An Ill Wind - Main Community

( Carrow-Wilkes Announce Engagement )

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

( Florence Rosier to wed Rabastan Lestrange )

Placeholder for for CEPMC stuff when I get my game to-do list completed.

ST. MUNGO'S ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF SCROFUNGULUS VACCINE
DP London: Cadwalder Bruin

LONDON- This morning The St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries Research and Development Foundation announced the completion of a scrofungulus vaccine. In development for three long years, it seemed at points hopeless, however, after a vast amount of clinical trials, this specific vaccine has been declared a success as a method to protect oneself from scrofungulus. ( continued... )

FAMILY OF SIX DEAD AFTER "DARK ARMY" ATTACK
DP London - Eustace Wheeler

LONDON - After another gruesome attack made by the "Dark Army"--a ragtag collection of dark creatures such as werewolves, hags, vampires and banshees, lead by notorious werewolf and murderer, Fenrir Greyback--the Department of Magical Law Enforcement has confirmed that the bodies of Roger and Ingrid Jorkins and those of their children, Edith (28), Catherine (26), Bertha (23), and Matthew (20), were found savagely mauled to death ( at their family home in London. )

( Pamphlets made available at magical post offices, set up at businesses in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, and arranged in full page ads in today's Daily Prophet and in this week's edition of Witch Weekly )

CONTROVERSIAL MARRIAGE LEGISLATION PASSED BY WIZENGAMOT
Bill approved by an overwhelming majority
DP London - Albert Umquat

LONDON - In a startling move by the Wizengamot Council this afternoon, all but two members voted in favour of passing the controversial marriage bill announced by the Ministry for Magic last week. The bill stipulates that, not only does the Ministry have the authority to review all magical marriages made since 1970, but to regulate all bids for marriage made after the legislation has been made final. Minister for Magic, Rodolphus Lestrange, was unavailable for comment, but the Minister's press secretary, Sylvester Quilt, released the following statement:

"Minister Lestrange and his cabinet are, of course, pleased by the Wizengamot's decision and wholly support the implementation of this legislation. The Minister's office feels that the bill will serve to support and ultimately protect the wizarding community by ensuring that the Statute of Secrecy is being upheld in all magical unions, and that all marriages in the last decade have been made in good faith."

...article continued pg A3

( Obituaries - Theodore Charlus Potter, society pillar and quidditch aficionado, passes away at the age of 82; )

( Pamphlets made available at magical post offices, set up at businesses in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, and arranged in full page ads in today's Daily Prophet and in this week's edition of Witch Weekly )

MARRIAGE BILL TO BE PUT BEFORE WIZENGAMOT
Hortense Wallace - DP London

London - A controversial proposal to regulate marriages in the wizarding world is to be put before the Wizengamot early next week. Should the bill pass, unions made after 1970 will be reevaluated to ensure that they were made in "good faith," and all marriages thereafter will have to apply for government approval. This will include marriages between magical peoples and muggles, which, the bill stipulates, will aid in ensuring that Statute of Secrecy prohibitions are being upheld, and that in the event of the death of the magical partner, the muggle parter will legally recognized in the execution of wills. Few other details were made available at the present--the bill in its entirety will be attainable through the Ministry of Magic as early as Monday morning.

Placeholder for article because I'm hella tired: Moody demoted as Head of the Auror Department--replaced by Adam Williamson! The Minister and Adam said very professional and awesome things. (The attack on the Weasley family will be addressed, and the Ministry's commitment to hunting down Fenrir Greyback and those who follow him.)

All reshuffling will be DMLE will be completed by the end of the week, meaning that Rodolphus' campaign to improve and restructure the Ministry of Magic will be ALL DONE. WOOT.

Placeholder for Daily Prophet article about the Ministry being broken into by Death Eaters who made their way to the holding cells and killed James Potter!

MALFOY PREGNANCY CONFIRMED, PLANS FOR SPSS EVENT REVEALED
Rita Skeeter - DP London

LONDON - News of the pregnancy for newlyweds Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy broke unexpectedly on their wedding day, but what was thought to be malicious gossip has since been confirmed as a fact, and indeed a fact worthy of celebration. ( continued... )

MINISTER LESTRANGE'S WIFE ANNOUNCES CHARITY
( The Hogsmeade Restoration Fund was announced yesterday afternoon by Bellatrix Lestrange, in conjunction with the Ministry of Magic -- details page A6 )

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
( Rosalind Jugson to wed Augustus Rookwood; see Lifestyles: page B7 for details )

DUMBLEDORE PROPOSES NEW BILL TO WIZENGAMOT
Caldwalder Bruin - DP London

LONDON - New bill drafted by Albus Dumbledore, Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, and Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, proposes equality for all magical persons. ( continued... )

ARRESTS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH HOGSMEADE ATTACK
( Investigation into the brutal attack against the historic village led to five arrests yesterday against suspected Death Eaters -- story continued on page A3 )

GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING NEAR COMPLETION
( Minister Lestrange begins work on the Department of Magical Law Enforcement today, his biggest undertaking to date -- details page A9 )

BLACK PREGNANT: SHOTGUN WEDDING TODAY!
( Source close to the socialite speaks out, igniting scandal! See Lifestyle: page B7 for details! )

HOGSMEADE VILLAGE DESTROYED BY DEATH EATERS
Caldwalder Bruin - DP London

HOGSMEADE - More than fifty bodies of dead villagers have been recovered in the aftermath of a brutal and unprovoked attack on Hogsmeade village in Scotland by Death Eaters early yesterday evening. According to witnesses, the attack began shortly after seven o'clock with a siege on the high street--beginning with the Hog's Head Pub--in which most businesses were destroyed structurally or burned down. Death Eaters additionally placed anti-apparation wards on the village, trapping it's inhabitants. Many of those who witnessed the attack say that civilians fought against You Know Who's followers, but were unsuccessful in their attempts to drive them away. No one has yet recounted what ended the siege, and by the time the Department of Magical Law Enforcement arrived on scene, both the Death Eaters and now-dubbed 'civilian heroes' had disappeared, leaving nothing behind but blood and rubble. ( continued... )

MUGGLE RIGHTS ACTIVIST CAUSES MORE CONSTROVERSY
Ashwyn Tripplehorn - DP London

LONDON - Leader of the Society for the Promotion of Muggleborn Welfare, Hortense Clay, caused a commotion in Diagon Alley early this morning by holding a unscheduled protest of new legislation passed yesterday by the Ministry of Magic. The young woman accosted early morning shoppers with pamphlets as she announced the "dangers" of the bill, which she described numerous times as the "beginning of the end." She was taken into custody by Ministry officials after she began putting up posters on the outside of businesses that attempted to slander Minister for Magic Rodolphus Lestrange. ( continued... )

DEPARTMENT RESHUFFLE BACK ON TRACK
Derwent Skirmish - DP London

LONDON - Restructuring of the Ministry started up again today after being put on hold following the Death Eater attacks on muggle London two weeks ago. Minister for Magic Rodolphus Lestrange's cabinet quickly wrapped up the Department of Magical Games and Sports, and are now starting work on the Department of International Cooperation, where Minister Lestrange started his career in 1968. ( continued... )