Help: What do the 'Houses' Stand for?

[Wenzel]

I want to play this game but I have no clue what Harry Potter is about. I come straight from TSkyrim, Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk...

Are these Houses or Magic Schools 'evil', 'neutral' or 'good' ?

[Coach the Roach]

https://youtu.be/4QSjWP21TdM?t=35

They are not about evil or good. Just look at this quick vid.

[DGenerate™]

It can basically be summed up with a defining characteristic for each house.

Slytherin: Power
Gryffindor: Courage
Ravenclaw: Intelligence
Hufflepuff: Friendship

[Wenzel]

Harry Potter is affiliated to Gryffindor only or is he switching the houses in the books/films ?

[Chefychefy]

Your house matches your personality/ideals

[SOSKaito]

Origineel geplaatst door Wenzel:

Harry Potter is affiliated to Gryffindor only or is he switching the houses in the books/films ?

Harry himself got sorted into Gryffindor house in his first year. You don't switch houses. That does not mean however, that he didn't have friendships and rivalries with members of other houses :) hope that answers some of your questions.

[PiercedEye]

Origineel geplaatst door Wenzel:

Harry Potter is affiliated to Gryffindor only or is he switching the houses in the books/films ?

He does not switch, nor did he choose to become a Gryffindor. He had met Malfoy before the sorting and decided then, that he did not want to become a Slytherin. So the Sorting Hat put him in Gryffindor as it detected in him qualities attributed to the founder of the Gryffindor house.

There are some traits the houses share and some that are unique.
I would define it as follows:
- Gryffindor: bravery, determination, empathy
- Slytherin: ambition, cunning, determination
- Ravenclaw: intelligence, cunning, bravery
- Hufflepuff: loyalty, empathy, ambition
By itself no House is good, neutral or bad, it just seems that Slytherin has brought the most evil wizards (quote from the books "There wasn't single wizard gone bad that wasn't in Slytherin", but what the Sorting Hat looks out for are the internal qualities of each student

[Doomlord Soul]

Origineel geplaatst door DGenerate™:

It can basically be summed up with a defining characteristic for each house.

Slytherin: Power
Gryffindor: Courage
Ravenclaw: Intelligence
Hufflepuff: Friendship

More Like:
Slytherin: Ambition and cunning, also Pride/Self-preservation and Resourcefulness
Gryffindor: Courage and Chivalry
Ravenclaw: Intelligence/Wit and Creativity... and Acceptance
Hufflepuff: Friendship/Fairness and Hard Work

You Could say that they would be like this
Slytherin: Richkids
Gryffindor: Jocks
Ravenclaw: The Quirky, Nerdy and Creative Kids
Hufflepuff: The good and responsible friends. The Kids who get along with everyone

[Theta]

youve got a few days. just go watch a movie? To see if youd even like this world?

[Kingsleaze]

Read a book.

[Traumaturgy]

Best house is Lannister of course. But from these mentioned above, Raven boys.

[Wenzel]

Origineel geplaatst door Theta:

youve got a few days. just go watch a movie? To see if youd even like this world?

Hm. Good Idea.

[Hendumaica]

I think the base concept is that there is no better house but one house should be the best for you.

[Caraya]

try the official wizardingworld.com page and find out in a lil test which will be "your house". you dont need to take it in the game, but you can test yourself and find out, which house represents your character the best. also you can read a lot about the Potterverse.