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Post by csc on Apr 21, 2012 13:05:08 GMT -5
Probably the best choice.
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Post by BSam on Apr 21, 2012 18:07:36 GMT -5
yeah, none of them were rediculous enough to be a terrible great name, and crimsonblood? that sounds nice and creepy, like a goth up a tree.
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Post by Sophie Baudelaire on Apr 21, 2012 20:18:25 GMT -5
BSam: I thought RookUnicorn sounded pretty cool  CrimsonBlood does sound like a goth up a tree though xD
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Post by BSam on Apr 22, 2012 3:45:38 GMT -5
i'm a slytherin!
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Post by B. on Apr 22, 2012 4:29:10 GMT -5
Congratulations, and nice toad.
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Post by Shelly on Apr 22, 2012 5:48:20 GMT -5
So many Slytherins!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2012 6:42:47 GMT -5
Ehe, I finally joined as well... Hufflepuff!
Add me - GoldThorn7811
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Post by KlausBaudelaire833 on Apr 22, 2012 23:11:47 GMT -5
I partook in the Sorting Hat Ceremony just today and I was sorted to Ravenclaw!  At first I wanted to be in Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw's nice too... |
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Post by A on Apr 25, 2012 4:31:20 GMT -5
WARNING: SPOILERS
I saw the welcome messages from after you get sorted, but I only have read Ravenclaw Huffle and Griff.
Basically Raven's is about how to get around, Huffle's brags about noatble persona, and Griff is just Perce W saying how Griff is the greatest and Dumbledore is a Griff.
Anyone can outline Slytherins for me? I am really interested.
PS:Is my friend FlightSparks15173 from Ravenclaw a 667er?
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Post by Shelly on Apr 25, 2012 7:24:46 GMT -5
SPOILERS: SLYTHERIN WELCOME MESSAGE.
Congratulations! I’m Prefect Gemma Farley, and I’m delighted to welcome you to SLYTHERIN HOUSE. Our emblem is the serpent, the wisest of creatures; our house colours are emerald green and silver, and our common room lies behind a concealed entrance down in the dungeons. As you’ll see, its windows look out into the depths of the Hogwarts lake. We often see the giant squid swooshing by – and sometimes more interesting creatures. We like to feel that our hangout has the aura of a mysterious, underwater shipwreck.
Now, there are a few things you should know about Slytherin – and a few you should forget.
Firstly, let’s dispel a few myths. You might have heard rumours about Slytherin house – that we’re all into the Dark Arts, and will only talk to you if your great-grandfather was a famous wizard, and rubbish like that. Well, you don’t want to believe everything you hear from competing houses. I’m not denying that we’ve produced our share of Dark wizards, but so have the other three houses – they just don’t like admitting it. And yes, we have traditionally tended to take students who come from long lines of witches and wizards, but nowadays you’ll find plenty of people in Slytherin house who have at least one Muggle parent.
Here’s a little-known fact that the other three houses don’t bring up much: Merlin was a Slytherin. Yes, Merlin himself, the most famous wizard in history! He learned all he knew in this very house! Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Merlin? Or would you rather sit at the old desk of that illustrious ex-Hufflepuff, Eglantine Puffett, inventor of the Self-Soaping Dishcloth?
I didn’t think so.
But that’s enough about what we’re not. Let’s talk about what we are, which is the coolest and edgiest house in this school. We play to win, because we care about the honour and traditions of Slytherin.
We also get respect from our fellow students. Yes, some of that respect might be tinged with fear, because of our Dark reputation, but you know what? It can be fun, having a reputation for walking on the wild side. Chuck out a few hints that you’ve got access to a whole library of curses, and see whether anyone feels like nicking your pencil case.
But we’re not bad people. We’re like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood.
