<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>WARNING</strong></span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>A Harry Potter Creature War Roleplay</em></span></span><br/><br/>(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/9e/d0/cf/9ed0cf31f740e2099376472a83a1213b.jpg)<div align="center"><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">A warning to the people, the good and the evil<br/><em>This is war</em><br/>To the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim<br/><em>This is war</em></span></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>✷ OOC ✷</strong></span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>Hogwarts IC</em></span></span> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261950.0)</div><div align="center">(http://www.clipartkid.com/images/357/divider-ornamental-line-decorative-separator-lRLqzj-clipart.png)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>CONTENTS</strong></span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">1. The Story so Far<br/>2. The Not-So-Distant Future<br/>3. Timeline/Chapters<br/>4. Characters</span></strong></span></div><div align="center">(http://www.clipartkid.com/images/357/divider-ornamental-line-decorative-separator-lRLqzj-clipart.png)</div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♟</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THE STORY SO FAR...</strong></span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♟</span></span></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">The wizarding world is at war. <br/><br/>For years, the wizarding world has turned a blind eye to the oppression of its creatures, yet it’s no secret that decades of unrestricted vampire hunting, shady dealings with goblins, and brutal werewolf cullings have effectively segregated wizards from creatures. Now, in 2017, non-wizard wand restrictions are merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to creature oppression in the 21st century; the deep-seeded resentment that has burned hot and angry under the surface of the creature world since before the first goblin war has come to a head. Secret meetings are being held in the darkest corners of the wizarding world as goblins, vampires, and other creatures nursing an age-old grudge against wizards join together to lead a new mission: if they could not change legislation, they would change the powers that be.<br/><br/>The first attack happened in Toronto, Ontario on September 3, 2016. A wizarding newspaper office, Vox in Mundum--The People’s Voice--was set ablaze by extremists who were fed up with the paper’s biased anti-creature stance. Canadian wizarding ministers were able to shrug off the attack as an electrical fire gone ary so as not to alert the Muggle authorities, but just under a month later, creature extremists struck again,<br/><br/>The second attack occurred on October 2 at a remote port off the coast of Africa. A popular destination for wizarding pirates, the rowdy village of Lüderitz--known for its hand in the creature slave trade--fell to pro-creature extremists in a matter of hours. It was apparent that the creatures, hellbent on revenge, took no prisoners. <br/><br/>Until now, the rumours of a creature uprising had went mostly unanswered by the British Ministry of Magic. The attacks, while troublesome and disturbing, had not happened on British soil; why waste precious man hours attempting to quell a few outbreaks that hardly seemed worth the effort? <br/><br/>That was the first mistake.  <br/><br/>A third attack shook The College Station Post Office in New York City on November 1, 2016. The death toll on both sides was astronomical; the attack levelled a full city block and scattered mountainous debris for at least three. <br/><br/>It didn’t take a genius to see the pattern in the dates. September 3, October 2, November 1--3, 2, 1. It was a countdown, but to what, people could only guess.<br/><br/>The largest attack of 2016 was the one on one saw coming. On December 24, British Ministry of Magic was stormed by an army of creatures with all manner of beast and sympathizer marching with them, the sheer size of the rebel forces rivaling the might of even the fabled Goblin War of years prior. <br/><br/>Years of tense peace, shattered in a moment.<br/><br/>The raid came in the form of the lower creatures, those of high number and low intellect. It was a suicide run, but it was effective--nobody in the Ministry was prepared for the wave after wave of bodies that flooded the halls, sewing chaos at every turn. Goblins pilfered historic artifacts and valuable jewels; vampires attacked ministry officials, leaving them to bleed out unceremoniously on the marble floor; disenfranchised werewolves destroyed the files that labeled them as such, and then set other important documents aflame for good measure. The Ministry was descending into chaos as London celebrated Christmas above.