Almost certainly Dominic Selwyn; Minerva admitted straight-out to Dolohov that she'd gotten the bracelet because Voldemort was showing her mercy after she'd been foolish enough to be "duped" by Selwyn.
That's what I thought as well; I've been reading back through his entries.
Going to have to think about it for a while before I can come up with a reason they're only investigating this now. Selwyn's been dead for more than a year, hasn't he?
And what does that have to do with Mundungus?
I still can't tell whether Susannah and Iphigenia are one and the same or not. Or if either or both are McGonagall.
Okay, so Susannah was a woman who was wrongly accused and almost killed before Daniel stopped and cross-examined her accusers, right?
Daniel went on to become an advisor to the king, toppling false idols, which angered people and made the king place him in the lions den, where he stayed for ten days and yet was not eaten by the lions.
Iphigenia, on the other hand, is the daughter of a king who is sacrificed to Artemis so her father can win the Trojan war. She goes willingly. At the last moment Artemis switches her with a deer or goat, and she becomes a priestess to Artemis. (only in the nicer versions, though)
It's not that Mundungus has said (or is likely to say) anything about Selwyn - it's that since Minerva went along with Selwyn ("duped" or not), that could corroborate Sagittarius's testimony against her.
There's really three separate Daniel stories, and they might not all be the same Daniel: 1) Daniel is taken to the court of a foreign king; he successfully interprets dreams for the king when no one else can; the king's advisors don't like him, so they tell the king to make everyone worship a statue of the king, because they know Daniel will not do it; Daniel is thrown into the lions' den but is not eaten, so the king throws the advisors to the lions and declares that anyone who worships Daniel's god is to be left alone. 2) Two elders spy on Susannah while she bathes. When her servants leave her alone, they reveal themselves and demand that she lie with them or they'll tell everyone she dismissed her servants to lie with a man who was hiding there. She refuses, so they accuse her, and because there are two witnesses and they're both respected elders, the townsfolk agree that she is guilty and should be executed. A young boy named Daniel demands to cross-examine the elders separately, at which point their stories are found contradictory and they are executed instead of Susannah. 3) A king shows Daniel (but maybe not the same Daniel as either of the above stories) a honored idol, and says that the fact that the idol eats the offerings left for it in a locked room is proof that the idol is alive. Daniel has the king scatter ashes on the floor before locking the door, and the next morning there are footprints, so the king kills the priests who served that idol. Then the king shows Daniel a dragon and says, okay, how about this god? But Daniel feeds the dragon something that kills it. So everyone in the city is outraged and the king throws Daniel to the lions. (For a second time, if this is the same Daniel as before.) Same result: the lions don't eat Daniel, the king takes that as proof that Daniel's god is awesome, the king throws his accusers to the lions.
Edited (pronoun clarity) Date: 2014-04-12 05:09 am (UTC)
Antonin says "perhaps the Biblical metaphor does fit more appropriately"
Before that he seems to be talking about Minerva. I take it he is saying maybe Susannah is a better fit than Iphigenia for her.
Given the later conversation seems certain to mean Lucius and Antonin are still close allies, I think the players have taken pity on our obvious confusion, and given us just enough hints to direct our thoughts towards the right track.
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Date: 2014-04-12 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-12 04:04 am (UTC)Going to have to think about it for a while before I can come up with a reason they're only investigating this now. Selwyn's been dead for more than a year, hasn't he?
And what does that have to do with Mundungus?
I still can't tell whether Susannah and Iphigenia are one and the same or not. Or if either or both are McGonagall.
Okay, so Susannah was a woman who was wrongly accused and almost killed before Daniel stopped and cross-examined her accusers, right?
Daniel went on to become an advisor to the king, toppling false idols, which angered people and made the king place him in the lions den, where he stayed for ten days and yet was not eaten by the lions.
Iphigenia, on the other hand, is the daughter of a king who is sacrificed to Artemis so her father can win the Trojan war. She goes willingly. At the last moment Artemis switches her with a deer or goat, and she becomes a priestess to Artemis. (only in the nicer versions, though)
No idea how those two stories are connected.
It may just be too late for me to think straight.
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Date: 2014-04-12 05:08 am (UTC)There's really three separate Daniel stories, and they might not all be the same Daniel:
1) Daniel is taken to the court of a foreign king; he successfully interprets dreams for the king when no one else can; the king's advisors don't like him, so they tell the king to make everyone worship a statue of the king, because they know Daniel will not do it; Daniel is thrown into the lions' den but is not eaten, so the king throws the advisors to the lions and declares that anyone who worships Daniel's god is to be left alone.
2) Two elders spy on Susannah while she bathes. When her servants leave her alone, they reveal themselves and demand that she lie with them or they'll tell everyone she dismissed her servants to lie with a man who was hiding there. She refuses, so they accuse her, and because there are two witnesses and they're both respected elders, the townsfolk agree that she is guilty and should be executed. A young boy named Daniel demands to cross-examine the elders separately, at which point their stories are found contradictory and they are executed instead of Susannah.
3) A king shows Daniel (but maybe not the same Daniel as either of the above stories) a honored idol, and says that the fact that the idol eats the offerings left for it in a locked room is proof that the idol is alive. Daniel has the king scatter ashes on the floor before locking the door, and the next morning there are footprints, so the king kills the priests who served that idol. Then the king shows Daniel a dragon and says, okay, how about this god? But Daniel feeds the dragon something that kills it. So everyone in the city is outraged and the king throws Daniel to the lions. (For a second time, if this is the same Daniel as before.) Same result: the lions don't eat Daniel, the king takes that as proof that Daniel's god is awesome, the king throws his accusers to the lions.
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Date: 2014-04-12 11:24 am (UTC)Before that he seems to be talking about Minerva. I take it he is saying maybe Susannah is a better fit than Iphigenia for her.
Given the later conversation seems certain to mean Lucius and Antonin are still close allies, I think the players have taken pity on our obvious confusion, and given us just enough hints to direct our thoughts towards the right track.