| Forum Name | Topics | Posts | Last Post |
| Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |
![[ ]](http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k117/I_Blew_Up_The_Disco/oldicon-1.jpg) | Entrance Hall
The Entrance Hall is entered up a flight of stone steps and through huge double oak front doors that face west.
The Hall is lit by torches and is quite imposing, with a ceiling so high it is barely visible and a paved flagstone floor. A wide marble staircase opposite the front doors leads to the first floor. On either side of this staircase, there are two doors. One leads to the Hufflepuff common room and the kitchens, while the other leads to the dungeons. There is also a door on the left side of the Hall that leads to an antechamber where the first year students wait before the Sorting, as well as a broom cupboard off the Hall. The Hall is also home to the four House hourglasses where the House points are displayed for all to see.
| 1 | 13 | on Mar 6, 2008, 4:51pm
by Selena Atherton
in Sneaking Out |
| Offices (3 sub-boards)
At Hogwarts, a staff of about fourteen teachers apparently handle classes for hundreds of students. Any way you look at it, that's a lot of classes for just a few faculty. All professors are available in their office outside of class, or an appointment may be arranged ahead of time.
Office locations vary according to each professor, but they are never far from their classroom domain.
| 2 | 30 | on May 18, 2008, 3:19am
by Dash Franco
in The Worst Landing |
| Great Hall (2 sub-boards)
The Great Hall is entered by double doors to the right of the Entrance Hall. The Great Hall is a vast chamber that contains four long tables for each of the four Houses. Closest to the doors is the Slytherin table, followed by Ravenclaw, then Hufflepuff, and finally the Gryffindor table next to the far wall. On a raised platform at the front of the room is the High Table where the staffs dine. The ceiling is enchanted so that it mirrors the sky as it currently appears outside. There are also high mullioned windows around the room that show the grounds outside. Behind the High Table, there is a smaller antechamber with a fireplace and many portraits.
| 15 | 757 | on May 24, 2008, 3:44am
by Alexz York
in Another Day at Hogwarts |
| Classrooms (9 sub-boards)
Classes at Hogwarts are taught in a variety of locations about the castle. Some, such as Charms, are taught in classrooms inside the castle. Others take place in the greenhouses (Herbology), in the dungeons (Potions), at the top of a tower (Astronomy), or even outside on the grounds (Flying and Care of Magical Creatures). A booming bell sounds throughout the castle and across the lawns to signal the end of class.
The classes vary in length, in content, and in approach. There are separate classes for each year and these are usually taught to groups from specific houses together. Some classes, however, are taught with larger groups of students from two houses. Some classes are "double," which seems to mean that they last twice as long as a normal class. Many classes have both a 'theory' portion and a 'practical' portion, so that the students gain hands-on experience in the subject.
The professors of Hogwarts vary tremendously in their skill as instructors and in their expertise. Many are leading experts in their respective academic fields.
| 8 | 114 | on May 15, 2008, 3:35pm
by Astoria Malfoy
in - Confused - |
| The Library
The library contains tens of thousands of books on thousands of shelves. The different sections include an Invisibility Section, a section on dragons, and the Restricted Section at the very back, barred by a rope. Students need a signed note of permission from a teacher to peruse the Restricted Section, as it holds books about powerful Dark subject matter that is never taught at Hogwarts, and is only used by older students studying advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts. Books in the Hogwarts library may be put on hold and the student's name added to a waiting list. Chocolate and presumably, all other food and drinks are forbidden in the library, which closes at 8:00 p.m.
Irma Pince is the librarian. She guards the books fiercely, and has been known to put unusual jinxes on the books, to make sure that they are not mistreated.
| 6 | 130 | on May 30, 2008, 5:07pm
by Flinch Amsterdam
in Doing work to Keep min... |
| Stairways and Corridors
There are a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts: wide, sweeping ones; narrow, rickety ones; some that lead somewhere different on a Friday; some with a vanishing step halfway up that you have to rem ember to jump. Then there are doors that won't open unless you ask politely, or tickle them in exactly the right place, and doors that aren't really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending. It's also very hard to rem ember where anything is, because it all seems to move around a lot. The people in the portraits keep going to visit each other, and most people are sure the coats of armor can walk
| 5 | 74 | on May 30, 2008, 3:42pm
by Selena Atherton
in Trying to escape from ... |
| Hospital Wing
The hospital wing contains many beds with white sheets, optional privacy screens, and bedpans. It also contains the office of Poppy Pomfrey, the nurse. The Clock Tower is located along the corridor outside the hospital.
