Okay, to summarize what we know...
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March 29th
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April 9th
April 10th
April 11th
Post has been update to include information from the latest post (April 11th). Additions are underlined, no longer relevant information is crossed out
General:
"S v. well connected. Towed me along to trysts, drops, safe houses, and points of exchange. Unwittingly betrayed whole nests of traitors."
Barty thinks that the scale of what he's found is a "[t]reasure trove. Both artefact and animate."
Antonin and Barty "[a]gree that this is best kept out of MLE's hands, and in [theirs] instead."
In the aftermath, Antonin is "[s]till not sure how [he] feel[s] about this. Like a foundation has been shaken"
The LP doesn't seem to want Antonin on the capture, either because he wants him at Hogwarts or for other reasons.
"[Bellatrix] was, obv, as interested as we were in the possibility of a sprog" and "If we are able to confirm that rumour is more than just a pipedream, N will be most interested -- I know how heavily matters of the last few years weigh on her. Of course, finding the child would be difficult, but I am certain she would put her foot down once we have." (here because I don't think we've worked out what the heck is with this).
Antonin references Bellatrix being irrational on the matter of this investigation.
Antonin wonders if Barty was "able at all to pin S down any more firmly on dates and times? [he's] been looking over [his] notes and [is] having difficulty making sense of half of [Saggitarius'] babble. [They] may not have overlooked anything, but that does not mean what [they] got was at all useful. Merlin knows how long it will take you to turn any of that into actionable intelligence." ("About as long as it will take me to be satisfied with my investigations here, I suppose.")
Antonin comments that "Telling the difference between well-hidden active sedition and an apolitical devotion to academe without raising suspicion is one thing; doing so while juggling my six thousand other urgent tasks is quite another." and that he has his "ideas for where to look -- she has well and truly isolated herself, which does not rule out those she is not publicly seen to consort with but does suggest [he] ought look at the few she does not shun outright -- but we have been this wrong-footed for so long that [he] will not assume the easy answers are the only answers."
"Weakness: murky timeline. e.g., the trade in infant/toddler paraphernalia. Once? Twice? More?"
Barty's notes:
Artifacts: this post
Barty found "4 photos circa '79-'80. [and] [r]ecognise[s] half a dozen faces in each, but not all by any means."
Saggitarius:
(We seems to have concluded that this is Fletcher)
Before capture is "in high spirits and oblivious to danger."
Is not "[Toshenka's] preferred house-guest"
Barty "[f]ollowed [the tracer] to Scotland once, then to St David's."
"Mind you, seems the sort to squeak at the threat of pain. May not require extreme measures at all."
Bellatrix "[w]ould like to have questioned S herself. Of course."
Hypatia:
Antonin was able to have a long discussion with and concluded they were nothing other than what they seemed.
With the codename, presumably female.
Antonin "had another long discussion with Hypatia today at lunchtime, and [is] fairly certain at this point she is not one of our Daniels in the lions' den. Or if she is, she has learned to fake entirely too much enthusiasm at the Arts for one of their lot -- she has finally taken [him] up on [his] offer to endow a special collection to save the children the trouble of waiting until [he is] available to unlock [his] office cabinets, and her enthusiasm was, as near as [he] could tell, unfeigned."
(Probably Pince)
Eggman:
Antonin was able to have a long discussion with and concluded they were nothing other than what they seemed.
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
Cinderella:
Antonin got "plenty of time with Cinderella" but is "still not sure about her"
Is avoided at dinners by most of the staff
Sophia:
"has been unwilling to have a conversation about anything other than administrivia; she has been burning the candle at both ends for quite some time. (Which ought to have been a sign, I suppose.)"
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
Mary-Quite-Contrary:
"one of the few Iphigenia does not shun entirely"
Antonin got "a few passing discussions" with her but "got nowhere of use" (he notes that they "have been distracted this week with other considerations")
"Mary-Quite-Contrary and the Fox are two of the staff [Iphigenia] is most charitable towards"
Based on the rhyme, this is probably (ascheyinka pointed out) Pomona
Iphigenia:
"Mary-Quite-Contrary and the Fox are two of the staff she is most charitable towards" (assuming this she references the previous ref to an Iphigenia), and Mary-Quite-Contrary specifically "is one of the few Iphigenia does not shun entirely"
Antonin "still [has] not seen any signs that Iphigenia is communicating secretly with anyone else, on staff or otherwise, but then again, given her accoutrements, she would be prevented from same."
