NationStates Jolt Archive

Overview
Alright, this is the remake of Scandinvan's original thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=532689). It was going great (and fast) for a while, but for a number of reasons it began to slow and die. His remake did not seem to prosper much, so I took it upon myself (something I had been doing as the first was dying) to create the new one. Those of you who were in the previous one are welcome back and those of you who are new are welcome to hop in.

The basics is that this is a Magical School set in England (just for the hell of it), but the RP will encompass both the school and the larger scene as it unfolds into a clash of powerful sides (with the major conflict arising between Pure Blood Fanatics and those that oppose them). It may eventually evolve into an even larger RP with the students growing older and taking up posts in the real world, but at the moment we will focus on the one main plot and setting.

This RP series is heavily based on Harry Potter, and except for the details about characters, the history/events of the time, and the plot, the setting and world is very similar. So, for information on it, bone up at Harry Potter Wiki (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page) or MuggleNet (http://www.mugglenet.com/infosection/index.shtml) or HP Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html).

Classes, teachers, schedule, spells, potions, characters, and thread links are posted below (in the next post or the next post or the next - scroll down).

I will be creating other threads in time for various purposes, here is a loose list thus far:
-The Sorting Clock (for sorting into houses)
-The Test-In Tests (for Test-in classes)
-The Main IC School Thread (for most stuff)
-The Pure Blood Fanatics thread
-The Anti-Pure Blood Fanatics thread
-History (for history about your character's family, the school's history, or the world in general if you feel like writing about it).
I could create groups' threads like for Quidditch and Dueling, but I think that because it will happen in the course of the school day and year, it is best to keep it to the main thread. Thus all events that will take place at school (such as Quidditch, Dueling, trips to Cheshire, and some later things I have planned), will take place in the Main IC thread.

You will understand more and more (if you are new) as you read down further and each of the new threads (which I will post instructions in when I create them).

Setting
Set in the modern real world in about the late 1980s (so computers aren't really that big yet), the magical world is interwoven into the non-magical (muggle) world but operates in secrecy. The magical world is governed by the Ministry of Magic, which some think has been corrupted over the years for various reasons. Though generally the people involved here are contained to just Great Britain, the magical world spreads across the earth and exists in most countries.

The school is a great, magnificent, ever-changing Castle just like HP. It could be described in any myriad of ways depending on how it appears at that moment. However, for the most part there are some thinks that stay constant. After entering through the main doors, the Great Hall is just beyond - that is where any large meetings will be held as well as breakfast, lunch, and dinner (with the long tables and food for miles). There are the four houses named after four powerful wizards - Emantrico, Draco, Titanus, Broc - that have their separate areas complete with gender segregated dorms, a common room, and the tiniest of a kitchen. The Broc and Draco dormitories are in two opposite towers facing across the castle at each other; the Emantrico dormitory is near the main entrance but on one of the middle floors - its entry peers over the main staircase; and the Titanus dormitory is actually secluded as seemingly a separate building - it is inside the castle grounds, but it has four outside walls and the only entrance goes through a tunnel under the ground and back inside the main part of the castle. Other than that there are lots of classrooms for the different subjects; somewhere in each classroom is located a door to the teacher's office who teaches that particular class (the office and classroom are connected).

Down the road a couple miles from Exeter Academy is the only settlement in the country inhabited solely by wizards (and thus they move about freely in the open). It is a little village with a town center that is home to a couple of pubs, an inn or two, a couple of stores of various goods, and other pleasant places to visit. Exactly what is there - the number, names, and types of places - will be left up to you, so long as you realize it is a relatively small village (akin to Hogsmeade).

As for magical creatures and races. While it is only humans that attend this school (thus your character must be a human), there exists a whole variety of intelligent species in the world. (OOC: If you want to suggest some that is fine - I may deny some that are like orcs - but half-giants, goblins, perhaps elves, and others are generally going to be fine for NPC characters that are not students).

For more info about just what the magical world is like, see Harry Potter knowledge/links. If I don't note something, then it is probably the same as the books.

Plot
1) Going to school...

2) As are the people, the magical world as a whole tends to be divided into sects based on blood purity. There are those that are born of mixed-parents (one who his magical and one who is not), there are those born of non-magical parents (very rare), and then there are those of blood purity born into a line of pure bloods descended from the earliest wizards. Many of those who are pure bloods have been labeled "Fanatics" for their prejudice, condescension, and hatred towards all non-pure bloods and those that sympathize with non-pure bloods. This division in the magical world has historically been the main reason for the wizarding wars, most recently seen in the 1940s. As the balance of power fluctuates, the Ministry if influenced, and powerful leaders rise and fall, the two sides have clashed numerous times, leading to much death and further division between them.

For the last thirty years there has been a general lull in the clashes. That is not to say there haven't been incidents and that the general hatred does not exist, for it does, but there have been no wizarding armies marching or harsh laws being imposed on one side or the other for a few decades. But soon that will all change and fresh blood will be spilled...

3) While the world (England at least) will once again erupt into chaos as the wizards draw their lines and prepare for battle and dominion over the wizarding world, a prophecy will be fulfilled:

"A man, shrouded in cloak of night, shall appear from the eastern seas as chaos rumbles like thunder across the hills and darkness descends o'er the land. Arise a new power shall when betwixt the clash the people's foot sinks beneath the ocean of blood. The power shall be his to claim the throne of..."

A mysterious man of great power (sort of Voldy but without a direct connection to the magical world here) will appear from the ease and arise while the two sides Pure Blood Fanatics and the "Good Guys" fight.

OOC Note: If you want to play this character (in addition to a student), then tell me and if I judge it appropriate, I will let you. However, you will have to keep in contact with me because this is a large part that needs some regulation and direction. Cheers.


Other Stuff
This is other information that has been brought up ICly or OOCly that is fairly important or interesting.

Money
In the wizarding world they use Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts. It is forbidden to create money in anyway (other than regulated by the Ministry).
1 Galleon = 20 Sickles = 500 Knuts (and thus 1 Sickle = 25 Knuts)
To exchange to Muggle money, you simply have to go to the bank and ask (they will sort out how the money gets back into the muggle world). The exchange rate is as follows, though remember, this is England (UK), so it is in pounds, not dollars. While the exchange rate is always fluctuating and changing, it is roughly as follows:
1 Galleon = 5 Pounds = $10 dollars

Quidditch
The famous sport of Quidditch is played at several levels.
Junior Level: Between the ages of six and twelve, before kids have gone off to school, they can participate in the Junior level of Quidditch, which tends to be the least skilled and organized of any.
Summer Level: Once kids go off to school, the only time to play outside of school is during the summer, so the Summer Leagues are generally short (three months) and have kids between the age of 12-18 participating. Organization and skill isn't the greatest, but it keeps kids in the game.
House Level: At school (Exeter Academy), each of the four Houses has a Quidditch team that competes during the year for the Quidditch House Cup. This level requires players to be decent.
School Level: Each school across the wizarding world (including Exeter) has a school team that is generally made up of the best players from different Houses. They compete against other schools in the world. It is a high level of competition and skill where the decent players can no longer keep up or even get on the team.
Professional Level: Being recruited onto a professional team is a big deal because it means you really have skill. There are leagues in most countries where the teams play each other like any other muggle sport.
International Level: The highest level of Quidditch in the world. National teams have the best players from their respective countries and compete during the year with every four year being the largest event in the world: the Quidditch World Cup.

Dueling
Perhaps the second biggest sport in the wizarding world, Dueling is often one that people take great pride in because the rankings show exactly who is more powerful than who. A dueling match is a non-deadly affair regulated by the Ministry. There are open tournaments and invitational tournaments all which must be condoned by the Ministry and have a regulator present. However, there are probably underground competitions that are illegal. Winning one of the national tournaments and remaining in the top ten grants one the term of Champion Duelist. However, at the higher level, some of the best wizards and duelists in the world don't actually participate (e.g. Headmaster of Exeter).
Junior Level: Ages 12-8 can participate in the Junior Leagues and gain notoriety before advancing to the higher levels.
Adult Level: While not actually called the "adult leagues," the higher level is for adults only. It is quite the jump from the Junior to Adult levels and even Junior Champion Duelists have been known to fall quickly from grace when making the step up too early.

Students
There are roughly forty students per year (grade). Thus there are roughly ten people per class per house, so I'd say your characters will definitely know the other people that are in the same class and house - they sleep in the same dormitory room. That means there is a rough total of 280 kids in the school. Including teachers, that is only about three hundred names and faces to know. Sure they wouldn't have spoken with everybody or know everybody, but people of about the same age and people in the same house will definitely be more acquainted.


Rules
1) Don't make your student to powerful or smart or the like (i.e. Don't wank). This tends to be a problem in magic threads, so really try not to make your character know too much. There was only one Hermione.
2) Don't control the Headmaster or Minister of Magic NPCs (they are mine for the controlling). The rest (teachers, shop owners, whatever) are fine.
3) While I encourage being free and creative, don't go outside the lines I have painted. That means that I have set up a structure with my descriptions and regulations with my rules and how the world and school are run, so stick to them.
4) Stay within the reality of the Harry Potter world.
5) While I am not really going to make it a rule, there are two IC things that really bug me: poor references to Harry Potter (unless you are really talented and subtle, just stay away); and references to modern technology or weapons - I know they exist and your kids could know about them, but look at Harry Potter, they don't exactly mention guns, and if they do mention things like phones, they do it in a tasteful way.

Frees (The Anti-Rules)
1) You are free to create and RP NPCs whether they are students, ghosts, a bartender at an inn in Cheshire, or a Ministry fellow. [The only thing I ask you keep in mind is if another person creates Joe the owner of Bar Y, you don't create Bill the owner of Bar Y. Oh, and don't add teachers.]
2) You are free to control teachers, other NPCs, what you learn in class, etc. [Just remember to keep everything within reason, so I don't have to intervene. Teachers aren't idiots in their subjects, etc.]
3) I have created the teachers' names and what they teach (listed below), but you may create their quirks, bio, manner, etc.
4) You are free to create new spells, potions (but see those sections first for further rules), what the history of the magical world is, what textbook you are using, etc.
5) You are free to suggest new threads or ideas like a Quidditch Team or even a new sport.
6) You are free and encouraged to offer thoughtful criticism, advice, and annoyances you may have.
7) You are free and even encouraged to ask questions to facilitate a smoother cleaner RP. When in doubt, ask. I always respond OOCly within the day.


What to Do...
Fill out a character form and post it. Once I confirm you then you may post in the thread linked in the second post labeled "The Sorting Clock." You will see the instructions in that thread and you will be placed into a house from there. After that, you can begin RPing in the Summer's End threads that takes places right before school starts. You can also participate in other threads that are up (including the "Test-In" thread for any "Test-In" classes you may want to take, Blood Fanatics gathering, etc.) from the scene I set up in the first post. However, I am going to hold off on the creation of the Main IC Thread (don't worry, you will have plenty to do before then) until we get a few people in here.

Each thread (and post like the ones below) has its own rules, description, scene, and instructions as to what to do in the first post. So, if you feel like you don't have all the information, check those first before you ask what classes there are or something else. In fact, please read through all of the information (located in this post and elsewhere) before you do anything so I don't have to "yell" for not reading the rules and for breaking them.

*Your main character must be a human student at the school. However, you can RP other family members in other threads like in the Pure Blood Fanatics and Summer's End and other races with non-student NPCs. Also, because this is going to exist in the "real world" (RL countries, etc.), I would prefer that your characters come from a real life nation - a majority of the students at the school are from Britain.*

[OOC: If you think you are capable of it, you can have more than one main character at the school. Or you could have some combination where you play one main character but his/her siblings are at the school too. Just some ideas.]

First years will be (or turning within the first four months of the school year) 12, second years are 13, and so on, with seventh years being (or turning within the first four months) 18.

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Year:
View: (On the Pure Blood vs. Mud Blood issue)
Parentage: (Pure blood, mixed, etc.)
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height:
Eye Color:
Hair Color:
Appearance:
Traits:
Classes: (List of classes below - don't forget whether it is Basic or Advanced level)
Biography:


One of the main things that I feel is necessary to keep this RP rolling and fun is the openness and freedom to create. That being said, you still must follow the rules and keep to the facts that I lay out. Have fun with the RP, be creative, and don't stop posting...

Links

Each thread has its own scene setting in the first post and instructions of what to do in it.
Note that threads related to this RP are labeled exactly [Closed: WoM], while Scands are generally something longer.

Exeter Academy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537898): The Main IC Thread beginning with the start of the new year...

The Sorting Clock (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537144): Beginning thread to get sorted into a House.

Strayt Way & Seven Kings Station (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537148): An early RPing thread for your students before the Main IC thread; it is about summer's end, a trip to "Diagon Alley" and "King's Cross" in this world.

The Test-In Tests (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537149): This is where you take the tests to get into the advanced "Test-In" classes listed below. You can wait until you arrive at school if you want or you can just get it done early.

The Dragon Flies (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537145): A la "Order of the Phoenix," The Order of the Last Dragon is the anti-Pure Blood Fanatics group.

A Drawing of Blood (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537146): The Pure Blood Fanatics known as the Pure Blood Inquisitors.

A History of Magic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537147): A thread for writing the history of the world, the wars, the school, your character's family, or whatever.

Characters


Draco
Godric Ra Phoenicia (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13047377&postcount=197): 6th Year [Light Of Sacred Flame]
Rafzekael Johanne (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13019110&postcount=48): 5th Year [Void Templar]
Al Reamus (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13017031&postcount=8): 4th Year [The Order of America]
Henry McGiffin (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13020679&postcount=92): 1st Year [Naasha]

Titanus
Victor Lockhart (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13020281&postcount=88): 7th Year [DMG]
Samantha Conners (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13018304&postcount=24): 6th Year [Shakal]
Alexander Cavourna (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13019064&postcount=47): 6th Year [Alversia]
Angela Harrison (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13019546&postcount=63): 5th Year [Animarnia]
Serros Laylar (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13041823&postcount=185): 4th Year [Jagaro]

Emantrico
Derrick Braun (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13018397&postcount=26): 6th Year [Die Zweiten Reich]
Elendil Beowulf (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13018682&postcount=43): 5th Year [Oblivion2]
Tobias Schulz (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13020987&postcount=94): 5th Year [Sylvonia]
Thomas Tobin (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13039249&postcount=175): 5th Year [The 7000]
Gareth Bale (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13018617&postcount=36): 4th Year [Kansiov]
John Henry Picket (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13017530&postcount=16): 4th Year [Calizorinstan]

Broc
Foxfire Rose (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13084772&postcount=293): 6th Year [Xiscapia]
Agamemnon Quetzequatal Shackleford (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13020361&postcount=89): 5th Year [Szartopia]
Natalie Chambers (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13018230&postcount=18): 4th Year [Amazonian Beasts]
Yuri Kliener (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13019396&postcount=53): 4th Year [NeoAztec]
Sirenia Snowvale (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13021940&postcount=105): 3rd Year [Winterwinds]
Charles "Marius" Kent (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13018237&postcount=19): 1st Year [Theao]

School Procedures

Schedule All mandatory classes will meet in the morning in those time slots labeled Class 1-4. All Optional and "Test-In" classes will meet in the afternoon in the time slots labeled Class 5-8. Each class will meet three times a week (Monday through Friday) for one hour.

Double period classes (Jinxing & Defensive Magics) will also meet three times a week, but in back-to-back periods: 1 and 2, 2 and 3, or 3, and 4.

You will always have several hours of free time during the day. We recommend you do your homework early during your class free periods (one of the time slots when you don't happen to have a class), especially if your friends are in class, so you may relax in the evening free time.

