legends.

LEGENDS. is a 'potterverse' site set in the present day washington d.c. set on a jcink server, we hope to offer a little bit of everything for all of your roleplaying tastebuds. please follow our tag, #belegendsrp for more information, introductions, teasers, and all other sorts of lovely inspiration to get your magical muses flowing.

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so, it's an oc-only potterverse?

yes!  modern day (so november 2015) set in washington dc.

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so, what's your guys' take on minor/major canons? are we only allowed to pick canons from one era or does it depend on who the canon is?

i’m sorry, i’m slightly confused on what you’re talking about.  our canons will be from the groups that we have on the site; tumalt rasa, barrow’s political campaign, and the media, as of right now.  i’m sure there’s gonna be more, but that’s what staff has figured out right now.  

i hope that answered your question!

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harry potter spells + meanings (2/3)

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alright – contest time!

we all know how reblogging contests work right?  you get our ad, and reblog it!  you can reblog any of our three ads ( found with our tag ) twice a day until december 4th; and on december 5th, the staff will put everyone who’s partcipated in a randomizer and we’ll pick three for early face claim reservations!  remember to tag the contest as belegendsrpcontest.

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alright, what you’ve all been waiting for!  our plot -- enjoy.

as much as individuality is preferred culturally in society, there comes a time in every person’s life where they want to be treated just the same as the person next to them. growing up with a foot on both sides of the magical and non-magical world, muggleborn edwards barrows grew tired of hiding his true life from his friends and family who were commonly known as “non-maj” because of the various laws of secrecy regarding magic and the entire wizarding world. now some say -- that it was honestly a spur of the moment decision on what happened next. apparating one morning to macusa, edward barrows went to register as a candidate for the election of 2016.  but something was different, edward barrows stated that he didn’t want to just be president of macusa, but rather he wanted to join together “this great nation”, as he stated; and reveal magic to the “non-maj” and have the nation be considered as one, instead of two different forms of government in one country.

the wizarding community worldwide was shocked. reveal magic?! such a special quality in some that had been around since the near beginning of any civilization would now easily just be cast aside once publically known. or perhaps, there would be a massive witch hunt, it was known that non-maj clearly feared anything they couldn’t physically grasp – look at the salem witch trials for instance. it was just a fact that no one knew what could happen, and the unknown scared many. however, while just as many feared the idea of revealing magic, just as many longed for the idea.  the thought of helping so many with proper spells and charms for the sick, or even connecting families pulled apart from the lack of magic from one sibling to the next. the possibilities were endless. and with those possibilities brought hopefor peace with some.

only a short week after edward barrows started his campaign, a strange card was found pinned to his front door. old runes that translated to tumalt rasa, or the essence of revolt, though no one knew what the card meant or where it came from; it had easily been tossed in the trash at the end of the day. the next day, another card was found on the door of edward barrows; thistime, with a note. you will not ignore us. strange, but with the entire campaign starting, no one was phased with silly threats of nothing. and then there was a bomb. an explosion on the same block as macusa in new york, and while the authorities of the non-maj claimed that it was caused by faulty wiring in an old building, the aurors knew that it had been planned on purpose. the next day, another card had been pinned on edward barrows’ door. you cannot ignore us.

some called it the rift. for the first time, a country that was united as one had been divided between right and wrong – though no one could decide what exactly was right or wrong. the country is in a perpetual state of fear and uncertainty with the future election of edward barrows and others, and with the extremists calling themselves tumalt rasa; everyone is looking over their shoulders.

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harry potter aesthetic: durmstrang institute

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Harry Potter Aesthetics: Women of Beauxbatons

“And I thought Hogwarts was better; boy was I wrong.”

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WIZARDING FAIRY TALES: The Tales of Beedle the Bard

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories written for young wizards and witches. They have been popular bedtime reading for centuries, and resemble our fairy tales in many respects; for instance, virtue is usually rewarded, and wickedness punished. However, there is one very obvious difference. Beedle’s stories have helped generations of Wizarding parents to explain this painful fact of life to their young children: that magic causes as much trouble as it cures.

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harry potter spells + meanings (3/3)

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harry potter spells + meanings (1/3)

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↳ HP AESTHETIC: WIZARD ROCK

Everybody has a distorted vision of wizard rock. That it is just party all night long, having fun at the pubs and drinking a lot. We, musicians, have no actual job and we are just a bunch of bums. They don’t see our effort to learn everyday one more song. To create. To expand our minds to something bigger, and then let the magical inspiration come to us, and boom… An explosion happens. Art happens. They don’t see how we suffer from exhaustion, because we are up all night making shows. When morning comes, beyond hangover, we are up making publicity and searching for producers or a way to live with art. I don’t see you complaining when you are cleaning the house and turn up the radio just to listen to some music, because you’re dreadfully bored. Or you’re in a bad moment. That’s why we’re here. To spread the news, the good feelings, the wise message we learn through life and this is the real magic. Not only what we do with our wands. It is also the sensation you feel when you are linked to a song, the melody come through your ears and you are instantly better. 

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HP Aesthetics: l'académie de magie de Beauxbâtons

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Created in the 1930s by an anonymous author (supposedly Cantankerus Nott), the directory listed the pure-blood families in Great Britain.