Playing in our solemn hour is a combination of regular Harry Potter role playing,Dungeons & Dragons, and Russian Roulette.

The action takes place during times of terror, times in which people die or disappear, or are bitten by vampires or werewolves. But people also seek to develop their abilities and do their best to fight for whatever they believe in. Therefore, in this game, there will often be what we call "random events".

Random events can happen to any character participating in this game.

Random events include, but are not limited to:

· Death
· Injury (typically temporary)
· Death of a relative
· Injury of a relative
· Werewolf bite
· Vampire bite
· Becoming animagus
· Becoming a magid
· Becoming Legilimens
· Becoming Occlumens
· Becoming Legilimens and Occlumens
· Becoming Metamporphmagus
· Unwanted pregnancy
· Wanted pregnancy
· Miscarriage
· Kidnapping
· Possession
· Imperius Charm
· Cruciatus Charm
· Problems with the Ministry
· Loss of personal property (i.e. house on fire)
· Receiving an inheritance
· Tendency to mental illness
· Legal problems
· Unfair imprisonment
· Becoming a seer
· Rape
· Playing a crucial role in an important event (i.e. Ginny Weasley opening the Chamber of Secrets)
· (If you have an event you'd like to add PM an admin and we will consider it)

They are called "Random Events" because, as the game moves, the aforementioned things will happen to random people. Yes, I do mean random. I will be using virtual dice. Every so often, (every two weeks until we get a good amount of members, then probably every week) I will roll the die to determine which of the listed events will occur. Then I will do a second roll to determine which character. A snapshot of the the rolled dice will be posted in the bulletin board. this is the site I use to "roll" the dice.

Yes, my characters are subject to this as well.

Certain random events will be published, such as death in battles. But some will be kept secret between the Admin, the Mods and the player. For instance, if your character becomes a werewolf, you will be given the choice of making it public to the rest of the players, or kept secret.

If you choose to keep an event secret, we will not tell but hints might be dropped, and any other character may figure it out (much like Snape and Hermione figured out that Lupin was a werewolf). If someone figures your secret out, they may or may not choose to make it public.

The original idea for this is from lorena of BNVF. Used with permission.