rules & plot nobody likes rules, and nobody really likes following them but thats what keeps a site neat and tidy. so, please take the time to read them just so you know what we allow and what we don't but don't worry, there really isn't that many and to be truthful we'll probably break them just as much as any one of you.
house points whether they've been awarded or lost in a thread please come here and say so, so the house points tally can be amended and the rightful points can be received or taken away. thank you.
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updates & announcements sometimes we like to change things around here, or announce things; thats the joys of being an administrator on a site so, check in here if you happen to see a new link added to the sidetable or if you receive a message off one of us. it probably won't happen very often though.
suggestions & comments this site was made for us just as much as it was made for you so if you have a suggestion or idea feel free to post them here, and only here. board ideas are love and if your character works somewhere that isnt on the board and you think the board would be an ideal place for people, as well as yourself, to roleplay don't hesitate to post that too.
staff board close but no cigar. turn around and walk on out, sparky, this is for us and us alone.
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CHARACTER CREATION ,
biographies (5 sub-boards) please, for the sake of the admins sanity, post in the correct board and i repeat do not take it upon yourself to post in the approved section. thats our job, not yours, just be patient and you'll be approved shortly.
claims (2 sub-boards) claims, every site needs them, and this site is no exception but there isn't many you have to do so don't worry too much. this should be at least the second place you visit after registering and submitting a profile for approval.
post the wizarding world kicks it very much old school when it comes to communicating with others and if it's not verbally done, it's taken by owl. depending on the owl depends on how quick the letter is received but its the only reliable method.
journals ew. wining teenagers talking about their love life and how the newest transfer from durmstrang isn't into them. how disgusting. journals are a place to write your inner thoughts, feelings and those dirty secrets you feel you can't even tell your bestest of friends. under lock and key or a anti sneaker spell most are guarded better than the gates of hell, is yours?
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character shipping everybody wants a best friend, a lover, anything so long as they have somebody! here is the infamous character shipping, a place where you bring your character, make a neato little page for them and watch it get filled up with 'ur so gorg bby.' but really, it's fun to plot with everybody no matter the face or personality.
plot pages - 1 Viewing shipping pages really aren't for everyone and most stick to what they know best, plot pages. colourful, and somewhat tricky if the coding is different that what proboards allows. plot pages allow a novels worth of history under a few icons of your character. these are generally used after you've got a history worked out between two charcters.
wanted ads (1 sub-board) everyone needs their nick to their miley or selena to their demi and you can post it here. post your own advert for specific people here but don't be too greedy, kids. remember to post in the face claim if you have a certain face in mind just so people don't take them without knowing about it.
sub-plot board while crossed wands has one underlining plot the characters have all got their own to contend with too whether it be a love story, or a bitter feud. here you can post any individual sub-plots and throw additional ideas back and forth as it progresses.
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trackers & credit it's hard to keep track of threads you're in if you're in a few so, for your convenience you'll find a place to store your thread trackers also, because proboards doesn't give you a lot of space to add credit to graphics you maybe using why not start up a credit thread so you can post, and edit any thanks that need to be said? Show your appreciation.
entrance hall the hall is lit by torches and is quite imposing, with a ceiling so high it is barely visible and a paved flagstone floor. a wide marble staircase opposite the front doors leads to the first floor. on either side of this staircase, there are two doors. one leads to the hufflepuff common room and the kitchens, while the other leads to the dungeons. there is also a door on the left side of the hall that leads to an antechamber where the first year students wait before the sorting, as well as a broom cupboard off the hall. the hall is also home to the four house hourglasses where the house points are displayed for all to see.
faculty offices at hogwarts, a staff of about fourteen teachers apparently handle classes for hundreds of students. any way you look at it, that's a lot of classes for just a few faculty. all professors are available in their office outside of class, or an appointment may be arranged ahead of time. office locations vary according to each professor, but they are never far from their classroom domain.
great hall (2 sub-boards) the great hall is entered by double doors to the right of the entrance hall. the great hall is a vast chamber that contains four long tables for each of the four houses. closest to the doors is the slytherin table, followed by ravenclaw, then hufflepuff, and finally the gryffindor table next to the far wall. on a raised platform at the front of the room is the high table where the staffs dine. the ceiling is enchanted so that it mirrors the sky as it currently appears outside. there are also high mullioned windows around the room that show the grounds outside. behind the high table, there is a smaller antechamber with a fireplace and many portraits.
classrooms (1 sub-board) classes at hogwarts are taught in a variety of locations about the castle. some, such as charms, are taught in classrooms inside the castle. others take place in the greenhouses (herbology), in the dungeons (potions), at the top of a tower (astronomy), or even outside on the grounds (flying and care of magical creatures). a booming bell sounds throughout the castle and across the lawns to signal the end of class.
