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In September 1979, at the height of the first war, the Death Eaters assassinated the Minister of Magic and took over the wizarding government. Two years of terrorism followed, until that fateful Halloween night in 1981, when the Dark Lord vanished, Lily and James Potter died, and Harry Potter was left a scarred orphan. The war was over, but the consequences of those two years the Death Eaters spent in power were just beginning. After claiming to have been Imperiused, most of the Death Eaters retained their positions of power within the Ministry. They headed nearly every Department, from Magical Law Enforcement to International Cooperation to the Department of Mysteries. There was no escaping the arm of the Dark Lord, even after he was declared dead. The Death Eaters tried to retain the laws that had been passed during those two years, and the Order of the Phoenix tried to use its influence to push progression and equality. Neither side overtook the other, and even though the Wizarding World thought the war was over, the real battle raged as they fought for control of the government. But in June 1998, Voldemort returned to the world stage. His first act was to find the prophecy that had eluded him for so long, and he attacked the Ministry of Magic. The raid was a success, and in the chaos, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge was killed. Ex-Auror Caradoc Dearborn was declared Minister of Magic. Finally the Order had what it wanted; power over the Ministry. But with the Death Eaters still running every Department, there is little they can do to help stop the war. It has been seventeen years since the last war, but the battle for England has only just begun. |