welcome to chimera!

(For a broader timeline, check out this thread.)

From now on, CHIME will be making use of an events schedule! The schedule will lay out events chronologically, both in the past and in the upcoming future.

This helps to serve several purposes:

• lists major events to look forward to and plan for
• reference past events quickly and easily
• keep up with what's going on outside of our own characters
• allow new members to easily update themselves on the site history
• create more organization and transparency in general!

The schedule is comprised of both site events and and character events (major events that happen to individual characters). To determine what counts as a "major event," we apply the gossip-worthy test: if the event was known to the public, would it be talked about in the school? If yes, then it can be considered a major event.

Major events may include: hookups and breakups (romance in general), public stunts, extended injury, and anything that might cause a stir. Note that the incidents do not have to be public - but if they were, they would be chattered about for sure.

Currently, the major events included are only the ones I'm personally acquainted with or know about for sure. I didn't want to take the liberty of guessing at others in case I misrepresented plots. With that said, it would be absolutely appreciated if you could help me fill in the blanks! Let us know what's going on with your characters.

To add something to the schedule, please post:

To suggest a site event, please PM Colonel Mustard. We always love new ideas!

Bold - site events
Plain - character events


SEPTEMBER 1942

• Slug Club dinner - Slughorn's first event of the year. The Pranksters send fake invites and spike the drinks, wreaking havoc during the party. Members of the Walpurgis clash with Violet Zeller, of the Huffleclique.
• Sinclair Avery hexes Percival Pratt, landing him in St. Mungo's for a week.
• Calloway Smith punches Rudolf Brand in a sensitive region, prompting the latter to swear revenge.
• Nicholas Rosier gets his arm broken during quidditch tryouts.
• Vivian Frobisher kisses Merrin Bradley secretly behind the greenhouses.
• The DADA and Charms professors work together to combine a group project; this involves teams of four surviving the Forbidden Forest.
• Betty Braithwaite publishes an article alleging Otis Bagman is part-goblin.
• Rudolf Brand and Dangerous Dai Llewellyn have a loud and physical confrontation in the Great Hall over a pineapple.

OCTOBER 1942

• Caractacus Phelps blows up the Transfiguration corridor.
• Muggle appreciation week - mandatory event in which all students camp out in tents, deprived of magic for a week and required to learn to use muggle appliances.
• Betty Braithwaite publishes an article declaring Willy Wagstaff a rapist.
• Open auditions are held for the school play. Professor Beery runs them.
• The Coalition starts secretly recruiting new members. Their methods are extremely convoluted.
• Rudolf Brand holds his "sex ed" class.
• John Homme and Roberta Weasley start dating.
• Waverly Smith and Percival Pratt start dating.
• Halloween dance - dance following the Halloween Feast. Everyone attending is required to wear costumes. The Pranksters stage a violent werewolf attack, to the chagrin of Artemis Davies. Damocles Belby punches Willy Wagstaff in public, allegedly over Miranda Goshawk.

NOVEMBER 1942

• Mister Hogwarts, part one - Betty Braithwaite holds a male beauty pageant for the title of Mister Hogwarts. Betty, Zamira, and _____ (open) are judges. This month sees the nomination process, the swimsuit portion, and the formal portion.
• Kennilworthy Whisp and Gwendolyn Morgan start dating.
• Huffleclique girls declare war on Willy Wagstaff. Otis Bagman breaks up with Catriona McCormack.
• First Quidditch match: Gryffindor v. Slytherin
• Betty Braithwaite publishes an article declaring John Homme is secretly a ladies' man.
• Gobstones tournament. Priscilla Brand kisses Kennilworthy Whisp, who is subsequently dumped by Gwendolyn Morgan.

DECEMBER 1942

• Mister Hogwarts, part two - this month sees the much anticipated talent portion and the selection of the winners.
• Rudolf Brand and Virginia Peakes begin their short-lived romance.
• Percival Pratt and Lisette Scamander have a falling out with Virginia Peakes. Percy reads insulting poetry about Virginia aloud in the Great Hall.
• Quidditch match: Ravenclaw v. Hufflepuff
• Prankster's secret santa: they select several targets to prank. Among those selected are members of Walpurgis.
• Otis Bagman and Cactus Phelps have a fight. Willy and Otis have a falling out.
• School play is performed after the Christmas Feast. It results (canonically!) in a duel between Lisette and Virginia, an explosive fire, and the disfigurement of Professor Beery's head.
• Rudolf Brand and Lisette Scamander start dating.
• End of first term, after which many students and some teachers go home for break.

JANUARY 1943

• Second Hogwarts term begins.
• The basilisk paralyzes its first victim: Professor Binns. No one quite realizes what happened.
• Cactus' birthday. The Pranksters celebrate the occasion by spiking his drink with an aging potion, causing him to turn five years old for the day.
• Roberta Weasley dumps John Homme.
• John Homme and Lisette Scamander start dating.
• Quidditch match: Ravenclaw v. Gryffindor
• Willy Wagstaff and Erica Hooter orchestrate the Great Hogwarts Lottery Scandal of 1943.
• Antagonism between Walpurgis and the Pranksters escalate.

FEBRUARY 1943

• Madame Puddifoot's Valentine Extravaganza - from Hogsmeade, Madame Puddifoot orchestrates a month of love. This includes (involuntary) match-making, songs and poems, and the occasional love potion.
• Willy Wagstaff and Cactus Phelps have a loud and public falling out. Willy defects from the Pranksters and joins Walpurgis temporarily.
• Quidditch match: Hufflepuff v. Gryffindor
• Foras Rosier is hospitalized for blooding poisoning.

MARCH 1943

• Quidditch match: Ravenclaw v. Slytherin
• The basilisk paralyzes John Homme.
• Willy Wagstaff attempts to defect back and warn his old friends.
• The basilisk paralyzes Willy Wagstaff.

APRIL 1943

• Easter holidays: a two-week break from classes.
• The basilisk paralyzes ______ (open)
• Quidditch Cup canceled.

MAY 1943

• The basilisk paralyzes ______ (open)
• Myrtle dies in a second floor bathroom after seeing the Basilisk.
• Exams canceled.

JUNE 1943

• Hagrid is falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets and expelled from Hogwarts. Dumbledore convinces Dippet to allow Hagrid to stay and be trained as Gamekeeper.
• Tom Riddle is given an Award for Special Services to the School.
• End-of-term feast, followed by departure of students.