Post by Oz Marie on Dec 4, 2006 20:19:11 GMT
Two witches and one wizard, Gabriella Felidae, Alexander Castor and Bergit Canis, founded Darkleaf Academy over two hundred years ago. These three were from Europe and had attended the same school called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school with a very rich history. Darkleaf came into being when the three moved from Britain to North America, they knew there were children in the region that had magical powers and thought the school would be the best way to educate the young witches and wizards who lived in North America. There wasn’t any other school of its kind, so naturally the school was quickly overrun by a mass amount of students with magical abilities, becoming a success and a renowned name in education in witchcraft and wizardry around the world.
Each founder had a house named after them; the houses consisted of students with similar abilities and personalities. Felidae house was the house for the students with ambition and who were very cunning, Castor house was known for it’s student with intellect and a hard work ethic, and Canis house was known for its valour and courage. Each house has developed a rivalry over the time the school has been in existence, the Felidae and Canis being the most notable, the clash in personalities of the students fueled many fights between members. Castor was known as the neutral house, but it did have many members siding on either side, causing in house rifts to form.
In the late 1970s the school was running as per usual, but the appearance of one Lord Voldemort and his prejudices impressed upon the students, therefore making the rivalries worse and the importance of blood more relevant. What came with it was the darkness the developed around the school and everyone in it. The most devastating rivalries occurred between the appearance of the Dark Lord and the time he disappeared into nothingness. After Voldemort had disappeared the rivalries calmed down to where they were before the Dark Lord had appeared.
There is a boy whose name everyone in the wizarding world knows and many hope and believe he can get rid of the evil that is Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter is the name every magical child learned at a young age, the only difference is in the reasoning behind the name, some believe him to be the salvation of the wizarding world, while others think him as nothing but a self-righteous, lucky orphan. Now in his 6th year at Hogwarts, Potter has made a name for himself not only as The-Boy-Who-Lived, or The-Boy-Who-Wouldn’t-Die as accepted by followers of the Dark Lord, but he has also become a Tri-wizard Champion, competing in the tournament when he was only 14 years of age.
Presently, with the resurrection of a certain British Dark Lord, the rivalries have flared up again, with every day things get more and more difficult to control, everyone is afraid that there will be murders and all out wars, not only in the school but in the wizarding world as a whole.
Will you join the Dark Lord’s army, or will you fight for the light? It’s all up to you.