While breakfast and lunch are more casual affairs with people wandering in late and the like, Dinner, while not being formal, is a sort of gathering time when everyone is with their houses sitting and all the staff are the head table. It is more of a common rule that you are to attend on time and follow the etiquette than a written one.

On weekends there are no classes or schedules. They are good times for getting caught up - or dare I say "ahead" - on work. Every fourth weekend there is also a trip to the nearby town of Cheshire.

Group meetings such as Quidditch and the Dueling Club meet in either of the Free Time slots in the evening. However, they can meet in part or full at other times when people are free (such as during a free period or before breakfast), but a captain can not require is players/members to be there.

OOC: Within their appropriate groupings (morning and afternoon), I am not going to regulate which class goes when. However, each class (at each of the two levels) is only taught once, thus if someone says that they are going to Advanced Charms next period, and you also have Advanced Charms on your schedule, that means you are going with them to class.

Schedule
7:00-8:00 (Breakfast)
8:00-9:00 (Class 1)
9:05-10:00 (Class 2)
10:10-11:10 (Class 3)
11:15-12:15 (Class 4)
12:15-1:15 (Lunch)
1:15-2:15 (Class 5)
2:20-3:20 (Class 6)
3:25-4:25 (Class 7)
4:30-5:30 (Class 8)
5:30-6:30 (Free Time)
6:30-8:00 (Dinner)
8:00-10:30 (Free Time)
10:30 (Lights Out for Years 1-5)
11:00 (Lights Out for Years 6-7)

Classes
The minimum number of classes you can take is all five of the mandatories (*six including Basic Flying if you are a first year) plus another two optional classes (**not including Advanced Flying) - seven in total. The maximum number of classes you may take is ten.

Double period classes (Jinxing & Defensive Magics) will always meet in back-to-back class slots (i.e. 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4). It will effectively be one long two hour and five minute (no break unless given by the teacher) class. Whether it is broken up into the two subjects or mixed together is up to the teacher. Though they are two periods, for scheduling purposes they are considered one class.

IC/OOC: For RPing ease I am not going to split up the classes by year, which while leaving a logical gap, will make it easier. However, there will be two different levels of the class: Basic and Advanced [Insert Class]. The Basic level class is for Years 1-3 and the Advanced level class if for Years 4-7; however, if someone is really good or really bad, there may be some change over (i.e. moving up or down against the norm for your class), but it must be cleared by me ahead of time. Both will be taught by the same teacher at different periods. Be sure to include in your character write-up, if they are in Advanced or Basic for each class.

***There are four classes list below as "Test-In." To get into these classes you must pass an IC test that demonstrates your ability, knowledge, and maturity. ICly the classes are for the better, more adept, more involved (Hermoine-esque) students - also, generally the new or youngest students will have a though time getting in. OOCly I will warn you that you may not get in if your responses are not adequate. These tests will take place in a separate thread listed for such purposes.

Mandatory
Charms
-Description: [I]Learn about the type of magical spells known as Charms.
-Professor: Mrs. Audry Silvanis
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (Double period, combined class)
-Description: Learn about the type of magical spells known as Jinxes and how to defend yourself. Includes Dueling.
-Professor: Mr. Ivanovic Izzard
Magical History
-Description: Learn the history of the magical world from the first wizard to the workings of the Ministry.
-Professor: Mrs. Hamil Greyns
Potions
-Description: Learn the effects of and how to brew different potions.
-Professor: Mrs. Verna Astora
Transfiguration
-Description: Learn about transfigurative magical spells.
-Professor: Mr. Daniel Oxenby
*Flying Lessons*
-Description: First years only. Learn to fly on a broomstick.
-Professor: Mr. Rudius Cannon
Optional
Advanced Flying**
-Description: Learn to fly like a pro for fun or for competition in a quidditch match.
-Professor: Mr. Rudius Cannon
Ancient Runes
-Desciprtion:Learn to read and understand the mysterious magical symbols of centuries past.
-Professor: Mrs. Angela Fekelsby
Divination/Astronomy
-Description:Learn to predict the future through various means including the stars.
-Note: The year is split into two semesters with one focusing on Divination and the other on Astronomy.
-Professor: Mrs. Firenza Galilena
Magical Compression
-Description: Hone your skills and control over magic, advancing to nonverbal spells.
-Professor: Mr. Antonious Kingsley (Assistant Headmaster)
Magical Theory
-Description: Learn above the nature of magic and the creation of spells.
-Professor: Mr. Andreiz Miskin
Muggle Studies
-Description: Learn both about muggles as well as receive teaching in some of the studies they do such as math, muggle history, writing, etc.
-Professor: Mrs. Lucile Dirkan
Natural World Studies
-Description: Learn all about the natural magical world from plants and herbs to animals and creatures.
-Professor: Mr. Lester Yoni
Restoration
-Description: Learn about the healing art of magic from minor cuts to regrowing bones.
-Professor: Mrs. Romana Merce (Nurse)
Test-In**
Curses
-Description: The most powerful of practiced magics, curses are naturally dark and dangerous...
-Professor: Mr. Vincent Black
Unknown Magics Studies
-Description: Learn about the unknown...
-Professor: Mr. Andreiz Miskin
World Beyond Studies
-Description: Learn about and discuss the mysteries of the world beyond...
-Professor: Mr. Nicholas Nickleby (Ghost)
Advanced Magical Studies
-Description: For the advanced and senior members of the school, bone up on your skills in a jack-of-all-trades class.
-Professor: Mr. Alexander Sagieux Barbelanc

Teachers
Though listed above next to their class, I will give a simple list of them here in alphabetical order.

Though I have listed their titles (Mr., Mrs.) and their first names, teachers are strictly referred to by their respectable titles, "Professor [Insert Last Name]." Mr. and Mrs. were only given to define gender and their first names were given just to add a tiny bit of their character. On a similar note, however, just because I have labeled them "Mrs." it doesn't mean they are married. Though we are rarely given insight into the marital affairs of the teachers in HP (though most would assume there is none because of living at a boarding school year round), I will leave it up to you.

Professors

Format: Gender; Last Name; First Name; Class; Special Notes
Mrs. Astora, Verna (Potions)
Mr. Alexander Sagieux Barbelanc (Advanced Studies): Headmaster
Mr. Vincent Black (Curses)
Mr. Rudius Cannon (Flying)
Mrs. Lucile Dirkan (Muggle Studies)
Mrs. Angela Fekelsby (Ancient Runes)
Mrs. Firenza Galilena (Divination/Astronomy)
Mrs. Hamil Greyns (Magical History)
Mr. Ivanovic Izzard (Jinxing & Defensive Magics)
Mr. Antonious Kingsley (Magical Compression): Assistant Headmaster
Mrs. Romana Merce (Restoration): Nurse
Mr. Andreiz Miskin (Magical Theory; Unknown Magics Studies)
Mr. Nicholas Nickleby (World Beyond Studies): Ghost
Mr. Daniel Oxenby (Transfiguration)
Mrs. Audry Silvanis (Charms)
Mr. Lester Yoni (Natural World Studies)

Spells

A list of magical spells can be found here (http://www.mugglenet.com/info/other/spells.shtml), here (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_spells), and here (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/spells/spells.html).

Created Spells
[ICly there is a class that teaches students the concept of making spells. At the highest level and the most talented, students may be able to create generally small spells. However, it is not a bad idea for all spells, but if it is going to be a spell of power or large effect, then I would like it if you cleared it with me first. Spells that make someone puke or make flashes appear, are not a big deal.]

List
Created By: (ICly who created it, though the source may not be known or from a book)
Name: (The name of the spell)
Type: (Charm, hex, jinx, curse, etc.)
Effect: (The effect and power level of the spell)
Seen: (If you use it ICly, show us where)

Spell Casting
While wands are a must for students and lesser users of magic, eventually, through practice and concentration, people can become adept at nonverbal spells and casting spells without their wands.

Hierarchy (From easiest to hardest)
Verbal, Wand - 100%
Nonverbal, Wand - 40%
Verbal, No Wand - 10%
Nonverbal, No wand - .1%

[Percentages based on the number of magic users in the world capable of doing each. However, they are still to varying degrees, with some only capable of the simplest nonverbal spell.]

However, most students will require both verbal incantations and their wands. The class Magical Compression teaches students to enhance their magic and attempts to teach them how to do nonverbal spells - though once able to do some spells nonverbally, there still may be many others that one is incapable of doing still. Eventually, they may reach higher levels, but only the most skilled wizards in the world need neither the verbal incantation nor a wand. Wands, however, do generally enhance the power of a spell, so not using one, even if capable of doing so, will lessen the effect somewhat. Additionally, some spell, the most famous of them being the Killing Curse, require verbal incantations and/or wands to work at all.

Potions

A list of magical potions can be found here (http://www.mugglenet.com/infosection/potions/potions.shtml), here (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/potions-enc.html), and here (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Potions).

Created Potions
[Like spells, at the highest level and the most talented, students may be able to create new potions or at least uncommon ones through experimentation. However, it is not a bad idea for all potions, but if it is going to be a potion of a good amount of power or effect, then I would like it if you cleared it with me first. Potions that make your hair grow quick are not a big deal..]

List
Created By: (ICly who created it, though the source may not be known or from a book)
Name: (The name of the spell)
Effect: (The effect and power level of the spell)
Ingredients: (What is used in the potion)
Directions: (How to make it, e.g. Stir thrice, grind the leaf, etc.)
Seen: (If you use it ICly, show us where)

Reserved

Name: Al Reamus
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Year: 4th
View: (On the Pure Blood vs. Mud Blood issue) Pure-Blood Fanatic
Parentage: (Pure blood, mixed, etc.) Pure
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height: 6'
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Appearance: Thin, Strong
Traits: Evil, Average Student, Smart
Classes: (List of classes below - don't forget whether it is Basic or Advanced level) All Mandatroy, Magical Compression, Magical Theory/All Advanced
Biography: Born as a Pure-Blood, Al has grown up with wealth and has been taught to hate Muggles & Mud-Bloods. His Father has Influence in the Ministry.

OOC: I would not mind being this Threads Version of Voldy.....

Edited:

[OOC: Consider me interested. I'll post a bio later.]

Same here, I'll post my bio perhaps tommorow.

OOC: @ DMG: I'm kinda confused. Is this the same as Scand's WOM?

[OOC: Consider me interested. I'll post a bio later.]
[OOC: Alrighty.]

Same here, I'll post my bio perhaps tommorow.
[OOC: Alrighty.]

OOC: @ DMG: I'm kinda confused. Is this the same as Scand's WOM?
[OOC: Obviously it can't be the exact same thing, can it? It is the better remake of it run by me instead of him.]

Name: Al Reamus
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Year: 4th
View: (On the Pure Blood vs. Mud Blood issue) Pure-Blood Fanatic
Parentage: (Pure blood, mixed, etc.) Pure
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height: 6'
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Appearance: Thin, Strong
Traits: Evil, Average Student, Smart
Classes: (List of classes below - don't forget whether it is Basic or Advanced level) All Mandatroy, Magical Compression, Magical Theory/All Advanced
Biography: Born as a Pure-Blood, Ricky has grown up with wealth and has been taught to hate Muggles & Mud-Bloods. His Father has Influence in the Ministry and has Participated in Many of the Wars against Mud-Bloods

OOC: I would not mind being this Threads Version of Voldy.....

Accepted except for a couple of things that you will need to fix. First of all, if he is a fourteen year old 4th year, he will need to be turning fifteen relatively soon in the school year. First years are 12 as indicated above. Second of all, his father probably didn't fight in "many" of the wars because the last war was some forty years ago. Perhaps the father is kind of old or he participated as a kid, but certainly no more than just the one war.

As for being this thread's Voldy, I am going to see if there is a more experienced RPer that wishes to take that mantle first.

As for being this thread's Voldy, I am going to see if there is a more experienced RPer that wishes to take that mantle first.Do I qualify to play Voldy then?:p

Do I qualify to play Voldy then?:p

I will make a decision from all of those that apply for the post. Making a character proposal would be the first step, but I will ultimately decide who I think is best from the group (both the character and the RPer).

Name: John Henry Pickett
Gender: Male
Age:13.5
Year: 4th
View: (He views blood purity as not mattering in the slightest, feels that pure blood fanatics will destroy the wizarding world..)
Parentage: (Pure-blood, although as above, he doesn't care)
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height: 6'1
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color:Black
Appearance: Tall, Strong
Traits: Very Good, Excelling Student, Polite.
Classes: All Mandatory, Advanced Flying and Magical Compression
Biography: Born in a Pure-Blood Fanatic Family, he was aware of his "special" blood status from the start, but he despised his family's views of the blood purity matter, having enough, he ran away to a friend of his that he had met in Muggle School, Ron Howard...

Name: John Henry Pickett
Gender: Male
Age:13.5
Year: 4th
View: (He views blood purity as not mattering in the slightest, feels that pure blood fanatics will destroy the wizarding world..)
Parentage: (Pure-blood, although as above, he doesn't care)
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height: 6'1
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color:Black
Appearance: Tall, Strong
Traits: Very Good, Excelling Student, Polite.
Classes: All Mandatory, Advanced Flying and Magical Compression
Biography: Born in a Pure-Blood Fanatic Family, he was aware of his "special" blood status from the start, but he despised his family's views of the blood purity matter, having enough, he ran away to a friend of his that he had met in Muggle School, Ron Howard...

Accepted, though technically he would have to be at least thirteen and two-thirds as students must turn the appropriate age for their year within the first four months. Also, he needs another optional class as Advanced Flying does not count towards the minimum of two.

[What's up with everyone (in school threads) making their kids so tall. Bunch of six foot thirteen year olds...]

Sorry I haven't gotten on sooner, DMG, been off and on today...


Name: Natalie Chambers
Gender: Female
Nationality: American
Age: 14 (almost 15)
Birthdate: October 2nd
Year: 4th
View: Supportive of Diversity
Lineage: Non-Blood/Muggle-Born
House: Pending
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 117 Lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Athletic/Slim
Traits: Physical ability; Courage; "Smart", but not Intelligent, High Work Ethic
Classes: Mandatory + Restoration, Natural World Studies, Magical Compression
Biography: Born to two non-magical parents, Natalie grew up beneath the tutelage of her athlete father and academic mother, developing real-world skills considerably different from magical brethren. At age 9, a magic-user casually spotted her unknowengstly using magic (of little and raw ability), and passed along such information to the magical world. Three months before her 12th birthday, Natali got her first insight into the magical world when she was invited to the Exeter School of Magic-quite a shock to her parents and her. However, as more information came along, pieces of the puzzle came together. Now entering her fourth year at the school, Natalie's magical ability is raw, but she makes up with a strong work ethic to overcome her learning curve.

Name: Charles Kent, thought he uses Marius and signs his name as such.
Gender: Male
Age: 11(turning 12 is September and assuming a September start to school)
Year: 1st
View: No real view(new to the world of magic)
Parentage: Unknown, on forms parents listed as deceased.
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height: 5'2"
Eye Color: Grey-Green
Hair Color: Ash Blonde
Appearance: Hair somewhat long and shaggy, well tanned, somewhat of a wild appearence
Traits: Self-possessed, feral and animalistic(in certain behavioral patterns/circumstances), intelligent but unfocused
Classes: Mandatories, Natural World Studies, Muggle Studies(A), Magical Compression
Biography: Was placed within state care at birth with his parents listed as deceased, he was adopted at the age of two into a fairly normal family. As he grew, some of his odd personality traits began showing up which proved a strain on his parents, who were relieved at the offer of a 'all expense paid scholarship to a boarding school'. As he is not overly attached to his adoptive parents he doesn't have any objection to boarding school even if it seems somewhat odd.

