The Gryffindor Dormitories are the only dorms in Hogwarts that can house up to four students per room, strictly within their respected gender/gender identified sections. To reach the dorms, you must go up a winding stone stairwell with large bay windows that look onto Hogwarts Grounds.
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Ida and Karina
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:15, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She was sitting on her bed, reading a letter from home.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:18, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She hadn't spoken to her new dorm mate. She knew who she was and what her family stood for. She was sure the other girl being here was no coincidence...but her being put into the same House and dorm seemed a bit too much to be arranged. She decided she'd try diplomacy. "Letter from home?"
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:28, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She glanced up. She knew what she was to do here. But there was no need to be nasty... she was merely collecting information. "Yes. My mother sends weekly letters."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:34, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She'd give a small nod. "It is nice to hear from home."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:25, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
Curiously, she asked, "Does your mother write often?"
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:27, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She'd answer smoothly. "I get letters from my parents about once a month. Time restrictions due to matters of state you understand."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:29, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She nodded. "Of course," she said smoothly.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:34, December 4, 2019 (UTC)
She'd give the other girl a small nod. "I'm sure you enjoy the more frequent correspondence."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 00:41, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She nodded slowly. "It's a lot of my mother regaling tales of the various parties she's planning with mothers who have sons my age," she said with a serene smile. "But there's nuggets of love in there."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 13:33, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod in understanding and sympathy. "Seems in this day and age parents arranging marriages for their children would be a thing of the past."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 15:32, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She shrugged. "It's a duty. Marrying well is still ideal, no matter the circumstance. It's just more paramount, and also more difficult, for people of our station. So arranging one makes things simpler."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 15:50, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
"In the mind maybe more ideal but more of a weight on the heart."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:10, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She shrugged. "It's duty to family."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:23, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod. "True and while duty to family is critical duty to self also plays an important role. To completely ignore oneself only weakens the person and therefore the family."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:30, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
"Which is why I'm allowed to meet with the boys before to see who I might be best suited with. It's an arranged marriage, not a blind one."
OOC: That wasn't it, actually. It's like continuous or something but I feel like there's a G in the word somewhere. Idk.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:34, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
"Which is fair but we all know meeting someone is not knowing someone. Besides that by the time we are of marrying age you or they might have changed significantly."
OOC: Oops...well now I feel stupid.
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:22, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She shrugged. "That's no different from people changing over the course of a marriage, either." She looked at Karina. "You mean to tell me your parents are letting you marry for love?"
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:30, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She'd choose her words very carefully. "To my knowledge that has not yet been decided. I have been to some functions where I believe I was intentionally introduced to some proper and desirable matches. There is, of course, always the question of if one can actually manage to find love and then if that person is actually a proper match. I think..." She'd pause. "I hope that when that time comes I am able to make my own choice...the choice that will both best suit my own need and the needs of my...our people."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:35, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She frowned. "You should marry a Dane," she said. "You know nothing of our people," she said, reemphasizing Karina's poorly chosen word. Karina was Norway's princess, not Denmark's, as far as she was concerned.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:40, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod her head accepting the mild reproof. "I will admit I do know more about Norway than Denmark though I was raised in both places. That being said I agree that from a political standpoint that would be one of the smartest positions to take. Having someone with more intimate knowledge of Denmark would ensure a more balanced position as well as ensuring someone other than my Father would be able to advise and provide an additional viewpoint on issues I might not otherwise have."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 13:25, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
"I've got an older brother," she said with a slow smile. She wondered if her mother had considered that at all.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 13:48, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
She actually wouldn't be able to keep the surprised and slightly disgusted look from her face before hiding it behind something more neutral. "Given your family's know...feelings of mine I can only assume you jest. Beside that would that not undermine your family's view of separating the magic and non-magical ruling bodies?"
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 15:27, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
"I highly doubt you would marry a Muggle," she scoffed. "And even if you did, there would always be magical blood in the veins of the royal."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 15:40, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
She'd frown. "I agree...but I thought your family wanted to separate the two worlds leaving our family ruling the magical world and having some sort of non-magical government to rule the non-magical world."
