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Hogwarts

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During the Battle of Hogwarts, the castle obtained significant structural damage to a number of outside walls as well as inner corridors and halls. Once the Ministry had regained control and begun attempting to re-order Wizarding Britain, one of their top priorities was the restoration of Hogwarts School.

The building is now almost entirely as it was, showing no signs of the battle that occured, at least not at first glance. But there are still bricks scorched from spells and a few odd tiles cracked in the entrance hall. But as it stands, Hogwarts is restored.


The Room of Requirement

The Room of Requirement was entirely destroyed during the end of term events of the previous year. The Fiend Fyre tore through the room and destroyed the very roots of the magic that grounded it in the school.

Now, whenever the door is opened, the room appears only as a small 5x5 windowless brick room. The walls are black and the floor is covered in ash, and it still smells faintly of burning, though its now cold and lifeless. Unfortunately, it can never be restored to its former glory.

Dorms

The additional students have been provided with rooms similar to their rooms in the previous years within their houses. Students in the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor towers will notice an two extra sets of stairs leading up into the roof space.
The roof is slanted but the rooms are not small. They are laid out in the same manner as the other dorm rooms, five four-poster beds in a circle with trunks located at the end and a fireplace to keep students warm. There are separate rooms for girls and boys.

Students in Slytherin and Hufflepuff will simply find another arch in their commonroom leading to a short corridor that divides into two separate rooms for girls and boys. The rooms are laid out in the same manner as previous years.

All girls dormitories have jinxes that prevent boys entering. Boys rooms do not share these jinxes. Girls are expected to show decorum (or restraint, one or the other).

Head Boy and Head Girl have their own bedrooms, complete with en-suite bathrooms and small study rooms for their own private usage. Neither of these rooms have spells to keep other people out, though they have their own password respectively.
Prefects remain in the dormitories with their peers.

The Prefects bathroom is on the fifth floor, one for girls and one for boys. It is to be used by Prefects, Quidditch captains and 8th year students should they wish it.


The Memorial and Graveyard

After the war, in the chaotic few weeks that followed, it was determined that moving the bodies of the people that died during the battle would've been impossibly difficult and chaotic. Without much of a choice, the Ministry arranged for a section of the grounds to be cleared and used as a graveyard.
The Graveyard lays near the edge of the lake, encircled by a low wall with a stone arch as an entrance.

At the centre of the graveyard is the Memorial Statue of a Phoenix, its wings spread, above a commemorative plaque listing the names of those that died.

Each grave has a headstone or marker, to the families' request, or to Ministry standards, if no family could be contacted. Dumbledore's tomb is at the back of the graveyard.