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
January 4th, 1890 — Headquarters of the London Society for the Practice of Combative Magic
Nik reviewed the rules, though Miss Lestrange did lack her brother's penchant for flouting them. Once ensuring both young ladies were ready, he gestured to the Slytherin to begin.
Gretchen Lestrange @"Jemima Farley" You have 72 hours to post, Lauren! (No need to tag me)
Gretchen hid a twitch of her lips at the thought that her victory might have ended up in the other girl's diary once upon a time. She might even have been insulted for the beating she was about to deliver.
Slightly sad that her victory wasn't going to be transcribed for all time Gretchen created a whirlwind of sand to encase the girl.
After the dreadful duel with Thomas (neither winning it nor disliking her opponent had made her feel any better about the boy being half-pecked to death by his own conjured birds!), Jemima had crossed her fingers for an uneventful second round of the tournament.
If she was less-than-pleased to now be up against a Miss Lestrange who was not Frida, she did her best not to show that she was intimidated. Fighting the urge to shut her eyes against the whirl of sand coming her way, Jemima attempted a spell that might turn the sand to a shower of flower blossoms.
The Hufflepuff became something of a picture of spring, a welcome sight on a dreary January day. Needless to say, the Slytherin's efforts had been thwarted.
"Miss Farley takes the first point," the professor announced, "and shall begin the second pass."
LESTRANGE 9 | FARLEY 11.5
@"Jemima Farley" Gretchen Lestrange You have 72 hours to post, MJ! (No need to tag me)
The timing of the disarming spell was impeccable—an instant later and it would have been useless. Nik awarded Miss Lestrange the second point, and directed her to start the tie-breaking round.
FARLEY 8.5 | LESTRANGE 9 Gretchen Lestrange @"Jemima Farley" You have 72 hours to post, Lauren! (No need to tag me)
A disarming charm being shot her way was one thing - that was a useful spell, but not apt to hurt - but a stinging hex? There was a reason she had not elected to continue with Professor Sleptov's subject, and that was to avoid being a test dummy to painful hexes, thank you kindly! With that in mind, Jemima squealed and cast a hasty shield charm.
Though her reaction was hardly professional (it was a mercy, he thought, that Miss Fawley no longer took his subject), her shield charm was entirely sufficient and Nikolai declared the Hufflepuff the duel's victor.
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