Sitewide Announcements and Updates

Face Claims & the New HBO Harry Potter Series

With casting announcements for the new Harry Potter television series continuing to be released, we wanted to clarify how actors appearing in the series will be handled as Face Claims on Hogwarts.io.

As a reminder, Hogwarts.io exists within the Harry Potter universe rather than as an alternate universe. As actors become associated with canon characters in the new series, they will therefore become unavailable for new original characters.

How This Will Work

New Face Claims
Once an actor has been officially announced as portraying a character in the HBO series, or appears in the series, they will no longer be available as a Face Claim for newly validated characters.

Existing Face Claims Are Grandfathered
If your character was already using that actor as their Face Claim before the casting announcement, you may continue using them. We are not going to require established characters to change their appearance every time HBO announces a new cast member.

However, grandfathered characters may not use images, promotional material, costumes, or other imagery of the actor portraying their Harry Potter character in the HBO series. Please continue using imagery from the actor's other work or appearances.

Grandfathering Does Not Make the Face Claim Available to Existing Characters
The exception applies specifically to characters already using that Face Claim. An older or previously validated character cannot switch to an HBO Harry Potter cast member after that actor has become restricted simply because the character predates the television series or casting announcement.

In short:

If you were already using them, you may keep them.
If you weren't already using them, they are no longer available once their casting is announced.

We recognize that the new series will continue introducing and announcing actors over several years, so this policy is intended to protect established characters while keeping a reasonable distinction between our original characters and the new portrayals of canon characters.

Potions Classroom Description Update

Following the lore of the Nightroot Elixir release (read), the classroom description has been edited to add a new member of the potions family, Chompy. It also contains the moderation guide on how to interact with them. Sneak peek: if you disturb one of them, both plants will attack you. So please be kind to these cute creatures, Nibbles and Chompy. The map is also restructured to support the lore of the classroom. You can check the newest description of the classroom here: viewtopic.php?p=1420790#p1420790

Feel free to contact me by owl or Discord DM if you have any questions regarding this update. Thank you.

Alumni Quidditch Spectators Errand!

Take a short break from the intense competition at summer camp, watch a little quidditch, and maybe even get advice from a graduated alumnus. All adults and students are welcome! Sign-ups here, spectator thread here, and quidditch game thread here.