Georgiana came to the meeting room from before and looked down at the nearby square through its window.
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrived in New York carrying a suitcase full of magical creatures. Even before his arrival, an increasingly tense atmosphere had filled the city, which was often severely damaged by unexplained "explosions."
Only after an investigation did people discover that the "explosions" had actually been caused by the Obscurial, Credence. The final battle had inflicted immense damage on the city. Some things could be restored with repair spells, but there was nothing that could be done for the dead.
If Albus had truly fought Credence in Berlin, then with Credence's power, the city would inevitably have suffered terrible damage. The Muggles nearby could not possibly have remained unaware.
The only explanation was that Credence had been transported elsewhere, where Albus used the light in the Deluminator to create an illusion that made him believe he was still in Berlin.
Light did not merely bring "brightness"; it could also create illusions, like a mirage.
She would never have considered such questions before, but only by understanding how did I get in here? could she free herself from it.
She turned the Fire Opal Ring on her finger.
Bonaparte had said that tragedy was the classroom of great men, yet not every character in a tragedy was worthy of sympathy. Racine's Andromache told such a story. Pyrrhus was a king ruled by his passions. He was infatuated with Hector's widow, though he also had a fiancée, Hermione, daughter of Helen and Menelaus, King of Sparta. They had originally been meant to marry.
Unlike Andromache, she loved Pyrrhus deeply, but he betrayed her love. So she had her admirer kill Pyrrhus. Though her actions were mad, Pyrrhus had been in the wrong