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 1895. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.
Complete a thread started and set every month for twelve consecutive months. Each thread must have at least ten posts, and at least three must be your own.
Did You Know?
Did you know? Jewelry of jet was the haute jewelry of the Victorian era. — Fallin
I will be announcing my run for the campaign for Minister. Given the fast-approaching Hogwarts year, I would like to invite you and a few members of your family to a dinner party that is hosted by myself and Mrs. Patton. The purpose for this dinner is to seek guidance and ask for the support of yourself and your loved ones.
Dinner will be at the Patton Estate on the 23rd of this month and the floo network will be available to guests.
How out of the blue! Of course, Nell knew there was an election to come, but given her very recent return to Britain—and the fact that she was unable to vote herself—had paid it little enough mind. Oh, it was a privileged standpoint, she knew, to all but ignore politics, and a part of her felt bad. Just not bad enough to mend her ways.
She would, she decided, feel altogether out of place at this gathering. This, she expected, would be the only good thing to come of Harriet's passing: an excuse.
21st August, 1893
Miss Whitledge,
I must, first and foremost, thank you for your invitation. Unfortunately, I must decline, though I beg that you do not see it as a condemnation of you or your candidacy! Indeed, I think it wonderful that a woman should run for such a critical office, and I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours. I remain, however, in mourning for a dear sister, and so am not holding to social engagements.
I apologize for the belated reply, I was away for the weekend visiting friends for their wedding and I did not return until today. I regret that I have missed your gathering, as I'm sure it was a wonderful event. I do wish you the best of luck in your political endeavors!
Professor M. Skeeter
**Phineas will not deign to reply, because #Phinny
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