[HPforGrownups] Map of Hogwarts

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 73812

On 28 Jul 2003 at 16:20, jazmyn wrote:

> Of course, mapping out a magical castle, where things might change from 
> time to time, like staircases, rooms appearing and vanishing, etc. 
> Might be near impossible.  Its like trying to map the 'Everchanging 
> Palace' in the Xanadu comics.
> 
> They should be more forgiving of students being late to class.  Sorry, 
> the castle made me late by sticking me on the third floor with no stairs 
> down and I had to summon my broom to get back to the first floor.

The thing is, Hogwarts *does* seem to be reasonably consistent. Most 
things do not seem to move around. Because I have made the attempt to 
create a coherent floorplan, I have gone through the books carefully 
looking for location information - and most things remain in pretty much 
the same location throughout the books. So the school *can* be mapped.

It seems pretty clear to me from reading the books with a particular eye 
to locations that most things remain in pretty much the same place 
(though the DADA office is giving me some problems at the moment... 
rereading Order of the Phoenix to try and confirm one way or the other 
if Umbridge uses that office after she becomes Head).

My floorplans are *not* intended to be 100% accurate (they certainly do 
not contain 142 staircases, for example), but they are an attempt to 
show a floorplan for the school that is consistent with the information 
we have so far.

The one I referred people to before is being revised. OOTP gave me a lot 
of new information - including clearer details on where the Hufflepuff 
and Ravenclaw Commonrooms are, which I sorely needed.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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