stairways and corridors - 1 Viewing there are a hundred and forty-two staircases at hogwarts: wide, sweeping ones; narrow, rickety ones; some that lead somewhere different on a friday; some with a vanishing step halfway up that you have to rem ember to jump. then there are doors that won't open unless you ask politely, or tickle them in exactly the right place, and doors that aren't really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending.
room of requirement a magical room which can only be discovered by someone who is in need. it is called the come and go room by the house-elves of hogwarts. the room is located on the seventh floor, opposite a tapestry showing barnabas the barmy trying to teach trolls to dance the ballet. to make the room appear, a person has to walk past the section of blank wall three times concentrating hard on what is needed.
library the library contains tens of thousands of books on thousands of shelves. the different sections include an invisibility section, a section on dragons, and the restricted section at the very back, barred by a rope. students need a signed note of permission from a teacher to peruse the restricted section, as it holds books about powerful dark subject matter that is never taught at hogwarts, and is only used by older students studying advanced defence against the dark arts. books in the hogwarts library may be put on hold and the student's name added to a waiting list. chocolate and presumably, all other food and drinks are forbidden in the library, which closes at 8:00 p.m.
hospital wing the hospital wing contains many beds with white sheets, optional privacy screens, and bedpans not to mention the shelves loaded with potions, and lotions. it also contains the office of Poppy Pomfrey, the nurse.
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bathrooms (1 sub-board) the only bathroom in the castle that continues to be unused is moaning myrtle's bathroom on the second floor. girl's and boy's lavatories are scattered throughout the castle, and the prefects' bathroom on the fifth floor is off-limits to the other students.
courtyard with stone walls rimming the courtyard, and benches lining most of them the courtyard is usually filled with students during, and in the middle of, breaks and lessons. charmed to always be in bloom it looks as though it's kept in pristine condition by someone when really, it isn't.
headmistress' tower the headmistress' office and residence is inside this tower, and is entered via a staircase guarded by a stone gargoyle on the seventh floor. the office is a large and beautiful round room with windows that have a view of the quidditch pitch and the mountains surrounding hogwarts.
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the north tower to enter the north tower, it is necessary to climb a ladder on the seventh floor through a trapdoor in the ceiling. the north tower contains sybill trelawney's residence and one of two divination classrooms. this classroom is at the base of the north tower and is a round room with walls lined with shelves (they hold teacups, crystal balls, and decks of cards), small round tables, armchairs, and pouffes. the classroom also has an oppressive fire with a copper kettle that gives off heavy fumes.
the astronomy tower astronomy classes occur here, since this is the tallest tower and therefore has the best view of the night sky. the astronomy tower faces west and is located above the main entrance of hogwarts.
the owlery the owlery is at the top of the west tower. the owlery is a circular stone room that holds hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of owls, including both the school owls and owls that students have brought as pets, all nestled on perches that rise right to the top of the tower. none of the windows in the owlery have glass and so it is rather cold and draughty. the floor is covered in straw, droppings, and the "regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles".
gryffindor (2 sub-boards) gryffindor tower is entered through the portrait of the fat lady on the seventh floor. it can only be entered if one knows the correct password. when the correct password is given, the portrait swings forward to reveal a hole, which leads into the gryffindor common room.
hufflepuff (2 sub-boards) the hufflepuff dormitories and common room are in the cellar, adjacent to the kitchens. they are located through the door to the right of the main staircase in the entrance hall, down a flight of stone steps, along a broad, stone corridor lit with torches.
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ravenclaw (2 sub-boards) ravenclaw tower is located at the west side of the castle. it is home to the ravenclaw common room and dormitories. the tower is entered through a door that has no handle and no keyhole, just a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. to enter it you must correctly answer an intellectual and/or philosophical question rather than simply give a password.
slytherin (2 sub-boards) the slytherin dormitories and common room are actually located under the lake. access is gained by going through the door to the left of the main staircase in the entrance hall and down the stone steps that lead into a labyrinth of corridors. when given the correct password, a bare stone wall opens into the slytherin common room.
greenhouses there are at least four greenhouses where herbology classes are held by professor sprout, and neville longbottom. to get to the herbology greenhouses, students frequently walk across the vegetable patches in the grounds. among many others, the greenhouses have housed honking daffodils, leaping toadstools, umbrella-sized flowers, snargaluffs, abyssinian shrivelfigs, mandrakes, puffapods, bouncing bulbs, bubotubers, screechsnaps, fanged geraniums, flutterby bushes, and a venomous tentacula.
