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Harry Potter Role Play, anybody??
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Yeah, I know that these are getting old. But I was really in the mood for another RP and I haven't been reading much fiction because I'm doing Greece research. Sooo, anyone wanna join? Before Harry?
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submitted by ZB ☮, age 11 :D :D, Hmm. Why do you
(May 9, 2011 - 8:50 pm)
(May 9, 2011 - 8:50 pm)
Cool! Can I join too, even though it's a little late? I'll be.. hmm.. Natasha. Can I be in Ravenclaw?
(May 14, 2011 - 7:59 pm)
I vote the opening and the founding of the school as well.
(May 14, 2011 - 1:50 pm)
Well, if we're going to play founders, I don't think that no matter how awesome the founders are, who would find a school at 11?!
(May 14, 2011 - 4:42 pm)
Wait, I thought that we don't have to play founders...?
(May 15, 2011 - 3:48 am)
That's right; otherwise, we could only have four people, and that's unreasonable. I don't understand her question. Plenty of 11-year-olds would find Hogwarts, but some people will have to start late...
(May 15, 2011 - 3:46 pm)
Yeah, I thought so too, Elizabeth. I think we're in the time of the founders, and some people are going to be them and some aren't. At least, that's what I gathered from reading the posts, but I'm not sure.
(May 15, 2011 - 3:50 pm)
Yes, that's right.
Other useful things I found out about the time period: Girls weren't allowed to go to Scottish Muggle schools back then, but I assume Hogwarts is different because it obviously has female Founders and teachers, though, so girls would be allowed to go, but it might be difficult to persuade some Muggle-borns, and they'll be a bit disoriented. I'm from Norway, and most people there were completely illiterate at the time. I don't know about other countries; you'll have to check. Anyway, plenty of people wouldn't even know the basics of reading and writing and math, so they'd have to be taught if people were expected to write essays. I don't think they'd want more than 7 core classes, though, because "Isn't 7 the most powerfully magical number?" so maybe there'd be combinations? Also, even Muggles usually learned Latin back then if they went to school, so it would certainly be taught in the magical world, so they'd learn it in transfiguration, charms, and DADA. I think there'd also be some sort of elementary reading and writing class for people who haven't learned how, and out of fairness, first years and second years wouldn't be required to read or write inn their regular classes until the end of the year.
(May 15, 2011 - 10:01 pm)
That's quite interesting. Maybe there could be some sort of training so that you could read a little bit and write a little bit when you arrive...
How will the students be brought to Hogwarts? In Thestral Carriages?
Name: Carmen Rosina
Age: 11/First Year
House: (Will be) Slytherin
Wand: 11.8 inches, cedar, dragon heartstring core
Bloodline: Pureblood
Country: Spain
Appearance: fine olive skin, very dark brown eyes, long (hip-length) chocolate-colored hair with locks, 4’9 (mediumish height)
Personality: Quite shy and bewildered by the idea of being a wizard though she’s very head on, a smart witch though she cannot read or write much
Other: She lives with her mother, father and nine brothers and sisters. She is one of the middle children. Her family comes from a long line of wizards and is delighted when Carmen is accepted at the school.
(May 16, 2011 - 11:01 am)
Are you sure the name Carmen existed then? Sorry, just being nitpicky.
Name: Anna Ingolfsson
Age: 13
Blood status: Muggle-born; her parents won't accept that she was a witch, and she had to run away. Their parents had been persecuted for religious beliefs, so they were rather insecure. I'm not sure yet what she thinks of it, but whatever happens, please note that her opinions do not necessarily represent mine.
Year: Knows no magic and must be in first year despite great intelligence
Future House: You'll find out soon enough.
Education Level: Illiterate but a fast learner. Does not speak much English yet.
Home: Iceland (I changed my mind)
Appearance: Blonde hair, green eyes
Other character:
Name: Rowena Ravenclaw (formerly Rowena Colquhoun)
Age: I don't know... It depends on how old Helena is.
Position: Founder, Ravenclaw Head of House, Transfiguration teacher (also Astronomy teacher if we're allowed to teach multiple subjects)
Education Level:: Very well-educated
Home: A Scottish glen
Appearance: Beautiful. Beyond that, I don't really want to say anything because most of you probably have a mental image of her already, and I hat it when someone describes a canon fanfiction character more thoroughly than the books did because then en doesn't look the way they did in your mind.
Other: Best friends with Helga, as you know
(May 16, 2011 - 3:04 pm)
On the subject of education, there's a good chance that rich pure-blood wizard children would get tutored. The boys probably more than the girls though, because I don't think that girls at that time went to school or had any education at all...
