DOGS OF WAR

welcome to the dawning of a new age. war is raging across the world. discord reigns supreme. the old colonial powers are beginning to crumble, and a new world is just beyond the horizon. for now, we must ride the tides of chaos. cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war! an au marauders roleplay set in 1916.

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💣 THE DOGS OF WAR!

cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war is an au marauders roleplay set during world war 1 in 1916. darkness descends on europe as a new power begins to grow; tom riddle and his followers want carnage, and even the old gods of grindlewald and the ministry of magic struggle to stop him. the world has become a swirling vortex of death and destruction and london lies at the epicentre.

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the hype for this site is unreal! gimme more <3 I've read literally everything

omg anon we’re already open! here is the link, come join us!!

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*1916, my mistake. that's actually what i meant, hence the question: why not explore the characters and canons of that time, instead of taking the marauders back to 1916. 1960 was a typo. my bad :s BTW this is not a critique, because i am gonna apply and love the s* out of this site either way, i'm just genuinely curious???

sorry for taking a little while to reply, anon, we’ve all been pretty snowed under with the site opening!!

 i’m glad to hear that you’re going to be joining (if you hadn’t realised, i’m just taking a guess from your response but i might be wrong, we have opened! we opened on friday, the link’s on the tumblr!), honestly it was an idea that we had at the very start, we thought it would be a lot of fun to place the marauders characters in a different era, allowing people to take their favourite characters (because, lbr, marauders is likely both the most popular and the most diverse in terms of storytelling and canons to play) and put them in a totally new setting. from there, things started to fall into place, and using the war as the groundwork, we realise that we could mirror the wizarding war alongside the actual war! the allegories that jkr used could somewhat become real, solid things that happened at the time - also it’s exciting and LOTS of fun to write lore that ties both magic and muggle events to make some really interesting stuff.

i hope that helps answer your query!!! feel free to join the site and chat with us some more, because we’re always excited to meet people that are into the idea of the site, and hopefully you’ll be able to carve out your own little corner and make something truly spectacular!

~ meg

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i'm stoooookkked for site! question tho, how come have a marauders site set in 1960, instead of exploring the canons of that time?

hi anon!!

our site is actually set in 1916, during the first world war c: we thought it would be a new place for people to explore old canons, as well as a nice reflection on the war that’s happening between the order and voldemort (and in our case, also grindlewald)!

quite a lot of marauders sites stick to the same “dark au” path, but we wanted to do something a little bit different! we hope that people feel the same and enjoy what we’ve created, as well as sticking their favourites in the middle of an actual war!!

~ meg

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welcome to dogs of war 🐺

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the time has come dogs for the main event! we are going to be opening our doors tonight, and here’s a little announcement to tell you when that’ll be happening. we’ll be closing any and all reservations or reservation changes at 8pm GMT / 3pm EST so, if you have a gasping, dying need to get something in, make sure you do so before then to give us ample time to update the reserves on site.

now, for the big bit: we’ll be opening dogs of war at 11.30pm GMT / 6.30pm EST!!!!!!!!!! mark your calendars, get up on your horses and ride to victory, because we can’t wait to welcome you all on board.

as a reminder, you guys are the beta testers, we won’t start advertising that the site’s opened for three or four days to give everyone the opportunity to make their characters and test the site out. please come to either meg or madi with your coding issues, or post in our questions thread and we’ll get back to you asap.

but, don’t forget the main rule: have as much fun as you can!!!! you’ve made our tag the prettiest and most lore-filled wonder we could’ve imagined, you guys have been so lovely and really, really hype and we hope that the site we’ve put together for you lives up to that. love you guys, see you on the flipside!!

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it’s the most wonderful time of the year! and it’s time for the fifth and final prompt competition before we officially open dogs of war! how exciting!

as we are so close to opening the actual site, this is really more of a bit of fun to get you in the festive mood. we won’t be picking any winners this time around as a result, but we want you all to share in the holiday spirit before we open our doors to all you beautiful people on friday december 15th! 

we want you to write a drabble of how your character(s) enjoys spending their holiday. whether they celebrate christmas or not, how do they enjoy themself during this festive time of year?

this is a chance to have a bit of fun as well as develop your characters further before we open our doors to you all. when posting your drabbles, don’t forget to use the site tag, dowrp, and the prompt tag, dowxmas.

happy holidays, everyone, and happy writing!

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a massive thank you to tumblr for eating this post, so we’re re-uploading everything just for you guys!

as a little thank you to everyone who’s followed us, we’re releasing our profile preview and application fields! our graphics on dogs of war are 200x400 for our avatar, 50x50 (but resizes) for our gif, 750x250 for our profile graphic and 470x280 for our shipper. below the cut are our profile fields, please make sure you each one of these and our trigger warnings and shipper fields filled out before you bump or post your shipper! if you want to view our profile, you can find it right here!!

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                                           GUIDELINES

01. This Bestiary is our version of magical species in the Wizarding World. While we try to touch on many different species that can be found throughout the world, we are open to ideas of adding more that fit our site.

02. Where the species originated from doesn’t mean that’s where your character must also be from. It is possible with the war and travel between countries that one might find a Selkie in the States or a Werecoyote in Europe. It just won’t be as common so keep that in mind.

03. Our ratio is two magical folk to every one non-magical folk. You can have as much non-magical characters as you like. However, you can only have one of each species. For example if you already have a werewolf you can’t have another. This is so things are fair and everyone has a chance to play that creature.

