The uproar over the Second C General Assembly did not last long, but negative public opinion about Vaughn continued to build.
The Pure-blood Alliance and the Fudge faction were both clever. Rather than hounding C, they quietly steered public opinion and laid all the blame on Vaughn.
By now, even ordinary people in Wizarding Britain felt there was nothing wrong with C's existence. Giving wandering werewolves a stable life and keeping werewolf poison from running out of control had greatly reduced werewolf crime.
It also meant that, provided werewolf reproduction was controlled and stability maintained, their numbers would continue to decline in the future.
Vaughn, on the other hand, had made people realize through his inappropriate remarks that, if this young schemer remained in control of C, the werewolves could run out of control at any moment.
The Pure-blood Alliance and the Fudge faction had seized this opportunity, hoping to use public outcry to end Vaughn's political career without burying C along with him.
After all, C had already weathered the difficulties of its early establishment. Once Vaughn fell, whoever took control of this werewolf organization would gain a force that could not be ignored.
In many people's eyes, however, it was precisely this attitude on the part of the Pure-blood Alliance and the Fudge faction that had given Vaughn room to breathe.
Otherwise, even with Amelia and Dumbledore there, the Wizengamot would have bowed to public pressure and launched impeachment proceedings against Vaughn, C's chairman.
Fudge was actually quite anxious. Once Vaughn was brought down, he would have a chance to return to the political stage, perhaps even regain his position as Minister for Magic.
But the Pure-blood Alliance held the reins in this affair, and he now had to rely on them to contend with Vaughn's faction. After