The Ravenclaw common room is located inside of a tower at the west end of the castle.
To enter, one must go through a door with neither handle nor keyhole: instead, you are presented with an eagle shaped door knocker, and rather than merely giving out a password, you must correctly answer a question. Should someone fail to come up with an acceptable answer, he or she will then need to wait until someone who does know to arrive, and therefore learn. This matches Ravenclaw's astuteness, inquisitiveness and general and thirst for knowledge: giving the students a chance to learn something new every time the question changes.
Inside the room is circular, very much alike the tower where it’s located. Large majestic windows, give the Ravenclaws a spectacular view of the mountains surrounding Hogwarts. Like all other common rooms. It’s the house’s colors that dictate the color scheme in use. Blue and bronze curtains dress the windows, and hangings in the same tone line the surprisingly vacant room.
The floor, unlike the bare stone of other places, has a dark blue carpet decorated with stars, stars that find their twins in the ones painted in the high-domed ceiling, meant to resemble the clear night sky.
Comfortable and relaxing chairs are gathered along with a few tables near a fireplace by the left wall. The right side is dominated by a miniature version of the school’s library. Full bookshelves, long tables and chairs. All meant to give any Ravenclaw the best study means they could possibly have and want. Needless to say, all the books in here are safe versions, and nothing either too dark or dangerous is here.
Opposite to the entrance door, stands a white marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, founder of the house. To each side of her statue stands a door, leading to the female and male dormitory – that are warded against the opposing gender. Each floor above the common room houses a year, starting at first, and going up to the seventh. Each floor also contains a bathroom for boys and girls. The windows in the rooms are big, giving them an airy feel, but not as large as the ones downstairs.
The most noticeable feature of the rooms however is not the windows, but the beds. They have no supports, but are enchanted in such a way that the mattresses simply float and hold steady in midair, making for a very comfortable night’s sleep. There are curtains hanging down from the ceiling that can be pulled around the bed for privacy.
Lighting throughout the entire common room is given out by small floating white spheres. They always move in a way to keep the same level of light everywhere. A light that is neither too strong nor too weak. Just perfect for reading.
Down in the common room, above Rowena Ravenclaw’s statue the words. “Wit beyond measure.” Are carved into the wall.
To enter, one must go through a door with neither handle nor keyhole: instead, you are presented with an eagle shaped door knocker, and rather than merely giving out a password, you must correctly answer a question. Should someone fail to come up with an acceptable answer, he or she will then need to wait until someone who does know to arrive, and therefore learn. This matches Ravenclaw's astuteness, inquisitiveness and general and thirst for knowledge: giving the students a chance to learn something new every time the question changes.
Inside the room is circular, very much alike the tower where it’s located. Large majestic windows, give the Ravenclaws a spectacular view of the mountains surrounding Hogwarts. Like all other common rooms. It’s the house’s colors that dictate the color scheme in use. Blue and bronze curtains dress the windows, and hangings in the same tone line the surprisingly vacant room.
The floor, unlike the bare stone of other places, has a dark blue carpet decorated with stars, stars that find their twins in the ones painted in the high-domed ceiling, meant to resemble the clear night sky.
Comfortable and relaxing chairs are gathered along with a few tables near a fireplace by the left wall. The right side is dominated by a miniature version of the school’s library. Full bookshelves, long tables and chairs. All meant to give any Ravenclaw the best study means they could possibly have and want. Needless to say, all the books in here are safe versions, and nothing either too dark or dangerous is here.
Opposite to the entrance door, stands a white marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, founder of the house. To each side of her statue stands a door, leading to the female and male dormitory – that are warded against the opposing gender. Each floor above the common room houses a year, starting at first, and going up to the seventh. Each floor also contains a bathroom for boys and girls. The windows in the rooms are big, giving them an airy feel, but not as large as the ones downstairs.
The most noticeable feature of the rooms however is not the windows, but the beds. They have no supports, but are enchanted in such a way that the mattresses simply float and hold steady in midair, making for a very comfortable night’s sleep. There are curtains hanging down from the ceiling that can be pulled around the bed for privacy.
Lighting throughout the entire common room is given out by small floating white spheres. They always move in a way to keep the same level of light everywhere. A light that is neither too strong nor too weak. Just perfect for reading.
Down in the common room, above Rowena Ravenclaw’s statue the words. “Wit beyond measure.” Are carved into the wall.
