The Dark Council?
Harry raised his eyebrows. It really was rather unoriginal.
When Jacob mentioned how unoriginal it was, he could not help chuckling. "Where we come from, there's also an organization called the Dark Council."
"Hmm, could there be some connection between the two?" Ron could not help asking.
"Probably not." Jacob shook his head. "Although the Dark Council in Northern Europe is known to include some werewolves and members of the Vampire Clan, it mainly consists of wizards. The Dark Council where we come from consists almost entirely of dark creatures.
"Members of the Vampire Clan, werewolves, Dark Shushi-well, they actually count as wizards too, but the magic they study is rather extreme, and most have modified their bodies to some degree. There are other orcs as well, but very few ordinary wizards."
"I see." Ron nodded. Here in Europe, wizards rarely mingled with those dark humanoid creatures.
Although the Ministry of Magic had always called for harmonious coexistence, and had even built a Fountain of Magical Brethren-it had been destroyed before, but had since been repaired.
Deep down, however, wizards were still unwilling to mingle with them.
Especially werewolves and vampires. Some indication of this could be seen in how almost no one in Europe called them the Vampire Clan; everyone called them vampires instead.
Jacob continued, "Judging by the information we've obtained so far, this European Dark Council probably began forming more than twenty years ago and started operating over a decade ago. It only became more active within roughly the last ten years.
"Most of its members' identities are unknown, but they are all extremely powerful Dark Wizards. In their few operations, they have all demonstrated tremendous power. They seem to base their membership numbers on a deck of playing cards, using the cards as