It chimes the hours with a big bell much to the annoyance of the students in the wing.
| 6 | 74 | on May 21, 2008, 10:57am
by Astoria Malfoy
in Curses, Snakes, and Fr... |
| Bathrooms (1 sub-board)
The only bathroom in the castle that continues to be unused is Moaning Myrtle's bathroom on the second floor. Albus Dumbledore once told Igor Karkaroff that a bathroom had appeared as he needed one, but he never found it again- this was the Room of Requirement. Girl's and boy's lavatories are scattered throughout the castle, and the prefects' bathroom on the fifth floor is off-limits to the other students.
| 1 | 2 | on May 23, 2008, 2:52am
by Roxanne Weasley
in Hole in the wall |
| Courtyard
Where the students congregate during break times.
| 10 | 279 | on Jul 1, 2008, 12:21am
by Scorpius Malfoy
in Needing a break (Scorp... |
| The Towers |
| Headmaster's Tower
The headmaster or headmistress' office and residence is inside this tower, and is entered via a staircase guarded by a stone gargoyle on the seventh floor. The office is a large and beautiful round room with windows that have a view of the Quidditch pitch and the mountains surrounding Hogwarts. It is decorated with portraits of previous headmasters and headmistresses, including Phineas Nigellus Black, Armando Dippet, Dilys Derwent, Professor Everard, and Dexter Fortescue. The desk is enormous and claw-footed with a highly polished surface and a high-backed chair. On the wall behind the headmaster's desk is a shelf that holds the Sorting Hat and beside the Hat, Godric Gryffindor's sword is contained in a glass case.
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| North Tower
To enter the North Tower, it is necessary to climb a ladder on the seventh floor through a trapdoor in the ceiling. The North Tower contains Sybill Trelawney's residence and one of two Divination classrooms. This classroom is at the base of the North Tower and is a round room with walls lined with shelves (they hold teacups, crystal balls, and decks of cards), small round tables, armchairs, and pouffes. The classroom also has an oppressive fire with a copper kettle that gives off heavy fumes.
| 1 | 16 | on May 24, 2008, 4:16am
by Belle Leoni
in Annoyance |
| Astronomy Tower (1 sub-board)
Astronomy classes occur here, since this is the tallest tower and therefore has the best view of the night sky. The Astronomy Tower faces west and is located above the main entrance of Hogwarts.
| 2 | 34 | on Apr 12, 2008, 3:39pm
by Roxanne Weasley
in Late Night Practice(Sc... |
| Owlery (1 sub-board)
The Owlery is at the top of the West Tower. The Owlery is a circular stone room that holds hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of owls, including both the school owls and owls that students have brought as pets, all nestled on perches that rise right to the top of the tower. None of the windows in the Owlery have glass and so it is rather cold and draughty. The floor is covered in straw, droppings, and the "regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles".
| 16 | 41 | on Jun 2, 2008, 8:56pm
by Molly Weasley
in Master Louis Weasley |
| House Common Rooms and Dormitories |
| Gryffindor (2 sub-boards)
Gryffindor Tower is entered through the portrait of The Fat Lady on the seventh floor. It can only be entered if one knows the correct password. When the correct password is given, the portrait swings forward to reveal a hole, which leads into the Gryffindor common room.
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| Hufflepuff (2 sub-boards)
The Hufflepuff dormitories and common room are in the cellar, adjacent to the kitchens. They are located through the door to the right of the main staircase in the Entrance Hall, down a flight of stone steps, along a broad, stone corridor lit with torches,
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| Ravenclaw (2 sub-boards)
Ravenclaw Tower is located at the west side of the castle. It is home to the Ravenclaw common room and dormitories. The tower is entered through a door that has no handle and no keyhole, just a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. To enter it you must correctly answer an intellectual and/or philosophical question rather than simply give a password. If a student cannot answer the question, the student waits until one arrives that can, therefore Ravenclaw students learn something new every day.
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| Slytherin (2 sub-boards)
The Slytherin dormitories and common room are actually located under the lake. Access is gained by going through the door to the left of the main staircase in the Entrance Hall and down the stone steps that lead into a labyrinth of corridors. When given the correct password, a bare stone wall opens into the Slytherin common room.
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| School Grounds |
| Green Houses
There are at least four greenhouses where Herbology classes are held by Professor Sprout, and Neville Longbottom. To get to the Herbology greenhouses, students frequently walk across the vegetable patches in the grounds. Among many others, the greenhouses have housed honking daffodils, leaping toadstools, umbrella-sized flowers, Snargaluffs, Abyssinian Shrivelfigs, Mandrakes, Puffapods, Bouncing Bulbs, Bubotubers, Screechsnaps, Fanged Geraniums, Flutterby Bushes, and a Venomous Tentacula. The first-year students are only taught in the first greenhouse; however, second-year students are occasionally taught in the second and third greenhouse.
| 1 | 28 | on Mar 6, 2008, 12:59am
by Astoria Malfoy
in Greenhouse Eight |
| Hagrid's Hut (1 sub-board)
Hagrid lives in a small wooden hut on the grounds, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with his boarhound, Fang, who, belying his appearance, is a coward. He has a pumpkin patch behind his hut, with a fence around it.