04. As you may have noticed some Creature info isn’t as filled in, this is because we decided to leave those open to whoever takes the creature first and wants to expand upon the lore we’ve already set. If you would like to add a creature that’s not on the list, please DM a staff member and we will discuss the possibility of adding said creature to our bestiary.

                                           CREATURES

01. Werewolves | Origin: Europe | Classified: Being/Beast

A Werewolf is a human being who, upon the complete rising of the full moon, becomes a fearsome and deadly near-wolf. Werewolves travel in packs and are aggressive over territories. They value pack families and are more powerful when in a pack compared to being alone or in a smaller pair/group. They are led by an alpha and beta pair. Werewolves can be easily distinguished from their animal counterparts by their shorter snout, more human-like eyes, a tuffed tail, and their mindless hunting of humans while in werewolf form. They are very aggressive and will attack anyone who poses a threat. They rarely hurt other creatures unless absolutely necessary. Werewolves are grey in color and larger in size compared to Werecoyotes. They will not hesitate to kill or turn anyone on sight - even their best friends - under the full moon. Stay out of their way/area and they will leave you be.

Strengths: Werewolves are large in size and as a result are more powerful than their Werecoyote counterpart. They are able to kill a human with just their hands. They are

Weaknesses: Werewolves are unable to control their transformation when the moon is full and visible. They do not retain their human minds once transformed - but will remember what they’ve done once reverted back to human form. Without any other humans/creatures to attack, Werewolves will inflict injuries upon themselves out of frustration.

02. Werecoyotes | Origin: North & South America | Classified: Being/Beast

A werecoyote is a human being who, upon the complete rising of the full moon, becomes a fearsome and deadly near-wolf. Similar to their werewolf brethren, but smaller in size, Werecoyotes travel in pairs instead of packs. It is typical for small fond family pairs to have a strong bond. They don’t take kindly to anyone who strays or tries to destroy that bond, outsider or not,  and have a more nasty/bully streak. They are more equivalent to street gangs than a large one. Werecoyotes can be easily distinguished from their animal counterparts by their shorter ears, more human-like eyes, longer legs, and their mindless hunting of creatures while in werecoyote form. Which they strip to the bone, leaving no meat behind. Werecoyotes are tan in color compared to werewolves and smaller in size. They rarely hurt humans unless absolutely necessary - which is why they are less Werecoyotes to be found. They are ruthless but they are also smart and know better than to mess with werewolves. They just rather not even attempt to fight.

Strengths: Werecoyotes are stealthy and have longer stamina. They are cunning and are able to adapt to their surroundings with ease. Because of this they have a greater survival instinct and tend to not be as well known/tracked easily as a result. Their small size allows them to move quickly and they are known to outrun any human/beast. They can leap very high and across long distances, and land lightly on their feet when they jump from high up. They have heightened senses of hearing, smell, and sight.

Weaknesses: Werecoyotes are unable to control their transformation when the moon is full and visible. They do not retain their human minds once transformed - but will remember what they’ve done once reverted back to human form.

03. Vampires | Origin: Eastern Europe | Classified: Being/Beast

Legends of vampires have existed for millenia; cultures such as Mesopotamians, Hebrews, the ancient Greeks, and Romans (among others) had tales of “demonic” entities and blood-drinking spirits which are considered by scholars to be the early ancestors, if not originators, of vampire-kind itself. The vampire, as we know them, was first officially “discovered” and recorded  in Medival Europe in 895. The original word for these creatures was “izacus”, first recorded in Turkish culture, and was originally closely tied to the story of “Icarus” or several religious and cultural versions thereof, however the Catholic Church quickly associated these creatures with a “demonic” nature  in an attempt to distance themselves from such monsters and the species has been hunted, hated, and feared ever since. Unlike many other magical beings and creatures there appear to be no real regional differences among vampires, and vampiric kind share the same attributes among themselves across continents. For example, all vampires share a photosensitivity to direct and natural sunlight, as well as to overly bright artificial lighting. All vampires also share the ability to “glamour” which is a broad term for psychically influencing humans (many magical beings are immune to a vampire’s glamour, but not all); this includes illusion as well as “enchantment” in which an experienced/practiced vampire is able to influence it’s target’s emotions in such a way as to make them compliant, amorous, or even (to an extent) hypnotized. Little known fact, a person practiced in Occlumency is capable of resisting a vampire’s glamour. Vampires also exhibit an ability known as compulsion, which operates similarly to glamouring, but directly influences will rather than emotion. Compulsion is much more difficult to control and use on another living being, and only very old or very practiced vampires can use the ability to do more than trick a human into trusting or agreeing with them. Compulsion also only works for as long as the vampire itself is able to sustain the ability which is very taxing mentally, which is yet another reason why only very experienced vampires can successfully navigate the ability.

Culturally, vampires are still very shunned even within the magical community as they are seen as beings that do not always have control (or even want to control) their often aggressive natures. When a vampire creates another vampire, often referred to as “turning”, it is always the same process. Humans are the only beings ever recorded to survive being “turned”, and to be turned a human must ingest a full vampire’s blood and essentially become infected. This infection essentially overrides the human host’s original biological make-up to make the host more hospitable to itself (lower body temperature, a slow -- almost undetectable -- heartbeat, aversion to light, fangs for feeding, etc). This infection also seems to carry with it a genetic and magical “memory”, or connection between hosts, and has always resulted in a strong intangible bond between a vampire “maker” and its progeny. Also, while it is not essential that a vampire sleep in a coffin, it is an old habit/tradition. To get a good sleep and to fully restore it’s energy efficiently, a vampire does need to sleep in an environment that is preferably as sun-proof as possible (not only biologically, but also because by nature they tend to be nocturnal), for many vampires without the means to create a sleeping space that is permanently and sufficiently sun-proof a coffin is the easiest and most accessible alternative. 

