With the capture of Verandi Farley and several high-ranking Trossach members, the British wizarding world has finally caught a break. The rate of rogue werewolf attacks have started dropping at a steady rate and, hopefully, things will stay that way. The Ministry is starting to loosen some restrictions, like not arresting werewolves standing on the street for loitering, however there’s still an obvious power imbalance between wizardfolk and werewolves.
The Cotswolds pack are continuing to advocate for the rights of werewolves and petitioning to change the legislation that has been set in motion by the current Minister for Magic, whilst the remaining Trossachs members are trying to stay out of the spotlight and keep a low profile… for now.
Whilst the British wizarding world seems to have calmed down, the same cannot be said for over in Northern Europe where a rebellion of magical creatures has risen. The state of things has gotten so bad that the European Ministry has enacted protocols to protect those under eighteen whilst their adult witches and wizards fight to keep control of their countries.
Students from Durmstrang have been sent to Hogwarts to keep them safe and those not old enough to attend school have been sent to live with relatives or designated British Ministry officials outside of Europe for the time being.
Will the low rates of werewolf attacks in Britain continue? How long will Durmstrang students stay at Hogwarts? Will the creatures usurp the wizardfolk in Northern Europe? Only time will tell.
SEPTEMBER 2019 It's been a very long, eventful summer in the wizarding world. A baby was stolen, several high ranking Trossach members were imprisoned, and werewolf attacks have drastically dropped as a result. What will happen now school has returned?
MAY 2019 An attempt to capture the beta of the Trossachs has been launched. Were the Aurors successful in their mission? Go read more here!
Maximus had to admit that he was enjoying his assignment at Hogwarts more than he'd thought. Even though the reason for the assignment was rather grim, his stay in Hogsmeade was a nice change of scenery and seeing the castle made him relive some of the more happy memories from his childhood. Adding to this was that he'd met his old friend Sebastian Selwyn again while walking the corridors earlier that day. The man, one of his only friends and part of the exclusive club of people who could tolerate his foul moods, had left the auror department a few years back and Maximus had been sad to see him go. Aside from the fact that he respected the man, he was the one who had been there during Maximus' shortened auror training and had been his colleague afterwards. They had worked well together as partners, even though Maximus wasn't the best at working in a team. Therefore the auror was glad for an opportunity to meet up with his old friend again and was sitting at a table in the three broomsticks waiting for him. He'd already gotten himself a drink, and while he was usually known for his excessive consume of alcohol, he had learned a few months back to cut short on at least the strong stuff. After a visit to St Mungo's he hadn't heeded the healer's advice not to drink any alcohol for at least a week due to the potions he'd been given, but he had disregarded the instructions. Instead he'd gone to the Leaky for his usual drinks and had passed out almost immediately. The experience of how rotten he'd felt afterwards was enough for Maximus to finally go a bit easier on his favourite pastime. So this was the reason why he had gotten himself a glass of wine as he knew he'd drink that more slowly that anything else and thus drink less.
Swirling the red liquid in his glass he heard the door of the almost empty pub open and looked up. A small smile appeared on his face as he saw his former colleague enter. A smile not many people got to see as it almost never replaced his permanent scowl. "Samuels, it's been ages," he greeted the man as he approached the table.
