A New Year at Hogwarts {Semi-Literate Sign-Ups} {Closed}

thebrokenvibe • 2 July 2016 at 6:16 PM

Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, opens its doors yet again to a wave of new students. The last threat of the Dark Lord has long since been erased and things are flourishing. For now at least, but Hogwarts still has many secrets to be revealed. And some are not as pleasant as one might want it to be.

You have received your letter in the mail inviting you to Hogwarts for your first year including a list of all necessary items.


Dear Mr/Ms. [Surname],
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Matthew Scarborough
Deputy Headmaster

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY


UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS

ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK


Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus


Headmistress
Janice Wistenburg

Deputy Headmaster
Matthew Scarborough

Transfiguration
Professor Richard Picard

Charms
Professor Diane Evans

Potions
Professor Roger Gilbert

History of Magic
Professor Lidia Moran

Defence Against the Dark Arts
Professor Gale Summers

Astronomy
Professor Cassandra Gillian

Herbology
Professor Henry Mongomery

Flying Lessons
Professor Link Einzbern

Groundskeeper
Lillian Bane

Games-Keeper
Magnus Fletch


- No Sue's, God-Modding or Power Playing
- Do not be related to canon families
- Be literate, includes obsessive caps lock and over use of puncuation
- Try to post 3+ sentences per character used in each post
- No overuse of drama-includes screaming for no reason-and no unapproved plots
- All EggCave rules apply
- Keep genders and house numbers even, or try to for the latter, I will stop accepting if there's too many in one house
- Give me your characters favorite Hogwarts subject in other
- All characters are First Years to begin with
- No animagi, but half-breeds, metamorphmagus, parselmouths and werewolves characters are fine in small numbers, and only with my approval
- First years are not on the quidditch team, no exceptions
- Should go without saying since they're all First years, but age is replaced by birth date because all First Years are 11
- Keep things realistic for the HP World
- If you can't decide a house for your character when making the form, it is fine to wait until the sorting ceremony to give them one. But make sure you edit it into your form.
- Include everyone, and don't get more than 5 posts between two people
- Don't unnecessarily post for pages between just you and another character, wait for others to join in as well
- Only pets used are the ones listed on the letter, I don't want things getting out of hand
- Give me your characters theme song in code if you have read and understood all the rules


Name:
Birth Date(mm/dd):
Gender:
Looks:
House:
Pet:
Past:
Family:
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud):
Wand:
Personality:
Other:
Code:


Name: Zanna Pyrope
Birth Date(mm/dd): 11/26
Gender: Female
Looks: Zanna is about five ten, with short cut and wavy light brown hair. She has freckles covering her face, and has honey colored eyes.
House: Ravenclaw
Pet: Tawny Owl named Citrus
Past: When Zanna was born both her parents had been together, although her marriage was rocky when her father found out Zanna’s mother, Paulene, was a witch. Shortly after that her parents divorced and Oliver earned custody over Zanna's twin brother Jackson.
Growing up Zanna and her mother got aid from Paulene’s sister and brother. Zanna was aided by her mother in learning about the magical world, and when it was seen that Zanna could speak to serpents as her ancestors before her, it fell on her mother to teach her how to control it.
When Zanna received her letter herother was ecstatic.
Family: Jackson Leijon-twin brother
Paulene Pyrope-mother
Oliver Leijon-father
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Half-Blood
Wand: 13 inch, Elder Wood, horned serpent horn. Slightly springy.
Personality: Zanna takes her friends needs before her own and tries her best to do all she can for them. She finds it hard to make multiple strong friendships as she fears she won't be able to know them all that well, but she still tries to befriend people. She is often seen as a little sarcastic.
Other: Potions. She is a Parselmouth, related through her mother's side to Herpo the Foul.
Code: Alphamatic Replacement

