Thank you Players

[stinaleigh]

{This is not another aftermath discussion post}

Thank you very much to all the players for your great work over the course of this game. I am so very glad that we are seeing the aftermath and rebuilding, at least for a bit. I know we won't see "19 years later", and I really don't want that. I've always loved stories that are real and do not just fade to black after the hero finishes his journey. I was quite fearful that we would just get the tidy exposition chapter a la J.K. This is so much better.

Thank you again and I am also looking forward to player reveals if we get them and the plot discussions that will follow such a thing after the game is done. This game will live on, just as the books themselves.

Love,

Stina

Recap for the week of 16 May, Year 7

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Strap in, folks! If you thought last week's was a massive recap, you are in for a major ride this week.... SPOILERS as always, but even more than usual!

16 May
Barty Crouch prowls the countryside. Sally-Anne reads to pass the time. Harry asks Ron to come to Grimmauld later that day. Ginny stages an emergency to get out of her common room. Professor Sandoval-Pennifold lacks any available prefects to escort Ginny out of the tower. Tonks sorts through owls asking about the Order. Ginny makes sure that Sally-Anne knows she's impersonating Ron. Molly considers all of the Order to be her family. Ron reaches Grimmauld without incident. Harry contacts Professor Dolohov. Madam Pomfrey stations Healers in several safehouses near key camps. Harry acquiesces to Voldemort's demands. Susan worries about the significance of Harry's action. Bellatrix imparts to Harry that his conditions will be met. Susan offers Harry encouragement. Hydra lays out the plan she and Justin devised for retrieving everyone's wands. Justin uses the Galleon to coordinate the plan. He provides a preparatory instruction. Susan vouches for him. She also warns them not to give anything away with their reactions. Someone surmises that the fighting will start once they have wands. A Junior clarifies that there will be a signal. Rachel contemplates being openly affiliated with the Order. Hydra requests permission to take a break. Barty aborts a message. He then revises it and resends. Seamus remarks on the song breaking out in the Great Hall. Barty looks for the Inferi controller. Sally-Anne lets Justin and Hydra know that the diversion has ended. Justin places the first packet of wands. A Hufflepuff confirms receipt. Justin next drops the Ravenclaw package. Alice evacuates the Order from the Forest. Justin notifies Gryffindors next. Luna returns to Ravenclaw with their wands. The Gryffindors get their wands. Megan boggles at the way events are proceeding. Justin next leaves the Slytherin wands in place. Lavender is surprised. A Slytherin fails to open the common room to get their wands. Hydra completes her distribution. Draco prepares for his role in Harry's plan. Harry imposes on Ron to camouflage him while in snake form. A Galleoneer wonders if the Slytherins have been successful. Harry surrenders himself to Voldemort. Barty directs his forces. Sirius readies himself for battle. The Slytherin Galloneer seeks clarification on who to give wands to. Cedric reveals himself to old friends. He also explains his affiliation. He further bids his family farewell in case. Sally-Anne tells the Slytherin who to trust. She also expresses a hope that the younger students will stay out of the fight. Barty abandons an agent in the field. Bellatrix updates Barty on the proceedings at Eton. The Slytherin Galleoneer retrieves the wands. Seamus anticipates a peaceful conclusion to the hostage situation. A Galleoneer wonders all sorts of things. Someone repeats that there is a plan and to wait for the signal. Susan pens a quick update to the Order regarding the situation inside. Voldemort gives the order to kill everyone.

Hydra sounds the alarm. Someone sends the signal over the Galleon. Evelyn describes the Order's armbands. She also suggests that students may take refuge in the Astronomy Tower. Sirius pushes the second wave forward faster. Linus exhorts the other prefects to protect the students. Lavender breaks for Gryffindor tower. Jeremy realizes that no one can update because they're all fighting. Barty reinforces at Professor Desai's recommendation. A Galleoneer observes that there's no point playing coy. Sinistra secures the Astronomy Tower. A Galleoneer discloses the password for those over age. Barty demands a check-in from his lieutenants. Rachel pursues one of the Death Eaters based on where Barty assigned him. A Galleoneer advises that the stairway to the Astronomy Tower is not safe. Professor Desai summons every loyal Death Eater to report to the battle. Lavender encounters the difficulty of trying to herd Gryffindors away from danger. Someone discovers safe haven in the kitchens. Rodolphus writes to Lana for an update. Susan instructs the Hufflepuffs to go to the kitchens if necessary. Cedric falls down. Ron escapes from the site of Voldemort's ritual. Susan brings Pansy to the Hospital Wing. Poppy utilizes one of the Greenhouses as a field hospital. Seamus notes the presence of other school-aged combatants. Michael loses track of his sister. A Galleoneer spies some disreputable Enforcers outside the castle. Dumbledore seizes control of the Ministry. Remus enters the castle and looks for Sirius. Ernie can't save Megan. Susan screams in dismay. Colin reports that the Ministry is under neo-Fidelius. Alice transports Frank to Poppy's care.

