Post by fleurdelacour5787 on Jun 2, 2009 4:49:52 GMT -5
Two years after the fall of Voldemort (in the year 2000), the wizarding world should be reveling in the tranquility that should follow the defeat of a major evil, shouldn't it?
Wrong.
The defeat of Voldemort, while a monumentous occasion, did not bring the peace that they'd hungered for all those long years of fear, doubt, mistrust, bloodshed, and general mayhem. It seemed that a large number of witches and wizards could not overcome the devastating loss of their loved ones. Though the Ministry did all it could to round up the Death Eaters and anyone else involved (human or not), many walked free because of the widespread confusion that overtook the country. The mourning parties couldn't handle the thought of murderers walking free and vowed to put a stop to it. The vigilante movement has been gaining support over the past two years, and, despite it, there are several Death Eaters and prominent purists that are still at large in Britain and elsewhere.
Hogwarts was repaired and reopened over the course of a summer, and all students were welcomed back by their excited Headmistress, Minerva McGonagall. The staff, or what remained of them from the previous year, was only too eager to put all the memories of the nightmarish evenning of the year previous behind them. However, it seemed that the school was cursed. Though the staff was replenished after all the deaths, retirements, and other events of those two years, the castle never remained fully-staffed long, leaving many openings now.
The Ministry struggled greatly, trying to weed out the possible traitors among them that hadn't shown their true colors in the epic Battle of Hogwarts, but they later reverted back to business as usual as the fear or the vigilante group (which was sometimes a bit too harsh in its punishment and too quick to act thereby punishing several innocents) grew in the community, they put an end to the interrogations of employees so as not to seem overeager to punish anyone. It was this misguided decision by Shacklebolt that led to the end of his temporary hold of the role of Minister as pushed by several members of the vigilante movement. He has yet to be replaced.
~More coming soon~
Check the Daily Prophet thread regularly for updates on the magical world!
Wrong.
The defeat of Voldemort, while a monumentous occasion, did not bring the peace that they'd hungered for all those long years of fear, doubt, mistrust, bloodshed, and general mayhem. It seemed that a large number of witches and wizards could not overcome the devastating loss of their loved ones. Though the Ministry did all it could to round up the Death Eaters and anyone else involved (human or not), many walked free because of the widespread confusion that overtook the country. The mourning parties couldn't handle the thought of murderers walking free and vowed to put a stop to it. The vigilante movement has been gaining support over the past two years, and, despite it, there are several Death Eaters and prominent purists that are still at large in Britain and elsewhere.
Hogwarts was repaired and reopened over the course of a summer, and all students were welcomed back by their excited Headmistress, Minerva McGonagall. The staff, or what remained of them from the previous year, was only too eager to put all the memories of the nightmarish evenning of the year previous behind them. However, it seemed that the school was cursed. Though the staff was replenished after all the deaths, retirements, and other events of those two years, the castle never remained fully-staffed long, leaving many openings now.
The Ministry struggled greatly, trying to weed out the possible traitors among them that hadn't shown their true colors in the epic Battle of Hogwarts, but they later reverted back to business as usual as the fear or the vigilante group (which was sometimes a bit too harsh in its punishment and too quick to act thereby punishing several innocents) grew in the community, they put an end to the interrogations of employees so as not to seem overeager to punish anyone. It was this misguided decision by Shacklebolt that led to the end of his temporary hold of the role of Minister as pushed by several members of the vigilante movement. He has yet to be replaced.
~More coming soon~
Check the Daily Prophet thread regularly for updates on the magical world!