Samuel Sauber wrote: 29 Apr 2026, 14:51

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Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means,
To achieve their ends.
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Welcome to the Noble House of Slytherin,

Since the Sorting Ceremony has successfully taken place, you have found out which House you will live in for the rest of your school years. If you think The Sorting Hat has put you in the wrong place, do not forget that its magic looks deep into your soul and has its reasons. For those who didn’t expect anything else, your House will embrace your arrival with just as much warmth. 

Slytherin is the house of people with great ambition, shrewdness, and self-preservation. These made every one of us strong leaders. We are also resourceful, we find clever ways to overcome any difficulties in front of us. We easily adapt to a new situation and make the best use of any available resources around us. We have sharp judgment and are able to understand any situation which leads us to safety and even greatness.

We are now part of the legacy, along with the great wizards and witches that have even known. We will be shaped together in talents and strength. We are proud of our achievement and support each other to the fullest. Our ambitions are not only accepted here. They are encouraged. Never be afraid to dream boldly and to pursue it. Again, we are all here to support each other.

Our common room awaits you beneath the Great Lake, which holds mystery and elegance, much like Slytherins ourselves.

How to get into the house? To get to your House, go to the Hogwarts crest at the top left of the page. Hover or click Hogwarts and look for Slytherin Dungeon. Once you click or hover over it you will be home.

The Common Room : where all students from the House can discuss topics, take part of their House’s activities, and write stories with their fellow House members to develop their characters. Presenting your character is an important step to take in order to integrate into this House. This is also where you can collect your daily scholarship.

The Bulletin Board : News for the House will be presented to all students of the House. This is where you will find out a lot of important house related information. I recommend hitting the bell shaped icon to 'subscribe' to this board and the news within it.

Girls’ Dormitory/Boys’ Dormitory/Non-Binary Dormitory: is where your character will find her/his room and personal space. Of course, one member of a certain gender cannot go to the other gender’s dormitory. Try and the castle will remind you of this rule.

Out of Character Room: is where you, the writer, can interact with other writers from Slytherin. You will find information about Sports like Duelling, Broom Racing, and Quidditch here.

Head of House’s Office : is the official office given to the Head of House. Within here, you will find a questions and suggestion thread, should you have any. You can also owl me directly.

If you want to start your journey before entering the castle, here are some place worth to visit first:

Hogwarts Express -- Find your new friends in the compartments of the train. Your might have a funny encounters and interesting interactions, or even an exciting adventure!

Sorting Hat Ceremony -- Write about was your feeling when getting sorted. Excited? Happy? Anxious? Or all of them?

Slytherin Table -- Celebrate your new house in the table. You might find your favourite foods here.

What to do now ?

- Before starting your magical journey, take a few minutes to read the Rules & Regulations of the website. It will allow you to get a better understanding of it. While all the rules are important, what you have to remember the most are:

• Multiple Accounts are strictly prohibited. Full disclosure: we are checking the IP addresses of all website applicants. If a housemate, partner, sibling, etc., would like to apply, please inform any of the staff members of their accounts as well. After reporting, the members of the staff will evaluate the case. Having multiple accounts could lead to a permanent ban if not respected, so we ask you to be careful.
• No Godmodding: This would be controlling another player's character actions.
• No Metagaming: This would be using information that you acquired Out-Of-Character and using it In-Character. If your character has no way of knowing that information then you have no reason to use it.
• There is a requirement of 200 words of original in-character actions, descriptions, and thoughts in each of your in-character posts. [This means that copying the lyrics of a song would be someone else's work, as would quoting another user's post or words.] This is excluding the OOC Flood topics. Please ensure that you keep up with this expectation anywhere else (unless specified by the staff member that a thread has a lower word count requirement).

- If you are still feeling a little overwhelmed by the website, check out our Where To Start thread. This guide will help provide you with key tips of where to begin your wizarding journey.

- FAQ is where you will find the answers to most of the frequently asked questions.

- Create your character's page on Encyclopedia -> Characters so it can be added to the Official Index. Once this is done, you will be able to join events, sports and adventures. Being on the official index is usually a requirement for official events or sports.

- Also, feel free to join our Discord to chat with everyone: Discord

- Finally, we also offer a Mentorship Program for new (or returning new) members. This is a great way to get integrated into the community if you are feeling overwhelmed or just need a bit of help getting started.

Note for anyone joining in June 2025: It is June, meaning graduation is around the corner! If you want to stay a first year for the 2025-2026 school year, make sure to send me an owl! Users can forward date up to three months, so you can already forward date Hogwarts threads set in September! You can use the 2025-2026 sorting thread here: Sorting Ceremony Thread and you can post in the 2025-2026 Slytherin table thread here: Slytherin Table 2025-2026

However, if you want to graduate to second year on July 1st, make sure to be registered with our official index before July 1st! Follow the process outlined here: Index Registration

Here are all the things you should know. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to ask me or another member of staff, including the house prefects. Welcome home!

Best Regards,
Samuel Reinhard Sauber
Head of Slytherin
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Sincere thanks to Magdalena Wickham-Deakin for the letter format and graphics