Absit Omen Fortnight Flier #25! Tags: Read 529 times / 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Absit Omen Fortnight Flier #25! on January 14, 2012, 12:55:36 PM Saturday,January 14, 2012Page A1TimelineAugust 15 to September 15Full MoonSeptember Full Moon: Friday, the 4th Upcoming EventsAugust 30: The Hogwarts Express leaves for Hogwarts.August 30: The Sorting and the Welcoming Feast in the evening.August 31: Free Day at Hogwarts.September 1: Classes Begin!September 12: Tournament Champions announcement for the first challenge.September 19: Hogwarts Club Day.Late September: First Challenge!January 20: Absit Omen's Third Anniversary!IC EventsOOC Events SeptemberSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30Summer Sets Hearts Ablaze and Minds to MushThe summer begins with exciting Tetrawizard Tournament preparations! Two Hogwarts School Governors discuss castle renovations and accommodations on a tour of the castle in June. When Headmistress Snark goes missing in Egypt, they make haste to fill the vacancy, resulting in the appointment of Herschel Reid as Headmaster for fall 2009. Snark is not the only one affected by a trip to Egypt. Hildegarde Austerlitz, History of Magic professor, returns from her travels in August and keels over in her classroom! Luckily, the students and professors on the Year End Adventures trip suffer no ill effects beyond sunburn and spitting camels.Students end the school year at Hogwarts with a blast of paint on the grounds and mischief on the train. They drink and dance at Signature, drink and fight at Spellpunk, and cheer on the Falmouth Falcons at Figaro's Quidditch party! Recent graduates attend the Ministry Mixer to get a taste of the careers waiting for them, and Level Two hams it up with a wild west welcome! After a letter from Persepolis Zephyr, SAWS holds its first summer meeting at the Leaky Cauldron, where Zephyr gives them hope about werewolf Ollie's return to school.Speaking of werewolves, an incoming first-year is attacked and turned, though her friends and family stick by her. Salem and Hogwarts students bring up SAWS, while Frank and Hannah bristle over procedures at the RCMC close to June's full moon. After Vivienne and Delilah speak at Mungo's, Viv and Una Sophia meet to hint at plans for a potential werewolf sedative.St. Mungo's is hopping with criminals, victims, and Aurors! During a mugging, Jazz Hawke is injured and sent to the fourth floor for spell damage to heal up, where Samuel Harcroft and a new Auror trainee attempt to pinpoint the criminal's location. Anadotti Squiggs is also questioned on the fourth floor, though her description of her assailant is unintentionally entertaining. Fighting children cause Auror Pratt and Vivienne Thorpe to meet on more cordial terms, spawning a romance that we all hope to see pan out! Miranda Elliot comes back from the grave and gives Jason Marren a fright. Landis Morgan stages a WBA attack on a quiet (too quiet!) day at the hospital in late July.Elsewhere, criminals are up to no good as usual. In Diagon, Terry threatens Akiva for her connection to Dreogan, but newcomer Raizel scares him off. Caught stealing a muhra glass in the Magicarium Apothocarium, Jonas Trevelyan questions Nate Briggs and attempts to offer him a third option for more information. The Aurors take Liadán Ó Móráin into custody for her role in kidnapping a child, but Oz Whitman calls on her in the cell and she soon gets her life back in order.In August, the tournament schools make their grand entrances to an equally grand welcome in Hogsmeade! Durmstrang arrives on a ship as Professors quiz the students on their stockings and school pride, Beauxbatons arrives in Abraxan-drawn carriages and discuss what to expect from the competing schools, and Salem arrives in a Dragodirigible and debate important topics like British cussing habits and candy! As the school year looms near, foreign students are startled by the sound of bagpipes, the staff suss each other out in the Leaky Cauldron, and the Salem Athletics Director gets to wax on his favorite sport: Quodpot!Absit Omen NewsStudents return to Hogwarts and then some!The Tetrawizard Tournament has arrived! With the start of the new school year in September, Hogwarts welcomes many fresh faces and the castle will host three foreign schools: Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Salem. Students will live together, eat together, learn together! It all begins after the train ride to Hogsmeade (the board is open for posting)!Tournament students will stay in unique dormitories that were created for them over the summer using a combination of magic and elven elbow grease. Tournament professors are welcome to have living quarters in the castle as well, or remain in their Hogsmeade dwellings.The Beauxbatons student dormitories are located on the fifth floor in the east tower, and are decorated in the French Neo-Classical style with