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- OOC First Name
- Cyndi
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- Mixed Blood
- Wand
- Knotted 15 Inch Flexible Oak Wand with Meteorite Dust Core
- Age
- 4/2005
Hello everyone! I've got this fortnight's BWU, so I'm going to get right to it if that's alright with you! 
I'm on 4 hours of sleep and have to be up in about 6 to get to work. 
Classes start tomorrow!
Yup, you read that right! Classes will be starting tomorrow, so you should get yourself signed up for classes if you're an upper student. First and second years are already automagically signed up! Don't forget to buy your supplies as well. The Holiday areas are open, but they'll be closing before you know it!
That means that all of our hiring for new professors has been completed. Please help us welcome the new folks: Taking over Potions 5-7 for this semester will be Professor West King (Cole), taking over History of Magic 1-4 will be Professor Patricia Styx (Pat), and taking over History of Magic 5-7 will be Professor Liberty Kaelen (Phoebe). Welcome!
Those of you who have applied for the HoH position have received a PM. Until we make a decision, any Ravenclaw issues should be directed to the Headmistress.
Sorting is still open, but transfers are closed...
Transfer applications were closed Thursday and responses were sent on Friday. We received 12 applications and approved 6 of them. Thank you to everyone who sent in an application, for your hard work and patience.
Sorting is still open. As usual, it will remain open until the end of week one. So, if you have any desire to sort, there is still a little bit of time.
If you need information on how to get your character sorted, please head to the announcement.
Prefects have been promoted!
Also on Friday, prefects and head students were promoted. Please say hello to your newest prefects:
Viviana Nacht and Carlotta Raven
Olivia Havelock and Orion Snow
Archie Renner and Ailsa Evans
Kayleigh Hunter and Hamish Kaster
And the new Head students:
Isaiah Jeffreys and Pia Morales
Congratulations everyone!!
With that announcement, all prefects should be sure to check their PMs and head to the prefect's meeting. It is mandatory.
New Year = Lots of Topics
With it being the start of the year, there are a lot of opportunities for roleplaying (as if there isn't always
). But, you've got the Start of Year Feast where everything gets started, the Y27 Club Fair to find out all about the clubs that are involved within the school, house meetings in each house (if they're not up they should be soon ), and for professors, there is a mandatory IC staff meeting. So, plenty to do everyone. 
And Quidditch!!!
Quidditch tryouts are underway for HNZ school teams and games should be listed on the calendar within a week. Head to the pitch to check out tryouts. Go now!!
Along with that is a new update to the quidditch system, one that I'm very excited about as it was something we'd discussed when developing the QCP. Practices will provide players with additional experience in the QCP, thus providing an additional benefit when games are held! Captains and HoHs are the only ones who can start practices for their house teams, however. Brief instructions will be made available to captains in the discussion area and to HoHs upon request. A big thank you to Nick for working on this update!
Hogwarts Monthly!
A new issue of Hogwarts Monthly was releases at the very end of the semester. If you haven't had the chance, take a look!
Accio!
Accio! was released earlier this week. I'd like to take a moment to send a big thank you to the staff for all of their hard work.
Avie's Rock
As a memorial to a student lost, a new forum has appeared on HNZ. Take a look at the memorial made by Emzies and Jesse (thank you btw) , and have fun using a new place on the site.
Sorting Song Competition
We've received one submission for the song competition. There's still a little bit of time if you'd like to give it a try (and we hope you do)! Head here for all of the information about the contest!
Join Accio!
If you're interested in being a part of the team, check out the request. The application will only be up for a week.
White Elephant Reminder
It's been nearly six months since the prizes were handed out, and a few of them haven't been used! Don't forget that your prizes expire next birthday! Use them before you lose them!![ul][li]Unfriendly warning
Former muggle school enemies share a heartwarming reunion, and Harley Tsuji expresses herself through art.</LI>
[li]Vacation Notes
Evelyn and Lucas write eachother in the Vacation. And the words they say to eachother are so sweet and there is really some magic between them. But the both of them don't want to give away too much of how they think about eachother.
[li]Pranks are us
Resident pranksters Desislav and Finn recruit some help for what they hope is their biggest prank yet- a slip and slide!
Other RPs in this Plot:
Does last year's water balloons count?
[li]Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
Three friends decide to spend their last few days of the Holidays exploring Borely Mansion, a fun prank filled activity to begin with, but then it starts to get dark...
[li]A Woman Always Knows
Kiera and Carter are having a baby?! Or... maybe not...
Other RPs in this Plot:
No
[li]Ever a mark fixed
Someone dies!
Other RPs in this Plot:
Broken Pieces
[li]Confident
As Ellie prepares to graduate, she decides to have an important conversation and offer advise to the younger Gryffindor werewolf.
[/li][/ul]
[ul][li]Quidditch! 
[li]More contest submissions?
[li]Sorting!!!
<LI>[li]Sleep - Oh, wait that might be just me.
[/li][/ul]Alrighty...phew. I think that's everything. If I've forgotten something, I'll probably remember tomorrow when I'm a bit more rested. If not...we'll chuck it in the next BWU.
