Main Plotline.

[Evangeline Malfoy]

It has been eighteen years since Voldemort breathed his last ragged breath and finally fell to the wands of Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter. Life has moved on—the Wizarding World is no longer looking ahead to potential doom, or wondering when ‘the boy who lived’ will once again save them all from the Dark Lord—or fail and kill them all.

Relief and calm floods over the hearts of the community, and under the watchful eyes of Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall, Hogwarts has been restored to its former glory. As Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Black, and the rest of the Death Eaters are now shut away in Azkaban—now guarded by goblins—to rot for the rest of their lives, there is no threat of anything bad happening in the near future.

Just kidding.

A few weeks ago, there was a jailbreak, and the remaining—the ones that had not died due to Azkaban’s conditions—Death Eaters flooded out into the Wizarding World, spanning the country and moving swiftly. The wands of people put in Azkaban are always snapped in half upon the witch’s/wizard’s entrance to their cell, but someone—possibly the person that led the jail break—had melded the two opposing pieces of every single wand kept for the criminals.

Some of these people were not Death Eaters at all. Those peoples’ wands were not repaired, and they were captured before sunset. However, the ones that had been Death Eaters were not caught. Not a single one of them—and no one knows where they are.

Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Antonin Dolohov, Goyle Sr., and Crabbe Sr. are hiding around every dark corner.

Of course, what does dear old Hogwarts have to do with this outbreak of Death Eaters? With new generations of students pouring in through its doors every year, there are plenty of people within its population that would make good Death Eaters – faithful servants awaiting the resurrection of the Dark Lord, should that ever happen. If it is impossible, there is a slight chance that the Death Eaters may find someone new to follow—a new Dark Leader. There are rumours that the escapees are searching for new recruits, new blood for their deeds…

… and that they’re supposedly heading to Hogwarts. Dumbledore is trying to stamp out the gossip, saying that it’s all nonsense caused by someone’s overactive imagination, and it seems to be working. However, despite his attempts at getting rid of the rumour, it’s still circulating and there is a heightening tension within the school that both staff and pupils can feel.

Watch out—it might be you the Death Eaters have their eye on.