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I am Rachel Brodie, former head of Albion MLE, Order of the Phoenix member, Dogstar member, and general troublemaker. Ask me anything!

Several of my old Aurors promised to come by and answer questions as well -- Ron Weasley, Hydra Finch-Fletchley, Draco Malfoy, Jason Montague -- and they can answer questions, too. And hey, some of our old friends promised to read along so WHO KNOWS what sorts of questions you might be able to get answered (ALICE) (#nopromises)

(If you have questions about the Battle of Penzance, which ended the Albion wizarding war 17 years ago this week, you'll want to ask someone other than me -- I was badly injured the night before it happened, and sat that battle out. But Lee Jordan talked me into this, he seemed to think people would have some questions.)

I actually have to step out for a bit but I promise I'll come back and answer questions later.

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alt_draco

Too right. Remember tracking those anonymous Owls sent by the two wizards who were offering top galleon for the secret to casting the Black Curse?

Which, for those reading, was classified as a fourth Unforgivable.

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atheilen.livejournal.com

Funny you should mention the Unforgivables, because I was just coming here to ask if that classification was still in use. I know several of you had to cast these spells in the war, and all of your generation grew up with them being used as commonplaces. How did you, hah, *recast* them as atrocities after they had become ordinary to so many people? In the years after the war, did the Dark Arts continue to have a place in society, or was there a violent reaction against it, or something in between? Do any of you still think there is a place for that kind of magic...maybe not the Unforgivables, but dark spells in general?

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alt_draco

Cruciatus, AK, and the Black Curse are at the top of the list of similarly illegal dark curses that carry with them stiff penalties, including imprisonment and, upon release, undertaking an Unbreakable Vow to never practise them again. Imperius is also on that list, but situated quite a bit below those three. There have been occasions where individuals have successfully petitioned that they had Just Cause for using the Imperius curse (in cases of self-defense, for example).

From a purely legal standpoint, they are neither referred to as "Cardinal" or "Unforgivable," as we believe that such classifications present an aura of allure.

Colloquially, however, the terms are still used. The majority of Albion remembers the atrocities of the Protectorate well-enough to consider dark magic and the so-called Unforgivables extremely dangerous, but there are always those who can't resist temptation, or believe that they can keep their study of the dark arts to the purely theoretical realm.