In the secret archives of the British Foreign Office, France section, Volume 70, there was a letter from Baron Rowle, secretary to the exiled Bourbon royal family, addressed to Mr. Hammond, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office. It had been sent in August 1803 from the residence of the Count of Artois at 46 Baker Street, London. The Count of Artois called Napoleon "a despicable adventurer" and listed those who wished to overthrow him.
Moreau, Régnier, Bernadotte, Simon, Masséna, Lannes, Férina, Sieyès, Carnot, Chénier, Fouché, Barras, Tallien, Lebel, Lamarque, and Jean de Brie.
Based on the contents of "history," Severus discovered that among those accused by the man who would later become Charles X of France, only a very few truly opposed Napoleon.
The purpose of their meeting was to subdue Napoleon's guards while he was away, capture him alive, take him to France's northern coast, and ship him to Britain.
The British government had also been involved in the conspiracy. They funded the Count of Artois and offered suggestions for the details of his plan. Evidence of this was later found in both Foreign Office and Home Office archives.
Severus had discovered a shared trait among the exiled Royalists: they were politically far too naïve, forever indulging in wild fantasies and impractical delusions.
How could such a kidnapping possibly succeed? Captain John's sneak attack, on the other hand—if Pomona had not blocked it with an earthen wall, that cannonball would have struck Napoleon's luxurious carriage.
Kingsley Shacklebolt had once served as a Muggle Prime Minister's bodyguard, even though that Prime Minister had signed his name on documents authorizing troop deployments.
That was the consistent style of the Order of the Phoenix and its followers.
If the one controlling them had not been the white wizard Dumbledore, those naïve fools