January 29, 2010
First and foremost, HAPPY NEW YEAR! And Happy Birthday to the admin, Ashley. Down to business, however. As some of you may have noticed, your personal titles may have changed. Don't fret, it wasn't a glitch. You'll see why I did it as soon as I get the mass PM out. Which reminds me. January's mass PM is gonna be HUGE. There are so many things we have to cover in it, I only hope everyone reads it fully. I want everything to be as painless as possible.
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Inside here is the rules for the site, along with additional information, such as how to RP, what an RP is, the Canons that are available, the Canons that are married, Available children of Canons, and many more things to make your starting here as painless as possible. Moderator: Ashley Maylacello
The Sorting Hat The Sorting hat, wise past its years, and well trusted to Sort the children of Hogwarts into their proper, and best fit Houses. Very much like Hogwarts itself, you can't wander the castle without first knowing where you belong, so surely you won't be able to post around the school without actually being a student? Come hither, and see your fated home for the next Seven years! Come here only after you've read the rules. Click on "new thread" inside, and you'll be taken to a new form, coding amazingly edited by me, but created by california over on SoCal. I wuves him for it.
Announcements, Suggestions, Opinions, and Questions (4 sub-boards) Here at AK, we are open to all questions and all suggestions to make this site the best experience for you. This board is guest friendly, in case someone happens to stop by and have a few pointers to give us, or something they'd like to see before they join. Our friendly staff checks this board regularly, so your question or suggestion will be viewed in no time at all.
Registrations (2 sub-boards) Don't want to be a student at the school? Come here for any non-student position, Death Eaters, Ministry officials, Teaching staff, etc. Also located here are the Registrations for Prefect, Quidditch positions and Celebrity claims, also the Magical Abilities.
Thread Track This is a board so you can post a thread that contains the links to all the threads you are active in. This makes it easier to stay organized with your postings.
House Points / Detention track There are three different threads in here. 'Points Given', 'Points Taken', and 'Detentions Issued'. The only people allowed to post in this board are Teachers, Heads, and Prefects. Anyone else posting here will lose 5 Points for their House.
Group Commons In an effort to reinstate and re-enforce school unity, this room was created. Though just another room like all others, it is decorated much like a living room of a house. There are armchairs, couches, and stools before a grand fireplace. Tables and chairs stand around the room, a bookshelf running the lengths of one of the walls. This room is open to anyone who resides in the school, especially students from differing houses, and teachers.
Potions Located in the dungeons close to the Slytherin Common Room, the Potions class is thought of to be similar to a dungeon itself. In the winter months, students have to dress extremely warm, and their breath rises as a smoke up to the unseen ceiling. It is a very large classroom, enough to fit 20 cauldrons with one person at each of them. With it being underground, there are no windows to light their workspace, so students must rely on floating lanterns, notorious for the lower levels of the school. Moderator: Draco Malfoy
Kitchens Lucky Hufflepuffs. Their Common Room is only a few steps away from the kitchens. The facility is hidden beyond a painting of a giant bowl of fruit. The only way to get through it is to tickle the big green pear. It will laugh, and then turn into a handle, by which, you can enter the kitchens beyond. As soon as you step inside, House Elves will swarm you. Not to scold you for your intrusion, but to ask what you would like, and offer you comfort while you eat. Anything you ask for, anything your mind could make up, they will get it for you.
Ball Room On the rare occasion that Hogwarts has a ball, there is a special room set aside for them. Used to be, all the balls were held in the Great Hall, since they were so sparing. However, since the new Headmistress has a knack for random celebratory feasts, one of the old dungeons was turned into the perfect room for a large dance. In the off season, without any activity of it, it stands as another cold, empty dungeon room.
Dueling Cleverly derived from the original Dueling Club created by Lockhart in Harry's second year, this class aims to teach students defensive spells, as well as offensive ones. Completely optional to any student. Moderator: James Manson
Entrance Hall Large rectangular room with oak doors leading from the outside. For most, this is the first room ever that they will see when arriving at Hogwarts. Directly across from the doors is a wide marble staircase, leading up to the first floor. Double doors to the right lead to the Great Hall. To the left of the staircase, a door leads down to the dungeons. To the right of it, another door, leading to rooms of Hufflepuff Common Room, the kitchens and the like. In niches on the walls, the House Point hourglasses stand, containing jewels representing the House Points that the House has. In the center of the flagstone floor, the Hogwarts crest lays, in the center of the room.
Broom Closet Quite self explanatory, this closet serves the purpose of holding things like brooms, and cleaning ware for Filch. It is rumored to have a spell on it, to where it locks at a certain time of night. Apparently, Filch got so tired of students sneaking off to do Merlin-knows-what in the broom closet, that he got someone to make it lock sometime at night. Anyone in there when he unlocked it in the morning would be forced to the Headmistress's office.
