Welcome to The Games

Welcome to the 66th Annual Hunger Games. Things are becoming magical this year. Currently: Accepting Tribute Applications

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Update:

It's been two days since our announcement of our plans. With only 3 responses from you guys, we have decided to carry on with postponing these games until summer.

As we said before, we'd love to have all our current tributes participate when the games start. If you wish to participate in the summer and keep your current characters, please message us with your personals. We'll be sending messages to remind you the games are approaching. 

- Your Admins

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do you think if we tributes can get enough people and advertise, we can continue the games?

Of course, and we’d love that. However, it depends how long that would take. We’d really hate to keep our present tributes waiting or eventually lose them. It’s a common thing that happens in RPs like this.

Our games in the past have always been hosted over the summer and we would normally fill up within 5 days. We took a chance this season and opened earlier. We feel as if it isn’t working out for us. Perhaps our following is too small.. 

Blake and I feel confident with our decision, but I suppose if all of you,  feel the same way, we’ll keep going. Like this post if you feel we should continue? Six likes from the tributes calls it.

- Your Admins

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Hello, Tributes!

       We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the truth is: We've advertised and messaged help blogs, we've made graphics upon graphics, but we're not getting any action here on the blog.

Trust me when I say we hate to do this, but we feel this course of action is the best one for us to take. Both GMs have decided to postpone these games until late July/ early August when people will have more free time and school won't be an issue.

When return - nothing will change. We'll keep the same plot and plans, and just begin at a later date.  If you'd like to participate in August, please message us with your personal blog url. We'll send a reminder when our start up date approaches. You'll be able to keep your character and all information regarding them, guaranteed. 

We hope you guys will return and be a part of our games, we have lovely things planned for you all. Again, our apologizes for the misstep. 

Sincerely,

Your admins. 

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When will we start the games?

Hopefully the first task will be posted Monday afternoon. We need to have majority of our spaces filled, if not all of them. 

Blake and I will have time tomorrow and during the weekend to pull some strings and fill up the spots. In the mean time, tributes are allowed to work on the pre-task, but I wouldn’t devote too much time, considering the amount of tributes we still require.  

- Cara

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Rosemarie Winters | 5th Year | Hufflepuff | FC: Indiana Evans

When someone mentions Rosemarie, they don’t know who they are talking about. When they look at her, they see nothing extraordinary because there isn’t. Sure she’s cute and all but that’s it; no one notices her. She’s simply the too-good hufflepuff that cares too deeply for others. Rose has a kind heart, loyal to those she loves.

Rosemarie is a half-blood, her father is a wizard while her mother was a full bred veela who left the moment she was born. Leaving Rosemarie half veela and half wizard. Therefore since she was little she always caught the eyes of others, she had a way of manipulating others into doing exactly what she wanted them to do. Her voice was like no other. Rosemarie could almost be describe as perfect but that’s not how she saw it. Even after she found out she was half veela she didn’t think highly of herself. Instead she tried to blend in, disappear into the crowd.

Her father was a dragon tamer, a job that was risky but it was his passion. Each day he would sit Rosemarie, his only daughter, down and tell her wild stories of his adventures. It wasn’t until in one of those adventures he got himself terribly injured. A dragon went wild and her father barely made it out alive. He was left paralized, three-degree burns and could barely speak anymore. Seeing her father like this broke her and she decided to ditch her school for a whole year and take care of her father.

Since then Rosemarie is now the one that holds her father hands to tell him wild stories, to sing to him. There were days she didn’t leave his side but eventually she had to come back to Hogwarts and when she did she made the decision to stay behind and make up what she missed. She’s your usual hufflepuff girl; always there to lend a hand or a shoulder, selfless to the end and most of all loyal.

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Hufflepuff male spot reserved for Zach!

~GM Blake

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Hufflepuff female spot reserved for Mary!

- Cara

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What does 'Wizard Rock' mean?

Wizard Rock, or wizard wrock, is the actual genre of music that's centered around the Harry Potter fandom. Completely legit, featuring artists that makes albums, host concerts.. 

My favorite wizard rock band is Oliver Boyd and The Rememberalls. c:

 - Cara

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Offline Until Tomorrow

It's Sunday, gotta cram in some homework for school tomorrow. Like I said before, Gm Blake won't be back until Tuesday evening and I'd really like to have all our tributes by then. I'll pop in every so often to check for apps, answer questions, and give access to the ooc.

 The seven tributes already here are welcome to fiddle with the pre task and talk in the ooc. This will be a great season guys and I'm sorry it's taking so much time to fill up spots. 

- Cara

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Lots of mommy issues this season...

Sharp eyes, grey face! Maybe these tributes will bond over this little similarity? Who knows?… 

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Task #0 - Optional Pre-Reaping Task  

While us gms are busy behind the scenes accepting applications and promo-ing, you can take this as an opportunity to further develop your characters. Below is a series of questions you can answer in either OS or sentence format. These are optional so don't sweat it. You can answer as many of these as you want, in any order you want. Below the list of questions are some extra special challenges (optional as well). They take a little bit more time to complete but are kinda fun if you're up for it. You can google/tumblr them, I don't expect everything to be 100% yours. You'll see.