Sorry I haven't gotten on sooner, DMG, been off and on today...


Name: Natalie Chambers
Gender: Female
Nationality: American
Age: 14 (almost 15)
Birthdate: October 2nd
Year: 4th
View: Supportive of Diversity
Lineage: Non-Blood/Muggle-Born
House: Pending
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 117 Lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Athletic/Slim
Traits: Physical ability; Courage; "Smart", but not Intelligent, High Work Ethic
Classes: Mandatory + Restoration, Natural World Studies, Magical Compression
Biography: Born to two non-magical parents, Natalie grew up beneath the tutelage of her athlete father and academic mother, developing real-world skills considerably different from magical brethren. At age 9, a magic-user casually spotted her unknowengstly using magic (of little and raw ability), and passed along such information to the magical world. Three months before her 12th birthday, Natali got her first insight into the magical world when she was invited to the Exeter School of Magic-quite a shock to her parents and her. However, as more information came along, pieces of the puzzle came together. Now entering her fourth year at the school, Natalie's magical ability is raw, but she makes up with a strong work ethic to overcome her learning curve.

No problembo.

Accepted, of course. An American in England... ooh...

Name: Charles Kent, thought he uses Marius and signs his name as such.
Gender: Male
Age: 11(turning 12 is September and assuming a September start to school)
Year: 1st
View: No real view(new to the world of magic)
Parentage: Unknown, on forms parents listed as deceased.
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height: 5'2"
Eye Color: Grey-Green
Hair Color: Ash Blonde
Appearance: Hair somewhat long and shaggy, well tanned, somewhat of a wild appearence
Traits: Self-possessed, feral and animalistic(in certain behavioral patterns/circumstances), intelligent but unfocused
Classes: Mandatories, Natural World Studies, Muggle Studies(A), Magical Compression
Biography: Was placed within state care at birth with his parents listed as deceased, he was adopted at the age of two into a fairly normal family. As he grew, some of his odd personality traits began showing up which proved a strain on his parents, who were relieved at the offer of a 'all expense paid scholarship to a boarding school'. As he is not overly attached to his adoptive parents he doesn't have any objection to boarding school even if it seems somewhat odd.

Good to see you with us, Theao.

Accepted.

Good to see you with us, Theao.

Accepted.

Then to the clock I go.

No problembo.

Accepted, of course. An American in England... ooh...

Sweetness, I'll hit up the clock thread.

Name:Samantha Conners
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Year: 6
View: Mixed = Ok (Anti-Evil)
Parentage: Mixed
House: Titanus
Height: 5'8"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Appearance: Athletic... Screw it. Pic (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6d19ngg)
Traits: Arrogant, Careless, Smart, Cunning
Classes:
Charms
Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Magical History
Potions
Transfiguration
Magical Compression
Restoration
Biography:
Samantha grew up like any normal magical child. From a young age her skills in magic excelled in Jinxes and even some rather nasty curses. She was reprimanded for using magic outside school in her first year on a bully that was beating up her friend at the time, Derrick Braun (Youll see). The two remain friends to this day even though they were sorted into diffrent houses, often it is she that manages to sneak up and wake him up using a secret passage that led her right to the door of his commonroom.

Name:Samantha Conners
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Year: 6
View: Mixed = Ok (Anti-Evil)
Parentage: Mixed
House:
Height: 5'8"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Appearance: Athletic... Screw it. Pic (http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6d19ngg)
Traits: Arrogant, Careless, Smart, Cunning
Classes:
Charms
Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Magical History
Potions
Transfiguration
Magical Compression
Restoration
Biography:
Samantha grew up like any normal magical child. From a young age her skills in magic excelled in Jinxes and even some rather nasty curses. She was reprimanded for using magic outside school in her first year on a bully that was beating up her friend at the time, Derrick Braun (Youll see). The two remain friends to this day being sorted into the same house.

Interesting pic... *cough*

Accepted!

Name: Derrick Braun
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Borthdate: October 22
Year: 6
View: Is Mixed sooo...
Parentage: Mixed
House: Emicrodos
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 250 lbs
Eye Color: Hazel/Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance:Large Musclar Build, Scarred, Clean Shaven, Short Hair
Traits: Intelligent, Essentially Harmless (Unless you get him REALLY mad), Kind, Humble, Thinker
Classes:
Charms
Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Magical History
Potions
Transfiguration
Magical Compression
Restoration
Biography:
Derrick grew up as Samantha's best friend. In first year he was getting "Beat Up" when Samantha stepped in and cursed the poor lad. He was fine and was sorted into a diffrent house than her. He always ends up getting dragged off on her wild escapdes. Latly she has found a way to appear outsid ehis commonroom door without alerting anyone. He had taken to waiting for her signal there.

Interesting pic... *cough*

Accepted!

The worst part is, thats one of her more modest ones... Not that I am one to complain! ;)

Name: Derrick Braun
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Borthdate: October 22
Year: 6
View: Is Mixed sooo...
Parentage: Mixed
House:
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 250 lbs
Eye Color: Hazel/Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance:Large Musclar Build, Scarred, Clean Shaven, Short Hair
Traits: Intelligent, Essentially Harmless (Unless you get him REALLY mad), Kind, Humble, Thinker
Classes:
Charms
Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Magical History
Potions
Transfiguration
Magical Compression
Restoration
Biography:
Derrick grew up as Samantha's best friend. In first year he was getting "Beat Up" when Samantha stepped in and cursed the poor lad. He was fine and was sorted into the same house as her. He always ends up getting dragged off on her wild escapdes.

Accepted!

The worst part is, thats one of her more modest ones... Not that I am one to complain! ;)

lol, neither am I. I've always felt a bit strange using pics of real people (unless, perhaps, if they are famous), but, again, I am not one to complain.

Nice pre-determined connection between you two. I have a feeling that it will work out nicely (ICly and OOCly), and I am feeling better about this thread series now.

lol, neither am I. I've always felt a bit strange using pics of real people (unless, perhaps, if they are famous), but, again, I am not one to complain.

Nice pre-determined connection between you two. I have a feeling that it will work out nicely (ICly and OOCly), and I am feeling better about this thread series now.

Well, she is wierd, again, Im the one that gets to take most of them, so im happy.

Well, she is wierd, again, Im the one that gets to take most of them, so im happy.

Wait... that is a picture of her?

*closes dropped jaw*

Wait... that is a picture of her?

*closes dropped jaw*

Damn rights! And BTW I made my Sorting Clock thing.

Damn rights! And BTW I made my Sorting Clock thing.

Wowsers... *rescinds original statement*

Indeed I noticed.

Wowsers... *rescinds original statement*

Indeed I noticed.

No need to over do it. And YAY!

No need to over do it. And YAY!

I over do nothing, but I saw no more.

Yours is the next sorting to be written.

Name: Gareth Bale
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Year: 4th Year
View: Neutral
Parentage: Mixed
House: Emantrico
Height: 172 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Appearance: Average Physical fitness, Average sized
Traits: Open-Minded, Hardworking, Humble
Classes:
All Mandatory
Magical Theory
Restoration
Natural World Studies
Muggle Studies

Biography: Garreth was born from a Pureblooded Father and muggled-born Mother. After much disagreements among both their parents, they decided to send him to a Magical based school. He is hardworking and has done reasonably well in his studies. Now it is his fourth Year, and is looking foward for another Year of Magic.

Nice twist DMG, putting me in a diffrent house than Derrick. I was hoping for that. Isee you have not dissappointed me. Now tomodify my character a wee bit to fit the sorting..

Nice twist DMG, putting me in a diffrent house than Derrick. I was hoping for that. Isee you have not dissappointed me. Now tomodify my character a wee bit to fit the sorting..

Hehe... thanks.

Oh, boo... don't change the character to fit what I have said. Its response are generally just showing the student that there are other answers or flaws/holes/dangers in their own answer. Just because he said she seems to desire power, doesn't mean she does really... just that her answers are dangerous.

Name: Gareth Bale
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Year: 4th Year
View: Neutral
Parentage: Mixed
House: -
Height: 172 cm
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Appearance: Average Physical fitness, Average sized
Traits: Open-Minded, Hardworking, Humble
Classes:
All Mandatory
Magical Theory
Restoration

Biography: Garreth was born from a Pureblooded Father and muggled-born Mother. After much disagreements among both their parents, they decided to send him to a Magical based school. He is hardworking and has done reasonably well in his studies. Now it is his fourth Year, and is looking foward for another Year of Magic.

lol, a little boring, no? j/p

Remember, he should be turning fifteen before the turn of the calender year.

Accepted.

eek... your 666th post. Devil!

Hehe... thanks.

Oh, boo... don't change the character to fit what I have said. Its response are generally just showing the student that there are other answers or flaws/holes/dangers in their own answer. Just because he said she seems to desire power, doesn't mean she does really... just that her answers are dangerous.

I think she meant, the house name and the bio by saying we were sorted into diffrent houses.... which i just did. And DW it gives me a HUGE fun writing bit to try pulling off things like vfred and george since thats what we do...

I think she meant, the house name and the bio by saying we were sorted into diffrent houses.... which i just did. And DW it gives me a HUGE fun writing bit to try pulling off things like vfred and george since thats what we do...

oh, lol. Good then. Ignore my ramblings, it's late.

Your internetz slang be too much for me... I never be using Don't Worry as DW. :p

lol, a little boring, no? j/p

Remember, he should be turning fifteen before the turn of the calender year.

Accepted.

eek... your 666th post. Devil!

OK 667! :P!

Name: Elendil Beowulf
Age:16
Year: 5th
View:Anti-Pure Blood
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height:5'10
Weight: 165 LB
Eye color: Hazel
Hair color: Dirty Blonde
Aprance: Tall, Average build, caring face.
Traits: Determined, Quick thinking, Honest.
Classes: All manditory
Magical compression
and Magical theroy.

BIO: Elendil's Parents were both Auror's for the ministrey, but when the Pure-blood/Half-blood clashes started his Parents Fled to Canada, where his mother gave birth to elendil. He was home scholled until the minstry went looking for his parents to put back into the auror force. So they ran away and sent Elendil to school to keep him out of the cross fire.

Name: Elendil Beowulf
Age:16
Year: 5th
View:Anti-Pure Blood
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height:5'10
Weight: 165 LB
Eye color: Hazel
Hair color: Dirty Blonde
Aprance: Tall, Average build, caring face.
Traits: Determined, Quick thinking, Honest.
Classes: All manditory
Magical compression
and Magical theroy.

BIO: Elendil's Parents were both Auror's for the ministrey, but when the Pure-blood/Half-blood clashes started his Parents Fled to Canada, where his mother gave birth to elendil. He was home scholled until the minstry went looking for his parents to put back into the auror force. So they ran away and sent Elendil to school to keep him out of the cross fire.

lol, they ran away? Aren't they Aurors. Could be an interesting sideplot though when tensions start heating up: the Ministry attempting to track down his parents and him getting caught in the crossfire.

Accepted.

snip from Sorting Clock

Did you miss the part where I said don't just say yes or no. Write a little and explain your answers. Perhaps try RPing.

I was on the edge with letting you in originally, because, honestly but no offense intended, I fear that you will write too little and not to my liking. I am willing to give you a chance though, so don't blow it with something like this.

My bad ill edit

Name: Alexander Cavourna
Age:17
Year: 6th
View:Anti-Pure Blood
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height:6ft
Weight: 61kg
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Black
Appearance: Tall, well built.
Traits: Determined, Quick thinking, Honest, laid back, stubborn.
Classes: All manditory
Restoration
Magical Compression

Alex was born to a pure blooded family in Portadown, Ireland. His Father was a highly respected Professor at QUB in Northern Ireland while his mother was a professional Duellist. However, while living in an Ireland wraught with ethnic tension and distrust, Alexander grew up with both half-bloods and Pure-Bloods, finding friends in both communities. However, 6 six years ago, Alex's father was murdered by Pure-Blooded Fanatics on his way back from work. The grief almost drove Alex's Mother, Natalie, to suicide. However, they were able to work through it togather and, once he was old enough, Alex enrolled in Magical School.

Alex is a calm and easy character although he hides a ruthless and disciplined manner. His mother has trained him to be a highly skilled Duellist and he does pride himself in that ability. In academic studies, however, He gets average to good grades. He is currantly going into 5th Year

Name: Rafzekael Johanne, or Raf.
Age: 16
Year: 5th
View: Pure blood fanatic
Parentage: Pure blooded
Weight:61kg
Height: 6'2
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Traits: Magic from birth, seems to be good at Curses
Biography: Born and raised in Highgate, he doesn't make friends easily but when he does he stands by them. He always carries a book wherever he goes. He never talks about his life away from the school much. He is a pure blood fanatic and often attacks mud bloods.
House:
Classes: All mandatory, Curses , Advanced Flying and Ancient Runes.

Name: Alexander Cavourna
Age:16
Year: 5th
View:Anti-Pure Blood
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height:5'11
Weight: 61kg
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Black
Appearance: Tall, well built.
Traits: Determined, Quick thinking, Honest, laid back, stubborn.
Classes: All manditory
Restoration
Magical Compression

Alex was born to a pure blooded family in Portadown, Ireland. His Father was a highly respected Professor at QUB in Northern Ireland while his mother was a professional Duellist. However, while living in an Ireland wraught with ethnic tension and distrust, Alexander grew up with both half-bloods and Pure-Bloods, finding friends in both communities. However, 6 six years ago, Alex's father was murdered by Pure-Blooded Fanatics on his way back from work. The grief almost drove Alex's Mother, Natalie, to suicide. However, they were able to work through it togather and, once he was old enough, Alex enrolled in Magical School.

Alex is a calm and easy character although he hides a ruthless and disciplined manner. His mother has trained him to be a highly skilled Duellist and he does pride himself in that ability. In academic studies, however, He gets average to good grades. He is currantly going into 5th Year

Accepted.

Name: Rafzekael Johanne, or Raf.
Age: 16
Year: 5th
View: Pure blood fanatic
Parentage: Pure blooded
Weight:61kg
Height: 6'2
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Traits: Magic from birth, seems to be good at Curses
Biography: Born and raised in Highgate, he doesn't make friends easily but when he does he stands by them. He always carries a book wherever he goes. He never talks about his life away from the school much. He is a pure blood fanatic and often attacks mud bloods.
House:
Classes: All mandatory, Curses , Advanced Flying.

As noted on the first page, Advanced Flying does not count towards the minimum of two optional classes. You will have to add another.

Other than that, Accepted.

As noted on the first page, Advanced Flying does not count towards the minimum of two optional classes. You will have to add another.

Edited.

Do people realize that you can take more than two optional classes???

And nobody wants any advanced test-in classes?

Oh, and if I didn't mention it before, I really despise short posts (I say short because if I say one word people will post one line, and if I say one line people will write two lines). Try writing some details, some thoughts, some actions, some description... just don't post straight up fact like "Joe walked to class and sat down. He waited for class to begin." There is always something you can add to make it more interesting - and if you need help, just ask.

