2101

The year 2101 began with a song and a dance as the Ministry hosted its annual new year's party and orientation celebration. This year's fiesta was a karaoke night, held in the Underground Coffee Club. After singing their cares away, Ministry employees showed up to work the next day only to be serenaded by a new sound... the screeching of owls.

In Knockturn Alley, two new faces (Alphonsine Rosier and Sebastijan Grimmson) made their appearance at Moribund's Pub and were join later by known petty thief, Jack Roller (who had been seen previously at Slugs and Jiggers making purchases, some of the groceries that Rosier and Grimmson spoke of). Cleverly veiled in coded conversation, the trio discussed an exchange and future plans soon to be put into motion. Meanwhile at Janus Galloglass, Lucien Rosier and Esmee Carrow met to inspect mirror options for their purposes. Finding what they were looking for, Lucien parted ways with Esmee with some choice words: "For the greater good."

Remember the flaming interdepartmental memos from last year? Well, the Ministry found a solution to this vital interoffice communication chain: use owl post! Of course, relying upon a parliament of owls to deliver every memo has its drawbacks too, as owls bring more excitement to the workplace than paper airplanes do. After dropping their feces and feathers everywhere they fly, getting themselves caught in unfamiliar spaces, and causing mayhem throughout the workday, it became clear by the end of 2101 that these owls were not going to be a permanent solution to the unreliable memos of yesteryear.

The owls were not the only malfunctioning annoyance in the Ministry, though, as one morning, the Ministry floos and lifts stopped working altogether.

A fifth member of what is clearly a sinister and elite team, Simone Krafft, made her presence known by kidnapping not one, but three department heads in broad daylight and completely undetected. The first was Senior Undersecretary January Bones as she ran errands in Diagon Alley. The second Mysteries department head Airey Flamsteed while he had lunch in Trafalgar Square. The third Accidents and Catastrophes department head Eliora Dodderidge while she had a coffee and walked along Charing Cross Road to a yoga session. The curious thing about it all was that all three of these individuals appeared at work at the Ministry the same day and as if nothing had happened. There were some curious behavioral changes however...

Things went from bad to worse on the 24th of September, a day which shall go down in history as the moment of a mass outbreak at Azkaban prison. As explosions rocketed through the structure, some prisoners made to grab wands from wizard and YATI guards, while others escaped the premises of the prison altogether. Department of Magical Law Enforcement Head Alexa Cambridge lead the charge into the fray, beginning the search for the suspect warden while Aurors Jake Upstead, Emilia Espinosa, Evangeline Shacklebolt-Toussaint, Bryony Keighley, Simon Bennett, Penelope Grimm, Ronan Carter, and Angelo Toussaint secured the premises and began rounding up prisoners. Casualties from the outbreak included, unexpectedly, Cambridge herself, as she was suddenly kidnapped straight from the warden's office.

Meanwhile, Azkaban escapees showed up in Diagon Alley to immediately begin causing the same brand of trouble that had initially imprisoned them. Ollivander's, Madame Malkin's, Gringott's, a butterbeer cart, the fountain, and the Leaky Cauldron were just a few of the targets of the mad escapees. Ollivander's was arguably hit the worst, as several prisoners attacked wandmaker Ramiel Skeres with a crowbar and armed themselves with wands. Upon hearing the Ollivander's alarm at the Ministry of Magic, Junior Undersecretary Duncan Fletcher apparated to the wand shop to stop further damage from being done to the wandmaker or his precious merchandise. With the assistance of Auror Grace Hensley, Kenmare Kestrels Chaser Zinnia Shacklebolt, and St. Mungo's Healer Rafael Harden, Skeres was saved from the brink of death and sent to St. Mungo's for further recovery. Most prisoners who were foolish enough to cause trouble in Diagon Alley were rounded up by passerby or Ministry employees in the vicinity of the Alley. At the fountain in Diagon Alley, Azkaban escapees attacked Unspeakable Hazen Krum and girlfriend Amaia Calderón while Lucien Rosier looked on from the sidelines. A familiar exchange of looks was exchanged between Rosier and one of the escapees before both disappeared from the scene.

In the midst of the assault on Diagon Alley, Jack Roller met with three Azkaban escapees at King's Cross Station to distribute stolen identification. The very same stolen identification that had plagued the Department of International Magical Cooperation for some time now.

After two months of disappearing without a trace, Law Enforcement Head Cambridge was rescued on a fluke by passerby Dante Zabini. The DMLE arrested American thief and fraudster Jack Roller for her kidnapping. Roller was apprehended and held in the DMLE cells, as the departments of Magical Law Enforcement and International Cooperation worked together to determine if he should be extradited to the States for trial while also working to round of the remaining escapees.

The Daily Prophet reported on the assault on Diagon Alley.