<br/><br/>It took the Aurors hours to put an end to it. Lives were lost on both ends, and it soon became clear that no one was safe. Still, the Ministry made massive efforts to resume order. The few offenders that were captured offered very little information about the origins of the attack, only that it was just the beginning. The Minister himself was baffled by the occurrence, but even more so by the letter that had appeared on his desk: "Sleep well in the easy grasp of darkness, for soon it comes to consume your dreams." In a last-ditch attempt to regain control of the situation, The Minister had all prisoners executed for treason.<br/><br/>That was the second mistake. <br/><br/>Rumors, both true and untrue, flooded the wizarding world over the next few weeks. After the Christmas Eve attack, The Ministry expended great effort to prevent widespread panic from gaining a foothold by censuring the Daily Prophet, which now boldly and confidently assured the public that everything was a-okay with plenty of cute, rose-coloured articles. Meanwhile, things were stirring within the creature communities. Local hags were cursing Muggles by the dozens, Gringotts goblins became less and less docile--much less willing to allow witches and wizards to withdraw their hard-earned gold from the vaults--and werewolf attacks had become daily occurrences. However, the Minister insisted that life continue on as normal, continuing to entrust the entire economy of the wizarding world on the Goblins, who hid malicious smiles of sharpened teeth behind the easy guise of familiarity. <br/><br/>This was the third, and final, mistake.<br/><br/>The last day of 2016 was the day the wizarding world went dark. Overnight, the Goblins closed Gringotts and effectively shut down all trade in the wizarding world. In the chaos that ensued over the following days, history was made: entire cities were burned to the ground and human families ripped apart as creatures began taking back what they felt was rightfully theirs. The extremists were coordinated and ruthless, and many places fell at their hand; a wild, seething rage ripped across Europe, leaving terror and destruction in its wake. All because the Ministry held onto its bigoted idealism. <br/><br/>All because the creatures had had enough.<br/><br/>On January 8, while the rest of the wizarding world was falling apart, the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry departed King’s Cross Station at 11 a.m., as scheduled. There truly was no safer place for the children, the Minister assured concerned parents. Hogwarts was one of the last bastions of safety, after all. <br/><br/>Or so everyone thought.</span></span><br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♜</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THE NOT-SO-DISTANT FUTRE</strong></span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♜</span></span></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">shhhh spoilers</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">A letter arrived the morning of January 13--a Friday, as luck would have it--that promised an attack on the school later that afternoon. Refusing to risk the lives of the children of Hogwarts, the Headmaster ordered an immediate evacuation, instructing his staff to escort all students to Hogsmeade Station immediately. However, as fate would have it, the school and surrounding area was attacked as the students were packing up the train to leave. Sensing a perilous fate for all those around as the battle rose to great heights, the Headmaster forced the train to leave, carrying to safety only those who had the fortune of entering up to that point. It was a hard decision, but s/he needed to save who s/he could. Sacrifice of those left behind would urge those who survived forward in this dark time.<br/><br/>Upon entering the Muggle world, the remnants of Hogwarts were greeted with utter destruction. Not only had the creatures taken over the wizarding world, but they had set fire to the Muggles' ignorant bliss as well. <br/><br/>Now, both worlds are split apart due to the creatures that lurk in every corner of the habitable world, each person on their own to survive.<br/><br/>Eventually the whispers come, whispers of an underground resistance gathering to take on the creatures. Small, but powerful, these whispers bring hope. They bring a promise of relief to a world of fire and death and survival.<br/><br/>This is the true beginning of the story, where heroes are born and everyone else is left as ash in the burning world.