With the capture of Verandi Farley and several high-ranking Trossach members, the British wizarding world has finally caught a break. The rate of rogue werewolf attacks have started dropping at a steady rate and, hopefully, things will stay that way. The Ministry is starting to loosen some restrictions, like not arresting werewolves standing on the street for loitering, however there’s still an obvious power imbalance between wizardfolk and werewolves.
The Cotswolds pack are continuing to advocate for the rights of werewolves and petitioning to change the legislation that has been set in motion by the current Minister for Magic, whilst the remaining Trossachs members are trying to stay out of the spotlight and keep a low profile… for now.
Whilst the British wizarding world seems to have calmed down, the same cannot be said for over in Northern Europe where a rebellion of magical creatures has risen. The state of things has gotten so bad that the European Ministry has enacted protocols to protect those under eighteen whilst their adult witches and wizards fight to keep control of their countries.
Students from Durmstrang have been sent to Hogwarts to keep them safe and those not old enough to attend school have been sent to live with relatives or designated British Ministry officials outside of Europe for the time being.
Will the low rates of werewolf attacks in Britain continue? How long will Durmstrang students stay at Hogwarts? Will the creatures usurp the wizardfolk in Northern Europe? Only time will tell.
SEPTEMBER 2019 It's been a very long, eventful summer in the wizarding world. A baby was stolen, several high ranking Trossach members were imprisoned, and werewolf attacks have drastically dropped as a result. What will happen now school has returned?
MAY 2019 An attempt to capture the beta of the Trossachs has been launched. Were the Aurors successful in their mission? Go read more here!
Positive Traits: Precise, good sense of humor, great with kids, caring, loyal, green thumb Negative Traits: Solitary, sarcastic, overthinking, bit of a temper Quirks and Habits: Has the annoying habit to focus on something so hard that it could almost be called tunnelvision and can only be pulled out by physical contact or a disturbing enough sound (wether it be volume or weirdness). Overthinks too much on his regular sentences and checks for the things he needs always before he leaves to somewhere else. Richard often checks in with his mom and his possible stepdad, though that luckily has become less of a chance since his mom has started avoiding men. Finally Richard can often be seen doing something to get away from crowds as he thinks that they are a horrible thing, usually it will be one of his hobbies of singing, playing the violin, drawing, gardening or a combination of these.
Likes: Plants, creatures, music Dislikes: Humans, stepfathers, overly crowded spaces Boggart: His mom trying to cast him out of her life in favour of another stepfather Mirror of Erised: Himself in his dreamjob as wandmaker, with wife and children. Not to mention his mom at his side, healthy and happy. Patronus: Brown Bear
HISTORY
The first memory of Richard that can be used to describe how he has become we find when the young man was 7 he believed. In fact it was his birthday, a rather good birthday on which he received the beginner violin he had been asking his mom and stepfather for. Not only had he eagerly started trying to play on the instrument, his accidental magic, over which he had no control had taken over and continued playing the instrument when his stepfather had been in sight and he had picked up a sandwich his mom offered him. His stepfather had started sprouting that he was a demon and had even tried to excorsize him then and there. The moment his stepfather was about to forcefully subject him to the touch of a cross on bare skin was when his mother found the two, only to kick out his stepfather minutes later.
The second memory is his eleventh birthday, the day on which his Hogwarts letter arrived and his mom took him to Diagon alley. They had gone shopping for all his school supplies, which in Richard’s opinion was a chore straight from the depths of hell as he already loather very crowded areas at that age. However the final stop was to be Ollivander’s the wand shop. Of course the young man had been slightly creeped out by the way the man seemed to remember every wand he ever sold, not exactly the people, but the wands themselve. Which was something he could relate to up to a certain point as he had issues reading people, or understanding them. Mostly the unlerlying meaning of what they were trying to say. Subtlety wasn;t exactly his strong suit either, most people thought he was too honest. But the moment that Richard was united with the wand that chose him he felt like he belonged. That the wand understood him, Ash and phoenix feather. They felt to him as if they belonged with him, but his questions to Mr. Ollivander were what drove him to his dream job from the day he got his wand.
The final memory that defines Richard as the young man that he is we find in the Summer of his second to third year, in which he obviously wasn’t allowed to use magic out of school he had taken to using a music player and a sketchpad when he could to draw and listen to music. Overlooking the stormy north sea his mom saw his staring from the porch of the vacation home they were using, his hands never stopping to move, his his eyes looked at the ocean and his body swayed to the music. After this had gone on for more than three hours in which Richard had been non responsive she had started to worry that something was very wrong. Only when she tapped him on the shoulder he startled “awake” so to speak. At that moment noticing how parched his mouth was, his cramped muscles and the dry eyes. Only stopping to ask his mom how long he was out of it before he drank about a whole family sized bottle of water to rehydrate.
PLAYER
RP Alias: Galen Pronouns: He/His Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Other Characters: NONE Roleplay example: The experiment was a great success for him and he heard her exclamtion, which made him think that it was rather unpleasant for her. For that the prefect felt bad, but they had arrived where they needed to be. A few seconds later she started to look around and Richard watched her eagerly. Richard couldn't help but smile when he heard her words and agreed with her analysis. '' it definitely is a lot warmer here.'' He could hear her pent up laughter and he laughed as she stepped away from him and spun around in the sunlight. Laughing not at her, but because of her. Feeling so happy that he was with her. At the no time for eating he gave her a slight frown. The exploring sounded nice though. He could feel her grip on his arm and was dragged off by Flora.
An hour at least she kept dragging him along, through narrow streets and past obviously magical houses. At some point Richard took point though and guided her towards the place he had booked for lunch. Well not the entire place, but a table on the terrace, next to the lake and looking into the shopping street at the other side. Taking deep breaths as they settled in their seats. Her gratitude washing over him, making him beam at her. ''It's so much better than last year. You're here with me now. Though we still have a shopping bit to go. When you dragged me around I saw some stuff I would like to try on, or see you try on.'' It was a bit odd for him to say that, though it was true. He was happy with her and so he kept smiling the whole time.
He didn't mind that he had been dragged along, not one bit. ''Lunch first though. A Chorizo, potato and cheese omelette, with a glass of your special lemon lemonade for me.'' He said to the waiter with a smile as he recognised him from last year. He wondered what Flora would order and took her hand as they waited for their drinks and food. '' I'll give you a hint as to what I saw in the shops, it has no pants legs and is quite light.''
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