Post by Cain the Scorched on Jul 27, 2014 1:03:29 GMT -5
Around the site you may see some mentions made of “The Demon Wars”. This was a prior plotline in Alohomora’s history, a rather dark time in which a lot of people died or were maimed. If you were not a part of the site then, no worries! Here’s a rundown of what went down. Don’t be afraid to mention the Demon War in your histories, chances are your character was either directly or indirectly affected by it in some way, or even participated, if you so wish. Some portions are deliberately fuzzy, for just that reason!
Summer 2019—
Aurors and hitwizards start to go missing. Most do not return, and are never found. Finally the Head Auror (Curse Kameren) is kidnapped. A group starts to come together to protect Hogwarts and Hogsmeade against some odd goings-on.
November 2019—
23 Nov- Hogsmeade is attacked. Several students are seriously injured, one (Ralin O’Faerlun) is bitten by a werewolf. Half the village burns, and a new Dark Mark burns in the sky, an elaborate mask that pulses malevolently. The rag-tag group comes together as an official force, vowing to protect the innocent and do their best to root out this new threat. They call themselves the Black Watch. Among the members are Alex Kameren, Caleigh Pierce, Siara Brightweather, Boo Repeater, Theo Bowre and many others.
24 Nov- The Head Auror is the only one to return from his kidnapping, found in his animagus form, on the steps of the Ministry. He shortly returns to work, but is changed. At first no one notices, and but then those close to him start to notice something very wrong.
December 2019—
05 Dec: A break-in at the Ministry is coordinated, swift, and deadly. The Black Watch is warned at the last minute and arrive to confront the intruders. Head Auror Curse Kameren shows up—on the wrong side. His face behind a mask, he duels his younger brother, Alex, each attack leaving identical marks on the attacker’s flesh. Finally, the attackers leave, the Minister (Matthew Lloyd) is dead, tortured to death by the Crucio curse. Many are injured. Some die, and three mysterious objects are missing from the department of Mysteries.
06 Dec: Jack Harkness becomes Minister Pro-tem, until the next election in 2022.
12 Dec: Curse Kameren enlists the help of one of the Law Enforcement Department’s Cursebreakers (Cain Pierce) in deciphering and removing the curse that controls him, stronger and darker than the Imperio curse, it allows the Masked Lady to control his every thought, word, and deed.
26 Dec Cain Pierce, and his twin, Caleigh, are kidnapped from Cain’s apartment by Mosrael, the Dark Lady behind the attacks on Hogsmeade and London. Caleigh is used as leverage to gain the Cursebreaker’s help in using one of the stolen items, the Shadow-Stealer, a powerful Dark Object. Cain refuses. Caleigh is tortured. This goes on for months.
February 2020—The Head Auror is no longer under the curse, it having been broken with the efforts of many people, chiefly his brother Alex and the Law Enforcement Cursebreakers. He is no longer Head Auror, and departs the Ministry.
A new law comes into effect, releasing all previously secret or private Ministry records to public record.
May 2020—
Cain Pierce meets Scarlet, a sociopathic witch who forms a magical, symbiotic-type bond with him, a melding of their minds that meant only madness. Cain Pierce had finally broken, trading his skills with dark magic for Caleigh Pierce’s life, and she was released. He was now under the watch of Scarlet; the Shadow-Stealer he was to operate was her instrument of chaos. The Shadow-Stealer was a powerful Dark Object, able to disrupt the very magic that wizards so depended on. Simple spells go awry, sometimes with disastrous consequence, magic pools in some places while in others it completely disappears. This random magical interference causes a lot of strife and fear, as a simple lumos might instead blast anything in front of you.
As a side effect, demons are born from the pools of corrupted magic. They patrol the night, unable to enter buildings, they swiftly scare people indoors after dark. They feed off magic, and after a few close calls, the Black Watch starts to patrol the night, using muggle weapons against the Demons. Magic only feeds them, but they can be killed.
Summer of 2020—
The Masked Lady and her Sentinels’ reign of terror continues, only now she has the Minister, Jack Harkness, under her control. After Curse Kameren, she found a new target, a target much more influential in the Ministry, and his short disappearance is not noticed. More laws are passed. ID cards are issued, identifying the person and their degree of blood purity.
No one knows what is the source of the Demons and magic, but soon curfews are the norm. To be outside after dark is to invite death.
