TMQ112 -- The Savage Noble

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Discussion of The Magic Quill #112 -- The Savage Noble by Robbie Fischer.


+++ DOUBLE CHALLENGE FOR TMQ #114 +++

SURVEY: True or False? Sir Lionel Niblet briefly played a role in hiding the Potters from Lord Voldemort.

CONTEST: What gave Shmedly the ability to withstand Spanky’s spells?

[_houdini]

lol... first one to post... oh well.... hmm.. i'll vote for True.. as Sir Lionel being a rich and famous wizard and skilled at herbelogy i'm not surprised if he knows Dumbledore and is friends with him, so well since he got plenty of security plants and him being generous and all i expect that he would gladly sponser some plants to hide the Potters.

hmm... well it has to do with the red potion, if not the red potion would have something to do with the curse that has befallen on the plants, a cursed fertilizer like dat... well as for Shmedly invulnerablility to spells it will be to do with an ancient ritual called The Vindica Quislibet which means protecting all, this ritual is only passed down through noble familes for many centuries. This ritual when performed on a person, object, place give them the power of immunity to most spells, charms, hexes and curses. The procedure is complex requiring the presence of a solar eclipse and many rare magical plants, creatures, runes and amulets. When the power is placed over an object or area, the power would work more many centuries but has to be enfocred time and time again or it would just fade away.... as for the power when placed on wizards, it will drain the mental energy of the person quickly thus the wizard have to take special energy revitalizing potions to prevent him from growing insane. (oh did i mentioned that the energy revitaling potion reeks of decompostition )

Another possibilty that Shmedly had in possesion a sacred relic, the scabbard to King Arthur's sword Excalibur. The legend has it that i give a Muggle no loss of blood when wounded and immunity to most spells for a wizard.

[stwonks]

I vote true, it makes since that someone named Lily could find safty in a garden for a time.

Sid wasn't lying when he said vitamins were helping him. He took a special vitamin potion that magicly boost his immune system to the point were he is immune to most spells.

[Dragonic]

Survey- True
Contest- The red potion is the water that Achilles' mother used to make him undefeatable. (except at the heel) Therefore, anywhere that Sid has rubbed the potion, he can't be attacked. He probably said "vitamins" to lure Spanky to Voldy-Mart, the obvious place for a villain to get super-vitamins. I wonder what's at Voldy- Mart?

[Linda_Carrig]

True
The secret of Sid's sucess is the vial of red potion that spilled on the floor right before the battle began: the red potion is none other than distilled vampire blood. This Draculessence potion is very powerful and if used spareingly it can go a long way to spread confusion and conflict which is exactly what it was doing at the beggining of the story. However, when Spanky accidently spilled it, its power concentrated on the nearest vampire, ie. Sid, and gave super protection to him. The Draculessence shouldn't last much longer so Sid will not have the upper hand for long.

[woot]

Survey- True.
Contest- It could have been that the magical trap that got them lost messed up Spanky’s ability to do magic. The trap was meant to hold the person it caught and keep them from getting out by using magic. The house or whatever Sid was in was probably inside the trap and so that is why Spanky could not use his magic. Sid was the one who set the trap so it would have had no effect on him. Sid could have just been saying something to confuse Spanky when he said “vitamins” and the red potion could have been something he used to set up the trap.

[h_morgan]

I think true.

I think Smedley would have used a slippery charm so that the spells Spanky was casting would just slide around him. This charm is similar to the sheild charm in that it protects the caster, but it causes you to be slippery to magic instead of defectly the magic away from you.

[MsJunior84]

survey: neither true nor false - Sir Lionel Niblet offered asylum to the Potters, but they declined... to their own demise.

contest: Shmedly's unsavory Romanian associates provided Shmedly with assistance much as Ilona did for Spanky.
- or -
the flask that was destroyed provided Shmedly with a veil of protection
- or -
Shmedly was wearing a golden pendant hidden under his rags, provided by his unsavory Romanian associates, which gave him protection for a limited amount of time. As spells whizzed about the room, the pendant overloaded, causing the sudden, earth-shatteringly loud 'thunderstorm' and causing the wearer (Shmedly) unexplained pain. Or so Shmedly thought. In reality, his unsavory Romanian associates were displeased that Shmedly was spending so much of the limited time granted by the pendant, and decided to both punish Shmedly, and provide him with a chance to escape.

