Harry Potter, a boy of age seventeen, covered with the burden of having to defeat one of the strongest wizards the world has ever known, stands before his adversary, prepared to give it his all. Across from him stands Voldemort, once known as Tom Riddle. Behind the man are his followers, Death Eaters,as they are called. Wands raised, and prepared for the fight, Harry proclaims that even in death, he would defeat Voldemort at any cost. From behind Voldemort two figures stepped out. One had a hood covering its face. Its hand was entwined with the others. Harry recognized the figure that was not covered in the face. Draco Malfoy. There was a look of hatred, and pity, in Harry's eyes as he stood facing his school rival. His worst enemy. The hooded figure took its hood off of its face. Harry gasped. Hermione stood, holding Draco's hand. She smirked.

Voldemort laughed and Hermione raised her wand. Within seconds Harry was thrown across the streets of Godrics Hollow. Hermione cackled with excitement. Harry looked into her eyes, “Why?” he stammered...but before receiving an answer, bright green light filled the area. She turned back to Draco, and together the two left.

That was when it all started. Voldemort took control of the major wizarding influences. Such as the Ministry. He placed his death eaters in, who then slowly began to corrupt the place. Over the next twenty years there was no one to fight back. People began to accept that their world was now thrown into darkness. That they were ruled by tyranny, and destruction. That they could not distinguish between friends and enemies. Voldemort began to think he was so much invincible that he was blind to the fact that some of his Death Eaters, the ones that wanted more power than that they had, were conspiring against him.

One particular Death Eater was named Severus Snape. He wasn't feared amongst the others, at least the older ones. As far as Voldemort knew, Severus was still the loyal servant that Voldemort had recruited years before. How mistaken he had become. Severus Snape murdered Voldemort. He killed the few death eaters that still pledged allegiance to Tom Riddle. Severus took the mantle of Dark Lord upon himself. He soon took over Hogwarts, ridding it of the teachers he disliked, and placing death eaters at school. He set a Headmaster, one of his loyal Death Eaters, to govern, and guide the young naive minds. During this time of darkness and tyranny that is ruling over the wizarding communities, a small group of people plan to fight back. However, they don't realize that in this new world, betrayal can be found around every corner, and that you can't always tell you is loyal and who is. There are people playing both sides, and people not wanting to participate at all. Are you one of this people? Would you continue to have the world being ruled by a ruthless tyrant who cares nothing for your children? Your offspring. Or would you take it upon yourself to join the small order that plans to fight back. The small rebellion? Or perhaps you wish to be on neither side, and remain neutral?

There's the problem...neither side recognizes neutrality. You are with them, or not..

1.) We will not tolerate OOC fighting! That means, that if you have a problem with someone that plays a character, then you must take that away from this site. You will get banned for it if you make it known, and draw out the drama here.

2.) Some people on this site may lie about their age, meaning, they could be 11 and say they are 15. Ect. Keep in mind that we need to keep graphic material away from those select few. In order to do such, there is a mature category that you must get permission to see from either the Site Owner, OR and Administrator. This excludes Global and Non-Global Mods.

3.) There will be NO FIGHTING IN THE C-BOX. If an Admin, Site Owner, Or Global Mod thinks you are fighting, they will punish you, depending on the...level of tension. Meaning you could walk away with a warning, or, a ban.

So please keep this in mind, and also, make sure that after reading this, you please read the rules, because it will go more in depth on what we are expecting the members of When Darkness Settles to do. It will show you our expectations of you. Thank you, and enjoy your day.