For instance, we Slytherins look after our own – which is more than you can say for Ravenclaw. Apart from being the biggest bunch of swots you ever met, Ravenclaws are famous for clambering over each other to get good marks, whereas we Slytherins are brothers. The corridors of Hogwarts can throw up surprises for the unwary, and you’ll be glad you’ve got the Serpents on your side as you move around the school. As far as we’re concerned, once you’ve become a snake, you’re one of ours – one of the elite.
Because you know what Salazar Slytherin looked for in his chosen students? The seeds of greatness. You’ve been chosen by this house because you’ve got the potential to be great, in the true sense of the word. All right, you might see a couple of people hanging around the common room whom you might not think are destined for anything special. Well, keep that to yourself. If the Sorting Hat put them in here, there’s something great about them, and don’t you forget it.
And talking of people who aren’t destined for greatness, I haven’t mentioned the Gryffindors. Now, a lot of people say that Slytherins and Gryffindors represent two sides of the same coin. Personally, I think Gryffindors are nothing more than wannabe Slytherins. Mind you, some people say that Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor prized the same kinds of students, so perhaps we are more similar than we like to think. But that doesn’t mean that we cosy up with Gryffindors. They like beating us only slightly less than we like beating them.
A few more things you might need to know: our house ghost is the Bloody Baron. If you get on the right side of him he’ll sometimes agree to frighten people for you. Just don’t ask him how he got bloodstained; he doesn’t like it.
The password to the common room changes every fortnight. Keep an eye on the noticeboard. Never bring anyone from another house into our common room or tell them our password. No outsider has entered it for more than seven centuries.
Well, I think that’s all for now. I’m sure you’ll like our dormitories. We sleep in ancient four-posters with green silk hangings, and bedspreads embroidered with silver thread. Medieval tapestries depicting the adventures of famous Slytherins cover the walls, and silver lanterns hang from the ceilings. You’ll sleep well; it’s very soothing, listening to the lake water lapping against the windows at night.
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Post by csc on Apr 25, 2012 11:31:47 GMT -5
When I saw Gryffindor's welcoming message I was surprised because they all were as long as Slytherin's.
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Post by KlausBaudelaire833 on Apr 25, 2012 23:42:41 GMT -5
I have a very hard time making potions, especially with containers. And I think there's a bit of a glitch in making the potions. When I was making a potion for a cure for poisons, I entered the right amount of berries correctly in the correct pot, but after I waved my wand the potion failed. I don't know what I did wrong.
About the welcoming messages, I haven't seen Gryffindor's and Hufflepuff's.
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Post by A on Apr 26, 2012 3:27:29 GMT -5
You know, this person does have some resemblance to KlausBaudlaire833. He [FlightSparks15173] is from the Philippines, and is a Ravenclaw. Hmmm I wonder
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Post by KlausBaudelaire833 on Apr 26, 2012 5:21:23 GMT -5
You know, this person does have some resemblance to KlausBaudlaire833. He [FlightSparks15173] is from the Philippines, and is a Ravenclaw. Hmmm I wonder No, sorry. I'm a different usename: RookFirebolt15222 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2012 10:00:23 GMT -5
I have a very hard time making potions, especially with containers. And I think there's a bit of a glitch in making the potions. When I was making a potion for a cure for poisons, I entered the right amount of berries correctly in the correct pot, but after I waved my wand the potion failed. I don't know what I did wrong. About the welcoming messages, I haven't seen Gryffindor's and Hufflepuff's. I've pretty much given up on potions and just focus on wizard's duel. Ehe~ I haven't seen the Ravenclaw welcome message... Here's the Hufflepuff one: --- Congratulations! I’m Prefect Gabriel Truman, and I’m delighted to welcome you to HUFFLEPUFF HOUSE. Our emblem is the badger, an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, including wolves. Our house colours are yellow and black, and our common room lies one floor below the ground, on the same corridor as the kitchens.