Q & A

What kind of wand do you have? Do you remember what it was like in Olivander’s when it finally chose you?

What do you think about the muggles of Panem?

Fondest memory, so far, of Hogwarts? 

Have you heard of the Hunger Games? 

What's your favorite class in Hogwarts? Least favorite? 

Describe the experience you had during you Sorting ceremony.

What would you see in the mirror of Erised? 

Have you ventured out of District 13 before? 

What's your favorite magical creature? 

Given a time-turner, what in your life would you go back and change? 

If you could live in any of the districts, excluding the Capitol, which would you choose? 

What is your strongest spell? (The spell you are most good at.)

What Wizarding career are you hoping/aspiring for? 

Panem has the Hunger Games. Wizards, at one point, had the Triwizard Tournament. How do you feel about this?

 Do you think muggles and wizardkind could ever live in peace?

Challenges 

Create a Pottermore account. Take the sorting quiz as your tribute and post a screenshot of the house you get. You can also post a screenshot of your wand.

 Post an audio file of your favorite wizard rock song. You can find plenty on youtube or in the wizard rock tag. 

Post a picture or gifset of your favorite wizarding items. A broom, chocolate frogs, rememberalls, a snitch...

Post a picture or gifset of your favorite wizarding dishes and foods. Attaching a recipe under a read more is totally optional. And a great way to get Cara brownie points. 

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If you've asked for an ooc link, please check your emails! The link has been sent. Also, make sure your ask and submit boxes are open. 

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ooc blog

If you want access to the ooc chat, please submit your email address! Preferably the one you used to make your tribute account. :)

*Edit*  Tributes, would you guys like an optional pre-task to keep you busy while we receive apps?

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Sora Onassi | 7th Year | Ravenclaw | FC: Manny Montana

Sora was born into a Qudditch family late snowy night in December. His father James an assistant coach for the Southern Vipertooth one of the big Quidditch teams in District 13, his mother Lydia worked as an assistant to the owner. His older brother Luke was a chaser for the Viperteeth. As soon as he could fly a broom Sora was out there helping his dad and brother train for the next game or season.

At age nine he was flying skill was on par with Luke who was one of the more skilled flyers on the team. On his tenth birthday it was discovered that Sora was a Metamorphmagus when we woke up with bronze hair with black streaks that matched Luke’s Quidditch uniform after an argument the night before between Luke and Lydia over her Luke wanting to dye Sora’s hair for the game that fell on his birthday. After his Lydia started yelling at Luke for dying his brothers hair Sora just wished his hair would go back to black, much to everyone in the rooms surprise it did.

At the final game of the season between The Southern Vipertooth and their rivals tragedy stuck the Onassi house when Luke was struck in the temple by a bludger during a rather questionable play on the other teams part. The blow to his head as well as the resulting fall from his broom lead to his brothers death. Luke’s death affected Sora deeply and as a result he stopped flying brooms all together around his family and pushed himself into books. When the letter for Hogwarts came James and Lydia were excited to see which house he would be sorted into since James and Luke had been a Gryffindor and Lydia had been a Hufflepuff. Much to everyone’s surprise he was sorted into Ravenclaw.

During his second year he was involved in an argument over if it was possible to on a keeper by coming from under him. In an effort to prove that it was possible he signed up for tryouts to prove it. He proved it was possible by throwing the quaffle behind the keeper straight up past him instead of aiming for the goal. The confusion allowed Sora to get above the keeper who dived and opened the goals up for an easy score. After being chosen for the team he decided to look into other activity’s around school such as Charms Club that helped his next five years become the best of his life.

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Ixchel Hathaway | 6th Year | Gryffindor | FC: Shelley Hennig

Ixchel was born to a muggle father that was a professor and a witch mother that worked in the ministry of magic. There was nothing extraordinary about the Hathaway family, specially not about small, selfless Ixchel. She had everything she could ever want; loving parents, two competitive brothers, friends, money. Ixchel was the only female of her family therefore she was spoil. She had it all and she didn’t ask for more. She was satisfied with what she had. Actually if anyone looked at Ixchel when she was young they would have never guess that she would turn into a vicious girl one day, but every happy story has it’s ending. Sadly for Ixchels hers didn’t end in “happily ever after.”

Ixchel was innocent, she was kind. She was actually selfless. At that point she didn’t care about blood-statues or about making people fear her. All she care about was having fun. When she first arrived Hogwarts she jumped with joy and when she was sorted into Gryffindor she didn’t see it was a bad thing nor as a good thing. She could care less where she was sorted, she was just happy about being in Hogwarts but four years later after being in Hogwarts everything changed. Even her.

