were at Hogwarts for Term 6 will recognize our dear professor.

Professor Whitmarsh left Hogwarts abruptly, without explanation, at the end of Term 6. I thought we had been very good friends, so when he left I was disappointed. I have since learned that vicious rumors had cost Professor Whitmarsh his reputation, position and status in the Wizarding community. His fall from grace came with a final blow to his ego when Professor of Bloodlust, Golemn Gollonas, was awarded the prized Novation Quantum Analysis doctorate grant to study and present his findings on 7th Sactum Terrorism at this year's Wizarding World Defense Against the Dark Arts Council.

Professor Whitmarsh decided that he wanted to return to HSKS and see if he could regain his status. He applied under a pseudoname in order to be judged on his qualifications, rather than reputation. I, for one, am glad he has returned and look forward to rekindling our friendship.

The Choice Has Been Made

It seems that we've all become the victims of the befuddlement draught! It must have been in our Pumpkin Juice morning of last. It seems that Professor Warick is not who he appears to be. Though he is quite handsome, and his handsomeness alone could be a possible disarming charm, it appears that he fooled us all! With the vote between Professor Rayner and Professor Warick coming to an end it appears that we might have possibly been made fools of because the apparent choice in the majority for a new DADA is in fact none other than a more mature and a more seasoned Lucius Whitmarsh, who as our DADA during the winter term of last year!!!
Whitmarsh then:


Whitmarsh now:

Please wait for Wisteria to make formal introductions and then you can congratulate Whitmarsh on his . . . ah-hem - worthy assignment on her introductory post.

A Tie!

There is a tie between Professor Gawain Rayner (#2) and Professor Kembell Warick (#3) ! Please vote one more time for these handsome gentlemen.

Professor Kembell Warick (#3) - Having fought with the Order of the Phoenix against Voldermort's initial attacks, Professor Warick has a keen knowledge of the Dark Arts that will aid any and every student to excel in this class.

Professor Gawain Rayner (#2) - Gawain Rayner is a seasoned DADA instructor. Within the span of an hour's time Professor Rayner can impress upon the minds of all the students a desire to learn DADA even enough to eventually become Auror.

Defense Against The Dark Arts

Need we say more? Those of you who have been around Hogwarts for a while know that the Defense Against the Dark Arts posts can never keep an instructor for more than a year. Well, every term we hire a new instructor. Our dear Wisty has . . . eh hem, shall we say, been given the task of orienting the new DADA instructors on their duties at the school. For summer we will do something a little different. Three instructors have applied for the job of Summer Camp DADA and I would like to have all the campers involved in deciding who our summer DADA will be.
Our first candidate is Caedmon McGooken. He has taught DADA at various other magic schools, but would come to us with only one year worth of experience. He, however, shows immense promise because of his uncharacteristic to teach his students dark arts in very interesting, and sometimes unethical ways.

Gawain Rayner is a seasoned DADA instructor. Within the span of an hour's time Professor Rayner can impress upon the minds of all the students a desire to learn DADA even enough to eventually become Auror.

Kembell Warick is last, but certainly not least. Having fought with the Order of the Phoenix against Voldermort's initial attacks, Professor Warick has a keen knowledge of the Dark Arts that will aid any and every student to excel in this class.



Impromptu Trivia: Who among you knows WHY the DADA post can not be occupied for more than a year?