Rictusempra – Tickling Charm

Rictusempra is the second dueling spell, and your third spell in total you will learn in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mistery year one, chapter four. The thing about this spell is that you won’t learn it from a charms professor. You are going to learn Rictusempra with a little help from your friend Rowan Khanna. Originally you were supposed to learn this spell in year two from professor Flitwick but you were so eager on learning new spells that will help you defend yourself against Merula Snyde, that you just couldn’t wait.

Your House Prefect wanted to teach you how to duel, but you didn’t know any spells. So you decided to take matters into your own hands. He said that there was a dueling spell book hidden in the Artifact Room. Quickly afterward, you and Rowan sneaked into the Artifact Room and started looking for the spell book.

After some time of searching and using your energy on examining the shelves full of dusty books and scrolls, you manage to find a book full of dueling spells. Finally, something that will help you put a stop to Merula’s torture. Afterward, you sneaked back from the Artifact Room to your Common Room to sleep and get some rest for tomorrow.

Next day at lunch you talked about your next move. The job wasn’t over yet. Now in a book full of hundreds of different spells, you must search for the right one. The spell that is easy for two first-year students to learn and that will stop Merula. Rowan offered himself to study the whole book in search of the right one.

Finally, he found it! A charm that will aid you in your future duels – rictusempra.

Rictusempra is a weird spell also known as Tickling Charm. As the name says upon casting, it will tickle your target and make them laugh uncontrollably. This charm may be seen as harmless but it can prove to be a useful tool. You can even use it on your friends and make them laugh just for fun. But the main use of Rictusempra is for dueling. It will make your opponent laugh so hard they won’t be able to move or cast any spells.

In order to cast your first Rictusempra, you need to practice your stance and wand swing, and for that, you will use a lot of energy. Rowan will be there to help you with studying Rictusempra. He will even offer himself to be used as a test dummy and you will cast Tickling charm onto him.

The wand movement will be a little tricky. The movement path will look like a leaf, so it will mean that basically, you are using a leaf to tickle your opponents.

If you’ve done everything correctly you will make Rowan laugh so hard it will hurt. No matter, he will be glad because you’ve learned a new spell and it will prove useful to use against Merula Snyde.