Entrance Hall

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For many, this is the first sight they see once they reach Hogwarts, and it is the one thing that no one ever forgets. Double oak front doors, opening to the West. Large, cavernous room, lit by torches, with ceiling so high it's barely visible. Wide marble staircase opposite the front doors (East wall) leads up to first floor. Four giant hourglasses - one for each House - stand in niches in a corner opposite the main doors. Each hourglass is filled with gemstones rather than sand, one gemstone in the lower bulb for each House Point currently held by that House. Gryffindors' contains rubies, Ravenclaws' sapphires, and Slytherins' emeralds, and Hufflepuffs' yellow diamonds.