[center][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/73068/posts/ooc?page=1]Interest Check![/url] [url=http://us20.chatzy.com/24964109848601]Chatzy![/url] [b]OPEN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE![/b][/center] [center][IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/312z3m1.png[/IMG][/center] The date is the 1st of December, 1999 – exactly a year since the death of the greatest wizard alive, Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix was disbanded, seemingly for good. Nobody has the protective shadow of the headmaster to stand under now. Speaking out against the Dark Lord's dictatorship is a death sentence. And yet, here we are; The Ashes. Operating under an ambiguous shade of grey on the moral spectrum, our own order has diverged down a different path from its predecessor while upholding the same end goals of '[i]kill Voldemort[/i],' '[i]retake Hogwarts[/i]' and '[i]restore Magical Britain to her original, peaceful glory[/i]'. Voldemort's tyranny has only grown more daring over the past twelve months. So-called 'blood traitors' who were previously scorned but left untouched for their pure heritage have been disappearing. In the absence of Muggleborns, Half-Bloods and creatures too have been vanishing, leaving only dust behind them. Something is going on in the Dark Lord's new home, Castle Hogwarts, and we must find out [i]what[/i] before it is too late. --- Hello and welcome to the OOC for '[i]Finite Incantatem[/i]' – an action-focused Harry Potter RP based around a peculiar premise: 'what if our precious Boy-Who-Lived didn't survive?' The answer is this, a bleak future for Britain where any dissent at all is punished... and yet some people – our characters – fight on. It's going to be OC centric with an adult cast of characters going out into the world on various missions ranging from sabotage to rescue to hunting a set of custom Horcruxes which have been changed from the canon six (seven). Really, everything is down to you – the roleplayers. While there will be 'super-dooper special plot-advancing missions' for the whole team, there's nothing stopping you from inventing an IC tip on a house full of Death Eaters, or inserting a raid on location [X] for everyone to fight in. Just run it by me (and the group) first~ ---- [center][b]IMPORTANT IC INFORMATION:[/b][/center] – Taboo on Voldemort's name is [b]IN EFFECT[/b] – Snatchers are [b]NOT IN EFFECT[/b] (yet) – Active Spies: [b]N/A[/b] The altered timeline below can be changed easily if anyone has any problems with it. I'd also like to say that, if anyone wants an event personal to their character to be added and specifically detailed, you only need to ask! [hider=Altered Timeline] [u]1981[/u] – Godric's Hollow is attacked. Lily and James Potter are killed along with their son, Harry, the supposed target of the prophecy. – The Longbottoms are also personally attacked by Voldemort in the early hours of the morning. None survive. [u]1982[/u] – Prophecy revealed by the Dark Lord to followers and, as a result, the magical world as a whole. – Morale begins to dwindle; many more purebloods join the Death Eaters. – Violent attacks on various Wizarding villages increase tenfold. – Minister Bagnold resigns due to vote of 'No Confidence'. Replaced by Fudge. [u]1983[/u] – Hogwarts enrolment drops by 1/4th for the first time since the Second World War. – Most violent raid on Diagon Alley (thus far). Many shops remain empty even after the battle. – Auror Department destroyed in explosion, killing 20. – Azkaban broken into for the first time. [u]1984[/u] – Trials of captured Death Eaters begins. None prosecuted. – [b]Book of Names stolen from Hogwarts. Many Muggleborns lost.[/b] – Minister Fudge resigns due to vote of 'No Confidence'. Replaced by Lucius Malfoy. [u]1985–1989[/u] – Muggleborns stop attending Hogwarts. – No teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts at all. – Many students drop out to help the war effort on both sides. – Continuous attacks on various Muggleborn and occasionally Half-Blood homes. – [b]Civilians given permission to use Unforgivables in combat.[/b] – Umbridge sent into Hogwarts; several teachers fired including McGonagall. [u]1990[/u] – Vigilante raid by the Order of the Phoenix on Malfoy Manor. Minister is assassinated. Minister Rodolphus Lestrange takes over. [u]1991[/u] – Ministry officially comes out in support of the Dark Lord. – Nicholas Flamel and wife are killed. Philosopher's Stone stolen by the Dark Lord. – Order of the Phoenix forms several splinter groups due to internal conflict, including the first whispers of 'The Ashes'. – Slytherin House has double the number of residents of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff combined. [u]1992 – 1995[/u] – [b]Muggleborn Registration Act signed, the movement spearheaded by Bellatrix Lestrange.[/b] – Azkaban raided. Sirius Black killed. 13 Grimnauld Place inherited by Draco Malfoy. [u]1996[/u] – Wards on Grimnauld Place broken in a surprise attack with many casualties. The Order moves to the Burrow. – [b]Hogwarts taken over by Voldemort during the summer. Teaching in Hogwarts stops.[/b] – *[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2268622]ALBERT ALDENBERG[/url] inducted into The Ashes. Aldenberg Manor becomes new base of operations. [u]1997[/u] – Britain's borders close through official channels. – The Burrow is destroyed and the Order scattered. – [b]Horcruxes discovered. The Ashes begin to hunt them down.[/b] [u]1998 – Present (1999)[/u] – [b]Albus Dumbledore dies. The Ashes rise up to fight against Voldemort.[/b] – *[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2266977]LUTHER CUNNINGHAM[/url]'s sister, Lilly, is imprisoned in Azkaban. – People of varying blood status begin to disappear. Unknown. [/hider] [hider=Current Base of Operations] [center][i]Many thanks to the lovely Jig for writing this out![/i] [img]http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/01/dc/6b/55/brook-crabwall-manor.