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.
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Braces, or suspenders, were almost universally worn due to the high cut of men's trousers. Belts did not become common until the 1920s. — MJ
Use this thread to post any smaller IC news for 1895. Please be sure to include the date that this became public using the premise tag, and post any news in the following format.
Mr. & Mrs. Elias Grimstone of Bartonburg, are pleased to announce the birth of a daughter, Willow Hope, on the thirteenth of February. While the family are currently not accepting calls, they do appreciate everyone's well-wishes.
Mr & Mrs Clarence Cosgrove are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Clarissa Cosgrove to Mister Gerald Abbott. While a definitive date is yet to be set, a summer wedding seems to be in the family’s plans.
The Ministry of Magic will require all employees of the Department for the Control and Regulation of Magical Creatures to work on-premises overnight August 5th, which corresponds to the next full moon.
Irish poet Porphyria Browning Dempsey this week published a new collection of short works entitled Cemetery Verses. Early critical reviews suggest that this volume, like much of Dempsey’s prior poetry, has a “compelling power and haunting intensity”; but that her subject matter is ever more laden with unnatural passions, melancholy longings, and “plunges to new depths of ghastly and unfeminine depravity”.
Mr & Mrs DeCroix are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Madamoiselle Violetta DeCroix to her long term betrothed, Monsieur François Dupont. Preparations are underway for a January ceremony in Mont Saint-Michel.
The Daily Prophet has confirmed that all employees for the Department for the Control and Regulation of Magical Creatures who did not attend the Aug. 5 full moon lock-in have been dismissed. We have not identified all impacted employees, but have confirmed that Mr. Jonah McKelvey is one of the affected former employees.
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Professor Marlowe Forfang has released a new article in Qualitative Research Quarterly entitled Are Werewolves Capable of Conspiracy? The article includes a collection of interview quotations surrounding the theme of isolation and loneliness, particularly for recently turned werewolves. Forfang argues that because of societal strains and pressures werewolves are fundamentally incapable of forming groups and can therefore never be claimed to be acting in conjunction with each other or in pursuit of a shared purpose.