I changed it. And oh goodie, another one of my characters is in Hufflepuff. :p

Yeah hufflepuff pride!

So Seleana isn't the only Hufflepuff "GO BADGERS!"

I wanna keep houses even, but even more I don't want to missort someone. I love the new name, Ink. But to be honest, I always thought your character in Ignition was a gryffindor.

Yay, Hufflepuffs! And yeah, I was pretty tied between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff when I chose a house for him. :p

So we're sitting at five submitted CSes. There's at least one other person that I'm pretty sure is going to post a CS, and a few others who have expressed interest. I'll wait until Saturday, then I'll send out your acceptance letters, and post both the OOC and the IC thread. When the IC starts, I'm going to skip right on past the train bit, and we'll start immediately after the sorting. So, if any of you want to say that your characters met each other(or my characters) on the train, or say that they knew each other from outside of school, you ought to hash it out before the RP starts.

Just to let you know, I added a little bit more to his backstory. It'll tie in with AtSixesAndSeven's character, so...

We'll see when they post their character.

I'm almost done. Just working on the history and my friend is starting her drawing of the character (Natasha). This is very rough and is extremely WIP, and there will be changes made, such as the neck, (which we've already begun to make thicker, but I don't feel like taking another screenshot), but I'm wondering if this sort of style is okay with you? I just want to know in advance so that we can make any changes if needed. It's less than halfway done, so...

I don't like the style, sorry. What bothers me is this: the face looks like a blank, flat surface with features individualy drawn on. Rather than having shape and bone structure. I think you ought to skip the picture, to be honest. Especially since I haven't even seen a character yet.

Hi there, and thanks for the feedback. This is what my friend said in regards to it. "Hello there, I usually start it looking like a flat surface; the bone structure becomes more apparent through shading and colouring. Thank you for your feedback. " If you don't like how it turns out, 'tis fine with us; I'll simply not include it. It will still have a written description, so it should work out fine. :3

Sorry about this being so late. Should have the CS up by around 12:00 PM ETS at the latest, I think.

Name: Moirah Maj Myeong-sook Date of Birth: September 8th, 1987 Blood Status: Half blood. (Moirah THINKS she is pure blood. Her mother keeps a small secret.) Personality: Moirah is a clumsy and outgoing. She earns a reputation as being flighty and disloyal. She says exactly what she thinks, but often changes her mind. She dos not mean to be deceptive at all, she simply tries a bit too hard. She is certainly malleable and easily influenced by people and events, She doesn't give these changes time to set in, or consider their broader meaning, so she is quickly swept off her feet by the next idea. Her blunders are large and her reactions passionate. On the bright side, she has a ton of energy to spare. She will not fatigue quickly, so she might work at a problem longer than the average person. She is always ready for action, so she is the perfect person to call upon when you need someone in a pinch. Especially someone that won't ask any questions. Wand: Leave blank, wand chooses wizard y'all. House: Leave blank, don't put the Sorting Hat out of work. Best Classes: Potions, Herbology, Alchemy Worst Classes: Care for magical creatures, charms, frog choir. History: Moirah was born and raised in a pure-blood household. Her father was a Slytherin in his school days, and is currently an Obliviator in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. On his side of the family there are a few death eaters and a large sentiment of support for Voldemort's cause. He had brothers and cousins in the Battle of Hogwarts. He created a rift between himself and his family by not standing with them. Moirah's mother is also a pure blooded wizard. She did not attend Hogwarts or anything like it. She does not have a real job outside managing the family's castle and estate. She enjoys reading tea-leaves as a hobby and semi-professionally. As a couple her parents consider themselves 'progressive pure bloods'. They did not support the death eaters or Voldermort. They do not want to exclude mixed-blood wizards from entering the magic world. However, they do support the continued segregation between muggles and wizards. They consider the wizard world more advanced than the muggle one. They "Progressively" think that magic is genetic, and that muggle-born wizards must have magical blood somewhere in their family tree. They think it would be ideal for magical children in muggle families to be detected much sooner, removed from their muggle families and adopted by wizards. This would be the best way to enable the muggle born to 'rise above' their birth-station. Moirah herself is an only child. Her parents are very wealthy. She had a large castle almost all to herself almost all of her life. She had the house-elves and the dogs for company, though the dog's never liked her much. She saw her cousins sporadically throughout her life. (Her father and his family fought on-and-off throughout her childhood, and her mother's family lives in Korea.) She always wanted to please her cousins! Most were older than her and she looked up to them fiercely. She spent time planning their visits and contriving fun activities for everyone to play. During their actual visits they largely ignored her. She would think to herself "I guess this game just isn't fun enough..." after they left, she would contrive new strategies to win their favor. She has not seen her cousins in several years. Her father's family largely sympathized with the Death Eaters, and her father refused to see them during the worst political turmoil. Travel became risky during that time so her Mother's family never visited either. Hogwarts closed the year Moirah was meant to begin her study there. Her parents were unprepared to educate her. Her father was working over-time in the wake of recent events, and was hardly ever home. Her mother had received a much different education, and hardly remembered it anyhow. The work she did with her daughter was patchy at best. Moirah learned a lot of spells that were mainly used for doing chores. When Hogwarts was ready to open they tested Moirah to see if she would be ready for her second year, she failed miserably. She will be starting as a first year. Despite the set-backs Moirah was ready to finally learn real magic. Make real friends. And show her family what she was capable of!