Name: Jackson Leijon
Birth Date(mm/dd): 11/26
Gender: Male
Looks: About Five eight, he has messy and flyaway dark brown hair. He has green eyes.
House: Gryffindor
Pet: Siamese Cat called Church
Past: Jackson was born to a juggle father and a pure blood mother. His parents marriage had always been rocky, and when his father found out his mother was a witch they divorced and Oliver got custody of Jackson.
Growing up Jackson was never the kid who had many family issues, in fact he looked up to his father. Although things were always shakey without someone to watch him during the day, they made do. And when Oliver remarried tmo an old friend things became easier.
At least until Jackson received his Hogwarts letter.
Family: Zanna Pyrope-twin sister
Paulene Pyrope-mother
Oliver Leijon-father
Marcey Leijon-Step Mother
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Half-Blood
Wand: 11 Inch Vine, Thunderbird tail feather, sturdy
Personality: Jackson is bubbly and friendly, he is caring and understanding of people and strives to be friends with multiple people.
Other: Transfiguration.
Code: Dapper Dueling

candaline • 15 July 2016 at 10:37 PM

@thebrokenvibe sounds fun 😸


Name: Kamarah Cross
Birth Date(mm/dd): 8/12
Gender: Female
Looks: 5'5, silky caramel hair with golden streaks, usually swept over a shoulder. Piercing emerald eyes.
House:Slytherin
Pet: Saw-whet owl named Agonie
Past: Kamarah was born in a elegant family of witches and wizards. She was taught to be strong and look down on "lesser" sorcerers. When Kamarah was older her parents went through hard times. They took out the blame on her. She was tormented. Kamarah is still touchy about the subject, and shuts down anyone who tries to talk.
Family: Korah Cross-older sister, Anamalene Hall-mother, Lucius Cross-father
Blood Status-Pure
Wand- 10 inch Elder wood, Ice Phoenix feather
Personality: Cold, Arrogant but Kind-hearted
Other: Defence against the Dark Arts
Code: Last Midnight

queens • 21 July 2016 at 2:12 AM

Hopefully this one doesn't die out like the last one did.. ;-;



Name: Aysel Lyall

Birth Date(mm/dd): April 2nd

Gender: Female

Looks: 5"3 Light brown skin with copper eyes. She has long, dark curly hair.

House: Hufflepuff

Pet: None

Past: Her parents divorced when she was one, too young too be really affected. She lived mostly a "normal" life with her father, step mother and siblings. Aysel was actually held back a year because her parents thought her not mature enough yet.

Family: Daniel Lyall (Father, Wizard) Rachel Williams (Mother, Witch) Rayne Lyall (Step Mother, Half blood) Luna (Older sister, Slytherin) Aibek (Older brother, Gryffindor) Stephen (Younger Brother) Kim (Younger sister)

Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pure Blood.

Wand: Oak wood six and a half inches, unicorn hair.

Personality: Aysel will always be a child at heart. She's very flighty, energetic, and can change her mind in a heartbeat. She was raised to be courteous and polite always. Light hearted, optimistic and naive, she is a social butterfly and hates to be alone. She's used to getting what she wants.

Other: 12 years old (See "Past")

Code: Happy



Name: Stephen Lyall

Birth Date(mm/dd): June 16th

Gender: Male

Looks: 5"5 His skin is pale unlike his half sister's. His eyes are a normal brown and he has (dyed) silver hair.

House: Slytherin

Pet: A small white and brown rat named Squeakers.

Past: His whole life he looked up to his older half sister Luna, despite the hidden fact she despised that he was from another mother. His parents were worried for a while in his youth that he was a squib since he rarely shown any signs of magic.

Family: Daniel Lyall (Father, Wizard) Rayne Lyall (Mother, Half blood) Luna (Older sister, Slytherin) Aibek (Older brother, Gryffindor) Aysel (Older sister) Kim (Younger sister)

Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Half Blood.

Wand: Eight inches, bendy, unicorn hair.

Personality: Stephen isn't very social and tends to keep to small groups. Stephen always has to have someone to look up to, a role model for him to follow whether they're good or bad. He's somewhat cowardly and gives in to things easily. Stephen has high hopes for his future.

