DEATHWATCH!

[THE DEATHWATCH !]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Deathwatch supplies information to the wizarding community about recent events that were not reported by the Wizarding Wireless Network or the Daily Prophet, both of which had fallen under the influence of the Voldemort-controlled Ministry of Magic. The show attempts to boost the morale of the allies involved in the anti-Voldemort movement by broadcasting supportive messages to everyone resisting the Death Eaters. It is also their to relay information that will be useful in avoiding deatheaters and keeping safe. Safety measures were taken before each broadcast, including switching locations regularly and using codenames to avoid Death Eaters. It is impossible for deatheaters to find the source and shut it down.

This relies even more on you all for information. Because this is an underground radio program designed to inform people what's really going on, we need real information. Characters are able to 'call in' anonymously and feed Phoenixwatch information and news, so we rely almost completely on you to PM us information. What sort of things? Anything. Someone's rallying people under the London Bridge to attack the Death Eaters standing guard? PM us, and Deathwatch will spread the news. Someone's helping muggleborns and their families get safe passage out of England? PM us. An Auror or Order member got thrown in Azkaban? PM us. Someone wants to know if a family member is safe? PM us.

Ok, now, we realize that technically the way things would work on a radio show would be people calling in. You can only respond ONCE to each Deathwatch post (to simulate phoning). You MUST use a codename to respond to Deathwatch, and to preserve anonymity, you can log out and post as a guest, with the name being your character's codename. If you respond, you may respond to anything in the Deathwatch post, and any comments made before yours. Or you can use that to call in and send a message to a family member/friend, and that family member/friend can PM their response to Deathwatch, and it will be included in the next Deathwatch post. DO NOT use someone else's codename to pretend to be them and respond. If you do, we won't let you respond anymore.

CODE NAMES

You must choose a codename that has some relevance to your character. Remember that they are codenames, and will [theoretically] be spoken over the radio, so they should be reasonably easy to pronounce, and not ridiculously long. There will be no list saying who owns which codename and it will have to be figured out.

Even though Deathwatch is as secure as possible, impossible to trace, and protected by passwords to prevent Death Eaters from listening in, nothing is certain these days, so codenames are used to protect anonymity. The codenames are not random, though, because the intention is that people close to the message sender will be able to somehow decipher the codename, otherwise the codenames would be pointless. Also, sending messages from person to person in a sort of code isn't a bad idea either. Just so that both parties can ensure that the message was sent to (and from) the right person. PLEASE NOTE: real names will not be included in any Deathwatch posts. Members will have to figure out codenames just like the characters.