Welcome to Hogsmeade! This picturesque little village, founded by Hengist of Woodcraft during medieval times, is the only all-wizarding village in Britain. Even famous for several reasons (such as the 1612 goblin rebellions), it is perhaps most known for its specialty shops and pubs and other magical venues. During the winter months, Hogsmeade is exceptionally glamorous as the snow and enchanted candles hanging in the trees makes the place look like a Christmas card.

Because of its convenient location just down the road from Hogwarts, the school and the village have shared a special relationship. On select Saturdays throughout the school year, the village is bustling with students. The days of students third year and older being permitted to visit Hogsmeade are a thing of the past. Today all students are welcome to visit Hogsmeade on the weekends to shop and mingle un-chaperoned, as long as they have a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian. These visits are a privilege, not a right. Students must therefore be on their best behaviour at all times, or the consequences may be severe.

An OOC message:

Hogsmeade is an expansion of the Hogwarts RPG and is not its own entity. Because of this, there are a few essential guidelines that you, the role-player, must be aware of before role-playing in this forum:

• Presently, Hogsmeade will be opened for periods of four weeks in real-life time (for IC purposes, we will be calling these 'weekends'). At the discretion of the Hogwarts RPG Admin, Hogsmeade weekends will occur throughout the term.
  
  
• Hogsmeade is open to ALL Snitchseeker.com RPG characters. This includes your primary and secondary characters played on-site in the Hogwarts RPG, as well as any Hogwarts characters you play elsewhere or off-site, any Hogwarts alumni who may be wishing to visit the village for a bit of nostalgia or meet up with friends and siblings still in school, or any character at all who is a part of the SSRPG universe and timeline. Characters played within this forum must be listed in your profile, and it should be clear when you are playing different characters by your purposeful usage of varying fonts, colours, names, etc.
  
  
• The only exception is that you may not role-play students from other wizarding schools in this forum. We have other site areas where they can be played during the school term, so please utilise those spaces.
  
  
• Hogsmeade shopkeepers are special red account characters that may appear in the Hogsmeade forum from time to time. You may role-play paying for goods and merchandise on your own without waiting for a shopkeeper to reply but please do not RP for any of them.
  
  
• As always, if you have a problem with another member, please don't argue or fight with them in the threads. PM a staff member or a SS RPG Admin about your problem and allow them to deal with it.
  
  
• OOC, the Hogsmeade forum will be open for an extended period during the term for RPers to enjoy at their leisure. IC, Hogsmeade weekends occur four times a term: the third weekend in October, the second weekend in December, the third weekend in February, and the third weekend in May.

These guidelines are subject to change without warning, so please check back here often. If you have any concerns, questions, or suggestions about this role-play expansion, please feel free to contact the Hogwarts RPG Admin by PM.

Enjoy playing your characters in Hogsmeade!