One by one the seven horcruxes were gathered and one by one they were destroyed allowing for the defeat of Voldemort in a final climactic battle. Hogwarts suffered many losses and extensive damage as a result of the Second Wizarding War but the tenacious and skilled witches and wizards of Hogwarts quickly rebuilt the school and the next generation of students began their studies. Fresh faced and eyes full of wonder, these students could look forward to a future free of troubles, free of war, and free of loss.



And then someone just had to go and assassinate the head of the Ministry of Magic.



The wizarding world, still with the memories of Voldemort and his Death Eater's atrocities fresh in its memories, wastes no time responding to this threat. A call to arms is made and the four houses respond in short order, their best and brightest volunteering to stand ready in the face of whatever may be coming. These brave wizards, referring to themselves as the New Order of the Phoenix immediately being investigating. However, the dark forces working in the shadows also swell in number as this new threat recruits those who would seek to honor Voldemort's memory and continue his crusade and also those with twisted motivations of their own.



Who are these new Death Eaters and what machinations do they have in store for the wizarding world? What heroes will emerge from the forces of the Order as they act to put down the rising menace? Why is the Headmaster of Hogwarts constantly being found in his underwear day drinking in the Chamber of Secrets?



Welcome to a new era where the answers to these questions will be determined by the very actions of those are seeking them.



Welcome to the



“It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.” – Alan Rickman



The Headmaster

The Teams

If you are interested in volunteering for an open leadership spot then please message the appropriate Head of House!



Loyal, friendly, hardworking, and never one to grandstand, Hufflepuff is often a rather understated house. Their cheerfulness and outgoing demeanor sometimes get them teased but make no mistake, Hufflepuff don't give a fuck. Going against them is going against a house that will drink you under the table with a smile on their face and then politely call you an ambulance to collect your blacked out body.



House colours: Yellow and Black • House animal: Badger • Elemental affinity: Earth

OotP

https://goo.gl/maps/95628LeJFFo

8:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Hufflepuff

9:30 PM - Garage vs Ravenclaw

10:30 PM - Barça vs Slytherin

11:30 PM - Unicorn vs Gryffindor

12:30 PM - Linda's vs Hufflepuff

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Hufflepuff9:30 PM - Garage vs Ravenclaw10:30 PM - Barça vs Slytherin11:30 PM - Unicorn vs Gryffindor12:30 PM - Linda's vs Hufflepuff1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast

DE

https://goo.gl/maps/ByGVSNfvF1L2

8:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Hufflepuff

9:30 PM - Barça vs Ravenclaw

10:30 PM - Unicorn vs Slytherin

11:30 PM - Garage vs Gryffindor

12:30 PM - Linda's vs Hufflepuff

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Hufflepuff9:30 PM - Barça vs Ravenclaw10:30 PM - Unicorn vs Slytherin11:30 PM - Garage vs Gryffindor12:30 PM - Linda's vs Hufflepuff1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast



When a challenge presents itself, House Gryffindor is never one to back down. Brave and determined almost to a cocky and reckless fault this House can always be counted on to rise to the occasion. Whether flying high in a Quidditch match or staring you down from across a row of shots you can always be sure a Gryffindor is never going to give up.



House colours: Red and gold • House animal: Lion • Elemental affinity: Fire

OotP

https://goo.gl/maps/NkuxstAHTqK2

8:30 PM - Barca's vs Gryffindor

9:30 PM - Unicorn vs Slytherin

10: 30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Ravenclaw

11:30 PM - Garage vs Hufflepuff

12:30 PM - Barça vs Gryffindor

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Barca's vs Gryffindor9:30 PM - Unicorn vs Slytherin10: 30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Ravenclaw11:30 PM - Garage vs Hufflepuff12:30 PM - Barça vs Gryffindor1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast

DE

https://goo.gl/maps/QAjGwayv5FN2

8:30 PM - Barca's vs Gryffindor

9:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Slytherin

10:30 PM - Garage vs Ravenclaw

11:30 PM - Unicorn vs Hufflepuff

12:30 PM - Barça vs Gryffindor

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Barca's vs Gryffindor9:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Slytherin10:30 PM - Garage vs Ravenclaw11:30 PM - Unicorn vs Hufflepuff12:30 PM - Barça vs Gryffindor1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast



For those that seek greatness there is no more driven a house than Slytherin. They are cunning, resourceful, and always strive to be the absolute best but also tend to look after their own during their relentless drive to be on top. Time and again this house, through whatever means necessary, has come out ahead so be wary when you see the green and silver across from you.



