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This is the final step in the sorting ceremony. Here, the Sorting Hat will decide your fate, where you will be placed within this forum.

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Down in the moist and drafty corridors of the dungeons, rather close to the secret entrance to the Slytherin Common Room, and through a dark and wooden door resides the Potions classroom. Here the students learn the precise art of preparing potions.

A vast chamber with an enchanted ceiling which mirrors the sky outside is home to the Great Hall. Four long tables for the four houses sit in the middle of the room. Closest to the doors from the Entrance Hall is Slytherin, then Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and next to the far wall, Gryffindor. The teachers sit at the High Table, a table on a raised platform at the front of the room.

Adjacent to the Trophy room originally resided an empty classroom, which had been recently cleaned up a bit to serve as the official Detention Hall where students would serve their punishments. A word of caution to trouble makers, this is one place you do not want to end up in.

Located on the ground floor you will find a long paneled room with many mismatched dark wooden chairs and a large wardrobe, sometimes inhabited by a boggart. The room, known as the Staff Room, is located off the Entrance Hall. Two stone gargoyle stands on either side of the door and they challenge any student who tries to knock on the door.

The classrooms at Hogwarts are usually occupied with students and teachers, but once in a while there will be found an unlocked empty classroom where students can relax, do homework or plot their newest prank. This one in particular is located on the ground floor, to a door adjacent of the Great Hall.

Probably the most popular class amongst the students, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is located on the first floor just two doors down from the befamed History of Magic classroom. In this room however, there are several wide windows overlooking the lake. Students are taught how to defend themselves against dark creatures and unfriendly spells.

For over fifty years, since her death via basalisk, Moaning Myrtle has haunted this bathroom on the second floor - challenging just about anyone who dared to enter. This bathroom also holds the entrance to the legendary Chamber of Secrets, and served as the home to a Basalisk whom resided there until it was destroyed by Harry Potter.

Charms can be a very useful class to take, for it could potentially help you with your wandwork later on in life. The Charms classroom is located on the third floor, rather close to Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom. In this class, students learn different enchantments that will be used in their everyday practice as an adult.

Behind the statue of Boris the Bewildered on the fourth floor lies a small trap door, which leads to a dark tunnel. At the end of this tunnel is a similar door that leads to a vast room often used back in Hogwart's earlier years for dueling. The Hogwarts Staff know about this room, but few expect students to know.

The Hogwarts library contains tens of thousands of books on thousands of shelves Included in its many sections is an Invisibility Section, a section with information about dragons, and a Restricted Section at the back, set off with a rope. A signed note from a teacher is required to peruse that section of the library; it contains books of Dark Magic only used by older students studying advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Inside, the bathroom's walls, floor, and single sunken bathtub are all made of white marble, lit softly by a candle-filled chandelier that impressed Harry on his first visit. The rectangular tub is the size and depth of a swimming pool, and even has a diving board, but unlike an ordinary pool the tub is lined with about a hundred taps, each with a differently colored jewel set into the handle. Each tap automatically releases not only water, but bubble bath (a different kind of bubble bath for each color-coded handle). A pile of fluffy white towels are kept in one corner.

Up seven flights of stairs and through a trapdoor with a small latter, one will find the Divination classroom in what little state of glory remains. Year round the room remains at an uncomfortable temperature, and the room is filled with tons of scented perfumes and aromas. In this class, students learn to peer into the future by means of magical objects such as tea leaves, crystal balls, and even palm readings.

Also known as the owelry, this tower is home to hundreds of owls, both belonging to students and the school. Students that need to send a letter come here. Inside the owelry, one will find many perches for the owls, as well as bird droppings and feathers scattered along the floor.

Directly in front of the massive oak doors that guard the entrance to Hogwarts, a peaceful courtyard is nestled in to add a welcoming touch to the castle. Students can be found here in between classes or relaxing with friends. With tons of benches, a Victorian fountain in the center, and the covered bridge opposite the castle; it's a wonderful feature to have.

Quidditch is the main sport and really the only sport that the Wizarding World has. So it would be an insult if Hogwarts didn't have a Quidditch Pitch. The stadium is huge and surrounded by stands that seat every single person in the school. There are also gold hoops at each end where the teams score.

Located outside of the castle, the Green Houses are nestled in between the Forbidden Forest, the Lake, and Hagrid's hut.

The Lake is a lake located on the south side of the castle. The Hogwarts plumbing network drains into it. A number of magical creatures inhabit the lake, including a giant squid, often seen near the surface, a colony of Merpeople inhabiting the bottom.

A small wooden house on the edge of the forbidden forest. Crossbows and a pair of galoshes sit outside the front door, and only one room inside. Hams and pheasants hang from the ceiling, and a copper kettle constantly boils on the open fire.

Even though it has violent aspects it doesn't stop students trying to touch it and mucking around with it. Although don't get too close as you never know when it will strike.

Tapping just the right brick in the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron in London ("Three up...two across...") will reveal an archway which is a portal into Diagon Alley, a long cobbled street where is to be found a strange and exciting assortment of shops and restaurants. It is unquestionably the hub of commerce in the British wizarding world, with virtually every wizarding business stationed there. Consequently, the demand for space here is steep, and rent costs loads of Galleons.
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