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"PARTISANS, GRAB YOUR WANDS! EXTREMISTS-- THIS IS NILES IKONEN, SAYING GOOD DAY AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO YOU BLOODY ADVOCATES OF DISASTER."

During the awards ceremony where the captured- and survived- were being branded, Niles Ikonen-- missing from the arena-- was heard all over Hogwarts and Hogsmeade grounds. Captured Partisans who retrieved their wands the night before from helpers, escaped Partisans, and those blending in with the crowds broke out their wands.

A battle began, marking the era of The Rise, as Partisans were calling it.

While some were lost on the Partisans side, the Extremists suffered a great amount.

Now, thanks to much planning, Partisans and those they were able to retrieve are on an Unplottable island called Ismat. The Unplottability of Ismat makes it impossible for anyone to apparate directly on the island or even find it unless they know it exists-- so for now, it is a safe haven for Partisans and those they were able to bring to the island, which was a great amount of people. (Therefore, a victory in itself.)

The Extremists on the other hand are cleaning up the battle at Hogwarts. Dead Partisans are being used as examples of 'anarchist scum' and muggle sympathizers for a majority of the European Wizarding World to see, and their bodies hang from poles in front of the Ministry, preserved in their bloodied states as an example. The Ministry is doing their best to work and continue recuiting for the Polizei, as well as figure out where the hell the Partisans have gone to. Wizarding forces in Britain, Germany, and Italy are working hard to find out.

GUIDELINES

This is where everyone gets to decide their characters current fate. Are they on Ismat with the Partisans? Are they with the Ministry, searching for the Partisans? Or were they lost in the battle, roughing it, hiding somewhere? Here are a few guidelines. Please like this post once you have seen it.

Before you tag #sicherstarter on starters, please tag where your character is. Partisans and those saved by Partisans can interact, but they cannot speak to Ministry people-- and vice versa. So location is very relevant now.

Partisan plots. We have many brewing! But if you have ideas, please, get in touch with people then get in touch with the main. It's what I'll be doing soon and there will be a plotting task set up soon.

And vice versa for Ministry plots.

Ismat Island being Unplottable means it remains Unplottable. As in, it will be a while until the Ministry finds out, unless someone blabs-- which would need permission from the main, so ask first. No one can send owls to people on Ismat because it is Unplottable, by the way-- an owl wouldn't be able to reach it at all.

Hogwarts is no longer a setting for us to rp in full time. It has been abandoned by all-- not even the Minister cares to use it.

Yes, muggles can be on Ismat. They would've had to hold onto someone apparating them to the boats that go to Ismat very tightly, though! BUT SOME MUGGLE SLAVES MAY STILL BE SLAVES. Decide where your character stands, especially depending on the kind of person who was in charge of them.

ISMAT ISLAND

Ismat Island is a small, hidden, Scottish island that has a small village of large homes attached. Originally belonging to rich wizards-- Leia and Keaira Free-- with a seventies-anarchist past, they offered it to Niles after signing onto the Partisans as a safe place. Since Niles was kicked out, he has been contacting them whenever they were not on the island, and they cleaned it up for liveable conditions.

To reach the island, one has to apparate to another protected (but not Unplottable) island, though it's much smaller and only meant as a halfway point. From there, they get on one of the boats, which are charmed to lock people in the boat once they reach Ismat until a Partisan approves their presence. (This is because Unplottability makes it impossible for people to apparate onto Ismat directly.)

There is a large mansion meant for the Partisans and Partisans business, as it was given to Niles, but Partisans and their loved ones are welcome. If room fills up or people want places on their own for now, there are many smaller homes and huts for people to stay in, as well as another mansion owned by Marcus Weatherby-- which has been opened for anyone to stay in, especially the younger students who are without their parents. A few people already live on the island but they're family to Leia and Keaira, and they run the little shoppes around the place.

The shoppes are not running as shoppes anymore but simply exist to give a sense of normality to all. There is a bookstore and a grocery (which holds some clothing and toy sections as well.) The other shoppes are irrelevant now.

Food runs will be necessary eventually, but at the moment, not. There has been much time to prepare, a lot of livestock, and a lot of food. The island forest provides berries if ever there are days where rations are short.

AND SO YOU MAY BEGIN.

There's a lot of aftermath and surely a lot of recovery for some characters, as well as newly ignited flames of passion for the war to come. Welcome to Sicher ist Sicher: RISE. The war begins now.

