Welcome to Charming, where swirling petticoats, the language of flowers, and old-fashioned duels are only the beginning of what is lying underneath…
After a magical attempt on her life in 1877, Queen Victoria launched a crusade against magic that, while tidied up by the Ministry of Magic, saw the Wizarding community exiled to Hogsmeade, previously little more than a crossroad near the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the years that have passed since, Hogsmeade has suffered plagues, fires, and Victorian hypocrisy but is still standing firm.
Thethe year is now 1892. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.
Complete ten threads (10+ posts, 3+ are your own), each with a different player. All ten players must be active members at the time of claiming! (Character accounts can be combined.)
Did You Know?
“Got the morbs” was Victorian slang for a temporary melancholia — Dante
Have you got a grand idea for a plot but need a role (or roles) filled in before it can really take off? Post below describing the sort of character you need, your intention for them, and, if possible, how many threads you might require!
For example:
Quote:Wanted for Jeremy Rohlwing: a potioneer he can pay to brew an (unsuccessful) Eyesight-Improving Potion for him. MC/LC AB, professional or amateur, does not have to be reputable. Estimated 1-3 threads. Contact MJ by Skype.
You can be as vague or as detailed as you like! Requests for specific characters to be created must instead be posted in plottable characters. This thread is intended only to recruit existing characters into your schemes.
Before the summer of 1889, one of Florence's paramour's leased a home in Bartonburg for her so that she could be in easier reach to him as she was living in London at the time. Thus, this man is located in Hogsmeade and is either on the wealthy side of middle class or is upper class. Everything else about him is pretty open, he can even be married. He's obviously pretty smitten with Florence and she has been enjoying her cushy home. He probably has no idea she's a con artist but might possibly be aware he isn't the only man vying for her interest and affections.
Five years ago, Hector Cartwright disappeared without a trace—no message to family or to his longstanding best friend. Lavinia has set up shop in Hogsmeade now, and is due for a run-in. What could a vague sense of recognition when meeting an unknown woman lead to? That's what we're here to find out!
MC or UC male from a magical family
Ravenclaw if meeting in school, open house if neighbours growing up
From London if childhood neighbours
Started Hogwarts in '72 (can do a couple years earlier or a year later for the right, currently played character)
OPEN natal family & marital status
OPEN occupation
Not generally an asshole, at least not in his youth
Still seeking June 2022~
— mj is a legend ♡ —
April 19, 2021 – 7:03 PM
Last modified: June 25, 2022 – 8:15 AM by George Robins.
Edit Reason: still seeking
A more well off (mc/uc) male friend that likes to test George's innate inability to say no to things by dragging him places, I.e brothels, random portkey trips, parties, etc.
Ideal character would have been friends with George since their Hogwarts days as George would feel even more unable to decline requests.
still seeking as of June 25, 2022
October 31, 2021 – 7:21 PM
Last modified: June 25, 2022 – 8:17 AM by Cleon Broadmoor.
Edit Reason: still seeking
Quote:While technically still living in the Broadmoor family home, he regularly spends days or even weeks staying in the residences of various friends.
I would love it if a few more of those friends were actually played for some fun sleepover threads. Some could also double up as being a bed buddy (Cleon's gay), if you're so inclined but that obviously isn't a requirement. Just needs to be pals that would let him crash at their pad. Most likely in the MC-UC range though he'd be friends with any class. I just doubt WC folks would have the capacity for him but I won't rule it out completely so pseudo-open to WC crash pads too. xD
still seeking as of June 25, 2022
January 5, 2022 – 5:54 AM
Last modified: June 25, 2022 – 8:19 AM by Friendless Night.
Edit Reason: added to & still seeking
1. This is honestly probably more of a plottable but whatever. It would probably just be one line so I'm doing it here. Fawkes may or may not have put the idea into my head via a comment in the cbox but now I want it.
A constable that works for the Hogsmeade Constabulary that Endy ends up hooking up with. To save you a perusal, the occupation recs for that are: Working Class, 21 or older, Male, Good reputation, and has his O.W.L.s[
2. Someone to teach him how to read and write. Could be combined with the above or the below. Or both somehow? I'm open.
3. Some regular clients. He prefers men but he does any gender because #money.
Alexander's grandmama Jena Echelon-Arnost is looking to get him hitched. Thusly, she is introducing him to a variety of young women and even inviting some to dinner if she knows their mothers/female guardians well enough. Which is quite a bit considering her continuing reputation as a socialite to aspire to despite all the scandal and drama (which is years old by now).
Potential young women would be debuted, 17-26, upper class and ideally a pureblood. Any blood would be fine too, though.
Looking for threads with said young women who might be aware that they are meant to be charming him. Alexander is personally not aware that he is supposed to be getting charmed by them and just assumes his grandmother has a whole lot of friends.
still seeking as of June 25, 2022
April 19, 2022 – 10:27 AM
Last modified: June 27, 2022 – 2:36 PM by Gwynedd Oakby.
Murder investigation/reopened cold case! Ned has a disaster brother who he hasn’t seen since 1884. Ned needs to deal with his feels about it, but he won’t if he’s not forced to. (Also, Ned generally just needs something to do.) My solution: the brother has been up to no good, and now it all comes back to haunt Ned. What I’m looking for:
A murder victim
Basically, any character or NPC who has died after 1856. Has you character lost a loved one under suspicious circumstances? 99% chance it was (or at least could’ve been) Ned’s brother's doing. Let’s talk!
An investigator type
Is your character looking to solve the murder/disappearance of their loved one? Or are they an auror/investigator/detective/journalist type out for justice/eager to prove themselves? Basically, is your character someone who would badger Ned about the case? Let’s talk!
BONUS:
Accomplice(s) and witness(es)
Could your character have been somehow involved? Or do they have information~? Let’s talk!
(The brother — Might be nice for maximum drama, but not really necessary >D)
My ideas are clearly still super vague, so if you have any better ones of your own please throw them at me! The crime itself wouldn’t even have to have been a murder, just something shocking~, please. And it’s not at all a requirement that the brother actually did it — just as long he makes for a credible suspect. Send me a PM/message me in Discord and we'll plot <3
Here are a handful of half-baked plot ideas that intrigue me. If these also intrigue you, let's chat.
— two people fall madly in love... while being married to other people. Unlike normal affair hurling stuff though, they lean into it rather than hiding and the fallout is ridiculous.
— a group of people getting into "wizarding occult" stuff and trying to manifest the ghost of Merlin or something crazy like that. Consequences: TBD. Could be light and silly or we could open a portal to hell.
— well-off character getting involved in petty crime just for kicks and their exasperated friend trying to prevent them from being arrested