so you want someone to play your sibling/best friend/love interest/whatever? well, this is where you can post an ad and maybe someone will fill it for you.

Sub-board: ! FAMILY REQUESTS

find the appropriate application for your character here and then post it in the board below. simple.

so you've decided to join us? great! just post here using the correct application and we'll try to accept you as soon as possible.

all completed and accepted applications will be moved into here into their appropriate sub-board. this isn't visible to guests to protect character profiles.

Sub-boards: ! THE GRYFFINDORS, ! THE HUFFLEPUFFS, ! THE RAVENCLAWS, ! THE SLYTHERINS, ! THE PROFESSORS, ! THE CIVILIANS, ! THE MORTE

you can find all our site-wide announcements here along with spotlights, event annoucements and anything else important. you should remember to check back once in a while.

Sub-board: ! EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

for all your questions, suggestions and what have you's. feel free to post them here and we'll get to you as soon as possible.

a mandatory board. once you've registered you'll want to make these claims first. twins/triplets/etc are the only ones allowed to have the same face claim.

this is where you can claim your places on the quidditch teams, professor positions and anything else school related.

claims for everything else, such as jobs, animagus spots, werewolf/vampire/etc characters.

this is where you'll find sign ups for any site events that are going down.

this is where you can plot out your characters and their relationships. yay! we find it best if you make one thread for all your characters if you have more than one.

ever wanted to roleplay out a scene with your characters that happened in the past? your maybe even in the future? well, this is the place you can do it! these boards are currently in their experimental stages so we ask that you don't abuse them please.

Sub-boards: ! THE FUTURE, ! THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSES, ! THE PAST

well now, you all know how this works, right? if your character has an announcement to make then they can post it on a bulletin board. imagine they're located in hogsmeade, hogwarts and wherever else, so once you post your bulletin all characters will be able to see it/read it/reply to it no matter what it is.

guest friendly in case you'd like to post/reply to a bulletin anonymously ;]

the owlery where your characters can send in character notes and messages to each other. make sure your topic title looks like this:

TO: name FROM: name

remember that these can be sent anonymously (as a guest) too.

the cool way to keep in touch with your friends.

wanna know what these are all about? check out the information inside for an explanation :]

hogwarts is comprised of many towers but the main ones are the astronomy tower, ravenclaw tower, the headmaster's office and the owlery.

Sub-board: ! RAVENCLAW COMMONS

a winding staircase on this floor will lead you up to your divinations class while further exploration, and a bit of prior knowledge, should have you stumbling across the room of requirement.

Sub-boards: ! GRYFFINDOR COMMONS, ! ROOM OF REQUIREMENT

a floor full of classrooms. here you will find your arithmancy, transfiguration and ancient runes classes.

you won't find much on this floor except for the boys' bathroom and the prefects' bathroom which can also be used by the quidditch captains.

Sub-board: ! PREFECTS' BATHROM

here you will find the library, a common getaway for the resident ravenclaws, along with the room hiding the mirror of erised.

Sub-board: ! LIBRARY

the armor gallery and the trophy room, along with the charms classroom and hospital wing reside on this floor. you can also find the statue of the humpbacked witch that guards the secret passage to hogsmeade.

Sub-board: ! HOSPITAL WING

probably the most quiet and empty floor of hogwarts. that is, until you reach moaning myrtle's bathroom. a little further on you will come across the room for etiquette classes and the anthropology classroom.

home to the muggle studies, defence against the dark arts and history of magic classrooms.

probably the most active area in the school. here you'll find the entrance hall, great hall and the staff room. a little further along will get you to the caretaker's office and a broom cupboard.

Sub-boards: ! GREAT HALL, ! STAFF ROOM

home to the hufflepuffs and the slytherins, it's a dark and damp place. down here you can also find the kitchens and the potions classrooms. further exploration will bring you to the wizard and muggle lit classes, plus the alchemy classroom. you will also find the care of magical creatures office down here too.

Sub-boards: ! KITCHENS, ! HUFFLEPUFF COMMONS, ! SLYTHERIN COMMONS

the hog's head is another pub, which often attracts a more unusual and private clientele than the three broomsticks, and many of the customers hide their faces. the hanging sign on the front of the pub has a severed boar's head, leaking blood onto the white cloth around it. the pub itself is filthy, with the floor covered with layers of dirt, and the windows smeared with so much grime that little light gets through. the main floor is a single room, but there are additional rooms on the upper floors.

a shop that sells and repairs magical equipment, dervish & banges is located near the end of the high street.

gladrags wizardwear sells clothing. there are other branches in london and paris. it is full of quirky merchandise, and appears to specialise in strange and unusual socks.

scrivenshaft's quill shop sells a range of wizarding stationery like quills, ink, parchment, envelopes, seals, etc.

located on a little side street off the main high street, madam puddifoot's is a small teashop favourite among hogwarts couples out on dates. on valentine's day madam puddifoot hires floating golden cherubs to throw pink confetti on visiting couples.