Name: Cassiopeia Rosier
Age: 12
Blood Status: Pure-blood
Year: Second, if that's all right. She received tutoring from her parents.
Future House: Slytherin
Education Level: A fast learner, but does not try as hard in subjects she doesn't like. Has high expectations for herself and others.
Home: Wiltshire, England :D
Appearance: White-blonde hair, dark grey eyes. (there is a reason for this!)
Other: You can call her Cassi(e) if Cassiopeia is too long to type. :)
(May 16, 2011 - 6:05 pm)
Re: The teaching of multiple subjects: I'm imagining that most if not all of the classes would be taught by the Founders in the first few years, or the first at least, simply because it would be hard to find teachers. There would be fewer students and a large number of them would be on the same level (having had no education at all), so I think that's feasible.
(May 16, 2011 - 6:33 pm)
I also have this idea, semi-inspired by MoR and A Bad Week at the Wizengamot, that Hogwarts started off with a lot more than just the ten (?) classes we are introduced to during the series, and those classes eventually got culled due to budget cuts/financial issues.
Um, I have a list somewhere...
*c&p'd from my Tom Riddle fic, with added notes for any classes that aren't available to all third-years due to pre-requisites and OWL achievements*
Required Classes:
Astronomy
Charms
Battle Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts
Herbology
History of Magic
Potions
Transfiguration
Electives (all students above third year must be enrolled in at least three two; advanced classes may replace core classes if applicable; require O.W.L. achievement in the subject matter*):
Advanced Battle Magic (sixth/seventh years only)
Advanced Charms (sixth/seventh)
Advanced Transfiguration (sixth/seventh)
Advanced Potions (sixth/seventh)
Alchemy
Ancient Runes
Architecture and Construction
Arithmancy
Care of Magical Creatures
Curse Breaking
Divination
Dueling
Economics
Healing
History of Magic: Ancient Wizarding Civilizations (sixth/seventh)
History of Magic: Atlantis (sixth/seventh)
History of Magic: International Affairs (requires two years of magical law) (sixth/seventh)
History of Magic: Merlin (sixth/seventh)
History of Magic: Military (sixth/seventh)
History of Magic: Muggles and the Wizarding World (sixth/seventh)
Latin
Goblin Law (pre requisites: One year economics, one year magical law) (fourth year)
Magical Law
Psychologic Battle Magic (pre requisites: one year advanced battle magic) (seventh only)
Muggle Studies
Practical Enchantment Spell Construction (pre requisites: O.W.L. achievement in Charms and Latin) (sixth/seventh)
Spell Detection and Forensics Warding
Just an idea, because frankly Hogwarts has a really nonvaried curriculum in canon. Given the Founders only thing, this could be a list they're planning to implement as soon as they get teachers enough to manage it (and some teachers could teach multiple, related subjects, i.e., two or three History professors, one for Charms/PESC/AaC/Advanced Charms, one for Defense-y subjects, etc.).
(May 16, 2011 - 10:58 pm)
Actually, Ima, you're probably right. Ok, her name is Esperanza Rosina.
(May 17, 2011 - 9:41 am)
I love that idea, but I really think there should be 7 core classes... Battle Magic could be an elective, but since that was probably a dangerous time for wizards, I don't know how realistic that is. Or maybe Astronomy could be an Elective... Does anyone have any ideas on the subject?
All right, if there are so many classes, that would mean the Founders would probably teach about 2 or 3 core classes and 9 electives each. That's... unlikely, actually. Maybe Time-Turners would be more common then? If so, let's have Rowena teach Transfiguration, Charms, the advanced versions of both when they get teachers for the on-level 6th and 7th years, Astronomy, and Architecture and Construction. (She built Hogwarts, so I imagine she'd be good at that.) Unless the electives they have already have to be the same as the ones cut, in which case she'd teach arithmancy instead. You decide what Salazar teaches, and then someone--anyone, unless they're claimed--can figure out what Helga and Godric teach.
Also, don't forget English and Reading/Writing. Rich English boys could do it already, like she (sorry, but I forget who) said, but they'd have to have it as an elective for just about everyone else.
(May 17, 2011 - 12:49 pm)
Sorry, the formatting got a bit... wrong up there. Battle Magic IS DADA, but the name was changed to be more politically correct. In the "real" list, it's struck through and on the same line.
Astronomy, on the other hand, is a canon required class, at least in the first year. It doesn't come into play all that often, though.
Whoever teaches Latin could probably also teach the reading/writing and English courses. If those are electives, though, they'll have to be offered from first year up.
As for Salazar, I kind of picture him as a bit of a lawyer, so perhaps he could have the history and law classes? Possibly economics too.
(May 17, 2011 - 4:59 pm)