You-Know-Who has returned!
Death Eaters invade the Ministry of Magic!
Albus Dumbledore resumes his posts as President of the International Confederation of Wizards and Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but declines the position of Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.
Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge resigns, accepting responsibility.
Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic Dolores Umbridge leaves her post for undisclosed reasons.
Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic Dolores Umbridge faces prosecution on multiple suspected charges. She is now in custody and may face imprisonment.
Interim Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour states that he will take a hard line against You-Know-Who-also of note, the interim minister referred to him by name.
Malfoy Manor sealed off; Lucius Malfoy confirmed to be a Death Eater.
The next day's Daily Prophet and all the newspapers without any real influence in the United Kingdom were packed with bombshells, the kind that came too thick and fast to take in. But of all the news, there was one item that mattered most to the vast majority.
He had returned.
There were exceptions, of course. Draco Malfoy, for instance, stared at the news that his family's Manor had been sealed off by the Ministry of Magic, and that his father had been confirmed as a Death Eater and locked in the Ministry's temporary prison pending further action. For a long time, he could not collect himself.
For him, this was undoubtedly more-rather more serious news.
More than one Slytherin was in the same situation. After all, fewer than ten Death Eaters had been taken away by Voldemort at the end of last night's battle. Nine, to be exact.
That meant more than a dozen Death Eaters had ultimately been captured.
The vast majority of them were not among those