Strengths: Immortality. Low-light and night vision. Increased physical strength, stamina, and agility. Natural camouflage in low-light and “shadows”. Compulsion and glamouring are natural gifts every individual acquires when becoming a vampire, however depending on experience and practice each vampire will have varying degrees of success with these abilities.

Weaknesses: Photosensitive skin (natural and direct sunlight, bright artificial light, etc). Because of the drastic biological changes that take place in the body when a person becomes a vampire, they are no longer able to naturally channel magical energies the same way -- therefore, a full vampire cannot practice magic in the way a wixen human would. Wixen magical practices are outside the ability of vampire-kind, wandless or otherwise. A vampire’s life force and survival depends upon the consumption of living human blood for said vampire to perform at peak condition and thrive; however, it is possible for a vampire to sustain itself on cold or donated human blood, or animal blood, but feeding in this way will leave a vampire weaker and less nutritionally satisfied which can negatively affect a vampire’s ability to perform it’s natural abilities (i.e. compulsion, camouflage, glamor).

04. Half-Giants | Origin: Europe/North America | Classified: Hybrid Beings

A Half-Giant is a very large human that has magical blood and giant ancestry. They have a large height and built, and are taller than humans but shorter than Giants. It is very rare to see Half-Giants as a result of the prejudice associated with Giants from the magical world.

Strengths: Half-Giants maintain a natural resistance to most types of magical attacks as a result of the Giant blood running through their veins.

Weaknesses: Half-Giants have the same weaknesses as regular magical folk.

05. Half-Veela | Origin: Eastern Europe | Classified: Hybrid Beings

A Half-Veela is a cross-breed between a male human and a Veela. Apart from their physical beauty, Half-Veelas are more difficult to detect than other half-breeds. Do not cross a Half-Veela, for they get angry easily and can partially transform into a bird-like creature and attack. Full Veela are exclusively female, but half- and part-Veela may be any gender.

Strengths: Half-Veela possess supernatural beauty and charm, as a result they are able to seduce others with magical pheremones. They are able to shape-shift at whim into bird-like creatures.

Weaknesses: Half-Veelas have the same weaknesses as regular magical folk. They age just like their magical parent and do not posses youthful beauty way past their age. The less Veela blood they have in them the weaker their powers.

06. Half-Goblins | Origin: Europe/North America | Classified: Hybrid Beings

A Half-Goblin is a smaller human that has magical blood and goblin ancestry. They are taller than goblins and shorter than humans. It is very rare to see Half-Goblins as a result of the the dispute between humans and goblins.

Strengths: Half-Goblins are able to perform magic without a wand - albeit it’s not as powerful.

Weaknesses: Half-Goblins love gold just like their Goblin brethren, which causes them to be greedy when it comes to money. While Goblins fear sunlight, Half-Goblins do not. However, being out in the sun for too long can cause them to fear suffocated and retreat to shaded or indoor areas.

07. Banshees | Origin: Ireland | Classified: Spirit/Being

Banshees are indigenous to Ireland, though they also inhabit parts of Scotland and Northern Wales. Banshees are human-like in appearance, though their skin is green-tinged, and they have long, black hair. Banshees are most well known for their fatally loud screams, which are partly used as a defence mechanism when threatened. Banshees also have slight clairvoyant abilities, though these abilities are specifically centred around death and sensing when a human being is close to death; banshees will often scream when in the vicinity of someone who is about to die, as if signalling their impending doom. Banshees are exclusively female, and many in Irish folklore believe them to be part of the faerie folk, or are the spirits of women who were wronged in life; in actuality, banshees are creatures born from the Irish Sea. Their lifespans are unknown, but it is believed that they can live for hundreds of years. It has been known for banshees to breed with human males. The children they bare are usually female, though it has been known for banshees to give birth to male hybrids. Half-banshees have similar abilities to their mothers, though they cannot emit a fatal scream. They usually have dark hair and sallow skin, and their life spans are longer than that of human beings; a half-banshee who died during the reign of Queen Anne was believed to have been 122 years old when she passed.

Strengths: Banshees can produce wandless magic in a similar way to house elves, though this magic is usually of a hallucinatory quality; banshees can cast their spells on human beings and cause them to have horrible visions of their own deaths. Banshees can withstand injury more than human beings, though they are not invulnerable. Their screams are deadly, killing anyone who hears them without ear protection in an instant.

Weaknesses: Banshees are not invulnerable to the Killing Curse; though they are classed as a Spirit by the British Ministry of Magic, they have a corporeal form.

08. Hags | Origin: Eastern/Central Europe | Classified: Being

Hags are dark magical creatures, originally hailing from the forests of Eastern and Central Europe. They are human-like in appearance, and are exclusively female. The physical appearance of a hag has unfortunately given rise to many non-magical cultures’ misconceptions of witches; hags look like ugly old crones, with hooked noses, wart covered skin and pale hair. They are also mainly carnivorous, and have a particular taste for human flesh; it has been known for hags to attack and devour children, and such an incident most likely gave rise to the legend of Hansel and Gretel. Hags have rudimentary magical abilities, similar to trolls, and they can learn wand magic, though not to the level of witches and wizards. They are tough and hardy creatures, with extended lifespans of up to 200 years. They reproduce by creating ‘daughters’ out of earth mixed with the semen of a hanged man, using a process very similar to that of a homunculus. As such, young hags are very volatile creatures, as the magic that gave birth to them takes a long time to settle. They are most ravenous in their early years, requiring the consumption of flesh in order to affirm their corporeal form.

