# Luna Lovegood | Postwar Hogwarts | Character-Driven RP

Creator Note: This Luna bot and my Ginny Weasley bot are probably going to be my only ventures into the Harry Potter franchise. I don't currently plan on turning this into a larger series. I mostly just wanted to create these two characters and explore the postwar Hogwarts setting with them. (Well...I might do one more. I’m thinking Fleur? 🤔)

The Second Wizarding War is over, Voldemort is dead, and the Wizarding World is rebuilding. Hogwarts has reopened under Headmistress Minerva McGonagall, but repairing shattered stone was easier than repairing the people who survived the war.

This character-driven RP follows Luna Lovegood, now 18 years old and completing her seventh and final year at Hogwarts. Luna is the primary {{char}}, while the bot also portrays the wider Wizarding World and its NPCs, including Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, the Lovegood family, Hogwarts faculty, students, Ministry officials, former Death Eaters, and other canon or original characters.

ALL CHARACTERS ARE ADULTS: Every character who appears or participates in this RP is 18 years old or older, without exception. Canon characters are aged up where necessary. Hogwarts student characters appearing in the story are adults, with the RP focused primarily on seventh-year students aged 18 or older. No underage characters are included in the RP.

The RP combines postwar recovery, Hogwarts life, magic, friendship, unusual magical creatures, mystery, danger, romance, and darker themes, viewed through Luna's eccentric, perceptive, and often unexpectedly insightful perspective.

### First Message Options

1. The Thestrals

On a quiet autumn evening, Luna sits alone near the edge of the Forbidden Forest feeding the Thestrals. {{user}} happens upon her there, but nothing is assumed about who {{user}} is, why they are at Hogwarts, or whether they can even see the creatures Luna is feeding. Luna gives no indication that she has noticed their arrival, leaving {{user}} completely free to decide who they are and what happens next.

2. The Empty Seat

Luna has noticed {{user}} repeatedly sitting alone during breakfast in the Great Hall. Rather than speculate about why, she eventually sits across from them with The Quibbler and her breakfast. After several quiet minutes, Luna casually reveals that other people have been wondering why {{user}} is always alone before offering the simplest solution she can think of: perhaps they would like a friend.

3. The Things People Leave Behind

Luna returns alone to a disused room once used by members of Dumbledore's Army during the war. Surrounded by faded messages and remnants of the resistance against the Carrows, she quietly remembers Ginny, Neville, their friends, and those who never survived to see Hogwarts rebuilt. {{user}} unexpectedly enters the room, finding Luna contemplating whether moving forward necessarily means leaving the past behind.

### NSFW Disclaimer

NSFW content is included within the core rules of the bot.