W6 - a low-grade essay about weapons of wizard war

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No: HPFGUIDX 118704


Kizor0 wrote:
> Wondrous and Wicked Ways of Waging Wizarding War
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Thus, I present to you a short speculative essay about possible ways 
to utilise magic in war for no good reason whatsoever. Seriously. I 
have at least three ongoing assignments that could have used the 
time, what's wrong with me?.


Alla:


Kizor, I had a lot of fun reading your essay. I have never been good 
at "expanding" Wisarding World , but I am certainly enjoying how 
others do it. I only have a couple of brief comments to add, but I 
am sure others will have many interesting ideas to add.


KizorO:

> The Uses of Near-Instantaneous Travel
> Apparating for short distances and Portkeys for long ones allow 
travel with neglible delay. Presumably it's still a second or few, 
making the methods unusable in battle (otherwise, I for one would 
not have barged to the Death Room through a door but Apparated two 
feet above Lucius Malfoy's head with steel boots) with the possible 
exception of fleeing. Portkeys do present an intriguing possibility; 
Key rings. 


Alla:

I am wondering about VERY short distance apparation. Can wisard 
escape potentially deadly curse by apparating let's say one feet 
ahead or something like that?


Kizor0:

 Command Centers
The wizarding world has the means to make a center of operations at
least as advanced as the Muggle world. As the Weasley's wonderful
watches show, items can be made to show a faraway person's status
without delay. Sirius' mirror demonstrates that communication 
between distant persons is possible – perhaps hearing crystals
small 
enough to insert into an ear? We don't know how hard it was to make 
the Marauder's Map and how much did the makers have to know about 
Hogwarts, but having a Phoenix's Parchment of at least some important
locations sounds likely. Ask Harry for the Map for the war effort
(could he refuse?) and use an Engorgement Charm on it, and you 
already have one of Hogwarts. 


Alla:


I am still waiting for JKR to tell us HOW exactly members of the 
Order communicate with each other. I bet it will be improtant in the 
upcoming battles. As to marauders Map, sure, at one point I thought 
that Dumbledore already did something like that, while Map was not 
in Harry's possession. But if Harry took it from Fake!Moody's 
office, I don't know if Dumbledore had time to do something like 
that.