Fall of 2020—
Scarlet starts to break away from Mosrael’s Sentinels, she has a different agenda from the Masked Lady and it involves Cain and the destruction of the world.
April 2021—
Cain Pierce somehow escapes, managing only to splinch three of his toes and his left eyebrow. He is faded to gray, literally. The Shadow-Stealer feeds on the life energy of its operator, and his is nearly gone. He is put on Suicide Watch at St Mungo’s. The Demons stop for a short time.
June 2021—
Scarlet captures a student, forcing him to work the Shadow-Stealer. With Cain Pierce’s example to draw from, all they need is a living body, able to give his lifeforce to operate the stone.
Summer 2021—
The Black Watch discovers Mosrael’s ties in the Ministry, several members suspecting Minister Harkness’ unwilling role. There is a lot of effort put forth to try to help him, and to find the missing student.
Jack Harkness, fearing his Lady's retaliation against his family, extracts an Unbreakable Vow from his younger brother, Theo Bowre, to protect his four children.
Attacks against the Black Watch members become common. Many put themselves or their families in hiding.
August 2021—
16 August: Max Kameren is kidnapped in the midst of a fierce battle at his home. Curse and Alex Kameren start an intense campaign, hunting down the Masked Lady and her minions. The Black Watch is left in the wake, picking up the pieces and trying their best to keep up with the vengeful Kamerens.
18 August: The missing student is found, and Scarlet, holding him prisoner, is killed giving them the location of Mosrael. The stone is taken back to the ministry.
19 August: The location of the Sentinels is found, and several groups converge on Castle Innvar, all intent on ending the War, right then and there.
Theo Bowre is after his brother, Jack Harkness, and intends to battle to the death to see his safe return to his family.
The Black Watch is alerted to the Castle's location by the Kamerens in their search for their son and nephew.
Curse and Alex Kameren are operating outside the law, intent on only one outcome, the safe return of Max Kameren, Curse's son.
The Battle is fierce and bloody, and many die on both sides. Curse Kameren duels Mosrael, Lady of Masks, while Alex Kameren retrieves Max and takes him to safety before returning to battle. The Masked Lady is revealed as a demon, three people in one body possessed by a demon. She is defeated, and it seems like it is over...
20 August: ...but the next day, the Flux happens. Magical experts have puzzled over it for years,how hundreds could disappear in the space of a mere instance. One last catastrophe, in a world wracked by the last three years of war.
Summer 2019—
Aurors and hitwizards start to go missing. Most do not return, and are never found. Finally the Head Auror (Curse Kameren) is kidnapped. A group starts to come together to protect Hogwarts and Hogsmeade against some odd goings-on.
November 2019—
23 Nov- Hogsmeade is attacked. Several students are seriously injured, one (Ralin O’Faerlun) is bitten by a werewolf. Half the village burns, and a new Dark Mark burns in the sky, an elaborate mask that pulses malevolently. The rag-tag group comes together as an official force, vowing to protect the innocent and do their best to root out this new threat. They call themselves the Black Watch. Among the members are Alex Kameren, Caleigh Pierce, Siara Brightweather, Boo Repeater, Theo Bowre and many others.
24 Nov- The Head Auror is the only one to return from his kidnapping, found in his animagus form, on the steps of the Ministry. He shortly returns to work, but is changed. At first no one notices, and but then those close to him start to notice something very wrong.
December 2019—
05 Dec: A break-in at the Ministry is coordinated, swift, and deadly. The Black Watch is warned at the last minute and arrive to confront the intruders. Head Auror Curse Kameren shows up—on the wrong side. His face behind a mask, he duels his younger brother, Alex, each attack leaving identical marks on the attacker’s flesh. Finally, the attackers leave, the Minister (Matthew Lloyd) is dead, tortured to death by the Crucio curse. Many are injured. Some die, and three mysterious objects are missing from the department of Mysteries.
06 Dec: Jack Harkness becomes Minister Pro-tem, until the next election in 2022.
12 Dec: Curse Kameren enlists the help of one of the Law Enforcement Department’s Cursebreakers (Cain Pierce) in deciphering and removing the curse that controls him, stronger and darker than the Imperio curse, it allows the Masked Lady to control his every thought, word, and deed.
