First years only
Minimum requirements: At least two spells from the duelling spell list

━━━━ WHAT IS IT? ━━━━

Due to the dangerous nature of the magical world, it would do newcomers some good to be able to know how to think on their feet and learn the basics of protecting themselves and those around them in a hostile environment.

Enter the wargames, a series of three moderated mini-events of increasing complexity, to try and ease players into the idea of thinking critically and functioning in a hostile environment.

The point of this event is to get participants used to magical combat, and as such, the event will use duelling mechanics. Each participant will start at full hp and continue until they hit 0 hp, at which point they will be knocked out.

Obviously, the use of items that are not the participants' wand is prohibited. Further (and as always), clothes are mandatory for its event.

Edit:
Due to the possibility of events, the school nurse @Kelsey Brumby will be on-site to make sure the situation does not go out of hand, and to provide medical attention in necessary. The DADA Professor @Orion Lécuyer will also be on site to provide tips and feedback to interested students

━━━━ KING OF THE HILL [sign-ups closed] ━━━━

The first mini-event will be a free-for-all, much like the Tomato War, but with duelling stats, and flying spells instead of water balloons. With limited rules, and strategy being almost impossible, this is the beginning of a magical battle.

With the chaos of battle everywhere and the only thing standing between you and defeat being your own instinct. Do you have what it takes to be the last one standing?

Estimated (subject to change) OOC Duration for this event
October 1 - December 31

━━━━ THE THREE HOUSES ━━━━

Adding a layer of complexity, this is the event that most closely resembles actual duels. Teams will face off against each other. Tactics, strategy and co-operation all become relevant to be able to succeed in this event.

But if it's just duelling, what makes this different? Well, duelling normally has two teams facing off against each other. the Thre Houses event will have T H R E E teams facing off simultaneously. Do you make alliances? Do you stay aloof and hope the other two teams duke it out, leaving the winner weak and easy to pick off?

No matter where you go, teamwork and strategy will make or break participants in this event.

This event has limited open slots (between 6-12 participants).
First come, first serve.

Estimated (subject to change) OOC Duration for this event
January 15 - March 1

━━━━ CAPTURE THE FLAG ━━━━

Adding yet another layer of complexity, this event will take place on a gridded map. Participants will be broken down into two teams. Each team will have a flag, that can be planted on the map or carried by one of the team members. The objective of the game is to bring hold both flags in your own team 'zone'. This brings together team strategy with positioning and location awareness.

Estimated (subject to change) OOC Duration for this event
March 15 - End of year

━━━━ SIGN UP SHEET ━━━━

Signups are open until Dec 20, unless the event says otherwise.

Please note that most of these are timed events and require at least one post per week. As such, if you are uncertain about availability at that time, please do not sign up.

Non-posts will mean that your character is just standing idly for the round, doing absolutely nothing. Multiple rounds of idleness may lead to disqualification from the event.

Characters may sign up for multiple events

Name:
Link to Encyclopedia:
House:
Ability:
Three Houses (If yes, please write 200 words on why your character would be interested in this event):
Capture the Flag (Yes/No):

OOC: For clarification and questions feel free to owl me

━━━━ CURRENT SIGN-UPS ━━━━

Event Moderator(s): @Hui Ming | @Evelynn Decipio
Adult/On-Site Supervisor: @Kelsey Brumby | @Orion Lécuyer

Participants:
King of the Hill [finalised]

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1/ @Liana Kerr
2/ @Avery Chen
3/ @Hildegard Schneider
4/ @Della Barfield
5/ @Maggie Hawkins
6/ @Matthew Gray
7/ @Geoffrey Donovan

Three Houses (6 of 6)

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@Liana Kerr | @Avery Chen | @Hildegard Schneider | @Matthew Gray | @Della Barfield | @Maggie Hawkins

Three Houses (will be added if we have 3 more participants) (0/3)

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@Cody Stevenson

Capture the Flag

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@Liana Kerr | @Hildegard Schneider | @Matthew Gray | @Della Barfield | @Maggie Hawkins

Name: Liana Kerr
Link to Encyclopedia: Here
House: Slytherin
Ability: Prodigal Defense Against the Dark Arts Learner
King of the Hill: Yes
Capture the Flag: Yes
Three Houses: Having been tutored in offensive and defensive magic by a mentor Liana sees as a powerful, skilled and accomplished wizard, the girl wants to follow in his footsteps. She has harboured a desire to become a great duelist for years before she even picked up a real wand and came to Hogwarts, and the ambition only grew stronger once she got to experience how empowering it feels to successfully cast a spell. As an important addition, her family seems to approve of this aspiration, which is extremely important to the girl who receives so little approval in the household. The young Slytherin will join any team, club, activity or event where there is even the slightest possibility of a magical combat. Practice makes perfect, after all. While the Three Houses event seems to be more complicated than typical duels, it does not scare her. Quite the opposite - it is an exciting opportunity to experience chaos and uncertainty that real-life duels would most certainly bring. As a Slytherin, she also welcomes the idea of using her wit and tactics in forming a short-lived alliance in a heated situation, where everyone is only too aware that only a single team may emerge victorious. Of course, she would very much like to be part of the winning party, but winning is not the main goal here. Getting to practice a wide variety of skills is much more important.