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JUNE 29TH: SURVIVING MERMEN

Due to time constraints and previous commitments I was not allowed on the laptop in time for me to post this event in a manageable time period, and I'm so sorry. To those who's characters were selected for this event: you don't have to do the task for it, since I posted it late. It would be appreciated, but you don't have to. 

Surviving Mermen. Those chosen for this event will be locked to chains (arms and legs) surrounded by furious mermen and women, with enchantments that will only allow them twenty minutes to escape from their shackles- without magic.

The task for the 'Surviving Mermen' event-- for those selected to participate-- is to write about your characters escape. They would have been chosen from the RoR and knocked unconscious, then awakened underwater once it was time the event begins. They didn't know how long they had before they wouldn't be able to breathe underwater anymore-- but they're shackled and being harassed by angry mermen, so escape is the most obvious need. Please tag your task with #sichergames if you are to complete this one (it is not mandatory.)

People can now interact with the captured, but are expected to talk down to them or treat them like toys. (Even the muggles are expected to be rude.)

Those chosen for this event are:

Ariel Knox

Harmony Edwards 

Cameron O'Reilly

Evan Ginnivan

Clover Hawkings

Midas Bonaparte

Niles Ikonen

Paxton Wallace

TODAY, JUNE 30TH: MUGGLE GLADIATORS

Muggle Gladiators. This event will be where the captured and chosen for this event will have to fight one on one muggle style, to the death- weapons like swords and crowbars and the like will be provided. The participants only have one hour to defeat the other, or they’ll be executed by the Minister himself.

The task for the 'Muggle Gladiators' event-- for those selected to participate-- is to write about your characters technique on how they kill their opponent (which is an npc.) Focus on what they picked up and how they worked, focus on their emotions. Did they block everything out, or did they move forward? They are in a gladiator-like arena for this event, with no way out unless they kill their opponent, which is obvious to them. Did they make the first hit or take the first hit?

Those chosen for this event are:

James Potter

Adam Fletcher

Paxton Wallace 

Tobias Makor II

Marlowe Dubois

Lydia Pearce

Lulu Brandt

Danielle Gable

You have until 11:59 PM PST to complete your event task, and please tag it with #sichergames. Good luck, and happy writing!

[sicheristsicher-rp]

the end of freedom starts now.

You wake up to the sound of the Senior Undersecretary Alenna Blackwood's voice ringing in your ears. It's only midnight. Curfew was an hour ago. There's faint noise coming from outside your room.

"Students, faculty and staff of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, you may have noticed that some people are missing from their beds."

You look to the side-- sure enough, there's an empty, unmade bed. 

"This is because Hogwarts is the last school we've started a truly wonderous revolution in, and to kick our gears into shape, we've brought forth The Games.

"Those who are missing are muggleborns, lack any magical blood in their bloodline, known Partisans, or lower class half-blood's. They will wear a black crown shaped patch, signifying they are dirt to be used as slaves. They will participate in The Games, performing entertaining, death-defying feats before yours very eyes.

"In the stands you can join us or go on the sidelines and continue a daily, luxurious life around the castle until The Games end, along with many guests that will be joining us. Many will be your families, and many will be from the Ministry-- a true honor, it is, to be graced with their presences. Among them will be Minister Fuerst.

"Lastly, you may see new faces around the halls. They are muggles. You have been kept from the news, Hogwarts, but we are beginning to rule over muggles as they are far below wixes* like ourselves. They will wear the same patches as your ex-comrades, who are now just as low as muggles themselves."

And the speech went on, but all you can hear is the sound of your heart beating in your chest. You walk out to the common room, but nothing's there-- except for other confused, or curious, students.

You walk into the hall to see people moving in.

A muggleborn from your potions class is screaming as she's dragged by her hair, magical shackles around her wrists and feet.

It's beginning. 

[ *a wix is a gender neutral term for witch/wizard. ]

Everyone, this marks the day people begin moving in for The Games. As everything was explained in this post, I'm here to give you a few guidelines for the next few days as this event continues. LIKE THIS POST ONCE YOU'VE READ IT.

Yes, all characters can speak to each other (but captured muggleborns/half-bloods/partisans are currently in the RoR and can only speak to each other at the moment.) But, it is not socially acceptable to treat a muggle, muggleborn, known Partisan or captured half-blood from the lower class as an equal. If they speak out of turn to a respected half-blood or a pureblood, disrespect them, disrespect the Ministry or the Minister, it is expected that the wix punishes the other.

