Finite Incantatum [AU Harry Potter RP]

[McHaggis]

OOC UP!

Finite Incantatem
An AU Harry Potter RP

The date is December 1st, 1999. Exactly a year since our last hope, Albus Dumbledore, was murdered and what remained of the Order of the Phoenix torn to shreds. We can no longer stand in the protective shadow of a great hero, openly speaking out against the Dark Lord's new, unopposed dictatorship.

Voldemort's tyranny has not lessened over the past twelve months – no, it has only grown more daring. 'Blood traitors' previously scorned but left untouched have been disappearing. Previously integrated Muggleborns vanishing and leaving only dust behind them. Something is going on in the Dark Lord's home, Castle Hogwarts, and we must find out what before it is too late.

We are the The Ashes – a rebel group operating under an ambiguous shade of grey on the moral spectrum – and we are the last hope for the survival of the magical world.

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Hello! I've seen a lot of Hogwarts slice of life RPs around and thought I could maybe come up with something a bit different and more action-oriented – that's how this plotbunny was born. Basically in this alternate universe, Harry Potter was never born/died in the initial attack on Godric's Hollow so Voldemort's rise to power was much simpler.

It's really going to be OC centric with an adult cast of characters going out on various missions – sabotage, theft, rescue and so on and so forth – while including all the neat magic that the Harry Potter universe has to offer. I'm also playing with the idea of custom Horcruxes (ones not in the canon universe).

Well, this is as far as I got with the planning, but if there's enough people wanting in, I'll work on an OOC soon complete with timeline and banners and all that jazz! So would any of y'all be interested in it?

EDIT - Flippin' ignore the fact I can't spell incantatem to save my life.

EDIT 2 - Another possible option would be having it set in roughly 2010 (or present day), with Harry Potter having had existed but died during DH.

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CS TEMPLATE:

Sheet

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:

Note, all canon creatures are acceptable if they are justified well enough (from werewolf to... whatever.) On merit, I will consider accepting a single metamorphmagus, too. 2 characters, max!

[Jig]

I could well be interested in this.

[Archmage MC]

Depends, how close to the mythos do you have to be? Can I play an energy creature for example?

[Jig]

I know the mythos pretty well, but what on earth is an energy creature? xD

[McHaggis]

Glad some people are interested!

Like Jig, however, I'm not sure what an 'energy creature' is - you'd need to sell it to me as to whether it could fit into the HP universe believably. Although I should add that any creatures already existing in the mythos are allowed (that make sense) ^^

[Jig]

Btw, I would plump for HP to have maybe died during the events of the Deathly Hallows. I'm not sure how far you're willing to go in terms of rewriting HP canon, but it might be simpler just to leave it mostly be: so much of the story hinges on HP's existence there would be a helluvalotta rewriting and relearning to do.

[McHaggis]

Mhm, I could do that if enough people preferred it; however, I think it would have to be set maybe a decade or so later than it is right now to make sense. It shouldn't be that hard though to continue with the original plan though, since instead the events of Philosopher's Stone and beyond would be replaced by just a few events important to the war/rebellion.

[Jig]

Fair enough. :)

Obviously you know what you have in mind better than I do ;)

[McHaggis]

I'll add it to the original post as an option, deffo! It's still an interest check, after all ^^

[Phantom Wanderer]

Welp, I'm definetelly interested!

[Prints Avoid]

I'm also very interested. If this took off I'd have to think very hard about whether I can handle another RP

[McHaggis]

This is a tentative timeline for the thing, probably with too much meaningless points in it but it can be shortened later! It's pretty simply just 'things go from bad to worse'.

Tentative Timeline

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.

[Jig]

Where do the Ashes spring from?

Btw, just got the reference that Pheonixes rise from the ashes. <-- not a complete moron.

[Jig]

Edit:

Apparently I am a moron, after all. Double post derp.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

"– The Longbottoms are also personally attacked by Voldemort in the early hours of the morning. None survive."

Aw, so no Chosen One Neville Longbottom coming out of nowhere to save the day?

What a shame.

[McHaggis]

Where do the Ashes spring from?

It's sort of a fractured group from the Order that weren't satisfied with the pacifistic approach the OoTP but didn't have enough members until the Order fell.

Aw, so no Chosen One Neville Longbottom coming out of nowhere to save the day?
What a shame.

No movie-verse beautiful transformation to see ;w; It's the only part I feel honestly bad about.

More people who're interested \o/

[Jig]

Puberty was a great gift to Longbottom.

Do we perhaps have enough people for an OoC?

[McHaggis]

Yep! I'll be working on it for the rest of tonight and over tomorrow (going to bed soon), but it should be up 24 hrs from now at the latest.

I'm definitely interested!

[McHaggis]

Added a character sheet template so anyone interested can work on their character beforehand! G'night, for now!