Name:Yuri Kliener
Gender:Male
Age:15
Year:4th
View: Anti pure Blood Superiority
Parentage: Mixed
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height:5"11
Eye Color:Yellow
Hair Color:Black
Appearance:dark, cat-like, thin, little fat but average muscle.
Traits:Gloomy, sarcastic but kind in his own way, usually polite to ones of higher authority, average student but takes wide interest in potions and learning of the magical natural world, smokes occasionally and drinks like the Russians he is, excels at running and hiding even cat-like...
Classes: All Mandatory, Natural World, Ancient runes
Biography: Born to a Russian Mage (dad) and a American spy (mom), Yuri has had one hell of a life. 2 years after he was born, his mother was shot and killed by the KGB. His father took him to a village to hideout from the Secret Police.Till he was 11, Yuri delivered messages when he was young to the resistance. However, when he turned 10 he was forced to kill a KGB operative during a firefight. To escape from the agents, Yuri drank a experimental potion that gave him cat-like powers at the cost of some of his strength His father sent Yuri off to go to his godfather, an English MI6 agent, in England. He started the magic school when he was twelve and studies potions, to the dismay of his godfather. Even though he is still a little gloomy, he has really cheered up since not being in Russia 24-hours a day. He is now one of the major 'party' goers of the school.

Do people realize that you can take more than two optional classes???

And nobody wants any advanced test-in classes?

Oh, and if I didn't mention it before, I really despise short posts (I say short because if I say one word people will post one line, and if I say one line people will write two lines). Try writing some details, some thoughts, some actions, some description... just don't post straight up fact like "Joe walked to class and sat down. He waited for class to begin." There is always something you can add to make it more interesting - and if you need help, just ask.

I'm taking three optionals :D.
When should we proceed to the train station to get us to the sorting thread?

Name:Yuri Kliener
Gender:Male
Age:15
Year:4th
View: Anti pure Blood Superiority
Parentage: Mixed
House: (Leave blank for now)
Height:5"11
Eye Color:Yellow
Hair Color:Black
Appearance:dark, cat-like, thin, little fat but average muscle.
Traits:Gloomy, sarcastic but kind in his own way, usually polite to ones of higher authority, average student but takes wide interest in potions and learning of the magical natural world, smokes and drinks occasionally, excels at running and hiding even cat-like...
Classes: All Mandatory, Natural World, Ancient runes
Biography: Born to a Russian Mage (dad) and a American spy (mom), Yuri has had one hell of a life. 2 years after he was born, his mother was shot and killed by the KGB. His father took him to a village to hideout from the Secret Police.Till he was 11, Yuri delivered messages when he was young to the resistance. However, when he turned 10 he was forced to kill a KGB operative during a firefight. To escape from the agents, Yuri drank a experimental potion that gave him cat-like powers at the cost of some of his strength His father sent Yuri off to go to his godfather, an English MI6 agent, in England. He started the magic school when he was twelve and studies potions, to the dismay of his godfather.

Accepted.

Though take care with too much non-magical world influence...

I'm taking three optionals :D.
When should we proceed to the train station to get us to the sorting thread?

Splendid... I think everyone else is taking two.

You can go to the train station whenever you want.

The "Strayt Away & Seven Kings Station" thread is for RPing before the main IC starts. As noted inside, you can go to the "Diagon Alley" place and shop, mingle, meet people, etc. Eventually you can go to the train and board and do whatever you want.

When I start the Main IC thread, everyone will immediately start in the Great Hall where the Headmaster will be giving his speech (just after the new 1st years were sorted).

So there is no real time in which you need to proceed to the train station or to the school.

@Calizorinstan: I know I originally said your character was accepted (with a slight not about age), but I didn't realize that Advanced Flying was one of your two optional classes, so you will need to add at least one more.

I'm taking three optionals :D.
When should we proceed to the train station to get us to the sorting thread?

W00t for the house of Broc taking three classes for their peeps :p (that's me as well...with 3)

W00t for the house of Broc taking three classes for their peeps :p (that's me as well...with 3)

:p but there are only two of you there... (Other than NPCs of Course)

Accepted.

Though take care with too much non-magical world influence...

I will be careful, but it is part of my character, though he is mage.

I will be careful, but it is part of my character, though he is mage.

Oh, I know you will. I have faith in you.

You can definitely include it in his personality and stuff - just the less about guns, the better.

Oh, I know you will. I have faith in you.

You can definitely include it in his personality and stuff - just the less about guns, the better.

'K, less guns.

Name: Angela Harrison
House: Titanus
Age: look's 17 but is actually 16
Parentage: Magical Pure-Blood
Parents: Daniel Harrison (Irish) Amanda Harrison (French Irish)
Height: 6 foot 2 inches
Hair Colour: Red Orange; cut boyishly so its just over her collar at the back but shorter near the top of her ears and has a short fringe; a sort of "thorn bob" style
Skin Tone: European
Breast Size: 32DD (Natural)
Sexuality: Bisexual
Eye colour: Varies on mood
Traits: Magic by birth, Neutral High Power Witch, Elemental abilities, Illusion and dream powers, Ability to do magic with a wave of hand
Magical Classification: Chaotic Neutral
Reason for enrolling: Parental expectation

Personality:
Angela is a fairly light hearted woman; born to two magical parents she is technically a pure blood but doesn’t believe that makes her better or superior to anyone else and judges people on there merits and personality. There are people she meets that she doesn’t like and some that she does but that doesn't reflect any arrogance on her part; frequently she will say - "if you’re an asshole. You’re an asshole doesn’t matter what you can or can't do". Angela is incredibly loyal to her friends to the point that if they asked she actually would help them move the proverbial body. But to her enemies Angela is incredibly ruthless and will per-sue an enemy to the ends of the earth relentlessly some say its like a switch in her head flips and sends her off in a sort of 'combat mode'. This gives her a parchent for "The Ends Justify the means" thus sometimes she'll use dark magic. Angela is very much a 'Marmite person' you will either love her or hate her. She is also known for a considered lack of clothing at every opportunity and is likely to strip just to get a party going and streaks and flashes people at every opportunity a real wild girl. Angela also has a very morbid sense of fun she loves her magic but she also likes to do anything that gives her a thrill. She is also a trained martial artist in at least 3 types of fighting style.

Magical Ability
Angela being born to two magical parents is exceptionally gifted in some respects; inheriting both her mother and fathers magical abilities she has been raised from the age of 4 to be able to do magic and magic comes to her naturally like she's in tune with some cosmic force. Angela is now to the point that she can do certain magic now with a simple wave of wand with no verbal incantation; usually Charms or Transfiguration however mostly still sticks to using wand movements and verbal incantations together as this 'freaks people out less' in her own words in most other areas she is fairly avarage but her healing magic is very bad often require great concertration to make a spell work right for her. To Angela her own power scares her a little encase it ever got out of control and has done several occasions resulting in damage to people and property particularly if she gets angry her elemental powers 'flair up'. When she was 11 Angela made her best friend promise to stop her by any means if she ever went to a place she couldn't come back from. Her specialities are Charms and Defensive Magic off the cuff though she is capable of doing high end Heal and Curses Magic with some concertration if required and isn't afraid to use either. Though she has a deep sense of right and wrong she considers herself a chaotic neutral in the grand scheme of things. Often saying "Dark magic isn't evil its destructive but not evil; but if you have a strong will you can turn darkness against itself and use it for good" believing that no magic is inherently good or evil merely how it is used; she believes all magic is Grey

Other
Born in Caryan, Ireland to two magical Parents Daniel and Amanda Harrison; both of which run the Harrison Magical Agency; a private investigative agency; no magical endless purses, love potions or forms of entertainment. This business serves the magical and muggle world specialising in missing persons, Exorcisms and other 'supernatural' crimes committed in the real world; this has led to Angela's family becoming quite wealthy though with Angela's life style of 'bare essentials' you'd hardly believe it. Angela joined the Exeter school of magic because every witch and wizard in her line has since there has been a "Harrison clan" so it became a tradition.

Classes
Charms (Mandatory)
Jinxing & Defensive Magic's (Mandatory)
Magical History (Mandatory)
Potions (Mandatory)
Transfiguration (Mandatory)
Advanced Flying (Optional)
Magical Compression (Optional)
Magical Theory (Optional)
Curses (Optional/Test Required)
Advanced Magical Studies (Optional/Test Required)

I think I covered everything...
Log
- Added Extra optional Class, updated House

For those who are not either mixed or pure blood, how would they go about finding/getting to the wizard's shop to buy the school supplies?
Would the school send someone to pick them up or something?

For those who are not either mixed or pure blood, how would they go about finding/getting to the wizard's shop to buy the school supplies?
Would the school send someone to pick them up or something?

Good question. You can decide really, but something along those lines. The school could have sent them instructions or sent a teacher along. Perhaps even the Ministry has a division that introduces people to the magical world if they are muggle-born.

@Ani: Great to see you here (and basically the same character), and, of course, you are accepted. However...

There are a few things I'd like to address.
1) I really don't want to be mixing other kinds of magic into this. This is HP style magic and mixing in all kinds of elemental, ethereal, etc. makes it a bit confusing and harder to regulate. There is, in fact, no "white" or "black" magic like in other fantasy settings. However, people could of course refer to certain curses as black and certain healing spells as white.
2) Illusion magic is really just Charms in the HP world - not some separate, crazy thing.
3) Honestly, even if she was trained from early age, magical abilities don't present themselves until later (and thus is why schooling doesn't begin until age 12). In the wizarding world, 10 is when they first present and 12 is about the end, so it won't generally happen before that (unless very rarely under strange circumstances and even still not 4) and if it hasn't happened by 12, it won't.
4) A continuation of (3). A very small portion of adults can even do magic without incantations or a wand, so I really don't think a sixteen your old could yet. Perhaps she could be adept at nonverbal as there are classes to learn that, but the next level seems a bit far so early (especially because of point 3).
5) Being powerful is fine for a character here and there, just don't go to far *wink*


I hate to sound like I am being all bossy and such with regulating this thread, but in my mind, she is more breaking the mold of the RP than anything. Feel free to still refer to stuff as white and black and illusionary and spirit magic (perhaps that is how they call them in Ireland), but know that in this world it is still just charms, curses, jinxes, hexes, etc. As noted, I am going to be fairly liberal in non-really powerful spells, so creating some lightning or other elements not seen in HP is fine, but just remember that this is still an HP setting. Slight power tone down would also be greatly appreciated, though you know I love your character.

Snippage

Good to see you back in the thread, Animarnia...

@Ani: Great to see you here (and basically the same character), and, of course, you are accepted. However...

There are a few things I'd like to address.
1) I really don't want to be mixing other kinds of magic into this. This is HP style magic and mixing in all kinds of elemental, ethereal, etc. makes it a bit confusing and harder to regulate. There is, in fact, no "white" or "black" magic like in other fantasy settings. However, people could of course refer to certain curses as black and certain healing spells as white.
2) Illusion magic is really just Charms in the HP world - not some separate, crazy thing.
3) Honestly, even if she was trained from early age, magical abilities don't present themselves until later (and thus is why schooling doesn't begin until age 12). In the wizarding world, 10 is when they first present and 12 is about the end, so it won't generally happen before that (unless very rarely under strange circumstances and even still not 4) and if it hasn't happened by 12, it won't.
4) A continuation of (3). A very small portion of adults can even do magic without incantations or a wand, so I really don't think a sixteen your old could yet. Perhaps she could be adept at nonverbal as there are classes to learn that, but the next level seems a bit far so early (especially because of point 3).
5) Being powerful is fine for a character here and there, just don't go to far *wink*


I hate to sound like I am being all bossy and such with regulating this thread, but in my mind, she is more breaking the mold of the RP than anything. Feel free to still refer to stuff as white and black and illusionary and spirit magic (perhaps that is how they call them in Ireland), but know that in this world it is still just charms, curses, jinxes, hexes, etc. As noted, I am going to be fairly liberal in non-really powerful spells, so creating some lightning or other elements not seen in HP is fine, but just remember that this is still an HP setting. Slight power tone down would also be greatly appreciated, though you know I love your character.

All good points; I'll edit though the lanugages barrier might be a bit fun though by year 6 in school she'd have learnt the local "lingo" :) though she's not really that powerful; sure lots of raw potential but little control and too much curiosity which negates a lot of the raw potential and her 'l337 powerz' are only in some areas like Charms other areas she's avarage and some areas she utterl fails; so stronger in some things and weaker in others she's not an Hermonie; more like a Ginny. though just because she was being taught magic from an early dosn't mean she was practicing; I assume that theres a LOT of magical theory for her to learn and read about etc.

Edited for Final Aproval ^^

Good to see you back in the thread, Animarnia...

Aye, nobody I enjoyed more.

All good points; I'll edit though the lanugages barrier might be a bit fun though by year 6 in school she'd have learnt the local "lingo" :) though she's not really that powerful; sure lots of raw potential but little control and too much curiosity which negates a lot of the raw potential and her 'l337 powerz' are only in some areas like Charms other areas she's avarage and some areas she utterl fails; so stronger in some things and weaker in others she's not an Hermonie; more like a Ginny. though just because she was being taught magic from an early dosn't mean she was practicing; I assume that theres a LOT of magical theory for her to learn and read about etc.

The power concern was more a result of being able to non-verbal, non-wand spells as it is very rare. And one's ability to non-verbal or non-wand spells (or combined) generally corrolates to their power and ability.

Yes, lots of Magical theory for a four year old... :p

Anyhow, I am sure you will be fine.

The power concern was more a result of being able to non-verbal, non-wand spells as it is very rare. And one's ability to non-verbal or non-wand spells (or combined) generally corrolates to their power and ability.

Yes, lots of Magical theory for a four year old... :p

Anyhow, I am sure you will be fine.

Well I've edited to a more "non Wand but still verbal" I think..thats what I mean but I think I worded that right..and Eh if kid were taught better from an early age they'd not start dressing in sports ware and mugging old ladies..

Mind if I have a npc-pc character?
A secondary character that's another first year are there are presently only me.

Well I've edited to a more "non Wand but still verbal" I think..thats what I mean but I think I worded that right..and Eh if kid were taught better from an early age they'd not start dressing in sports ware and mugging old ladies..

Well, I didn't read the edits yet... but "verbal, non-wand" is still very rare. Only 10% of people can do it, and I'd say they are all experienced adults. Being profficient in "non-verbal, wand" for a kid is still very rare.

What does mugging have to do with this? :confused:

Mind if I have a npc-pc character?
A secondary character that's another first year are there are presently only me.

Yeah, go ahead.

I think I made some comment about that in the first post, but I might have just said family... it should really be anyone (like friends).

OOC: DMG, I will take Divination, although I think he'll do as good as Harry did..

OOC: DMG, I will take Divination, although I think he'll do as good as Harry did..

lol, no problem. Just add whatever you want to his class list.

I'm game, I suppose. Same character from the old thread, Kira Blackwater.

I'm game, I suppose. Same character from the old thread, Kira Blackwater.

You obviously don't have to. Post her here and read everything.

Name: Kira Blackwater
Age: 16
Parentage: Mixed Blood
Height: 5'9''
Weight: 130lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Purple
Traits: Stubborn, Resiliant, Defiant, Independent
Brief Biography: Kira's mother was a pure blood who fell in love with a normal human man. She lived with magic all her life and her mother taught her before she turned 12 and was sent to a magic school. She loved her parents dearly but one day Kira's mother was murdered by an unknown killer. From that point, anger and sadness fueled her and drove her to study and improve her skills as a witch. In school, she became a disturbance and frequently defied authority, sometimes resulting in injuires durin dangerous classes. She was expelled from one school and sent to this current one at age 16.
House: Leviathan
Classes: Charms, Defensive Magics, Jinxing, Magic History, Potions, Studies of Mind, Transfiguration, Alchemy, Creatures of the World, Restoration. She wants to get into the special classes for those deemed worthy.

Can I bring in Dante and the MOPS in?

