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The Dark Arts Society

The tiny Professor Flitwick clapped as enthusiastically as Aedan Selwyn joined Slytherin House. "That," he announced in a squeak, "Concludes the sorting! Before we eat, we shall all hear a word from our Headmistress," he gestured toward the staff table, at the center of which an older witch stood from her seat. "Welcome all, and congratulations," Professor McGonagall started, "Gryffindor or no, it took no small amount of courage to attend school this year, after the turmoil that we are even now still recovering from. I will be the third Head of this school that some of you older students have known, and I want to be perfectly clear that I fully intend to follow in the footsteps of Albus Dumbledore. "Though your houses are meant to be a sort of new family to all of you, I want to encourage all students as we move forward from the horrors of the war, to seek friendships outside of these families. Today, as we feast, I would very much like to see students crossing between tables. I know rivalries have been strong in the past," she eyed down first Gryffindor then Slytherin, but continued without mentioning either House, "But I am hoping we can move these rivalries into a more friendly light. I want to be very clear that from this year onward we will absolutely not tolerate House prejudice. If you find you cannot be friends, put on your best show of civility." She looked out at them for a time, her face quite unreadable, though somewhat stern still. "In more normal announcements, I feel that after a year's break, and with the addition of many new students, I should review those rules most often broken. There should be no spellcasting in the hallways between classes. The Forbidden Forest is, and I should really never have to say this, forbidden. And," her eyes rolled almost imperceptibly, and she made the last announcement with a much less stern demeanor, "Mr. Filch has asked me to reiterate as always that items from the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes joke shop are all expressly forbidden." The crowd of students were in a very sudden uproar. Most of Gryffindor table was standing up, and a few jumped on top of the table in their protest. There were shouts of "Unfair" and insults thrown at Filch, and even a few chants for Fred Weasley. Filch, visible at the staff table, stood up in response and started shouting back before Professor McGonagall raised her wand, causing absolute silence in the Great Hall. "I am well aware," she proceeded levelly, "Of the immense popularity of these products, and of their creators," her voice choked for a moment, but she continued in her previous even tone. "But Mr. Filch is the caretaker, and he is the one who has to clean up the messes, and therefore it is he who makes these rules. The full list of banned items, which contains six hundred and forty two, can be viewed in Mr. Filch's office, if anyone is ever interested for any reason. "The very last thing I feel I must announce before allowing you all to eat is the appointment of three new staff members. Professor John Clowers, who has graciously traveled from America to join us, has taken the post for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Barnabas Riktor replaces me as both Transfiguration teacher, and Head of Gryffindor. Lastly, Professor Theodore Bell is taking the post for Muggle Studies. I hope and expect that you shall all afford them the utmost respect. "Those," she said at long last, "Are the announcements. Now please, 'tuck in.'" A great quantity of food suddenly appeared on the empty platters before the students. Many immediately started filling their dishes, but some jumped up to join friends elsewhere. On such student, Dana Allbright, rose from his place at the Hufflepuff table and went to his older brother's side at Gryffindor. "Mmm," Jackson mused, looking at him unsmiling. "Don't you have your own house now, Huffy?" "Oh... I just," he muttered, nervously, but Jax interrupted him by pulling him in a crushing embrace. "The look on yer face," he laughed, "Like I'd ever treat you like that, bruhv. I'm glad you're here, it was no fun without you last time. Also no fun with the torturin' death eaters and all, but forget them."

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

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.

The Dark Arts Society

Teachers: DADA: John Clowers. Potions: Slughorn (Head o' Slytherin) Charms: Flitwick (Head o' Ravenclaw) Transfiguration: Barnabas Riktor (Head o' Gryffindor) Herbology: Sprout (Head o' Hufflepuff)

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

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.

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

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.

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

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.

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

We'll see when they post their character.

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

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.

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

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.

The Dark Arts Society(Another HP RP)

I'm not sure how I feel about him sharing Dumbledore's first name, actually. Would you mind terribly changing it to something else? He will be Hufflepuff(that was a hard decision to come by, let me tell you) and his wand, after almost two hours at the wandmaker's shop, is a Hawthorn wand with Dragon Heartstring.