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no way this year anyone's gonna die!
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synopsis.
On September 1st, 2017, Hogwarts once again opens its doors. This time however, there are no scaffolds branching crumbling spires. No leaning columns propped up by magic.

For the fist time in almost two decades, as the Hogwarts Express pulls into the station and throngs of aspiring wixen funnel into the waiting boats, Hogwarts Castle stands quietly on the other side of the lake.

The newly erected Quidditch pitch hidden from sight by the glowing Great Hall: 2017 marks the official end of reconstruction and renovation following the battle of Howgarts, and too as stated by the newly instated Headmistress, Kallistos Ourania, the beginning of a new generation's education. A generation already once removed from the War.

It's in the midst of this "brave new year" that a group of first years form a "study group," and fall face-first into mischief – as is all but customary of Hogwarts students.


setting & universe info.
So beside the obvious, we're a HP RP set 30 seconds in the future, thing? There are a few things to know about the universe as it stands.

Neville Longbottom is now a professor. He teaches Herbology in the wake of Professor Sprout's retirement. Sprout's retirement also left a gap where Hufflepuff's head of house used to exist; Rubeus Hagrid, Professor of Care of Magical Creatures, volunteered to head the house he'd only recently graduated from. These days, you'll be hard pressed to catch him without some Hufflepuff or another stepping into his hut for tea during your visit.

Kallistos Ourania spent both 2013 and 2014 either on or about the castle grounds, teaching Astronomy alongside Professor Sinistra, and serving as Minerva McGonagall's Deputy Headmistress. After McGonagall's retirement, Ourania championed the role of Headmistress.

Despite being at Hogwarts for half a decade, the student body knows very little about her, save that she's... interesting to look at. Some of the older students have taken to whispering about her having worked as an Unspeakable, or as a novelist, or as a zookeeper in Taiwan.

While we aren't 100% dedicated to sticking with the novels, Vampire Potter isn't going to show up, and we sure as heck aren't gonna see him masticate. Enoby is a lovely girl, but she can't stay here. The emphasis isn't on being true to what the books say, but to the feeling of the universe. The wonder of it all, or whatever.

So said, the houses you know & love aren't entirely different. General house overviews, usual traits, & introductions are under the cut.


rules.
1. Don't be a dick.
2. Post at least once a week, per character
3. Don't post your character sheets in the character section until they've been mod-approved.
4. Your character can die; be careful.
5. Don't be a dick.
6. Double or more-ing is allowed; mind rule #2.
7. Don't be a dick.

If you have any questions, shoot one of the GMs a PM. The GMs are:
@DeadbeatWalking @dead anime dad & @dead anime mom.


character & npc creation.
Here's the good stuff. We'll be starting around the sorting ceremony, so remember: first years.
character skeleton
[center][img]optional image (real person face claim only; teenagers preferred)[/img][sup][h1][sub][i]oc "name" here[/i][/sub][/h1][/sup][/center]

[indent][sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]blood status[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Pureblood, Halfblood, or Muggle-Born. [/indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]age[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]11-12.[/indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]gender[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Identity, not bits.[/indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]personality[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Think of this as a place to put whatever's informed your character's personality, rather than just a place to list traits.[/indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]appearance[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Although the picture is optional, this isn't.[/indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]wand material[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Wood, Core, Length, Flexability.[/indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]boggart[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Your character's worst fear./indent][/indent]
[sup][sup][h2][i][b][color=CHARACOLOR]other[/color][/b]:[/i][/h2][/sup][/sup][indent][indent]Anything else[/indent][/indent][/indent]


You might notice there's no house section up there. The mods will sort your character. If there's a piece of information you think would drastically effect your character's sorting, but don't want to give away a twist, PM @DeadbeatWalking, @dead anime dad, or @dead anime mom. We promise not to tell.
NPC skeletons
STUDENT SKELETON
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[h1][sub][sub][sup][color=NPC color]Name [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Age [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] School-Year [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] [color=House color]House[/color] [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Blood-Status [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Traits [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] #hex [/color][/sup][/sub][/sub][/h1][indent][indent][indent]Brief character shit here, if so desired.
[/indent][/indent][/indent]

PROFESSOR SKELETON
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[h1][sub][sub][sup][color=NPC color]Name [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Age [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Subject Taught [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] [color=House color]House[/color] [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Blood-Status [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] Traits [b][color=white] ✫ [/color][/b] #hex [/color][/sup][/sub][/sub][/h1][indent][indent][indent]Brief character shit here, if so desired.
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@god How do I realistically write an 11 year old

