This is the announcements board, where all the news and site updates will be posted - such as activity checks, of the month's and staff searches and competitions and all that jazz - make sure you check here regularly!

This is where you will place your applications to be accepted - you'll find the application template here too, and the canon list. If your character is unfinished make sure to put -wip- or -uf- in the title. Please put the last name in caps and then the first and middle name in the title - like ..POTTER, harry james. thanks!

This is where you come to sign up to classes. It is not mandatory to sign your character up for classes, but if you do then you must participate in every lesson and do the homeworks set. There is no limit on how many classes you sign up to or what one's you take, but if you sign-up then please do post in the classes when they're put up. Thanks!

So this is the plot planning board - basically in here, you can put a thread up for your chars with a bit of basic info about them and then plot relationships and ideas with other people's characters. Please put all your chars into one thread rather than have seperate threads for your chars - thanks.

These are where all the wanted adds go - you can post whatever kind of wanted add you need in relation to your char, whether it's for a character's final or their family. Make sure you state what you require for the plot or such though to help avoid confusions : )

Well we all know that to communicate in the wizarding world, you use owls, and here is the place to send them - just post who the owl's too and you're away.

This is the Great Hall, where the students eat their meals, receive daily owl post, and have certain special events here. The Great Hall is a large hall that can easily hold all of the school's students, staff, and guests. It has tall walls that reach up to the ceiling, which is covered with candles and enchanted to look like the sky above. At the front of the hall, is the staff table, which is designed to house the entire Hogwarts staff. To the left of the table is a door which leads to a chamber with portraits.

These are the dungeons, located beneath the school, where you'll find the Potions classroom, the Potion professor's office and several dungeons.

This is the ground floor and below, where you will find the Hufflepuff Common Room, the kitchens and the caretakers office.

Welcome to the first floor, where you'll find the History of Magic classroom, the Muggle Studies classroom, the Hospital Wing and Matron's office.

This is the second floor, where you'll find the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office and Moaning Myrtles Bathroom, as well as the Chamber of Secrets...

This is the third floor, where you'll find the Charms classroom, the one eyes witch passageway, the trophy room, the library and the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

This is the fourth floor, where you'll find the History of Magic professor's office, and a storage room.

This is the fifth floor, where you'll discover the Art classroom, the Music classroom and the Prefects bathroom.

This is the sixth floor, where you'll find the Ancient Runes classroom and the East Wing.

This is the seventh floor, where you'll find the Room of Requirement, the Arithmancy classroom, the Divination classroom, the North wing and the Divination professor's office.

These are the towers - the Astronomy tower, the Clock tower, the Dark tower, the Gryffindor tower, the Headmaster's tower, The ravenclaw tower and the West tower (where the Owlery is located).

This is the courtyard, a square cobbled where students often spend time between lessons. You can reach here through a side door off the entrance hall.

These are the grounds, surrounding the castle. Here you'll find the Greenhouses and Gardens, the Forbidden forest, the Lake, the Gamekeepers cabin and the White Tomb.

This Dominic maestro's music store! Here you'll find everything you could possibly need for your musical talents.

Welcome to Gladrags Wizardwear, a clothing shop that sells a wide variety, including some rather odd songs that scream when they need to be washed!

This is the post office, they have many, many owls so this is the perfect place to come if you need to send a letter and you don't have your own owl.

This is Hogsmeade train station, where the Hogwarts Express and a couple of other trains get in.

Welcome to Honeydukes! The sweet shop well known for its fantastic chocolate and wonderfully wild sweets. There is a secret passageway that leads into the shop but only some know of it.

This is the madam puddifoot's tea shop , a small tea shop located just off the highstreet. Warning, it's a rather feminine tea shop, with frilly, tacky decorations and a bell that tinkles when you enter.

The shrieking shack is believed to be the most haunted house in Britain despite the fact that it's been silent for many years now.

Welcome to spintwitches, a relatively new shop which sells a wide array of sporting goods!

This is the Hogs Head, a rather dingy little pub and inn where often the less reputable of society dwell over dirty glasses.

Welcome and come on in to the three broomsticks, a pub and inn with a cosy atmosphere, known for being welcoming and warm. Sometimes it can be a little crowded but it's butterbeers are the best around.

This is Tomes and Scrolls, a reasonably well known bookstore in the center of the highstreet. It was established in 1768, and sells all sorts of books from educational to fiction.

The second level of the ministry holds the offices for the law enforcers of the magical world. auror's, hit wizards, the wizengmot are a few of the proffesions people on this floor hold.