Polizei are everywhere. So sneaking away for private conversation between slaved and enslaved will be a rare chance. This is war, everyone-- and the Minister isn't taking any chances. 

The Partisans are planning a battle to take place during the award ceremony of The Games. It won't be too large but it will be mark the end of Hogwarts as a roleplay location. More information on that will be posted in a few days. But if your character is a Partisan who escaped arrest or is an unknown Partisan, they are informed and should be preparing. 

Those participating in The Games are MUGGLEBORNS, KNOWN PARTISANS, AND LOWER CLASS HALF-BLOODS. The only way they're getting out of this is if they become a slave to a pureblood family or respected half-blood family. Please message the main with your Partisans that were captured as well as half-bloods, if any.

Those participating in The Games are in shackles from their wrists to their feet.  They are dressed in poor clothing- old t-shirts, pants, and boots. It is still cool outside. Those participating in The Games are in the RoR and can only interact with each other. Muggle slaves do not wear shackles around their wrists but some may wear them around their ankles depending on their owners.Their clothing depends on their owners as well. Some may want well dressed slaves; some may make them dress in rags. 

And that's all. As an update: Will Grey is a slave to the Ages family, and Connor Levine is Liam Rhodes' slave. Here is a masterpost of new blogs to follow:

Araceli Palmero

Connor Levine

Dante Castellano

Helena Waits

Holly Baker

Jason Wickenburn

Noirin Manis

Orson Bonaparte

Valentine Forsyth

Viola Jones

Here we go, guys. Here. We. Go. 

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This is part two of the plot summary: Future Plots and Plot Movements. This is a mandatory read as well, so please like the post once you've seen it. 

The future events deal with slavery. Please let us know if this triggers you.

Everyone in the roleplay over the past week has been posting plot summaries for characters in the tag #sicherplot, and if you haven't yet, please try to finish those up soon before the plot gets moving! The purpose of posting these was so everyone could catch up with each other, since plot ignorance was an issue previously. (Now resolved. (: Yay us!)

Now that we're getting caught up with each other, it's time to get the plot moving again. In May there was a lot planned but because of my inability to get online more and the busy schedules of everyone, we weren't able to do much of what was planned- aside from Rose's return.

I'm going to write up a schedule for important plot points coming up and information that could be useful to everyone for the next few weeks. These may be definite plot points but seriously, everyone can add to these moments as the plot thickens! 

JUNE 16-20, 23-25: OWL's and NEWT's Weeks. 

If your character is a fifth or seventh year, they should be getting through their OWL's/NEWT's unless they were given the opportunity to complete them early, or if they're a Polizei. (Polizei are automatically excused by the Ministry.) OWL's/NEWT's have been split to give students more time because of the recent events. 

JUNE 27: Seventh Year Graduation The Games Announcement.

This is the day that all seventh years should be graduating, but instead, the Ministry will be announcing that all students/staff at Hogwarts have to stay one more week for The Games- a truly disturbing matter of events. 

If your character is a muggleborn or a known Partisan member, they will be taken by the Ministry during this time and separated from the rest of the student body, whether or not they're professors or students. The muggleborns will be kept in the Room of Requirement- which the Ministry members have used to make a dungeon-like holding place. Only Polizei and Ministry Officials will be able to go in and out freely. The RoR will resemble a concentration camp, with small spaces and not a lot of privacy at all. This also marks the return of Niles Ikonen, as he'll be in the 'camp' as well. Anyone who resists will be 

(Note: yes, some characters can escape this, so if you want to plot it you can! Please clear it with the main first, though-- because we do need some muggleborns in the camp, unfortunately.) 

JUNE 29 to JULY 2: The Games. 

The Games. Everyone has been hearing of the Games lately since I've been mentioning them, and now, I'm going to be explaining fully what these are. 

The Games are a Ministry led event starting on Sunday, June 29th, and ending on Wednesday, July 2nd.

The world outside of Hogwarts has changed much more than Hogwarts knows- everyone in Hogwarts have been kept away from papers and letters from loved ones, all intercepted by Polizei for a weeks now at this point. Muggles are being captured by purebloods or anyone working with the Extremist's all over, and they are being used as slaves to purebloods or higher up half-bloods who are aligned with the Extremist's.