~ Care of Magical Creatures ~
| 1 | 1 | on Mar 10, 2008, 1:18am
by Astoria Malfoy
in First Day of CoMC |
| Quidditch Pitch (2 sub-boards)
The Quidditch pitch is where Quidditch games are held, and where teams practice. There are three golden hoops, about 50 feet high, at each end used for scoring, and stands surrounding it, providing seating for spectators. It houses the locker rooms for the four House teams and the offices of the four team captains.
| 9 | 729 | on May 25, 2008, 3:06am
by Alexz York
in A Turnover For The Good |
| Lake (2 sub-boards)
The lake is located on the south side of the castle, which stands on a cliff overlooking the water. It is about half a mile in diameter and the Hogwarts plumbing network drains into it. A number of magical creatures inhabit the lake, including a surprisingly friendly giant squid, often seen near the surface, a colony of merpeople inhabiting the bottom, and a population of grindylows.
| 17 | 535 | on Jun 28, 2008, 6:24am
by Kodi Felton
in One dip was enough. |
| The Whomping Willow
The Whomping Willow is a very valuable magical tree on the Hogwarts grounds. The tree is extremely violent, striking viciously with its branches at anything that comes within reach.
| 1 | 34 | on Mar 15, 2008, 2:22pm
by Roxanne Weasley
in Peace and Quiet |
| Forbidden Forest
To the east of Hogwarts castle is a large, dark forest. This forest is strictly off limits to Hogwarts students, except in the course of occasional Care of Magical Creatures lessons or detentions. The forest is thick with trees and home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures.
| 8 | 321 | on May 22, 2008, 8:14pm
by Alexz York
in A Run From Love |
| Hogsmeade Village |
| The Three Broomsticks
The Three Broomsticks is one of the local pubs in Hogsmeade. It is known for its delicious butterbeer and its beautiful owner Hannah Longbottom, who lives above the pub.
| 3 | 36 | on May 23, 2008, 12:39am
by Astoria Malfoy
in A Peaceful Meet [Astoria] |
| The Hog's Head
The Hog's Head is another pub, which often attracts a more unusual and private clientele than the Three Broomsticks, and many of the customers hide their faces. The hanging sign on the front of the pub has a severed boar's head, leaking blood onto the white cloth around it. The pub itself is filthy, with the floor covered with layers of dirt, and the windows smeared with so much grime that little light gets through.
| 1 | 23 | on May 21, 2008, 6:50pm
by Dash Franco
in The Plan |
| Asylum (2 sub-boards)
Wizarding Club, this nightspot attracts magical fun-lovers from all over the world. With live music every Friday and Saturday nights, this is really the place to be seen.
Over 18's only. ID required. Students, fake ID must be convincing.
| 4 | 196 | on May 28, 2008, 2:15am
by Dominique Weasley
in Dont hold back (Daniel... |
| Madam Puddifoot's teashop
Located on a little side street off the main High Street, Madam Puddifoot's is a small teashop favourite among Hogwarts couples out on dates. On Valentine's Day Madam Puddifoot hires floating golden cherubs to throw pink confetti on visiting couples.
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| High Street (5 sub-boards)
The main street running through Hogsmeade it lined with world famous shops
Dervish & Banges, Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop, Gladrags Wizardwear, Post Office, Honeydukes Sweetshop and Perfect Potions
| 9 | 239 | on May 26, 2008, 10:49pm
by Selena Atherton
in Possible Conversion? [... |
| Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes is a popular jokes shop that was founded as a small school business by Fred and George Weasley around 1994. It opened its doors at 97 Diagon Alley in the summer of 1995 and expanded to Hogsmeade.
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells joke and trick items, useful novelties, and Defence Against the Dark Arts items.
| 1 | 1 | on Mar 15, 2008, 9:45pm
by James Potter
in Weasleys' Wizard Wheez... |
| The Shrieking Shack
The Shrieking Shack, on the outskirts of Hogsmeade, is believed to be the most haunted building in Great Britain.
Connected to Hogwarts by a secret tunnel
| 4 | 245 | on May 31, 2008, 3:34pm
by Roxanne Weasley
in A Turn for the Worst [... |
| Hogsmeade Residences
| 7 | 892 | on Jun 18, 2008, 2:14am
by Alexz York
in Fae's Apartment |
| Hogsmeade Train Station
The drop off stop just before the students arrive at Hogwarts for their new year or leave to go home.
| 3 | 124 | on Apr 15, 2008, 9:35pm
by Selena Atherton
in Saying Goodbye |
| Wizarding Residence |
| Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place (2 sub-boards)
Tucked away in northwestern London, a twenty minute walk from Kings Cross Station, lies number twelve, Grimmauld Place. Both Unplottable and hidden behind a Fidelius Charm, the house is invisible to all but a few. Though the neighboring Muggles don't even know the building exists, it was for many years home to the Black family - one of the wizarding world's oldest pureblood families, and extremely proud to be so.
