Two weeks on since its first appearance in Irvingly, the mysterious fog has now spread across the entirety of Hogsmeade. Having spilled into the High Street two days ago, any progress the Ministry teams may have been making has not stopped it blanketing the town in all directions, now through to South Bartonburg, Pennyworth and the Slums.

Despite Pennyworth's reputation as a safe, well-lit area, there are concerns that the forced lack of visibility in the Slums and the havoc wreaked by the loss of magic may lead once more to a rise in criminal activity and violence in the area. Since the fog began encroaching upon the village, there have also been some reports of increased vampire sightings in the streets, even seen by one Wellingtonshire resident - “as bold as brass, middle of the day” - though there has been no evidence of any attacks.  

“This is clearly the start of the apocalypse,” slum resident Mr. Worthy Paine assured me, as he boarded up the cracks in his doorway and refused to step outside. “Have you ever even looked in a crystal ball? They’ve been showing us this fog coming for years.”

Whilst many Hogsmeade citizens are bravely doing their best to go about their daily lives and work as usual amidst the disruption, numerous families elected to leave town days ago at the first sign of fog - an action made increasingly difficult as avenues of travel continue to be cut off in Hogsmeade. For those who have not fled to fog-less pastures, a spokesman has urged residents to remain calm while the Ministry continues to make fighting the fog and its debilitating effects on the use of magic their foremost priority. In the meantime, who knows what the fog will do next?