Anthony chuckled. "Well the news that there's been Dark magic here for ages isn't surprising. It's a village and it's been here forever and a day. It's not only nice people who have lived here. I'm sure there's been all sorts of tampering done from time to time. Probably most of it was unsuccessful but the law of averages says that someone's had to succeed at some point."
He tapped his fingers against the desk. "So... then presumably someone in the team took advantage of what they found already there. I guess you're interested in the 'how'. I think I'm more interested in the 'why'."