Post by James on Apr 2, 2009 2:47:26 GMT -7
Well, in case you haven't heard, Revan and I are back on WR after a leave of absence and inactivity, and we're taking the opportunity to shake things up again and hopefully bring renewed pace to the main plot.
We're jumping forward two years.
I promised you a detailed synopsis of the two years passed, and I feel it's ready to share now.
This is the LONG version and is assuming you are already well-versed in the Wizarding Redefined story up to this point. I'll be creating a version which is more accessible to new members, and put it up on the Plot Summary page once things get rolling again.
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In April 2009, Juliet’s Death Eaters and the Desert Fox executed their plan for the first major attack since the weeks following Voldemort’s death.
The Hogwarts Headmaster, Professor Evans was invited to the Hog’s Head where he would interview a polyjuiced Juliet Lee, for the position of replacement DADA professor. In Juliet’s private room were concealed a handful of her supporters, who were able to disarm and brutally murder Evans. His corpse was enchanted so that it paraded itself through the village of Hogsmeade, and the Death Eaters set fire to the village. Aurors quickly arrived at the scene, where they managed to detain the majority of the Death Eaters and the Fox, who upon realizing that he was about to be caught, horrifically burnt his own face so that he would not be recognisable to anyone who knew him. The Hog’s Head, Crennent’s Quality Quidditch Supplies, several homes and the Hogsmeade Post Office were completely destroyed and many other buildings also suffered damage as a result of the fires.[footnote:1]The Post Office has since been rebuilt, while Crennent’s has relocated to Diagon Alley. The Hog’s Head did not reopen; Aberforth Dumbledore retired[/footnote]
Juliet Lee and her Death Eaters were tried by the Wizengamot and charged with the murders of Hunter Evans, the murders of four others (one who was burnt alive in her home, one auror, and another two villagers that had been killed trying to fight the Death Eaters), arson and magical terrorism. They also each received a multitude of charges related to their previous experience with the Death Eaters which did not see them ever leaving Azkaban.
Jakob Rosenbell, acting under another alias, escaped with a lesser sentence as he was only caught lighting fires and looting. He was also deemed an illegal immigrant. Jakob had promised the Death Eaters that if they denied allegiance with him, then he would find a way to break them out of Azkaban, citing the fact that he would be placed in minimum security sectors. They put their trust in him and denied having ever met him to the courts.
Meanwhile, on the outside, Revan Haine was busy cleaning up the mess left by his right-hand-man and trying to communicate with him to organise an escape plan. Revan filed emergency leaves of absence to the Ministry and to Hogwarts where Rosenbell had been working, hoping that his absence would not be questioned. When it became apparent that Jakob was going to be spending time in Azkaban, these “holidays” turned into resignations.
Revan developed further contact with half-giant and Azkaban prison guard Hugo Stein. Hugo was a customer of Revan’s antique store and Revan had won his respect previously during conversations about equality for all races. Revan delicately built an alliance with Hugo, and Hugo agreed to help him get Jakob out of Azkaban.
Jakob began receiving messages hidden within his meals, which he would strain to read in the dark. He knew these were from Revan through Hugo, but the two never actually spoke beyond normal prisoner-guard interaction. Jakob had difficulty communicating back in forms other than very simple yes-or-no type responses. Hugo snuck Jakob extra food where he could, so that Jakob would be able to sustain his physical strength. Jakob knew this would be important as he would be without his own wand, so he made a point of working out as much as possible. Revan and Hugo spent the next few months researching, planning and communicating with Jakob when they got brief moments alone. Jakob carved runes into the back of his dinner plates [footnote:2]Jakob had developed some knowledge of Ancient Runes during his childhood in Turkey, where they are still commonly practiced and Jakob did not have access to modern books, as described in his history.[/footnote], which Hugo was able to plant around the prison to deactivate the floating walkways and some other security features on command.
At the same time, Revan and his other followers were using the information that Jakob had gotten for them during his time in the Death Eaters ranks to track down a few of those who escaped the Hogsmeade attacks. Revan handed in whoever he caught to the Ministry. This was useful for several reasons. The first was that it provided Revan with some extra cash. The second was that it provided Jakob and the Death Eaters inside with a better chance at escaping; by imprisoning the Death Eaters Revan was actually helping them as a whole. The third was that it provided Revan with a platform of positive press with which to “introduce” himself to the ministry and the public: Revan Haine, the vampire who rounded up the Death Eaters that the ministry couldn’t.
