First Floor: Portraits

[Wilber Winterbottom]

The walls in the first-floor corridor are covered in tapestries and, hung over them, are portraits of numerous witches and wizards. Whether you are trying to get to class or are just browsing around, the portraits here will try to start up a conversation with you. If you manage to get on their good side, they'll be willing to reveal secret passageways, share the latest school gossip, and more.

If you have time to spare, definitely go on a brief tangent from whatever it is you are doing. Google Stump is your man to go to if you're looking for answers about the mysteries of the castle; Beaumont Marjoribanks can tell you everything there is to know about gillyweed; and Elizabeth Burke ... well, it would be best to just avoid her for reasons that will be obvious should you strike up a discussion with her about magical blood status. There are other portraits here as well, each with their own unique personalities, and figures from other portraits happen to invade their frames from time to time.

OOC: Please do not role-play for the Portraits.

[SilverTiger]

The number of Wilds left at Hogwarts was slowly dwindling, and Simone had found herself thinking about what it might be like when she was the only one left. Granted, there were still two others to leave before then, but that didn’t matter. Soon enough she’d be the only one, and she couldn’t deny she’d thought about asking Astrid about what they could do when that happened. Her dormmate would most definitely have ideas, and not just because she was a Grimaldi and Simone knew by now that they were always involved in any plans that happened.

But first, she’d found herself in the first-floor corridor, just on a random turn after leaving the latest lesson, her curly blonde hair scooped up into a pile on top of her head, humming the latest wrock song she’d heard on the radio.