Flexible Moral Boundaries
Influenced by the Wizard Watchtower broadcasts, the entire British wizarding world had been shrouded in a tense, oppressive atmosphere, as though a storm were about to break, over the past few days.
Especially after the Death Eaters' Seeker Squads became active across England once more, people realized that something was about to happen. Uneasy, they stayed by their radios, trying to glean more useful information from the daily broadcasts.
The strange anomalies across this land soon spread to the Ministries of Magic of European countries that had been secretly watching the British wizarding world.
To guard against the International Confederation of Wizards once again sending a joint Auror force to England and avoid being caught off guard, the Death Eaters directly mobilized large numbers of people to keep a close watch on the movements of every country.
Yet the calmer the European countries remained, and the more they appeared uninterested in England, the more uneasy the Death Eaters became. They knew it was the calm before the storm, the precursor to a blade hidden in the shadows plunging toward them.
How could they not be afraid after Albert had used Scrimgeour's power to stab the Death Eaters so badly last time that they had been left utterly crippled?
This time, with the International Confederation of Wizards' power behind it, it would only be harsher than before. If they were ambushed by the joint Auror force, how many of them would survive by sheer luck?
The fear and unease gnawing at them forced the Death Eaters, led by Yaxley, to resort to more aggressive methods to obtain information. For example, they used Legilimency to forcefully peer into someone's memories, or Veritaserum to pry useful intelligence from someone's mouth.
The Death Eaters' actions instead helped Kingsley persuade the International