At First Light

It's 2077, and once again evil has breached Hogwarts' walls. But evil has learned from its past mistakes, and it has adopted a kinder face. There's no longer safety in numbers. Now, no one is safe. So be on your guard. Evil wears a smile, and it will cackle as you burn. Opened 28 March 2014 New Year Starts 19 April 2014

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Hey all. Admin Corwin here with apologies for not saying anything for 4 months.

Blergh.

The RP is undergoing a revamp, along with a move to a far less complex message board format. Anyone interested in the RP, please send us a message; we'll make sure to let you know when we're back up and running.

Again, I'm sorry we went MIA. But rest assured that we are here, even if this incarnation of the RP is not :)

--Corwin

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Are you all still accepting applications? Sorry if that's been asked...exam week is starting to mess with me. *offers cookie in apology*

Applications are always being accepted. However since it is Finals/Graduation season in Real Life at the moment, it may take our staff a while to process. We apology for any inconvenience.

-Lys

P.S.: Thanks for the cookie; here, have a mini...tart....pie..thing.

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Hey, sorry it was so late. Just wondering if my app went through?

Don't worry about it. We have your app on hand and the admin team is running it through our lowest technology and highest magic to process it as fast as possible ( and lower our electric bill). We shall spew forth your results soon.

Good luck

-Lys

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He, sorry I have been so MIA. I had a nasty fall and bad concussion. Should be back for good now

Ugh, I hate when that happens. Especially as summertime gets closer. Glad you're feeling better and hope the only thing you broke was your head.

Wait...that sounded kinda bad. Quick, pretend I said something clever and hilarious instead. 

Welcome back..We missed you.

-Lys

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ARE YOU GUYS DEAD SHOULD I SEND HELP WHERE IS EVERYONE

Awww ain't you sweet to ask. 

First off, I promise that we are all in fact alive. Secondly, this is the month that starts off the Finals/Graduation season for most Real Life Schools. As a result, many of our admins and players are suffering bouts of Stress SIckness, Presentation Pox and of course, the ever virulent Argh Killmenow which pingpongs between technology and humans. So we giving everyone a chance to begin recovery without adding to the stresses of RP responses. hiatus, holiday, vacation, pick your word and enjoy it Thirdly...

Thirdly...

Huh, how 'bout that, I have no thirdly. 

-Lys

P.s. You don't need to send help, but we won't say no to some fruity summertime drinks. 

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Are you still accepting applications?

We are accepting applications at any and all times, always and forever, until the stars finally get exhausted of powering the internet and go out forever...or until we're told we need to stop. 

So...yes. 

--Lys

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are the blackmail messages a few people have been getting tied in with the plot? (and is everyone going to get one of these?)

Just one moment please

Mwa...mwhaha...bwahahahhahah...mwhahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Sorry, just needed to get that out there. No reason. 

To answer your question, yes the blackmail is plot relevant. We would never wiling allow actual blackmail to pass through us. If that happens, rest assured that we, your friendly neghborhood admins, we will turn on the evil-doers like evilly laughing clowns. 

Is everyone going to get one? Watch and see.

--Lys

P.S. Mwhaha

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Prompt - Desire

In 200 words or less, describe an item your character craves and something they desire emotionally. Be sure to delve into your character’s motives, and use your response to develop them further. This prompt is essential to the overall plot, so when you’re finished responding, be sure to like this post for a special task.

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Quidditch! (Updated)

Logan is working on how to make Quidditch happen, but for now, here's the current roster. (Also here.)

Gryffindor (3)

Chaser: Lanthe Moore Beater: Simeon Berke Keeper: Nicholas Colbert

Hufflepuff (2)

Chaser: Jasper Ellis Beater: Isabelle Montgomery

Ravenclaw (6)

Chasers: Tiffany Fenimore, Caspian Grey, Kairi Guang Beater: Helena Ashworth Keeper: Blaine Brown Seeker: Katerine Durant

Slytherin (2)

Beater: Marcy Winter Seeker: Reiko Lachance

So, basically, Ravenclaw is going to win everything. For shame (because Hufflepuff is the best).

