Dear _________,
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,
Lucas Weatherford
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Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. This is a Hogwarts based roleplay set in modern day, after the time of the Potter gang, and they're children, at the school.
It's a new year at hogwarts, students old and new have arrived to begin another term at the greatest magical school in the world! What sort of adventures does Hogwarts hold for you? Join and find out!
Post by Headmaster Weatherford on Apr 11, 2011 22:45:31 GMT -4
Double oak front doors, opening to the west. Large, cavernous room, lit by torches, with ceiling so high it's barely visible. Wide marble staircase opposite the front doors (east wall) leads up to first floor. Double doors to the right (south wall) lead into the Great Hall. On the east wall are two doors, one on either side of the staircase. To the north of the staircase is a door leading down a flight of steps to the first dungeon level. To the south is a door leading to the Hufflepuff common room and the kitchens. On the left (north wall) is a door leading to a smaller antechamber where First Years wait to be sorted.
To the right of someone coming down the stairs (north wall) is a door leading down to the Slytherin common room.
Four giant hourglasses - one for each House - stand in niches in a corner opposite the main doors. Each hourglass is filled with gemstones rather than sand, one gemstone in the lower bulb for each House Point currently held by that House. Gryffindor's contains rubies, Ravenclaw's sapphires, and Slytherin's emeralds. Presumably Hufflepuff's hourglass contains some sort of yellow gemstone. During the Battle of Hogwarts, the Slytherin hourglass was blasted apart and emeralds scattered across the floor, making the combatants stumble and slip.