Name: Kira Blackwater
Age: 16
Parentage: Mixed Blood
Height: 5'9''
Weight: 130lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Purple
Traits: Stubborn, Resiliant, Defiant, Independent
Brief Biography: Kira's mother was a pure blood who fell in love with a normal human man. She lived with magic all her life and her mother taught her before she turned 12 and was sent to a magic school. She loved her parents dearly but one day Kira's mother was murdered by an unknown killer. From that point, anger and sadness fueled her and drove her to study and improve her skills as a witch. In school, she became a disturbance and frequently defied authority, sometimes resulting in injuires durin dangerous classes. She was expelled from one school and sent to this current one at age 16.
House: Leviathan
Classes: Charms, Defensive Magics, Jinxing, Magic History, Potions, Studies of Mind, Transfiguration, Alchemy, Creatures of the World, Restoration. She wants to get into the special classes for those deemed worthy.

Obviously I didn't mean copy and paste. You rae going to have to change the classes and make sure you ready everything. Otherwise, accepted.

edit: oh, and you are also on warning to mind the rules, because I have already seen you do stuff I do not like in the previous one.

Can I bring in Dante and the MOPS in?

Obviously the MOPS would not be allowed - try reading everything first.

Furthermore, I am inclined to deny you altogether due to track record. You have joined another RP of mine and pretty much made two posts and then stopped.

NeoA, you're character is a 4th year 15 year old, hence he has done the shopping for supplies 4 times already, my character is a 1st year, an 11 year old and is doing this for the first time. It wouldn't really make sense for him to be asking that question.

@NA: Theao is right. Though there are ways to explain it away like his parents did the shopping for books or whatever.

@Calizorinstan: Umm... couple of things wrong. If they just got a wand, they are already in Strayt Away. The station you are referring to his Seven Kings Stations... and just like King's Cross, it is a real station; thus it is not walkable and there are muggles around until you enter the magical platform where the Exeter Express is.

edited to with Wand; non Verbal...which is the 40% one if I'm correct?

edited to with Wand; non Verbal...which is the 40% one if I'm correct?

Right you are.

@Everyone: Subscribe to this thread and check it daily (especially before you post). If I write something like "you did this wrong" you need to know before you continue on with some mistake.

@Calizorinstan: At this moment, this is directed to you. I would also mention that the Stray Way & Seven Kings Station thread is for RPing for the Main IC thread, so I wouldn't just stick yourself near the end of it to begin with. The Main IC thread won't be up today or probably the next couple, so RPing with your students is to be done there.

Name: Victor Lockhart
Gender: Male
Age: 17 (as of September 1st)
Year: 7th Year (skipped a year)
Blood View: He really doesn't care about the whole argument or how people feel about the argument. Sometimes, though, it slips through that he is pure for whatever that may be worth at the time.
Lineage: Pure-Blood, but little is known of his lineage other than his Great-Grandfather Vincent Lockhart.
House: Titanus
Height: 6'2"
Eyes: Sky Blue; sometimes they appear as individual rings in the iris with clouds in between the blue. They have been known to change colors.
Hair: Light-Brown; naturally spiked sloppily usually
Skin: Tanned-White, clear complexion
Build: Athletic and a bit muscular.
Appearance: Image (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/VextilLockhart.jpg)
Traits: While his brother is described as the clever and knowledgeable one, Victor is the instinctual and athletic one. He is a Champion Duelist in the Leagues, acting in duels with great instincts and abilities, though in classes he is lacking slightly. He has good athletic ability lending himself to be a quality Seeker for the school Quidditch team (as well as the Titanus House team). Good sense of humor and fun, and enjoys adventure, action, and thrills, though he has been known to go to far.
Personality: Victor is very outgoing and meets new people easily. His sense of humor is good if not a little edgey at times, and he is always seeking action, fun, and thrills, which is part of the reason he took up Dueling and Quidditch originally. He is not the best student, not lending much time to his studies, because he thinks that his abilities are mostly natural or self-taught rather than studied in books. Perhaps because of his skill and growing fame or maybe for more nefarious reasons, Victor sometimes become a little arrogant.
Biography: Though raised humbly with his mother, father, twin brother, and younger sister, Victory always knew he was destined for something greater. When he entered the Wizarding Junior Dueling Leagues as a kid, he quickly excelled to the top of th charts where he has remained ever since, soon to be entering the adult level leagues. He has also shown adept skill in Quidditch as a Seeker, gaining him notoreity in the Quidditch-knowledgeable circles (those that are extreme fans), as well as among the professional teams who have begun approaching him with others. While his twin brother his very studious, smart even brilliant, and skilled, Victor always relied on his natural abilities and instincts that seemed to manifest themselves when necessary (not in class or on exams, mind you). However, despite being a Champion Duelist, his brother has always given him trouble with his defensive spells...
Classes:
Mandatory
-Charms (A)
-Jinxing & Defensive Magics (A)
-Magical History (A)
-Potions (A)
-Transfiguration (A)
Optional
-Advanced Flying (A)
-Magical Compressoin (A)
Test-In
-Curses
-Advanced Magical Studies

Name: Agamemnon Quetzequatal Shackleford (Aggy)
Gender:Male
Age: 16
Year: Fifth year
View: Supporter of Mud Bloods
Parentage: Mixed
House:
Height: 6"2'
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Well built, dresses in eccentric vintage robes. Hair is in long dreadlocks, often pulled back. Often seen wearing circular "John Lennon" sunglasses
Traits: Eccentric, loud, enjoys talking to people (especially girls). Often asks awkward questions. Addictive personality. Often the source for comic relief.
Classes:
Charms (A)
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (A)
Potions (A)
Transfiguration (A)
Restoration(B)
Magical Compression (B)
Magical Theory (B)
Muggle Studies (A)
History of Magic

Biography: The son of a counterculture fortuneteller and a famous rockstar, Aggy has not had the most normal of lives. Slash Shackleford is the drummer of the hit band "Toil 'n' Trouble", famous for his loud music and heavy partying. His mother, Shelly Gaines is a Muggle fortuneteller. The two met at Wizardpolooza, the annual wizarding music festival. The two were media darlings until their messy break-up. Growing up, Aggy spent time between the "normal" Gaines and on tours with wild Slash. As Aggy has seen both worlds, he is very much a supporter of Muggle rights.

Name: Agamemnon Quetzequatal Shackleford (Aggy)
Gender:Male
Age: 16
Year: Fifth year
View: Supporter of Mud Bloods
Parentage: Mixed
House:
Height: 6"2'
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Well built, dresses in eccentric vintage robes. Hair is in long dreadlocks, often pulled back. Often seen wearing circular "John Lennon" sunglasses
Traits: Eccentric, loud, enjoys talking to people (especially girls). Often asks awkward questions. Addictive personality. Often the source for comic relief.
Classes:
Charms (A)
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (A)
Potions (A)
Transfiguration (A)
Restoration(B)
Magical Compression (B)
Magical Theory (B)
Muggle Studies (A)

Biography: The son of a counterculture fortuneteller and a famous rockstar, Aggy has not had the most normal of lives. Slash Shackleford is the drummer of the hit band "Toil 'n' Trouble", famous for his loud music and heavy partying. His mother, Shelly Gaines is a Muggle fortuneteller. The two met at Wizardpolooza, the annual wizarding music festival. The two were media darlings until their messy break-up. Growing up, Aggy spent time between the "normal" Gaines and on tours with wild Slash. As Aggy has seen both worlds, he is very much a supporter of Muggle rights.

Next time, wait until I approve you before you start posting everywhere.

lol, I don't think a pro-mud blood person would call the "mud bloods" - it's not a nice term.

Also, you are missing Magical History as a mandatory class.

Otherwise, Accepted.

@Theao: I just added my own character and he has a sister at the school. She is going to be a first year too, but I'll probably use her as more of an NPC-PC, so you can also use her if you want.

[OOC: Sorry I took so long getting around to posting this...]

Name: Henry McGiffin
Gender: Male
Age: 11 (Turns 12 in December, i.e. young for his year)
Year: 1st Year
View: Will generally concur with the view of the strongest person in the room, although he quietly dislikes the fanatics.
Parentage: Pure blood, of a reasonably well known Scottish bloodline.
House: [Dutifully left blank for now.]
Height: 5' 1
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Blonde
Appearance: A little chubby, although not drastically overweight. He wears glasses and is rather small for his year.
Traits: Quiet and lacking in self-confidence. He finds it difficult to make friends and isn't that talented in lessons, although he can usually make up for this with extra study.
Classes:
Charms (B)
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (B)
Magical History (B)
Potions (B)
Transfiguration (B)
Flying Lessons (B)
Ancient Runes (B)
Magical Compression (B)
Magical Theory (B)
Restoration (B)

Biography: Born into the McGiffin bloodline of northern Scotland, little Henry had something of a sheltered upbringing isolated from muggles and most other wizards. He has inherited little of his father's magical prowess and confidence, instead being timid and shy. He has little malice in him however, and a spirit that could allow him to accomplish many things. His favourite subjects include potions and magical theory, both involving the creation of new magics and items.

[OOC: Sorry I took so long getting around to posting this...]

Name: Henry McGiffin
Gender: Male
Age: 11 (Turns 12 in December, i.e. young for his year)
Year: 1st Year
View: Will generally concur with the view of the strongest person in the room, although he quietly dislikes the fanatics.
Parentage: Pure blood, of a reasonably well known Scottish bloodline.
House: [Dutifully left blank for now.]
Height: 5' 1
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Blonde
Appearance: A little chubby, although not drastically overweight. He wears glasses and is rather small for his year.
Traits: Quiet and lacking in self-confidence. He finds it difficult to make friends and isn't that talented in lessons, although he can usually make up for this with extra study.
Classes:
Charms (B)
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (B)
Magical History (B)
Potions (B)
Transfiguration (B)
Flying Lessons (B)
Ancient Runes (B)
Magical Compression (B)
Magical Theory (B)
Restoration (B)

Biography: Born into the McGuffin bloodline of northern Scotland, little Henry had something of a sheltered upbringing isolated from muggles and most other wizards. He has inherited little of his father's magical prowess and confidence, instead being timid and shy. He has little malice in him however, and a spirit that could allow him to accomplish many things. His favourite subjects include potions and magical theory, both involving the creation of new magics and items.

No problem, I am happy to have you. We are still in the early stages with people getting sorted and RPing in the pre-Main IC thread.

Accepted.

Name: Tobias Schulz
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Year: 5th
View: anyone magic is alright, muggles may be another story though if they get in his way
Parentage: near pureblood (muggle great-grandmother)
House:
Height: 5'10"
Eye Color: Gold
Hair Color: red, almost brown
Appearance: athletic, freckled
Traits: good natured, slightly above average student, a bit clumsy and forgetful
Classes: All mandatory (only potions is basic), Restoration and Magical Theory (both advanced)
Biography: His father is on the Wisengamont and his mother is known for her creation of spells (even if some do have rather odd effects) and being on the school's Governing Board. As such, he is upper-middle class and decently wealthy, but not a spoiled brat. His eyes are the color they are because of one of his mother's spells just a couple months before he was born. Although he was too young to remember it, his family moved from Ottery St Catchpole to Cheshire.

Name: Tobias Schulz
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Year: 5th
View: anyone magic is alright, muggles may be another story though if they get in his way
Parentage: near pureblood (muggle great-grandmother)
House:
Height: 5'10"
Eye Color: Gold
Hair Color: red, almost brown
Appearance: athletic, freckled
Traits: good natured, slightly above average student, a bit clumsy and forgetful
Classes: All mandatory (only potions is basic), Restoration and Magical Theory (both advanced)
Biography: His father is on the Wisengamont and his mother is known for her creation of spells (even if some do have rather odd effects) and being on the school's Governing Board. As such, he is upper-middle class and decently wealthy, but not a spoiled brat. His eyes are the color they are because of one of his mother's spells just a couple months before he was born. Although he was too young to remember it, his family moved from Ottery St Catchpole to Cheshire.

Working in the Ministry, obviously his father can apparate there, but I would think most people live in London where it is more convenient.

Accepted.

@Theao: I just added my own character and he has a sister at the school. She is going to be a first year too, but I'll probably use her as more of an NPC-PC, so you can also use her if you want.

Mind if she is Stephanie, the kid mine ran into with the gum?

Mind if she is Stephanie, the kid mine ran into with the gum?

Hmm... I was gonna go with Valentine because I think I am going to have every in the family start with V. But I don't mind it being her, the character she ran into as long as you change the name. Is that cool?

TG.

@Sylvonia: How could he have siblings that are twins but different ages???

I was using an expression. Lizabeth and Darin are both 8 and are the (fraternal) twins but are very immature and get into a lot of trouble. Tobias and Michaela were each born separately (thus their mother was pregnant 3 times). Does that clear it up?

I was using an expression. Lizabeth and Darin are both 8 and are the (fraternal) twins but are very immature and get into a lot of trouble. Tobias and Michaela were each born separately (thus their mother was pregnant 3 times). Does that clear it up?

Indeed it does. Sorry, it's been a long day for me and I didn't get the obvious turn of phrase.

Aggy shook his head, "Naw mate, they're not that kind. They a wizarding band, pretty popular. Me dad's the drummer." Aggy was a little discouraged, usually people's eyes lit up when they heard who his dad was. But Nat looked more like she was going to laugh "Anyway, you can't be a first year, what house they put you in?"

@Szartopia: For first years, the Sorting won't happen until after this thread in fluid time. Once they get to the school, then the first thing that happens is the Sorting (taking place in the other thread, but still after this one in fluid time for this year).

@Szartopia: For first years, the Sorting won't happen until after this thread in fluid time. Once they get to the school, then the first thing that happens is the Sorting (taking place in the other thread, but still after this one in fluid time for this year).

I understand that. According to Amazonian Beasts, Nat is a fourth year, hence "you can't be a first year". Therefore she would have already been sorted four years ago. Sorry If I wasnt clear

I understand that. According to Amazonian Beasts, Nat is a fourth year, hence "you can't be a first year". Therefore she would have already been sorted four years ago. Sorry If I wasnt clear

Oh, I thought you were talking to Theao, and the statement of one of more jest or disbelief rather than seriousness... my bad.

Hmm... I was gonna go with Valentine because I think I am going to have every in the family start with V. But I don't mind it being her, the character he ran into as long as you change the name. Is that cool?

TG.

Editted, and gotcha. Any further ideas to flesh it out as what I sent was off the cuff.

[OOC: I hope it isn't too late for me to try to get in on this...]
Name: Sirenia Snowvale (occasional nickname: Violet)
Gender: female
Age: 13 (14 in early December)
Year: 3
View: Doesn't care at all whether people are pure blood...thinks pure-blood fanaticism is ridiculous.
Parentage: wizard father(pure blood), muggle mother.
House:Broc
Height:5'0
Eye Color: usually dark bluish violet
Hair Color: black
Appearance: Petite body. Large wide intense eyes that seem to peer into your soul. Long thick wavy hair that stops a few inches above the waist. She likes to hide behind her hair sometimes because she is shy. However, although she is shy and has a melancholy demeanor overall, she has a warm bright smile which helps balance the unnerving look in her eyes. Rich almond skin with rosy cheeks.

Traits: Very sensitive. Very sweet... unless you hurt her, then she can be vindictive. Very smart, but sometimes nervous, fragile, emotional... sometimes may lose her wits in a passion, but other times is pure cold calculating determination. Appears extremely passive at first, but if angered can become shocking domineering. Soft-spoken. Holds a secret sadness/ longing within her, but when she laughs it is intoxicating to anyone who hears it. Introverted. Quiet. Mysterious. Loves books and academia. Girly. Disinclined to hard physical labor... not very good at sports. She is a decent flyer however, and is trying to make further improvement, but so far has had inconsistent results. She is also a passionate member of the dueling club and is an unpredictable and formidable opponent.

