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Hogwarts

School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

So teach us things worth knowing,

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY



Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)​

Dear future student,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on 1 May. We await your owl by no later than 27 April.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress

Bring back what we've forgot,

Setting​

The year is 1989, eight years after the end of The First Wizarding War and two years before Harry even learns he's a wizard. Though a scarcely acknowledged fear of you-know-who still lingers in the air, the wizarding world is operating mostly as normal. Perhaps you are a new first-year student, entering Hogwarts with the likes of Fred and George Weasley, Cedric Diggory, and Angelina Johnson. Are you a professor, eager to collaborate with peers like Pomona Sprout and Cuthbert Binns to share your knowledge with the next generation of magic users? Or maybe you're preparing to graduate next year alongside Nymphadora Tonks and Charlie Weasley. Whoever you are, you've found your way to Hogwarts and will be calling it home for the next academic year. Now please, make your way to platform nine and three quarters.

Plot​

This is a Harry Potter universe role play without the Harry Potter. The events of Harry's life, as depicted in the books, have not all occurred quite yet. Don't worry if you don't have an in-depth knowledge of Potter lore, this RP is intended to be friendly to all players, regardless of lore knowledge. It will be focused mainly on life at Hogwarts as students come of age and attend classes while simultaneously trying to keep out of trouble. There will be certain plot points (feasts, trips to Hogsmeade, Quidditch matches, etc.) to push character development and interaction but otherwise, the plot is up to you. Both canon characters and OCs are most welcome, including students and staff. Players are also allowed to play minor characters part time. Drama between characters (romance, rivalries, etc.) is highly encouraged.

Just do your best, we'll do the rest,

Guidelines & Rules​

1. All first years will be sorted upon arrival at Hogwarts, as per the Sorting Ceremony. (This means that canon characters will be sorted into their respective houses, but OCs are at the mercy of the Sorting Hat.) Later year OCs have the option for their player to choose their house or to let the GM conduct a similar sorting ceremony for them.

2. If you've joined our RP after we've done sorting for the year, you may join as an older year (2-7) or part of the staff. All canon teachers are in place, but I will allow OC assistant professors in each subject who teach under the supervision of the canon teacher.

3. You are allowed 4 characters in total. They may be whatever year of student you like (including prefects!) or staff, as long as they follow the above rules. I also welcome playing 'part-time' characters such as canon students and staff that will help flesh out the universe and encourage interaction (but not require so much effort as a main character). Perhaps my biggest limitation in creating characters (other than keeping it realistic to the universe) is to respect the canon characters that are already in place and the roles they fill. For example, it's safe to assume that Charlie Weasley was Captain of Gryffindor's quidditch team at the point of this RP. That means that in this RP, we will respect that. Other unfulfilled roles on the quidditch team are welcome to be filled by your characters, and if you're keen on being captain we can work out something like a co-captain.

4. This will be a detailed and (I'm hoping) long-term RP. While quality is more important than quantity, in the interest of substance I am expecting at least a full paragraph (4 sentences or more) per post, at least once a week. I'm happy to work with players when things come up, so please let us know if you'll be inactive for a while! Also, I'll try to give everyone at least a few days of notice before we switch settings or start a new plot point, but please let me know if you're struggling to find something to write about and we can work together to figure out a solution.

5. Let's all be polite to each other and have a good time! Feel free to chat OOC about developing character relationships.

6. I'm sure you know the usual rules by now, but just in case: no GMing, Mary Sues, or controlling/harming other people's characters without consent. etc.

7. Please wait to post until your character has been accepted. No positions or roles may be reserved and all characters are subject to GM approval.

8. More of a suggestion than a rule, but there is an OOC discord for this RP. Being in the discord is not mandatory, all important announcements will always be made in the OOC (Great Hall linked below) or IC thread. Join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Discord Server!

And learn until our brains all rot.

Hm. I don't believe I've seen you here before. First year, then?

[He looks you up and down before giving you a knowing smile to ease your apparent nervousness.]

It's alright, I get it. I've been there. My little brothers are first years too actually - George and Fred Weasley. Little troublemakers, they are. Maybe you'll meet them on the train. But on second thought, it's probably better that you don't.

[He laughs.]

Here, let me help you with your bags. Don't worry, they'll be sent up to your room when we get there. Now listen, when you get off, you'll be looking for Hagrid. He's a big guy, you won't be able to miss him. He'll take you on the boats to the Great Hall where you'll get sorted.

What? Yeah, sorted. You know, into one of the four houses...? You don't know? Blimey, well, there's Hufflepuff, Gryffindor - that's the one I'm in, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. You'll probably want to stay away from that last lot. Huh? Oh, no, you don't get to pick. The Hat will, at the ceremony.

[The train's whistle blows sharply, a final warning to all intending to board it for the journey to Hogwarts.]

There's probably still room in one of the compartments of this car here. In you go, that's it, they won't be bite. Chin up, you'll be fine. Just remember to stay as far away from Peeves as you can. Don't know who he is? Nevermind, you'll figure it out for yourself. Good luck, and welcome to Hogwarts.

In Character

The Great Hall

Student Records

The Library

 

[avira]

Announcement #1​

Hey ya'll!

I've spent the past few days going through the wonderful characters you've created and made the below list with any notes I might have had. The number and letter next to their name should be the house and year your character is in.

Definitely let me know if I made any mistakes OR if anything is missing/incorrect in terms of their status (quidditch role, prefect, head boy/girl, clubs, etc.). There was a LOT of information to review and I definitely probably may have missed things! Always feel free to reach out if there are any inconsistencies!