Great Hall Four long tables stretch from the door, almost to the platform of which the staff table sits. One table for each of the Houses. The ceiling above is enchanted to mirror the sky outside, matching the weather perfectly. Here, the students eat their meals and receive daily owl posts. A door behind the staff table leads to a smaller chamber filled with paintings and statues.
First Floor Corridor The very first floor you find as you come up the staircase from the Entrance Hall. Immediately to your right, an empty room stands, once being the McGonagal's office. Next to that, to its right, is the Transfiguration classroom. An empty classroom stands near it, being used very seldom.
Transfiguration This class teaches the art of changing of the form and appearance of an object and the vanishing of objects. It is a very complicated class, indeed. Mandatory for first years, there is an option for N.E.W.T courses in sixth and seventh years.
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Empty Classroom As it says, this is an empty classroom. Probably used when there is something wrong with a used classroom, they might come here. Students might also use this room for practicing spells they've learned, dueling, or just to come for some alone time.
Second Floor Corridor This floor connects all things on the second level of Hogwarts. Benches are scattered about, so that people waiting for class, or just wanting to sit somewhere, are welcome to do so. The library is the first thing one will see, as it is the first door in sight as you come up the steps. The Charms class, also on that side of the hallway, is further down. Let's not forget our dear friend, Myrtle, whose bathroom is the only adornment of the opposite side of the hallway.
Library Appropriately named, this is indeed a grand library, filled with resources that a student can use at will. Rows and rows of books fill the room. Tables, chairs, and couches scattered about.
Beware of the Restriction Section, however. This is filled with books involving Dark Magic, and could lead the right student into the wrong path. Anyone without permission to be here is deemed to be punished with the full extend of Hogwarts law.
Charms Charms is a required subject for all students in their first five years at Hogwarts. The spells learned in Charms class are taken from textbooks. Students are taught specific wand movements and proper pronunciation. Often students partner up in class to experiment on one another. It, like Transfiguration, is composed of precise wand movements, and saying incantations correctly. A wrong pronunciation might land the offender with more problems than what it's worth. Moderator: Andrew Norrington
Moaning Myrtles Bathroom Seventy years ago, this was just an ordinary bathroom. Females used it to relieve themselves, or to freshen up. The mysterious death of Myrtle (Last name unknown) brought great chaos to this bathroom. She insists on being alone in it, sometimes flooding the entire facility with her tears. The bathroom is since marked 'Out of Order', but really? Who listens to rules at this school?
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Third Floor
Third Floor Corridor Quite possibly the most changed floor of Hogwarts, the third floor. As you enter it, you can almost feel the Darkness in the air. This is quite possibly due to the fact that the hall is focused mainly on Dark Magic, and the defense against it. Defense Against the Dark Arts stands at one side of the corridor. Down a little ways from that class is the History of Hogwarts class, where they talk of the famous people that started their lives here in Hogwarts, as well as important events that happened in the school. The Trophy room still stands at the end of the hallway, and is fairly untouched, except for the addiction of some plaques and trophies.
Defense Against the Dark Arts A class designed way back in the day to ensure that students knew how to defend themselves from the Dark Magic that's prone to showing up. When Voldemort grasped control of Hogwarts, this class underwent a mass remake, and became, simply, the Dark Arts, where students were taught the positives of Dark Magic, and the power ensuing when using them. Immediately after his fall, the class turned back into the Defense Against the Dark Arts. Moderator: Soledad Scarborough
Trophy Room Another extremely obvious room, this one holds trophies collected for people in the school who have done extraordinary things. Enough to be recognized by an engraved plate, anyway. This is one of the few rooms that have not changed since the Death Eater take over of the school, nor did it change any after they were disbanded. It has only had additional trophies added to it.
History of Hogwarts Very similar to the History of Magic class, but different in that, it only tells of school happenings . It tells of past professors, the wars that have taken place, the rise and fall of the Death Eaters ownership of the school, and everything else like Headmasters and Headmistresses. Moderator: Clifford York
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Fourth Floor
Fourth Floor Corridor The Fourth Floor of Hogwarts is also sometimes called the Health Floor. Or, well. Here it is. More predominate than the Health facilities is the Headmistress's office. Ashley resides here, doing... Headmistress stuff. The Hospital Wing, though not really a Wing, is located directly across from the staircase. Just limp along to it. The Healing class is close, just a mere few steps away. For the more boring people, History of Magic is on the opposite side of the hall.
Hospital Wing If something ails you, you've fallen off your broom and broken every bone in your body, or if some numbnuts teacher decided to make all the bones in one of your arms disappear, you'll be in the right place here. There are dozens of beds, in case there's something like the Gryffindor tower exploding at random, and everyone needed attention. The Healer here is Melody Ziodex, sister of the Headmistress, Ashley.
