Harry and the others did not understand what the Dark Council was trying to do, but they could understand the official assessment of the organization in Northern Europe that Sirius and the others had mentioned.
Shit-stirrers. They really were shit-stirrers.
Although their ultimate purpose remained unknown, Harry now felt that it seemed to have something to do with the legendary Dark Wizard Morgana.
Hermione strongly disagreed with Harry's idea.
She simply could not believe that a wizard could live for over a thousand years, even if that wizard was Morgana, reputedly the strongest Dark Wizard of all.
Harry also thought that a wizard living for over a thousand years was rather strange, but if that was not the case, why had the Dark Council gone to such lengths to steal the Gate of the Other Shore from beneath the Ministry of Magic?
According to Dumbledore, magic could not affect the Gate of the Other Shore-at least, the vast majority of magic could not. It also weighed far more than its appearance suggested. The Ministry of Magic had actually wanted to relocate back when London was developing too quickly.
However, moving the Gate of the Other Shore was simply too much trouble. The Ministry had tried quite a few methods without success, and eventually had to give up and contact the Muggle government, asking them to route their construction projects around certain Ministry facilities.
This was also one of the few occasions when the Ministry of Magic had consulted Muggle authorities rather than simply notifying them.
Hermione thought that the Dark Council probably wanted the strange magic beyond the Gate of Promise.
After all, according to legend, both the werewolf and vampire viruses had come from the Promised Land, so there might be other things there too. Perhaps that power was