NAME:
AGE: (Preferably 18+ – remember, Hogwarts closed 3 years ago!)
GENDER:
NATIONALITY: (Other than British, members of any European (or Commonwealth) country are acceptable; however, Americans will be judged warily.)

BLOOD PURITY: (Muggleborn/Half-Blood/Pureblood/Squib)

MARKED?

APPEARANCE: (If using picture, no anime.)

PERSONALITY:

SKILLS AND TALENTS: (Magical or Non-Magical, both included.)

WAND:

BIO: (Optional, can be as long or as short as you want.)

OTHER:

TIMELINE:
1981
– Godric's Hollow is attacked. Lily and James Potter are killed along with their son, Harry, the supposed target of the prophecy.
– The Longbottoms are also personally attacked by Voldemort in the early hours of the morning. None survive.

1982
– Prophecy revealed by the Dark Lord to followers and, as a result, the magical world as a whole.
– Dumbledore appeals to the International Confederation of Wizards for aid. Refused.
– Morale begins to dwindle; many more purebloods join the Death Eaters.
– Violent attacks on various Wizarding villages increase tenfold.
– Minister Bagnold resigns due to vote of 'No Confidence'. Replaced by Fudge.

1983
– Hogwarts enrollment drops by 1/4th for the first time since the Second World War.
– Most violent raid on Diagon Alley (thus far). Many shops remain empty even after the battle.
– Auror Department destroyed in explosion, killing 20.
– Azkaban broken into for the first time.

1984
– Trials of captured Death Eaters begins. None prosecuted.
– Aurors given permission to use Unforgivables in combat.
– Book of Names stolen from Hogwarts. Many Muggleborns lost.
– Minister Fudge resigns due to vote of 'No Confidence'. Replaced by Lucius Malfoy.

1985–1989
– Two Muggleborns enrolled in Hogwarts, the lowest number since records began. No more attend.
– No teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
– Many students drop out to help the war effort on both sides.
– Continuous attacks on various Muggleborn and occasionally Half-Blood homes.
– Civilians given permission to use Unforgivables in combat.
– Umbridge sent into Hogwarts; several teachers fired including McGonagall.

1990
– Vigilante raid by the Order of the Phoenix on Malfoy Manor. Minister is assassinated. Minister Rodolphus Lestrange takes over.

1991
– Ministry officially comes out in support of the Dark Lord.
– Nicholas Flamel and wife are killed. Philosopher's Stone stolen by the Dark Lord.
– Order of the Phoenix forms several splinter groups due to internal conflict, including the first whispers of 'The Ashes'.
– Slytherin House has double the number of residents of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff combined.

1992 – 1995
– Muggleborn Registration Act signed, the movement spearheaded by Bellatrix Lestrange.
– Azkaban raided. Sirius Black killed. 12 Grimnauld Place inherited by Draco Malfoy.

1996
– Wards on Grimnauld Place broken in a surprise attack with many casualties. The Order moves to the Burrow.
– Hogwarts taken over by Voldemort during the summer. Teaching in Hogwarts stops.

1997
– Britain's borders close through official channels.
– The Burrow is destroyed and the Order scattered.
– Horcruxes discovered. The Ashes begin to hunt them down.

1998 – Present (1999)
– Albus Dumbledore dies. The Ashes rise up to fight against Voldemort.
– People of varying blood status begin to disappear. Unknown.