Profesosr Killian Borisyuk had his arms behind his head, as he leaned back in the chair behind his massive desk. He had another lecture today which would be fairly lengthy, much like the others were because anything to do with Voldemort took ages to get out and taught. He waved his wand to open the door to allow the sixth years in to see their massive professor, just relaxing behind the desk. He memorized the lecture for the day, and it was an interesting one - at least for him. He could not say the same for the sixth years. Many wouldn't find the past interesting, even though it was the end of the era. His green eyes loomed on each of them as they started to file in and have a seat. After it was time, he waved his wand and closed the door. "This is the final lesson for the semester, and it isn't a short one. So, note taking equipment out and we will get started." Killian saw some do as he said, which was for their benefit and not his. He didn't care if they weren't smart about this.
"So, we know Voldemort came back and Fudge was in heavy denial. We move on to when the war was more openly recognized. The Second Wizarding War technically started on 24th June 1995 but was not 'official' until 17th June 1996. It lasted until 2nd May 1998. The Death Eaters, under Voldemort's orders, ambushed Harry Potter and his friends at the Department of Mysteries. Dumbledore himself appeared and captured all of the Death Eaters except for Bellatrix Lestrange, who escaped. Voldemort and Dumbledore engaged in a duel which Voldemort used other means to try win, including possession. When the Aurors and Fudge arrived, Voldemort escaped but Fudge finally admitted that Voldemort was back. Since they were back in public, Death Eaters resumed their methods that were used in the first war. Acts of terrorism, kidnapping, and mass murder. Fudge ultimately resigned, leading Rufus Scrimgeour to replace him. Scrimgeour used to be Head of the Auror Office."
Killian paused to let some of the sixth years catch up with their notes. Well, those that were taking notes. "Voldemort's time to build his army was uninterrupted thanks to the Ministry being a whole year behind. Voldemort went forward and recruited giants for their strength and destructive abilities, Dementors, and werewolves. He appealed to them like he had in the past, using discrimination to manipulate them over. The Ministry attempted to make themselves look better with propaganda and even covered up crimes of the Death Eaters and Azkaban to make it look like they were winning. Because of this, the defence was dropped further, and allowed corruption to sink in. The Ministry would ultimately pay for this soon enough. If things were not dark enough, Albus Dumbledore was murdered by his comrade, Severus Snape, in June 1997.
"Death Eaters managed to break into Hogwarts and a battle ensued. Their task, killing Dumbledore, was complete so they retreated. Voldemort's greatest adversary was removed so he turned his attention to taking over the Ministry and killing Harry Potter." Killian folded his arms across his chest to take a moment to breath before he would keep going. "1st August 1997, the Ministry of Magic finally fell to Voldemort, as the take over was rather fast. Scrimgeour was murdered. Voldemort was smart and didn't make himself known as the leader then and there, but used confusion to keep society's lack of trust for each other. It made it easier to handle and rule from the shadows, I suppose. Keeping people from trusting each other will keep them separated versus uniting to fight back. Smart plan. Anyway, the Death Eaters in the Ministry placed a curse on Voldemort's name to install even more fear and to locate enemies that were not afraid to use Voldemort's name."
Killian had no fear with the name, but then again, who would with someone who had been dead for decades? "Death Eaters established the Muggle-Born Registration Commission to lock up Muggle-borns for allegedly stealing magic. It also asserted the control over Hogwarts. With how crazy the new policies were, confusion helped make the citizens just accept the new changes. Voldemort had his Death Eaters search far and wide for Harry Potter but seemed to be on another mission himself. I'll come back to this in a few. Voldemort launched an attack on Hogwarts, going after Harry Potter with his huge army. The school did not submit to Voldemort's threats though, and a battle began. Harry Potter surrendered himself in the forest, and Voldemort announced how Harry had been caught trying to escape and save himself, so he killed him. However, morale was restored when Neville Longbottom killed Voldemort's pet, so his bravery inspired house elves, residents of Hogsmeade, the school, centaurs, thestrals, and others to fight back."
Killian took a drink of water from his water bottle before continuing, "Harry somehow survived and confronted Voldemort again. They say that the two circled and bantered like what you would see from a western or some sort of muggle movie. After some bantering, I guess Voldemort had enough and tried to kill him with a Killing Curse, which was met with Harry Potter's Disarming charm. The curse rebounded, and killed Voldemort once and for all. And so, the Second Wizarding War was over, and victory was for the Order of the Phoenix along with Harry Potter's Dumbledore's Army. There were heavy casualties from both sides. Majority of the Death Eaters that survived were imprisoned. There might have been a few that escaped but who knows at this point. After the Second Wizarding War, the new Minister of Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt reformed the Ministry of Magic to end the prejudice policies, and to help battle dark wizards and witches in the future."
