Characters are separated by five specific 'classes'.<br/><br/>Students:<br/>- Young Student (Ages 18 -- Currently First Years only)<br/><br/>Staff:<br/>- Apprentice Teacher (Ages 21-35 -- typically assistants to actual teachers)<br/>- Experienced Teacher (Ages 36-55 -- most professors and house heads)<br/>- Elderly Teacher (Ages 56-??? -- Headmasters, House Heads)<br/>- Support Staff Member (Ages 21-???)<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>All students are invited to attend Hogwarts within the week of their initial 'eruption'. The oldest a student can be when they first enter Hogwarts is 18 (eruptions all occurred after the end of the last school year). Due to the theme of this game, there will be /no/ first-year students who started at a later or earlier age.<br/><br/>'Exchange' students will be a rarity. Simple and plain. There are /plenty/ of reputable schools around the world that they can go to.<br/><br/>Addendum:<br/>- Essentially, consider this: All around the world, children stopped showing magical talent. Seven years have gone by, without a single child coming out with the ability to perform magic. Countries are not going to be eager to allow suddenly-erupted adults to simply leave to learn in another country, thereby losing again a resource they thought forever lost.<br/>- If you wish your student to be from a country other than England, Ireland, or Scotland, you need to work with me to find a reason for them being here -- it's not going to be a cut and dried 'exchange' case -- that wouldn't be feasible for several years.<br/>- The easiest solution, of course, is to have them in Europe when they 'erupt'.<br/><br/>Muggle artifacts will not be found within the school, electronic items specifically. The books specifically state that Muggle devices tend to fail on school grounds. (Mechanical cameras and similar devices, of course, have proven to be an exception to the rule).