After weeks of deliberation...

[novelling]

[ Notes copied meticulously into Ariadne's journal, in a steady handwriting that is much easier to read than her usual scrawl. ]

The Unknown Brotherhood was a cabal of dark wizards who found their footing in the strong anti no-maj sentiment of the early 19th century. There were many such organizations in North America at that time, and most were hunted down by the Federal Auror Bureau. The last dozen members of the Unknown Brotherhood met their end in Northeastern Utah, where the aurors chased them into the woods near a mountain range. The winter that year was particularly harsh, and the dark wizards were never seen or heard from again.

The name of the organization is sometimes recorded as the Unknowables*.

Quill, Boniface. Good vs Evil in Wizarding America. Sleepy Hollow, NY. Aleatory Press, 1963.

— Ari & Zach

Comments

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[readingrainbows]

Information for everyone!!! I don't even know why I was worried! What could POSSIBLY go WR [...] oh zach no

Book Club

[novelling]

If you're having second thoughts I can still dump my inkwell on the page.

Book Club

[readingrainbows]

It's always good to have a PLAN B, but [...] no, it'll be fine. IDEOLOGICALLY, I know where I stand.

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[novelling]

Chin up, stiff upper lip.

[lilwitchhazel]

[...] Understatement of the year, but this is [...] not great sounding.

[novelling]

Maybe it's the world's most unfortunate coincidence.

[lilwitchhazel]

I mean, it honestly could be.

If MACUSA is thinking this is related, though, explains a bit why the Aurors are looking for dark magic. But. Who knows.

[novelling]

I don't mean to imply Director Grimshaw is a dark wizard who's somehow found clout in the MACUSA, but I do think this more than likely means they know exactly what's going on in that forest. They're specialists.

[professionalcorpse]

i mean, it'd almost be TOO cliche if he was a dark wizard with a last name like that, right?

[odder]

My running theory is Director Dracula is in fact a well preserved vampire preying on high schoolers since he was turned, that long winter hence.

[novelling]

Maybe Brother is his father.

[odder]

Oooh. And he’s back here centuries later to resolve their godly-moose-vampire family dispute.

[novelling]

I've had an idea for our next school production.

[bubblewrapped]

For the other years, it's pertinent to mention that Director Grimshaw is from "the Department of Unknowables." Not sure how much that has gotten around.

[novelling]

That's relevant. I'd forgotten it was warded.

[bubblewrapped]

It seems unlikely that MACUSA would have an entire department dedicated to a supposedly obscure group of dark wizards, doesn't it? I'd figured "Department of Unknowables" was our version of [...] what's that they have in the UK? The Unspeakables. Or something.

[......] You know, it might be worth it to look into that logo that was on Grimshaw's card.

[novelling]

Yes. Unspeakables. They work for the Department of Mysteries. [...] Unspeakables aren't aurors, though. These people are.

Right. It's an eye, with two concentric circles as the iris and pupil, and five radial lines above it, for everyone else's reference.

[longcons]

For good reason.

[novelling]

However are we going to solve this mystery without sophomore input?

[ghostbluster]

Thank you for that summary.

[novelling]

My bibliography's not quite as long as yours are, I know.

[ghostbluster]

It's for the best. I know my way is too dry for most people.

[nothalfplaid]

Wonderful.

[novelling]

I thought we were all having a little too much fun after the piracy yesterday, so I decided to bring the mood down.

[nothalfplaid]

Good. Hate to have any untained fun around here.