Classes:
Charms (Advanced)
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (Advanced)
Magical History (Basic)
Potions (Basic)
Transfiguration (Basic)
Advanced Flying
Magical Compression
Natural World Studies
Magical Theory

Biography: Her father is a rather cold stern wizard with an iron will. Her mother, a beautiful muggle lady, married him under the influence of a powerful love potion. As time went on, her father kept her mother in the marriage less with potions and more with threats. However, he works with dragons outside of the country, so most of his time is spent away from home. Sirenia's mother is a caterer who specializes in elegant large-scale formal tea parties. At the age of eleven, during her first year in school, Sirenia at first did not seem to be particularly talented, but she made swift progression. She is currently a very bright student. Shortly after her 13th birthday she exhibited a very curious bit of magic... the ability to change the color of her eyes at will (however she mostly sticks to shades of blue and purple). It is unknown at this point whether this is the effect of a spell cast upon her or an awakening of some natural ability of her own. Sirenia's wand is Willow and Unicorn hair.

[OOC: I hope it isn't too late for me to try to get in on this...]
Name: Sirenia Snowvale (occasional nickname: Violet)
Gender: female
Age: 13 (14 in early December)
Year: 3
View: Doesn't care at all whether people are pure blood...thinks pure-blood fanaticism is ridiculous.
Parentage: wizard father(pure blood), muggle mother.
House:
Height:5'0
Eye Color: usually dark bluish violet
Hair Color: black
Appearance: Petite body. Large wide intense eyes that seem to peer into your soul. Long thick wavy hair that stops a few inches above the waist. She likes to hide behind her hair sometimes because she is shy. However, although she is shy and has a melancholy demeanor overall, she has a warm bright smile which helps balance the unnerving look in her eyes. Rich almond skin with rosy cheeks.

Traits: Very sensitive. Very sweet... unless you hurt her, then she can be vindictive. Very smart, but sometimes nervous, fragile, emotional... sometimes may lose her wits in a passion, but other times is pure cold calculating determination. Appears extremely passive at first, but if angered can become shocking domineering. Soft-spoken. Holds a secret sadness/ longing within her, but when she laughs it is intoxicating to anyone who hears it. Introverted. Quiet. Mysterious. Loves books and academia. Girly. Disinclined to hard physical labor... not very good at sports. She is a decent flyer however, and is trying to make further improvement, but so far has had inconsistent results. She is also a passionate member of the dueling club and is an unpredictable and formidable opponent.

Classes:
Charms (Advanced)
Jinxing & Defensive Magics (Advanced)
Magical History (Basic)
Potions (Basic)
Transfiguration (Basic)
Advanced Flying
Magical Compression
Natural World Studies

Biography: Her father is a rather cold stern wizard with an iron will. Her mother, a beautiful muggle lady, married him under the influence of a powerful love potion. As time went on, her father kept her mother in the marriage less with potions and more with threats. However, he works with dragons outside of the country, so most of his time is spent away from home. Sirenia's mother is a caterer who specializes in elegant large-scale formal tea parties. At the age of eleven, during her first year in school, Sirenia at first did not seem to be particularly talented, but she made swift progression. She is currently a very bright student. Shortly after her 13th birthday she exhibited a very curious bit of magic... the ability to change the color of her eyes at will (however she mostly sticks to shades of blue and purple). It is unknown at this point whether this is the effect of a spell cast upon her or an awakening of some natural ability of her own. Sirenia's wand is Willow and Unicorn hair.

Nope, not too late at all.

Accepted.

@DMG: In the rules section, you mention that you dislike "references to Harry Potter". Could you elaborate please? Do you dislike references to the character himself or to events in the books?

Editted, and gotcha. Any further ideas to flesh it out as what I sent was off the cuff.

Yeah, I sent a couple of things via TG, but they're just ideas.

Also, just a brief about Valentine:
-She is a very kind/nice girl
-Her brothers are pretty much a dichotomy of human abilities, so she falls into a bit of mix... she will be skilled in maybe one or two areas of the magical world, and be decent at flying and the like
-She is neither truly exotroverted or introverted, shy or open...

@DMG: In the rules section, you mention that you dislike "references to Harry Potter". Could you elaborate please? Do you dislike references to the character himself or to events in the books?

Pretty much both, I guess, but reference to him are worse. For example: One time I saw someone write "Yeah, I got kicked out because I punched this annoying kid with glasses and some stupid scar on his forehead in the face." (It was something along those lines.) I tend to see less of stuff referencing other things in the stories... so it has been less of a problem.

If you can do it subtly and/or tastefully, I have a less of a problem with it because it is more of an homage to HP rather than trying to be clever when you're not.

@Void Templar: That is exactly the kind of one line post that is just crap.

@Kansiov: They don't use $dollars in the wizarding world, they use Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts.

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles = 493 Knuts

@Void Templar: That is exactly the kind of one line post that is just crap.

@Kansiov: They don't use $dollars in the wizarding world, they use Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts.

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles = 493 Knuts

Roger that, thanks alot ;), forgive me I don't really follow Harry Potter series.

Pretty much both, I guess, but reference to him are worse. For example: One time I saw someone write "Yeah, I got kicked out because I punched this annoying kid with glasses and some stupid scar on his forehead in the face." (It was something along those lines.) I tend to see less of stuff referencing other things in the stories... so it has been less of a problem.

If you can do it subtly and/or tastefully, I have a less of a problem with it because it is more of an homage to HP rather than trying to be clever when you're not.

O I was assuming that HP didnt exist in this world...o well, ok.

Roger that, thanks alot ;), forgive me I don't really follow Harry Potter series.

No problem, I am adding a section of information to the first page including this.

O I was assuming that HP didnt exist in this world...o well, ok.

It doesn't, which is exactly why I hate references to it. People are trying to be "cute" and bringing in little things like that.

WOoo! I'm back from vacation, somebody please send me back a TG covering from last Tuesday and I'll get caught up. Thanks.

WOoo! I'm back from vacation, somebody please send me back a TG covering from last Tuesday and I'll get caught up. Thanks.

Wrong thread buddy.

@Void Templar: That is exactly the kind of one line post that is just crap.

@Kansiov: They don't use $dollars in the wizarding world, they use Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts.

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles = 493 Knuts

Would you mind if we simplified the monetary system to be 1 Galleon = 20 Sickles = 500 Knuts?

@ NeoAztec: Since we're in London, there isn't a drinking age. That's the reason Hogwarts students are allowed to buy beer in the actual Harry Potter series.

@ NeoAztec: Since we're in London, there isn't a drinking age. That's the reason Hogwarts students are allowed to buy beer in the actual Harry Potter series.

@DMG: actually this brings up a question: What is the Academy's policy on substances? Obviously hard drugs and marijuana are out of the question, but what about alchohol? Tobacco? And also, considering that this IS a magical world, there are probably a whole new amount of magical herbs and potions that are used in the same manner as drugs...

Not an extremely important question, but just wondering. For example, would having alcohol at school (like a party in one of the house's common rooms) be a major offense? I'm American, but I think the British drinking age is 16 or 18? (correct me if I'm wrong). Obviously this issue was never really adressed in the HP books, as they were written with children in mind.

Would you mind if we simplified the monetary system to be 1 Galleon = 20 Sickles = 500 Knuts?

lol, fine.

@ NeoAztec: Since we're in London, there isn't a drinking age. That's the reason Hogwarts students are allowed to buy beer in the actual Harry Potter series.

I am no expert on the UK, but isn't the legal purchasing age 18 or 16 with the seller's permission.

@DMG: actually this brings up a question: What is the Academy's policy on substances? Obviously hard drugs and marijuana are out of the question, but what about alchohol? Tobacco? And also, considering that this IS a magical world, there are probably a whole new amount of magical herbs and potions that are used in the same manner as drugs...

Not an extremely important question, but just wondering. For example, would having alcohol at school (like a party in one of the house's common rooms) be a major offense? I'm American, but I think the British drinking age is 16 or 18? (correct me if I'm wrong). Obviously this issue was never really adressed in the HP books, as they were written with children in mind.

It's a good question, especially given your character. I am going to say that the school doesn't permit those types of things, because, after all, it is a school. However, when off campus, like at Cheshire, then they can drink, etc. Drugs would still be illegal, but then I am sure there are so many ingredients sitting around the school that you could get high off of some of them. Also, perhaps under teacher supervision (like at Slughorn's in HP), they can have Butterbeer or wine.

Obviously the MOPS would not be allowed - try reading everything first.

Furthermore, I am inclined to deny you altogether due to track record. You have joined another RP of mine and pretty much made two posts and then stopped.

Ok, the 80s so which one was this now?

John grinned and said "Great, I got to fly a jet this summer!, or ride in one, my dad let me build my own homebuilt jet!, and my uncle owns a candy factory too, it's rather enchanted though.. I nearly got attack by his "Chocolate Griffins.." Which hurt a bit, luckily the talons are enchanted though.."

I am sorry Calizorinstan, but that is just a bit ridiculous.

A) Why the hell would you bring a jet into the story?
B) You really just tossed away $600,000 on something like that when wizards would never want it?
C) You can't just put together a jet because you can use magic... you still need to know how everything fits together and works.
D) No, the Ministry would confiscate it, not make you get a license... you're a kid.

Perhaps a model jet...

Ok, the 80s so which one was this now?

What does the 80s have to do with this?

God: The Game.

Plus my view of you as an RPer in general.

Yeah, It was just a model jet/joke kind of thing, I am sorry DMG for making an incongruent IC comment..

Yeah, It was just a model jet/joke kind of thing, I am sorry DMG for making an incongruent IC comment..

No, it's fine. I just feel staying true to the HP view of the modern world, because I like the way she did it.

Wizards really don't have any need for technology because they have magic, thus they either ignore it, or go Arthur Weasley on it and be very excited by it. Being Arthur Weasley towards it is fine, but you have to know how to do it... he tends to not understand the things, and it is generally basic little things like a telephone... not an Abrams tank.

What does the 80s have to do with this?

God: The Game.

Plus my view of you as an RPer in general.

No one made more than two posts, and it was more like four posts, gove me credit.

XD

What's your view of me, exactley?

@All: Anyone here who knows a lot about HP or thinks they understand how the world works, feel free to police/note mistakes that you see. So basically, everyone that knows what they are talking about can be a min-Mod.

@All: Anyone here who knows a lot about HP or thinks they understand how the world works, feel free to police/note mistakes that you see. So basically, everyone that knows what they are talking about can be a min-Mod.

Of course, there are also numerous places online to check your facts before you post them too. That would help things a bit.

No one made more than two posts, and it was more like four posts, gove me credit.

XD

What's your view of me, exactley?

No, you have two posts and only half of one was even about the land. Except for Bredford and Oily Prata, everyone else has more. Furthermore, they joined later than you and are still posting about it, while you stopped in about two days.
And the 80s still doesn't make sense to me...

Of course, there are also numerous places online to check your facts before you post them too. That would help things a bit.

Oh I agree. I think I listed three good sites with a book's worth of information on them. However, I understand that not everyone is going to read through them or check their facts before they post. Plus things like a kid building a jet comes up which I don't think would be addressed there. Thus, I know some of you are quite knowledgeable on the matter or else at least check your stuff first, so if you see anything you do not like, feel free to comment on it.

No, you have two posts and only half of one was even about the land. Except for Bredford and Oily Prata, everyone else has more. Furthermore, they joined later than you and are still posting about it, while you stopped in about two days.
And the 80s still doesn't make sense to me...

MOPS was not created untill the 2000s, this RP is in the 80s.

MOPS was not created untill the 2000s, this RP is in the 80s.

Yeah, but obviously you haven't read the rules/don't get the concept if you think that is what the problem is.

Yeah, but obviously you haven't read the rules/don't get the concept if you think that is what the problem is.

eh

@DMG: Not that it is going to very important once we get to school, but do we have a set exchange rate between wizard and muggle currency?

@DMG: Not that it is going to very important once we get to school, but do we have a set exchange rate between wizard and muggle currency?

Yeah. Though obviously exchange rates are always changing, 1 Galleon ~=~ 5 Pounds (which for us Americans, is currently $10 dollars).

Remember, this is the UK.

How long, aprox is it before the train leaves, or can we start showing up now and leave it to fluid time?

Yeah, you can kind of do as you please. Fluid time will work, though for a little bit of continuity, you might want to have more people heading towards the train before you actually have it leave for you, but its your choice.

By the way guys, I read something about Butterbeer, and apparently it has extremely low alcoholic content, like people can't actually get drunk on it. So, Butterbeer is fine at the school, but no alcohol.

Yeah, you can kind of do as you please. Fluid time will work, though for a little bit of continuity, you might want to have more people heading towards the train before you actually have it leave for you, but its your choice.

By the way guys, I read something about Butterbeer, and apparently it has extremely low alcoholic content, like people can't actually get drunk on it. So, Butterbeer is fine at the school, but no alcohol.

Gotcha, also tg, and is there the same sort of anti-tech field around EA that that is around Hogwarts?

Gotcha, also tg, and is there the same sort of anti-tech field around EA that that is around Hogwarts?

Yeah, why don't we say there is so I don't have deal with tech-regulation.

Btw, I didn't understand the TG (probably because I don't remember the context).

Yeah, why don't we say there is so I don't have deal with tech-regulation.

Btw, I didn't understand the TG (probably because I don't remember the context).

Probably because now that I think about it, it doesn't really make sense on this end so probably didn't make much sense to begin with.

Probably because now that I think about it, it doesn't really make sense on this end so probably didn't make much sense to begin with.

lol, care to try again...?

@Szar: Nice concept and all... good side story as well.

DMG, when will the actual schooling start? Im asking when in real life.

@Szar: Nice concept and all... good side story as well.

Aww thanks...you're making me blush lol;):D

DMG, when will the actual schooling start? Im asking when in real life.

Hmm... if I write it up tonight, I will post it tonight, but tomorrow I don't have much time so it'd probably be the day after otherwise. I'll try for tonight in a couple hours. (But that doesn't mean you have to stop posting in the Strayt Way thread)

lol, care to try again...?

Believe I clarified in the TG I just sent.

Believe I clarified in the TG I just sent.

Got it. Responded.

Hmm... if I write it up tonight, I will post it tonight, but tomorrow I don't have much time so it'd probably be the day after otherwise. I'll try for tonight in a couple hours. (But that doesn't mean you have to stop posting in the Strayt Way thread)

Personal opinion, but I'd hold off until Wednesday. We still have the train ride, and as in HP, that sparks plenty of time in RPing and the like (as with all the school people, tomorrow is NOT a holiday like today is...). Two threads will also somewhat detract from Strayt Way/Train thread.

Personal opinion, but I'd hold off until Wednesday. We still have the train ride, and as in HP, that sparks plenty of time in RPing and the like (as with all the school people, tomorrow is NOT a holiday like today is...). Two threads will also somewhat detract from Strayt Way/Train thread.

Good point there... forgot about the train ride. :rolleyes:

Got it. Responded.
Likewise.

Sounds good, AB. It'll give me more time too. On Wednesday, I'll see how the pre-Main thread is going, and make a decision whether to start it then or wait more.

Name: Ryan Getzlaf
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Year: 2nd
View: Protector of Mudbloods
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height: 4'9
Eye Color: Blue-gray
Hair Color: Mud blonde
Appearance: Appears like a nerd, has glasses
Traits: Excellent Quidditch Player, nerd,
Classes:

Advanced Charms
Advanced Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Advanced Magical History
Advanced Potions
Advanced Transfiguration
Advanced Magical Compression
Advanced Magical Theory
Applying for:

Curses
Unknown Magical Studies
World Beyond Studies)
Advanced Magical Studies

If, makes all Test In classes, then you can eliminate Magical Compression.



