Post by HTLS admin on Dec 2, 2007 19:05:28 GMT -5
Hogwarts: The Last Secret
[/color] The fall of secrecy
It is 2015, twenty four years after Voldemort’s ultimate downfall, and the wizarding secret has finally been revealed. No one knows how the secret was spilled, and the Ministry has not been able to track who spilled it. However the case, in 2013 muggles somehow uncovered the wizarding world, and after an outcry of shock and disbelief they began to believe. Many witches and wizards were pestered incessantly, just like in muggle fairy tales, to provide spells and charms, while the non-human creatures were captured by the government for study. Witch hunts were revived in 2014, causing magical creatures, human and non-human alike, to flee to ultra-protected areas.
The charms protecting Diagon Alley fell within months, enabling muggles to enter and eagerly gawk. The once-prosperous area is now abandoned, most shop owners having chose to relocate to a newly-built area in Hogsmeade. Hogsmeade itself, as well as the various wizarding schools, remains hidden from muggles. These areas are covered in every muggle-repelling and secrecy charms known, and as much as muggles search these areas have yet to be found.
A new power
With the wizarding world in an uproar, it was just a matter of time before Shacklebolt was replaced. A mysterious but seemly caring figure rose from the shadows as the ideal replacement, and his arguments won over many wizards and witches. Warning that the current Ministry was full of bumbling fools, he won a landslide election by proclaiming to want to help save the wizarding world.
However, there are whispered rumours that all is not as it seems. Those against the Minister are disappearing or found murdered, and not all believe it is just the random acts of an insane person. Old Order members and those who fought against Voldemort at Hogwarts years ago have a different story; whispers that behind his concerned facade, this new Minister - Jason Conrad is eerily similar to Voldemort, torturing and murdering all those against him or in favor of the old Ministry.
Secret organizations
These worried wizards and witches have banded together to form a new type of Order, called the Order of the Wolves. They meet in secret in an unplottable and warded area close to Hogwarts and Hogsmeade, and members may only be allowed to attend meetings once proven loyal.
Though thus far the Minister has proven true in is his attempts to protect wizards, the Order believes he was the one to reveal magic, perhaps to take over the Ministry easier, and they are determined to stop him in whatever way possible.
However, Minister Conrad has formed his own group, simply named the Minister’s followers, or the followers. Their goal - to keep the Minister's secret by killing the Order members. They stop at nothing to accomplish their goal, and have been given permission to use any means necessary.
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