House colours: Green and silver • House animal: Snake • Elemental affinity: Water

OotP

https://goo.gl/maps/WD1DrcEaToD2

8:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin

9:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Gryffindor

10:30 PM - Unicorn vs Hufflepuff

11:30 PM - Barça vs Ravenclaw

12:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin9:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Gryffindor10:30 PM - Unicorn vs Hufflepuff11:30 PM - Barça vs Ravenclaw12:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast

DE

https://goo.gl/maps/GdopMzUc6i62

8:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin

9:30 PM - Unicorn vs Gryffindor

10:30 PM - Barça vs Hufflepuff

11:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Ravenclaw

12:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin9:30 PM - Unicorn vs Gryffindor10:30 PM - Barça vs Hufflepuff11:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Ravenclaw12:30 PM - Garage vs Slytherin1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In: End of Term Feast



With a love for learning for the sake of learning and a lack of fear of the unknown, House Ravenclaw attracts some of the brightest, and most eccentric, students at Hogwarts. Their thirst for knowledge is relentless but in their desire to prove what they know they can develop a strong competitive streak. However, this also means Ravenclaw is a tenacious and crafty opponent that will always have a newly invented trick up their sleeve.



House colours: Blue and silver • House animal: Eagle • Elemental affinity: Air

OotP

https://goo.gl/maps/KSsxiiYkkWt

8:30 PM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw

9:30 PM - Barça vs Hufflepuff

10:30 PM - Garage vs Gryffindor

11:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Slytherin

12:30 AM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In - End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw9:30 PM - Barça vs Hufflepuff10:30 PM - Garage vs Gryffindor11:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Slytherin12:30 AM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In - End of Term Feast

DE

https://goo.gl/maps/zjxJziWaT7F2

8:30 PM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw

9:30 PM - Garage vs Hufflepuff

10:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Gryffindor

11:30 PM - Barça vs Slytherin

12:30 PM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw

1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In - End of Term Feast 8:30 PM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw9:30 PM - Garage vs Hufflepuff10:30 PM - Linda's Tavern vs Gryffindor11:30 PM - Barça vs Slytherin12:30 PM - Unicorn vs Ravenclaw1:30 AM - Dick’s Drive-In - End of Term Feast

If you're not sure which house you belong to, let the official Pottermore Sorting Hat figure it out for you!



The Challenges



The Professional Alcoholic's Guide to the TWDT

Greetings one and all! I am TOGSolid, drunkard extraordinaire, and I'm here to provide you with some helpful tips about having a fun, safe, booze filled night and a not horrible morning! Greetings one and all! I am TOGSolid, drunkard extraordinaire, and I'm here to provide you with some helpful tips about having a fun, safe, booze filled night and a not horrible morning!



The Wizard’s Guide to Dueling Etiquette



Diagon Alley – For All Your Wizardly Costuming Needs

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Product and sales info:

Purchase a Triwizard Drinking Tournament shirt and support Child's Play! ~ Child's Play is a charity run by Penny Arcade that donates toys and games to children in hospitals worldwide and 100% of the profit ($1.94) made from these sales will be donated to them. ~ Depending on which shirt you purchase the donation will be made under the name of the TWDT House you select. ~ These purchases will help the corresponding team win the yearly Triwizard Drinking Tournament cup.



As these are made to order I took the liberty and bought one of the Slytherin shirts to see how long it would take for production and shipping.

I place the order with 2 day shipping on Weds June 8th. It arrived about one week later Weds June 15th.



Without further adieu, here are the purchase links.





For full transparency I am including the "shirts cost and profits" breakdown from Amazon.

"Accio Alcohol" TWDT 2016 shirts are now available.Product and sales info:Purchase a Triwizard Drinking Tournament shirt and support Child's Play! ~ Child's Play is a charity run by Penny Arcade that donates toys and games to children in hospitals worldwide and 100% of the profit ($1.94) made from these sales will be donated to them. ~ Depending on which shirt you purchase the donation will be made under the name of the TWDT House you select. ~ These purchases will help the corresponding team win the yearly Triwizard Drinking Tournament cup.As these are made to order I took the liberty and bought one of the Slytherin shirts to see how long it would take for production and shipping.I place the order with 2 day shipping on Weds June 8th. It arrived about one week later Weds June 15th.Without further adieu, here are the purchase links.For full transparency I am including the "shirts cost and profits" breakdown from Amazon.



Start of Term Feast:

TWDT:

By clicking this spoiler to get the password you acknowledge you've at least glanced through this thread and know what this event is! GipsyDanger



All credit goes to REGISTRATIONStart of Term Feast: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-start-of-term-feast-aka-the-pre-pax-dinner-tickets-26017359623 TWDT: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triwizard-drinking-tournament-2-fantastic-drinks-and-where-to-chug-them-tickets-26017115894 By clicking this spoiler to get the password you acknowledge you've at least glanced through this thread and know what this event is! @PAXTriwizard on Twitter for updates, future pictures, and potential shenanigans!All credit goes to @YoungFrey for that absolutely brilliant subtitle and to @Optimusbry for those snazzy house logos, buttons, and scorecards!