26 Dec Cain Pierce, and his twin, Caleigh, are kidnapped from Cain’s apartment by Mosrael, the Dark Lady behind the attacks on Hogsmeade and London. Caleigh is used as leverage to gain the Cursebreaker’s help in using one of the stolen items, the Shadow-Stealer, a powerful Dark Object. Cain refuses. Caleigh is tortured. This goes on for months.
February 2020—The Head Auror is no longer under the curse, it having been broken with the efforts of many people, chiefly his brother Alex and the Law Enforcement Cursebreakers. He is no longer Head Auror, and departs the Ministry.
A new law comes into effect, releasing all previously secret or private Ministry records to public record.
May 2020—
Cain Pierce meets Scarlet, a sociopathic witch who forms a magical, symbiotic-type bond with him, a melding of their minds that meant only madness. Cain Pierce had finally broken, trading his skills with dark magic for Caleigh Pierce’s life, and she was released. He was now under the watch of Scarlet; the Shadow-Stealer he was to operate was her instrument of chaos. The Shadow-Stealer was a powerful Dark Object, able to disrupt the very magic that wizards so depended on. Simple spells go awry, sometimes with disastrous consequence, magic pools in some places while in others it completely disappears. This random magical interference causes a lot of strife and fear, as a simple lumos might instead blast anything in front of you.
As a side effect, demons are born from the pools of corrupted magic. They patrol the night, unable to enter buildings, they swiftly scare people indoors after dark. They feed off magic, and after a few close calls, the Black Watch starts to patrol the night, using muggle weapons against the Demons. Magic only feeds them, but they can be killed.
Summer of 2020—
The Masked Lady and her Sentinels’ reign of terror continues, only now she has the Minister, Jack Harkness, under her control. After Curse Kameren, she found a new target, a target much more influential in the Ministry, and his short disappearance is not noticed. More laws are passed. ID cards are issued, identifying the person and their degree of blood purity.
No one knows what is the source of the Demons and magic, but soon curfews are the norm. To be outside after dark is to invite death.
Fall of 2020—
Scarlet starts to break away from Mosrael’s Sentinels, she has a different agenda from the Masked Lady and it involves Cain and the destruction of the world.
April 2021—
Cain Pierce somehow escapes, managing only to splinch three of his toes and his left eyebrow. He is faded to gray, literally. The Shadow-Stealer feeds on the life energy of its operator, and his is nearly gone. He is put on Suicide Watch at St Mungo’s. The Demons stop for a short time.
June 2021—
Scarlet captures a student, forcing him to work the Shadow-Stealer. With Cain Pierce’s example to draw from, all they need is a living body, able to give his lifeforce to operate the stone.
Summer 2021—
The Black Watch discovers Mosrael’s ties in the Ministry, several members suspecting Minister Harkness’ unwilling role. There is a lot of effort put forth to try to help him, and to find the missing student.
Jack Harkness, fearing his Lady's retaliation against his family, extracts an Unbreakable Vow from his younger brother, Theo Bowre, to protect his four children.
Attacks against the Black Watch members become common. Many put themselves or their families in hiding.
August 2021—
16 August: Max Kameren is kidnapped in the midst of a fierce battle at his home. Curse and Alex Kameren start an intense campaign, hunting down the Masked Lady and her minions. The Black Watch is left in the wake, picking up the pieces and trying their best to keep up with the vengeful Kamerens.
18 August: The missing student is found, and Scarlet, holding him prisoner, is killed giving them the location of Mosrael. The stone is taken back to the ministry.
19 August: The location of the Sentinels is found, and several groups converge on Castle Innvar, all intent on ending the War, right then and there.
Theo Bowre is after his brother, Jack Harkness, and intends to battle to the death to see his safe return to his family.
The Black Watch is alerted to the Castle's location by the Kamerens in their search for their son and nephew.
Curse and Alex Kameren are operating outside the law, intent on only one outcome, the safe return of Max Kameren, Curse's son.
The Battle is fierce and bloody, and many die on both sides. Curse Kameren duels Mosrael, Lady of Masks, while Alex Kameren retrieves Max and takes him to safety before returning to battle. The Masked Lady is revealed as a demon, three people in one body possessed by a demon. She is defeated, and it seems like it is over...
20 August: ...but the next day, the Flux happens. Magical experts have puzzled over it for years,how hundreds could disappear in the space of a mere instance. One last catastrophe, in a world wracked by the last three years of war.