Please confirm once you've seen this post and checked your characters' status by liking this post or pming me on here! Once I get confirmation from you, I'll go ahead and add your accepted character(s) to the appropriate character list and quidditch team post. If I don't get confirmation from you, I'll assume you have fallen off this train (no harm, no foul!) and are no longer interested in this RP.

accepted characters

1 Artie zippy
1 Barty QuirkyAngel
1 Ella beeswaxie
1 Elliott cactus_flowers
1 Eoin Kittymonk
1 Michaela Kittymonk
4R Samantha cactus_flowers
4S Lucas The Cloak
5G Ruben QuirkyAngel
5R Charlotte .chxrryette.
5S Aryan .chxrryette.
5S Tobias notabot
6G Penelope cactus_flowers
6H Abelia alstroemeria
6H Amelia Ch3rryBlossom28
6H Eun-Jin Stardust Galaxy
6H Josie Hypnos
6R Brenda BracedJupiter72
6R Ha-Eun Stardust Galaxy
6R Jasmine Farmgirl310
6S Alexander cactus_flowers
6S Shen sox
7H Kayla QuirkyAngel
7R Aurora erzulie
7S Lily Ch3rryBlossom28

Prof. Kim - DADA Ch3rryBlossom28
Prof. Wright - Undecided The Cloak
Ghost Julien notabot

pending characters

1 Elspeth birdgeoisie - is this still WIP? it said so at the top of your post so wanted to check ^^

1 Clem _em_ - missing fears and 1 quirk

4S Thaz birdgeoisie - is this still WIP? it said so at the top of your post so wanted to check ^^

5G Aithne birdgeoisie - missing fears

6H Hayden _em_ - which role does he play in quidditch? missing 2 fears + quirks

6R James Nightblade - he seems a little too perfect? I know his whole thing is that he's an overachiever, but we all have some faults. ^^ missing quirks/fears/positive&negative traits

WIP char invariance - you made a placeholder post, just thought I'd tag you in case you still wanted to join!

accepted prefects

5R Charlotte .chxrryette.
5S Aryan .chxrryette.
6G Penelope cactus_flowers
6H Eun-Jin Stardust Galaxy
7R Aurora erzulie
7S Lily Ch3rryBlossom28

accepted quidditch players

Gryffindor

Hufflepuff
6H Josie Hypnos - Chaser

Ravenclaw
6R Ha-Eun Stardust Galaxy - Seeker
6R Brenda BracedJupiter72 - Beater

Slytherin
6S Shen sox - Seeker

Other
6H Eun-Jin Stardust Galaxy - Commentator

accepted club members

Dueling Club
5G Ruben QuirkyAngel
6R Ha-Eun Stardust Galaxy - Captain

Frog Choir
7H Kayla QuirkyAngel

Hogwarts School Newspaper
6H Eun-Jin Stardust Galaxy - President

Magical Creatures Club
6H Amelia Ch3rryBlossom28
6H Eun-Jin Stardust Galaxy

Potions Club
6H Eun-Jin Stardust Galaxy
6H Abelia alstroemeria

Slug Club
6R Ha-Eun Stardust Galaxy
7R Aurora erzulie

Thanks for your patience, the RP will be starting soon! ​

Edit: Feel free to let me know if you want your characters to join any extra clubs now that we have a list going!

 

[avira]

Announcement #2​

Hello everyone! Welcome to the beginning of our Hogwarts RP! I know I said we'd start tomorrow, but I had most everything ready so I figured - why not? For anyone who hasn't finished their characters or still want to add more, there's no rush! It'll be easy to add characters in as we go, so no worries. Also, I'm still updating the character list, so don't worry if your character isn't quite in it yet.

I've gone ahead and made the first setting post in the main IC thread (which you will now find listed in every heading post). These setting posts will mark the beginning of each phase of this RP. For example, I'll make another once the Hogwarts Express actually starts moving, then another when we reach Hogsmeade station, yet another when the Sorting Ceremony begins, etc. They're meant to set the stage for what's at hand, help move us along, and get us into the spirit of things (read: it's mostly setting fluff lol)! So be sure to click on the colored tab in the post to see what's going on, the most important part is the bordered box at the bottom which provides some direction on where the RP is headed.

Below you'll find a tab with a list of the compartments on the Hogwarts Express so we can all keep track of who's here and what's full once characters start sitting down. Don't feel any rush to get settled though, roam and interact to your heart's content! I imagine we'll be in this phase for quite some time (at least 2-4 irl weeks), the next phase will be the train actually traveling to Hogsmeade. I'll try to give everyone at least an irl week's heads-up before we transition to the next phase so that we all have time to tie up loose ends.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions on anything. Mischief managed!

h o g w a r t s • e x p r e s s • c o m p a r t m e n t s

Max 4 people per compartment.
Numbers don't necessarily correspond with location on the Express.
Please let me know if anyone is misplaced!

1 - OPEN
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2 - OPEN
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3 - OPEN
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4 - OPEN
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5 - OPEN
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6 - OPEN
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7 - OPEN
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8 - OPEN
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9 - OPEN
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10 - PREFECTS - OPEN
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11 - STAFF - OPEN
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NOT IN ANY COMPARTMENT
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tags: erzulie Ch3rryBlossom28 .chxrryette. zippy Kittymonk QuirkyAngel Hypnos sox cactus_flowers notabot Farmgirl310 The Cloak Stardust Galaxy beeswaxie BracedJupiter72 alstroemeria _em_ birdgeoisie invariance