Biography: Ryan Getzlaf was born to Samantha and Ryan Sr. He just left his Junior Level Quidditch Team and is off to Everett.

Name: Ryan Getzlaf
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Year: 2nd
View: Protector of Mudbloods
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height: 4'9
Eye Color: Blue-gray
Hair Color: Mud blonde
Appearance: Appears like a nerd, has glasses
Traits: Excellent Quidditch Player, nerd,
Classes:

Advanced Charms
Advanced Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Advanced Magical History
Advanced Potions
Advanced Transfiguration
Advanced Magical Compression
Advanced Magical Theory
Applying for:

Curses
Unknown Magical Studies
World Beyond Studies)
Advanced Magical Studies

If, makes all Test In classes, then you can eliminate Magical Compression.

Biography: Ryan Getzlaf was born to Samantha and Ryan Sr. He just left his Junior Level Quidditch Team and is off to Everett.

Accepted with some exceptions.

As a second year, he must be or turning very soon 13... not 11.
If he is 11 (soon to be a 12 year old first year) or a 13 year old second year, he probably won't get into all (or most or possible even any) of the test-in classes. He is young and inexperienced no matter how smart you think he is.
Finally, don't over play him. He can be smart and skilled, which is fine, but he is still young so in compared to older people, he won't look so amazing.

Are you guys serious? Same year and house for three years in a row and you didn't know each other.

The school only has about forty people per grade, meaning ten people per grade per house... now if you don't know the other nine people from your grade and house, something is wrong. Not to mention taht they would definitely have spent years in class together.

Hell, they could easily know every single person in the school by name or face.

That's what I've been trying to get them to notice. For the love of friggin Pete, if you follow the rules from HP, they've even been sleeping in the same room. Also, Tobias is a grade above them.

Are you guys serious? Same year and house for three years in a row and you didn't know each other.

The school only has about forty people per grade, meaning ten people per grade per house... now if you don't know the other nine people from your grade and house, something is wrong. Not to mention taht they would definitely have spent years in class together.

Hell, they could easily know every single person in the school by name or face.

I could be expecting more, but seriously i forgot about that we were in the same year, :p so that was the best excuse to give.

I could be expecting more, but seriously i forgot about that we were in the same year, :p so that was the best excuse to give.

Or! You could just edit your posts or make up an easy excuse like I was just joking or being sarcastic or I got hit over the head.

And yes, Sylvonia, people of the same class (year) and house sleep in the same dormitory room.

@Vanek: Now that I read your post in the Sorting Clock, I am beginning to wonder how much time you actually spent reading about this thread. You have ignored what I said about responding to the Clock's answer, your age-year combination doesn't make any sense, and I believe you referred to the school as Everett. This all gives me pause in actually accepting you.

@Vanek: Now that I read your post in the Sorting Clock, I am beginning to wonder how much time you actually spent reading about this thread. You have ignored what I said about responding to the Clock's answer, your age-year combination doesn't make any sense, and I believe you referred to the school as Everett. This all gives me pause in actually accepting you.

Maybe. It's your thread. But, I was in a huge hurry. Sorry.

Sorry Vanek, but I am going to have to unaccept you.

This is my goodbye. See y'all around.

Tata.

@All: Keep posting in the thread. There is still the entire trip to Exeter to RP if you want to. And besides, with all of my work, sports, college crap, and everything else going on, I won't be able to get the Main IC thread up until Sunday night or Saturday afternoon.

Alright, finally time for me to relax since school started... hopefully I will get the Main IC thread up tonight after I wake up.

@Alversia: It's certainly fine if you want to join them... but just recognize that you are a 6th year and they are 1st years. Bit odd.

@Alversia: It's certainly fine if you want to join them... but just recognize that you are a 6th year and they are 1st years. Bit odd.

Not really, bit of Friendly advice, What do you take me for?

Not really, bit of Friendly advice, What do you take me for?

huh?

edit: Oh, and your bio says he is a 6th year, not a 5th year.

Sorry for the lack of me for this past week y'all, the first week of senior year caught me a bit scrambling between practice and school itelf. I'll get back to the thread...

Same here, same here.

huh?

edit: Oh, and your bio says he is a 6th year, not a 5th year.

My mistake

I meant that it isn't strange where I am for 1st and 6th Years to mix

Well I find you very strange then... I don't generally hang out with eleven and twleve year olds... In fact, I never do. :p

Where I come from if 1st and 6th Years have a common interest then they will hang out.

My mistake

I meant that it isn't strange where I am for 1st and 6th Years to mix

Well I find you very strange then... I don't generally hang out with eleven and twleve year olds... In fact, I never do. :p

Main IC Thread will go up tonight.

Main IC Thread will go up tonight.

Hooray!

Yeah! Alright!

Name: Thomas Tobin
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Year: 5th, but first year at the school (OOC: Right?)
View: Couldn't care less about someone's blood status
Parentage: Half-Blood
House: (TBD)
Height: 5'10"
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Tall and lanky, with a medium build. Looks average, not overly ugly or attractive.
Traits: Smart, but not extremely so, and kind. Brave and such, but also a little detached and shy. The kind who will just have a few close friends.
Classes:

Mandatory-

Charms
Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Magical History
Potions
Transfiguration

Optional-

Ancient Runes
Magical Compression
Restoration


Biography: Thomas was born in England, but moved with his family to Europe and later America and was educated there. Only came back to England recently and is somewhat shy and disturbed by being back here. A slightly above average student for his age, he has few friends, but those that he has are very tight and he is very loyal to them. Thinking about a career in education or politics, and likes to write.

Name: Thomas Tobin
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Year: 5th, but first year at the school (OOC: Right?)
View: Couldn't care less about someone's blood status
Parentage: Half-Blood
House: (TBD)
Height: 5'10"
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Tall and lanky, with a medium build. Looks average, not overly ugly or attractive.
Traits: Smart, but not extremely so, and kind. Brave and such, but also a little detached and shy. The kind who will just have a few close friends.
Classes:

Mandatory-

Charms
Jinxing & Defensive Magics
Magical History
Potions
Transfiguration

Optional-

Ancient Runes
Magical Compression
Restoration


Biography: Thomas was born in England, but moved with his family to Europe and later America and was educated there. Only came back to England recently and is somewhat shy and disturbed by being back here. A slightly above average student for his age, he has few friends, but those that he has are very tight and he is very loyal to them. Thinking about a career in education or politics, and likes to write.

Accepted. Except about the age, if he is a 5th year, he will have to be sixteen or turning so fairly soon; otherwise he would be a 4th year. And a transfer student is fine so long as he had been receiving magical schooling elsewhere before coming to Exeter.

Exeter Academy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=537898): Main IC Thread


It is now up! Time to get started on the year and the main RPing. Don't forget to post in the other threads like the Pure Blood Fanatic Group.

By the way, sorry for the poor opening post of the thread... I just wanted to get it up and midnight as approaching (as is sleepy time).

Also, while you should begin posting in the Main IC thread now, it doesn't mean you have to stop quite yet in the other thread (your choice and can be a singular one - like arriving at Exeter while everyone else is chatting during the trip - done via fluid time).

I'll probably sound like a complete idiot for asking. But could someone please explain what fluid time is? I think I have the general concept, but I still don't think I get it.

There. Age edited to 16. And yes, he has been getting education elsewhere.

I'll probably sound like a complete idiot for asking. But could someone please explain what fluid time is? I think I have the general concept, but I still don't think I get it.

Basically, fluid time is the concept of increasing, decreasing, or even backtracking time in the course of a story/RP so that the story and writing can continue at a timely and steady pace and occur at all phases, including other writers and other theaters of the story.

Hey Amazonian Beasts, could you please reply to my thread?

Hey Amazonian Beasts, could you please reply to my thread?

I'm about halfway through my post right now (you got the mayor, spoilers...)

There. Age edited to 16. And yes, he has been getting education elsewhere.

Cool.

I'll probably sound like a complete idiot for asking. But could someone please explain what fluid time is? I think I have the general concept, but I still don't think I get it.

As explained, basically time moves as you need it to for your character regardless of everyone else (provided there is no direct interaction).

OOC: I just copied and pasted my student from the last one and made a few changes

Name: Serros Laylar
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Year: 4 year
View: Anti pure blood raticals but beleaves that wars do nothing but scar the land and drive the wild things to extintion.
Parentage: mixed both of his perents can use magic but some of his grandperents and great grandperents had spouses that where non magic users.
House:
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: long and blond
Traits: loves to play the guitar to impress the ladies, great reverence for nature, and carrys around a book of philosophy.
Classes: Charms, Defensive Magics and Jinxing, Magical History, Potions, Transfiguration, Magical Compression, Restoration, Natural World Studies, Divination/Astronomy.
Biography: His father was from Libya and his mother was was Columbian he spent his early years in Columbia before moving Libya than to England for school. He has a Columbian accent. He has always had a thrist for knowlage and spent years studing philosophy, religions, sicence, and fine arts. He joined the school to extend his studies to magic. Magicly Serros perfers to use any spells that are somewhat natural. He tries to limit his use of what he calls angry magic like jinxs, curses, and anything that would scar nature or the world.

OOC: I just copied and pasted my student from the last one and made a few changes

Name: Serros Laylar
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Year: what ever is the best fit for that age
View: Anti pure blood raticals but beleaves that wars do nothing but scar the land and drive the wild things to extintion.
Parentage: mixed both of his perents can use magic but some of his grandperents and great grandperents had spouses that where non magic users.
House:
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: long and blond
Traits: loves to play the guitar to impress the ladies, great reverence for nature, and carrys around a book of philosophy.
Classes: Charms, Defensive Magics and Jinxing, Magical History, Potions, Transfiguration, Magical Compression, Restoration, Natural World Studies, Divination/Astronomy.
Biography: His father was from Libya and his mother was was Columbian he spent his early years in Columbia before moving Libya than to England for school. He has a Columbian accent. He has always had a thrist for knowlage and spent years studing philosophy, religions, sicence, and fine arts. He joined the school to extend his studies to magic. Magicly Serros perfers to use any spells that are somewhat natural. He tries to limit his use of what he calls angry magic like jinxs, curses, and anything that would scar nature or the world.

Accepted.

He'd be a fourth year probably.

Can we make friends of the characters we make? Like who their friends are and such? And if so, can we make their attributes,past,etc. like the characters we made?

Of course. You can have more than one main character or just make up some detailed NPC-PCs.

Of course. You can have more than one main character or just make up some detailed NPC-PCs.

Again, I'll probably sound like an idiot, and I get that an NPC is a Non-Player Character, but what's with the -PC part after it?

Again, I'll probably sound like an idiot, and I get that an NPC is a Non-Player Character, but what's with the -PC part after it?

It's a secondary-type character that is primarily designed/controlled by you that is of lesser importance and can be utilized by others if needed.

It's a secondary-type character that is primarily designed/controlled by you that is of lesser importance and can be utilized by others if needed.

Thanks.

DMG, any decision's on Valentine's house?

Ah, NeoAztec, this is set(chronologically anyways) in the late 1980s. This is the era of the walk/discman(for portable music) and the internet, as far as personal computers went, was first available in '92. Also technology has a tendency to go buggy in the magical world.

I believe I mentioned the bugs, but I forgot about the setting. As for the Diskman, forget it. That wasn't popular until the 90's either (though CD's were available). We're still working with cassette tapes and on somewhat rare occasions, a five year old 8-Track. Ever seen the movie "Footloose"? That's what we're dealing with here. However, FPS games WERE available. Wolfenstien (I hope I got that spelling right) being the game of choice and running on DOS.

I believe I mentioned the bugs, but I forgot about the setting. As for the Diskman, forget it. That wasn't popular until the 90's either (though CD's were available). We're still working with cassette tapes and on somewhat rare occasions, a five year old 8-Track. Ever seen the movie "Footloose"? That's what we're dealing with here. However, FPS games WERE available. Wolfenstien (I hope I got that spelling right) being the game of choice and running on DOS.

I've seen the movie and incidentally the Diskman came out(as the D-50) in 1984 so is within the timeline. While yes FPS were available, The 1981 Wolfenstein is not one of them. It is a top-down game. I believe you are thinking of the '92 Wolfenstein 3D. The first FPS that was multiplayer(PtP) was Maze War that was developed sometime during 1973 and fully networked by '74.

I was not aware of how early the diskman was available apparently. It was available, true, but as cassettes were what most people still owned and used, the walkman was the more popular, more affordable choice. As for the game, you're quite possibly right as to what I'm thinking of.

Okay, Awesome! ^_~

Name: Godric Ra Phoenicia
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Year: 6th though I was hoping to make him 16 in sixth year..oh well.
View: Hates either extreme
Parentage: Half-blood
House:
Height: 5' 10"
Eye Color: Blood red
Hair Color: Black
Appearance: thin, with neck length messy hair, wears average looking school clothing
Traits: Hateful, Vengeful, sometimes can be sadistic, selfish, looks at things in an open perspective unless it concerns him personally. :upyours:
Classes: Besides the mandatory, which is all basic for his year except for "Jinxing and Defense magic class" and "Potions", the optional ones are: "Magical Compression" and "Restoration"
I'm hopinh to get him into the test-in class "Curses".

Biography: Doesn't know much about his parentage for several reasons. The tribe he came from (called the Phoenix tribe for obvious reasons) has followed and helped to protect and serve phoenixes and worshipped them as one would a god though the tribe didn't see phoenixes as such and recognized that while they had extrodinary capibilities they were living creatures. Tribe had been with phoenixes for a long time traveling the world, mostly parts of Africa and Europe. Tribe was eventually wiped out. Much of the history of the Phoenix tribe is now gone due to the fact that much of the culture was passed through word of mouth and the fact that their traditions and culture was mostly adaptions of places they travelled throughout history. The little remaining members (only 20 including Godric R. Phoenicia) have now taken measures to extreminate Phoenixes since the last area they stopped to was Eastern Germany before the 1940's. Godric, himself, happens to be directly related to the original founder and chief of the Phoenix tribe (they in bred like pure-bloods) and the chief tribe of people that made it their life duty to hunt and destroy the Phoenix tribe. The tribe has mostly wiped out now and as stated before has now adapted a policy to kill of all Phoenixes, a policy Godric hates. He has made it his life goal to become a powerful wizard so he may kill off the Warlocks of his family that have taken it upon themselves to hunt and destroy Phoenixes. Godric feels it especially horrifying that they would do such a thing when the family itself and speak-in and understand what Phoenixes say in their songs. Godric currently has no home to go to and stays in the leaky cauldron in Britain with the money left over from his long dead parents. He was raised by a very distantly related Aunt who passed away just a few months prior to his new school year due to cancer. He was able to look up his family history through information the Ministry had about his parentage from their records office and historical documents.

^ I did that hastely and intend to give more insight and detail and explain it much better in the history forum when I have the time to explain background, later. That was just random facts I tried to put in quickly about him. Sorry that was long.