This depertment holds the offices of the magical reversal squad, obliviators and the invisible task force to name a few. it's located on the third level.

this department holds the offices of the centaur liaison office, beast division, and the pest advisory board to name a few. these are housed on the fourth level.

This depertment holds the international magical office of law, international magical trading standards body to name a few. it is housed on the fifth level.

This is level six, the department of magical transportation, responsible for all aspects of magical transportation such as the floo network and authorisation of pork keys etc.

Welcome to the department of Magical Games and Sports, found on level seven. This department deals with the organisation of games such as the Quidditch World cup, and the enforcement of game and sport laws.

a welcome area serving as a lobby and reception. this is where all the entrances to the ministry will bring you. it's a magnificent, long hallway with dark floors and a peacock blue ceiling. There's a fountain in the centre of the atrium that celebrates Voldemort's final defeat, rebuilt after the previous two were destroyed.

Welcome to level nine, and the Department of Mysteries. It's a section of the Ministry that carries out secret experiments, research and investigation. Few people know anything of the secrets within the doors, and most of them are Unspeakables.

This is the first floor, where all creature-induced injuries are healed - wounds dealing from bites to burns from creatures of any sort.

This is the second floor, where all Magical Bugs and Diseases are taken care of - most of these are contagious such as Dragon Pox, so take care on this floor.

This is the third floor where all incidents caused by potions and plant poisonings are dealt with.

This is the fouth floor, where all incidents caused by Spell Damage - such as backfired spells, incorrectly applied charms and permanent jinxes and hexes.

A second shopping area located just off of Diagon Alley...welcome to Knockturn Alley. This is the darker side to the wizarding world, and often the less reputable will be found down here, along with darker objects and such...be wary if you wander this way...

Welcome to the leaky Cauldron, a popular pub and inn located in London, which leads on to Diagon Alley. It was first built in 1500, with the intent to "serve as a gateway between the non-wizarding world and Diagon Alley."

This is Azkaban, one of the most formidable places in the World. It's located on an island in the midst of the North sea, protected from sight of muggles by charms, and next to impossible to escape due to the Dementors keeping guard of those imprisoned within...

This is Nurmengard, very similar to Azkaban in the sense that it's one of the most secure places in the World, imprisoning those within till their death. It's enchanted with anti-apparation charms and muggle repellents and the likes, and located somewhere in Continental Europe.

London! The capital of England, and located in the South-East. It has several well known landmarks including The London Eye and the river Thames. It's the centre of English businesses and the Wizard Ministry.

This is the Godric's Hollow, a well known muggle village where the births of several infamous wizards have lived, including the Potters, the Dumbledoors and Bathilda Bagshot. It is the birthing place of Godric Gryffindor himself! There's a little village square, a church, a couple of shops and a post office.

Welcome to Cokeworth, a large town located in England. It's not exactly the nicest of places, with a dirty river and identical terraced houses, but it serves its purpose as a place to live. The Evan's and the Snape's used to reside here, and several Death Eaters have taken up residence here too.

This is Ottery St. Catchpole, a small little town found in the middle of Devon, England, where the Weasleys, the Lovegoods, the Diggory's, the Fawcetts and several other wizards and some muggles reside. The only thing it really has is a paper shop.

Located in Whiltshire, England, you will find the Malfoy manor, a beautiful well kept, magnificent estate passed down generations of Malfoy's to it's current owner, Draco. In the past, the house was used as a meeting place for Death Eater's, but it is a much more family home these days.

Not far from Malfoy manor, is Lestrange manor - a similarly daunting yet incredulous house with wild, untamed gardens and a formidable feel. It is less kept than Malfoy Manor, and you feel ill at ease when approaching it, which is understandable considering who it belongs to..

This is the pit.. a place only werewolves and a few Death Eaters would know of. It's a meeting place for werewolves.. a hide out if you will for some wishing to escape and mix with others of their kind. It's location is secret, the only truth is that it is underground.

So going away on holiday? Busy all weekend? Please make sure that you post in here to tell us how long you'll be going. You don't have to say why if you don't wish to, but please do ensure you say how long you'll be gone.

This is the chat board, feel free to chat about whatever you feel like in here, from an introduction about yourself to your new favourite film. This is not the place to advertise though - remember that please.

This is the staff chat board - only staff can access here, and it's where we talk about things around the site, like site plot ideas and other secret things. : )

So this is the games board, in here you'll find an array of in character and out character games to amuse you - they're only a bit of fun, so enjoy.