Joining is Very Easy and Painless, Promise

To register click the red "Register" button located beneath the image of Hogwarts castle. From there you will be asked to agree to some preset terms and conditions, agree to them, you will then be asked for your username, email, and password. Your username should be whatever your character's name will be, first then last, your password should be strong remember never share your password with anyone. From here you should be able to log in, after this you need to visit the character creation section of the forum located here:

https://fromtheashes.rpg-board.net/f1-character-creation

There you will find forms on creating child, student and adult characters in addition to "Calim a Celebrity" which is where you post the name of and actor or actress who will represent your character visually. If your character is a student go to the Sorting Hat and answer the questions posed there to be successfully sorted.

https://fromtheashes.rpg-board.net/f3-sorting-hat

After this the forum is yours to explore, attend or teach classes, socialize with friends, get a job or internship, even write in your journal and look back through your life in you pensieve, if you have any questions feel free to ask.