*Pics of Hogwarts Uniforms*

Here are the Hogwarts uniforms. while this is an American school, many American schools have uniforms, especially catholic, charter, or boarding schools. I think something similar would be appropriate. Tie, button down shirt, sweater, tie in house color, pleated skirt for girls, loafers for shoes maybe. And some sort of cloak robe thing.

In fact, if we're doing house points and such, I think some sort of uniform is necessary to make it easy to differentiate between the 3 houses.

I've never been a fan of uniforms. I always preferred casual wear since you can express yourself, so long as you stay within the guide lines.

Then again, I might simply hate school uniforms due to my earlier school years when I went to catholic school. Might also be the reason I lost faith, ironically.

Lü Ziya [+]

|Lü Ziya|

Name:

Lü Ziya

Gender:

Male

Age:

15

Year:

5th

Blood:

"Half-Blood"

House:

Warren

Pet:

Nügua the Puffin

Electives:

Care of Magical Creatures
Divination
Study of Ancient Runes

Clubs:

Duelling Club
Astronomy Club

Boggart:

Lü Ziya's greatest fear is, as expected of such a great young teenager, in actuality a creature born from his own imagination, and so it is a sickly, eldritch mushroom creature that is the form his Boggart takes upon. With sterling silver eyes, perfect replicas of ancient coinage, and towering above even the tallest of men, it is a lumbering, fungal foetus that looks to corrupt, its decaying mass ready to devour all.

Patronus:

Varanus komodoensis

Amortentia:

The smell of freshly smelted copper and iron combined with the scent of a factory deep in the throes of industry.

Wand:

Redwood; Dragon heartstring; Unyielding; 11 inches

Strengths:

Skilled orator, fountain of knowledge, enthusiastic and easily adaptable learner.

Weaknesses:

Lack of tact, obscured vision due to headwear, inability to accept positions contrary to his own, low stamina.

Personality:

The young teenager known as Lü Ziya is quite an eccentric fellow, one that seems to work on an independent wavelength from his fellow, less politically-motivated fifteen year olds. He seems a communistic society as the epitome of all political aspirations, and it is obvious from conversations with him that the pursuit of such a goal in the magical world is a major aspect of his person. He is a skilled orator, though the presence of the mask upon his face and lack of visible eyes due to his large hat are detrimental to his attempts at conveying his messages, with the muffled, lightly accented words seemingly comical to those who listen. Life is a source of passion for him, and he will take to all that he does with vigour and energy, although it can be rather overwhelming to others at times. His manner of speech is quite formal, and he will always try his best to treat everyone with respect.

Likes:

Sleeping; Cartoons; Learning new things; History; Dengism; Four Classics; Century Eggs

Dislikes:

The Bourgeois; Inefficiency; Opposing opinions; Mushrooms; Neo-Feudalistic Plutocracies

Fears:

The unknown; Dying; Failure

Biography:

In the mid-1800s, a lesser branch of the Chinese Lü family, a magical clan that claimed descent from the ancient military strategist and sage Taigong Wang (though supposedly separate from the House of Jiang, rulers of the Qi state), crossed the great Pacific Ocean for California, leaving their homes and loved ones to seek new fortunes in what was known as the Gold Mountain. Though the wizards and witches of the family would first suffer discrimination from the established white settlers like many of their fellow Chinese brethren, they were lucky enough to achieve success in the goldfields (though it was possible that magic may have been involved), and soon became semi-respected members of the East Coast's magical authorities, even after they were subsumed into the great American Association. While they were still in frequent contact with the upper branch back in Qing China, this side of the Lü family began to identify more as Americans as the years went by, becoming a mix of the disparate cultures of their motherland and their new homes.

This was the foundation of Lü Ziya's beginnings.

Following the victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Jiang Jieshi's Guomingdang in 1949, the members of the upper branch that had survived the horrific magical shadow wars that ran alongside the First and Second Sino-Japanese Wars as well as the Chinese Civil War were left in a destitute state. Their fortunes, located in their native Shandong province, had been destroyed during the Japanese occupation, when General Yasuji Okamura implemented his scorched earth policies to deal with the Chinese resistance, and despite prominently supporting the CCP, failed to regain their wealth after Jiang Jieshi's Republic was forced to Taiwan. The next few decades were hard for the family to bear, and the economic development enjoyed by Shandong following Deng Xiaoping's rise to power, while definitely improving their situation, failed to return them to former greatness. So in a snap decision, Ziya's grandfather, Lü Yongpei, moved his part of the upper branch over to the States, where they hoped that the lesser branch would accept them.

And they did.

By the time Lü Ziya was born, the first child of the magical Lü Zifeng and his long-time Muggle girlfriend, Hua Peixing, his family had joined the middle class of America, though backed with the support of the firmly entrenched lesser branch. It was quite a simple life for him in his youth, with the only strange happenings being his bouts of accidental magic. Then he turned eleven, when he was accepted into Salem despite his family's wishes to send him back to China for his wizardry studies. Still, he went to the closer American institute without too much disagreement, taking to the school like a fish did water.

He has spent the last few years enjoying his time at Salem, and wishes to continue in such a manner.

The lack of face adds to his charm as the weird dude.

<Snipped quote by Crimmy>

Still, I'd like to have a picture of his full face. If you need, I can help you look for face claims.

<Snipped quote by Apokalipse>

Nah, best to leave it up to imagination.

<Snipped quote by Joshua Tamashii>

I personally love uniforms. I have little to no fashion sense, so... I just threw on my required clothes and went to school with no one to judge me! Well, it was a dress code, technically. and it wasn't very flattering.

<Snipped quote by Apokalipse>

Nah, best to leave it up to imagination.

<Snipped quote by Undine>

I have no sense of fashion either. And if people have a problem with what I wear a simply respond with "Yeah, and?" and give them one second to reply before walking away, cause I just do not care about their opinion. Really, if you're happy, that's all that matters.

<Snipped quote by Crimmy>

:/ This isn't really an option. Either a picture of his full face, or a thorough description of his face. His face is not a big deal, and I don't want it to become one, but it bothers me that you aren't listening to me.

<Snipped quote by Apokalipse>

Is a face really that important though? But if you insist, I'll write up a text description for you.

Oh wow. Unexpected but uh yeah I think I'm down. I'm out of town but I'll take a better look tonight or tomorrow