[Voldemort_13]

My name is Sid Shmedly I have power that allows me to not be affected by most spells. The story behind it is actually very interesting, however like most powers it happened by accident. You see at the time I had worked for a company that made suits of armor. Our modo was “luck is good magic’s better”. We basically made muggle armor with a very thin, light and very strong coat of magical varnish that strengthens the armor 10 fold and also blocks basic spells. Of course we don’t sell it as magic to our customers it’s simply a revolutionary new technology with a weird name that sounds official. We still use our wizard modo. The just didn't know we ment it literally.

My job is to create the magical varnish that covers the armor. It’s harder than it sounds because not only do we have to create a potion that can deflect most spells and gun shots we have to take it and purify it, making it thin and light enough to coat armor with, without losing any of its strength. We would also like also like the stuff to be safe and nontoxic. Our rule of thumb is that it has to be light and gentle enough to be touching the skin but strong enough to withstand a blow from a machinegun of grenade. As a result the potion we start with is much stronger than what we end up with in the end. In fact it is so strong that the company requires us to wear dragon hide gloves and safety goggles covered in our varnish. I don’t always follow those regulations but that day I was. If I hadn’t been wearing them I probably wouldn’t be alive right now.

I was going over the final check list. I had already added the two kilograms of dragon meat, one kilogram of whale blubber, and the dried out heart of a lion. I stirred if a few times with my wand then went over to the storage bin and grabbed a bottle of lemon juice and the shell of a snapping turtle. I walked over to what looked like an industrial size blender and dropped the whole turtle shell in it. I put my face mask on before turning it on just incase it malfunctioned. It didn’t. I walked back to the caldron and measured out a liter of lemon juice. I stirred the potion, and added some lemon pepper. At this point the potion looked normal. After that I’m not sure what happened. I remember noticing that the grinder had stopped and that I was going to add the turtle shells next. Then I remember waking up in the hospital. I’m not sure whether it blew up before or after I added the turtle shells. Of course they searched the room tiring to figure out what caused the explosion but nobody really knows. It wasn’t till after I had mostly recovered that I discovered the affects of the potion. I became virtually invincible to physical or magical attack but from then on have perpetually looked and smelled like rotting meat.

ps I hope this wasn't to long you didn't say there was a word limit on entries

[Celairiel]

True, I think that would really tie the story together and be an interesting line to take.

I think that Sid's answer of vitamins was correct. Spells of the intensity that Spanky was casting only work well on the intended object. In this case, Spanky was trying to hex a human. The large amount of vitamins, and especially iron suplements, Sid has taken to help him withstand the drain of a large working such as that on the garden has made him more mineral than human. Added to this is the red potion. If he drinks a small amount of Shieldberry Juice each morning, he is protected by a minor shield charm for the next 30 hours or so. He had just taken the potion before his nap, and so he had double protection: the juice he had just drunk, and the remaining protection from the previous dose. Now that the rare and expensive potion is gone, Spanky should be able to hex Sid to some extent. Despite being mostly iron, he can still be affected by things such as body-binders and intense heat.

[voldymortus]

True

Sid found himself in a very bad position. He was in romania, and had attacked the wrong guy for the wrong reasons. ANYWAY...

There he was, faced with an advanced gaurd of this guy's henchmen, when the person sid attacked made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Sid would get to live, and he would get one ability he never had.

One Catch

The price would be sid'a magic.

Fearing death like the coward that Sid is, he agreed, and chose invunerability (to the point of not even being able to be killed).

And this works, However, sid can only do magic when he is on a mission for said owner of his magic. As he can not be killed by any spell known to wizard kind, he doesn't need to defend himself. He can only do magic if it is a nessesity (food, travel, et al). and there is a consequens to useoing the magic that is no longer his....

Every time he casts a spell, he looses bit of his magic.

Now because of this (which it is even bigger shame to lose your magic than it is to marry a half blood or a mugle born to the rich,) he was cast out by his famiy.

But sid ignores the warning of hi new master and continues to do magic. Eventually, it will be syphoned of untill he is no longer a wizard, and the protection will be lifted off of him, and he will age rapidly and die.

