In the early days of the term, following symposium with Charisma Aldridge, Headmaster Greyfriar in a manner most casual delivered "just something I had lying" around to each of the staff members. "Really, it's nothing. Just something I found cleaning out my office," he will have insisted without guile if he met with the staffer face to face.  Otherwise they'd be left on a desk with a little note, "thanks for taking this off my hands - K.G.".

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Sebastian Darkfall

A Verbatis Quill, a magical dictation quill that records every word perfectly, erms and ahs and all.

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Ravinder Singh

An ebony handled glass in a blue velvet bag. Holding it up to the sky reveals a star chart with constellations all connected.

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Corduroy Canterbury

A box of Knox's favorite Bluesmoke Cigars, soothing with a touch of nightshade.

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Sylvain Onuris

Bespoke dragonhide gloves, adjusts to fit any wearer perfectly.

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Ignan Storm

A Clasp Flare, handmade by famous inventor Torquil Foley. "A Clasp Flare is a tool for capturing and measuring uncontrolled or free-flowing magical oddities with magical combustion."

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Charisma Aldridge

Sellaphix Dragonbalm. "Oils from that gland on dragons that ignites their fiery breath. Apparently does wonders for stormy hips, trick knees, and bad backs."

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Camille Duerr

Iowa morel mushrooms. Rare mushroom, highly prized by chefs. These are hand foraged from far off Iowa woodlands in the USA.

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Owen Prewett

Laphrog Firewhiskey, deep and peaty.