(Is almost certainly Minerva)
Fox:
One of the staff Iphigenia "is most charitable towards"
Is "a rather newer addition" relative to the other staff Antonin is investigating here.
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
Phoenix:
Seems to be Dumbledore.
Baba:
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
In addition to the meaning of crone, is a name for a Babylonian/Akkadian goddess of healing, a name for the deification of baboons in Egyptian mythology, and a Persian honorific meaning "father; grandfather; wise old man"
Tiresias:
Is avoided at dinners by most of the staff.
So eliminating for gender when given and obvious not-fits
Hypatia:
Minerva McGonagall
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
Rolanda Hooch
(I agree with cheyinka that based on the name this is most likely to be Siz or Vector by the nameref though)
Eggman:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Horace Slughorn
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
(Guessed to be Slughorn or Brutka)
Cinderella:
Minerva McGonagall
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
Rolanda Hooch
(We may have a specific name-ref connection with Cordelia Carpenter based on the logic here)
(ladyrelaynie: "What if Cinderella is Acton, and they call her that because she's always trying to marry this or that well connected wizard?")
Sophia:
Minerva McGonagall
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
Rolanda Hooch
(Obvious connection to Minerva, but she's also a strong candidate for Iphigenia)
(cheyinka suggested this could be Poppy or Siz)
Iphigenia:
Minerva McGonagall
Gwyndolen Acton
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
Rolanda Hooch
Fox:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Irma Pince
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
Baba:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Horace Slughorn
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
(ellemir: "Baba as a Persian honorific meaning elderly man certainly fits Antonin's background.
Wasn't Sluggie their teacher while at Hogwarts? Antonin certainly seems to treat him kindly and with respect, considering what a duffer the Canon Slughorn was.")
Tiresias:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Horace Slughorn
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
(Carpenter, as divination teacher?)
there is probably more here, but I'm beginning to go in circles, so hopefully someone else will have ideas.
March 23rd
March 28th
March 29th
April 6th
April 9th
April 10th
April 11th
Post has been update to include information from the latest post (April 11th). Additions are underlined, no longer relevant information is crossed out
General:
"S v. well connected. Towed me along to trysts, drops, safe houses, and points of exchange. Unwittingly betrayed whole nests of traitors."
Barty thinks that the scale of what he's found is a "[t]reasure trove. Both artefact and animate."
Antonin and Barty "[a]gree that this is best kept out of MLE's hands, and in [theirs] instead."
In the aftermath, Antonin is "[s]till not sure how [he] feel[s] about this. Like a foundation has been shaken"
The LP doesn't seem to want Antonin on the capture, either because he wants him at Hogwarts or for other reasons.
"[Bellatrix] was, obv, as interested as we were in the possibility of a sprog" and "If we are able to confirm that rumour is more than just a pipedream, N will be most interested -- I know how heavily matters of the last few years weigh on her. Of course, finding the child would be difficult, but I am certain she would put her foot down once we have." (here because I don't think we've worked out what the heck is with this).
Antonin references Bellatrix being irrational on the matter of this investigation.
Antonin wonders if Barty was "able at all to pin S down any more firmly on dates and times? [he's] been looking over [his] notes and [is] having difficulty making sense of half of [Saggitarius'] babble. [They] may not have overlooked anything, but that does not mean what [they] got was at all useful. Merlin knows how long it will take you to turn any of that into actionable intelligence." ("About as long as it will take me to be satisfied with my investigations here, I suppose.")
Antonin comments that "Telling the difference between well-hidden active sedition and an apolitical devotion to academe without raising suspicion is one thing; doing so while juggling my six thousand other urgent tasks is quite another." and that he has his "ideas for where to look -- she has well and truly isolated herself, which does not rule out those she is not publicly seen to consort with but does suggest [he] ought look at the few she does not shun outright -- but we have been this wrong-footed for so long that [he] will not assume the easy answers are the only answers."
"Weakness: murky timeline. e.g., the trade in infant/toddler paraphernalia. Once? Twice? More?"
Barty's notes:
Prioritising list for follow-up.
Immediate:
check progress in Strangeweale invest.
pull archives re. AD, Order of the Phoenix
get artefacts to Rod for analysis (Also, re. Narcissa: see if she can confirm the snuffbox and the Order of Merlin)
Mugg items to North
ASAP: Retrace surveillance trail. Seize evidence. Impound goods. Surveil/interr./arrest
Ongoing:
x-check names for signif. connection (Maule, Ridley, Crimsons)
list of vendors, off-market + dodgy imports
list of known buyers/barterers/recipients (also, determine destination for impounded items)
Artifacts: this post
Barty found "4 photos circa '79-'80. [and] [r]ecognise[s] half a dozen faces in each, but not all by any means."
