Inferi attacks and Dementor sightings are on the rise. And the most disturbing thing about the Inferi attacks is, the Inferi seem fresh, newly made. Innocent and ignorant muggles are getting ripped limb from limb, the attacks so frequent that the Ministry has been having trouble keeping muggles in the dark. Good samaritan witches and wizards do their best to help out their muggle neighbors but their news channels ring with rumors of âzombiesâ, as they call them.
The Daily Prophet insists that this is all a Deatheater uprising, come to finish off the Dark Lordâs work. The Ministry is taking it seriously this time, and tightening their reigns on the wizard public. âThe Ministry will protect you. Obey the Ministry. Have faith in the Ministry. Let the Ministry guide you, and all will be well.â It started with a curfew, no witch or wizard out past nine oâclock, and has evolved into restrictions on magic spells, potions, and new oppressive laws requiring all werewolves and muggleborns to wear a certain patch on their sleeve to identify them. All in the name of keeping everyone safe.
The Ministry has seen fit to deploy âRegulatorsâ in the streets and at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in order to be certain that citizens are complying with the new laws. These Regulators are masked individuals that intimidate the public and arenât afraid to be rough. Are these Regulators really here to protect them? There are some who would rather put their full trust in the Ministry than allow a Deatheater uprising, and some who think the whole ordeal smells of dragon dung. One masked anonymous student in particular seems to think these Regulators need to be knocked down a few notches.