OOC: I'm pretty sure this isn't what her family wants but I think it would be Karina's perception of it.
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:17, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
"We do," she said. "Your family holds entirely too much power by ruling both. In nearly every other country, Muggle and magical governments are separate."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:03, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod, her information correct. "Then by that logic marrying your brother would do nothing to further those goals. It would be worse than if I did marry someone without magic, strengthening the magical bloodline."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:31, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
She snorted. "If you think about the problem simply, then yes. That is the most basic of conclusions to draw."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:40, December 6, 2019 (UTC)
She'd gesture as if recognizing Ida in a classroom. "Well then, by all means enlighten me on the complexity of the situation that is beyond my comprehension."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 01:44, December 9, 2019 (UTC)
"It would put someone with my family's goals in a position of power to do something about it." Honestly, it was so obvious. She'd have to write Mother and let her know what a simple-minded princess they had.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 13:17, December 9, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod in understanding. People's goals always seemed so noble until they had an opportunity for more power at which point their noble goals went out the window. She caught the clear tone of condescension in Ida's voice...the girl clearly thought her stupid which was fine with Karina. She'd give a small smile and flush a little as if embarrassed by missing something so obvious. "Oh yes, of course."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 21:11, December 9, 2019 (UTC)
Karina had given up on that far too easily, and was playing her with acquiescence. Ida's eyes narrowed to slits, but she didn't say anything else.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 22:03, December 9, 2019 (UTC)
She'd pause and wait. When Ida didn't say anything else Karina would flutter her eyelashes her voice serious. "So, is your brother cute?"
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 22:13, December 9, 2019 (UTC)
She snorted. "Do you hear yourself?" She considered the question more seriously. "I don't think he's ugly," she answered.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 13:23, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod, expression still serious. "Very well. Tell me more about his qualities."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 15:26, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She considered that. "He's a proper gentleman. He can dance well. I know he'll be a good leader."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 15:38, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
"How do you know he will be a good leader? Has he held leadership positions before? What qualities of leadership does he show?"
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:12, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
"I know my Dad has done some leadership training with him, so that when he takes over my father's title, that he'll do a good job. Real life simulation type things."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:16, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She'd give another sage nod. "I do not think I have seen him here at Hogwarts though I suppose you have not been here long so maybe I just have not noticed him here. Where is he being educated?"
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:18, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
"Here," she said. "He's in Ravenclaw."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:20, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She'd nod. "Ah. What year is he?"
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:21, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
"He's in his fifth year."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:24, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She would nod again. "Well I will have to take the opportunity to meet him when I can."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:25, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She was almost surprised, but the match made sense. "I'll speak with him," she said. "I'm sure something can be arranged."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:34, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She would nod. "A formal meeting would probably be best."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 18:35, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She kept her feelings of glee and pride well masked as she returned Karina's nod. "I'll be sure to get back to you. Or Henrik will."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 18:41, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She would nod. "I look forward to it." She would pause. "You and I should perhaps plan on spending additional time together in the future."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:25, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
"If you want to," she said.
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:28, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She'd pause. "You seem adverse to the idea." She'd pause "Perhaps this is moving too quickly and more time and thought should be put in before any action is taken..."
Ida BuchwaldGryffindor Fourth Year -The man may be the head of the home, but the woman is the neck, and she can twist him any way she wants. – 19:31, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
"Not averse, just surprised." She paused. "But if you're giving my brother serious consideration, it makes perfect sense to spend some time together. We could be sisters someday."
Karina Nordskov - Sixteen Year Old Norwegian Princess Gryffindor Prefect Send Me an Owl! - 19:36, December 10, 2019 (UTC)
She would nod. "Of course I have not met your brother yet but you do give valid points as to the potential validity of such a match and as you pointed out that means our futures could potentially be intertwined making knowing one another better important."
