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Location type:: Classroom
Located in:: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry
Proprietor:: Horace Slughorn
ThreeWordSummary:: Cramped, smelly, dark
Description
As you step into the Potions classroom, a wave of dense, unsettling aromas immediately assaults your senses. The air is thick, cramped, and perpetually dark, even with the flickering gas lamps that struggle to pierce the gloom. It’s a subterranean space, deep within the dungeons.
The room is chaotic. Cauldrons of various sizes, from small individual ones to vast, bubbling vats, line the bench that runs all the way around the outside wall, a stark contrast to the dozen or so heavy, scarred wooden workstations that sit dormant in the centre of the room. Many bubble erratically, some with slow, viscous plops, others with a more aggressive hiss, hinting at some powerful reaction occurring within. The pungent, eclectic smell is almost overwhelming – the sharp, acrid notes of rotted cabbages and slimy substances mingle with the earthy dampness of dried roots.A wisp of bluish smoke rises from one (an Alihotsy extract).
Additional Description
Through a small door by Professor Slughorn's desk you can see through his store room to a second, heavier, door that connects to the corridor outside. Shelves lining the stone walls to a height of 20 feet or more groan under the weight of countless ingredients: jars of vibrant powders, bundles of desiccated herbs, snarled claws, and fangs hanging from the ceiling like macabre decorations.
On the workbenches, brass scales gleam faintly, surrounded by silver knives, cutting boards, mortars and pestles, and a myriad of vials, jars, and flasks, ready for precise measurement and mixture.
Events
| Session | Interactions |
|---|---|
| Session 02 - First Lessons | Cassie Weasley, Vi Thorne & Basil Featherstone attend their first Potions class with Prof. Horace Slughorn. Each learns the recipe for Antidote of Common Poisons. Over the first few lessons Basil & Cassie manage a couple of flawed versions and Vi impresses Slughorn with 3 standard quality ones, even from poor ingredients. |
| Session 02 - First Lessons | Horace Slughorn extends an open invitation to Vi Thorne to use the Potions classroom for her own brews. He will carve out a workstation on the outer wall for her and undertake to care for her creations |
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