Eventually the time came when the plan was to come to fruition. Hugo smuggled Jakob (in fox form) out of his cell, in his robes[footnote:3]Not especially difficult given how small Jakob was and how big Hugo was, but not especially pleasant either.[/footnote], out into one of the equipment rooms. Jakob waited until a guard entered to fetch something, ambushed him and killed him in hand-to-hand in order to get a wand which would answer to him with some degree of reliability. Together, they slowly and secretly began breaking prisoners on the lower security levels out of their cells, taking out guards for wands where they could, until they built a strong enough makeshift group which could attack the high-security sector. With the help of Hugo’s set traps, they fought their way through the upper levels. The Death Eaters were out to kill, as they desperately needed wands and wanted revenge. It was said that as the escapees ran their way up the final leg to the Apparition Room[footnote:4]The only safe way out of the prison[/footnote], out of control Fiendfyre roared behind them, consuming the pursuing guards and straggling Death Eaters. Amidst all the chaos, someone still managed to cast the Dark Mark over the site. Most of Azkaban’s cells were busted open and there were heavy losses on both sides. Only half of the escapees actually made it to the Apparition room and out of the prison alive.
Despite their losses, the Death Eaters were still left with their largest free force since the months after Voldemort’s death; united in their shared experience and renewed faith in the ability of their kind, having just broken out of Azkaban from the inside. Some wanted to leave, their time in Azkaban having rehabilitated them the way it was supposed to – but as they were still wanted criminals, most of them found their “old lives” impossible to return to.
Jakob lied to them all about Hugo’s involvement, as he was a “half-breed” he was sure they wouldn’t be happy with it. Instead, he claimed that he killed a guard who entered his cell, took his wand and uniform, and then used the Imperius Curse on Hugo to help them escape.
There was a call for Jakob to be the new Death Eater leader, having successfully broken them all out of Azkaban. Others hated Jakob, blaming him for the deaths of the Death Eaters who failed to escape with them. Jakob responded by saying that those Death Eaters would have died in there otherwise, and that his escape plan would have been their best chance at freedom. He also told them that he had no interest in being leader, as Juliet was always more than capable despite the failures at Hogsmeade, and that his own campaign to kill Revan[footnote:5]The one he made up to fool Juliet upon first meeting her.[/footnote] would always take priority. And so, Juliet led the Death Eaters again.
The Death Eaters focused on rebuilding their strength, influence and finances affected by their stay in Azkaban. They also needed new wands. The ministry knew that most of the Death Eaters were wandless, and the Death Eaters were afraid that any wandmakers would be protected against an attack.[footnote:6]And rightly so: Ollivander was armed to the teeth, given his past experience with Death Eaters.[/footnote] Groups of them began random attacks on Muggle-borns in order to kill them for their wands, hoping that the rules of wand ownership would give them back their power when their original owners were murdered. Half-Bloods (those considered “Blood Traitors” by the Death Eaters) were also killed, as many of them believed that stealing wands from Muggle-borns would get them nowhere since their magic had in turn been “stolen”, according to the propaganda from Voldemort’s time in power. Their results varied. There were also a few acts of terrorism similar to the Hogsmeade fires, or to the attack on the Quidditch World Cup prior to Voldemort’s return, but no large-scale combat. A few Death Eaters were captured and reimprisoned.
Meanwhile, Revan had begun campaigning for changes to laws regarding Vampires and other non-wizard creatures. His focus was mainly on appealing to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and certain politically minded groups[footnote:6]The “S.P.E.W.” types[/footnote] who were likely to be sympathetic. Revan’s arguments were, for the large part, falling upon deaf ears. However, support was slowly growing.
Gordon Flintock was watching, and he didn’t like what he saw. He saw who Revan was, what he had done, and what he was going to do. Nothing could be done about it, though; the ministry had no evidence that would hold in court against him. Gordon could sense issues arising from the vampire debate, on top of the already out of control Death Eater activity. Afraid of further damage to his career, and never one to follow the rules exactly, Gordon hired a small trio of specialist private Hit Wizards to kill Revan, out of his own pocket. During the attack, one of Revan’s close Vampire followers was killed, as was one of the assassins. Another hit wizard was captured while the third escaped. Revan told his prisoner that he had a choice between death and vampirism, the latter being a privilege he would receive if he co-operated. The hit wizard passed on Gordon’s name, but instead of keeping to his word, Revan turned the hit wizard into one of The Blind “so that he would suffer for his crimes.”
