Yeah, the Alternity players added the killing of Prince Charles. Which was a bit of a revelation, particularly in the context of undoing the wards. There was a discussion around the time the Muggle wards were put up around Ireland, when the Order was trying to figure out strategies they could use to remove the wards. Someone said that to undo a dark ritual like that, you needed to do the reverse, which meant (in this case) getting Seamus or someone closely related to him to be involved.
Lupin said in the notes from the meeting: Dora broke in and asked whether Minerva was absolutely certain that there was NO way to undo the rite that didn't require someone's death. Minerva sighed heavily and said that no, she wasn't absolutely certain, she wasn't an expert on the Dark Arts or Our Lords' rituals and the mysteries surrounding them. That philosophically it is believed generally that one can always counter Dark with Light, and that in doing so a death would obviously not be required. But to counter death with life, a number of the pieces would be needed alive. And in the case of the British Royal Family... see above about 'Freedom Day.'
But Prince William is alive! So it might be possible to undo the wards if the Order can get him, or one of his relatives (if there are more alive) out of imprisonment. (I'm guessing Prince William was there so that they could ensure Charles wouldn't resist being killed, as that sounded like an important element of the ritual.)
With the finger rather than hand given by Bella, maybe having the "heart of the conquered, taken by right" meant that the sacrifice by one of his followers didn't need to be as great?
(ETA details of discussion I couldn't find earlier.)
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Date: 2013-06-05 01:02 am (UTC)Lupin said in the notes from the meeting: Dora broke in and asked whether Minerva was absolutely certain that there was NO way to undo the rite that didn't require someone's death. Minerva sighed heavily and said that no, she wasn't absolutely certain, she wasn't an expert on the Dark Arts or Our Lords' rituals and the mysteries surrounding them. That philosophically it is believed generally that one can always counter Dark with Light, and that in doing so a death would obviously not be required. But to counter death with life, a number of the pieces would be needed alive. And in the case of the British Royal Family... see above about 'Freedom Day.'
But Prince William is alive! So it might be possible to undo the wards if the Order can get him, or one of his relatives (if there are more alive) out of imprisonment.
(I'm guessing Prince William was there so that they could ensure Charles wouldn't resist being killed, as that sounded like an important element of the ritual.)
With the finger rather than hand given by Bella, maybe having the "heart of the conquered, taken by right" meant that the sacrifice by one of his followers didn't need to be as great?
(ETA details of discussion I couldn't find earlier.)