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What kinds of characters are allowed?
Canon characters, Original Characters, Canon OCs, Fandom OCs, silent/malleable protagonists.
MMO protags are considered canon OCs and so only one of them can be in the game at a time. Fandom OCs are allowed as long as they don't interfere with canon or have strong relations to main characters. OCs will be judged to a higher standard to ensure quality.
For canon OCs (characters with little to no dialogue/background), headcanon is acceptable as long as it fits within canon.
What kinds of characters are not allowed?
No duplicates, AUs, Canon AUs or CR AUs.
This applies to canons with multiple universes, such as Marvel, so only one iteration of Captain America would be able to exist in the game at any time.
My character is an adult, will they be able to go to Hogwarts?
Yes! They will live in the Room of Houses, a special room created by the castle itself. From there, they will partake in night-time classes, taught by the very same professors that teach the younger students, using secret time management techniques.
In addition to these classes, adult students are also given a special kit to further help them with their education: Wally Whizhard's Kit for the Homeschooled Witch or Wizard
A mouthful, but an effective tool to quickly help adult characters in catching up to where they ought to be.
While students are at home for the summer, adult characters will attend summer classes taught by Ministry of Magic representatives. These classes will be focused on educating new adult wizards and witches about the modern-day wizarding world, magical law, the technique of magical teleportation known as apparition and an in-depth look at the Ministry of Magic and its various departments, with a focus on determining what sort of career they might be interested in after they've completed their education.
Additionally, they may take a trip to Diagon Alley any time they want by taking the Knight Bus. With trustworthy behavior, they may venture further out into the nonmagical world as long as they do not break the Statute of Secrecy, the law which forbids use of magic in front of muggles.
Is there a network?
Yes, of sorts! Characters are given a magical journal with which they can communicate with each other.
It looks and acts like an ordinary journal, except anything you write in it can be viewed by everyone else who has a journal like it. Whatever you write in yours will appear in everyone else's, and so on. Your name will appear with whatever you write, so everyone will generally know who they are interacting with.
Journals also come with an optional "howler" function, which works in the same way that a traditional howler works. A howler is basically a magical recording of the sender's voice. They are typically sent when a regular old letter isn't loud enough, or can't convey the level of... emotion, usually anger, one desires to express. The journals have a modified version of this, so that you may magically record your messages to other people in a quieter, more civil manner.
Users can also share photos with others using their journals by simply placing the photo against the paper, where it will magically appear for everyone else to see.
They can also filter their messages to specific people, simply by addressing them by name in the journal and continuing their message. It will only appear to the person whose name they've written down and no one else will be able to see it.
Students caught abusing journals to cheat or otherwise cause harm will find themselves punished appropriately, be that detention or lost house points.
Can I app a metamorphmagus/animagus/vampire/etc
In the Harry Potter universe, metamorphmagi/animagi are people who can transform at will. The former can alter their appearance, where the latter can specifically transform into a certain animal and only that animal.
You may request your character have abilities such as this, but only if it's fitting to their character, ie; a shapeshifter in canon, etc. Other creatures like vampires, werewolves, etc all have their own Harry Potter counterpart and we will happily work with you to incorporate it!
My character isn't human, what happens?
Generally, they can keep their body as long as it isn't anything too extreme. If they are robotic or electrical, they will acquire a human body upon entering Portus Novus, as technology doesn't work at Hogwarts.
My character did (bad thing), what happens?
It depends on the infraction! You can generally expect detention, a loss of house points and the like for a school-aged student. Older characters will find the authorities are much less lenient when it comes to breaking rules. You could find yourself detained at the Ministry, again.
If you do anything truly horrible, you might find yourself being sent to the wizarding prison, Azkaban.
Can I play an evil character?
You can! But see above for doing anything truly awful, at least... for now. In the future there will be mechanics introduced that will allow characters to align themselves with forces outside of Hogwarts, if they choose. For the time being, that particular mechanic is tied to an event that will happen in-game and open up more possibilities and alliances.
What happens if a character dies?
No magic is capable of raising the dead. When a character in Portus Novus dies, they are gone... unless they become a ghost, which is the only other way to continue playing them, and even then only those who truly fear death choose to remain as a ghost.
Please think carefully before you decide that you want to pursue a death plot, as it cannot be reversed once you do. Unless you bring them back as a ghost, you will be dropping them from the game upon death. If this is something you wish to do, please contact a mod before doing so.
Characters who have died in game may be applied for by someone else, but not the original player. They will have no memories of their former incarnation.
My character is dead at their canon point, what happens?
You have a few options! They may be surprised to find, inexplicably, they're alive and breathing again. Magic ordinarily cannot raise the dead, but whatever strange, mysterious force that brought you here seems to have done so.
Alternatively, you may play them as a ghost. Ghosts will have a lesser degree of magical ability, but may learn to interact with and touch other objects, with practice. In time, they may be able to learn how to channel their magic while retaining a semi-corporeal form in order to hold their wands. They will never be as magically powerful as living, breathing people, but they will be capable of magical and personal growth.
What is wizard currency?
Wizarding currency is made up of bronze knuts, silver sickles and gold galleons.
It's 29 knuts to a sickle, 17 sickles to a galleon.
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