blue, white, and gold accents.The Durmstrang student dormitories are located in the dungeons and cellars and are decorated lavishly with black, red, and gold accents.The Salem student dormitories are located on the third floor and are decorated in the American Colonial style with several cozy nooks and crannies.Choosing ChampionsAll students sixteen years or older are invited to become champions! Champions will be chosen before each challenge. If you wish to participate, post your student in the Goblet of Fire thread for the appropriate challenge, and/or post in the plot development challenge sign-up thread.We'd love to hear your thoughts about what you'd like to see in the first few challenges! For more detailed information about champions and the tournament in general, please refer to this thread.Tetrawizard Tournament Information Hub | Tournament Challenge Brainstorming ThreadClasses: What to Expect!Important announcement about the class policy, class wiki pages, and class rosters! Signing up for classes will be easier since we've added a class sign-up section to the student biography form. You will now find class pages on the wiki, where basic class information and rosters are stored. And due to the Tetrawizard Tournament, foreign professors and Hogwarts professors are encouraged to work together to offer classes, seminars, and other fun events! Check out our Hogwarts Classes page for more detailed information.New Hogwarts Staff!Since Analiza Snark's disappearance in Egypt this June, Herschel Reid, Hogwarts Governor, has been granted the position of Hogwarts Headmaster and the responsibility of the Tetrawizard Tournament. His background in education includes the training of new members at the Ministry's Department of Mysteries, private tutoring, apparation licensing, and five years experience teaching Transfiguration. Reid certainly has the credentials; can he bring Hogwarts glory and fill Snark's spiky high heels?After a year of expulsion, one student returns to the castle: Olivia Foley, werewolf. A new werewolf is welcomed: incoming first-year Alexandra McGee! Safety measures are in place and the students have the Headmaster's full support!With Declan Ó Móráin's resignation from Hogwarts, Ignan Storm, Defense of the Dark Arts professor, has been appointed Deputy Headmaster!Among the tournament staff, expect to see Headmistress Victoire Bisclavret from Beauxbatons, Headmaster Auberon Eisenberg from Durmstrang, and Headmaster Ferreole LeBeau from Salem. Check The Cast for a full list of tournament staff and students!The Dobby Swap: A Success!Thank you all so much for your participation in AO's Dobby Swap! This December we had forty participants; more than half the site membership! Every year we're amazed at the creativity and thoughtfulness put into the gifts.January 20th: Absit Omen's third Anniversary!Yeah, you heard that right! We're nearing our third anniversary and we're very excited! Prepare for new games, highlights, an art gallery, writing prompts and challenges, and more to celebrate AO's awesomeness!Auror Case FilesThe Auror Case Files have been moved to the wiki, where anyone registered on the wiki can help keep them updated! Aurors, criminals, everyone is encouraged to contribute. If you are more comfortable adding cases and information on the board, please do so in this thread, now located in Sign-Ups and Registries!Cbox Poll ResultsThank you for participating in the cbox poll! We've decided to keep it open to all members and guests at this time!Age Limit & Privacy PolicyIn doing some research into how Absit Omen should conform to internet standards of safety and privacy, we've decided to establish a minimum age for participation and publish a privacy policy. From now on, no one younger than 13 years-old may register at Absit Omen.* As for the privacy policy, we have made it clear how (or rather how NOT) your personal information (like your email address or any personal details you reveal in the course of being at AO) will be used. Read it over here, and contact a Curator if you have any questions.*If you are under 13 years old, do not worry. We will NOT kick you off, but we would like to talk to you about ways to be safe online at Absit Omen. We will not tell anyone how old you are! So please, if you are under 13, please PM Sarah/Niobe Thursby or Elle/Fauna Blake.While we're talking about it, we would like to remind everyone that the c-box is public and most of the boards could be viewed by any of the 200 people who have ever had active characters here (or guests browsing!) So please, be careful and deliberate about what personal information you choose to share! You'd be surprised what kind of details could build up over time. Any part of your name, location, school, or work place is worth keeping under your hat. If you have any concerns about privacy at AO, please speak to a Curator.Want to discuss this update? It is posted in Fortnight Fliers. Skip to next post