Name: Avery Chen
Link to Encyclopedia: Here
House: Slytherin
Ability: Blindvision
King of the Hill (Yes/No): Yes
Three Houses: Yes. Avery did not grow up with knowledge of the wizarding world. He lived a relatively sheltered life of studies and music practice, under the roof of strict parents who were oftentimes stifling with their discipline. Upon receiving his Hogwarts letter, the young boy found his first potential taste of freedom. Here was a world that had so many opportunities to explore, right within grasp. He vowed to do as much as he could to take advantage of his newly-found freedom, and resolved to try as many new activities as he could, joining clubs that he normally would not have been able to join, like theater, or being involved in sports that he simply didn't have time for (or could never have done in the muggle world). Through his determination to enjoy and participate in the many flavors of life at Hogwarts, he is also interested in honing his spellwork and participating in dueling events. He sees this as an opportunity to meet and bond with more classmates, test out whether he has a knack for dueling, and enjoy his life to the fullest in general. His optimism is difficult to sway. Now, we can only wonder what setbacks he would experience in his daily, supposed hours-long violin practice...
Capture the Flag (Yes/No): Yes

Name: Geoffrey Donovan
Link to Encyclopedia: click
House: Gryffindor
Ability: Blindvision
King of the Hill (Yes/No): Y
Three Houses: N
Capture the Flag (Yes/No): N

Just wanna dip me toes a bit 'cause the duelling system I personally find a little daunting so only gonna sign up for the one event. Also my trunk hasn't been updated yet. Hopefully it'll get updated in time.

Name: Maggie Hawkins
Link to Encyclopedia: accio!
House: Slytherin
Ability: Calming Presence
King of the Hill (Yes/No): Yes
Three Houses (If yes, please write 200 words on why your character would be interested in this event): No
Capture the Flag (Yes/No): Yes

Waiting on my spells to be updated in my trunk, but the application has been submitted and will be updated when admin gets to it!

Name: Hildegard Schneider
Link to Encyclopedia: accio!
House: Slytherin
Ability: Prodigal Charm Learner
King of the Hill (Yes/No): Yes
Three Houses (If yes, please write 200 words on why your character would be interested in this event): Yes

Hildegard Schneider loved spells, she collected them, so when she heard about a game in which she could spam spell everywhere she immediately wanted to participate. Winning was not her concerning, she wanted to have fun play this wargame and participate in all of the events in it. Not only that but this Three Houses thing really looked like dueling but with a little twist to it, which made the Dmitri fangirl even more ecstatic in front of it. Ever since she saw the flier that Avery was giving everyone in the Great Hall she had convinced herself that it could not be anything but fun. Not to mention that she would have the possibility to spam some of the spells she would otherwise get a detention for casting on someone, that was just too good to be true ! Well actually it was in fact to good to be true, as she learned that Mudcreep would also participate. But ultimately she did not care ! Let that creep eat mud ! If she find the occasion she'd just cast a flipendo on the handsome boy, whatever. She would also get the occasion perhaps to face against some of the powerful wizard of her school year, like Liana.

Capture the Flag (Yes/No): Yes

Name: Della Barfield
Link to Encyclopedia: Here!
House: Gryffindor
Ability: *not approved yet* Parseltongue Adept
King of the Hill (Yes/No): Yes
Three Houses (If yes, please write 200 words on why your character would be interested in this event):
Della has been excelling at her classes, especially Defense Against the Dark Arts. Once she learns a spell, she has a solid grasp of it—she wants to show a little bit of this off in a competition. She thought the cards were stacked against her being muggle-born, but that hasn't been the case so she wants to show her magical skills. And she wants to fit in with the "brave" house, so the three houses event is a perfect way for her to prove to herself that she belongs in Gryffindor. Della is also just enamored with the magical world, being a muggle-born, she wants to experience as many different facets as she can. And even though she is growing into her tall stature, and she's still a little clumsy, she's finding that she's fit, quick, and enjoys physical activity. There aren't normal sports in the wizarding world, so she's considering joining anything close to it. Obviously, she won't be good enough, yet, to join the quidditch as a first year. But she's happy enough to run around, practice spells, and compete with other first years. Hopefully, dueling is as fun as it looks and she doesn't lose terribly.
Capture the Flag (Yes/No): Yes

Name: Matthew Gray
Link to Encyclopedia: here
House: Slytherin
Ability: Impartial
King of the Hill (Yes/No): Y
Three Houses: Y

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As lazy as he is, Matt does enjoy games and he figures this'll be a pretty good way to get to know more people as well as study how spells work. While he hasn't accepted the Wizarding World as something good, he's accepted that he's stuck it in for the present time and his main focus is how to defend himself against the magical. He doesn't want to get into anything for the sake of competitiveness because he honestly doesn't care if he wins or loses, but he at least wants to see how spells function in a duel environment so that he can develop the experience and knowledge necessary to make sure no one can get the jump on him if something ever happens. He's also been doing some reading about the magical world and it looks like there's a crap ton of evil plants, terrifying prophecies, and a school with a history of dark things creeping in doesn't sound like a fun time if you don't know how to cast spells. So, getting to know new classmates, getting to practice defense (and some offense, though self preservation suggests he wouldn't pick a fight), and gaining new knowledge are the main raison d'etre for this.

Capture the Flag (Yes/No): Y

Name: Cody Stevenson
Link to Encyclopedia: Check signature
House: Hufflepuff
Ability: not approved yet

Note: I was thinking that I could assist in moderation. If you don't want me to, thats fine.

Name: Hunter Argentum
Link to Encyclopedia: Here
House: Ravenclaw
Ability: Prodigal Potions Learner
Three Houses: Yes

Capture the Flag: Yes