Premise

GENERAL INFORMATION

ARRIVAL

No matter where you were or what you were doing, a voice calls and blocks out everything else at that particular moment in time; Hero of Hogwarts, your help is needed. Sleep overrides every other urge and you sink down, down, down into the most peaceful repose of your life. When you awaken, the first thing you see may be red, yellow, blue or green hangings; these belong to the draperies of your new bed in the dormitory of a Hogwarts house.

Already, there are others nearby that are rumpled with use. At the end of your own stands a large wooden trunk emblazoned with an animal, containing a new school uniform curiously tailored to be a perfect fit. Whether you are familiar with them or not, spell-books and grimoires, odd trinkets and knick-knacks provide a litter of basic condiments for your usage in the coming days. On top of all of these rests a letter inked in emerald green, addressed to you by name, that begins with a welcome not unlike that which first lulled you to sleep.

Dear Magicdrafted,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed in your trunk an assortment of all necessary books and equipment.

You have been pulled into Hogwarts owing to a spell designed to draw forth only the most honourable and righteous heroes. Firstly, I apologise for any inconvenience caused. Secondly, I should like to extend my congratulations on meeting the requirements of such an advanced and specific piece of magical ingenuity as constructed by myself. You will be returned home in due course, yet I must ask this much of you: defend your new school.

Through arts of my own designing, you have already been sorted into your new school house via the means of your arrival. I am confident your new house-mates will be eager to reveal the nature of such virtues as have been extolled by my enchantments in bringing you to each particular faction. If you are still confused or frightened, please exercise no hesitation in attending the monthly assembly hosted by professors who will answer all of your questions and provide regular clarification regarding the situation of the school's predicament. I, myself, am regrettably absent from my post for the majority of the school calender owing to unavoidable duties, but shall make every effort to attend these meetings for your benefit. We are all in this together.

The grounds of the school have been circumvented by defences beyond your power to dispel. Keeping this in mind, I ask that you go no further than the gates unless expressively bidden by your professors. Hogsmeade visits are being monitored for your safety. Good luck and study hard! There is nothing quite so important as being a diligent and responsible member of our new community.

May I also take this opportunity to express my enthusiasm to see the Quidditch house cup upraised by the keenest team this season.

THE DARK ARTS

Sucked into the world of Harry Potter where the headmaster cast a spell before Harry's seventh year to call forth only the strongest and noblest heroes from across the land (at the moment of counter-cursing Avada Kedavra) unfortunately, it backfired into the Magicdraft Curse and has spanned an infinite number of worlds, summoning all kinds of warriors. Searching for a way to fix this, in the meantime it has become apparent that Hogwarts wishes to keep its new students safe. Dumbledore's ingenuity, paired with the inherent magic of the school, has over time allowed for these new makeshift soldiers to arrive sorted and stocked. Snape is still the head of Slytherin, McGonagall for Gryffindor, Flitwick for Ravenclaw and Sprout for Hufflepuff. So much went wrong that a fate worse than death has now landed on Dumbledore's shoulders - to mend the fabric of space and time, sending home all the Magicdrafted that are pulled into his incomplete spell.

Voldemort, enraged by this apparent fleet of otherworldly aid, has similarly gone to ground as he digs up new enemies from across the void to toss at the school. Vampires, werewolves, magical beasts—all of these are the least of a student's concerns when it is entirely possible for the Dark Lord to issue Heartless, Orcs, Hollows, and an all manner of new-found creatures whenever he pleases. Just watch out for attacks from his Death Eaters; these will be focused and intensely premeditated.

One thing remains completely irrefutable; the Magicdrafted all meet the requirements of the spell and are judged to be noble of heart. Didn't imagine that could ever be said of you? Think again, hero, because someone out there believes in the good in you.


SCHOOL

The years in Hogwarts have been divided into wider age-ranges to compensate for the constant arrival of newcomers. Depending on your character's age, they will be assigned as follows.

● First-Years: 11-12
● Second-Years: 13-15
● Third-Years: 16-18
● Fourth-Years: 19-21
● Fifth-Years: 22-24
● Sixth-Years: 25-27
● Seventh-Years: 28-OVER

If you wish for your character to graduate after having already played as a seventh-year (as opposed to staying on as a student) there is the possibility of being granted the status of professor by default so as to keep all the Magicdrafted together like they were intended to be. Please narrow down the field of expertise and submit your request to the mod contact page for processing. Keeping in mind there may be more than one Charms class going on, it is necessary to be very linear in one particular ability so that others may have the chance to play a similar role. Similarly, those applying to be a professor straight off the bat are strongly advised to read the FAQ first.

Magicdraft is rated 18+ based on the ages of players and as such only third-years or above are allowed to engage in explicit sexual activity. We ask that you rate and lock your posts to members on the log community if they are higher than PG-13. Should incursions occur against this rule with under-age characters, the moderators will discuss further action including expulsion from the game.


NPCS

The following characters will be NPCs for plot purposes and are unfortunately not available for application to the game at this point in time.

● Dumbledore
● Voldemort


PREFECTS, HEAD PUPILS, QUIDDITCH CAPTAINS, NEW DEATH EATERS, ETC.

A host of prefects will be selected following the first month of term after the game begins at the discretion of the professors and have new additions posted at random to keep up with the growing number of students. Head Boy and Girl, however, will alternate every month and do not have to be chosen from the prefects. Watch out, it could be you!

At the end of the first month of gameplay, Quidditch captains will be named by their head of house. This allows four weeks for players to familiarise their characters with the concepts of the great sport and train them up. Captains will be granted the free reign of holding their own try-outs for their house teams and selecting the players they wish. If they so desire, they may pass on the title (and responsibility) to another in their house whenever they want.

Those who sympathise with Voldemort and wish to crush the school in a bid to get home early, refusing to trust in Dumbledore (as we understand so many darker characters will) may receive orders via malfunctioning communicators from the Dark Lord. Having tapped into the new magical technology, it has been tampered with to recognise the desires of its owner and therein owns its own flaw. It will link up once a month to that of an untraceable device which instructs and reassures them of Voldemort's actions. If you wish to have your character own one of these, please state so in your application and a monthly post will be set up for interactions with the original Death Eaters. Will your character know about upcoming curses or attacks and choose to keep quiet, or will your character double-cross He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? Beware! There will be consequences either way.


POWER LEVELS

Power levels in Magicdraft are dependent on how strong your character was in canon. If you wish to app, for example, a godlike character, they will be afford only as much spiritual prowess as a seventh-year regardless of which one they are placed in. Should you wish to grant them a teaching position, they will become stronger than all of the students but weak enough to be subdued by the original faculty in force. This is to prevent godmodeing. Please state in your application the strength of your character's new-found magical skill and which position you are opting for, student or professor.


BEYOND HOGWARTS

It will be possible for Hogsmeade visits to be attended after the end of the first month and, in time, Diagon Alley will also become available on selected weekends to allow your character the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the greater expanse of the wizarding world.