17 May
Seamus tries to save his guardian. Lee passes on news of camps who are in the midst of revolt. Katrina Bundy deposits a handful of students at the Astronomy Tower. Susan keeps everyone moving. Jeremy helps with triage. Hydra spots her father up to his own devices. Draco finds Hermione via the journals. Lee informs the Galleon that the journal PMs are truly private. Evelyn broadcasts the message to the larger group of Hogwarts students. Barty taunts Hydra. Sally-Anne twits Professor Dolohov as well. Alice marshals the Order's forces by the library. Professor Desai checks in with Barty. Hydra pins Barty and requests backup. Colin continues to report on the situation at the Ministry. Bellatrix turns to Rodolphus for assistance. Professor Desai sounds a retreat. Rachel relays the news. Sally-Anne hopes for news from Ron. Barty regroups with his people. Sirius announces that the Order have won the battle for Hogwarts.

Barty enquires after Dolohov for his status. Cedric apologizes to his family for shocking them. Bill exits the Ministry's null field to report. Draco attests to the events that led to Voldemort's defeat. Sally-Anne relates Ron's tale of what occurred at the ritual and afterward. Sinistra notifies her family of deaths that affect them. Seamus connects with Padma afterward. Linus searches for Lavender. Ginny feels an earthquake. Linus issues instruction to take shelter. Rookwood threatens Ptolemy Baddock. Barty lists a number of sites impacted by the quake. Rookwood charges his colleagues to go to ground. Bellatrix commands the remaining Death Eaters. Ginny admits to the Gryffindor 7th-years that she was standing in for Ron. Charlie recounts news about the dragons' reaction to Voldemort's death. Sally-Anne appeals to Slughorn to come help brew potions. Rachel inquires of Lana what happened from her perspective. Susan wakes up and looks for her family. Lavender calls for Linus. Luna solicits Remus's advice about her injuries. Hydra guesses that the Order would go easy on Seamus and Padma if they turn themselves in. Alice establishes the Order as a provisional government and declares the remaining Death Eaters to be outlaws. Dolohov converses with Barty to get a status report. Rachel extends an offer of employment for Ron, Draco, Justin, and Hydra as Aurors. Madam Pomfrey posts a lengthy list of students and others who need family members to get into contact. Ernie combs the castle for Megan's cat.

18 May
Sinistra entreats Dolohov for assistance finding missing students. Sally-Anne riddles* Dolohov with questions. Bellatrix enumerates the fallen and missing Death Eaters. Arista Selwyn testifies to the fairness of the Order. Seamus acts frightened in a post to Padma. Sally-Anne needs Draco's help to get the Map from Harry's trunk. Remus pays a call on Narcissa for information about how to fire Dolohov. Bill sifts through lists of camp personnel to separate sympathetic from troublesome. Luna urges the Order to secure the Vale of Health. Rachel fires all the Protectorate MLE staff. Alice names Hogwarts the temporary seat of the provisional government. Evelyn carries a message from her father to her mother.
*(pun intended)

19 May
Linus composes a sestina on the failure of the Protectorate to live up to its name. Bellatrix negotiates a settlement to bring Rodolphus and Lana back into alliance. Rachel works with Hydra to legilimize new arrivals. Bill skims the paper while waiting to speak to the Goblins. Bellatrix locks down the Treasury. Hermione wants Draco to come to Grimmauld. Jeremy accepts delivery of care packages for Hogwarts. Ernie stays at school to try to help. Rachel interviews her newest Aurors about their skills. Sally-Anne thinks that asking Ernie to oversee the placement of a graveyard would put him to good use. Luna bonds with Linus.

20 May
Cedric invites his father to come help with reconstruction. Seamus fishes for Padma again. Rachel convenes a meeting for her team. Lavender expounds on her brush with calamity. Sally-Anne attempts to get Harry's and Neville's remains back. Sirius remembers Regulus's birthday. Alice dissolves on reading a note Snape left for her. Frank cedes leadership for the night to Remus, Sirius and Tonks. Fred collects messages, information, and requests from several liberated camps. Rachel tenders offers of clemency to most of the current Death Eaters. Sinistra articulates her family's funereal traditions. Bellatrix commits herself to the cause of restoring pureblood supremacy and order - without Voldemort. Bill goes to sleep. Jason Montague adds his questions to several of his Death Eater companions.

21 May
Horace Slughorn forwards Snape's petition to arrange for Hermione to be conferred a Potions Master. Justinl levels his own questions for Dolohov. Hermione leans on Draco for support (again). Alice tackles the question of funding the new government. Rachel mediates negotiations for Padma's surrender and punishment. Seamus casts about for new acquaintances. Sally-Anne sources a remedy potion for her plan to drink heavily. Ptolemy presses the Death Eaters' advantage in New London. He also proposes a dinner date with Jason Montague. Terry receives Ravenclaw robes. Molly learns that their business assets in New London have been seized. Fred imparts the news to Pansy.

22 May
Rachel assigns Justin a mission. Justin packs to leave the castle. Susan eulogizes her brother. Draco describes a dream he had. Colin inherits Kingley's journal. Jason opens a new line of communication with Rachel. Alice exiles Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. Penelope waits out the uncertainty in New London. Barty menaces Hydra. Ernie requires someone to cast Fidelius for his parents. Cedric spreads the word about Ernie's family among the Order.