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Witch Weekly · July 8, 2018 – 2:56 AM

The Fog: A Ministry Sanctioned Disaster?
As the fog continues to terrorize residents of Irvingly and Hogsmeade, the Ministry has done all it can to protect its citizens and figure out how to dispel it. At least that's what Minister Ross and the Ministry higher-ups want you to think! Does anyone truly believe the British Ministry of Magic is completely impotent in the face of a little magical fog? Of course not!

There are three possible explanations for the Ministry's negligence.

The first is indolence. While the Minister and many others may have homes in Hogsmeade and Irvingly, you can imagine the majority fled as soon as the going was good. Now they remain in the safe confines of London and wherever else they may have a second home and have the luxury of sitting around the Ministry postulating about the fog in the most leisurely manner. What urgency could they possibly feel while they have use of their wands?

The second possibility is a cover up. How many times has the Department of Mysteries caused widespread chaos and destruction? Only a couple years ago they near blew up the Ministry! What possible purpose do they serve? Conveniently no one is allowed to know what it is that the Unspeakables get up to — what sort of immoral experimentation or torture goes on in the Department of Mysteries? Likely the sort that would unleash a magic-sapping fog! While we know little of Unspeakables, it is hard to deny that they are an irresponsible lot safeguarded by secrecy and the Minister. Fearing public rebellion and demands that the department be shut down, Minster Ross is likely in the process of enacting a disgraceful cover-up to save face after numerous blunders. Why is Minister Ross so determined to shield the Unspeakables? We suspect that the Unspeakables may hold the true power in the Ministry, keeping the incumbent Minister under the thumb of the Department of Mysteries. Perhaps the recent loss of Lestrange leadership in the Department is a contributing factor to how this disaster has gotten so out of hand.

We tried to reach the Assistant Head of the Department of Mysteries, Ernest Mulciber, for comment but found his Wellingtonshire home deserted and believe the family have taken up at the Sanditon for a vacation. How terribly convenient.

Finally, corruption of a far more disturbing variety. Minister Ross' campaign was very successful, another liberally-inclined candidate befitting the trend since former Minister Faris Spavin's departure. We suspect that Minister Ross is not what he seemed throughout his campaign. In reality he is power driven and determined to establish an authoritarian regime over wizardkind — or at least something equally heinous. By ordering the Department of Mysteries to unleash a fog that suppresses magic, he is able to keep the population crippled and incapable of rebellion. It's likely that Hogsmeade and Irvingly are only the tip of the iceberg, a test before it is unleashed upon the whole country while Minister Ross and his conspirators remain unaffected by it, knowing of course what it is and how to safeguard themselves against it.

If it wasn't clear before, it is after the Ministry's questionable decision to send in unqualified civilians to investigate the fog, rather than the highly skilled wizards in their employ. If our safety truly rests upon the shoulders of such poorly qualified individuals then it would seem we are all doomed.

Minister Ross: a man ruled by ambition and delusions of grandeur?

Ernest Mulciber left Hogsmeade with suspicious haste. What really goes on in the Department of Mysteries?

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