User blog:EvilhariboMadness/The Royal Wedding



Read the IC version of this blog here!

Introduction
In light of the recent royal wedding, the AI team have decided that DARP should have it's own royal wedding! Whilst this event is to allow DARP to indulge in the royal festivities in three different parts, it is also the introduction of the Magical British Royal Family who also bring with them the potential for expansions within themselves

As mentioned, there are three parts to the royal festivities:


 * 1) The actual ceremony held at St. Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle. Here the most acclaimed and high-up in the British magical society will gather to watch the wedding of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter, Eleanor, marry her partner. Examples of non-royal characters that would attend are those who come from long lineages of magical heritage, staff members of the Ministry, large business-owners and, considering that Eleanor (who's 30) attended Hogwarts, some of her friends can attend too! If you have any questions as to whether or not your characters can be in attendance, ask in the comments below and I'll be able to confirm for you!
 * 2) The reception held at Linlithgow Palace! Here, those invited to the ceremony will be able to dine with the wedded couple and listen to stories about their love. It'll be a great place to mingle and get to know new people!
 * 3) The dance at Hogwarts to commemorate the occasion! The dance will be held over the Christmas break a few days after the wedding itself and will be, in the best words to describe it, the Yule Ball but ten times fancier! Students are advised to look their best and enjoy the night!

If there's any questions regarding the above events, do ask questions in the comments and they'll be answered as efficiently as possible!

Official Dates Are:


 * December 27th: Wedding Reception/Ceremony
 * December 28th: Hogwarts Commemorative Dance
 * Everyone will be able to post in both things throughout Week 5 (OOC).

Can I Join?
If you are referring to the event as a whole, of course! This event is a way for the wiki to experience royal festivities, magic being able to make it even more extravagant! All students and staff of Hogwarts are welcome to attend the dance held over the winter break to commemorate it and, as mentioned above, check against the guidelines to see if your adult characters (or student ones!) are eligible to attend the royal ceremony and reception. Any questions on who would be allowed to attend can be asked either in the comments or ran by someone in AI in chat.

If you intend to make a last-minute royal, children of Prince George and Prince Victor are still available to be made! Age guidelines, a group history and pointers for childhood are all mentioned on that page. Simply sign yourself up where everyone else had (please notify someone in AI!) and make your royal as soon as possible! Remember - the bigger the dynamic, the better and more dramatic the expansions in the future can be.

How Will This Affect My Characters?
The biggest way in which your characters will be effected is that the royal family of magical Britain, the setting of the wiki itself, will be entered into the world and they will be able to interact with one another!

Thanks to newspapers, magazines and social media such as Witchagram, it'll be expected that your characters should know who the royals are - even if it is just the direct line. An accurate way to describe it is, your characters would be able to recognise the children of Prince Arthur as he's the heir and his children are in the spotlight often but, more often than not, they'd also be able to recognise the other children of the Queen and usually their children. A key to remembering this is that whenever there's a royal event, all royals turn up and each are introduced individually or in such a way that you know who is who. Also, as a large rule of thumb, most British people are incredibly proud of the royal family and I'd believe that pride would extend into the magical community; since all the dynamic characters are descendent of the Queen, they'd be known in households!

On a much more day-to-day interaction level, all this means is that your characters will be able to attend the same classes as the royals and become friends with them! In real life, if you're a friend of a royal you don't need to address them by their full title - but it'd be advisable to do so on first meeting!

Of course, ultimately, it means your characters have a chance to attend the royal wedding and the succeeding dance that'll be held at Hogwarts!

End
At the end of the day, make sure you have fun and throw yourself into the royal festivities! This is a chance for our characters to experience the finer things within the wizarding society and a way for them to celebrate a new thing!

To anyone who has a royal, you can now put them into sorting and have them prepare for this event!