It was a long, long set of wars since Voldemort was pretty relentless. "So, you have to wonder... Voldemort did a lot of kidnapping and such as if he were searching for something other than Harry Potter. He possessed the Elder wand, which was Dumbledore's wand. Rumors say that it was one of the three Deathly Hallows. If you have all three, that makes you a master of death. I could go on with it, but it may be a legend, may not be. You can do all the research you want on the Deathly Hallows in the library on your own time. I won't give you any homework tonight, so other than that, you are free to leave." Killian snapped his fingers and the door opened to let the sixth years out.
Assignment: RP the lesson.
"So, we know Voldemort came back and Fudge was in heavy denial. We move on to when the war was more openly recognized. The Second Wizarding War technically started on 24th June 1995 but was not 'official' until 17th June 1996. It lasted until 2nd May 1998. The Death Eaters, under Voldemort's orders, ambushed Harry Potter and his friends at the Department of Mysteries. Dumbledore himself appeared and captured all of the Death Eaters except for Bellatrix Lestrange, who escaped. Voldemort and Dumbledore engaged in a duel which Voldemort used other means to try win, including possession. When the Aurors and Fudge arrived, Voldemort escaped but Fudge finally admitted that Voldemort was back. Since they were back in public, Death Eaters resumed their methods that were used in the first war. Acts of terrorism, kidnapping, and mass murder. Fudge ultimately resigned, leading Rufus Scrimgeour to replace him. Scrimgeour used to be Head of the Auror Office."
Killian paused to let some of the sixth years catch up with their notes. Well, those that were taking notes. "Voldemort's time to build his army was uninterrupted thanks to the Ministry being a whole year behind. Voldemort went forward and recruited giants for their strength and destructive abilities, Dementors, and werewolves. He appealed to them like he had in the past, using discrimination to manipulate them over. The Ministry attempted to make themselves look better with propaganda and even covered up crimes of the Death Eaters and Azkaban to make it look like they were winning. Because of this, the defence was dropped further, and allowed corruption to sink in. The Ministry would ultimately pay for this soon enough. If things were not dark enough, Albus Dumbledore was murdered by his comrade, Severus Snape, in June 1997.
"Death Eaters managed to break into Hogwarts and a battle ensued. Their task, killing Dumbledore, was complete so they retreated. Voldemort's greatest adversary was removed so he turned his attention to taking over the Ministry and killing Harry Potter." Killian folded his arms across his chest to take a moment to breath before he would keep going. "1st August 1997, the Ministry of Magic finally fell to Voldemort, as the take over was rather fast. Scrimgeour was murdered. Voldemort was smart and didn't make himself known as the leader then and there, but used confusion to keep society's lack of trust for each other. It made it easier to handle and rule from the shadows, I suppose. Keeping people from trusting each other will keep them separated versus uniting to fight back. Smart plan. Anyway, the Death Eaters in the Ministry placed a curse on Voldemort's name to install even more fear and to locate enemies that were not afraid to use Voldemort's name."
Killian had no fear with the name, but then again, who would with someone who had been dead for decades? "Death Eaters established the Muggle-Born Registration Commission to lock up Muggle-borns for allegedly stealing magic. It also asserted the control over Hogwarts. With how crazy the new policies were, confusion helped make the citizens just accept the new changes. Voldemort had his Death Eaters search far and wide for Harry Potter but seemed to be on another mission himself. I'll come back to this in a few. Voldemort launched an attack on Hogwarts, going after Harry Potter with his huge army. The school did not submit to Voldemort's threats though, and a battle began. Harry Potter surrendered himself in the forest, and Voldemort announced how Harry had been caught trying to escape and save himself, so he killed him. However, morale was restored when Neville Longbottom killed Voldemort's pet, so his bravery inspired house elves, residents of Hogsmeade, the school, centaurs, thestrals, and others to fight back."
Killian took a drink of water from his water bottle before continuing, "Harry somehow survived and confronted Voldemort again. They say that the two circled and bantered like what you would see from a western or some sort of muggle movie. After some bantering, I guess Voldemort had enough and tried to kill him with a Killing Curse, which was met with Harry Potter's Disarming charm. The curse rebounded, and killed Voldemort once and for all. And so, the Second Wizarding War was over, and victory was for the Order of the Phoenix along with Harry Potter's Dumbledore's Army. There were heavy casualties from both sides. Majority of the Death Eaters that survived were imprisoned. There might have been a few that escaped but who knows at this point. After the Second Wizarding War, the new Minister of Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt reformed the Ministry of Magic to end the prejudice policies, and to help battle dark wizards and witches in the future."
It was a long, long set of wars since Voldemort was pretty relentless. "So, you have to wonder... Voldemort did a lot of kidnapping and such as if he were searching for something other than Harry Potter. He possessed the Elder wand, which was Dumbledore's wand. Rumors say that it was one of the three Deathly Hallows. If you have all three, that makes you a master of death. I could go on with it, but it may be a legend, may not be. You can do all the research you want on the Deathly Hallows in the library on your own time. I won't give you any homework tonight, so other than that, you are free to leave." Killian snapped his fingers and the door opened to let the sixth years out.
Assignment: RP the lesson.
