OOC: Here's an idea we could try to make our RP fit along with JKR's time line...
Seven years before Voldermort came to power, our characters started their first year at Hogwarts. Therefore, the RP takes place during the first rise of Voldermort. OUr characters RP through seven years of Hogwarts, and after their seventh year, Voldermort comes to power. They don't end up killing Vodermort themselves, but aid in his destruction after their "graduation" from Hogwarts. They could even meet Harry Potter at the end of seventh year, before the incident with Voldermort. The next RP after the seventh year could be that our characters are all adults when Harry goes off to school at Hogwarts. We could intertwine our story with JKR's...stopping before Harry's sixth year, of course.
What do you guys think? I think it fits rather well with what we have done so far! ^_^