Strengths: Resistant to freezing temperatures. They do not react to curses and hexes in the same way as most living things, due to their unusual conception.

Weaknesses: They are vulnerable to fire, with the burnings of discovered hags most likely giving rise to the European tradition of burning witches at the stake.

09. Sirens | Origin: Greece | Classified: Hybrid Beings

Sirens are island-dwelling merfolk that sing beautiful songs to lure humans closer to them. They appear beautiful at first but once you get close the charm dissipates and their true appearance is show. Sirens are creatures that resemble half-human, half-fish hybrids.With a fish like tail and upper body of a human. Their skin is greyish in color, and their hair is long, wild, and dark green in color. Sirens are able to walk on land due to their magical ability to shift their fins into legs. However, there are those who prefer to remain in water and see walking on land as an insult to their origins. Sirens are generally female but some males are known to exist.

Strengths: Sirens are beautiful in looks and sing songs that cause anyone near enough to be lured towards the signing. They are able to shape-shift from their half-fish appearance into a full human. Sirens are able to breathe underwater without going up for air.

Weaknesses: Sirens can’t spend too long on land lest they die. A Siren must shift back into it’s original form by the end of the night. 

10. Selkies | Origin: Scotland & Faroese Islands | Classified: Hybrid Beings

Selkies are classified as magical beings, or hybrid magical beings, and share a distant ancestor with merfolk. They are commonly believed to be the result of hundreds of years of regional evolution and adaption. However, there are few physical traits which link selkie and merfolk, with the exception of being able to assume a human form, and the selkie folk are born as seals and live the predominant bulk of their lives in the sea in their true form. The form of magic used by selkies is rooted in the sea itself, an ancient connection to ancient magical energies produced by the planet itself, and while spellcraft has never been taught nor practiced by the selkie folk they do possess the ability to influence many things with the power of their song/voice; they can call the fish into a fisherman’s net, call or cull the waves, entrance foolish sailors, and so on. Selkie’s are known for the beauty of their human form, male and female alike, and can be vain creatures by nature. When a selkie sheds its pelt and assumes a human form, it must hide its pelt or else it can be stolen and the selkie unable to return to it’s true form or the sea. There are dozens of sad stories about selkies shedding their skin to walk among humans only to have their pelt stolen, used against them to make them slaves, and the decimation of the selkie species through slavery, trapping, and loss of habitat due to human expansion is reflected in the relatively low population of selkies still remaining in existence. While legislation has yet to be laid down to protect them, selkies are acknowledged as magical beings and trading in their pelts or slavery comes with fines.  Isolated by nature, often raised for years away from the influence of humans and within the sea itself, selkies who venture onto land often do so out of a curiosity that does not come with experience to make them cautious. As a whole, what remains of their culture is shared or not shared among individual family groups and it is quite normal for these family groups to spend their entire lives in the sea without venturing on shore to interact with humans.

Strengths: Selkie “magic” is a powerful magic in it’s own way, their voice a natural conductor for the ancient thrumming magic of the planet itself, and can be “weaponized” so the speak -- a selkie can entrance/enchant “prey”, influence empathy, or strong selkies have even been known to create or stop a storm at a local level.  Able to swim miles at a time at sea, selkie’s have increased stamina in their true form as a seal or in their human form, and are unfortunately known for this (often going until drop). 

Weaknesses: The longer a selling goes outside of it’s own skin, or without the sea, the weaker and less they become. A selkie can die from being kept from the sea, but it is a long and miserable death that could take years to finally settle. Selkies do not practice, nor do they learn, the wixen tradition of spellcraft -- i.e. no wands, no spells (in the traditional sense) and are often times ignorant in the ways of wixen magic which makes them ignorantly susceptible to it.

11. Kitsune | Origin: Japan | Classified: Being/Beast

Kitsunes are foxes with up to nine tails that originate from Japan. The more tails a Kitsune has the more powerful they are. They are orange in color in fox form, but if they have all nine tails their fur becomes white or gold. Kitsune are born foxes, and they won’t be able to take a human form until they reach the age of twenty. They can shift into male or female, and unlike werewolves they can freely control their transformation. There are two types of Kitsune, the Zenko and the Nogitsune. The latter is more evil and mischievous, with the former being good and celestial. Each Kitsune has their own supernatural ability. Which corresponds with an element: Light, Dark, Wind, Spirit, Fire, Earth, Water, Thunder, and Sound. One of the most important things to a Kitsune is freedom. They do not like being trapped or forced to do someone’s bidding. If they get free they will attempt to kill the person who has kept a hold on them.

Strengths: The only way to kill a Kitsune is to cut off all of its tails, since the real tail is difficult to decipher it’s best to just do all the tails at once. Kitsune are able to hide their other tails so muggles or wixen might mistake them for a normal fox. Kitsune are very skilled at playing tricks and it’s difficult to pull their own wool over their eyes.

Weaknesses: Kitsune have a fear and hatred of dogs, even while in human form. They become so rattled that they revert back to their fox form and flee. This also includes werewolves. Young, inexperienced Kitsune have trouble hiding their tails while in human form.

