Hey everyone! We’d like to start out by thanking you all for your thoughts, contributions and patience as we work out the details for the end of this month and the transition into the last of the game. We’re really pleased and proud that we’ve been able to come to a conclusive decision on this together and we hope this will ultimately be the best solution for all of us moving forward. If you do have any questions or concerns though, please remember we’re always available by email and we’ll do our best to address everything!
To reiterate: The battle will happen on December 30, 2016. Logs are due by 11:59PM December 29!
The new Ministry will immediately gain control of the Ministry building after the Death Eaters are pushed out. Melvin Marchbanks will step forward as a Wizengamot member who did not acquiesce to the DE Ministry and was forced into hiding. With the blessing of the ICW, he will take on the role of acting Minister for the interim government. Ministry appointments will be made off-screen on December 31st and January 1st. The spots listed as TBD will be decided in game. If you’d like your character to fill one of the NPC spots, please shoot us an email and we’ll see what we can work out!
Melvin Marchbanks’ politics will closely resemble those of his late ex-wife and former Minister, Millicent Bagnold. He has a very progressive stance on Muggleborn equality, integration of Muggle technology, and building a new and better Ministry for a brighter future. However, he will be in support of overturning laws regarding the legal use of Unforgivables and Wizengamot tribunals. He will also recognize that much of their progress will be impeded so long as Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters continue to evade them. He will consult with Albus Dumbledore and DMLE Heads to establish the “Phoenix Ops”. It will be a classified project that has the Minister’s full support.
The Phoenix Ops will run independently from the DMLE, but there will be established liaisons between the two (ie. Alice, Alastor, Moody) who will help keep lines of communications between the two groups open. The ultimate goal will be for the two groups to assist each other in pursuing the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort. (Note: How does the Fellowship fit in here? What would Fellowship players like to see?) Information to and from the Order will be reported on a need-to-know basis.
What this means for the Order is they will have previous illegal activity pardoned and they will be enlisted as independent contractors for the DMLE. They will still report to themselves and to the Senior Order, with designated liaisons carrying information back and forth between the DMLE. Within reason, they may stretch the law to investigate the Death Eaters, with lethal force being a last resort and measures taken to minimize civilian damage or involvement. If you have a question about whether or not something is appropriate in light of this arrangement, please email us! An agreement between Marchbanks and Dumbledore will stipulate that when the Death Eaters have been rounded up and Lord Voldemort defeated, the Order will disband.
With only a little over a month left, our hope is to focus on helping one another achieve any character goals before the end of the game. If there is anything we can do to help, please don’t hesitate to email us. Thank you again for bearing with us, everyone!