History of Magic Quite possibly, this is the only classroom that hasn't undergone some sort of change through the several new administrations. It's still filled with taking notes on past events, dates, and other boring stuff that most people sleep through. The only part of this class that has been changed is that all Hogwarts History material has been taken out, as it is now a class of its own.
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Headmistress's Office This is the living quarters, and office, of Headmistress Malfoy. The entrance is exactly as it was when Dumbledore was present. The gargoyle is still there, standing solid until the password is given, then he springs to live and beckons the person in. Behind him, a revolving staircase lifts the person a few feet to the door ahead. If you barge in without knocking, there is a high risk that your funeral will be the next place anyone sees you. The Headmistress is a very uptight person, and if you go to her with nothing of importance, your punishment will exceed anything you could dream of. If you ever her office without permission, your punishment is worse than death.
Healing One of the new additives, this was a personal request of the Nurse of the school. She felt that if the students were more educated on health and whatever, they would be less likely to hurt themselves. Might work.
Fifth Floor Corridor This floor is perhaps the most absurd one of Hogwarts. With all the teaching of magical elements and such, you wouldn't think that any witch or wizard would need to know anything about Muggles. Everything on this floor is Muggle related. Muggle Studies is the predominate class here. Across from it is the Art and music classrooms. The boys bathroom also resides in this floor.
Muggle Studies Quite possibly the most pointless class in this school, Muggle Studies is definitely seen by mostly everyone as unnecessary. It is not a required course, thankfully. It does seem to be a bit odd to be learning about Muggles in a school dedicated to the practice of Magic, however.
Magical Items and Devices This class teaches students about all the different items and devices in the wizarding world. This class, like Muggle Studies, is not a required class to graduate, and has a minimum of people in it.
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Art This is a cross class. This teaches both the Muggle and the Magical way to create forms of art work. Like the others on this floor, the class is not required.
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Boys Bathroom This is quite self explanatory. It is the bathroom that the boys of the school use. Far from the prying eyes or gossiping ears of females, this is quite possibly the only place a boy can go to be by himself. This is the only room on the fifth floor that isn't Muggle related.
Sixth Floor Corridor Nothing really goes in in the sixth floor. It's like one of those levels that you just ignore on your way up or down. The only remote thing of interest is the Room of Requirement, but morst people don't know that exists, so it's not a very big feight. Ancient Runes is also on this floor, but yay for excitement there. A Storage room and the girl's bathroom finish the utost boringness of this floor.
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Ancient Runes If you thought History of Magic was boring, you're in for a treat! This class is quite possibly MORE boring! Luckily, you can't take it until you are in your third year. So for two years, you're safe from this monstrosity. It is a mostly theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts of magic. AKA: Deciphering things written a long time a go.
Storage Room There is no real way to describe this room other than the fact that it contains extra materials like scrolls, quills, ink bottles, and other random things you could use in your class, or if you are a student, for your studies.
Room of Requirement This room only appears when people are in dire need of it. It is mostly an unknown room, only known by people who have stumbled upon it, or who know the castle like the back of their hand. It is a shape-shifting room, which adapts to the needs of whomever happens to come across it. Walk in front of the entrance three times and think hard about what you want, a door will appear.
Girls Bathroom Very self explanatory. If you're a girl, this room is for you. Other than the dorms, this is possibly the only room where it is only girls. After Myrtle decided that the bathroom on the second floor was hers, and her only, they had to build a new one for the ladies. Why it's five floors up is beyond everyone, but all well.
Seventh Floor Corridor The seventh floor is mostly just a flat for the towers to bare entrance. The Mythology class is here as well. Gryffindor tower is on the left, and a series of other towers can be found beyond the other doors. Windows at one end give a brilliant view of the grounds, mostly the lake and forest.
Mythology A class dedicated to the various Mythologies. From Greek to Roman to Egyptian, this class covers it all. This is not a requirement, but it is a fairly enjoyable class to attend. Not many people do, since it's all the way on the seventh floor, but those who make it there will be rewarded with great knowledge.
Empty Tower This tower is sometimes used when the Astronomy students want to further their class in their free time. It is also used for cheesy dates, a lone soul to seek solitude, or random things like sneaking dragons out of the school.
Astronomy This class is taught at night atop the highest tower of the school. It is required for first through fifth years, but requires no further class after the fifth year. Moderator: Nichole McMahon
Divination Divination teaches methods of divining the future, or gathering insights into future events, through various rituals and tools. Students study a myriad of ways to scry information about the future, including tea dregs, crystal balls, visions and Astrology and horoscope charts. Other methods of divining the future include smoke patterns, dreams, tarot cards and the interpretation of prophecies, though the latter is quite rare. Guides and textbooks allow students of Divination to discern or translate what observed symbols intend to mean. Moderator: Mikal Antonio Beckett
Black Lake This is a large body of water located to the south of the castle. It is about half a mile in diameter and the Hogwarts plumbing network drains into it. It is known that a number of things live in this lake, including merpeople, grindylows, and, of course, the Giant Squid. Students often enjoy sitting by the shores in warm weather, sometimes swimming. In winter months, students can ice skate across it.