12. Nephilim | Origin: Ottoman Empire | Classified: Being/Beast

Nephilim are closely related to vampires, though more often seen in North America and are born rather than made. They are humanoid creatures who usually appear sickly and have dark hair, but they’re most notable feature is their eyes that are completely black including the sclera. They are inherently evil creatures who feed off of human’s energies and emotions. The longer a human is around a Nephilim, the more lethargic and sick they feel as the creatures feel more powerful. They usually live in large groups, or covens, adopting each other as family. Nephilim can hide their black eyes, tricking people into thinking they are human, but they cannot hold the disguise for much longer than a few hours.

Strengths: Nephilim are very socially manipulative; charming people easily. Their forthcoming empathy is what draws humans to them and once close enough the creature can access their power to take their energy.

Weaknesses: They must be invited into personal homes and the invitation can be rescinded. They’re powers are less magnified under the sun, though the sun does not hurt them. If they don’t “feed” they become more feral and dangerous.

13. Merrow | Origin: Ireland | Classified: Hybrid Beings

A regional variant of merfolk, the merrow are native to Ireland and have existed within Irish folklore as long as stories have been told there. Like other merfolk, a merrow’s true form if “half fish” and “half human”, with the lower half serving as a tail while the upper half is that of a man or woman. In the merrow’s case, the tail of their lower half is slightly more shark like than their tropical or southern cousins being made of a thicker skin and a much longer top to the caudal fin. Characteristically, the merrow are also known for the greenish hue of their dark hair and the pale hue of their skin that sometimes appears opalescent in certain lights (the dark of the deep sea and crags of the coast where they traditionally build their cities into stone walls beneath the waves). In both their true or human form, merrow are also known for the slight webbing at the base of their fingers, a white and delicate film resembling “the skin between egg and shell”. Merrow are said to be “modest, affectionate, gentle and benevolent” and traditionally are said to the saviors of sailors rather than their killers like some of their cousins. Merrow are actually known for their healing abilities, a regional quirk or adaption, and perhaps contributes to the tales of their “kindness”. As a whole, they are a secretive people, more so now than ever, but not even the world beneath the waves can ignore the fight for long.

Strengths: Strong healing abilities, see weakness. Known for their beauty in human form, as well as their resistance to cold (perhaps having to do with their “thicker skin”). Merrow can change to a “human” form, but they can breath underwater, in either form thanks to an adaptive “gill” behind their ear.  

Weaknesses: Their power is tied directly to the sea and, unlike selkies, merrow can only tap into their magic if they are in water or in their true form otherwise their abilities are suppressed or the merrow is unable to use them at all.

14. Half-Veela | Origin: Bulgaria | Classified: Being/Beast

A Half-Veela is a cross-breed between a male human and a Veela. Apart from their physical beauty, Half-Veelas are more difficult to detect than other half-breeds. Do not cross a Half-Veela, for they get angry easily and can partially transform into a bird-like creature and attack. Full Veela are exclusively female, but half- and part-Veela may be any gender.

Strengths: Half-Veela possess supernatural beauty and charm, as a result they are able to seduce others with magical pheremones. They are able to shape-shift at whim into bird-like creatures.

Weaknesses: Half-Veela have the same weaknesses as regular magical folk. They age just like their magical parent and do not posses youthful beauty way past their age. The less Veela blood they have in them the weaker their powers.

15. Damphir (Half-Vampire) | Origin: Europe | Classified: Hybrid Beings

Half-vampires, or Damphir as they are traditionally referred to, are incredibly rare. Because vampires cannot reproduce naturally, that is to say they cannot be “born” and must be bitten/created, the only way for a vampire to “reproduce” is with a human female. The offspring of such a union, however, is half human and half vampire but unfortunately do not share many of the more positive traits of either species. Due to the way the genetics of both species interact, most pregnancies end in either the death of the human mother and/or the death of the offspring. Half-vampire children have a high mortality rate and tend to be sickly throughout their often brief lives. Those who do manage to survive to 18 are offered a choice, live out their rest of their (possibly shortened) lives as human or be turned into a full-fledged vampire (almost always by their closest vampiric family member). As it is against vampire society to turn anyone younger than 18 without special permission, very few half-vampires live long enough to actually become full vampires.

Strengths: Above average low-light vision. Natural aptitude for wandless magic.

Weaknesses: Sensitive skin which is highly susceptible to damage from direct sunlight. Lacking the strength or vitality of a full vampire. Almost all are born with iron deficiencies of varying extent. Susceptible to both muggle and magical disease.

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how did we get here? well, nothing happens without something to start it, and these are the histories that our characters will be working with here on dogs of war! beneath the cut, you'll find the timeline leading up to the current site time.

1604 - the helm of hades is founded.

February 1606 - australia is discovered by the dutch.

September 4th 1654 - the helm of hades council is established.

January 30th 1649 - king charles i of england is executed by beheading.

1649 - oliver cromwell, lord protector of the commonwealth of england, scotland and ireland, begins his military campaign in ireland, resulting in the deaths of thousands of irish catholics.

1692 - the international statute of wizarding secrecy is implemented.

April 19th 1770 - captain james cook founds new south wales in australia, and claims it for the british.

July 4th 1776 - the thirteen american colonies declare themselves independent from british rule, and sign the united states declaration of independence.

January 1st 1801 - the act of union comes into effect, unifying the kingdoms of great britain and ireland.

February 19th 1826 - hags are expelled from the helm of hades after their council representative, nadezhda tereshchenko, is discovered to have murdered and consumed at least 24 children.

June 20th 1837 - princess alexandrina victoria is crowned queen victoria of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland.

1845-1852 - the irish potato famine causes the deaths of a million irish people.

december 2nd 1848 - archduke franz joseph is crowned franz joseph i, emperor of austria and king of hungary.

