Breaking Point NPC Journal (breaking_npcs) wrote in breaking_point, @ 2009-09-17 20:23:00 |
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Entry tags: | *complete, -news: daily prophet, 2024 09 |
PROPHET: September 17, 2024
Who: The Daily Prophet
When: September 17, 2024 - Evening Edition
Summary: For All Your Wizarding News Needs
Status: Complete
YOU-KNOW-WHO BACK FROM THE DEAD
Very early morning on September 17, 2024, the Ministry's Aurors who were stationed at Hogwarts Castle encountered the returned-from-the-dead teenaged form of He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. Sources exclusive to the Prophet confirmed that You-Know-Who appeared out of no where within Hogwarts Castle walls and after exiting the main doors threw a killing curse at an Auror after shouting out his identity. The Aurors were unsuccessful in capturing You-Know-Who and his whereabouts are now unknown. None of the Aurors or students were harmed during the incident.
Minister Narcissa Malfoy immediately issued a Decree for Law Enforcement, authorizing the use of the Killing Curse against You-Know-Who. The decree allows for any Auror, Hitwizard or Unspeakable to be exempt from any magical repercussion for using the Killing Curse against You-Know-Who, and from prosecution for any accidental deaths resulting from an encounter with him regardless if the Auror, Hitwizard or Unspeakable is on duty or not.
The Ministry has issued no formal statement regarding the return of You-Know-Who, and Minister Malfoy was unavailable for comment. The Daily Prophet also contacted Head Auror Harry Potter, who issued no comment.
Harry Potter, famously known for being known as The-Boy-Who-Lived, vanquished You-Know-Who in 1998. No doubt, the return of You-Know-Who from the dead has come as a great shock to the famous Auror, who's own son, James Potter, is undergoing Auror-Training with the Ministry.
You-Know-Who's return from the dead follows the reappearance of Nymphadora Tonks, former Auror who died in the great Battle at Hogwarts in 1998; Cedric Diggory, who was tragically killed by You-Know-Who during the TriWizard Tournament in 1995; and Regulus Black, who suspiciously disappeared back in 1979 and the brother of the late Sirius Black.
You-Know-Who also goes by the alias Tom Riddle, Lord Voldemort and the Dark Lord and is presumed at large. No witch or wizard should approach him as he is extremely dangerous. Witches and wizards are encouraged to contact the Aurors should you encounter any person that goes by these names.
HAS THE MINISTER GONE TOO FAR?
Following the Decree authorizing the use of the Killing Curse by law enforcement against You-Know-Who, Minister of Magic Narcissa Malfoy has also included in the Decree an authorization to use the Killing Curse against any werewolf who attacks a wizard or witch, regardless if it's the full moon or not, and regardless if the Auror, Hit Wizard or Unspeakable is on duty or not.
This Decree follows a most gruesome werewolf attack on a family on September 5, 2024 at Mould-on-the-Wold which took the lives of a witch, a wizard and their son. The daughter's body has never been recovered and is either assumed dead and eaten, or has been turned by the werewolf pack responsible for the vicious attack. To date, the Aurors have not released any further details surrounding the attack.
Werewolf activists are condemning the move, saying that the Minister is opening a door to law enforcement to kill werewolves without justification. Fears that law enforcement will target known werewolves on the registry are high, and as prejudices mount towards those afflicted with lycanthropy, this new Decree will only contribute more prejudice and misunderstanding.
"This is a major setback to those of us trying to advocate compassion towards individuals afflicted with lycanthropy. New weres that have not yet registered with the Ministry will now be hesitant to do so, therefore limiting their access greatly to wolfsbane potion which helps to manage the animalistic effects of the disease after turning," says a worker within the Ministry who's name has been withheld to protect his or her identity. "The Minister has gone too far. What next? Segregation?"
Perhaps that might not be such a bad idea.