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 12, 2011 0:37:35 GMT -4
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.
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.
The forbidden forest is home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures. Anything wild and dangerous that needs a place to live is put there (which is what happened to Fluffy the giant three-headed dog). The Grounds Keeper moves around the forest with respect but without fear. Any other person who has entered it, however, has emerged hoping never to enter it again.
There are areas around the edges of the forest that are part of the Hogwarts grounds but which are out of sight of the castle.