Realizing that Gordon Flintock was personally targeting him, Revan shifted gear in his political campaign. He began attacking the Department of Magical Law Enforcement instead, feeding the ministry more Death Eaters in chains than they were capturing themselves. He publicly remarked that he was able to capture more Death Eaters single-handedly (he had the help of his followers, of course) than Gordon’s entire department was, because the ministry was “still too incompetent and too scared to do what needed to be done to clear up a mess which had been threatening lives for over twenty years now”. Many debates have taken place, and Revan Haine became a high profile political figure. Public opinion is divided; many wizards continue to hate and fear vampires, and those that don’t are torn between trusting Revan or not in the face of accusations about his history, his motives, and his supposed concealed agendas.
Revan had also began funding an experimental blood transfusion program for vampires at St. Mungos, but following a large scale attack on the vampires and researchers by Juliet’s Death Eaters the program has been put on hold.
And so we’re brought to the present day: In response to an increasing workload and pressure from all angles, Flintock recently appointed Miranda Alleyne “Auxiliary Head Auror” while he continues to hold his positions as Head Auror and Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Revan is continuing his campaign against the ministry and anti-wizard legislation; he is currently pushing for a meeting with the International Confederation of Wizards in order to bring his concerns to the international stage.
Kingsley Shacklebolt is preparing for an election in July. The Death Eaters are now in direct opposition to Revan’s cause. There is no questioning that his beliefs contradict theirs, and they are afraid of his ability to snatch Death Eaters up faster than the Ministry can. Revan’s goals are put under further pressure as he is being scrutinised by the Ministry and attacked by the Death Eaters. The Fox has been put in a difficult situation – his position within the Death Eaters is providing Revan with more information but is becoming harder and harder to hold. Juliet Lee has also fallen pregnant, and is expecting to give birth in September. She doesn’t know just how special her child is, but someone else does...
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Revan, Miranda, Gordon, Jakob, Juliet, Hunter and Hugo have all been conferred with and most of them have helped shape the end outcome, which I'm thankful for.
For the moment, roleplay is continuing as usual, in 2009. Soon we will be preparing for archiving, but you will still be able to post. If anybody would like some extra time to continue existing threads (say, more than a week) then please PM me as we can definitely arrange that for you.
When you've decided what you'd like to do with your character from here on out, you should visit this thread: hpredefined.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=1215&page=1#18922 to get your profile updated.
I'm eager to hear your opinions and questions and I'm sure you're eager to share them. This thread is the place. Go forth and reply.
We're jumping forward two years.
I promised you a detailed synopsis of the two years passed, and I feel it's ready to share now.
This is the LONG version and is assuming you are already well-versed in the Wizarding Redefined story up to this point. I'll be creating a version which is more accessible to new members, and put it up on the Plot Summary page once things get rolling again.
----
In April 2009, Juliet’s Death Eaters and the Desert Fox executed their plan for the first major attack since the weeks following Voldemort’s death.
The Hogwarts Headmaster, Professor Evans was invited to the Hog’s Head where he would interview a polyjuiced Juliet Lee, for the position of replacement DADA professor. In Juliet’s private room were concealed a handful of her supporters, who were able to disarm and brutally murder Evans. His corpse was enchanted so that it paraded itself through the village of Hogsmeade, and the Death Eaters set fire to the village. Aurors quickly arrived at the scene, where they managed to detain the majority of the Death Eaters and the Fox, who upon realizing that he was about to be caught, horrifically burnt his own face so that he would not be recognisable to anyone who knew him. The Hog’s Head, Crennent’s Quality Quidditch Supplies, several homes and the Hogsmeade Post Office were completely destroyed and many other buildings also suffered damage as a result of the fires.[footnote:1]The Post Office has since been rebuilt, while Crennent’s has relocated to Diagon Alley. The Hog’s Head did not reopen; Aberforth Dumbledore retired[/footnote]
Juliet Lee and her Death Eaters were tried by the Wizengamot and charged with the murders of Hunter Evans, the murders of four others (one who was burnt alive in her home, one auror, and another two villagers that had been killed trying to fight the Death Eaters), arson and magical terrorism. They also each received a multitude of charges related to their previous experience with the Death Eaters which did not see them ever leaving Azkaban.
Jakob Rosenbell, acting under another alias, escaped with a lesser sentence as he was only caught lighting fires and looting. He was also deemed an illegal immigrant. Jakob had promised the Death Eaters that if they denied allegiance with him, then he would find a way to break them out of Azkaban, citing the fact that he would be placed in minimum security sectors. They put their trust in him and denied having ever met him to the courts.
