Training up for anti necromancer tactics i see.
Yep. Ehren is training up to have it out with Pansy. Curtana is playing 'the necromancer' so introducing her to some of their spells and the counters for same, plus how to fight the undead.
And Curtana certainly would have a lot of knowledge and experience in fighting such.
Yes and no.
Curtana has a lot of experience... from the 9th-10th Centuries. Modern necromancers, and some of Pansy's tricks, not so much (since she was stuck in the crypt for a looong time). Cathy or Joyeuse would be much better suited to teach how to stop whatever Pluto could do. But Ehren will know the basics as to capabilities, since those haven't changed and be pretty prepared.
Thats certainly a worse fate to have.
Yeah. I should note that Pluto for one was capable of doing that at the height of his powers and skills (and did it a few times to particularly vexing foes before his downfall).
More hard training incoming!
Yep, Ehren wouldn't have it any other way.
Ah! And now here we have Ehren starting her training with the Secret Library Librarians.
Continuing her training, yes, It's been happening offscreen with the avatar down there. This is her learning Vedic magic from India, yes.
The first step taken often is the important one.
Yep. A very important step as Ehren unlocks the first of her seven chakras to be able to manipulate her kundalini energies.
We return to the Elspeth and Vincent show!
Oh yes, I'd planned to do them for a while.
*Spittakes* That actually happens? And to Vincent?
Yep. Puberty hit him early and
hard. And it's not just his musculature and height/bulk that got 'much bigger than normal' if you catch my drift. Unfortunately for Vince, the (accurate) rumors of the 'Crabbe Cricketbat' being
something to behold have spread through Slytherin so some of the older girls have have been pressuring him to put a bag over his head and drop his trousers. Let's just say that if Vince were inclined, he could make a mint in certain categories of movies as the male star based on physical attributes.
Which our (somewhat) nice Jewish boy really doesn't want to do and is feeling pretty harassed. Especially when the types like Mei Cao have gotten interested. His nightmare is one of them would pressure him/Draco to force him into that kind of thing. So Elspeth showing up in his life, especially being really not interested in premarital sex or 'trying before she buys', while being a really pretty witch who desperately wants romance and a ring versus a one-night-stand and a broken betrothal was a gift from Heaven. Elspeth also gives him an ironclad excuse ('my betrothed wouldn't like me fooling around with you and if you push me she'll show why she was the Queen High Bitch of Durmstrang') to tell IE Mei Cao to back off making moves on him while he walks the other way.
I believe her when she says it will be the last mistake they make.
Yeah. Rusalkas and their mortal relatives can be pretty dang possessive bitches (hence the folklore about them being the drowned spirits of girls who suicided over heartbreak/were murdered by a cad of a boyfriend/husband) when it comes to romance. So she's a bit borderline-yandere toward Vince as a result. Stable, loving, and protective, oh yes. But if pushed hard enough she'd put someone on the bottom of the Black Lake without a qualm.
All it takes is just one figurative chink in her armor or a gradual drop of her guard.
Yeah. Unfortunately Kamilla is justifiably paranoid and has kept her precautions up here. Otherwise, she'd have slipped off the Durmstrang Boat and been found by the merfolk int he Black Lake.
That would be a good reason to reign in any murderous desires.
True. If Kamilla up and drowned, Elspeth would get suspected since there's no love lost, she has a vicious and somewhat unpredictable temper, and she has a hellacious ability im Water Magics and knows some charms that the rusalka have taught her. Even if it was totally an accident or Kamilla committing suicide or the like, she'd be in a lot of hot water and knows it.
Again, the difference between HatSG Malfoys vs Canon Malfoys.
Yeah. In this case while a fair number of the Malfoys have been rotten, even the bad eggs know that having the Crabbes indebted to them/under their protection makes them a valuable and loyal tool and how to manage that relationship. Since we are doing the Wizarding World is socially behind RL by a few decades, there's still a lot of genteel antisemitism in British pureblood aristocrat circles (similar to the pre-WWII UK), which the Malfoys have allowed to fester in part because it keeps the Crabbes dependent on their patronage and protection. Also the Crabbes know where some nasty historical bodies are buried, in part thanks to helping to plant them.
Why am i not surprised Lyra is involved?
This was Lyra in WWII working her social contacts (remember that she IS a Black and the Malfoys have family ties in that sphere) to come up with a security spell for the magical side of British Intelligence.
Yeah, the Crabbes are VERY good at custom charms and also double-entry bookkeeping (and handling some of the Malfoys' underworld ties). It's a symbiotic relationship with their patrons and that spell is some of their best work (keep in mind that OTL Crabbe cast Fiendfyre, an AK, and some other Unforgivables, so he had real talent in the Charms field before he got crisped).
I am loving the family backstory of the Crabbes here.
Thank you. It nicely justifies why Draco has been paling it up up with them. Vince drops the 'dumb muscle' act in private with Draco and his waifu.
And heres Elspeths own family background.
Yep. This was an OC that Aurelius came up with, along with the betrothal angle, and then I ran with his notes. The originator of the family was always going to be a German who married a pureblood Croat heiress with vast tracts of land and the peasants would get him to wear the disparaging goat name with pride. Some of the details were me doing spot research on the history of Croatia.
At least he was competent at his work.
Got away with it clean after insuring
Miklós Zrinyi got fatally gored by a wild boar while on a hunt in Croatia before he could start a rebellion that would have seriously destabilized the Hapspburgs at a bad time and given the Ottomans a shot at Vienna earlier. So, yeah, he was a very, very competent and ruthless Dark Wizard.
Well...........that is quite faeish if i do say so myself, but man it would still be sad for them.
Yeah. the sad part is their rusalka daughter will be a HUGE Daddy's Girl, and Vince will never see her again after she turns seven.
SisterJeanne,
Saw this vid and thought of Ehren
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That's a great video for her!
What king of Austria? If I remember correctly the Hasburgs were always their archdukes and then emperors. The kings on the other hand were Hungary and Bohemia.
Gaah, let me fix that. It was Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia (Hungary and Croatia were in a personal union for the Hapsburg monarchs and had been for a few centuries). Elspeth would be more concerned with the Croatian title than anything 'foreign' too, anyway.
As for the rest, it's an interesting story that expands the world and makes Malfoy's helpers more than a footnote about walking muscle and bodyguards
Thank you, thank you. I thought it would work well. The Goyles are more the 'reliable muscle' type (the Crabbes just pretend that they are as a cover to being the Malfoy
consiglieri in the
Mafia sense*) though, although there's a reason for that as I showed.
*To use that structure chart as an example, Lucius is the Malfoy Family Capo, with Crabbe Senior (Vince's father) being his
consigliere. Draco is the
sottocapo underboss being groomed to succeed his father, with Vincent as his
consigliere in training and Greg as his primary
caporegieme muscle subordinate.
As a side note, I saw this on the SB thread:
It would be interesting to find out how the Wizarding World would react to the task of returning a shopping trolley...
Ehren du Chasteler: Returns the trolley to its assigned place with it cleaned, shined, and
in Ordnung
Colombe du Chasteler: Tries to return the trolley, however trolley and nearby dumpster catch fire due to extenuating circumstances that are
not her fault.
Zamarad Alnaar: Extenuating Circumstances.
Claire du Chasteler: Serenades trolley as it is returned home where it belongs.
Jacklyn Fox: Takes Trolley on a 'wee little cruise' to unwind. Trolley returns with pirate tattoo in embarrassing location and squeaking wheel going
ARRRR because DAMMIT JACKIE!
Delilah de Breuil: Trolley returned and sworn to secrecy due to use in classified Winters Network operation.
Masamune-no-Tokunotakai: Kami of the trolley would carry her groceries again, 10/10 highly recommended.