The Triwizard Drinking Tournament is a yearly charity pub crawl hosted by the Penny Arcade community in which each of the four houses of Hogwarts are split into two teams of fifty and unleashed upon Capitol Hill for a night of merrymaking and fund raising. Last year we pulled in $2853 in just a few short hours with all that cash going to Child's Play and securing bragging rights to the team that raises the most! For seven years the crawl roughly followed the Harry Potter books and last year went on a short break so that we could get horrible things involving chrome spray paint out of our system. This year the TWDT returns in all its glory!Thursday, September 1st at 8:30 PMThe link is in this thread! Find it!One of the big changes happening from prior crawls is that there is now an active Headmaster unaffiliated with any team that will be roaming from bar to bar, available to assist with whatever is needed. If you need help, if you’re in trouble, if you’re being harassed, if you’re lost, hurt, see someone too shitfaced and needing help, whatever, I will be available for the duration of the crawl. I have advanced first aid training, professional crowd control experience, and have been active in this crawl for six years now. Contact the official TWDT Twitter, @PAXTriwizard , if you need assistance. Alternatively, the house leaders and bar staff will have my phone number. I’m easily reached either way.Head of House: Crispy262Head Boy: BakaAIHead Girl: ChildlikeEmpressHouse Elf: ZeromystCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HufflepuffTWDT/ Crawl RouteHead of House: UnfetteredHead Girl: Geek_SwaggHead Girl: nianianiaHouse Elf: robertrenceCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TWDTHufflepuffDE/ Crawl RouteHead of House: freckleHead Girl/Boy: TabbyKatHead Girl: skitterbugHouse Elf: BadgerHaxCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/448673331942152/?ref=bookmarks Crawl RouteHead of House: The_ReflectionHead Girl: [email protected] Head Girl/Boy: templarknightHouse Elf:Common Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/708720102602246/ Crawl RouteHead of House: faroffpugHead Girl/Boy: KAOSstrikeHead Girl/Boy: dm_magicHouse Elf: glowcircuitCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slytherinootp2016/ Crawl RouteHead of House: ValdorHead Boy: grandmaesterzarkHead Girl: industrialgirlHouse Elf: TeganJCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/989645104445464/ Crawl RouteHead of House: namelessbananaHead Boy: AtratyysQuidditch Captain: EskalatorKidHouse Elf: bubblegumnexCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twdtravenclawootp Crawl RouteHead of House: OptimusBryHead Girl: Lorelai BlackHead Girl:House Elf: BombclancyCommon Room: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TWDTRavenclawDE/ Crawl RouteAfter completing your challenge (and drinking your water. You’re drinking water, right? RIGHT!?) feel free to have another drink or two (or a soda, whatever!) and hang out while at your bar! Making new drunken friends is half the fun! If you do want to get out of the bar early, hang out just outside of it and wait for everyone else to head to the next bar.Show your house allegiance and celebrate the return to (or impending destruction of) Hogwarts!OotP: Drink one light beer or one shot of light coloured alcohol.DE: Drink one dark beer or one shot of dark coloured alcohol.The battle is on and the initial back alley skirmishes require guile and cunning. Pair off with a partner and secretly choose rum, tequila, or vodka. If your partner correctly guesses which you're thinking of they can take their choice of shot. If they guess incorrectly you choose which of the three they must drink. Reverse roles and repeatThe battles are heating up and the fighting is beginning to get dirty with deceptively torturous spells being cast. You and your partner each order a different mixed drink. Mix half of each drink together and drink the resulting combination.The Death Eaters have unleashed a most peculiar curse in an attempt to confuse their opponents and escape their pursuers! Everything you touch doubles, then doubles again! Both drinkers must down a double-shot.You return to your headquarters after a long night of combat. Friends and family have had to fall back and recoup but you soldiered on till the end however you have one final fight as you have come across the traitors to your house. Buy each other at least one beer, shot, or mixed drink. Continue until you feel that your faction has won. Or you pass out.It’s important to stay hydrated during a long night of combat. Have a glass of water at each stop.Expecto Patrónum! Raise a shot of tequila to those that have come before us at the final bar.We're all friends here (or soon to be friends!) so treat each other with respect. Also, the bars of Capitol Hill love having us around and we want to ensure that we're welcome every year. Treat the establishment better than you treat your own home. We're all going to be getting sauced up and nobody likes a dickhead drunk. Don't make us sick the Dementors on your ass. Double cool person points if you bring your glasses back to the bar when you're done and clean up after yourself! (There are no actual cool person points but seriously, other teams are going to be swarming the