Other: N/A

Code: Payphone

@thebrokenvibe

hidenshadow • 25 July 2016 at 12:15 AM

@thebrokenvibe

Name: Rika (reeka) Torsen
Birth Date(mm/dd): 9/14
Gender: Female
Looks: Fair skinned with wavy, bright auburn hair and green eyes. Standing at 5'5, she's on the shorter scale of average height but not considered to be a 'short person'.
House: Hufflepuff
Pet: A long haired black cat with hazel/green eyes. Aura's tail is very fluffy like a squirrel's and she likes to perch on her hind legs to look at things similarly to a meer cat. In addition to her quirks of forgetting how to cat, when she's outside she doesn't hunt but rather eats grass. Rika calls her a squimeeroat (squirrel/meer cat/goat).
Past: Rika grew up with no hardship and hasn't matured past the energetic, high-spirited child that she is. Her parents are casual-like people, who live life peacefully and make all work a game to get it done efficiently and with joy. Her older brother is her world and is the best role model for her.
Family: Laurel Torsen (mother), Breton Torsen (father), Koichi (brother, Ravenclaw)
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pure
Wand: 11", Pine wood, White River Monster Spine, rigid
Personality: Very energetic and social, Rika is always ready to make friends with everyone and sometimes it is a struggle to get her to shut up. She regularly gets in trouble in class for speaking while the teacher is. She makes friends easily, values them highly, and is very inclusive and respectful of everyone when she's aware of her surroundings...though that can be less often than more...
Other: She and Koichi have Japanese names because their parents lived in Japan for a while and wanted to honor some of the people they met there.
Code: Lights

Name: Koichi Torsen
Birth Date(mm/dd): 3/12
Gender: Male
Looks: Tanner than his sister and taller, standing at 5'8. His eyes are a similar green though his hair is darker, more brown than auburn, and slightly more curled. It likes to look like a fashionable mess on it's own and he doesn't have to mess with it.
House: Gryffindor
Pet: A Eurasian Eagle Owl named Kana. As it is such a heavy species of bird, Koichi likes to hold her for exercise and watch in amusement as others try to hold Kana and become surprised at her weight of about 10 lbs. Kana has a habit of waking Koichi up by bringing him her dead catch from her morning hunts.
Past: While growing up in a laid-back household, Koichi was still taught the value of hard work and was given encouragement to pursue what he was passionate about. A drive to learn all he could was born along with an unsatiable thirst for trying new things.
Family: Laurel Torsen (mother), Breton Torsen (father), Rika Torsen (sister, Slytherin)
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pure
Wand: 13", Cherry woord, Dragon Heartstring, sturdy
Personality: Very calm and relaxed, Koichi prefers environments where positive energy is found. As much as he likes spending time on his own learning and working, he loves spending time with friends and having a good time. He is very charismatic, tactful, and can make friends with almost anyone.
Other:
Code: Rattle

sek • 25 July 2016 at 1:22 AM

@thebrokenvibe


Name:Emiliana Shadows

Birth Date(mm/dd):2002 dec 9

Gender:Female

Looks:Light brown eyes, brown hair with striking light brown highlghts, small nose, 5'4, has side bangs

House:Slytherian

Pet:Cat named shadowyice a black cat with a white tiger print

Past: i am always running away with my Family due to my family being hunted down by werewolves.

Family:Jasper Shadows (my older brother who i'm very close with), Sasha Shadows(my mother who died from being mauled by a werewolf. Jack Shadows ( my dad who i hate because he makes us move all the time)

Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud) : Pure

Wand:11 inch Maple wood,Griffen string

Personality:Nasty,Rude,Keeps my personal worries with myself and Jasper.

Other: Defense against the dark arts
Code:Shadows at Night


Name:Jasper Shadows

Birth Date(mm/dd) : 2000 oct 15

Gender: Male

Looks:5'10, black hair,wavy pushed to the side(hard to described like Edwards in twilight)Light tan,small nose,charming voice,brown speckeled eyes.

House:Slytherian

Pet: Owl, brown and black color, named Dark

Past: i am always running away with my Family due to my family being hunted down by werewolves.