1858 - the british raj begins as the british confirm their direct rule of the indian subcontinent.

April 12th 1861 - the american civil war breaks out.

May 9th 1864 - the american civil war ends as the confederate general robert e. lee surrendered to the union general ulysses s. grant at the battle of appomattox court house in virginia.

May 1st 1876 - queen victoria adopts the title of empress of india.

1879 - squibs are welcomed into the helm of hades, though there are protests from some werewolf and half-giant members.

1882 - egypt is occupied by the british.

1888 - british east africa is established.

June 15th 1888 - crown prince friedrick wilhelm viktor albert is crowned kaiser wilhelm ii.

June 21st 1889 - gellert grindelwald founds die verfechter der heilige.

November 1st 1894 - tsarevich nikolai is crowned tsar nikolai ii of the russian empire.

October 11th 1899 - the second boer war begins as the south african republic and the orange free state fight the british empire over the empire’s influence over south africa.

January 1st 1901 - the constitution of australia came into effect, in which the six separate self-governing colonies of queensland, victoria, tasmania, new south wales, south australia and western australia agreed to unite and form the commonwealth of australia.

January 22nd 1901 - queen victoria dies and is succeeded by her son, albert edward.

August 9th 1901 - the prince of wales, albert edward, is crowned edward vii, king of the united kingdom and the british dominions, and emperor of india.

april 1902 - a faction of militant squibs, intent on implementing squib equality in the magical world, take over the british ministry’s atrium in an attempt to impose their pro-squib politics. they maintain their occupation of the ministry for a week before british ministry regain control. many squibs are killed in the retaking of the ministry atrium, and those who are captured are given the dementor’s kiss in azkaban.

february 8th 1904 - the russo-japanese war begins as both the russian empire and empire of japan fought for control over manchuria (a region of china) and korea. the war was a disaster for the russians.

january 22nd 1905 - the 1905 revolution begins in russia as peasants vied for better living conditions and working rights. there are several military mutinies as well.

April 27th 1906 - the state duma is installed in russia as a democratic legislative organisation, in response to the pressures from the 1905 revolution.

April 27th 1909 - mehmed of the house of osman becomes mehmed v, ottoman sultan and caliph of the ottoman caliphate.

April 14th-15th 1912 - the sinking of the rms titanic in the north atlantic ocean. 1,500 people died.

June 28th 1914 - arch-duke franz ferdinand, heir to the throne of the austro-hungarian empire, is assassinated by gavrilo princip.

July 28th 1914 - austro-hungary declares war on serbia.

August 2nd 1914 - germany signs a secret treaty with the ottoman empire.

August 3rd 1914 - germany declares war on france.

August 4th 1914 - britain declares war on germany following german invasion of belgium

August 10th 1914 - austro-hungary invades russia.

November 5th 1914 - tom riddle breaks away from der heilige, along with other members of the faction, to form the knights of walpurgis.

January 19th 1915 - german zeppelins bomb great yarmouth and king’s lynn.

May 5th 1915 - kaiser wilhelm accepts the order for the bombing of london docks by zeppelin.

May 7th 1915 - the british passenger liner, lusitania, is torpedoed by german u-boats, killing 1,198 people onboard.

October 31st, 1915 - sybill trelawney makes her first prophecy, overheard by severus snape and peter pettigrew.

December 24th 1915 - the knights of walpurgis lead an attack on the potter home in godric’s hollow. in the ensuing fight, dudley dursley is killed by a stray spell.

January 7th 1916 - albus dumbledore begins to form the order of the phoenix, following the attack on godric’s hollow.

April 24th 1916 - the easter rising begins, as irish nationalists attempt to form an irish republic by force.

April 30th 1916 - the easter rising is suppressed and the british regain control of ireland.

October 31st 1916 - josephine macnair is sworn in as the british minister for magic, following the death of archer evermonde. she is the first female minister in over 60 years.

November 21st 1916 - archduke charles is crowned charles i, emperor of austria and king of hungary, following the death of franz joseph i.

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hello! where can i find the link to the site? v excited!!

hi anon!! we haven’t actually opened yet, we’ll be opening this friday so keep your eyes peeled, and feel free to reblog our advert and fill out our intro challenge for three reserves!

~ meg

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were japan and china intentionally excluded from the history post bc they're not within the confines of europe?

hello anon! great question -- we focused our opening lore on the european front, and it is our hope that members will help us to fill in the many gaps as the site grows. it’s a great big world out there, and we want to make ours as collaborative and expansive as we can. on site, there will be a section for members to write and submit lore on any subject they feel passionate and knowledgeable about! 

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so i'm excited. but i realised something. so, since this is an "marauders" site set in 1916, the non-marauders canons who would be young in 1916 are not. basically, i'm just confirming wether all canons have all been shifted back? e.g. ursula flint would be much older on site, than she would in canon?

so glad to hear that you’re excited! the majority of the canons from 1916 have been shifted back, with the exceptions of dumbledore, grindelwald and tom riddle as these canons are important to the overarching plot of the site. so ursula flint would indeed be older in our 1916 timeline than she would be in canon.

