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MadMadamMalfoy · 10-30-2021, 03:54 AM

SPOILER!!: Questions 1 & 2 catchup

Heath was here. He’d taken a white card before class started and sat near Claudine. The courtroom setup intrigued him… well, except for the vines. Those kind of ruined the ambience. Looking around the room, he was reminded of the courtroom scene from one of his favorite musicals. Ooh, could they reenact that please? All he’d need was somebody who resembled him enough for them to pass for each other, someone to play the judge, and - Never mind! This was History of Magic, not Muggle Studies! Probably not what they were doing today.

He listened intently as Holden spoke, briefly wondering which spells the professor had used to transfigure the room. Maybe he’d ask after class. For now, he focused on the questions, or questions in this case. The Wizard’s Council… He racked his brains, trying to recall all he knew about the Wizard’s Council. He knew that it governed wizarding Britain before the ministry existed, and he knew about that idiotic werewolf code of conduct it passed. To no surprise, both of those things had been said. So what else could he add?

As Heath thought, he vaguely remembered reading about another idiotic decision made by the Wizard’s Council. He raised his hand and said, “Another action - or inaction, in this case - of the Wizard’s Council was to not punish Nicholas Malfoy, who was suspected of killing muggles and disguising them as Black Death victims.”

Heath was not the slightest bit surprised when Holden took the lecture from there to the Wizengamot. It seemed the only logical direction, given the courtroom setting and the connection between that and the Wizard’s Council. He considered the next set of questions carefully. Since his classmates’ answers had already established the function of the Wizengamot, he decided to focus on the third part of the question, historical members. One name immediately jumped out at him.

His hand shot up, and he said, “One historical member of the Wizengamot was Amelia Bones. She was a member of the Wizengamot in Harry Potter’s time. In fact, she presided over Harry Potter’s disciplinary hearing in 1995.” From what he'd read about her, it sounded like she had more sense than the lot of them combined at that hearing!

Oh, so they were doing a mock trial? That made more sense than a musical theatre reenactment. Also sounded less fun, but he could work with this. As he listened to Holden’s directions, he was already formulating a lawyer character in his mind. Now he just had to translate that character to the activity at hand. He looked at his card. White… that meant he got to choose his side, but which one should he take? If he were playing his part accurately, he’d take the defense, but there was no amount of acting that could make him convincingly argue that the ministry of magic wasn’t corrupt, not after what he’d seen. Something about being imprisoned for nearly half a term because of his blood status destroyed his faith in the Ministry!

He leaned back in his chair, running a hand through his hair. This act would’ve worked a lot better if he had a partner to whom he could whisper answers, rather than making the argument himself, but he’d make it work. “There have been too many examples of blood supremacist fanatics rising to power within the Ministry to rule out corruption,” he said in a dispassionate, almost bored voice. “And it goes farther back than Voldemort’s time. Unctuous Osbert, minister of magic at the end of the eighteenth century, was essentially a puppet for Septimus Malfoy’s pro-pureblood agenda. Perseus Parkinson, who was also minister in the eighteenth century, tried to pass a bill that made it illegal to marry muggles. Parkinson’s predecessor, Damocles Rowle ignored the protests of people more qualified than himself to create Azkaban, and Rowle’s actions while in office were so egregious that he was actually censured by the International Confederation of Wizards and forced to resign. If that doesn’t scream corruption, I don’t know what does!”

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MadMadamMalfoy Newbie Mod Alley Proprietor Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hazbin Hotel Posts: 11,119 Hogwarts RPG Name: Norman A. Carton Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Sydney M. L. Masters Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Maddox B. Buchanan Gryffindor Fourth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Caledon Roth The Leaky Cauldron	White card (jumping in/catching up) Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll SPOILER!!: Questions 1 & 2 catchup Heath was here. He’d taken a white card before class started and sat near Claudine. The courtroom setup intrigued him… well, except for the vines. Those kind of ruined the ambience. Looking around the room, he was reminded of the courtroom scene from one of his favorite musicals. Ooh, could they reenact that please? All he’d need was somebody who resembled him enough for them to pass for each other, someone to play the judge, and - Never mind! This was History of Magic, not Muggle Studies! Probably not what they were doing today. He listened intently as Holden spoke, briefly wondering which spells the professor had used to transfigure the room. Maybe he’d ask after class. For now, he focused on the questions, or questions in this case. The Wizard’s Council… He racked his brains, trying to recall all he knew about the Wizard’s Council. He knew that it governed wizarding Britain before the ministry existed, and he knew about that idiotic werewolf code of conduct it passed. To no surprise, both of those things had been said. So what else could he add? As Heath thought, he vaguely remembered reading about another idiotic decision made by the Wizard’s Council. He raised his hand and said, “Another action - or inaction, in this case - of the Wizard’s Council was to not punish Nicholas Malfoy, who was suspected of killing muggles and disguising them as Black Death victims.” Heath was not the slightest bit surprised when Holden took the lecture from there to the Wizengamot. It seemed the only logical direction, given the courtroom setting and the connection between that and the Wizard’s Council. He considered the next set of questions carefully. Since his classmates’ answers had already established the function of the Wizengamot, he decided to focus on the third part of the question, historical members. One name immediately jumped out at him. His hand shot up, and he said, “One historical member of the Wizengamot was Amelia Bones. She was a member of the Wizengamot in Harry Potter’s time. In fact, she presided over Harry Potter’s disciplinary hearing in 1995.” From what he'd read about her, it sounded like she had more sense than the lot of them combined at that hearing! Oh, so they were doing a mock trial? That made more sense than a musical theatre reenactment. Also sounded less fun, but he could work with this. As he listened to Holden’s directions, he was already formulating a lawyer character in his mind. Now he just had to translate that character to the activity at hand. He looked at his card. White… that meant he got to choose his side, but which one should he take? If he were playing his part accurately, he’d take the defense, but there was no amount of acting that could make him convincingly argue that the ministry of magic wasn’t corrupt, not after what he’d seen. Something about being imprisoned for nearly half a term because of his blood status destroyed his faith in the Ministry! He leaned back in his chair, running a hand through his hair. This act would’ve worked a lot better if he had a partner to whom he could whisper answers, rather than making the argument himself, but he’d make it work. “There have been too many examples of blood supremacist fanatics rising to power within the Ministry to rule out corruption,” he said in a dispassionate, almost bored voice. “And it goes farther back than Voldemort’s time. Unctuous Osbert, minister of magic at the end of the eighteenth century, was essentially a puppet for Septimus Malfoy’s pro-pureblood agenda. Perseus Parkinson, who was also minister in the eighteenth century, tried to pass a bill that made it illegal to marry muggles. Parkinson’s predecessor, Damocles Rowle ignored the protests of people more qualified than himself to create Azkaban, and Rowle’s actions while in office were so egregious that he was actually censured by the International Confederation of Wizards and forced to resign. If that doesn’t scream corruption, I don’t know what does!” __________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...