Saggitarius:
(We seems to have concluded that this is Fletcher)
Before capture is "in high spirits and oblivious to danger."
Is not "[Toshenka's] preferred house-guest"
Barty "[f]ollowed [the tracer] to Scotland once, then to St David's."
"Mind you, seems the sort to squeak at the threat of pain. May not require extreme measures at all."
Bellatrix "[w]ould like to have questioned S herself. Of course."
Hypatia:
Antonin was able to have a long discussion with and concluded they were nothing other than what they seemed.
With the codename, presumably female.
Antonin "had another long discussion with Hypatia today at lunchtime, and [is] fairly certain at this point she is not one of our Daniels in the lions' den. Or if she is, she has learned to fake entirely too much enthusiasm at the Arts for one of their lot -- she has finally taken [him] up on [his] offer to endow a special collection to save the children the trouble of waiting until [he is] available to unlock [his] office cabinets, and her enthusiasm was, as near as [he] could tell, unfeigned."
(Probably Pince)
Eggman:
Antonin was able to have a long discussion with and concluded they were nothing other than what they seemed.
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
Cinderella:
Antonin got "plenty of time with Cinderella" but is "still not sure about her"
Is avoided at dinners by most of the staff
Sophia:
"has been unwilling to have a conversation about anything other than administrivia; she has been burning the candle at both ends for quite some time. (Which ought to have been a sign, I suppose.)"
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
Mary-Quite-Contrary:
"one of the few Iphigenia does not shun entirely"
Antonin got "a few passing discussions" with her but "got nowhere of use" (he notes that they "have been distracted this week with other considerations")
"Mary-Quite-Contrary and the Fox are two of the staff [Iphigenia] is most charitable towards"
Based on the rhyme, this is probably (as
cheyinka pointed out) PomonaIphigenia:
"Mary-Quite-Contrary and the Fox are two of the staff she is most charitable towards" (assuming this she references the previous ref to an Iphigenia), and Mary-Quite-Contrary specifically "is one of the few Iphigenia does not shun entirely"
Antonin "still [has] not seen any signs that Iphigenia is communicating secretly with anyone else, on staff or otherwise, but then again, given her accoutrements, she would be prevented from same."
(Is almost certainly Minerva)
Fox:
One of the staff Iphigenia "is most charitable towards"
Is "a rather newer addition" relative to the other staff Antonin is investigating here.
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
Phoenix:
Seems to be Dumbledore.
Baba:
Referenced as sitting next to Iphigenia on one occasion.
In addition to the meaning of crone, is a name for a Babylonian/Akkadian goddess of healing, a name for the deification of baboons in Egyptian mythology, and a Persian honorific meaning "father; grandfather; wise old man"
Tiresias:
Is avoided at dinners by most of the staff.
So eliminating for gender when given and obvious not-fits
Hypatia:
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
cheyinka that based on the name this is most likely to be Siz or Vector by the nameref though)Eggman:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Horace Slughorn
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
(Guessed to be Slughorn or Brutka)
Cinderella:
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Rolanda Hooch
(We may have a specific name-ref connection with Cordelia Carpenter based on the logic here)
(
ladyrelaynie: "What if Cinderella is Acton, and they call her that because she's always trying to marry this or that well connected wizard?")Sophia:
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Rolanda Hooch
(
cheyinka suggested this could be Poppy or Siz)Iphigenia:
Minerva McGonagall
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
Rolanda Hooch
Fox:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
Baba:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Horace Slughorn
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
(
ellemir: "Baba as a Persian honorific meaning elderly man certainly fits Antonin's background.Wasn't Sluggie their teacher while at Hogwarts? Antonin certainly seems to treat him kindly and with respect, considering what a duffer the Canon Slughorn was.")
Tiresias:
Brutka
Gwyndolen Acton
Horace Slughorn
Septima Vector
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Milland
Rolanda Hooch
(Carpenter, as divination teacher?)
there is probably more here, but I'm beginning to go in circles, so hopefully someone else will have ideas.
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Date: 2014-04-11 06:07 am (UTC)Looks like they are going after the elements behind Malfoys fall from favour, maybe.
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