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MILLICENT BAGNOLD MURDERED BY DEATH EATER
Genevieve Marceaux - DP London

LONDON - The Ministry has belatedly reported that the next Minister for Magic, Millicent Bagnold, was found dead in her office on Friday night as a result of the killing curse. Four aurors and the watchwizard on duty were also killed, and magical survelliance shows that the ministry was infiltrated by a lone Death Eater. ( continued... )

( Owl to the Order of the Phoenix )

Who: Bellatrix Lestrange, Millicent Bagnold, assorted NPC Aurors
When: Saturday morning
Where: The Ministry of Magic
What: Wrapping up some unfinished business
Rating: Violence and death
Status: In progress

( Death Eaters! In the Ministry! )

Who: Lily and Alice
When: Backdated to the 26th
Where: Lily & James' home in Godric's Hollow
What: Lily and Alice are unable to risk their safety for Dumbledore's patronus, so they fret together over the state of the world and war.
Rating: PG-13, maybe, for talk of unpleasant things

( A statement was all well and good, but such a display after a failed attack on her life? It could only make You Know Who more determined to bring her down. )

HUNDREDS DEAD IN ATTACK ON MUGGLE THEATRE
Quinley Habbernash - DP London

LONDON - Hundreds of muggles are dead following a vicious attack on the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End. Bodies continued to mount as muggle and wizarding authorities sort through the aftermath of a terrible, merciless attack by Death Eaters early yesterday evening. ( continued... )

( Patronus to the Order of the Phoenix )

Who: Bellatrix Lestrange, Alecto and Amycus Carrow
When: Friday evening
Where: Lestrange Manor grounds, Norfolk
What: Training, of a sort
Rating: Violence
Status: In progress

( I got my propaganda, I got revisionism. I got my violence in high def ultra-realism. )

Who: Death Eaters, npc muggle theatre goers, then the Order
When: Wednesday, 26 March 1980
Where: Vaudeville Theatre on The Strand
What: Mass murder and stuff on fire
Rating: Violence

( They had no idea that outside the theatre, the pop of apparation and swish of cloaks brought a muggle's worst nightmare (though they might not recognize it): A Death Eater at the command of a spiteful, unforgiving, muggle hating, Dark Lord. )

( Owl to Bellatrix Lestrange )

( Owl to All Death Eaters )

( Owl to Edgar Bones )

( Owl to Fabian Prewett )

( Owl to Frank and Alice Longbottom )

( Owls to Remaining Order Members )

MILLICENT BAGNOLD ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING ATTACK
Caldwalder Bruin - DP London

LONDON - Millicent Bagnold returned to the Ministry of Magic this morning, issuing a statement to reporters regarding the future of her campaign for Minister of Magic, as well as regarding the attack on her home by a suspected female Death Eater on Sunday evening. ( continued... )

Who?: Alecto and Amycus
What?: Waking up/Walking around the Apartment/Issues with Mother
When?: March 25, 1980/ early morning
Where?: Their apartment in London
Rating: PG-13
( Mama we're all full of lies, Mama we're meant for the flies. And right now they're building a coffin your size...Mama we're all full of lies. )

TWO DEAD IN ATTACK AGAINST MILLICENT BAGNOLD
Derwent Skirmish - DP London

LONDON - A witch and wizard are dead following a Death Eater attack on the home of Millicent Bagnold in the heart of muggle London last night, the Ministry of Magic reported early this morning. Bagnold's younger sister, Marion Twiling, and her brother-in-law, Patrick Twiling, were murdered in an attempt to take Bagnold's life. Bagnold survived, though she is reported as badly injured, and is currently being attended to at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies. ( continued... )

Who: Alice Longbottom, Otis Wilde, Lyle Marchwood
When: March 23, 1980
Where: The Ministry, outside Wilde's office
What: A little recon for the Order
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

( It was one of those things Aurors were trained for. Make it look like you're doing something inconsequential while you eavesdrop. )

( Patronus Message to the Order of the Phoenix )

Who: Bellatrix Lestrange, Millicent Bagnold, NPC Bagnolds
When: Monday night
Where: The Bagnold town house in London
What: Bellatrix is sent on a mission
Rating: Violence
Status: In progress

( Saw your lives burned up around you, I can take it all away )

FOUR REPORTED MISSING IN LONDON AREA
Ashwyn Tripplehorn - DP London

LONDON - Four half-blood witches and wizards have been reported missing in the last week in London and the surrounding area, bringing the total of missing and un-recovered persons up to ten since Minister for Magic, Otis Wilde, announced his retirement from office at the end of February. ( continued... )

Who: Edgar Bones, OPEN to the Order (I'll tag you as you post!)
When: Tuesday, 18 March 1980
Where: The edge of Edgar's property in Dover, then to the house
What: Ed called a meeting to discuss the anonymous owl he received this morning about the ministry being in jeopardy.
Rating: TBA, but likely no higher than PG-13

( They couldn't allow the ministry to fall, or there would be complete chaos. It would be a tangled mess, more-so than now, when the 'good guys' still had some semblance of control, some sense of a stable government. )

( Patronus Message to the Order of the Phoenix )

( Anonymous Owl to Edgar Bones )