Meanwhile, on the outside, Revan Haine was busy cleaning up the mess left by his right-hand-man and trying to communicate with him to organise an escape plan. Revan filed emergency leaves of absence to the Ministry and to Hogwarts where Rosenbell had been working, hoping that his absence would not be questioned. When it became apparent that Jakob was going to be spending time in Azkaban, these “holidays” turned into resignations.
Revan developed further contact with half-giant and Azkaban prison guard Hugo Stein. Hugo was a customer of Revan’s antique store and Revan had won his respect previously during conversations about equality for all races. Revan delicately built an alliance with Hugo, and Hugo agreed to help him get Jakob out of Azkaban.
Jakob began receiving messages hidden within his meals, which he would strain to read in the dark. He knew these were from Revan through Hugo, but the two never actually spoke beyond normal prisoner-guard interaction. Jakob had difficulty communicating back in forms other than very simple yes-or-no type responses. Hugo snuck Jakob extra food where he could, so that Jakob would be able to sustain his physical strength. Jakob knew this would be important as he would be without his own wand, so he made a point of working out as much as possible. Revan and Hugo spent the next few months researching, planning and communicating with Jakob when they got brief moments alone. Jakob carved runes into the back of his dinner plates [footnote:2]Jakob had developed some knowledge of Ancient Runes during his childhood in Turkey, where they are still commonly practiced and Jakob did not have access to modern books, as described in his history.[/footnote], which Hugo was able to plant around the prison to deactivate the floating walkways and some other security features on command.
At the same time, Revan and his other followers were using the information that Jakob had gotten for them during his time in the Death Eaters ranks to track down a few of those who escaped the Hogsmeade attacks. Revan handed in whoever he caught to the Ministry. This was useful for several reasons. The first was that it provided Revan with some extra cash. The second was that it provided Jakob and the Death Eaters inside with a better chance at escaping; by imprisoning the Death Eaters Revan was actually helping them as a whole. The third was that it provided Revan with a platform of positive press with which to “introduce” himself to the ministry and the public: Revan Haine, the vampire who rounded up the Death Eaters that the ministry couldn’t.
Eventually the time came when the plan was to come to fruition. Hugo smuggled Jakob (in fox form) out of his cell, in his robes[footnote:3]Not especially difficult given how small Jakob was and how big Hugo was, but not especially pleasant either.[/footnote], out into one of the equipment rooms. Jakob waited until a guard entered to fetch something, ambushed him and killed him in hand-to-hand in order to get a wand which would answer to him with some degree of reliability. Together, they slowly and secretly began breaking prisoners on the lower security levels out of their cells, taking out guards for wands where they could, until they built a strong enough makeshift group which could attack the high-security sector. With the help of Hugo’s set traps, they fought their way through the upper levels. The Death Eaters were out to kill, as they desperately needed wands and wanted revenge. It was said that as the escapees ran their way up the final leg to the Apparition Room[footnote:4]The only safe way out of the prison[/footnote], out of control Fiendfyre roared behind them, consuming the pursuing guards and straggling Death Eaters. Amidst all the chaos, someone still managed to cast the Dark Mark over the site. Most of Azkaban’s cells were busted open and there were heavy losses on both sides. Only half of the escapees actually made it to the Apparition room and out of the prison alive.
Despite their losses, the Death Eaters were still left with their largest free force since the months after Voldemort’s death; united in their shared experience and renewed faith in the ability of their kind, having just broken out of Azkaban from the inside. Some wanted to leave, their time in Azkaban having rehabilitated them the way it was supposed to – but as they were still wanted criminals, most of them found their “old lives” impossible to return to.
Jakob lied to them all about Hugo’s involvement, as he was a “half-breed” he was sure they wouldn’t be happy with it. Instead, he claimed that he killed a guard who entered his cell, took his wand and uniform, and then used the Imperius Curse on Hugo to help them escape.
There was a call for Jakob to be the new Death Eater leader, having successfully broken them all out of Azkaban. Others hated Jakob, blaming him for the deaths of the Death Eaters who failed to escape with them. Jakob responded by saying that those Death Eaters would have died in there otherwise, and that his escape plan would have been their best chance at freedom. He also told them that he had no interest in being leader, as Juliet was always more than capable despite the failures at Hogsmeade, and that his own campaign to kill Revan[footnote:5]The one he made up to fool Juliet upon first meeting her.[/footnote] would always take priority. And so, Juliet led the Death Eaters again.