NPC

Name: Wafai Berk Godwin
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Year: Read Phoenicia
View: Isn't for either extreme though is very slowly siding with Muggle-born's
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height: 5' 9"
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Built, has shoulder-length messy brown hair not in any ponytail or braids (he likes to leave it out), and wears plain clothes that normally look to be from the upper-class.
Traits:Friendly, helps anyone when ever he can if they show in some way they have a problem, listens patiently, doesn't make decisions or doesn't usually follow political view points because he has no stance on it.
Classes: Besides the mandatory which are all basic level for his year except for "Potions" his optional classes are "Advanced Flying" and "Restoration"

Biography: Godwin is an average student at best and a knuckle-head at subjects at worst. His only real friend is Godric R. Phoenicia because he wasn't insulted by Phoenicia in his earlier years due to his weight (which he used extensive measures each summer before to lessen and it eventually paid off). Godwin considers Phoenicia a true friend even though Phoenicia has told him that he plans to end their friendship when they graduate from school or if one of them somehow leaves early. Godwin enjoys social events, isn't much into book reading (the only reason he even got into advanced potions was because Phoenicia forced him to read potions since he kept talking about how studies were interesting). Unlike his best friend, Godwin doesn't find studies all that interesting nor does he find a need try and learn more spells and curses especially of the "darker" type so they can get into duels with family members they didn't know they had to stop the massacre of Phoenixes. Godwin wants to become a professional Quidditch player when he grows up and is very knowledgable about the recent news in Quidditch history (the only history he pays attention to). Godwin normally attends any social events in school an almost always participates in them somehow, he can convince Phoenicia to come most of the time. Godwin doesn't excel in spells very much except for the healing variety. He often teachs Phoenicia healing spells he learns in class because Phoenicia is so curious about them. Godwin wishes to learn healing spells partially because Quidditch is a dangerous sport and sometimes you just can't afford to be out of action and partially because it's a subject (besides Quidditch) which he finds genuine interest in. He is interested in healing potions but that is about it as far as interests go for that particular subject. He, unlike Phoenicia, slacks off on subjects he doesn't find any interest in which is almost all of them. Though he does do the extra-credit work available to make-up for it. In contrast, Phoenicia slacks off (though not to the extent of his friend) on subjects he thinks are stupid and a waste of time, i.e. parts of magical history in periods where almost nothing in particular happened (for certain races they are studying i.e. Goblins) and certain pointless parts of charms and transfiguration but Phoenicia finding a part of a subject boring is very,very rare. Godwin hopes that someday after the break in friendship that Phoenicia plans so he can spend more time on his goals that they see each other again someday. Though he doesn't like thinking about it and it is a taboo subject that very few know of and that he won't talk about except with Phoenicia in private and even then it is a very rare subject to speak of. Godwin finds the fact that Phoenicia can speak phoenix to be fascinating and wishes he had something like that. Godwin lives in the Leaky Cauldron since his parents died when he was 14, Phoenicia helped him get through it and had convinced his aunt to let Godwin live with them. Godwin recieves free exotic clothing from the job he recently got in a shop near the magical keep that lets him have the old things that are "out of fashion" for free ever since Pheonicia's distantly related Aunt: "Delilah Petunia". He sometimes calls Phoenicia "Duat" or "Tuat" as nicknames because he thinks it is fun. He has said it often enough that some students and teachers call Phoenicia "Duat" or "Tuat". Phoenicia doesn't mind though and laughs when people try to insult him using that.

DMG, any decision's on Valentine's house?

We will call her an Emantrico.

Okay, Awesome! ^_~

Name: Godric Ra Phoenicia
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Year: 6th though I was hoping to make him 16 in sixth year..oh well.
View: Hates either extreme
Parentage: Half-blood
House:
Height: 5' 10"
Eye Color: Blood red
Hair Color: Black
Appearance: thin, with neck length messy hair, wears average looking school clothing
Traits: Hateful, Vengeful, sometimes can be sadistic, selfish, looks at things in an open perspective unless it concerns him personally. :upyours:
Classes: Besides the mandatory, which is all basic for his year except for "Jinxing and Defense magic class" and "Potions", the optional ones are: "Magical Compression" and "Restoration"
I'm hopinh to get him into the test-in class "Curses".

Biography: Doesn't know much about his parentage for several reasons. The tribe he came from (called the Phoenix tribe for obvious reasons) has followed and helped to protect and serve phoenixes and worshipped them as one would a god though the tribe didn't see phoenixes as such and recognized that while they had extrodinary capibilities they were living creatures. Tribe had been with phoenixes for a long time traveling the world, mostly parts of Africa and Europe. Tribe was eventually wiped out. Much of the history of the Phoenix tribe is now gone due to the fact that much of the culture was passed through word of mouth and the fact that their traditions and culture was mostly adaptions of places they travelled throughout history. The little remaining members (only 20 including Godric R. Phoenicia) have now taken measures to extreminate Phoenixes since the last area they stopped to was Eastern Germany before the 1940's. Godric, himself, happens to be directly related to the original founder and chief of the Phoenix tribe (they in bred like pure-bloods) and the chief tribe of people that made it their life duty to hunt and destroy the Phoenix tribe. The tribe has mostly wiped out now and as stated before has now adapted a policy to kill of all Phoenixes, a policy Godric hates. He has made it his life goal to become a powerful wizard so he may kill off the Warlocks of his family that have taken it upon themselves to hunt and destroy Phoenixes. Godric feels it especially horrifying that they would do such a thing when the family itself and speak-in and understand what Phoenixes say in their songs. Godric currently has no home to go to and stays in the leaky cauldron in Britain with the money left over from his long dead parents. He was raised by a very distantly related Aunt who passed away just a few months prior to his new school year due to cancer. He was able to look up his family history through information the Ministry had about his parentage from their records office and historical documents.

^ I did that hastely and intend to give more insight and detail and explain it much better in the history forum when I have the time to explain background, later. That was just random facts I tried to put in quickly about him. Sorry that was long.

Accepted. Just a few notes:
1) He can technically be 16 in 6th year, but he will have to turn 17 by the end of December.
2) The Leaky Cauldron doesn't really exist here, though you can make up a different name and call it the equivalent of the Leaky Cauldron (it is mentioned briefly in the Strayt Way thread).
3) For his house go to the Sorting Clock and for the test for Curses, go to the Test-In Test Thread.

I'll wait until later tomorrow. I made an NPC and posted it but for some reason it didn't work...something about a moderater needing to see it first. I'll just wait until it becomes a post (if it does) and let you make your decision on that before going on ahead with sorting and such.

That's fine, whenever you want.

I apologize to The 7000 and Jagaro. I did not realize you had posted in the Sorting Clock. I have now responded.

NPC

Name: Wafai Berk Godwin
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Year: Read Phoenicia
View: Isn't for either extreme though is very slowly siding with Muggle-born's
Parentage: Pure-blood
House:
Height: 5' 9"
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Brown
Appearance: Built, has shoulder-length messy brown hair not in any ponytail or braids (he likes to leave it out), and wears plain clothes that normally look to be from the upper-class.
Traits:Friendly, helps anyone when ever he can if they show in some way they have a problem, listens patiently, doesn't make decisions or doesn't usually follow political view points because he has no stance on it.
Classes: Besides the mandatory which are all basic level for his year except for "Potions" his optional classes are "Advanced Flying" and "Restoration"

Biography: Godwin is an average student at best and a knuckle-head at subjects at worst. His only real friend is Godric R. Phoenicia because he wasn't insulted by Phoenicia in his earlier years due to his weight (which he used extensive measures each summer before to lessen and it eventually paid off). Godwin considers Phoenicia a true friend even though Phoenicia has told him that he plans to end their friendship when they graduate from school or if one of them somehow leaves early. Godwin enjoys social events, isn't much into book reading (the only reason he even got into advanced potions was because Phoenicia forced him to read potions since he kept talking about how studies were interesting). Unlike his best friend, Godwin doesn't find studies all that interesting nor does he find a need try and learn more spells and curses especially of the "darker" type so they can get into duels with family members they didn't know they had to stop the massacre of Phoenixes. Godwin wants to become a professional Quidditch player when he grows up and is very knowledgable about the recent news in Quidditch history (the only history he pays attention to). Godwin normally attends any social events in school an almost always participates in them somehow, he can convince Phoenicia to come most of the time. Godwin doesn't excel in spells very much except for the healing variety. He often teachs Phoenicia healing spells he learns in class because Phoenicia is so curious about them. Godwin wishes to learn healing spells partially because Quidditch is a dangerous sport and sometimes you just can't afford to be out of action and partially because it's a subject (besides Quidditch) which he finds genuine interest in. He is interested in healing potions but that is about it as far as interests go for that particular subject. He, unlike Phoenicia, slacks off on subjects he doesn't find any interest in which is almost all of them. Though he does do the extra-credit work available to make-up for it. In contrast, Phoenicia slacks off (though not to the extent of his friend) on subjects he thinks are stupid and a waste of time, i.e. parts of magical history in periods where almost nothing in particular happened (for certain races they are studying i.e. Goblins) and certain pointless parts of charms and transfiguration but Phoenicia finding a part of a subject boring is very,very rare. Godwin hopes that someday after the break in friendship that Phoenicia plans so he can spend more time on his goals that they see each other again someday. Though he doesn't like thinking about it and it is a taboo subject that very few know of and that he won't talk about except with Phoenicia in private and even then it is a very rare subject to speak of. Godwin finds the fact that Phoenicia can speak phoenix to be fascinating and wishes he had something like that. Godwin lives in the Leaky Cauldron since his parents died when he was 14, Phoenicia helped him get through it and had convinced his aunt to let Godwin live with them. Godwin recieves free exotic clothing from the job he recently got in a shop near the magical keep that lets him have the old things that are "out of fashion" for free ever since Pheonicia's distantly related Aunt: "Delilah Petunia". He sometimes calls Phoenicia "Duat" or "Tuat" as nicknames because he thinks it is fun. He has said it often enough that some students and teachers call Phoenicia "Duat" or "Tuat". Phoenicia doesn't mind though and laughs when people try to insult him using that.

Accepted - he seems quite similar to Victor Lockhart.

Also, as noted before, there is no inn called the "Leaky Culadron."

I know, I made that after making my main character but it didn't show-up immediately. I'll change the inn when I get the chance.

I know, I made that after making my main character but it didn't show-up immediately. I'll change the inn when I get the chance.

No problem, I figured as much.

As for the NPC-PC, he can be in pretty much any House you want, so long as he fits its character. Or I can sort him if you want.

I wanted him to be in the same house as my main character...I guess he's going to Draco. I guess he'll stand out. :p

I wanted him to be in the same house as my main character...I guess he's going to Draco. I guess he'll stand out. :p

lol, yeah, I guess so. Just make sure he isn't there without any reason.

Feel free to begin posting (Exeter Academy).

[OOC: I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I haven't been playing... I've been very sick the past week and haven't felt like writing as I've been mostly lying in bed without much energy or will to do anything. I will probably start writing in the threads tomorrow if I can get caught up on reading them first.]

[OOC: I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I haven't been playing... I've been very sick the past week and haven't felt like writing as I've been mostly lying in bed without much energy or will to do anything. I will probably start writing in the threads tomorrow if I can get caught up on reading them first.]

No need to apologize, I understand the feeling well.

There isn't much that you need to catch up either.

[OOC: I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I haven't been playing... I've been very sick the past week and haven't felt like writing as I've been mostly lying in bed without much energy or will to do anything. I will probably start writing in the threads tomorrow if I can get caught up on reading them first.]

Hope you're feeling better real soon, it'll be nice to have another person posting.

Don't forget to post in the different threads. Also, I am not going to say "Day 2" to move it along, you are to move it yourselves by going to bed, waking up, etc.

Come on guys, what's wrong? It's the weekend. Post!

My Computer died; so I'll get a post up later today or tomorow after I've caught up

My Computer died; so I'll get a post up later today or tomorow after I've caught up

Hmm... and the other 15 people?

I was at church, and then I did my martial arts, so that's taken a few hours, I will post ASAIC.

Hmm... and the other 15 people?

My bad, I had friends visting from out of town this weekend and I was showing them a good time.

It seems like everyone has an excuse... :p

Well, I'll fess that besides football practice (and a 22-7 win), I haven't really felt up to posting much on many threads (ie, Telros's thread...)

It seems like everyone has an excuse... :p

well it probably didnt help that while showing them a good time i ended up making some bad life choices....as a result I had huge headache all weekend and spent the rest of the time sleeping:p

Well, as long as people don't just forget about this series and just stop posting all together, I'm fine. :p

Well, as long as people don't just forget about this series and just stop posting all together, I'm fine. :p

Nah, I remembered it, I was just like..."Showers..." :D

Weekends always help. Especally Sundays...

Nah, I remembered it, I was just like..."Showers..." :D

Weekends always help. Especally Sundays...

Yes, weekends help a might bit. Problem is, weekdays hurt a might bit, so when weekends aren't utilized, RPs = fail.

Yes, weekends help a might bit. Problem is, weekdays hurt a might bit, so when weekends aren't utilized, RPs = fail.

Don't worry DMG, we wont let this thread die, we love you...wow that sounded creepy...

w00t! Screw creepy, I feel loved!!!

w00t! Screw creepy, I feel loved!!!

Aww, Ive always loved you! *hugs*

Yes!postWoohoo!postHugs!


:p There has got to be some science behind subliminal messaging...

Yes!postWoohoo!postHugs!


:p There has got to be some science behind subliminal messaging...

I don't like to burt people's bubbles, but when you're like me and read the messages in your email, it doesn't work so well.

As for my excuse for not posting, I've been spending the past six hours checking off and on, but my computer didn't display any updates on the site nor did I get any email until your subliminal message post.

Yes!postWoohoo!postHugs!


:p There has got to be some science behind subliminal messaging...

I did post. Im waiting for my boyfriend to post a reply then i can go again.

As for your work in subliminal messaging, work on it a bit more, like turn the letters light grey, just enough so we can barly se eit.

Bah... it was time for me to go to bed (2 hours ago and I am still awake), and it must've done something.

Dmg, Tg.

Dmg, Tg.

Responded.

Um, ya, NeoAztec, just a little memo, I posted a new message to keep up with the pace, we got switched to breakfast. As for dinner, well, it got dropped off the face of the earth. Just thought you may want to know.

lol, yeah, Ani kind of switched everything... but a bunch of other people just RPed going to bed.

I suppose with something like this we've got to be ready for ANYONE to throw a curve ball. Oh well, just take it in stride and keep smiling. :) Also, just wait, they'll be up and eating soon enough, they have to or teachers will get mad.

How upbeat.

One problem is that none of the Dracos have been posting...

How upbeat.

One problem is that none of the Dracos have been posting...

Another problem, you and I are the only one posting on the other threads. Cmon everybody!

Sorry, I'll post when I can
Currantly swamped under schoolwork!! :(

NeoAztec, Lilly is a CAT not an OWL. And sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been really busy, mainly with my school's musical.

Our game's Saturday, so this is a bit of a curveball on my behalf. I'll be able to post Friday evening this week, but not Saturday...

Well, I am actually going out of town tomorrow night and returning on Saturday, but I'm not sure how much internet time that means (if I bring my computer).

@AB: All mandatories are in the morning, even Defensive Magics.

@NeoAztec: Please read my post again. That was for VICTOR to read. Sorry if I was a little unclear, but I did say he was to be the recipient in Tobias speaking to his cat. The one I sent to Yuri was the info about the shop in Cheshire.

Hello out there. Is anyone planning to post anything anytime soon? I know a couple of you are gone, but there's still a fair amount of us that can post. Hint hint to anyone with a character in Draco.

Dude, i would just give up on the dracos, they haven't posted thus far.

Jebus people, post!

Alright, I'm TGing everyone... again.

I vote for giving up on them. Also, I would hope for a couple other people to jump on this bandwagon too (because it's REALLY hard to do on one's own), but what about a few of us that are posting, creating a secondary character to take the place of the runaway Dracos?

Well, some of the people have responded to my TGs, though the majority have not.

You have been allowed to create secondary characters since the beginning.

Good to hear, and good point. Could you give me an hour or so to work a couple things out? Gracias.

Good to hear, and good point. Could you give me an hour or so to work a couple things out? Gracias.

Of course. Take as much time as you want...