Post by SoG admin on Sept 20, 2006 14:12:41 GMT -5
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Wizarding Britain had never experienced war.
Sure, there was the threat of the dark wizard Grindelwald during the forties, the irony being that his reign of terror took place during the muggle world war. But what had he achieved, really? Being beaten by an old, silver-bearded warlock? Grindelwald had been a mere speck on wizarding history’s clean slate, had left a legacy that students nowadays spend ten minutes in class reading in their history textbooks or on their chocolate frog cards. He had never fed the fire that was the separation between the pure and the muggleborn; only dabbed in the unlawful magic that was the dark arts.
War is much different than a mere wizard who wished to rise in the ranks. War involves everyone – the young and the old, the rich and the poor – yes, even the pure and the muggleborn. In extreme cases it even moves to the world outside of their own. In those cases, the British Prime Minister would be visited by the Minister for Magic; a most dismal appointment that has an inevitable conclusion.
Luckily, it hasn’t amounted to that yet.
In fact, most of the world is blissfully unaware that there is no war brewing, no fire being fed. Most go about their daily lives as normal – with a bounce in their step, a smile on their face, and the euphoric feeling that it is simply wonderful to be alive.
The blissfully unaware are in for a rude awakening.
There are, in fact, two opposing parties, both of which are little known, especially to each other. The first, captained by the man who wants to change the world, is consisted of some of the most talented young wizards to ever grace Hogwarts’ presence, yet they were almost completely absorbed into darkness to the point of no return. Each and every one of them believes that this cause could better the world, that a split between the most high and the most low will right the wrongs. The other, led by the man who had defeated a distant threat long ago, also consists of the most brilliant young people in the wizarding world, yet their cause is much different: to stop that of the other group’s.
Right now, in the year of 1979, war is perhaps third or fourth priority on most people’s lists. Two couples have been planning a wedding and their future since they had first left Hogwarts; others are starting a family and living their life as they had desired in their early years. Surely, in the time to come, there will be much horror, treachery, murders and deaths to follow the times of joy, celebration and new life. The obscene prospect of genocide and total darkness is looming like a storm cloud over everyone’s head. Some choose to accept or even support this fate; others choose to ignore it, while the rest are fighting it with every fibre of their being.
The world is not yet split into black and white, but in shades of gray.
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Wizarding Britain had never experienced war.
Sure, there was the threat of the dark wizard Grindelwald during the forties, the irony being that his reign of terror took place during the muggle world war. But what had he achieved, really? Being beaten by an old, silver-bearded warlock? Grindelwald had been a mere speck on wizarding history’s clean slate, had left a legacy that students nowadays spend ten minutes in class reading in their history textbooks or on their chocolate frog cards. He had never fed the fire that was the separation between the pure and the muggleborn; only dabbed in the unlawful magic that was the dark arts.
War is much different than a mere wizard who wished to rise in the ranks. War involves everyone – the young and the old, the rich and the poor – yes, even the pure and the muggleborn. In extreme cases it even moves to the world outside of their own. In those cases, the British Prime Minister would be visited by the Minister for Magic; a most dismal appointment that has an inevitable conclusion.
Luckily, it hasn’t amounted to that yet.
In fact, most of the world is blissfully unaware that there is no war brewing, no fire being fed. Most go about their daily lives as normal – with a bounce in their step, a smile on their face, and the euphoric feeling that it is simply wonderful to be alive.
The blissfully unaware are in for a rude awakening.
There are, in fact, two opposing parties, both of which are little known, especially to each other. The first, captained by the man who wants to change the world, is consisted of some of the most talented young wizards to ever grace Hogwarts’ presence, yet they were almost completely absorbed into darkness to the point of no return. Each and every one of them believes that this cause could better the world, that a split between the most high and the most low will right the wrongs. The other, led by the man who had defeated a distant threat long ago, also consists of the most brilliant young people in the wizarding world, yet their cause is much different: to stop that of the other group’s.
Right now, in the year of 1979, war is perhaps third or fourth priority on most people’s lists. Two couples have been planning a wedding and their future since they had first left Hogwarts; others are starting a family and living their life as they had desired in their early years. Surely, in the time to come, there will be much horror, treachery, murders and deaths to follow the times of joy, celebration and new life. The obscene prospect of genocide and total darkness is looming like a storm cloud over everyone’s head. Some choose to accept or even support this fate; others choose to ignore it, while the rest are fighting it with every fibre of their being.
The world is not yet split into black and white, but in shades of gray.
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