Herbology Herbology is the study of Magical and Mundane plants and fungi. In Herbology, students learn to care for and utilize plants, and learn about their magical properties, and what they are used for. Many plants provide ingredients for Potions and medicine, while others have magical effects of their own right. It is a mandatory class until the sixth year, where it is optional to continue the course. Moderator: Ethan Mathews
Greenhouses These glass buildings are home to many exotic and dangerous plants. Herbology classes sometimes uses these classes in their advanced years, but otherwise, they stand empty.
Quidditch Pitch (1 sub-board) About the size of a muggle football field, there are three golden hoops at each end. Stands surround the field, where spectators watch a game. This is also open for people when there is not a game, also for practice.
Care of Magical Creatures This is an elective course at Hogwarts that can be taken by students third year and above. In the class, students learn about a wide range of magical creatures, from flobberworms to Fire Crabs, and even unicorns and thestrals. Students are taught about feeding, maintaining, breeding, and proper treatment of these various creatures.
Forbidden Forest The forest is forbidden to all students. Well, all students that actually listen to any form of rules, anyway. As soon as you get a few feet into the trees, the tops of them are so dense that no light can get through. You might not want to light your wand, though. Creatures inside might see you, and then you've got worse problems than trying to find your way through the dark. Among the animals living within the thicket, there are centaurs, unicorns, thestrals, werewolves, trolls, and giants. Scary stuff. There's also quite a few spiders, probably angry that Aragog is dead, and all. Yeah. Might die. Possibly why it's forbidden.
Graveyard Along with the tomb of Dumbledore, this depressing piece of land also contains the tombstones of all people who have died here at Hogwarts, as a memorial. Some bodies, too, but not many.
Owlry When they aren't getting or delivering mail, owls reside here. Rafters start from about shoulder-height and raise all the way up to the tip of the tower. Straw scatters the floor, along with less visually appealing things like skeletons of small rodents, and fecal matter. Students can come here to send letters off, or to just visit their owl.
Diagon Alley (14 sub-boards) A long street of shops, only accessible to the magical world, or those select Muggles who bear magical children. One of the entrances to this street are through the Leaky Cauldron, by which you use the back alley's wall as an entry gate. Apparating and the Floo are also very common means of reaching this place. Whatever a Wizard needs, it is most likely to be found here.
Knockturn Alley (1 sub-board) This extremely dark and twisting alleyway leads off from some random shadow in Diagon Alley. Unlike it's adjacent, there are no Muggles allowed in Knockturn Alley at all, and it is very frequented by Dark Wizards and the like.
Hogsmeade (11 sub-boards) Prided on being Britain's only settlement encasing only magical beings, this is also one of the privileges that Students at Hogwarts are able to enjoy. It was founded by a mid-evil wizard by the name of Hengist of Woodcroft. It is located North east of Hogwarts, and contains a cluster of shops by which, the students are frequented.
Mountainous Region Amongst the wildlife and the rocks, what remains of Voldemort's mighty regime reside here. Most banished from the Magical society due to their accordance with the Dark Lord, others fled for their lives, knowing the Dementors would make quick work of them, if they were caught. All have the common goal of biding their time, awaiting the rise of their fallen lord, or awaiting the rise of a new one, and all hoping they won't get caught.
Ministry of Magic (10 sub-boards) The Ministry of Magic, where they are feverishly trying to stop the rise of another Voldemort, and at the same time, attempting to track down and eliminate the remaining Death Eaters. To enter this underground wasteland, one would either Floo, or use the phone booth. Dialing the number 62442, it will send the entire booth downwards into the Atrium.
Character Homes (31 sub-boards) The homes within are located all around the country, and belong to either the inhabitants of Hogwarts, or their parents, along with their families. If you would like a home made for you, please fill in a registry in the Registrations Board.
The Order of the Phoenix Place for the Order of The Phoenix to meet in secret, hold people's fiance's hostage, stuff like that.
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St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries (7 sub-boards) St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is the only known wizarding hospital in London. Come here and the resident Healers will fix you up good as new.
Abandoned & Adoptable Characters (2 sub-boards) If you're tired of playing a character, have too many, or just want to get rid of a character, post a thread containing the username, as well as the password. A description of the plots that your character is currently in might be wanted too.
Also here is the 'Adopt a Character'. If you have the perfect idea for a character, whether it be one of your character's siblings, spouse, whatever, but for some reason, you don't want to play them yourself, write up a character profile for them, and post the profile here. Remember though, leave the RP sample blank!
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