Now, there are a few things you should know about Hufflepuff house. First of all, let’s deal with a perennial myth about the place, which is that we’re the least clever house. WRONG. Hufflepuff is certainly the least boastful house, but we’ve produced just as many brilliant witches and wizards as any other. Want proof? Look up Grogan Stump, one of the most popular Ministers for Magic of all time. He was a Hufflepuff – as were the successful Ministers Artemesia Lufkin and Dugald McPhail. Then there’s the world authority on magical creatures, Newt Scamander; Bridget Wenlock, the famous thirteenth-century Arithmancer who first discovered the magical properties of the number seven, and Hengist of Woodcroft, who founded the all-wizarding village of Hogsmeade, which lies very near Hogwarts School. Hufflepuffs all.
So, as you can see, we’ve produced more than our fair share of powerful, brilliant and daring witches and wizards, but, just because we don’t shout about it, we don’t get the credit we deserve. Ravenclaws, in particular, assume that any outstanding achiever must have come from their house. I got into big trouble during my third year for duelling a Ravenclaw prefect who insisted that Bridget Wenlock had come from his house, not mine. I should have got a week of detentions, but Professor Sprout let me off with a warning and a box of coconut ice.
Hufflepuffs are trustworthy and loyal. We don’t shoot our mouths off, but cross us at your peril; like our emblem, the badger, we will protect ourselves, our friends and our families against all-comers. Nobody intimidates us.
However, it’s true that Hufflepuff is a bit lacking in one area. We’ve produced the fewest Dark wizards of any house in this school. Of course, you’d expect Slytherin to churn out evil-doers, seeing as they’ve never heard of fair play and prefer cheating over hard work any day, but even Gryffindor (the house we get on best with) has produced a few dodgy characters.
What else do you need to know? Oh yes, the entrance to the common room is concealed in a stack of large barrels in a nook on the right hand side of the kitchen corridor. Tap the barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, in the rhythm of ‘Helga Hufflepuff’, and the lid will swing open. We are the only house at Hogwarts that also has a repelling device for would-be intruders. If the wrong lid is tapped, or if the rhythm of the tapping is wrong, the illegal entrant is doused in vinegar.
You will hear other houses boast of their security arrangements, but it so happens that in more than a thousand years, the Hufflepuff common room and dormitories have never been seen by outsiders. Like badgers, we know exactly how to lie low – and how to defend ourselves.
Once you’ve opened the barrel, crawl inside and along the passageway behind it, and you will emerge into the cosiest common room of them all. It is round and earthy and low-ceilinged; it always feels sunny, and its circular windows have a view of rippling grass and dandelions.
There is a lot of burnished copper about the place, and many plants, which either hang from the ceiling or sit on the windowsills. Our Head of house, Professor Pomona Sprout, is Head of Herbology, and she brings the most interesting specimens (some of which dance and talk) to decorate our room – one reason why Hufflepuffs are often very good at Herbology. Our overstuffed sofas and chairs are upholstered in yellow and black, and our dormitories are reached through round doors in the walls of the common room. Copper lamps cast a warm light over our four-posters, all of which are covered in patchwork quilts, and copper bed warmers hang on the walls, should you have cold feet.
Our house ghost is the friendliest of them all: the Fat Friar. You’ll recognise him easily enough; he’s plump and wears monk’s robes, and he’s very helpful if you get lost or are in any kind of trouble.
I think that’s nearly everything. I must say, I hope some of you are good Quidditch players. Hufflepuff hasn’t done as well as I’d like in the Quidditch tournament lately.
You should sleep comfortably. We’re protected from storms and wind down in our dormitories; we never have the disturbed nights those in the towers sometimes experience.
And once again: congratulations on becoming a member of the friendliest, most decent and most tenacious house of them all.--- But it is SO frustrating to be in Hufflepuff... D': It's my dream house, yes, but GAH. WHY.But meh. I just try to have fun. I'm gonna add youuuu! |
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CrimsonBlood does sound like a goth up a tree though xD 
At first I wanted to be in Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw's nice too...
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