Thread: Hogwarts Revised: Hogwarts Secondary - Basic Layout (School Grds & Surrounding Areas)

Hogwarts Secondary, like its sister school Hogwarts School of Witchcraft Wizardry, is a castle and has some fairly interesting and dangerous surroundings. It also has some nearby villages with local shops and entertainment as well. These will be filled in by your GMs accordingly. -DA THE CASTLE The castle has a Great Hall , located on the main or 1st floor, where everyone congregates for meal times and castle-wide meetingsgatherings. These meetingsgatherings can be parties, ceremonies, any number of things. The Sorting Ceremony is held in the Great Hall at the start of each academic year and everyone is expected to attend, though only those being sorted along with 2nd - 5th years are required to attend. Faculty and staff typically are required to attend as well unless some unforeseen circumstance arises in which they are excused. The castle has an Astronomy Tower , which is located on the far northwestern corner. It is used for both Astronomy and the branch of Divination ie, Astrology that utilizes stars as a means for predictions and other such things. The Dungeons are located in the deepest part of the castle, underground. To get there, you need to take the staircase located in the far southeastern corner of the castle. The Library is located just above the Great Hall in the central part of the castle. It takes up the second and third floors of the castle. However, about one third of the third floor of the library is labeled 'Restricted'. The Kitchens are located on an enchanted floor just below the Great Hall, the ground floor. It is in this area that the House Elves make the meals for everyone attending, working at, visiting, andor staying at Hogwarts Secondary. All House Elves volunteer to work at Hogwarts Secondary. None are forced to work there against their will. The reason the floor is enchanted is because since the House Elves are working with food and other such things, it can become rather aromatic. The enchantments help keep such things from filling the air too much. The Hospital Wing is located on the western side of the castle and takes up floors four and five. The Greenhouses are located on the south side of the castle and on the ground floor. The Were Awareness Foundation WAF rooms are located just off the Dungeons in the southeastern corner of the castle. There are two levels, a basement and sub-basement level. Every 'House' has its set of Dormitories . They each will have a separate girls and boys dormitories linked together by a common room. To enter each common room, you must know the password for your 'House'. Gryffindor's is located near the Hospital Wing, Ravenclaw's is located near the Astronomy Tower, Hufflepuff's is located near the Kitchens and Slytherin's is located near the Dungeons. Nearly every floor of the castle has classrooms and every floor has two sets of Girls Bathrooms and two sets of Boys Bathrooms . One set located on the north side of the castle and the other located on the south side of the castle. All floors also have Corridors , the one on the ground floor allowing people to either enter or exit the castle, all floors are connected by Staircases located in the central part of the castle itself. Exceptions being those leading to the Astronomy Tower and the Dungeons. The castle has TWO Rooms Of Requirement , rooms that present themselves to students exhibiting great need. One is located on the second floor while the other is located on the fifth floor.