The hike down the dungeons and then under the lake to where the, safely password guarded, Slytherin common room is always lives newcomers a little breathless, but all the girls of the house will attest to it as the reason for their shapely figures. And besides, the house of Salazar Slytherin it not a place for the weak. Be it in mind or body.
The wall that becomes the majestic entryway resembles any other normal wall around, until that is a Slytherin walks by it - and even then only those of Slytherin can see it. At that point it shimmers, revealing itself to be made of black marble, an intricate design of white marble veining heavily over it and crisscrossing over more veins, these ones of brilliant emerald. The door itself, once it appears, is of very precisely and delicately carved stone and it depicts in its center the figure of a snake, outlined with silver and with emeralds for eyes.
It is that very snake that asks students for the password, and only once it is content will the heavy stone doors open to reveal a long rectangular common room. The first thing one notices is how the room is built. As if it was a large staircase, going up to the far end of the room, making it almost impossible to judge its true distance. There are seven levels in total and each is as if it was a different common room where the students of a each year gather. Comfortable divans and loveseats – and a few tables - are spread around perfectly, in colors of green and black and silver, like the hangings in the walls. The lighting in supplied by the fireplaces, occasional lamps on the tables and the odd, arm-shaped torches on the walls. Making it generally dark, but lit enough for people to be able to see well and read.
Twin massive fireplaces stand to the sides of each step, with elaborately carved mantelpieces – each depicting a different century of pure-blood history, starting from the door and ending at the far end by the seventh year’s dormitories - and uncut marble that glistens, as if hiding the undiscovered wealth of emeralds deep within its form. Roaring fires burn in their hearths as they reach towards a ceiling so high it’s hidden in shadow, giving watchers a feeling of capsized vertigo.
To the right and left of the common room, poorly-lit tunnels spread like fingers and then curve downwards back under the common room, to where the dormitories are located. Closest to the door is the entrance of the first year rooms, and they progressed back to the highest level where the seventh years reside.
The atmosphere in the dormitories is the same as in the common room. Notable differences are the low ceilings and how the beds don’t exist. Instead there’s a concavity in the stone floor where the mattresses are fitted. Low night tables stand to the sides of the bed. Unlike the other dormitories, every Slytherin student has a private room assigned to them, albeit rather small, that they can furnish and decorate to their liking. In each room above the bed there’s another torch, the is support shaped to look as if an arm is holding it. Its light can be controlled though simple words but require a wand.
Each dorm has its own bathroom, and needless to say, there are sides for males and sides for females. Each warded against the opposite gender.
The wall that becomes the majestic entryway resembles any other normal wall around, until that is a Slytherin walks by it - and even then only those of Slytherin can see it. At that point it shimmers, revealing itself to be made of black marble, an intricate design of white marble veining heavily over it and crisscrossing over more veins, these ones of brilliant emerald. The door itself, once it appears, is of very precisely and delicately carved stone and it depicts in its center the figure of a snake, outlined with silver and with emeralds for eyes.
It is that very snake that asks students for the password, and only once it is content will the heavy stone doors open to reveal a long rectangular common room. The first thing one notices is how the room is built. As if it was a large staircase, going up to the far end of the room, making it almost impossible to judge its true distance. There are seven levels in total and each is as if it was a different common room where the students of a each year gather. Comfortable divans and loveseats – and a few tables - are spread around perfectly, in colors of green and black and silver, like the hangings in the walls. The lighting in supplied by the fireplaces, occasional lamps on the tables and the odd, arm-shaped torches on the walls. Making it generally dark, but lit enough for people to be able to see well and read.
Twin massive fireplaces stand to the sides of each step, with elaborately carved mantelpieces – each depicting a different century of pure-blood history, starting from the door and ending at the far end by the seventh year’s dormitories - and uncut marble that glistens, as if hiding the undiscovered wealth of emeralds deep within its form. Roaring fires burn in their hearths as they reach towards a ceiling so high it’s hidden in shadow, giving watchers a feeling of capsized vertigo.
To the right and left of the common room, poorly-lit tunnels spread like fingers and then curve downwards back under the common room, to where the dormitories are located. Closest to the door is the entrance of the first year rooms, and they progressed back to the highest level where the seventh years reside.
The atmosphere in the dormitories is the same as in the common room. Notable differences are the low ceilings and how the beds don’t exist. Instead there’s a concavity in the stone floor where the mattresses are fitted. Low night tables stand to the sides of the bed. Unlike the other dormitories, every Slytherin student has a private room assigned to them, albeit rather small, that they can furnish and decorate to their liking. In each room above the bed there’s another torch, the is support shaped to look as if an arm is holding it. Its light can be controlled though simple words but require a wand.
Each dorm has its own bathroom, and needless to say, there are sides for males and sides for females. Each warded against the opposite gender.