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Aldenberg Manor[/b] is a fairly old building in Nottingham (roughly the middle of England). It became Aldenberg property in the mid-eighteenth century through the beautiful system of marriage, and has remained in their hands to this day. Albert inherited the manor from his parents when he moved to the UK permanently, where it has been his primary residence ever since. It became the base of operations in 1996 upon Albert’s joining the Ashes full-time, back when the organisation was growing in popularity. While the Death Eaters knows where the base is, it is protected by the Fidelius Charm. The official story is that Albert returned to the Netherlands upon the closing of Hogwarts, and that the Ashes are basically squatting in his manor, sealed even from Albert by the Fidelius Charm. For this reason, Albert is not the Secret Keeper to the manor: should he be in some way quizzed, he is unable to give away the location. The Secret Keeper is actually Ronan Findley. The manor is comprised of three separate parts. The manor itself comprises communal rooms, including a two-storey entrance hall, two-storey library, two-storey ballroom, parlour, study, dining room and morning room, as well as huge downstairs kitchen. The West wing is the ‘residential’ wing, featuring six rather luxurious bedrooms, including the Master bedroom (ie: Albert’s pad). Obviously, this is not enough to house the entirety of the Ashes, and so the bedrooms in the much-smaller East wing for the long-since redundant servants have become in use again. Out the back, there are some formal gardens and a small lake, at the centre of which is a duelling strip, as well as an enormous greenhouse attached to the back of the house, which acts as a second parlour. The manor has a long history of magic and the Aldenbergs, though much of the latter has been recently stripped. For reasons of security, the house-elves were dismissed and the many portraits and artefacts removed; because of this, the house now has a ghostly, empty feeling to it. However, the house is still steeped in magic, and, for this reason, many muggle technologies do not work. Combustion engines are ropey - electricity is a complete non-starter. It is worth noting that, although Albert has donated the manor to the cause, the Ashes are, in his mind, his guests. For this reason, he does have house-rules that he expects to be obeyed. Mainly this is is to respect the house itself (by keeping it tidy, not blowing things up in it, not slamming doors, etcetera) and also to respect the traditions the house represents: apparently, he expects men to stand when women enter the room, food to be eaten exclusively in the dining room, and that the guest bedrooms are allocated to female members of the Ashes. Bad luck, gents. [/hider] [hider=Members of The Ashes] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267153]RONAN FINDLEY[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267492]ALBERT ALDENBERG[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267908]JIA SHANG[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267492]KYLE MCCARTHY[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267223]TANYA PIETERS[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2266977]LUTHER CUNNINGHAM[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267153]SIOBHAN MACFUSTY[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2268624]DAVID HOWELL[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2267492]MIA DUBOIS[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2266977]ERIC FRIEDMAN[/url] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2278677]DELIGHT DULLAHAN[/url] [/hider] --- [center][b]CHARACTER CREATION:[/b][/center] [u]Important Stuff[/u] 1. [b]No canon characters[/b]; HOWEVER, using the family name or being related to one from the books is a-okay. 2. Creatures in the Harry Potter mythos are generally considered okay (vampires and werewolves and the like). 3. Adult characters, no younger than 18+. May be altered later to include NPCs who don't see action you wish to control (family members, etc.) 4. A single Metamorphmagus will be accepted on merit. Seer has already been taken. 5. All nationalities are accepted, but the preferred ones are British or any European/Commonwealth one. While I am accepting Americans, I would like very few of them. [hider=Character Sheet Template] [b]NAME:[/b] [b]AGE:[/b] (Preferably 18+ – remember, Hogwarts closed 3 years ago!) [b]GENDER:[/b] [b]NATIONALITY:[/b] (Other than British, members of any European (or Commonwealth) country are also acceptable; however, Americans will be judged warily.) [b]BLOOD PURITY:[/b] (Muggleborn/Half-Blood/Pureblood/Squib) [b]MARKED?[/b] [b]APPEARANCE:[/b] (If using picture, [u]no anime.[/u]) [b]PERSONALITY:[/b] [b]SKILLS AND TALENTS:[/b] (Magical or Non-Magical, both included.) [b]WAND:[/b] [b]BIO:[/b] (Optional, can be as long or as short as you want.) [b]OTHER:[/b] [/hider] --- [center][b]RULES AND GUIDELINES:[/b][/center] Pretty much the usual, be nice to each other, no speed-posting, no god-emoting and all that. I prefer at least two good paragraphs, but it's flexible depending on what's going on in the scene. When it comes to fighting with normal, cannon-fodder Death Eaters, [b]a maximum of two killed or otherwise taken down in one post[/b]. The result of two player characters fighting will either be pre-determined by PM or, if it is necessary, in Chatzy by moi. And if he's ever needed for a scene, I'll be controlling Voldemort and Rodolphus Lestrange as an NPC. Any others are fair game, but tell me if you want any reserved.