Her mother,Sarah, was well known in the ministry of magic. Sarah believed that any creature that wasn’t human should be eliminated. If there was one thing Sarah hated was werewolves and everyone knew it. A certain werewolf wasn’t happy about this and the actions Sarah was taking. Therefore when Ixchel was out on a camping trip with some muggle friends the werewolf decided that turning her daughter into the monster she hated would be the perfect way to get back at Sarah and that’s exactly what he did.

She was fourteen at that time and her life had just been shatter. No one knew how to react because from now on, on every full moon, Ixchel would turn into a werewolf. The vicious creature her mother desire to get rid off. Her next three years were hell for her. Her family shut her out, everyone treated her like she was some disease and a monster. At some point Ixchel began to believe that. She eventually became the monster everyone treated her like.

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Sophia Catalina Clare | 7th Year | Gryffindor | FC: Merritt Patterson

Sophia was born on a rainy Tuesday to her father, an esteemed wizard named Gregory Clare, and her mother, a muggle named Emma Black. Her father had fallen in love with a muggle on a secret trip into the Districts, and brought her home to District 13. Her mother had pretended to be a witch, and most people didn’t question it. Sophia wasn’t aware of her mother’s true identity for the first few years of her life. She found out on the night of her 4th birthday.

Her father had left for a Wizardry conference at Hogwart’s after Sophia’s party, and Sophia had crawled into bed with her mother, happy about the day. She was woken up by voices a few hours later, her mother’s, and another man’s. Her mother had begged him not to do it, but the man had found out the Clare family’s secret, and killed Emma right in front of her only daughter. When Sophia’s father returned upon hearing the news, most people already knew the truth about her family. Her father was shockingly not punished because of his high status in the wizarding world, and Sophia was surprisingly not outcasted as much as one would think, mostly because she refused to let anyone talk down to her.

Sophia’s life was very normal for the next 6 years; just her and her father. Sophia moved past her mother’s death and made many friends.

When Sophia started at Hogwart’s, she immediately made friends, ike she had at her old school. But, it wasn’t until her second year that she met her best friend Bridgett. Bridgett was quiet, shy, and almost seemed to hide herself from the world, while Sophia was outgoing, and never took anyone’s crap.

Despite their conflicting personalities, the two became very close friends. . Sophia has had 7 mostly happy years at Hogwarts.

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Skylar Birdgett Porter | 7th Year | Gryffindor | FC: Billie Piper

Skylar Bridgett Porter was born into a family of pure-bred Gryffindors. She lived in a friendly, wizarding neighborhood with her parents and older brother. Although they lived a very luxurious and elegant lifestyle, they didn’t point their noses in the air and act snobbish like many of the other opulent people. Her father, Benedict, worked at The Ministry of Magic and her mother, Darcelle, worked as  an arithmetician. Her brother, Darren Porter, was an aspiring traveler. They were as close as a family could be and their life in District 13 was impeccable. She preferred to be called by her middle name, Bridgett, because her cousin had the same first name as her and wished for it to not be confusing.

When she arrived at Hogwarts, she was very quiescent and introverted— almost somewhat placid, unlike the Gryffindor house she was elected in. Bridgett kept to herself for the beginning of the year and found it hard to find friends. She made good marks and convinced her parents that it was wonderful there, not fighting too much with her brother (he was in year six at the time). Darren, however, could see through her imitating smile and encouraged her to be more courageous. When she didn’t heed to his advice, Darren signed her up for the Quidditch team and practically forced her to try out (by forced, he may or may not have used a couple a spells that earned him detention for a week). Unfortunately, she lost the spot to a recurring 7th year, but was promised an exceeding chance for next year’s team. This, however, paid her respect from the Gryffindor Quidditch team and Quidditch fanatics alike.

During the middle of the year, Bridgett met another Gryffindor with the name of Sophia during a DATDA class. They instantly bonded and became best friends. Darren claimed that it was all his doing, being the arrogant jokester he was.They discovered that they had many classes together and were very much alike. Sophia made Bridgett more outgoing and less timid—another achievement Daren took credit for.

Sure enough, Bridgett got a spot on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and became one of the chasers as she hoped.

Her years at Hogwarts were astounding. She continued her record of good marks, but became more of a prankster like her brother—every teacher in the school could recognize her as a relative of the legendary ‘Darren Porter’. Bridgett became a perfect like the rest of her family and continued on as the chaser for Gryffindor. During her 6th year at Hogwarts, she studied Legilmency and mastered it.

Everything was perfect—until the Christmas of year six. She stayed in Hogwarts with Sophia instead of going home like she usually did. During this time, Bridgett and Darren were sending owls to each other, so Bridgett was aware that her beloved brother was finally setting off to travel the wizarding world. She was fully supportive and often teased in her letters that she was auspicious and joyful that she finally didn’t have to deal with him. He didn’t return her letters. He didn’t return her parents’ letters. He didn’t come back home. They never got an answer. Ever since she felt an empty feeling in her heart.

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