Chapter 828 - Retrieval of Artifact Ⅳ (1/2)
Wizards and witches on their own could not take down giants without great loss. Wizardkind depended too much on magic and the giants were largely immune to magic to certain degrees. It made sense on the scale of size to stun another human most witches and wizards are capable of it. However, how much power would be needed to stun a being that is over 20 feet tall?
Physics proves the idea that the more mass an object has, the more energy is required to change the state of the object. In this case, unless someone was very powerful say like Dumbledore it would be difficult for a Giant to be stunned. That is not to say that Giants cannot be hurt by the regular magical populace, but much like casting magic underwater, the results are often varied and unpredictable, undoubtedly weaker. It took a creative or rather deadly Auror to actually be capable of hurting a giant.
The pensive silence is interrupted by Grok Gringotts saying, ”Do you have anything else to add, Prince?”
Rowan slowly shakes her head in reply. She had no further business with Gringotts nor in Diagon Alley. Ollivander not too long ago had sent her a note filled with great irk. Apparently finding a Hawthorn tree that had enough fire and earth elements to counter the water and air element of the core made from the Great Mother's snake horn is nearly impossibly difficult to find..
Ollivander reported that he had attempted other possibilities in exasperation such as snakewood much like Salazar Slytherin's original wand, but the core and wand wood attempted to destroy each other like two bitter lifelong enemies. With the still ongoing search, Ollivander said that the wand completion might take longer than a year or more as it was like searching for a needle in a haystack. He was certain that a Hawthorn tree existed somewhere in the world that could fulfill his requirements, but the question rather was WHERE in the world was it?! (Hawthorns are native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia with new variations located in North America, South America, and other parts of the world).
Seeing that Rowan Prince had fallen silent in thought, Grok does not interrupt as he reaches into a locked drawer of his and carefully opens it with a silver key that hung on a silver goblin forged necklace. With care, he twists and turns the key in the lock, before opening it and reaching inside. He removes a single sealed envelope from within, before loudly closing the drawer shut.
Rowan is pulled back by the sound of a drawer closing by Grok Gringotts. Grok holds out a sealed envelope in his long, thin fingers. Seeing Rowan's inquisitive expression, Grok murmurs, ”The sealed letter was entrusted to Gringotts by Damocles Belby as part of his estate to be delivered to correct recipient when the time came.”
”The letter is for me?” Rowan skeptically asked. ”Are you certain it was not intended for my grandfather?”
Grok shakes his head as Rowan frowns slightly at having received a letter from Grok Gringotts. She and Damocles Belby had never corresponded beyond her third year nor conversed beyond the meeting in Slughorn's quarters. The only request that Rowan had for Damocles Belby, Belby had fulfilled and as such there should be no further ties between them.
”May I?” Rowan asked Grok as she gestured to his silver goblin forged letter opener.
Grok waves his hand in ready acceptance, before she reaches for the letter opener and breaks the wax seal. Rowan is surprised to see a Gringotts vault key and a folded letter. Carefully setting the vault key on top of Grok Gringotts desk, she unfolds the letter to read.
”Rowan Prince,
If you are reading this letter, I am most ȧssuredly dead just as planned-.”
Rowan's face grows stiff at those words causing Grok to stare at the young witch in curiosity. However, he was professional enough not to ask about the contents of the letter. The Goblins had for ages been the keepers of the wizardkind's most terrible of secrets. There really was much they hadn't seen before and yes, that included bodies. There was a reason that there were skeletons kept in some of the older pureblood vaults. And no, the bodies most certainly did not belong to thieves. (Enemies more like.)