-rick

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it’s that time again - competition number four is here! for this competition, we want to hear your unique writing voice, and given this sites unique concept, we want to combine that with a historical twist.

below are a selection of historical events that happened in and around the first world war. each historical event has a link to a wikipedia page, so you can read up about the details of each event before you make a decision. for this competition, you will use one of those events as inspiration for a drabble involving one of your characters. we ask for a minimum of three paragraphs worth of content, but feel free to go beyond that. consider how your character responds to this event, what is their emotional reaction, what is their opinion on the politics involved? be as creative as you want to be! don’t forget to use the site tag, dowrp, and the competition tag, dowhecompetition.

we will place the names of all the members who enter the competition into a randomizer, and choose four winners. these four winners will be able to request two extra canon and face reserves (the face reserves should be the fc for the canon reserves).

please feel free to post multiple drabbles for each of your characters. however, be aware that posting more than one drabble won’t increase your chances of winning, as your name will only be entered into the randomizer once.

the competition will close on december 12th at 5pm EST. 

have a peak at our selection of historical events below. good luck everyone!

the death of emily wilding davison

the assassination of arch-duke franz ferdinand

the sinking of the rms lusitania

the battle of gallipoli

the battle of the somme

the easter rising

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THE DRAGON BRIGADE

THEIRS NOT TO MAKE REPLY,

THEIRS NOT TO REASON WHY,

THEIRS BUT TO DO AND DIE.

BOLDLY THEY RODE AND WELL,

INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH,

INTO THE MOUTH OF HELL.

The Dragon Brigade was a blacked-out international ministry operation formed in the early 1900’s, so named for their supposed use of dragons. Unlike Excalibur, the operatives often had sordid pasts, and were offered a spot on the Brigade to atone for their crimes or to be granted clemency. This operation was led by the Soldier from the American Magical Security Bureau of New York and the Wraith from the Magical Security Bureau of Latin America, and its members included the Sniper from Egypt, the Hammer from Germany, the Cowboy from Southern North America, the Ghost from Japan, the Sleeper from France, and the Engineer from Austro-Hungary.

Each brought varied skills to the table: the Ghost, the Sleeper, and the Wraith were master infiltrators (despite the Ghost being one of the only known dragon Animagi and thus the namesake of the brigade); the Sniper, the Cowboy, and the Soldierknew everything there was to know about martial magic; the Engineer and the Hammer were incredibly good at breaking things. (Of course, that may have had something to do with the Hammer’s status as a half-giant.)

They did well, stayed behind the scenes, didn’t cause too much of a fuss anywhere in the world—until the Geneva Crisis, when everything went to hell and the Brigade failed to prevent the deaths of a number of important dignitaries engaged in peace treaties and negotiations. It also resulted in the supposed death of the Sleeper and the mortal injury of the Wraith.

The Dragon Brigade was burned, the operation terminated, the remaining surviving members going back their separate ways. For ten long years, they stayed quiet, until the Scientist approaches the Soldier, begging her to reinstate the program.

A supporter and ally to the previous Brigade, the Scientist caught sight of something they’d never thought was possible—the Wraith, who had broken into a government facility and stolen some dangerous magic. The call was sent out, and everyone answered; except the Sniper, who sent their daughter, the Sentinel, in her place. Too young to join the Brigade, the Sentinel dreamed of the day when she could join the Brigade, and regretted that her parent was too old to continue on as they had, but was happy to take their place in the field. Along with the Sentinel, the new faces included the Pilot, a dragon tamer from the Ministry; the Mourner, the Ghost’s brother and another rare dragon animagus, and ex-Knight of Walpurgis; the Machinist, a marvelously young Muggleborn witch with a great knowledge of magical machinery; the Freedom Fighter, an African-South American wix and popular musician who took a more literal interpretation of “music is resistance”; the Kelpie, a Chinese merperson; the Monk, who followed the Ghost from his long exile and reunited the dragon brothers; the Tank, a Russian recently freed from Azkaban and trying to make sense of a world at war after a decade or more alone; and the Centaur, not actually a centaur but said to be a Seer from Africa.

Together they set about the task of figuring out why the Wraith was alive, and stumbled upon the Angel, a German vampire who had found the Wraith in the wreckage and turned him. Full of regret and longing to atone, she joined this new Dragon Brigade, determined to finish what she started and bring the Wraith back to the light.

Operation Knightwatch, they called it, tracking down the Wraith and their nefarious allies, which included the Sleeper, the French operative Imperiused to assassinate members of the French government; the Shadow, the source of the Brigade’s tips, a Latina metamorphmagus double agent working for the Knights; the Gauntlet, an Igbo-English Knight of Walpurgis, who escaped from Azkaban; the Architect, a Ministry figure entirely devoted to ensuring order at the cost of goodness; the Alchemist, a paranoid potioneer and inventor pressed into service of the Knights; the Bodyguard, the half-giant protector hired by the Alchemist; the Fae, a half-Veela maleficar of note; and the She-Wolf, a Russian werewolf with business to settle.

Together they were Operation Hightower, aided the Knights of Walpurgis and the die Verfechter der Heiligen, a mercenary company determined to sow chaos and profit off of the plans of evil men and monsters. Knightwatch, then, had its purpose: to stop Hightower by any means necessary, and restore hope to a shattered people.

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FIGHT CLUB

THERE IS NO TIME FOR GAMES WHEN WE HAVE A CRISIS ON OUR HANDS. FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD ALL LEAGUE QUIDDITCH AND RELATED EVENTS ARE PROHIBITED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ANY LEAGUE QUIDDITCH PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO REPORT THE MINISTRY FOR COMPENSATION AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT.