honeydukes sweetshop is one of the most famous wizarding confectioneries in the world. it sells wizarding sweets of all descriptions, including chocolate frogs, liquorice wands, pepper imps, chocoballs, bertie bott's every flavour beans, fizzing whizzbees, drooble’s best blowing gum, toothflossing stringmints, ice mice, cockroach clusters, jelly slugs, blood lollipops, acid pops and sugar quills, among others. they also sell creamy chunks of nougat, shimmering pink squares of coconut ice, fat, honey-coloured toffees, and hundreds of different kinds of chocolate.

the post office is filled with at least two to three hundred owls, ranging from great grey owls to tiny scops (the latter for "local deliveries only"), hooting down from colour-coded shelves. these owls deliver mail to people in the wizarding world. the shelves are colour-coded based on how quickly they will arrive at their destination.

eeylops owl emporium sells owls and supplies such as owl treats. the inside is dark and full of a low, soft hooting, rustling and the flickering of "jewel-bright eyes." among the types of owls sold are tawny, screech, barn, brown, and snowy.

flourish & blotts sells a great variety of magic books, including textbooks for hogwarts courses and other books of general magical interest. in the back there is a corner devoted solely to divination, which includes a small table stacked with titles like Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself against Shocks and Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul. another small display contains the book Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming. there is usually also a display of gold-embossed spell books the size of paving slabs in the window.

gringotts is the only known bank of the wizarding world and it is operated primarily by goblins. a snowy white building, near the intersection of knockturn alley and diagon alley, gringotts towers over all neighbouring shops. customers pass through a set of bronze doors and then silver ones before entering the lobby. the main floor is paved with marble and has long counters stretching along its length. within, wizards and witches keep their money and other valuables in vaults that are protected by very complex and strong security measures. the vaults extend for miles under london and are accessible through rough stone passageways and then by means of magic carts that travel speedily along their tracks. gringotts also offers muggle-wizarding currency exchange.

the leaky cauldron is a pub and inn for wizards, located on the muggle street of charing cross road in london, offering food, drinks and rooms to rent.

madam malkin's robes for all occasions is a clothing shop next to the bookstore, flourish & blotts. It sells robes and other clothing, including the standard hogwarts-required plain black work robes, and dress robes. madam malkin, a squat witch who wears mauve robes, and her assistants will tailor the robes to fit right in her shop.

the magical menagerie is a magical creature shop that, besides selling magical creatures, also offers advice on animal care and health. the shop is very cramped, noisy and smelly, due to every inch being covered with cages. among the creatures in the magical menagerie are enormous purple toads, a firecrab, poisonous orange snails, a fat white rabbit that can turn into a silk top hat and back, ravens, puffskeins, and a cage of sleek black rats that play skipping games with their tails.

the cauldron shop sells all different varieties and sizes of cauldrons, including copper, brass, pewter, silver, self-stirring, collapsible, and solid gold, according to a sign outside the shop.

quality quidditch supplies sells broomsticks and quidditch-related items. the store windows often draw young customers to gaze longingly at the merchandise.

gambol and japes is a wizarding joke shop.

as well as many shops, diagon alley also contains small stalls. these stalls sell a wide range of things; including magical sweets.

sells different kinds of telescopes for the subject astronomy.

twilfitt and tatting's is a wizarding clothing shop located in diagon alley.

run by new owners, weasleys' wizard wheezes sells joke and trick items, useful novelties, and defence against the dark arts items.

where platform nine and three quarters is hidden from prying eyes.

the morte; the wizarding world's new and improved death eater organization. this is a hidden building where the group hold all of their meetings and, at times, come to use as a place to stay if they find themselves out of a home for whatever reason.

a place dedicated to the dark arts and other dodgy dealings, this isn't anywhere you want to be seen. this is like the black market of the wizarding world.

st mungo's hospital for magical maladies and injuries.

one of london's largest entertainment venues. you can bowl, play video games, play pool or grab a bite to eat.

the valmont club is a 300 capacity nightclub that's best known for its cocktail menu with 60 creations to choose from.

found over two floors, club 49 is a stylish nightclub hosting DJs every night. upstairs is the main bar as well as the VIP area and downstairs is the dance floor, live DJs and extra seating.

a huge ice skaing rink with a small cafe and food area located just off to the left when you first enter the building. there is also a smaller rink outside at the back.

this is obviously our general chat and spam thread. since we're graciously giving you a place to spam, please don't post it in any other boards.

need somewhere to test those pretty post templates? maybe you just wanna practice your enhanced ubbc and style tag skills? whatever it is, you can test it all here <3

hurr hurr, see what we did thar? yeah we're cool and this is our awesome games board! post your in character and out of character games here so everyone can join in! you might also eventually see a mafia sub-board ;]

if you won't be able to post or be online for whatever reason, please make sure you post here to let us know. we don't want to accidentally delete your characters in a random activity check D: