Winter has given way to spring, the cold bitter days and nights, and bitter winds have fallen to the warmer days of spring, animals are starting to emerge from their winter hide aways. with spring comes rains, this spring will be rather rainy, and though there will be mild temperatures, the rain will send a chilling string through the lands.
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Welcome to Times Are Changing, we have been...open since 2006...or was it 2007? Any way, we haven't always been in this location, we moved here during the summer of 2008, we were really active, then school came around and I got lazy and stopped advertising, I'm such a wonderful person. But alas, the emptiness of the site has finally gotten to me, and I got off my arse and made a new skin, codes, we're now contemplating a plot that will be fun for the whole site. One day I'll get around to advertising again. But in the meantime enjoy your stay and bother the other staff cuz I said so 8D
-Ashie, Owner/Admin of this site of epic pwnage
This month's cotm/motm is Ruby and her character Benjamin Snape Ruby has created the first character since like, August, therefore she is automatically awesome 8D SHOWER HER WITH LOVE
Rules//Plot//History This is where you can find the Rules to the site, accompanied by the Plot and History! Be sure to read through all of the rules, for if you do, you'll find the password to the Sorting Hat board.
Advertisements//Affiliates Here you may advertise your site or affiliate with ours so others can hear about it. However, be sure to follow the rules or your ad will be deleted without warning. Guest friendly.
Activity Checks This is where all activity checks will be posted. The will be held at random, when ever the admin sees fit. And if you have not posted by the deadline, you will be deleted, no ifs, ands, or buts.
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Suggestions//Staff Board (3 sub-boards) This is the board where announcements on a plot will be, along with activity checks, and a board for suggestions to the admins of the site. And staff, there is also a staff board where the happenings of the site shall be discussed.
Character Creation (4 sub-boards) Once you've read through the rules, the first thing you'll do is come and create your character. Please be sure to follow the form inside. You may suggest what house your character might fit best in, but ultimately, it's up to the staff.
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Adult Selections Seeing that we have started over, all positions are open. In this board, you'll find a form to fill out if you wish to be apart of the Hogwarts staff. {EX. Head of House, Deputy Head, Professor}
You can also apply for Minister of Magic and other things like that.
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Claiming (2 sub-boards) Stake your claims for celebrities for your characters, and their heritage. Inside you will find boards for Celebrity Claiming, Canon Claiming. Please check these boards to make sure a celebrity you want or cannon character is not taken!
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OOC Area
Other Stuff (6 sub-boards) Here you'll find a board for you to play games and be silly, a place to get pictures for your character, a place to show off your writings, whether it's with a character of yours or a random poem, our newest feature;; our site store and a random spam board ^__^
Character Relationships (5 sub-boards) Here, you'll post a thread where it makes it easier to find friends, family, love, and enemies. Trust me, it's quite easy. Not to mention that there'll be a form for you to use, but you're welcome to be creative and make your own!
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Classes
Classes (11 sub-boards) Hogwarts offers many different classes that can further a student's knowledge in magic and also keep the up to their necks in homework. You will find all of the classes including Divination, Defense against the Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Potions and other many other classes within this board.
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In School
Around the School (7 sub-boards) Who doesn't like to wander the hallways aimlessly during the weekend? Or maybe go to the library for some peace and quiet, a pleasant change from the buzzing common rooms, but what about the great hall and elusive, yet infamous room of requirement? Everyone likes to go somewhere different.
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Staff Room The mysterious room that no student has ever seen? Or have they? For sure the Professors keep it safely guarded against eavesdroppers, for secrets may be told in there. Lives may be changed...
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Gryffindor Common Room This is where the Gryffindors come to hang out after a long day of school. In the Gryffindor common room, there is also the dorms for the boys and girls to sleep in. The portal to the common room is a portrait of a fat lady.
Head of House: None
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Ravenclaw Common Room This is where those that belong to Ravenclaw come to hang out. Just like the Gryffindor common room, there are boys and girls dorms for the students to sleep in.
Head of House: Sebastian R. Winchester
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Hufflepuff Common Room Some times considered the rejects, those that dwell in the Hufflepuff house come here to hang out after a long day. Just like the other two common rooms, one can find boy's and girl's dorms.
Head of House: None
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Slytherin Common Room Located in the dungeons of Hogwarts, the Slytherin Common Room contains the Slytherins, legendary for their mean attitude and mind set that the Aryan race should be pure, containing no mudbloods or half-breeds. Like all the other common rooms, the dorms for the boys and girls are located here.
Head of House: None
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School Grounds
Black Lake The Lake sits in the shadow of the castle, making its waters often cold. Many creatures can be found in its murky depths, but it is mainly inhabited by the giant squid. Some students make stupid dares to swim, others swim on their own risk.
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Forbidden Forest To the east of Hogwarts castle is a large, dark forest. This forest is strictly off limits to Hogwarts students, except in the course of occasional Care of Magical Creatures lessons or detentions. Fred and George Weasley have spent quite a bit of time trying to get into it, naturally. The forbidden forest is sometimes referred to as the Forbidden Forest but often as just "the forest." The forest is thick with trees -- beech, oak, pine, sycamore, and yew are mentioned, as well as undergrowth such as knotgrass and thorns -- but there are paths, brooks, and some clearings. Off the path, the way is almost impassable, although people have moved through it and creatures as large as Acromantulas and a Ford Anglia have managed to get around.
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Pumpkin Patches These pumpkin patches are located not far from Hagrid's old hut. The pumpkin patch is known for growing abnormally large pumpkins, some as big as a human, if not bigger! Some students like to come and sit in the pumpkin patch, finding it a good hiding place to just get away from it all.
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Whomping Willow The Hogwarts tree is rooted to the spot, but it will lash out at anyone who comes too close. Planted in the year that Lupin came to school at Hogwarts, it has grown to a good height and become quite dangerous. In its early days, students often goaded it to attack so they could duck the blows, but this was eventually stopped as it became too risky. The tree serves as more than an example in aggressive botany, however: it was planted to enable werewolf Remus Lupin to attend the school. The Willow covers one of the few remaining secret passages into and out of Hogwarts, this one leading into the abandoned and boarded Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade.
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Lawns Located just outside of the castle, students come out here to enjoy a sunny day at Hogwarts, or to study. There are of course, a few oddballs who enjoy the wet, or cold weather. Many students enjoy the soft rolling grass and usually just relax out here. The lawns have a nice view of the Black Lake, close enough to enjoy its beauty, but far enough away to not be eaten by the squid.
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Hogsmeade
That Little Town (9 sub-boards) Juts a few miles away from the grand campus of Hogwarts is the quaint little town of Hogsmead. Many students make it a habit to come here on the weekends or holiday if they're left behind. During school, the houses will take a trip, but on these trips only students third year and above may participate. This town is a favorite for the older students, the lively Three Broomsticks pub the ideal place to drink and have some fun with friends.
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Diagon Alley
That Busy Street (10 sub-boards) Tapping just the right brick in the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron in London ("Three up...two across...") will reveal an archway which is a portal into Diagon Alley, a long cobbled street where is to be found a strange and exciting assortment of shops and restaurants. It is unquestionably the hub of commerce in the British wizarding world, with virtually every wizarding business stationed there. Consequently, the demand for space here is steep, and rent costs "loads of Galleons". Whether you are looking for that one rare potion ingredient, needing school supplies, or need a place to stay, you’ll always find it here.
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London
Azkaban Wizards who violate the laws of the British wizarding world are sent here. Only one other such prison; Nurmengard, is known to exist. Generally, only very severe crimes are punished with a term in Azkaban. Many of the prisoners were supporters of Lord Voldemort, though some misunderstandings have resulted in others' imprisonment. Rubeus Hagrid, for example, was sent here in Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts because of a crime he did not commit.
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St.Mungo's Medics at the hospital are not called doctors, but are known as Healers or Mediwizards and wear lime-green robes. Founded by famous wizard Healer Mungo Bonham, St Mungo's is located in London. To enter the premises, one has to step through the window of what appears to be a derelict department store called Purge and Dowse Ltd. The exteriors of the hospital are red-bricked and dirty, which is the complete opposite of the interiors. Inside, everything is very neat and looks exactly as a hospital should. There are six floors. The emblem of St Mungo's is a magic wand crossed with a bone. Mungo Bonham could have been named after the historical Saint Mungo (also known as Kentigern), who was the patron saint of Glasgow. "Mungo" was a nickname meaning "dear one" or "darling". He is considered the first bishop of Scotland. According to the stories about him, his pregnant mother was abandoned by her family before his birth. Also, according to a fifteenth century fragment, often called "Lailoken and Kentigern," Lailoken, who is often associated with the Arthurian wizard Merlin, and who figures prominently as a trope in the Harry Potter series, has gone mad at the battle between Liddel and Carwannok. St. Mungo comes upon him, and Lailoken confesses that he is responsible for the deaths in that battle. Enventually, Lailoken begs St. Mungo to administer the sacrament of the Eucharist to him, which the saint does after some reluctance.
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Platform 9-¾ The train starts from King's Cross railway station platform 9-¾, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reached by walking through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Prefects of the school ride in a separate carriage near the front of the train. The compartments on the train appear to be lettered; in book 6, for example, the Slug Club meet in compartment C, which is probably near the back of the train. Upon disembarking the train at Hogsmeade Station, first years undergo the traditional boat-journey across the lake with the Keeper of Keys and Grounds to Hogwarts; all other students are carried to the main entrance of the castle in coaches drawn by magical creatures called thestrals (which most students cannot see as thestrals can only be seen by those who have witnessed death).
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Houses (2 sub-boards) This is where all of the houses are located, if one wishes to occupy them, just send me a PM.
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Ministry Of Magic
Visitor's Entrance (10 sub-boards) A visitor to the Ministry of Magic comes to a broken-down red telephone box located on a dingy street which has several shabby offices, a pub, and a wall covered with graffitti. When the telephone in the box is dialed, the welcome witch's voice answers, not from the phone but from the air as if the person is standing right there. Visitors must state their business, upon which a silver badge pops out with the visitor's name and purpose of visit. Then the telephone box drops down like a lift for about one minute, after which the visitor is in the Atrium.
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Dead End
Finished Threads A place where we can all reflect on the good ol' days of past threads. Want to remember a detail, a fight, a first kiss? This is the place to look. **Please indicate when you're done a thread so we can move it here.**
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Characters Too busy for your numerous characters? Then why don't you kill on? Here you'll also find a list of characters that have died, and how. Or just a list of characters that have been abandoned.
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