— From the Desk of the Minister for Magic

In 1914 The Magical Countries in Europe decided to suspend Quidditch games and any related events as war broke out. Other countries followed suit in 1915 and soon Quidditch was disbanded throughout the Wizarding World. This caused an uproar among not only Quidditch players, but also fans as they felt robbed of the sport that brought joy in a time of sorrow. But the Ministries of the world agreed—playing Quidditch was too dangerous with new muggle technology causing havoc across the land. It was a risk they weren’t willing to take.

In November 1915, key members of the International Quidditch League started an underground movement, one that brought together Quidditch players that didn’t want to just sit around and wait for an war to end. They wanted to play—no matter the odds. Word was passed along by an snitch that was charmed to open when one found where the movement base was located. From there entrance was only granted upon performing an Unbreakable Vow to never speak of the Underground Quidditch nor show its locations to authorities. Once inside, records were kept of upcoming games and locations, as well as ways to get there without being followed.

Players and fans from all over are crossing borders uniting for their right to partake in the sport they love, driven by the ideal of brooms without borders.

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THE SEVEN TSARS

In the beginning, there were fourteen. The first Seven were loyal to Grindelwald, the first. He represented the power and freedom they craved, long-living in a world where they did not walk as gods among mortals, as they ought; although all fourteen had been considered die Verfecther, Grindelwald and his six were true to the cause as it rattled in their bones.

As for the final Seven? They cared less about the cause and more the effect. Six were loyal Knights, before they were known as such; they joined Grindelwald, but followed Riddle, the last. All were desirous of power, but for these seven, following was not enough—they must rule.

In the forests of Albania, they hunted, chased secrets and stories. Built their power, built Riddle's. He was jealous and secretive, convinced the other Knights that Grindelwald would strike him down if he got so much as a whiff of an idea that Riddle was amassing power, and took steps to protect it. The man feared Death, feared it so much he'd divorce himself from Life to avoid it—and so the first Horcrux was made.

Morfin Gaunt, a man too unimportant to give much thought but powerful in his own right, hid the Horcrux away and under extreme supervision, Obliviated Riddle so that even he did not remember making that first Horcrux. He was a loose end that tied up nicely, Riddle's own Death hidden away so that he may never look upon it and know it for what it was. Confident in this plan, and in his plans to come, he signalled the rest to withdraw from die Verfechter der Heiligen.

And so the Knights were born, and the war began.

Where is the country of the Tsar of Life? When the world was young the seven Tsars and Tsaritsas divided it amongst themselves. The Tsar of the Birds chose the air and the clouds and the winds. The Tsaritsa of Salt chose the cities with all their bustle and heedless hurtling. The Tsar of Water chose the seas and lakes, bays and oceans. The Tsaritsa of Night chose all the dark places and the places between, the thresholds, the shadows. The Tsaritsa of the Length of an Hour chose sorrow and misfortune as her territory, so that where anyone suffers, there is her country. This left only the Tsar of Life and the Tsar of Death to argue over what remained. For a time, they were content to quarrel over individual trees, stones, and streams, giving each other great whacks with that scythe which Death wields to cut down all that lives, and that hammer which Life wields, which builds up useful and lovely things such as fences and churches and potato distilleries. However, Life and Death are brothers, and their ambition is precisely equal.

Their rivalry soon encompassed whole towns, rivers (which rightly belonged to neither, but neutrality is no defense), provinces, and beachheads, until the struggle of it consumed the whole of the world. If a town managed a granary of fine brick and half a head of good cabbage to share between them, then Death arrived with white banners like bones, and withered the place with a single stomp. If a village were hollowed out by plague or war, its streets lit by skulls hoisted up on pikes and blood poisoning the well water, then still green shoots would grow wild in the offal-rich gutters, still the last woman standing would grow great in the belly. There could be no agreement between them.

At last, with every inch of earth divided and subdivided, the loam and clay themselves could bear no more. The mountains yielded up their iron and their copper, and the Tsaritsa of Salt slyly taught men her most secret mechanisms, for of all her brothers and sisters, the Tsaritsa of Salt best knew civilized things, things made and not born. Up rose looms and threshers and plows and engines, stoves and syringes and sanitation departments, trains and good shoes. And so the Tsar of Life triumphed, and children upon children were born.

But the Tsar of Death is wily. Soon the looms bit off the fingers of their minders, and smoke clotted breath, and the great engines spat out explosives and helmets and automated rifles as well as shoes. Soon folk of the city requisitioned the grain of the villages, and stored it up in great vaults, and argued over its distribution while it moldered, and wrote long books on the righteousness of this, and Death, iron-shod, copper-crowned, danced.

The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the truth be told: There is no virtue anywhere. Life is sly and unscrupulous, a blackguard, wolfish, severe. In service to itself, it will commit any offense. So, too, is Death possessed of infinite strategies and a gaunt nature—but also mercy, also grace and tenderness. In his own country, Death can be kind. But of an end to their argument, we shall have none, not ever, until the end of all.

So where is the country of the Tsar of Death? Where is the nation of the Tsar of Life? They are not so easy to find, yet each day you step upon both one hundred times or more. Every portion of earth is infinitely divided between them, to the smallest unit of measure, and smaller yet. Even the specks of soil war with one another. Even the atoms strangle each other in their sleep. To reach the country of the Tsar of Life, which is both impossibly near and hopelessly far, you must not wish to arrive there, but approach it stealthily, sideways. It is best to be ill, in a fever, a delirium. In the riot of sickness, when the threatened flesh rouses itself, all redness and fluid and heat, it is easiest to topple over into the country you seek.

Of course, it is just as easy, in this manner, to reach the country of the Tsar of Death. Travel is never without risk.

— EXCERPT FROM DEATHLESS, CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE