Pureblooded Serial Killer

## It all started on Halloween...

A string of murders have happened across the wizarding world leaving the inhabitants nervous and, at times, resentful of their government. What began as two unsuspecting deaths at Azkaban prison has spiraled into months of deaths, targeting and in many cases successfully killing noted pureblood witches and wizards. This serial killer has struck in any number of locations across Britain, leading to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement enacting a variety of safety measures for citizens. Not all took kindly to these curfews and other restrictions which caused the bloodiest revolt that wizarding society has seen on these shores in centuries, the Hogsmeade Riots. Ministry officials continue to search for the serial killer, desperate to bring society back into a time of peace.

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### October 2021

> ""Aurors have been called to Azkaban prison this evening following the discovery of a dead body in one of the high security cells. Investigations are ongoing."
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A report was heard over the airwaves of the WWN stating that DMLE officials went to Azkaban to investigate a suspicious death of an inmate that the reports claimed was a Death Eater serving out a life sentence in the prison. Sources identified him as Rodolphus Lestrange. It was believed to be an isolated incident.

### November 2021

> "Aurors have been called back to Azkaban prison today following rumours of a second death at the prison in two days. Inquiries are said to be ongoing."
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The following day, the DMLE was back at the prison investigating the murder of Rodophlus Lestrange's brother, Rabastan. Although highly suspicious, it was still believed by Ministry officials to be an isolated incident. Two days later, the third death in the span of four days occurred in the home of Jacques Dupont leaving behind his grieving fiancee, Theodora Clarke. Unrest began to appear in the wizarding world as many members quarreled over the DMLE's role in the handling of these incidents and if the lack of dementors at Azkaban had lead to more leeway for criminals to believe they would get away things things. Things were quiet until the end of the month when the double murder of Catherine Selwyn and Adnan Shafiq occurred at Harpy Stadium after a Sunday match against the Falmouth Falcons. Catherine was beaten to death with her own Beater's bat and Adnan was imperioused and flung himself from the top of the stadium, very much so appearing like the two incidents were related.

### December 2021

> "A source from within the Ministry has spoken out and stated that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is now considering the series of five murders that have happened since Halloween as connected. Up until this point, the Ministry has kept its stance on these instances being separate but after the deaths in Holyhead of Catherine Selwyn and Adnan Shafiq, law enforcement officials have changed their tune. This is likely due to the fact that all but one of the deaths have been of pureblooded witches and wizards. Our source tells us that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is now actively investigating these cases through the lens of the suspect being a possible serial killer. We have yet to receive any official statement from the Ministry on this exact development but have been told that the general public should remain calm and take common-sense precautions when leaving their homes."
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Suspicions begin to appear within the wizarding community about the connectedness of the murders that had occurred over the past two months. While the Ministry is believed to be investigating these events as related, they make no official statement on their investigations.

### January 2022

> "After a moment though, the room began to spin. Edmund lost his balance, grabbing onto someone nearby to stabilize himself but it was no use as he stumbled toward the floor anyway. The music in the room suddenly became much louder but garbled, the people around him turning into a haze of indistinguishable shadows. A metallic taste lingered in his mouth as the man felt his breathing slow and his blinking become less frequent; as his lips turned blue, Edmund slowly slipped out of consciousness, his heart beating its last beat."
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At a celebration of Merlin's birthday, Edmund Fawley was the next victim, poisoned by the champagne that was floating around between the attendees. In order to calm the wizarding world, a broadcast was done on the WNN with the Head Auror Marcia Williamson, assuring the public that these events while tragic were not linked to one another.

### February 2022

> "The organizer was about to attempt to regain control of the situation but it slipped quickly out of her fingers. Glass broke on a nearby storefront, there were screams among the throngs of people walking down the cobblestone walkway in the village as people ran, pointed wands were at each other’s faces and backs, and curses flew in every which direction.
> Chaos had erupted and there was no stopping it now…"
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Tragically, the weekend of Valentine's Day, Madam Puddifoot was murdered in her own shop by one of her charmed decorations. The shopkeeper was not the intended target of the incident, a young pureblooded witch by the name of Ophelia Prewett, and instead was a tragic accident. In response to the threat to students as well as increased violence since October, the Ministry announced a variety of measures to protect the individuals of the wizarding community. Unfortunately, these measures were met with resistance and during a protest gone wrong in the tiny village, the Hogsmeade Riots occurred on February 13th, 2022 killing two students and injuring many more.

### March 2022

> "He was about to complain to the bartender when his chest tightened, a harsh squeezing sensation much like his ribs closing in on themselves. Walter gasped for air but seemed unable to expand his lungs. Eyes tearing up, he grabbed at his chest in an effort to somehow clear his airways but it was no use. His vision blurred and his face went red as he stumbled around attempting to get someone’s attention, knocking over stools and tables in the process. Walter tried to call for help but instead let out a strangled noise his consciousness fading rapidly until he collapsed on the ground, face contorted in fear, not realizing that he’d already taken his last breath."
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Walter Burke was tragically murdered by a cursed wallet left behind at a pub by a random stranger on March 16th.

### April 2022

> "Although many details of the case cannot be released for operational reasons, Marcia Williamson confirmed that the victims are likely not to have been personally known to the killer in the vast majority of cases. However, the Auror Office does not believe that these individuals have been selected totally at random, and points to their shared pureblood status, in all cases save for one, as a presumed motivation for the killings. No political group has as yet claimed responsibility for these deaths, and we understand that the Department are treating them all as the work of one individual, although no one at the Auror Office would confirm this officially. "
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Validating everyone's worst fears at the beginning of April, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement finally confirms that they believe that the incidents since October are related through each individual's pureblooded status except for two noted exceptions (Jacques Dupont and Madam Puddifoot). Following this revelation is the bloodiest week since the serial killer began their work. This time, the killer names their next victim by surname at the scene of each crime. April 17th is Day One, Ainsley MacMillan, who picks up a cursed bracelet in the loo. Day Two is Patrick Avery who is decapitated in Knockturn Alley late at night. Day Three is Lilith Yaxley who is pushed in front of the Tube by her lover who had been placed under the imperious curse. Her lover, Armond Abbot, dies the following day in Ministry custody by a cursed blanket hanging him in his cell. One Day Five, Muriel Prewett is murdered in her Gringotts cell hacked to pieces with her Goblin made tiara on her head.

### May 2022

> "Before she had a chance to move, the dagger flew off of the table and sunk into the space right between her eyebrows. A loud cracking sound could be heard as the curse made quick work of splitting the woman in half, a charcoal-like color turning her veins into a dark spiderweb of sorts. As Allison’s body hit the ground beneath her, what was left of the Curse Breaker turned to dust."
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Continuing with the tragedies at Gringotts, the Curse Breaker Allison Rowle is the next victim in her office on May 16th, having crumbled into dust after being stabbed with a cursed dagger. Next Francis Selwyn is murdered at the end of the month at the Leaky Cauldron, slowly submerged into a barrel of Butterbeer.

### June 2022

> "It all happened so quickly. Before either in the room knew it, Charlie’s skin started to turn the color of charcoal, he let out a strained plead for help as blue flames shot out of his fingertips and traveled up his arms, burning his clothes and skin, charring his bones, and engulfing the room in smoke. The guttural shouts could be heard throughout the first floor of the Ministery as DMLE officials ran from their posts, asking hurried questions about the location of the Minister and blasting off the door when they finally arrived at the conference room.
> But by the time the Aurors got there, there was only a sputtering Minister and a heap of ash in the room. That and a plate of jaffa cakes with a neat pile of crumbs next to them."
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There are two murders in the month of June, Albert Bulstrode and Charles Weasley. Albert was murdered in his place of work at St. Mungo's in the morgue, killed by an animated corpse that he believed to be dead. Then Charlie Weasley was burned alive by an enchanted cake that sent the Dragonologist up in flames within mere inches of the Minister of Magic.

### July 2022

> "A flash of red hair was all that had met her eyes at first, but gradually, she was able to take in a little more, could make out the full horror of the sight before her. The school robes, draped at an awfully unnatural angle. The pale skin, exposed at the neck. The trickle of blood staining the white of the blouse.
> Minerva had seen death before, and it did not scare her for her own sake, but in a case like this, where it represented such a tragic, awful, desperate removal of the right to life, to a future... It turned her stomach."
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Although everyone had believed that Hogwarts was the safest place to be, the night before the end of the Hogwarts term, Imogen Prewett was brutally murdered within the walls of the castle and discovered by the Headmistress Minerva McGonagall. Imogen, as she was not pureblooded, is believed to be another mistake on the part of the serial killer. Shortly after these events, Percy Weasley was murdered by his daughter under the imperious curse at The Burrow. At the end of the month, a double murder took place at a Healing tent at a World Cup event. Manuel Gomes, a pureblood playing for the national team of Mozambique, was poisoned by someone posing as a Healer. Shortly after, the first DMLE professional fell in the line of duty after dueling with the serial killer.

### August 2022

"Silently, the figure knelt down on the ground in front of Edith’s feet and stay there for a moment before removing their hood. The pureblood’s lip began to tremble as they stared at the face of the killer, a person who was wildly familiar to them, ”You… No-- it couldn’t--” Edith thought for a moment to plead for her life now, succumbing to the fear that she’d attempted to suppress earlier but before she could, the killer sliced quickly and precisely across Edith’s neck, sending a spray of blood rushing out of the wound onto the killer’s hands, all color leaving the witch’s face."

Late in August 2022, Edith Fawley was killed just outside of the final World Cup match near a stream. It was at the site of her murder that Auror Marcia Williamson stumbled upon the serial killer and a duel ensued. A trainee, Caleb Hayes, was seriously injured at the location of the duel sustaining massive blood loss and burns. However, in the end, Marcia managed to bring the killer, Theodora Clarke, into Ministry custody.