The Death Eaters focused on rebuilding their strength, influence and finances affected by their stay in Azkaban. They also needed new wands. The ministry knew that most of the Death Eaters were wandless, and the Death Eaters were afraid that any wandmakers would be protected against an attack.[footnote:6]And rightly so: Ollivander was armed to the teeth, given his past experience with Death Eaters.[/footnote] Groups of them began random attacks on Muggle-borns in order to kill them for their wands, hoping that the rules of wand ownership would give them back their power when their original owners were murdered. Half-Bloods (those considered “Blood Traitors” by the Death Eaters) were also killed, as many of them believed that stealing wands from Muggle-borns would get them nowhere since their magic had in turn been “stolen”, according to the propaganda from Voldemort’s time in power. Their results varied. There were also a few acts of terrorism similar to the Hogsmeade fires, or to the attack on the Quidditch World Cup prior to Voldemort’s return, but no large-scale combat. A few Death Eaters were captured and reimprisoned.
Meanwhile, Revan had begun campaigning for changes to laws regarding Vampires and other non-wizard creatures. His focus was mainly on appealing to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and certain politically minded groups[footnote:6]The “S.P.E.W.” types[/footnote] who were likely to be sympathetic. Revan’s arguments were, for the large part, falling upon deaf ears. However, support was slowly growing.
Gordon Flintock was watching, and he didn’t like what he saw. He saw who Revan was, what he had done, and what he was going to do. Nothing could be done about it, though; the ministry had no evidence that would hold in court against him. Gordon could sense issues arising from the vampire debate, on top of the already out of control Death Eater activity. Afraid of further damage to his career, and never one to follow the rules exactly, Gordon hired a small trio of specialist private Hit Wizards to kill Revan, out of his own pocket. During the attack, one of Revan’s close Vampire followers was killed, as was one of the assassins. Another hit wizard was captured while the third escaped. Revan told his prisoner that he had a choice between death and vampirism, the latter being a privilege he would receive if he co-operated. The hit wizard passed on Gordon’s name, but instead of keeping to his word, Revan turned the hit wizard into one of The Blind “so that he would suffer for his crimes.”
Realizing that Gordon Flintock was personally targeting him, Revan shifted gear in his political campaign. He began attacking the Department of Magical Law Enforcement instead, feeding the ministry more Death Eaters in chains than they were capturing themselves. He publicly remarked that he was able to capture more Death Eaters single-handedly (he had the help of his followers, of course) than Gordon’s entire department was, because the ministry was “still too incompetent and too scared to do what needed to be done to clear up a mess which had been threatening lives for over twenty years now”. Many debates have taken place, and Revan Haine became a high profile political figure. Public opinion is divided; many wizards continue to hate and fear vampires, and those that don’t are torn between trusting Revan or not in the face of accusations about his history, his motives, and his supposed concealed agendas.
Revan had also began funding an experimental blood transfusion program for vampires at St. Mungos, but following a large scale attack on the vampires and researchers by Juliet’s Death Eaters the program has been put on hold.
And so we’re brought to the present day: In response to an increasing workload and pressure from all angles, Flintock recently appointed Miranda Alleyne “Auxiliary Head Auror” while he continues to hold his positions as Head Auror and Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Revan is continuing his campaign against the ministry and anti-wizard legislation; he is currently pushing for a meeting with the International Confederation of Wizards in order to bring his concerns to the international stage.
Kingsley Shacklebolt is preparing for an election in July. The Death Eaters are now in direct opposition to Revan’s cause. There is no questioning that his beliefs contradict theirs, and they are afraid of his ability to snatch Death Eaters up faster than the Ministry can. Revan’s goals are put under further pressure as he is being scrutinised by the Ministry and attacked by the Death Eaters. The Fox has been put in a difficult situation – his position within the Death Eaters is providing Revan with more information but is becoming harder and harder to hold. Juliet Lee has also fallen pregnant, and is expecting to give birth in September. She doesn’t know just how special her child is, but someone else does...
---
Revan, Miranda, Gordon, Jakob, Juliet, Hunter and Hugo have all been conferred with and most of them have helped shape the end outcome, which I'm thankful for.
For the moment, roleplay is continuing as usual, in 2009. Soon we will be preparing for archiving, but you will still be able to post. If anybody would like some extra time to continue existing threads (say, more than a week) then please PM me as we can definitely arrange that for you.
When you've decided what you'd like to do with your character from here on out, you should visit this thread: hpredefined.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=1215&page=1#18922 to get your profile updated.
I'm eager to hear your opinions and questions and I'm sure you're eager to share them. This thread is the place. Go forth and reply.