bar when you're done and it helps the bar staff a lot.)We're all here to have fun, drink tons of booze, and help throw copious amounts of money to Child's Play but nobody likes a sloppy drunk. If you feel yourself getting to the point of no return there's a good chance you've actually already hit it. Alcohol takes time to work so be aware of yourself, doubly so if you're new to this sort of thing. If you're stumbling into things you should probably just start chugging water and take it easy.We're all in this together. We arrive as a group, we leave as a group. If someone gets so shitfaced that they start thinking they’re an actual wizard then it's the responsibility of all of us to make sure that person gets home safely. Nobody will be left to throw up all over themselves alone in an alley.They're not just the people that check your scorecard and help you get to the next bar. They're here to make sure everyone is having fun and being safe. If they're asking you to stop being a dick or trying to help you get home safely it's a good idea to pay attention.Yes, I know it's a scorecard challenge, but I am stressing this one again because this is what helps to ensure you have a fun night and a less than awful morning. Sure, you'll have to pee more but it'll help keep you lubed up and partying throughout the night and help curb any hangover you may have.Seriously. Do not drink on an empty stomach. That is a sure fire way to end up with a bad drunk and a worse morning. Eating helps keep your system running strong, lets you drink more, and will let you recover faster. [ShamelessPlug]Conveniently, there's a wonderful little thing called the Start of Term Feast that occurs right before the crawl and happens at one of the bars we'll visit! Get your tickets here! http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/205632/pax-thursday-welcome-to-the-start-of-term-feast-aka-the-pre-pax-dinner-tickets-on-sale/p1 [/ShamelessPlug]Want to be able to show up to PAX the next day not feeling like shit? Then repeat after me: Greasy, cheesy, bready, meaty. I live by this mantra and it has never failed me. (I've got nothing for you vegetarians, sorry.) There are a few late night places open after PAX and there's always a pack of us that get together to go eat. Dick’s is nearby and shoving a big bag of Dick’s into your face is a great way to ensure a not terrible morning. There are also hotdog vendors open nearby that make some pretty killer dogs (Seattle dogs are super good and you should totally try one if you haven't). Alternatively, stash a pizza in your room before you come to the crawl or something like that.: This is, after all, a charity bar crawl! Make sure you have some extra money for whatever goodies your house leader may have for sale or auction. Also, using cash only makes the bartender's lives easier because it's faster than having to run a debit or credit card and we need to keep the lines moving.All drinks must contain only a mix of drinking alcohol or legit mixers. No rubbing alcohol, ghost peppers, gasoline, bits of glass, or whatever nutty crap your internet polluted minds can conjure up.This keeps things fair and prevents anyone from breaking their opponent's bank by ordering them Dom Perignon mixed with Patron and topped off with Crystal Skull vodka.Each bar is going to be assaulted by 100 people at a time. In order to ensure everyone gets their drink and the bartenders don't have an aneurysm find your partner outside and then go in together and order. Also, while outside, be sure to get your ID out for the person at the door.That respect thing goes for the people not involved with the crawl too. There will be bar regulars hanging out at these locations and people just wandering Capitol Hill doing their own thing. Treat them just as well as you'd treat your fellow PAXers. Who knows, you may get some extra donations along the way! https://www.universalorlando.com/Merchandise/Shop/Harry_Potter.html - For those wishing true accuracy I highly recommend ordering directly from the official Universal store. Other sites tend to have inaccurate, though still nice looking, merchandise. http://www.amazon.com - For those less discerning or assembling a costume on a budget, Amazon has an assortment of cheaper, non-official costuming options. Also, a graduation robe makes for a handy wizard robe substitute! http://www.Etsy.com - Etsy has a wide range of people selling handmade wands and other wizardly goods.You can also go nuts with completely alternate theme costumes! I have shown up in the past as Slytherin versions of Hunter S. Thompson, a frat boy, a wizardly cowboy, and classy Victorian wizard. We’ve even had someone show up as Carl from ATHF (FOREIGNER!). Just ensure that your costume doesn’t have any weapons (real or fake), isn’t going to get you arrested/thrown out of the bar, and incorporates your team colours. Do try and keep it relatively themed to your house and something you'd reasonably see out of the Harry Potter universe or an off shoot of it. For instance, my wizardly cowboy had a wand holster, potion vials in the bullet holders, and was blatantly House Slytherin coloured.One of our enterprising attendees has made shirts available for sale!Also we have custom buttons and bottle openers! https://www.etsy.com/shop/SacredPathArts