</span></span></div></div><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♛</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>TIMELINE &amp; CHAPTERS </strong></span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♛</span> </span></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>2016</strong></span><br/><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 ||</span></em> First attack. Toronto, Ontario. Vox in Mundum. Anti-creature newspaper office. <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 ||</em></span> Second attack. Lüderitz, Africa. Center of creature slave trade. <br/><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ||</span></em> Third attack. New York City, New York. The College Station Post Office. <br/><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 ||</span></em> Fourth attack. London, England. British Ministry of Magic. Largest attack of 2016. <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em> SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 ||</em></span> Gringotts closes. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>2017</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 ||</em></span> Hogwarts re-opens after Christmas break.  ✷WE ARE HERE✷<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 ||</em></span> Hogwarts is attacked. Most of the children are evacuated via the Hogwarts Express.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>CHAPTERS</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>PROLOGUE: WARNING ||</em></span> Most of 2016 ➸ ?? | <em>Currently writing this chapter</em></span><br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♚</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>CHARACTERS</strong></span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">♚</span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>LAST, FIRST ||</em></span>| Age; Birthday | | Sex | | Sexuality | | Blood | | Occupation | | House | | Sin | | Alignment | | Face Claim | | Played By |</span></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>BROOKS, JULIET||</em></span> | 17; January 23, 1999 | | F | | Bisexual | | Pureblood | | Student, 7th year | | Gryffindor | | Acedia | | Neutral Good | | Anna Speckhart | CATastrophe<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>DE LOC, MORGAINNE ||</em></span> | 26; March 20, 1991 | F | | Pansexual | | Pureblood | | Professor, Herbology | | Hufflepuff | | Lust | | Chaotic Good | | Juno Temple | | whimsy<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>HUGHES, ROWAN ||</em></span> | 17; June 30, 1999 | | M | | Asexual | | Pureblood | | Student, 7th year; Dark Wizard | | Slytherin | | Pride | | Lawful Evil | | Jim Parsons | | Ser<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>MOORE, BRENDAN ||</em></span> | 30; December 12, 1986 | | M | | Pansexual | | Halfblood | | Nomad | | HOUSE | | Wrath | | True Neutral | | Sasha Marini | | Ser<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>MORGAN, EMILY ||</em></span> | | 18; February 19, 1998 | | F | | Heteroflexible | | Fullblood | | Student, 7th year; Burnout | | Gryffindor | | Lust | | Chaotic Good | | Willa Holland | | Ser<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>RIDGEWELL, PATRICIA ||</em></span> | 14; March 14, 2002 | | F | | Heterosexual | | Pureblood | | Student, 5th Year | | Slytherin | | Pride | | Lawful Neutral | | Elle Fanning | | CATastrophe<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>RIDGEWELL, VINCENT ||</em></span> | 17; May 22, 1999 | | M | | Heterosexual | | Pureblood | | Student, 7th year | | Slytherin | | Envy | | True Neutral | | Nicklas Kingo | | whimsy<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>STRIKER, STORM ||</em></span> | 21; December 24 | | F | | Homosexual | | Fullblood | | Career criminal | | Gryffindor Alumni | | Greed | | Chaotic Evil | | Billie Turnbull  | | CATastrophe<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>UISCE, CAOIMHE ||</em></span> | 115~; "June 21" | | F | | Asexual | | Merrow | | Human Hunter | | "Gryffindor" | | Wrath | | Chaotic Evil | | Nastya Zhidkova | |  whimsy</span><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">| | 6 Female | 3 Male | |<br/>| | 2 Asexual | 1 Bisexual | 1 Heteroflexible | 2 Heterosexual | 1 Homosexual | 2 Pansexual | |<br/>| | 2 Fullblood | 1 Halfblood | 5 Pureblood | 1 Creature | | <br/>| | 1 Acedia | 2 Lust | 1 Greed | 1 Envy | 2 Wrath | 2 Pride | | <br/>| | 1 Neutral Good | 2 Chaotic Good | 1 Lawful Neutral | 2 True Neutral | 1 Lawful Evil | | 2 Chaotic Evil | |<br/>| | 2 Gryffindor, 1 Alumni, 1 Facade | 1 Hufflepuff Alumni | 3 Slytherin | |</span></em></span></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>☽☾</strong></span></div>