Post by ELIZA MARIE CUNNINGHAM on Sept 22, 2017 21:57:52 GMT -5
It is located in Scotland. Here is a post from 2006 when the Order Headquarters moved here (when Eliza and Ron took over after Harry disappeared) for some descriptions on the look and enchantments.
( front view / side view )
( front view / side view )
It had been quite a few weeks since Harry disappeared and Eliza and Ron were left to try to keep the Order together. Not only that, but also try to find a new headquartres. They discussed it and decided that Scotland would really be best. It wouldn't be all that far from Hogwarts, and was far less populated than London.
It took some searching, but finally they found a place they thought would be good for the headquartres. They didn't want it to be another house, because even though Harry's house was nice, it was also quite small. Instead, they decided to purchase a property that they spotted on one of their searches one weekend. It was an abandoned hotel in Aberdeen. It wasn't huge, but it did have 3 floors of 30 rooms. If anyone needed to stay there for whatever reason, they would be able to stay at the Headquartres.
Purchasing the property and then cleaning it up so it wasn't so broken down took a while. Especially since Eliza was at Hogwarts for most of the time. And because of the nature of what they wanted the place to be, they had to be careful about who they hired to help. They only hired who they needed, and always went with muggles.
Finally, it was ready for the protection spells. Eliza and Ron both helped with this. They put a spell on it so it would seem still abandoned to anyone who walked by, looking like it had been abandoned for at least twenty years. Completely run down, uninhabited and very undesirable to notice or ever approach. Next, they both became Secret Keepers of the location. Anyone they told the location of afterwards was on a piece of paper and shown to the person before taken back again for safe keeping. This made the first spell a little redundant, but it was better to have more than one just in case. Then they went further to put some general protection charms against enemies.
Finally, nearly two months later, the hotel was finally ready for them to have their first Order meeting. Eliza took the weekend off to go and upkeep her apartment in London, though of course that wasn't the sole reason for her taking off the weekend. But she did go there first. Afterwards, however, she found herself in Aberdeen.
Once all of the trusted Order members were given the knowledge of where it was, they were all told of the date and time of the meeting.
Eliza decorated the main lounge area and pulled out some chairs and tables from some of the rooms, since they weren't being used. She made some snacks - cheese and crackers, mini-sandwiches, olives, ham, bread, as well as pumpkin juice and some Butterbeer. There was a lot of room for everyone in the Order to attend. Eliza sure hoped that everyone who they thought were still in the Order would show up to their first meeting without the Boy Who Lived.
It took some searching, but finally they found a place they thought would be good for the headquartres. They didn't want it to be another house, because even though Harry's house was nice, it was also quite small. Instead, they decided to purchase a property that they spotted on one of their searches one weekend. It was an abandoned hotel in Aberdeen. It wasn't huge, but it did have 3 floors of 30 rooms. If anyone needed to stay there for whatever reason, they would be able to stay at the Headquartres.
Purchasing the property and then cleaning it up so it wasn't so broken down took a while. Especially since Eliza was at Hogwarts for most of the time. And because of the nature of what they wanted the place to be, they had to be careful about who they hired to help. They only hired who they needed, and always went with muggles.
Finally, it was ready for the protection spells. Eliza and Ron both helped with this. They put a spell on it so it would seem still abandoned to anyone who walked by, looking like it had been abandoned for at least twenty years. Completely run down, uninhabited and very undesirable to notice or ever approach. Next, they both became Secret Keepers of the location. Anyone they told the location of afterwards was on a piece of paper and shown to the person before taken back again for safe keeping. This made the first spell a little redundant, but it was better to have more than one just in case. Then they went further to put some general protection charms against enemies.
Finally, nearly two months later, the hotel was finally ready for them to have their first Order meeting. Eliza took the weekend off to go and upkeep her apartment in London, though of course that wasn't the sole reason for her taking off the weekend. But she did go there first. Afterwards, however, she found herself in Aberdeen.
Once all of the trusted Order members were given the knowledge of where it was, they were all told of the date and time of the meeting.
Eliza decorated the main lounge area and pulled out some chairs and tables from some of the rooms, since they weren't being used. She made some snacks - cheese and crackers, mini-sandwiches, olives, ham, bread, as well as pumpkin juice and some Butterbeer. There was a lot of room for everyone in the Order to attend. Eliza sure hoped that everyone who they thought were still in the Order would show up to their first meeting without the Boy Who Lived.