Have a lovely week and a fun Halloween,
Cyndi
(On behalf of the HNZ Site Staff)
I'm on 4 hours of sleep and have to be up in about 6 to get to work. Classes start tomorrow!
Yup, you read that right! Classes will be starting tomorrow, so you should get yourself signed up for classes if you're an upper student. First and second years are already automagically signed up! Don't forget to buy your supplies as well. The Holiday areas are open, but they'll be closing before you know it!
That means that all of our hiring for new professors has been completed. Please help us welcome the new folks: Taking over Potions 5-7 for this semester will be Professor West King (Cole), taking over History of Magic 1-4 will be Professor Patricia Styx (Pat), and taking over History of Magic 5-7 will be Professor Liberty Kaelen (Phoebe). Welcome!
Those of you who have applied for the HoH position have received a PM. Until we make a decision, any Ravenclaw issues should be directed to the Headmistress.
Sorting is still open, but transfers are closed...
Transfer applications were closed Thursday and responses were sent on Friday. We received 12 applications and approved 6 of them. Thank you to everyone who sent in an application, for your hard work and patience.
Sorting is still open. As usual, it will remain open until the end of week one. So, if you have any desire to sort, there is still a little bit of time.
If you need information on how to get your character sorted, please head to the announcement.
Prefects have been promoted!
Also on Friday, prefects and head students were promoted. Please say hello to your newest prefects:
Viviana Nacht and Carlotta Raven
Olivia Havelock and Orion Snow
Archie Renner and Ailsa Evans
Kayleigh Hunter and Hamish Kaster
And the new Head students:
Isaiah Jeffreys and Pia Morales
Congratulations everyone!!
With that announcement, all prefects should be sure to check their PMs and head to the prefect's meeting. It is mandatory.
New Year = Lots of Topics
With it being the start of the year, there are a lot of opportunities for roleplaying (as if there isn't always
). But, you've got the Start of Year Feast where everything gets started, the Y27 Club Fair to find out all about the clubs that are involved within the school, house meetings in each house (if they're not up they should be soon ), and for professors, there is a mandatory IC staff meeting. So, plenty to do everyone. And Quidditch!!!
Quidditch tryouts are underway for HNZ school teams and games should be listed on the calendar within a week. Head to the pitch to check out tryouts. Go now!!
Along with that is a new update to the quidditch system, one that I'm very excited about as it was something we'd discussed when developing the QCP. Practices will provide players with additional experience in the QCP, thus providing an additional benefit when games are held! Captains and HoHs are the only ones who can start practices for their house teams, however. Brief instructions will be made available to captains in the discussion area and to HoHs upon request. A big thank you to Nick for working on this update!
Hogwarts Monthly!
A new issue of Hogwarts Monthly was releases at the very end of the semester. If you haven't had the chance, take a look!
Accio!
Accio! was released earlier this week. I'd like to take a moment to send a big thank you to the staff for all of their hard work.
Avie's Rock
As a memorial to a student lost, a new forum has appeared on HNZ. Take a look at the memorial made by Emzies and Jesse (thank you btw) , and have fun using a new place on the site.
Sorting Song Competition
We've received one submission for the song competition. There's still a little bit of time if you'd like to give it a try (and we hope you do)! Head here for all of the information about the contest!
Join Accio!
If you're interested in being a part of the team, check out the request. The application will only be up for a week.
White Elephant Reminder
It's been nearly six months since the prizes were handed out, and a few of them haven't been used! Don't forget that your prizes expire next birthday! Use them before you lose them!!
Former muggle school enemies share a heartwarming reunion, and Harley Tsuji expresses herself through art.</LI>
[li]Vacation Notes
Evelyn and Lucas write eachother in the Vacation. And the words they say to eachother are so sweet and there is really some magic between them. But the both of them don't want to give away too much of how they think about eachother.
[li]Pranks are us
Resident pranksters Desislav and Finn recruit some help for what they hope is their biggest prank yet- a slip and slide!
Other RPs in this Plot:
Does last year's water balloons count?
[li]Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
Three friends decide to spend their last few days of the Holidays exploring Borely Mansion, a fun prank filled activity to begin with, but then it starts to get dark...
[li]A Woman Always Knows
Kiera and Carter are having a baby?! Or... maybe not...
Other RPs in this Plot:
No
[li]Ever a mark fixed
Someone dies!
Other RPs in this Plot:
Broken Pieces
[li]Confident
As Ellie prepares to graduate, she decides to have an important conversation and offer advise to the younger Gryffindor werewolf.
[/li][/ul]
[li]More contest submissions?
[li]Sorting!!!
<LI>[li]Sleep - Oh, wait that might be just me.
[/li][/ul]Alrighty...phew. I think that's everything. If I've forgotten something, I'll probably remember tomorrow when I'm a bit more rested. If not...we'll chuck it in the next BWU.
Have a lovely week and a fun Halloween,
Cyndi
(On behalf of the HNZ Site Staff)
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