[OOC] Hogwarts: Call of Darkness [Full]

[AbysmalDemon]

Well, I'm thinking, let's liven up this OOC shall we?

[Cruallassar]

Where on earth did you get a gif with Snape smiling?

[AbysmalDemon]

@Cruallassar The Internet is a very interesting place my friend, veerrryy interesting indeed.

EDIT: Also, Quidditch tryouts will be the day before classes. Please don't make your character the best at Quidditch, no matter how much you want it. Try to make it realistic for first years. Also, Check the OOC for updates. I will occasionally add something to it.

[Classpet]

So i've been reading harry potter wiki all morning and these are some neato things i thought you'd all find interesting. ( all cannon and written by Rowling :> ) I tried to keep it shorts :0

Woopsie doopsie it got long. Yikes!

Azkaban!
-Aurors guard azkaban after Dementors were purged. -The place also literally seeps dispare as it was made by a nutter who liked torturing muggles and got away with it until he died(but that was ages ago, i just thought it was neat)

Boggarts!
-Boggarts are a lot like dementors, they aren't actually alive. just like there??? -also Moody might've known what they looked like cause the magic eye thing -Boggarts haunt muggels too, who knew :0c

Cauldrons
-Cauldrons are enchanted to be lighter, usually not much else. -Potions need an open fire to be made so that's why wizards don't use stoves

clothes!
-Purebloods didn't like the secrecy thing so they did the funniest things -wizards without so much pride tried their best to blend in but like mostly just the children succeded in blending in as parents wore super outdated clothes (grandma in ti dye balloon pants I'm dead) -Okay but more importantly stuck up wizards wore the most ridiculous clothes in protest, and muggles thought they were just students on a dare. -There are fines for not following the dress thing

Sorting hat/hatstalls!!
-So like a hatstall is when it takes longer to sort a kiddo into their house. -5 minuets is a long time and the cap on how long a hatstall is. -Nevil was a hatstall he was like "Im a huffelpuff for sure" and the sorting hat is like "LMAO You thought!" It took like 4 and a half minuets for Nevil to quit arguing. -hatstalls happen when a wizard thinks they belong in a house where they don't -AKA not harry he was half and half so he got to pick. -The hat is a genius its got the four founders minds -and it uses legilimancy (cool cool)

Hogwarts express
-It's just a train. -Like not even a magic train, it's a regular train. -It uses track to go to hogsmead (In the Scottish highlands BTW) -Pureists didn't like it at fist but didn't have a whole lot of a choice about the matter.

Leaky cauldron
-If anyone can drink a whole pint of the nastiest liquid called "gamps old pint" there's a hundred galleon prize. -It's so disgusting nobodys ever won, it started in 1650

sicknesses
-wizards easily overcome 'mundane' illnesses like the flu and broken bones -Magical illnesses like dragon pox not so much -werewolf scratches/bites and limbs lost to spells are included as magical

inferi
-spooky zombies -actually zombies are a different though still real thing -don't like flames as it's the only way to kill them -they got white eyes otherwise their body is completely preserved -They basically do what they're told to do and have no conscious of their own (perfect though mindless soldiers -most dark wizards make them avoid fire

Measurements
-wizards don't use metric and the secrecy thing happened before muggles turned to metric -Wizards just use magic to get their portions right -I can't think of what it's called but they use inches and pounds and maybe even Fahrenheit(?)

Minister of magic
-first one was Unlick Gamp(the very same from the nasty drink at the leacky cauldron) -Ministers are usually elected and elections happen every seven or so years -Sometimes the position is just offered to wizards -Ministers usually stay for a very long time as there is no cap on their term.

Muggle borns!
-im going to quote this ;> -"Muggle-borns were not only accepted, but often considered to be particularly gifted." -that's it

names
-Wizards name their kids pretty much anything -Some wizards choose normal names, others do not -some families have a naming motif (EX the blacks named their kids after stars/constellations). -There are seers to tell about a child's destiny or whatever and they suggest names, this practice is limited.

owls
-All owls are wizard owls except a small few -Owls are in fact a little bit magic -some animals are just more magic than others -owls can trace anyone who is not actively hiding themself via magic. -Trained owls are heck of expensive though -most families have one owl, maybe two

potions
-you gotta use magic w/ a wand for all potions AKA muggles could never make a potion -potions are used to get an effect that is difficult/impossible with other magic -potions can only be undone by other potions -polyjuice potion last 10 minuets to 12 hours depending on how well it is made.