Muggles will now be playable. In the muggle world, these are unexplained disappearances- since they still have no wide knowledge of the Wizarding World just yet. 

If your pureblood character or respected half blood character would (unfortunately) like a muggle/muggleborn/Partisan slave, or if your characters family would like a muggle slave, message the main. If you would like to play a muggle as slave to one of these families/characters, message the main as well. 

Minister Fuerst: Valentine (Upcoming muggle, fc: Rick Genest.) 

Senior Undersecretary Alenna Blackwood: Helena (Upcoming muggle, fc: Caitlin Stasey.)

The Davis Family: Alexandra Aves. 

The King Family: 

The Malfoy Family: Quill Anderson. 

The Manis Family: Viola (Upcoming muggle, fc: Taissa Farmiga.)

The Rhodes Family: Unnamed Muggle (Upcoming muggle, fc: Luke Pasqualino.) 

The Stryker Family:

The Weatherby Family: 

The Whitlock Family: Lydia Pearce. 

Brennus Langston: Nina Bolton. 

Keegan Monteon: 

Kherington Rhodes (As she would separately like a slave): Mason Ashford.

Pandora Radford: 

Ruby King: Jason (Upcoming muggle, fc: Dane Dehaan.)

Tarryn Manis (Wouldn't personally love a slave; family has given him one): Faith Gilbertson. 

Participating in the Games will be the captured muggleborns/Partisans that are in the RoR, and they will be used as a form of dark amusement for the Extremist's. They will be participating in randomized, potentially lethal events. If a muggleborn or Partisan does not want to participate, they can give up their dignity and work as a slave to pureblood families. If they refuse to do this and refuse to participate in the Games, they will be killed. (If you want to kill any of your characters, this is definitely one way to do it!) 

Here is the list of events, which magic will not be able to be used for. Who will be participating in them will be randomized and released a few days before this event begins: 

June 29: Surviving Mermen. Those chosen for this event will be locked to chains surrounded by furious mermen and women, with enchantments that will only allow them twenty minutes to escape from their shackles- without magic. 

June 30: Muggle Gladiators. This event will be where the captured and chosen for this event will have to fight one on one muggle style, to the death- weapons like swords and crowbars and the like will be provided. The participants only have one hour to defeat the other, or they'll be executed by the Minister himself. (The characters chosen for this will be facing NPC's. If you want your character to die in this event though, you can plot with another member to have yours die, then let the main know so we can set that up.) 

July 1: The Horror Week Epilogue. This will take place in a tower where participants will face five levels of fears and have to reach the top as quickly as possible. They will be travelling on narrow staircases to each level, and if they fall, they will meet their death. 

July 2: Crowning Ceremony. Muggleborn winners will be 'crowned' with 'winner medals' burned into their chests. 

Everyday Side Events include Surviving the Cruciatus Curse (basically, characters being tortured with the curse for amusement,) and being locked in a an impenetrable glass box with a boggart. These events won't have anyone set to be involved; you can choose if your characters get stuck in these side events. 

A little scary, eh? People chosen to participate in these events will have to write self para's (no min or max writing requirement) about their characters participating. If your character is to die in the process of any of these, please let the main know. 

People will be attending the Games from outside of Hogwarts, including pureblood/respected half-blood families of people already in the roleplay. If you want your character's family to attend message the main! These are the families current set to attend: 

The Davis Family

The Dragomir Family

The King Family 

The Langston Family

The Malfoy Family

The Manis Family

The Rhodes Family

The Stryker Family

The Weatherby Family

The Whitlock Family

July 2: An Act of War. 

The crowning ceremony will also be the day the Partisans finally strike back.

Those who are safe from the Games and slavery will be making contact with a few brave muggles as well as the captured to warn them of escape, telling them to make contact with someone who will keep them safe/help them get out. 

There will be an event post made this day to set it all into events and give more details, but in short, this will be the beginning of the war. Partisans will be taking residence in a certain area with whoever they are protecting and whoever chooses to ally with them, people will be scattered everywhere, and the Ministry will be cracking down.  (If anyone will be willing to play Ministry official's, that'd be bomb diggity, because it would be nice to have a few more.) 

Further explanation will come July 2nd, but this will be the end of Hogwarts being a location in the rp-- at least for a while. 

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With all these events in place and plot points, there's a lot of room for plotting. A plotting task will be set up very soon to help, but please, plot with everyone on your own if you can-- especially since new characters/members are coming in! At the main we'd love to see you guys asking us about plot-related character plots, and things like that. 