Do they even have personalities beyond regurgitating old memes and shitty jokes?
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@god How do I realistically write an 11 year old

dude where were you like 2 hours ago that would've been an amazing tagline for the thread. also that's the million dollar question good fucking luck with it
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dude where were you like 2 hours ago that would've been an amazing tagline for the thread. also that's the million dollar question good fucking luck with it


//dips into a sickass bow as a flurry of confetti explodes around me

i may or may not have planned out the character in advance while waiting for this thing to launch. as such, it's like...80% done? i just have to chop it down, dilute it a bit to match the character's age.

also thank god the face claim is optional, since the one i had in mind is DEFINITELY not eleven.
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<Snipped quote by dead anime dad>

//dips into a sickass bow as a flurry of confetti explodes around me

i may or may not have planned out the character in advance while waiting for this thing to launch. as such, it's like...80% done? i just have to chop it down, dilute it a bit to match the character's age.

also thank god the face claim is optional, since the one i had in mind is DEFINITELY not eleven.


TO BE HONEST NONE OF US HAVE 11 YEAR OLD FACECLAIMS...

JUST THE OLDER ONES... FOR LATER?

Okay admittedly I have one but it's tiny and thus does not fit in the box.
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TO BE HONEST NONE OF US HAVE 11 YEAR OLD FACECLAIMS...

JUST THE OLDER ONES... FOR LATER?


@GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS WILD TREAT

oh, man, i am super excited. i really, really like the face claim i found, especially because it does not at all fit the reputation my character's probably going to develop.
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Oh, right, faceclaims! Use "what-my-character-would-look-like-as-a-teenager" for the sake of not having to find one that matches later in the rp. We'll just assume your character looks like a younger version of their faceclaim for now.
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Yeahhhhh, I'm gonna have to post a character either tomorrow or Friday. I'm super busy. xD Damn you for starting today!
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how quickly this sheet was completed is the product of an abundance of free time and waaaayyy too many bad ideas.

oops.

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Isabella "Bella" Williams


blood status:
Pureblood

age:
11, born May 23rd.

gender:
Female.

personality:

Quiet but Observant
-Bella, being the youngest of seven children, has adapted the ability of being unusual quiet, because she feel like no one will hear her. She does not talk much. She has been this way since she was a child, which, in her opinion, was actually a blessing. Being quiet has allowed her to be more observant of other people and listen closer to others. This allows her to learn people's hidden secrets through things like eaves-dropping and registering people's body language, even ones that they haven't shared with their friends.

Optimistic but Realistic
-Bella believes that everything happens for a reason, which also means that she is grateful for the stuff that happens, but she also realizing that things can be bad. She grew up in a tough home, which means that she has good manners and thanks everyone for almost everything, mainly because her parents were tough on her about it since she is the only one who seems to be able to learn in her family. She is also quite fair, not taking sides when her friends get into fights. She does help mediate things though, pointing out answers that the anger driven people didn't see in the first place. She tends to try not to get involved in fights as much, though, because she is so afraid that people will judge her.

Intelligent, Careful
-Bella is quite intelligent, even from a small child. She does her best to do her best and everyone notices it, which is a reason her siblings are jealous of her. But, since she is smart, she has figured out when to talk and when not to talk. She learned this when she kept showing up her older siblings with facts and figures about the wizarding world that even they didn't know because she has read through their books closer and faster than they have. She is always careful not to show up others now, after an incident with a few of her older siblings.

Passionate, Hard-Working, Driven
-Bella has never been known to turn down a challenge. She always strives for greatness, even when it pushes her physical limits. She attacks every problem or challenge full force and does not stop until she is sure that there is no solution or that she has completed the task at hand. She sometimes doesn't sleep when she has to get her work done. This is a side that a lot of people don't notice about Bella because she is so quiet and a lot of people don't know what she's doing.

Submissive
-As Bella is the youngest, she is more likely to do what she is told than others because she has seen the punishment dealt out by her parents to her siblings. This has also transferred over into her personality to where she doesn't tend to fight with people, unless they are close friends, which she rarely has any of. She always has what she believes, but if someone is very forceful in saying that she is wrong, then she won't pursue fighting with them just to proven a point. She is always asking to do things, which she will do, but she sometimes lowers her head when she does them because she didn't want to do them in the first place.

