All considered, a professorial position at Hogwarts is a pretty cushy job.
Room and board, a steady salary, the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Britain's most talented witches and wizards and, of course, an impressive notch on one's resume, teaching at Hogwarts remains one of the most coveted jobs in the country, even when you have to break up duels between overexcited second years. Lately, though, "Hogwarts staff member" hasn't been such a free and fancy title as it used to be.
It started with the Revelation. When the crisis in Japan led to the unmasking of the Wizarding world to the Muggles, everything went to hell. Riots. Wars. Genocide. Comparatively, the United Kingdom's had an easy time of it, short of persistent threats from the Republic of Ireland and other nearby anti-Magic countries. When Headmistress Olivia Ogden created the Committee for the Regulation and Control of Magic Within Hogwarts and insisted her staff join - whether they agreed with the Committee's Muggle-friendly policies or not - things started to get a little sour around the staff table.
The students are starting to get restless, and regardless of the Headmistress' rules, the staff have begun taking sides. Librarian Gwen Hilt has been turning her eyes the other way as students sneak into the Restricted Section. Groundskeeper Linden Zeller has been scrambling to keep up with the students and trying to keep his eye out for trouble. Ultimately, as Hogwarts divides itself once more, it is the staff who decide which students will win.
Revelations: This ad does not end in a rhetorical question.
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