hagrid's hut hagrid lives in a small wooden hut on the grounds, on the edge of the forbidden forest, with his boarhound, fang, who, belying his appearance, is a coward. he has a pumpkin patch behind his hut, with a fence around it where creatures are usually fenced in for lessons.
quidditch pitch the quidditch pitch is where the school's infamous games are held, and where teams practice. there are three golden hoops, about 50 feet high, at each end used for scoring, and stands surrounding it, providing seating for spectators. it also houses the locker rooms for the four house teams and the offices of the four team captains.
the great lake the lake is located on the south side of the castle, which stands on a cliff overlooking the water. it is about half a mile in diameter and the hogwarts plumbing network drains into it. a number of magical creatures inhabit the lake, including a surprisingly friendly giant squid, often seen near the surface, a colony of merpeople inhabiting the bottom, and a population of grindylows.
whomping willow the whomping willow is a very valuable magical tree on the hogwarts grounds. the tree is extremely violent, striking viciously with its branches at anything that comes within reach with devastating effects.
forbidden forest to the east of hogwarts castle is a large, dark forest. this forest is strictly off limits to hogwarts students, except in the course of occasional care of magical creatures lessons or detentions. the forest is thick with trees and home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures.
residences (5 sub-boards) here you can find all of the character's residences that aren't students at the school. from small flats, to manors in the middle of ireland the choice is yours; after all, floo powder or a portkey can you to london within minutes. please pm an admin using the form in this board and we'll reply when the board has been created. Moderators: *minnie , ¿¡TRAV!?
hogsmeade village (8 sub-boards) is the only settlement in great britain that holds solely wizards and witches. it is located just northwest of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. students of hogwarts who are in their third year or above are allowed to go to this small village during schedule events. so long as they have parental consent. students can shop or have fun with their friends.
the shrieking shack the shrieking shack, on the outskirts of hogsmeade, is believed to be the most haunted building in great britain however, many have proved that theory wrong. once connected to hogwarts by a thirty year old tunnel it was eventually shut down in 2003 after misuse.
weasleys' wizard wheezes weasleys' wizard wheezes is a popular jokes shop that was founded as a small school business by fred and george weasley around 1994. it opened its doors at 97 diagon alley in the summer of 1995 and expanded to hogsmeade.
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diagon alley (7 sub-boards) only reachable through the leaky cauldron diagon alley is the main wizarding outlet for everything from wands, to brooms, and even ice cream but if walking along a muggle road doesn't grab you, you can always apparate, or use the floo network.
knockturn alley found just off diagon alley, knockturn alley is home to all sorts of shops devoted to the dark arts and while most were torn down shortly after the second war it didn't stop them being rebuilt as an act of protest against the ministry. mostly deserted now it's still been known to have death eaters, old and new, turn up occasionally.
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ministry of magic (10 sub-boards) the headquarters of the ministry of magic is located in the heart of london. the actual structure is all underground, although magical windows show whatever weather magical maintenance has chosen for the day, from bright sunshine to hurricanes.
gringotts wizarding bank partway down diagon alley, near its intersection with knockturn alley, stands an imposing snow-white marble building: gringotts wizarding bank. "towering over the other shops", it is the place where british witches and wizards store their money and other valuables, in vaults miles below ground. the vaults are heavily guarded.
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st. mungo's hospital st. mungo's hospital is the primary wizarding hospital in britain. located in an abandoned department store in london, the hospital's healers treat wizards for all sorts of magic-related illnesses and injuries
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the leaky cauldron located near charing cross road and hidden away from muggle eyes the leaky cauldron isnt the liveliest of pubs but it's one of the cosiest ones.
scraps of parchment (4 sub-boards) start your games, rants, or general chats here please rather than in the threads themselves to avoid clutter and confusion. you might find people posting graphics shops here also or requesting something to be made so why not help someone out? go on one good deed won't hurt you.
wizarding world web valuable resources on the Harry Potter world. spells index, potions index, and more! all collected from different sites and while we hold no copyright to them, or claim them as our own, we did put the lists together so, ask before stealing.
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archives (2 sub-boards) everythings needs a spring clean once in a while and this board is no different. after a week or so of a thread ending, and use finding it of course, chances are it'll be moved here just to save some space. though, if you want a thread to be restored just drop one of us a pm and we'll do it.
affiliation (3 sub-boards) the affiliation board where you can promote your board or become one of our elite affiliates. the difference? your banner doesn't get lost under all the other adverts on the board. inside you'll find where you can reply with your banner. we have no rules here, no must have members or hits because we know how hard it is for new boards to get members. please remember, if your site is on invision free, that codes are different. do not double post! it pisses us off when we have to delete your stuff.
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