Absit Omen Fortnight Flier #25! on January 14, 2012, 12:55:36 PM Saturday,January 14, 2012Page A1TimelineAugust 15 to September 15Full MoonSeptember Full Moon: Friday, the 4th Upcoming EventsAugust 30: The Hogwarts Express leaves for Hogwarts.August 30: The Sorting and the Welcoming Feast in the evening.August 31: Free Day at Hogwarts.September 1: Classes Begin!September 12: Tournament Champions announcement for the first challenge.September 19: Hogwarts Club Day.Late September: First Challenge!January 20: Absit Omen's Third Anniversary!IC EventsOOC Events SeptemberSu Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30Summer Sets Hearts Ablaze and Minds to MushThe summer begins with exciting Tetrawizard Tournament preparations! Two Hogwarts School Governors discuss castle renovations and accommodations on a tour of the castle in June. When Headmistress Snark goes missing in Egypt, they make haste to fill the vacancy, resulting in the appointment of Herschel Reid as Headmaster for fall 2009. Snark is not the only one affected by a trip to Egypt. Hildegarde Austerlitz, History of Magic professor, returns from her travels in August and keels over in her classroom! Luckily, the students and professors on the Year End Adventures trip suffer no ill effects beyond sunburn and spitting camels.Students end the school year at Hogwarts with a blast of paint on the grounds and mischief on the train. They drink and dance at Signature, drink and fight at Spellpunk, and cheer on the Falmouth Falcons at Figaro's Quidditch party! Recent graduates attend the Ministry Mixer to get a taste of the careers waiting for them, and Level Two hams it up with a wild west welcome! After a letter from Persepolis Zephyr, SAWS holds its first summer meeting at the Leaky Cauldron, where Zephyr gives them hope about werewolf Ollie's return to school.Speaking of werewolves, an incoming first-year is attacked and turned, though her friends and family stick by her. Salem and Hogwarts students bring up SAWS, while Frank and Hannah bristle over procedures at the RCMC close to June's full moon. After Vivienne and Delilah speak at Mungo's, Viv and Una Sophia meet to hint at plans for a potential werewolf sedative.St. Mungo's is hopping with criminals, victims, and Aurors! During a mugging, Jazz Hawke is injured and sent to the fourth floor for spell damage to heal up, where Samuel Harcroft and a new Auror trainee attempt to pinpoint the criminal's location. Anadotti Squiggs is also questioned on the fourth floor, though her description of her assailant is unintentionally entertaining. Fighting children cause Auror Pratt and Vivienne Thorpe to meet on more cordial terms, spawning a romance that we all hope to see pan out! Miranda Elliot comes back from the grave and gives Jason Marren a fright. Landis Morgan stages a WBA attack on a quiet (too quiet!) day at the hospital in late July.Elsewhere, criminals are up to no good as usual. In Diagon, Terry threatens Akiva for her connection to Dreogan, but newcomer Raizel scares him off. Caught stealing a muhra glass in the Magicarium Apothocarium, Jonas Trevelyan questions Nate Briggs and attempts to offer him a third option for more information. The Aurors take Liadán Ó Móráin into custody for her role in kidnapping a child, but Oz Whitman calls on her in the cell and she soon gets her life back in order.In August, the tournament schools make their grand entrances to an equally grand welcome in Hogsmeade! Durmstrang arrives on a ship as Professors quiz the students on their stockings and school pride, Beauxbatons arrives in Abraxan-drawn carriages and discuss what to expect from the competing schools, and Salem arrives in a Dragodirigible and debate important topics like British cussing habits and candy! As the school year looms near, foreign students are startled by the sound of bagpipes, the staff suss each other out in the Leaky Cauldron, and the Salem Athletics Director gets to wax on his favorite sport: Quodpot!Absit Omen NewsStudents return to Hogwarts and then some!The Tetrawizard Tournament has arrived! With the start of the new school year in September, Hogwarts welcomes many fresh faces and the castle will host three foreign schools: Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Salem. Students will live together, eat together, learn together! It all begins after the train ride to Hogsmeade (the board is open for posting)!Tournament students will stay in unique dormitories that were created for them over the summer using a combination of magic and elven elbow grease. Tournament professors are welcome to have living quarters in the castle as well, or remain in their Hogsmeade dwellings.The Beauxbatons student dormitories are located on the fifth floor in the east tower, and are decorated in the French Neo-Classical style with blue, white, and gold accents.The Durmstrang student dormitories are located in