| 14 | 166 | on Jun 10, 2008, 5:17am
by James Potter
in Home Sweet Home [closed] |
| The Burrow (2 sub-boards)
Home to the Weasley family, the Burrow is a house just outside the village of Ottery St. Catchpole, and is built so crazily that it must certainly be held up by magic. It is likely to have once been a farmhouse on top of which several crooked stories look to have been added.
| 10 | 40 | on Mar 25, 2008, 3:27am
by Ron Weasley
in The Kitchen |
| Malfoy Manor (2 sub-boards)
Located in southwestern England in Wiltshire, the Malfoy Mansion is a "handsome manor house" with extensive grounds.
~Post Room~
| 11 | 22 | on Jun 6, 2008, 8:40am
by Astoria Malfoy
in Sitting Room |
| Godric's Hollow (1 sub-board)
Godric's Hollow is located in the West Country of southwestern England, putting it in the heart of the most wizarding-friendly region in Britain.
While it is a Muggle village, Godric's Hollow has a storied wizarding history. For over a thousand years it has been home to notable wizards and witches, and has been most famous as the birthplace of Hogwarts founder Godric Gryffindor. Its name went down in history on October 31, 1981, when Lord Voldemort attempted to kill the Potter's son who would become the Boy Who Lived.
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| The Riddle House (1 sub-board)
The Riddle House is described as damp and derolict with, "some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied". ![[image]](http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k117/I_Blew_Up_The_Disco/darkMark.jpg)
Moderator: Bellatrix Lestrange | 12 | 208 | on Jun 10, 2008, 6:36pm
by Rodolphus Lestrange
in Usurper Be Damned |
| London |
| The Leaky Cauldron
A wizarding pub located on Charing Cross Road
| 1 | 5 | on Apr 2, 2008, 10:09pm
by Dash Franco
in The Part One Of A Long... |
| Diagon Alley (3 sub-boards)
A wizarding shopping district located behind the Leaky Cauldron in central London
| 16 | 17 | on Mar 2, 2008, 5:34am
by Madam Malkin
in Madam Malkin's Robes f... |
| Knockturn Alley (1 sub-board)
Found just off Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley is home to all sorts of shops devoted to the Dark Arts
| 4 | 40 | on Jul 18, 2008, 6:53pm
by HUYUY
in Borgin & Burkes |
| Ministry of Magic (10 sub-boards)
The headquarters of the Ministry of Magic is located in the heart of London. The actual structure is all underground, although magical windows show whatever weather Magical Maintenance has chosen for the day, from bright sunshine to hurricanes.
| 5 | 53 | on Jul 15, 2008, 5:24am
by HYTRUY
in Harry Potter's Office |
| St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries (6 sub-boards)
St. Mungo's Hospital is the primary wizarding hospital in Britain. Located in an abandoned department store in London, the hospital's Healers treat wizards for all sorts of magic-related illnesses and injuries
| 7 | 118 | on Jun 3, 2008, 3:45pm
by Selena Atherton
in Poison of a Mistake |
| King's Cross Station (1 sub-board)
The home station of the Hogwarts Express
| 3 | 213 | on Jun 10, 2008, 6:17pm
by Astoria Malfoy
in For the best. |
| Outside Locations |
| Azkaban Fortress
Far out in the icy waters of the North Sea lies a tiny island that is home to one of the most terrible places on earth: Azkaban, the wizarding prison.
| 1 | 1 | on Feb 28, 2008, 6:16am
by James Potter
in Azkaban |
| General |
| Sorting Hat & Conduct Code (5 sub-boards)
Rules, Wizard Enrollment, Wizard Profiles, and Plots
Portkey - House Points,Relationships & Gossip Box
| 103 | 484 | on Jul 14, 2008, 9:07pm
by alisimalibim
in Lucy Weasley (Not Done) |
| Witch Weekly (1 sub-board)
Talk about anything and everything here whether that be music, Harry Potter or anything else that tickles your fancy.
Portkey- Wizarding World Web
| 24 | 202 | on Jun 17, 2008, 10:36pm
by James Potter
in Harry Potter Myers-Bri... |
| Wizarding Wireless Network
Affiliates
Moderators: Astoria Malfoy, James Potter, Rose Weasley | 16 | 18 | on Jun 27, 2008, 6:21pm
by Marcus Flint
in Magic Unfolded |
| Announcements
All Announcements from the Staff will be posted here.
| 2 | 116 | on May 27, 2008, 11:58am
by Victoire Weasley
in Activity Check - May 2008 |
| The Lounge
Where the staff meet to discuss the board and create plots.
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