Post by Meg on Aug 2, 2007 23:21:08 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]Partway down Diagon Alley, near its intersection Knockturn Alley, stands an imposing snow-white marble building: Gringotts Wizarding Bank. "Towering over the other shops", it is the place where British witches and wizards store their money and other valuables, in vaults miles below ground. The vaults are heavily guarded - as Hagrid says, "yeh'd be mad teh try an' rob it".
The centuries-old bank is run by goblins, and they alone know the secrets of the twisting underground passages and the enchantments (and creatures!) in place to defend against intruders. The goblins have a code that forbids them to speak of the bank's secrets, and would consider it "base treachery" to break any part of that code.
From Diagon Alley, a set of white stairs leads up to a set of burnished bronze doors. The doors are flanked by a goblin in a uniform of scarlet and gold, though during war time the goblin was replaced instead by two wizards with Probity Probes. This is the entrance to Gringotts, and it leads into a small entrance hall and another set of doors. Engraved on these silver doors are the words:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
Though these doors - again, flanked by goblins - is a vast marble hall with, by Harry's estimation, a hundred or more goblins sitting at counters. Leading off the hall are "too many doors to count," and it is through at least one (and probably more) of these that customers access the vaults.[/glow]
[glow=gold,2,300]Money shall only be given by the Accountants.
Money shall only be taken away by shop owners who have had something purchased.[/glow]
Each Wizard shall have their own Gringotts account which lists how much money the person has. It will be updated weekly due to jobs and purchases made on the site. If there are any questions, please PM a headmistress or write it on our questions forum.
[glow=red,2,300]EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER WILL START OUT WITH 50G!!![/glow]
The centuries-old bank is run by goblins, and they alone know the secrets of the twisting underground passages and the enchantments (and creatures!) in place to defend against intruders. The goblins have a code that forbids them to speak of the bank's secrets, and would consider it "base treachery" to break any part of that code.
From Diagon Alley, a set of white stairs leads up to a set of burnished bronze doors. The doors are flanked by a goblin in a uniform of scarlet and gold, though during war time the goblin was replaced instead by two wizards with Probity Probes. This is the entrance to Gringotts, and it leads into a small entrance hall and another set of doors. Engraved on these silver doors are the words:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
Though these doors - again, flanked by goblins - is a vast marble hall with, by Harry's estimation, a hundred or more goblins sitting at counters. Leading off the hall are "too many doors to count," and it is through at least one (and probably more) of these that customers access the vaults.[/glow]
[glow=gold,2,300]Money shall only be given by the Accountants.
Money shall only be taken away by shop owners who have had something purchased.[/glow]
Each Wizard shall have their own Gringotts account which lists how much money the person has. It will be updated weekly due to jobs and purchases made on the site. If there are any questions, please PM a headmistress or write it on our questions forum.
[glow=red,2,300]EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER WILL START OUT WITH 50G!!![/glow]
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