the dungeons and cellars and are decorated lavishly with black, red, and gold accents.The Salem student dormitories are located on the third floor and are decorated in the American Colonial style with several cozy nooks and crannies.Choosing ChampionsAll students sixteen years or older are invited to become champions! Champions will be chosen before each challenge. If you wish to participate, post your student in the Goblet of Fire thread for the appropriate challenge, and/or post in the plot development challenge sign-up thread.We'd love to hear your thoughts about what you'd like to see in the first few challenges! For more detailed information about champions and the tournament in general, please refer to this thread.Tetrawizard Tournament Information Hub | Tournament Challenge Brainstorming ThreadClasses: What to Expect!Important announcement about the class policy, class wiki pages, and class rosters! Signing up for classes will be easier since we've added a class sign-up section to the student biography form. You will now find class pages on the wiki, where basic class information and rosters are stored. And due to the Tetrawizard Tournament, foreign professors and Hogwarts professors are encouraged to work together to offer classes, seminars, and other fun events! Check out our Hogwarts Classes page for more detailed information.New Hogwarts Staff!Since Analiza Snark's disappearance in Egypt this June, Herschel Reid, Hogwarts Governor, has been granted the position of Hogwarts Headmaster and the responsibility of the Tetrawizard Tournament. His background in education includes the training of new members at the Ministry's Department of Mysteries, private tutoring, apparation licensing, and five years experience teaching Transfiguration. Reid certainly has the credentials; can he bring Hogwarts glory and fill Snark's spiky high heels?After a year of expulsion, one student returns to the castle: Olivia Foley, werewolf. A new werewolf is welcomed: incoming first-year Alexandra McGee! Safety measures are in place and the students have the Headmaster's full support!With Declan Ó Móráin's resignation from Hogwarts, Ignan Storm, Defense of the Dark Arts professor, has been appointed Deputy Headmaster!Among the tournament staff, expect to see Headmistress Victoire Bisclavret from Beauxbatons, Headmaster Auberon Eisenberg from Durmstrang, and Headmaster Ferreole LeBeau from Salem. Check The Cast for a full list of tournament staff and students!The Dobby Swap: A Success!Thank you all so much for your participation in AO's Dobby Swap! This December we had forty participants; more than half the site membership! Every year we're amazed at the creativity and thoughtfulness put into the gifts.January 20th: Absit Omen's third Anniversary!Yeah, you heard that right! We're nearing our third anniversary and we're very excited! Prepare for new games, highlights, an art gallery, writing prompts and challenges, and more to celebrate AO's awesomeness!Auror Case FilesThe Auror Case Files have been moved to the wiki, where anyone registered on the wiki can help keep them updated! Aurors, criminals, everyone is encouraged to contribute. If you are more comfortable adding cases and information on the board, please do so in this thread, now located in Sign-Ups and Registries!Cbox Poll ResultsThank you for participating in the cbox poll! We've decided to keep it open to all members and guests at this time!Age Limit & Privacy PolicyIn doing some research into how Absit Omen should conform to internet standards of safety and privacy, we've decided to establish a minimum age for participation and publish a privacy policy. From now on, no one younger than 13 years-old may register at Absit Omen.* As for the privacy policy, we have made it clear how (or rather how NOT) your personal information (like your email address or any personal details you reveal in the course of being at AO) will be used. Read it over here, and contact a Curator if you have any questions.*If you are under 13 years old, do not worry. We will NOT kick you off, but we would like to talk to you about ways to be safe online at Absit Omen. We will not tell anyone how old you are! So please, if you are under 13, please PM Sarah/Niobe Thursby or Elle/Fauna Blake.While we're talking about it, we would like to remind everyone that the c-box is public and most of the boards could be viewed by any of the 200 people who have ever had active characters here (or guests browsing!) So please, be careful and deliberate about what personal information you choose to share! You'd be surprised what kind of details could build up over time. Any part of your name, location, school, or work place is worth keeping under your hat. If you have any concerns about privacy at AO, please speak to a Curator.Want to discuss this update? It is posted in Fortnight Fliers. Skip to next post
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