So she's a bit older, but unlike Jax she isn't able to skip the year she missed? I never mentioned, should have but forgot, the school gives a test similar to the end of year exam to determine if students are ready for the next year in the event they miss one. Jax passed the second year exam, and moved into third. I guess Moirah failed hers and is still in first? Was she given her mother's last name instead of her father's? Is she related to any pureblood families we should know? For instance, Me and Apoalo decided that Jax and Dana's mother was a Selwyn, and Aeden is their cousin. So... house... This is a hard one. Hard work and perserverance are super Hufflepuff, but her flaky nature is also its antithesis. The Sorting hat reads her mind, not her history, so it's possible that it'll put her in Slytherin as a pureblood, but she doesn't really have any traits for it. I think her strongest association might be Gryffindor. For her passionate determination, and willingness to jump into action. I'm actually going to openly ask for outside opinions on this, because it's tricky. I wanna give her Cherry with Unicorn hair.

Um, I may be completely wrong here, but I'm pretty sure JK Rowling said something about how bloodlines and family actually are a factor as to determine where one is sorted? For example, people from the same families tend to be in the same houses*, and since Slytherin valued blood purity, that's also an influence. Not to say that everyone from the same family will be in the same house and that no one who's halfblood or muggle born could end up in slytherin, but I'm pretty sure it was mentioned by JK Rowling that it was a factor. Personally, I say Gryffindor works best as well, but if you think Slytherin could work, well, you're GM, and there is that factor. I'll try to find the source of this info if it's iffy. It's been a while since I've last read up on this...

Well, houses do run in families, but I always believed it was more a matter of nurture than nature. Members of the same families just tend to have the same values and personality traits. The New From JK Rowling bit on the hat in Pottermore states that it selects students through its own judgement, and using its skills in Legilimency. There's no mention of it being capable of tracing Genealogy. I don't think Slytherin is right anyway.

M'kay, good to know, good to know. Thanks for that. :3 Likewise, I also though Gryffindor was the best fit, but since you brought of Syltherin, I thought I'd put in that info. Thanks for correcting it.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/76649-the-dark-arts-society/ooc There is the IC thread. If I have already assigned you a wand, you may post your character in the characters tab. If you have not posted a character yet, now I request that you PM it directly to me for assessment. Is Weeping Liberty still around? They never edited their sheet with wand and house.

Yrs I'm so sorry. I've been helping to plan a Valentines day party, haven't had much time to log on. I'll have things sorted out soon.

Oh, and I should also say that if you have a wand you're free to post IC too.