Family:Emiliana Shadows (my younger sister who i'm very close with), Sasha Shadows(my mother who died from being mauled by a werewolf. Jack Shadows (I'm always trying to persuade him to stay and fight the werewolves)


Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pure

Wand: Oak wood, with a string of firewolf fur, has a bad kick to its magic

Personality:Mean, Stern ( not as bad as my sis)

Other : Potion mastering

Code:Bright Light

emeraldstar • 25 July 2016 at 2:39 PM

@thebrokenvibe Love hp 😊

Name: Stella Starling
Birth Date(mm/dd): 13/05
Gender: Girl
Looks: 5'7, Normally long wavy hazel waist length hair, brown eyes, Is a metamorphagus.
House: Ravenclaw
Pet: A black cat named Mystery
Past: She was born in a wizard family that goes back generations, she had always been a bit 'weird' according to the students in the same school as her so she didn't have many friends. When she recieved her letter she was over the moon and her parents were proud, all of her family before her had been gryffindors and were suprised that she was a ravenclaw.
Family: Jamie Starling (Father) Celestia Starling (Mother) Nova Starling (6 year old sister)
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pureblood and doesn't show off about it.
Wand: Cherry Wood, 9 inches, unicorn hair core.
Personality: Intelligent, Loves to read, Wise, Loyal, Honest, Generous, Passionate, beautiful, Unique, Doesn't think it is a good idea to go around breaking rules but if it is needed to save Hogwarts she is there to do it.
Other: She is great at most classes but her favourite is charms, she is rather bad at Herbology.
Code: Faded

thebrokenvibe • 25 July 2016 at 10:35 PM

@emeraldstar @queens @hidenshadow @candaline Accepted.

@sek Can you use the form I provided?

sek • 26 July 2016 at 11:51 AM

@thebrokenvibe

oh yeah sorry um do i do two peploe just checking

candaline • 26 July 2016 at 12:09 PM

@thebrokenvibe

Atlas Hall

Birthdate: 3/15

Gender: Male

Looks: 5'10, Tousled dark gold hair, emerald eyes, ivory skin

House: Gryffindor

Pet: Chestnut-colored cat named Eagle

Past: When Atlas was young he was taught how to fight by his father, the Head Auror. When he was six he could battle like a warrior. Atlas was raised like a king, until his estate burned down. He survived with his mother and lived with his father's brother ever since. The experience helped him understand "peasants".

Family: Reynos Hall {Father} Emalane Hall {Mother}

Blood Status: Pure

Personality: Kind-hearted, more human then his relatives, head-strong, a notorious show off

Other: Kamarah's cousin

Code:

Family: Reynos Hall {Father} Enalamene Hall {Mother} Analamene Hall {Aunt}

Blood Status: Pure

Wand: 10 inches, Elder Wood, Griffin feather core

Personality: Head-strong, more human then his relatives, kind-hearted

Code: Agony

reality • 26 July 2016 at 2:09 PM

@thebrokenvibe

Name: Celestia Grace
Birth Date(mm/dd): April 17
Gender: Female
Looks: Long silky black hair that reaches down to her waist. Purple eyes mixed with blue. She's fair skinned, around 6 ft already.
House: Ravenclaw
Pet: A snow white owl named Snow.
Past: She lived in the city with her mom and dad. One day, they were assassinated, her only being alive. She escaped to live with her cousin, Marco and his family.
Family: {Cousin}Marco Anderson, {His Father} Carter Anderson, {Her Mom}Thea Grace, {Her Father}David Grace
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pure
Wand: Elder wand, Phoenix Feather, 12 inches
Personality: Smart, wise, thoughtful, kind, and gentle. She never explodes unless her cousin Marco gets in trouble.
Other: Defense Against Dark Arts
Code: Clarity

Name: Marco Anderson
Birth Date(mm/dd): March 17
Gender: Male
Looks: Red hair, Tall, Golden eyes, fair skinned
House: Gryffindor
Pet: A golden owl name Sunny
Past: His mother divorced his father when he was born. His father raised him and taught him magic until he was 9 when Celestia came to their house. She was well treated until 11 when she and him received the letter.
Family: {His Father} Carter Anderson, {Cousin}Celestia Grace, {Her Mom}Thea Grace, {Her Father}David Grace
Blood-Status(Half, Pure, Mud): Pure
Wand: Oak, unicorn hair, 11 inches
Personality: Cheerful, hyper, trouble maker.
Other: Charms
Code: Mean

sek • 26 July 2016 at 6:26 PM

@thebrokenvibe

did the form can i be excepted
ps is the other and the code alright

thebrokenvibe • 27 July 2016 at 1:27 AM

@candaline @panda9983 Both accepted.