The upcoming events are dark and cruel, but they are happening, and they'll be here very soon. Get ready, everyone.

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Once you have read this post, please like it. This is a mandatory read for everyone. 

If anything important is missing please contact the main immediately. 

The plot has changed a lot since we opened in November, with a big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the plot. There are many plot points to summarize but first I'm going to point out a few very large events: 

Nina Bolton and Dorcas Charles (not in play anymore) were taken unfairly by Polizei, then beaten as punishment. Percy de Luca (deceased) and Keiran O'Sullivan were out during the time and tried to stop the Polizei; Percy suffered broken bones and Keiran was attacked less, but told to back down or he would lose his job. Nina and Dorcas returned, bloodied and bruised, but in tact. 

Horror Week went down. During this week, a strong illusion provided by the Ministry brought out the fear in everyone and turned students as well as professors against each other. People suffered injuries and died in the illusion, but when illusion lifted, everyone was physically okay- but mentally, many were suffering. 

The Ministry began to move more officials into Hogwarts after Horror Week. This includes the Senior Undersecretary, Alenna Blackwood (FC: Michelle Dockery,) who has been spearheading much of what the Ministry has been forcing upon Hogwarts students as of late. 

Founders Week was a week where the Ministry had the school flash back to the past around the times the Founders would have been alive. Students were appointed as royalty during this time (Percy for King, [Midas Bonaparate took his place momentarily,] Kherington Rhodes for Queen, Liam Rhodes for Prince, and Avery Pennynickle for Princess) and everyone else was given positions in a medieval society. During this week, the food and drink- provided by the Ministry- was spiked with veritaserum so that the Senior Unersecretary could conduct interrogations on the faculty, staff, and student body. The Partisans caught word of this and provided food for fellow Partisans and loved ones, though some ate the Ministry food and let a few details slip. 

Blood Pride Day occurred two months ago and was a day of rebellion set up against the Ministry by the Partisans. Partisans who actively participated in this event fought and many were captured, but many did escape/hide in the student body. Polizei and students alike suffered injuries as well as some deaths since it was a mini war in the castle, and those who were captured were tortured by the Ministry then transported home. Niles Ikonen, the head of the Partisans, and Midas Bonaparte led the rebellion that day and received the second worst punishments- Niles was expelled from Hogwarts, but not killed. It was Percy who was killed by the Ministry to scare the student body and make an example of him; Hogwarts may know that all Percy ever did was good in life, but the world outside of Hogwarts now believes otherwise thanks to the slander put into the papers. Rose Weasley escaped this day after being accused of betraying her Polizei status by Scorpius Malfoy. She stayed with Niles in Hogsmeade in hiding until she was allowed to return to Hogwarts, and James Potter helped shelter he quite a bit as well. Scorpius' suicide soon followed. 

Other deaths around these times include Aella Caine and Jackson Bosselier.

Since all of this, Ministry activity and Partisan activity has been quiet. There have been struggles among the Partisans to get back on their feet again considering Midas has been a bit bonkers and Niles is gone, but word is that the Partisans will be active again soon. Students have been trying to go about their daily lives but times have clearly darkened. Relationships bloomed and failed in the process but love life aside, many important plot points have happened as well. These may not be included in the larger plot points but they are serious occurrences that everyone needs to be alerted of: 

Alexandra Aves was kidnapped by Aleck Langston (Keegan Monteon and Brennus Langston being involved as well.) Landon Davis has been trying to rescue her but the two are still missing, though the school hasn't said much about their disappearances. They are alive at the moment. 

Mason Ashford was taken by Aleck and Florian Whitlock was taken by Keegan. This isn't happening yet, but in the future, Marlowe Dubois will be working with Landon to free them both.

Eris Langston killed her cousin Aleck's wife, Skyler Langston (nee' Blackburn.) She didn't do this willingly; her father Brennus threatened her grandparents and Tarryn Manis if Eris didn't kill Skyler. 

Nina is currently Brennus' slave/puppet, because he threatened the lives of her family.

Sutton Ages, who was impregnated by a gross man none of us need to speak of ever again, gave birth to her daughter Gemma. Gemma is a happy, bouncing, beautiful baby who's a miracle in these dark times. 

But now, times are going to be moving and the plot is going to down. Stay tuned for part 2 of the summary: Future Plots and Plot Movements.