pure bloods!
-nobody is a true pureblood anymore, or at least not their whole family. -it's more of a political view saying "i'd never marry a muggle and muggle+wizard relations are gross" -Salthazar wrote this "supposed indicators of pure-blood status, aside from the family tree. The most commonly cited signs were: onset of magical ability before the age of three, early (before aged seven) prowess on a broomstick, dislike or fear of pigs and those who tend them (the pig is often considered a particularly non-magical animal and is notoriously difficult to charm), resistance to common childhood illnesses, outstanding physical attractiveness and an aversion to Muggles observable even in the pure-blood baby, which supposedly shows signs of fear and disgust in their presence" -I'm just over here like "physical attractiveness" I'm still laughing -"fear of pigs and those who tend them" OMG -Okay but the Department of Mysteries did studies and proved these all false, most 'Pure-bloods' still cling to them as truths -The 28 'Pureblood' family names are "Abbott, Avery, Black, Bulstrode, Burke, Carrow, Crouch, Fawley, Flint, Gaunt, Greengrass, Lestrange, Longbottom, Macmillan, Malfoy, Nott, Ollivander, Parkinson, Prewett, Rosier, Rowle, Selwyn, Shacklebolt, Shafiq, Slughorn, Travers, Weasley, Yaxley" as anonymously published in the 1930's -A few families on this list declared that they had muggle ancestory(Weasly's) -others not on this list declared that they were pure and deplored the fact that they weren't on the list -anyway that's a lot of info.

GETING INTO HOGWARTS!!!!! OMGOMG OMG
There is a book and a quill in a small locked tower at hogwarts. The quill writes in silver magical ink always attempting to write magical children's names in the book. The book refuses to allow the quill to write in it until there is at least one defining sign of magic. This is the only way children get into Hogwarts.

swords
-wizards used to use swords when they fought muggles cause using a wand was un-sports-manly -This is why Godric Griffondor wanted a cool sword -not all wizards followed the 'only use wands on other wizards policy' -many wizards knew swordsman ship cause they would look hecka cool -swords are sadly outdated now :,(

technology
-The ministry killed the TV for Magical folks, they were just like "nope can't do it" -but they let radios slide -Generally speaking magical folk have no need for technology -but many magical folks think cars are neat (even Purists)

frogs/toads
-frogs/toads were never popular pets -they were for potions not pets -young wizards preferred owls or cats really

browse at your leisure, it's kinda long but a good summary i guess?
source-->https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling

[TheHangedMan]

@Classpet Lot's of interesting stuff there, which actually involves me a bit: Karen does in fact, practices and uses a sword :)

I've got a bit of trivia on the potter verse as well, but I'm going to be withholding them for shock value in the RP xD

Also, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

[Cruallassar]

...Terrance is totally going to try and find a sword to kill the air with...

[Weird Tales]

when's the feast going to be over? It's rather hard to interact when there's no other active Slytherin player

[AbysmalDemon]

@Weird Tales Terrence Neston (@Cruallassar) is a Slytherin.

Anyways, most of the conversation is starting to die down so it shouldn't be much longer.

@KahleenCuthald@TheHangedMan sorry for the lack of me posting, a bit pre occupied with New Year's Eve. I should be able to get a post up within a couple of hours, but it might not be till tomorrow.

[Weird Tales]

@Weird Tales Terrence Neston (@Cruallassar) is a Slytherin.

@AbysmalDemon

he hasn't posted yet

[AbysmalDemon]

Happy New Year guys!

[Cruallassar]

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he hasn't posted yet

@Weird Tales

Yes I did. I made a rather flamboyant introduction.

[Weird Tales]

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Yes I did. I made a rather flamboyant introduction.

@Cruallassar

Well then I guess we should make introductions

[AbysmalDemon]

Everyone still here?

[Cruallassar]

Yes, hello.

[BlackPanther]

Yep still here

[TheHangedMan]

Working on a post soon.

[AbysmalDemon]

Just gonna give this a little bump, hope this doesn't die so soon :'(

If no one gets a post up soon to continue the convo, I'm gonna get a time skip post up to move things along.

[LordofthePies]

I apologize for my absence, my creativity died for about a month.

[AbysmalDemon]

I apologize for my absence, my creativity died for about a month.

@LordofthePies

No problem

[Classpet]

@AbysmalDemon
We probably aught to get moving from the great hall or time skip.
Idk that's just me.