Chapter 17: Political Landscape of Magical Britain (2/2)
Quinn affirmed, ”Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He also holds seats in Wizengamot as Chief Warlock, Head of the Noble House of Dumbledore, and the headmaster of Hogwarts,” he paused for a second before continuing, ”Doesn't that make his vote count equal to the minister's five votes.”
George chuckled, ”Yes, it does. Albus Dumbledore works hard to keep all those positions. Along with his five votes, the entire Light faction's support, and all their votes. Potters follow him, and so does the rest of the Light faction. We can say Albus Dumbledore is the Light faction.”
Quinn thought about something he wanted to ask, ”Do we have some business in Hogwarts?”
George's eyes sparkled and enthusiastically answered, ”Yes, we do. We own Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop in Hogsmeade, so all the school stationery for all Hogwart's students and professors is supplied by us. Plus, we also cater a portion of the school's potion ingredient and food supplies.”
Quinn nodded and curiously asked, ”Why do Hogwarts still use quills and parchment instead of pen and paper?”
”I truly do not know, but they don't want to change, so we supply what they demand,” George spoke while shrugging. ”I guess they are trying to keep up an old tradition alive, or maybe they don't want to adopt non-magical advancement.”
George bought back the conversation to the track and spoke, ”Now, let's talk about the Dark faction. The dark faction is the remnants of the dark lord's Death Eaters,” George scoffed, ”After the war, most of them pleaded the case of being under the influence of Imperius Curse, and with a lot of bribery, Wizengamot acquitted them with heavy fines that went into ministry coffers. During the war, the dark lord led the Dark faction, but before the war, the dominant force was the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. They were in power since Wizards' Council's time. But, in the war, most of the Black family either died or imprisoned. Only two people of Black family are still in Black House, Arcturus Black (A/N, below) and Sirius Black. Arcturus Black is extremely weak, and no one has seen him since the war, I saw him after we returned from our tour, we talked some business. Sirius Black spends his time at the Auror Office or with the Potters among the Light faction. That lad is close friends with James Potter, plus Sirius Black is also disowned by the Black family. There are some more Blacks, but they are married or disowned.”
Quinn wasn't surprised when he heard Sirius Black was out and not in Azkaban because if the Potters were alive, they would have spoken for Sirius at his hearing. That probably meant that Peter Pettigrew was either in Azkaban or maybe even dead.
George sneered before flipping some pages and showed Quinn another crest, ”Now, Malfoys lead the Dark faction, they were the main sponsors of the dark lord after the Blacks, and with so much money funneled into the corrupt ministry, the Malfoys got out scot-free. Now, they are in power because a lot of Dark families had to pay a lot for getting out of Azkaban, and Malfoys were the best prepared for it, so they are the strongest among the Dark faction in the post-war times.”
Malfoys in power was not surprising as the power of money was very potent in Magical Britain. Malfoys had the minister in his pocket. And, from listening to George, the West family also had a considerable amount of money in the ministry.
”Now, the last faction is the Grey Faction, with the Noble and Most Ancient House of Greengrass leading them. Jacob Greengrass is a cunning man. He is a smart man and an excellent leader. After the war, he held the Grey faction together without any internal turmoil, and just like me, he saw the profit after the war subsided. I was a little upset when he tried to compete with me for resources, post-war. He and Lucius Malfoy are the two people who can rival my business in Britain,” George laughed and spoke as if looking down on the two heads of houses. ”But, that only means that they earn as much as our business in Britain. They wouldn't even touch the soles of my feet if I took into account our business from overseas.”
Quinn held back a hell yeah and just smiled as he listened to his grandfather boasting about his earnings and accomplishment as he compared himself to two men who would be younger than Quinn's father if he was still alive.
George closed the book of crests, and he was back to his usual stoic self, and with a caution staining his voice and words, he warned, ”Beware of Albus Dumbledore, anytime I have met the man, he has tried to get me to join his cause. The man had tried to make me sponsor his vigilante group before I left the country, and when I returned, he once again tried to get his hands in my wallet by trying to have me sponsor the Light faction. Albus Dumbledore is too manipulative, and even though I am no stranger to manipulation, I just don't like it when it is done against me. Your future headmaster holds too much power, which might haven't been bad, if he was putting it to good use, and even if his reputation is positive and people think that he is the next big thing since Merlin, that man has been through two wars and was at the forefront in both of them. If I have learned anything from my father, then it is that war changes people; think what two wars could do to a person.”
Quinn solemnly nodded as even without his warning, Quinn was going to avoid Albus Dumbledore. From what Quinn had read in the books, the man was treated like a person who could do no wrong and had the following of a cult leader.
Quinn didn't want to approach the headmaster even if he offered to teach him alchemy, as Quinn was a hundred percent sure that it would come with a catch. After all, Albus Dumbledore once was romantically involved with Gellert Grindelwald. Quinn was sure some manipulative tendencies were rubbed onto Dumbledore from Grindelwald.
Or was it the other way around?
For the rest of the month, Quinn learned from George about the ins-and-outs of the political landscape of Magical Britain. Except for Albus Dumbledore, George didn't warn Quinn to stay away from anyone. As long as Quinn understood that blood supremacy was false and stupid, it was okay to build connections with children from Death Eater/Dark faction families. George said that Quinn could make friends with anyone who wasn't after money.
Quinn spent his remaining time before Hogwarts with his family and practicing magic. He wasn't comfortable with free time as he ended up thinking of the wand in his cupboard, and Quinn made sure to only spend time in his room for sleeping and when Quinn wanted to browse books from his bookshelves, but other than that, he spent time away from his wand.
On 1 September 1990, it was time for Quinn to leave home to start his journey of learning magic at Hogwarts.
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(End of Volume One: Pre-Hogwarts)
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A/N [1]: NO! Albus Dumbledore won't be bat shit crazy. He WON'T be Evil (with capital E). He would keep his cards close to his chest. He will be complicated. As I generally wing it when it comes to the finer details of the plot as I write, I don't know what will be Dumbledore's final personality.
I generally don't like when SI-OC (at least when they are young) in HP communicate with Dumbledore right off the bat. He will communicate with Dumbledore when Quinn gets confident enough in facing Dumbledore (Hint: Quinn's confidence is tied to his magical prowess. Part of his personality)
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A/N [2]: I don't know if Ivy Potter (Harry's OC Sister) will be a romantic interest. My current purpose of creating her is because of Harry's new personality (He won't be the canon personality, but he won't be spoiled. He will be a prankster/bully but with Lily's influence he will be a slightly smarter version of James Potter.)
With Harry's new personality, Hermione Granger might not join to form the Golden Trio, but I am going to use Ivy Potter to fix that somehow. R.I.P Golden Trio.
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A/N [3]: Arcturus Black is Sirius Black's grandfather. He is NOT an OC character. He is a CANON character. He is alive at this point in time in the CANON. So, I mentioned him here.
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