Ignorant
-Because Bella is a bigger optimist than realist, she tends to be a bit more ignorant than most when it comes to bad situations. She always does her best to try and look into the good, but then she ignores the bad and that can get her hurt, like with her brother's multiple personality disorder and her sister's bipolar disorder. If someone is ever mean to her, she tries to ignore them, but the mean comments still hurt her.

Sensitive
-Bella wears her feelings on her sleeve and tends to be a bit of a crier sometimes. She is very open with her feelings, mainly through facial expressions and how she acts rather than through her voice. When it comes to bullies, she does tend to cry if one of the comments is extremely mean. She does not get angry often, but she gets more frustrated than anything, which is another reason for her to cry.

appearance:
Bella is very small for her age and quite skinny. She had very full blonde hair that falls just below her shoulders. Her eyes are a dark ocean blue color, which is majorly different from the bright green of the rest of her family. Her brows are a shade darker than her hair and her eyelashes match her hair color perfectly. She has a spattering of freckles across her face, mainly from being outside doing housework.

Though she is small and skinny, Bella is quite athletic. She has muscles, though they are lean muscles. She has a scar on her collarbone from one of her brothers breaking a bottle and cutting her with it during an... episode. Her hands are pretty small, but she also has slim fingers that show wear of piano playing. She has bigger hips, but she has the body of an athlete, minus the hips. She has slightly tanned skin, mainly a farmers tan, from watching her siblings play Quidditch. She does have a few bruises here and there.

wand material:
|Springy|Birch|12 1/2 inches|Unicorn Hair Core|

boggart:
Many people, especially her family, think that she is slightly strange for this, but her worst fear is a monster called the Wendigo. But what many people don't know is that it really isn't about the Wendigo itself. A Wendigo is a former human that was possessed by a demon spirit when they were half dead and starving and it forces the human to eat another human, which releasing the Wendigo to fully take over the body. The human then transforms into a Wendigo, which has milky white eyes to it can track its prey when its prey is moving, taunt skin that is pretty much bullet proof, and skinny appendages which allow it to move quickly and is amazingly strong. The Wendigo, for Bella, represents the monster inside of a person close to her and that fear that she will become a monster is projected through the Boggart into a Wendigo that looks just like the person she cares for, i.e. her brother with the multiple personality disorder.

other:
-That is an actual picture of an eleven year old. As we switch years, I'll update the picture.
-Bella knows a lot of spells from watching her older siblings, but she isn't very good at them. Yet.
-She is an amazing Quidditch player, especially a chaser.
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@Nightwarden Woops accidentally made a character with daddy issues as well. Want me to change it (because I can quite easily) or..?


i'm not worried. two characters could hail from nearly-identical situations and present themselves entirely differently, and the characters have different-enough personalities that it doesn't really feel all that redundant.

personally, i think it'd be the most twisted bonding exercise ever. they can commiserate over their shitty home lives.
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@Nightwarden @McHaggis
awesome ya'll. you're good to post your characters in the character section! thanks for being patient. we were debating house sorting for victoria & morgan, aaha. thanks for giving us so much to talk about! really excited to see both of them in action.

@WhiteStar19 yup yup. be sure to pm one or mention one of the mods when you're done, star!

sorting will be revealed in an IC post.
just as an aside.

once everything's a little more rolling, we'll be setting up a skype group for general plotting & shit. pm me your skype name if you'd like to be a part of it!
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I'll wait for Victoria to be posted in the Character Tab because I can't upset the natural order of things yo. It was hard enough for me to leave those uncapitalised letters in the CS.


oh! in that case, done. decided against a hider, since it's the tab devoted pretty much exclusively to characters.
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I am positively thrilled, folks. Now I just need to get a character made. I will, perhaps, not go overboard on personality, both to give some room for writing, but also keeping in mind that puberty and adolescence is a thing that will surely change things as well. I promise not to write *too much* angst. (Can there ever really be enough teenage angst though? Really? ... Yes. Yes there can.)

Expect something later tonight!

Also, a question for future consideration, but certainly relevant for my character - if I'm writing a Muggleborn who is 11 in 2017, that means that they were born in 2005-6, in a digital age. Insofar as kids (such as the ones I work with) are growing up even more in touch with computers and tech than I was, how does that affect the transition to wizard life? Furthermore, how is enhanced surveillance technology affecting the Wizard Statute of Secrecy? ... I realize suspension of disbelief, so if the answer is "magic, yo", I'll accept it, but there needs to be a convincing way to separate the two worlds, in an age where everything is getting closer together.
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