[FishEByrd]

Originally Posted by Celairiel

...The large amount of vitamins, and especially iron suplements, Sid has taken to help him withstand the drain of a large working such as that on the garden has made him more mineral than human...Despite being mostly iron, he can still be affected by things such as body-binders and intense heat.

I love this! Wow! Though I have to admit that even this didn't make me giggle as much as Linda's "Draculessence." This is going to be a tough contest to decide!

Originally Posted by voldymortus

And this works, However, sid can only do magic when he is on a mission for said owner of his magic. As he can not be killed by any spell known to wizard kind, he doesn't need to defend himself. He can only do magic if it is a nessesity (food, travel, et al). and there is a consequens to useoing the magic that is no longer his....Every time he casts a spell, he looses bit of his magic....But sid ignores the warning of hi new master and continues to do magic. Eventually, it will be syphoned of untill he is no longer a wizard, and the protection will be lifted off of him, and he will age rapidly and die.

Another really intriguing theory. Jeez, you guys. You're all amazing!

[TWZRD]

1. True. I like that idea from houdini that Sir L might be a friend of Dumbledore.
2. It's surely the potion. And, like Linda, I think anything that explodes with a scream might well be connected with Vampires, or at least have blood and murder in it. That would also explain why Sid smells like death -- he's been in the company of vampires. However, instead of directly protecting Sid, I think it neutralized Spanky. Perhaps it only neutralized him in regard to attacking Sid, or perhaps it's general, but I agree with those who think it will wear off. Let's say it will wane with the moon, and be gone at the dark of the moon. It isn't effecting Illona either because she's hidden, or because she isn't the one that spilled it and stepped into the escaping vapors. I think Sid was going to use it against Sir Lionel, to neutralize his defenses, but now it's gone. Don't think he's got any in reserve; it nearly killed him to get the original vial. That, and his living in this abandoned wreck of a house while sneaking over to Sir L's garden (disguised as a shrub - McBeth style) is why he looks so bad.

[Xantha]

Survey: True - I think Sir Lionel did hide the Potters before the performed the Fidelis Charm, but Voldemort discovered where they were so they had to move on.
Contest: Sid knew that Spanky would eventually come looking for the person that was messing with Sir Lionel's garden so he used a special potion (the red one) to make himself immune to only Spanky's attacks. This potion only works for 8 hours at a time and had not quite worn off when Spanky and Ilona showed up. Sid received the potion from his Romanian partners and will be unable to get anymore as it takes a year to brew and he just lost their entire stock. They are going to be very angry with him!

[FishEByrd]

Originally Posted by TWZRD

That, and his living in this abandoned wreck of a house while sneaking over to Sir L's garden (disguised as a shrub - McBeth style) is why he looks so bad.

You people are awesome!

[dele]

Survey: Sure why not? A Potter connection is always interesting

Contest: Well I rather like the Vampire ideas that have already been explored. I think Sid is a Vampire. He is unaffected by Spanky's magic because he is no longer human and is in fact one of the Undead. But he can still be injured by physical attacks such as Ilona's broom and the table that smashes into his side.

(Maybe one of Sid's Romanian partners is Sanguini, the vampire from Slughorn's party in HBP?!)

As for the significance of the red potion, I have no idea. Maybe it helps him resist the sunlight or something?????

[TWZRD]

Shucks, Robbie. I'm all flattered!

[i6uuaq]

shucks... my net's been down... been wanting to post this for so long, and the new one's out already....

survey: i say no... only because the obvious answer is yes. i'm just that kind of a person... it's such a leading question!!

contest: i don't like coming up with new ideas or products for this part, cuz i think that's just a lazy way of writing, so.....

giant blood. (or werewolf blood, if that makes the plot line easier to handle.) sid's been injecting it ("Ah yes, inklections" says Arthur Weasley. "Muggles think of all sorts of things, don't they now." he continued fondly.) directly into his bloodstream using hypodermic syringes ("What-d'you-call-'em... whinges or something like that." "Syringes, Mr Weasley." "Yes, that's right. Synches!"). The syringes were actually on the table with the red liquid, but no one noticed it in the fight... except Ilona, who thinks to ask Spanky about it later... and of course, mixing blood-types is generally a bad idea, as anyone who's done abit of biology will know... sid's suffering from serious autoimmune responses in his body now, which explains why he looks like death.