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Durmstrang Uber Alles Mods (![[info]](http://www.inksome.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} uber_alles_mods) wrote,@ 2008-01-13 12:04:00 |
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Premise and Plot
The Durmstrang Institute was created by German scholars for the magical instruction of Eastern European wizards sometime after the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was established. In its inception, Durmstrang accepted all promising students who had magical aptitude. However, the rise of the wizard Grindelwald and increasing tensions between the social classes resulted in the expulsion of any non-pureblooded students. Now, known Muggleborns and halfbloods are no longer accepted, and the school is known for pureblooded wizards, study of Dark Arts, rigid social classes, and tradition. Students are ingrained with a sense of superiority or inferiority, a respect for tradition and appropriate social behavior, and most importantly, a strong desire to succeed. Failure is not a fate worse than death; failure often does lead to death. Students who fail are subject to ridicule, injury, and in some cases, even death -- Potions exams require students to drink their own products. Combative Magic classes pit student against student; duels can result in the weaker student being killed. If someone is badly injured or killed, it is simply because he or she was too weak; the school takes no blame. Durmstrang students, however, are given an incredible measure of freedom. They are allowed to break curfew: if they stay up late to smoke with their friends, teachers won't say a word. It is however, the student's fault if they fail the next day's lesson. Responsibility is thrust even all students regardless of age; by sixth year, Durmstrang students should all be strong and knowledgeable enough to be fully functional individuals. But that's not all. Secrets roam the Durmstrang hallways, secrets that can only remain in the dark for so long. Everyone's got something to hide: a Squib sister, a failure for a brother, a homosexual in the family, tainted or otherwise unpure blood. What's the student next to you hiding? What are you hiding? But the biggest secret of all is yet to be revealed. Deep in the heart of Black Forest is where fairy tales were born. Where storytellers get their inspiration, and where some of the most beautiful and the most deadly creatures are found. Students have always been safe inside the school walls. Until now. With an unseen threat looming ever closer, students are in danger, and not just from each other. How do you fight something when you don't even know what it is? And are you strong enough to survive?
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