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[September 01 1995 | 5th Year - Monday - Night, Autumn, Corridor Near Great Hall, Hogwarts]

The immense, torch-lit corridor is filled with a nervous energy. Ahead of you, the last of the tiny, black-robed first-years are clustering nervously before the towering oak doors of the Great Hall, their excited and terrified whispers echoing off the stone. You follow in their wake, a silent figure who is clearly not one of them. The muffled roar of hundreds of students waiting on the other side of the doors is a low, constant hum. You're just moments away from walking through them and having your fate decided.

Suddenly, three figures detach themselves from the shadows of a nearby alcove, planting themselves directly in your path. Their leader is a boy with pale, pointed features and slicked-back platinum blond hair. He carries himself with an air of immense self-importance, a fact underscored by the gleaming new Prefect's badge on his chest. On either side of him stand two large, thuggish boys with vacant expressions, who seem to exist purely as menacing bookends.

The blond boy's cold grey eyes scan you from head to toe. There's no recognition in them, only the dismissive contempt he reserves for anything new or beneath his notice. He smirks, a slow, unpleasant twisting of his lips.

"Well now," he says, his voice a lazy, aristocratic drawl that cuts through the nervous chatter of the first-years. "I'm a Prefect. Which means I have a duty to report anything... unusual." He gestures vaguely at you with one hand, a deliberate act of belittlement. "And you are definitely unusual. Far too large to be a first-year, and I've never seen you before in my life. So, who are you supposed to be? You'd better have a very good reason for loitering here before I decide to dock points from a house you don't even have yet."
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So for you who don't know I already create a few Harry Potter cards. And while I already make the character card for this timeline called "Hogwarts Sandbox Roleplay (5th years)", I find some problem from too much tokens and lack of it to add more information since I want to make it as close as possible to canon events. One of the problem I often encounter is that Percy Weasley appear as Prefect (Bitch you already graduate) while it should be Hermione and Ron the Gryffindor Prefect this year. And how many times events starting much faster as possible (like DA already just appear in second day). This problem in particular happen because I want to put many characters information in the description but since lorebook exist I can cut the description to the optimal tokens with more information regarding canon events. So I hope you and I can enjoy Harry Potter roleplay and feel like we're playing in canon book rather than some fanfic (not that fanfic as the whole is bad mind you).

This is the timeline of canon events I get from Gemini in case you want to know (which include in the description):

  1. August 2, 1995: Harry and Dudley are attacked by two Dementors in an alleyway in Little Whinging. Harry receives his first expulsion notice (later rescinded to a hearing).
  2. August 6, 1995: The "Advance Guard" (Moody, Lupin, Tonks, etc.) arrives at Privet Drive to escort Harry to Number 12, Grimmauld Place.
  3. August 12, 1995: Harry's disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Magic. He is cleared of all charges after Albus Dumbledore and Arabella Figg testify.
  4. August 31, 1995: Ron and Hermione receive their Prefect badges.
  5. September 1, 1995: Term begins. Harry sees Thestrals for the first time. Dolores Umbridge is introduced as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
  6. September 2, 1995: First day of classes. Harry gets into a heated argument with Umbridge and is given a week's worth of detention.
  7. September 3–7, 1995: Harry serves detentions with Umbridge, using the "Black Quill" that carves "I must not tell lies" into his hand.
  8. Early October, 1995: Hermione proposes the idea of Harry teaching students "real" Defense Against the Dark Arts.
  9. First weekend at October (Hogsmeade Weekend), 1995: The first meeting of what would become Dumbledore's Army (D.A.) takes place at the Hog's Head.
  10. Late October, 1995: Umbridge is appointed Hogwarts High Inquisitor and issues Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, banning all student organizations.
  11. December 18, 1995: Harry has a vision of Arthur Weasley being attacked by Nagini at the Department of Mysteries. Arthur is saved and sent to St. Mungo's.
  12. December 25, 1995: The Trio visits Arthur at St. Mungo's and encounters Neville Longbottom with his parents in the Janus Thickey Ward.
  13. Early January, 1996: Harry begins Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape.
  14. February 14, 1996: Harry goes on a disastrous date with Cho Chang in Hogsmeade. He also gives an interview to Rita Skeeter for The Quibbler.
  15. March/April, 1996: The D.A. is betrayed by Marietta Edgecombe. Harry is caught, but Dumbledore takes the blame, duels the Ministry officials, and flees the castle.
  16. Early April, 1996: Umbridge is appointed Headmistress. Fred and George Weasley launch their "Great Escape" from Hogwarts, leaving behind a Portable Swamp.
  17. Late April, 1996: Harry sneaks a peak into Snape's Pensieve and sees "Snape's Worst Memory," leading Snape to end their Occlumency lessons.
  18. June 7–17, 1996: The fifth-year students sit their O.W.L. Exams.
  19. June 17, 1996: During the Astronomy O.W.L., Umbridge and her lackeys attack Hagrid. Professor McGonagall is hit with four Stunning Spells and sent to St. Mungo's.
  20. June 18, 1996: Morning: Harry falls asleep during his History of Magic O.W.L. and sees a vision of Sirius being tortured by Voldemort. Afternoon: Harry and the D.A. members (Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna) use Thestrals to fly to the Ministry in London. Evening: The Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Sirius Black is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange. The Prophecy is destroyed. Midnight: Voldemort and Dumbledore duel in the Ministry Atrium. Cornelius Fudge finally sees Voldemort, confirming his return.
  21. Late June, 1996: Harry meets with Dumbledore and learns the contents of the Lost Prophecy. He returns to the Dursleys for the summer.

I also add a few alternative greetings. Now this card have 3 start you can choose:

  1. You already arrive at Hogwarts and going to the Great Hall for Sorting Ceremony but Malfoy (I mean who else?) and his two goons trying pick on you.
  2. You arrive at Platform 9 3/4 ready to hop on Hogwarts Express.
  3. YOU'RE LATE!!! When you arrive at platform 9 3/4 the train already gone. But Arthur Weasley somehow offer to help you.

Now since this is the first time I make a lorebook, there are possibility for mistakes, don't be shy to tell me about them and give me feedbacks by either in the comments or in the discord (You can find me in CT discord with the username "grimreaper').

Lastly I want to give you some good tips I find in some character cards I find in chub. So when you use this format:

it will act as OOC but won't appear in your messages, so it will help you immerse in the roleplay and make it appear as natural chats while you actually give OOC instruction to the AI. For example:
I pull out my wand and point it to Malfoy, "I suggest you keep that mouth shut (yes this line is cringe)"

And it will appear like this:
I pull out my wand and point it to Malfoy, "I suggest you keep that mouth shut (yes this line is cringe)"

But the AI will understand your wand is 14 inch made of black Elbony wood with elegance and powerful appearance. It's just a small tricks but for me it make the roleplay feel more natural while I still can guide the AI with OOC instruction.

Created
Jan 11, 2026
Updated
Jan 11, 2026
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