If current students want to "try out", let us know. As soon as Logan gives us the green light, we'll have our first Quidditch match!

--Corwin

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UNFOLLOW OLIVER

Kyle has, unfortunately, requested to withdraw due to other commitments.

Unfollow Oliver here.

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Louis Yukimura | Ravenclaw | First Year

Blood Status: Full-blood Wand: Kaya, 10 inches, Dragon Heartstring core, Flexible Pet: Boreal owl (called Lauper) and a St. Bernard (called Cindy) Patronus: St. Bernard (one that looks very much like his dog Cindy) Boggart: His father with a belt

Background

Louis Yukimura was born and raised in France by Akira Yukimura and Beatrice De Grigny, a French witch. The daughter of a prominent Wizarding family, she was at the same social event with Mr. Yukimura. Louis’ father worked under the Ministry of Magic with the Department of International Magical Corporation and through his job there, he met the woman who would become his wife later on.  It was exactly one year before he finally asked her hand in marriage; it was a very social affair with both his and her family being very happy with the proposed matrimony.  It would take them another two years before they finally had their first child.

At the age of seven, Louis was forced into lessons by his father so he could better prepare himself when he got his letter from Hogwarts, a school recommended by a lot of his father’s peers. His father may not have been in Japan anymore, but he tended to hold a lot of traditional values from his first country and often rained it down on Louis with an iron fist. The reason why the youngster’s boggart is his father is because he grew up with that kind of strict discipline. He doesn’t hold any ill bearing towards his old man because his father generally is a mild mannered person, and he is one never to refuse Louis his other wants and needs. The boy would often insinuate that his father never really loved him, that Louis was just being groomed into the next heir to his father’s estates and such. But he constantly does his best to make his father proud, hoping that one day his father will look at him as an equal and not just as a child anymore.

His relationship with his mother is softer and more emotional; she is kind to him and would often take him out on little dates. She is the hand that tends to his wounds and ill feelings, the opposite of his father. One of the things that he loves about his mother is that she would whisk him away to the Muggle world for their little dates. This was her way of trying to show him that there is more to the world than books and the four corners of his study room. One of the things that astounds him in the Muggle world is that their pictures never move, and he pestered his mother constantly about it because it just seem so odd to him. 

Louis has a three year old sister named Aimee whom he loves very much. His relationship with the baby girl is nothing short but overprotective and adorable. He treasures Aimee very much, even if he doesn’t say it out loud. When she was five months old, his mother caught him talking to the little girl— “… You should never date… please stay cute forever, okay imouto?”—which made his mother’s heart melt a little at the sight.

Louis has shown a strong affinity to both Potions and History of Magic. Potions made sense to him as a young boy because for him, everything is nothing short of a balance. He discovered this kind of thinking when his father talked to him one time, telling him the oriental belief and in Yin and Yang, creating connections between the four elements of the world. He applied his understanding towards Potions. 

His constant achievements in academics and his being  the first born son of the family has made him a very pompous individual, a trait that is not well received among his peers. Apart from his achievements, he can speak three languages: French, English, and Japanese.

The boy has shown a talent for being a very good Beater; however, he was forbidden to join his House's Quidditch team because of his father’s strict orders. He holds a secret contempt towards people holding the Beater position.

The boy is tall and a bit lanky; he’s been called “zaru” (Monkey) by his Japanese counterparts and father because of this. He can never gain muscle to save his life, and this is a source of frustration for him. This clashes very strongly with his very tough guy persona; unconsciously, he makes up for his lack physique with his brains and brash personality. Despite all of this, he a softer side to him which is something he only shows to his sister and mother.

Personality

The more charming aspects of his personality lie in his work ethics and assertiveness. A lot say he is a prodigy, but that's not true; he was just ingrained with a very impressive work ethic at a young age. It carried through his older years and helped him achieve his good grades. His assertiveness goes hand in hand with his persevering values, although they only work in class. When applied with the social circles, it seems like he falls flat and disastrous results would ensue.

