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*Nordic Witch* · #1 04-23-2017, 07:06 AM

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If you know the password, or where the entrance is from the Secret Passage you can make your way through a portal in the stone wall of the dungeon and walk into the Slytherin common room also known as the Snake Pit.

The Slytherin common room is a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling, from which round, greenish lamps are hanging on chains. A fire is crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of you. The Slytherin emblem is everywhere you turn, as having a house pride is one of our strong qualities. Portraits of the infamous Salazar Slytherin, Professor Horace Slughorn, Professor Snape, Headmistress Umbridge and previous Head of Houses including the recently retired Mr Justin McLeod are aligned. It reminds students of what being a Slytherin means and allows them to share those feelings with others.

This is where Slytherin students are allowed to unwind and chat with one another, play games, paint on canvanses, or put on a song on the muggle karaokee machine. To the left, a corridor leads to the boys dormitories, and to the right leads to the girls dormitories. Beside each corridor is self inking quill and parchment with the words Attendo Thea Vipera on it. This is where you can leave a little information about yourself so your housemates can get to know you better.

Over the fireplace mantle is where the Slytherin trophies and plaques lay. In center is the Slytherin House Cup from last term's win. On the side of the fireplace hangs the Serpentum Nutinum, snake newspaper for announcements and open classes listed, quidditch tryots news and other noteworthy stuff. Placed around the room there are four different Wizard Chess game boards. If you feel like playing, better find a partner and see who can keep their pieces from getting smashed by the opposing team. The windows showcase the underwater where you can occasionally see the Giant Squid and other water creatures swim on by and study or do some homework in relative peace. Near the underwater windows a glass cage has come up that holds Slytherin house's own House Pet, a female gopher snake that loves playing and interaction and doesn't mind an occassional cuddle or pat on the head.

A podium stands to the side with a copy of Hogwarts a History, which is where you will learn that even though the whole dungeon had once been flooded, nothing was waterlogged or permanently damaged.

SPOILER!!: Slytherin Facts