Set in modern day Hogwarts, 2017, prejudices aren’t prominent and the world has moved on from the dark days of Voldemort’s rise to power. While the Boy Who Lived enjoys his life as an Auror. Although, things have quieted down, there are still some leftovers who think pureblood reigns supreme and believe magic should be kept among the elites while muggle-borns should be kept separate and away from the wizarding world. However, they are the minority-- purebloods being the rarest of rare nowadays-- and with Minerva McGonagall, the current Headmistress, the doors of Hogwarts have opened their doors further to not just those with magical powers, but to the one group that is still harshly discriminated against: Squibs. Despite not possessing an ounce of magic, Squibs still need to learn how to live in a world of magic. What better place to teach them how to navigate their way around a cauldron and show them the difference between a deadly mandrake and a harmless Mumbulus Mimbletonia than Hogwarts? However, many oppose this change and thing Squibs should simply acclimate to the muggle world, but regardless of the naysayers, Hogwarts has opened its doors for the first time ever to these once overlooked members of the wizarding world. Not only that, but the school has expanded to teach higher education where students can go onto an option eighth year for specific areas of studies: Aurors Studies, Healers Studies, Quidditch Studies, and Magical Government Studies.
Following the war that culminated in You-Know-Who’s defeat, magic has progressed even more and it has been dubbed the Golden Era for Magic. Owls, a relic of the past, are no longer required and taking a leaf out of the muggle’s book, handheld devices were created to send messages, the iOwl. Coming in the shape and form of small, pygmy owls, choose from various color and species. When not in use, they appear as readily lifelike owls who need no care or feeding (and make no mess), but when activated transform into a small pocketbook with thick parchment and three sections. Messages (text messages as referred to by muggles) can then be dictated or written out with a quill and immediately sent off to friends and family. Subscriptions of The Daily Prophet can be ordered and delivered to the iOwl and notes are now easier than ever to take and access. Easy to edit and organize, the iOwl has enough space to hold 1,000 scrolls of parchment worth of notes, and all in one easy and convenient space.
While the modern wizarding world hasn’t seen trouble since the second war ended, squibs being accepted into Hogwarts is stirring up trouble. Some remain neutral. Others are in favor for, while a small minority are staunchly against this position. What side are you on?
Please answer these questions as a guideline to your temporary bio. Please post this bio by 20 March 2017 at the latest and tag it with #mhcaubio if you wish to participate.
NAME : (your character’s name)
AGE : (age min. 15 years)
FC : (you can keep your FC as it is, or if you want to change your FC to fit the age better, you can do so as well)
BLOOD : (squib / muggle born / half blood / pure blood)
OCCUPATION : (choose one. some are limited, so please send us a message if you plan on taking one of the limited spots, along with details so we don’t end up with the same thing. if your character is a student, you do not need to message us. only for teachers and hogsmeade workers.)
Students - unlimited for characters age 15-17
(specify years; 5th year / 6th year / 7th year)
Specialty Class Students - unlimited for characters age 18-20
(specify majors; Aurors Studies / Healers Studies / Quidditch Studies / Magical Government Studies)
Teachers - 6 for characters age 25+
(specify subject they teach)
Hogsmeade Workers - 5 for characters age 18+
(specify what jobs)
HOUSE : (Gryffindor / Slytherin / Hufflepuff / Ravenclaw)
BACKGROUND : (A little background details about your character; their family or connections they have, a story of the first time they use magic or when they received their Hogwarts letter, a story about what they’re up to now and how they are as a witch or wizard, and what their stands on the changes in the magical world. this only needs to be a paragraph or two!)
When: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 - Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Where: Hogwarts School of Witchraft and Wizardy
Extra: This event is complete fantasy where everything that happen in this dash event won’t affect your characters later on when we resume our regular roleplaying.
Platform: Dash event, please put MHCAU // (title of your thread) on the title and tag all posts taking place at the event with: #mhcau
This event is semi-mandatory, as in it is up to you whether you want to participate or not, but really hope everyone to join the fun and try something new. If you prefer not to participate and prefer to sit the RP out while the AU is happening, that’s fine. There will be no activity checks during AU week. Similarly, if you have multiple characters, and don’t want to play on all of them, feel free to pick one or two to play with and let your other characters sit out. Again, you will not be penalized as we will suspend activity checks for AU week.
For some who are worried about not being able to finish the threads within the week time we provide for this event and feel discourage to join, we’re giving everyone few days head start on plotting and creating new head canons with other players from 16 March - 21 March 2017 so when the event starts, you can jump right into the plot. We highly encourage you to use this time to actually reach out and plot with as many people, try new connections and plots, the sky is your limit.
Answer all the questions above to create a mini bio for your characters who wish to participate in this event. Post the mini bio by Monday, 20 March 2017 11:59 PM EST at the latest, and please tag your mini bio by #mhcaubio so everyone can check out info about your characters.
This event start on Monday, 22 Wednesday 2017, 7 AM EST and ends on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 11:59 PM EST. We recommend trying to wrap things up by Monday, 27 March 2017, but you will have all of Tuesday to wrap any threads. By Wednesday, there should be no more AU threads on the dash.
