#recruitevent

Harry Potter has come back to Hogwarts.

     It isn’t the triumphant return the D.A. has been hoping for; isn’t the public rallying cry that the Ministry has been dreading; isn’t the declaration of war that the Death Eaters have been preparing for; isn’t even the foolishly short-sighted outburst of reckless idiocy bravery that Snape has been fearing – although if it comes closest to any, it’s probably the latter.

(What would you call sneaking-out on his friends so they can’t try and stop him?)

     But Harry hasn’t come back recklessly; he’s slipped in quiet and invisible, creeping up through the frosted Forbidden Forest (making use of the ugly thunderstorm overhead and his warm reunion with a familiar old car to stage a distraction for the Death Eaters and dementors so he can slip inside unseen) and sneaking through the halls, dodging trouble by means of the Marauder’s Map. He isn’t here to fight…

     He’s here to find.

     Harry has a plan. (He even has a back-up plan in case this fails – that’s why he left Ron and Hermione behind, to keep them out of danger so there will still be someone searching for those Horcruxes, one way or another.) He’ll hide in the Room of Requirement, make careful contact with friends like Ginny and Neville and Seamus – people who can help him get the information he needs without getting in trouble. The last thing he wants to do is get somebody hurt…

     But for some reason, the bloody door wouldn’t open for him, and he lost his temper trying to make it and the next thing he knew, the unmistakable shriek of Pansy Parkinson was alerting the whole school to the fact that someone was sneaking around in an invisibility cloak after hours, and Harry was running...

The game is now open for full interactions! Whether or not you choose to have your character involved in the immediate flurry of activity surrounding Harry’s near-detection by a prefect patrol is up to you; certainly there will be plenty of rumors swirling around the school over the days following that you can respond to either way -- and of course, there are plenty of other things going on at the school as well, from regular classes to increasingly regular torture sessions.

Welcome back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...hope you survive the experience.

Grave Robbing:

      It isn’t the triumphant return that the members of Dumbledore’s Army have been waiting for -- but Harry is certain that this unpleasant act is a major step on the way to winning this war. The question is, can he pull it off -- preferably without getting anyone caught or killed? And given his recent disillusionment with Dumbledore’s Army, can he and Hermione pull it off alone?

     The first step is getting out of the school undetected, and making it all the way to the tomb’s place near the lake without getting caught or seen. As Harry learned on his way into the school, an invisibility cloak alone may not be enough to do the job -- but having a second party willing to make a distraction can help...

     Then there’s getting into the tomb. Neither Harry nor Hermione have enough experience with magical burial to know if there will be spells or wards to keep people from meddling with Dumbledore’s body (and somehow, that sort of thing never came up in any of Hermione’s textbooks). Harry’s sure they can figure that out if they have to; they got through all those traps their first year with no preparation, after all -- but Hermione’s a little less convinced...

     And of course, even if they do get the tomb open and their hands on the Elder Wand, they still have to find a way to get back into the school...

Character Positions:

Harry Potter -- over-planning doesn’t help; they’ve proved that by now. Better to just do something and find a way to make it work.

Hermione Granger -- she doesn’t like the idea of them splitting up, but how else to divide enemy attention enough to get to the tomb?

How Your Character Can Get Involved:

Draco Malfoy and Other Carrow Supporters: could be moving around after hours. Some might be patrolling, others might just be pursuing activities of their own interests -- which regardless could put them in a position to interfere...

D.A. Characters: Harry Potter has never been as subtle as he imagines himself to be. It’s obvious when the two full time residents of the RoR go missing. What does your character do in response to Harry and Hermione’s sudden and unexplained absence? Try to stop them? Steer clear of it? Cause trouble elsewhere to divide attention? Try and follow, try and help? etc.

Prefects: on after-hour rounds. Who do they see out and about? It might be important later even if it’s not the elusive Harry Potter...