• You can sign up with any username you want to have, but once you decide on your characters name, please change your display name. First and last names, please. Not all capitals! HORRIBLY annoying.
• You can have as many characters as you like, as long as you keep them all active!
• For each new character, a new account. No more than one character per account. Keeps it clean and less confusing.
• You must fill out an application for your character and you must be accepted by an administrator before posting in-character; the lounge and C-Box are open to all accepted/unaccepted members.
• Players must be 18+. Violence, language, and sexual situations are allowed. Please remember this is a RPG, NOT A PORN. Please keep that in mind.
• All are welcome to the wizarding world, but NO MUGGLES. While we accept all creatures and abilities, some have quotas. Make sure the skill or species you want is available before applying.
Applying
• Outline the general personality of your character, including flaws and any quirks that make your character unique.
• If you submit a Mary Sue or gary Stu type persona, you will not get accepted until you ensure that your character is not annoyingly perfect.
• On applying, please post your application within a week tops of registering.
• Please fill out the application carefully and do not change the code.
• We'd also like for people to use people as play bys, and not drawn characters. no anime allowed.
• Try to make one boy for every two girl characters you have or vice versa.
Graphics
•Please have a 150x150 avatar - the limit - and a signature of your choice, as long as it does not exceed a width of 400 pixels and 200 in height. If you have any larger than this, they will be removed for you, no warning.
• For the Mini-Profile picture, it is 250x250.
• If you can't make graphics, we have a request board if someone around here would like to make one for you or you have use a graphic request site if desired.
• If your images stretch, the admins do have a right to send you a PM to tell you for correction, or they can resize them for you automatically as well with a PM sent too.
Activity Level
• We have random activity checks we require you to participate in. If your character(s) go inactive for over 60 days without notice, you will be unsorted. We will not delete any accounts just in case you do decide to come back. Once you do come back, PM an Admin to re-sort. Please stay active or post in the inactive board upon your departure.
• We would like for people to at least log on daily to keep the site looking active - even if it's just to check your character pm's or post an absense.
• You don't have to post a roleplay post everyday if you're busy, But if you're in a thread, please try to stay active in it and keep up.
Roleplaying
• When a thread is closed, please edit and put ((closed)) on the subject of the first post in order for the admins to know to move it to the pensive.
• Must be in Third person only. Makes it easier for everyone to read.
• God Modding is a huge problem on sites because no one wants to lose out when magic is involved. If your character is significantly younger than another and gets involved in a duel with them make sure to know that the end result will be a loss.
• Also, younger students are not able to produce as advanced of magic as their elders.
• Puppetry with permission is fine as long as it is stated at the bottom of the post that you were given permission with an out of character comment.
• In the initial post of your thread state the date and time that the thread will take place in at the top right corner. This makes it easier to follow plots and make continuation threads. (Optional)
• When you talk, please put it in quotations.
• If you have a comment that's not in character.. please use (())
• Italics are used for thoughts.
• You don't have to but if a lot of dialogue is happening, it is sometimes easier to write in their question/ speech into your post with your characters response all written out. If it's not a lot going on and not hard to follow then it's not really necessary.
• Any Classroom can be used to RP in, just be aware that the professor for the class or any other have all right to enter into your thread and catch you if you are up to no good.
• Students are not required to post in classes (but why wouldn't you?), however students must pass their OWLs to progress another year.
• No modern muggle technology works on the island.
• We play in real time within the in-game month. So, even if it's really February but in the game it is October, the month will have 31 days. Players can RP one more in the past and one month in the future of the curent game date.
• For witches and wizards, we accept pure-bloods, hlaf-bloods, and Muggle Born, however no Muggles or Squibs are allowed.
• The Island is known for growing a magical herb that is not found anywhere else. It is called the Bodocian [Bo-Doe-She-In] Root. Mixed properly it can undo almost any curse. It can also we worked down to a fine powder and ingested to stave off the effects of lycanthropy. Unlike wolfsbane potion, this powder only need be taken the day of the full moon.
• This is a text-based, play by post, RP game. This is a no dice, free form game. It's all about cooperative storytelling.
Other Rules
• Darvey Island is an original storyline based on HP Universe.
• These rules are subject to change at ANY TIME if we feel the need to add or take away. Please look for any updates!
Updated: 3/8/23
Above all, please be honest, respect others and have fun!