On the negative side, his two main sins are his being conceited and his lack of tact. Just like his positive traits, these two things often go hand in hand. He does try his best to get friends, but they are always put off by his brash statements and way-too-honest opinions. The reason he brushes off friendship and social contacts is mainly because people always take him the wrong way—although with good reason. Instead of trying to change his habit, he always decides to stick with it, thinking that they got him wrong all the time, and that they are the ones who don’t understand.

+ hardworking, assertive - conceited, tactless

Face Claim: Jun Matsumoto

Louis is TAKEN

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Conor Lynwood | Ravenclaw | First Year

Blood Status: Full-blood Wand: Madrona, 10 inches, Liquid Boomslang Venom core, Rigid

He bought it from an American wandmaker just before heading to Hogwarts. His father was late for a meeting and told him to pick one out quickly; since his dad was once again too busy for him, Conner picked out the most expensive one on display. Despite arbitrarily picking one, he and the wand have already formed a strong bond. He trusts his wand in a way he has never gotten to trust another person.

Patronus: Swift Boggart: Being trapped in a tight enclosure

Background

Conor is the only child of Cleophas and Nicholas Lynwood. Nicholas and Cleophas met through their work at the British Ministry of Magic. Nicholas worked as an ambassador, and Cleo worked in the Department of Mysteries. After they had Conor, Cleo decided to decrease her work load and instead work from home.

The Lynwoods moved often due to Nicholas’ work, but it was hardly a strain. Cleo loved the chance to meet new people and to expose Conor to as much culture as she could. From nursery schools in Japan to tours of the ruins under the Great Wall, Conor had done more by the time he was seven than many dedicated world travelers. His days were filled with wondrous adventures with his mom, and his night consisted of telling exaggerated, heroic stories of his adventures to his father.

When Conor was about eight and a half, his mother died. It happened while they were living in Berlin, Germany. Conor woke up to his mom shaking him and yelling incoherently. She shoved him into his closet, and he could hear her running from the door. Then, everything dropped. The sound of the house crumbling covered his screams. After the closet crashed to a stop, he tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge. He screamed and cried as he pounded on the door for hours before he finally passed out. He woke up in a hospital with his father sitting next to him with a cold expression on his face.

Nicholas devoted himself to his work more than ever after that day. He rarely let himself be in the same room as Conor let alone talk to him. However, Conor barely noticed. He had shut himself away, and the innocent child that loved making friends was gone. With his father working so much, he was raised by different nannies in each country, but he barely said two words to any of them. All the boy did from that point on was lock himself in his room and read his books. By the time Conor had turned eleven, things had gotten mildly better with his father, but every time he tried to get close to his father, Nicholas would run off to work.

Personality

Conor is a very quiet boy. He spends most of his time reading or studying. He would like to have friends that he can talk to or hang out with, but he is such an introvert that it’s hard for people to get to know him. Some people just assume he’s snobby and thinks he is better than they are, but most people don’t notice him at all.

Conor loves school and learning because it is something he is good at, but he’s not the type that has a close relationship with his teachers because he doesn’t speak to them. He’ll sit in class and focus, but if they ask him a question he’ll usually just say he doesn’t know. If he doesn’t understand something immediately, he’ll do research until he finds the right answer in order to avoid asking questions. The teachers know he’s a smart kid from his tests and homework, but they know they can’t force him into being more outgoing. They hope that he’ll grow out of it.

+ intelligent, creative - shy, impatient

Face Claim: Sterling Knight

Conor is TAKEN

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FOLLOW CONOR!

Follow Conor Lynwood.

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That didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would :D

The Student page is updated, though two pages still need to be submitted. In addition, the Missing & Deceased page is now up. (So, spoilers, more people are gonna die. A lot. And soon. Have fun figuring out who!)

OC bios will be up tomorrow!

--Corwin

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Corwin here. Currently working on getting the student list updated. The pictures will be coming after the page links are all up, and bios should be updated within a day.

I don't even know why that gif.

Remember, apps are accepted on a rolling basis, so even though year 2 has just started, new applicants won't have to wait til year 3 to hear from us.

--Corwin

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FOLLOW BLAINE!

Follow Blaine Brown.

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FOLLOW KATERINE!

Follow Katerine Durant.