Plot:Runespoors Revisited

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The Runespoor Smuggling investigation was closed in 2009 after the Aurors managed to successfully disrupt the illegal trade. But after several long, quiet months, the case file is discreetly reopened when new clues surface: ones that might finally solve a murder from fifteen years before.

How to Get Involved

Who?

  • Department of Mysteries characters who were involved in experimenting with Runespoor Venom, both past and present
  • Other Ministry Personnel: Wizengamot Elders, the Minister, anyone who might have (or could) become privy to what the Department of Mysteries was carrying out
  • Anyone who might want to encourage or discourage the Auror investigation for political or personal reasons
  • Criminals involved in Runespoor Smuggling

Plotting Resources

Additional Information

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Note: The Runespoors Revisited storyline builds off of the extensive Runespoor Smuggling plot, which took place in-game during 2008-2009. A new plot chapter is being opened here to make the events of 2010 easier to follow. To review events prior to January 2010, visit History of Runespoor Smuggling and the Runespoor Smuggling plot chapter.


In the early 1990s, the Runespoor Smuggling crime ring was operating in earnest in the United Kingdom. Runespoor Venom was sought both by dark wizards, who used it for nefarious purposes, and (illegally) by Unspeakables with the Department of Mysteries, who sought to use its anti-magic properties in experiments.

Though the Runespoor trade was secretly sanctioned by higher-ups inside the Ministry, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement got wind of the illegal importing -- and had no idea that other people within the Ministry were involved. Tait Aldridge, the Auror assigned to the case was a little too good at his job and began tracing the snakes to their source. The Department of Mysteries Head of the time panicked. Unwilling to be responsible for wide-spread scandal, 'Mysteries terminated the project again and broke contract with smuggler Richard Burke, who was paid one last lump sum to take care of Aldridge before he talked. Burke murdered the Auror and then fled to Jordan.

Tait's death was a precipitous event for many characters. His fiancee, Tamis Raynor, was present for the ambush that took his life; it eventually spurred her to leave her career as a Healer and join the Aurors. It also had a major impact upon Tait's best friend, fellow Auror Jonas Trevelyan -- as well as on Tait's mother, Charisma Aldridge, who was left secretly in possession of the young man's diary after his death.

When the Runespoor Smuggling investigation reopened in 2008, Tamis (and later Jonas) got involved. There were hints that the current smuggling ring might have links to the 1994 incarnation, but everything seemed to die down after the Aurors got a series of busts during Summer 2009. It wasn't until January 2010, when Charisma Aldridge decided to come forward with more information, that it seemed like there was any way to finally make headway in investigating Tait's death...

Characters

The Good Guys


The Bad Guys


The Events Unfold

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After a quiet few months, the Runespoor Smuggling investigation is about to be officially closed. Tamis Raynor has always suspected that Charisma Aldridge had more information about the events that led up to the death of her son Tait. In a last ditch effort to get new information that could keep the case open, Tamis takes Auror Trainee Fauna Blake with her to pay a visit to Charisma at home. The visit ends disastrously...but perhaps it starts the wheels turning.
Lesson Not Just Magic Only. Lesson for Whole Life.
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For the second year in a row, on the anniversary of Tait's death, Jonas Trevelyan pays a visit to Tamis Raynor. Although they've steadily avoided any real talk of Tait in the past, this time around, the barriers manage to come down as they mourn their dead friend.
A Case of Identity
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As the new year begins, an unexpected guest pays a visit to Level Two. It is Charisma Aldridge, and after years of silence, she delivers Tait's secret journal to Tamis and Jonas. Though it is written in a strange code, the journal seems as if it must contain information that could be relevant to the case.
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“He told me I had to do somethin’. To promise him. He just seemed so scared.” Breaking, the witch clasped her mouth, breathing unsteadily as her eyes filled up. “Somethin’ had terrified him. He knew somethin’, about his case. But he wouldn’t tell me.” Her head was shaking. “I had to keep something but he wouldn’t tell me why. I had to hide the diary. No one could know. Not Ryan or anyone. Especially not the aurors.”Charisma Aldridge

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When working late one night, Daily Prophet reporter Niobe Thursby -- who had previously lost two fingers to a Runespoor while doing quite a bit of journalistic reporting on the smuggling investigation -- receives a strange package. When a full blown Runespoor escapes from inside, she immediately calls on Jonas Trevelyan. Together, they must work to trap the serpent.
The Tree of Knowledge Bears No Fruit
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In the early morning of the 2nd of November, the remains of seven dead Runespoor serpents were found on the shores of the Thames in East London.
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"Regardless of how the public might feel about Runespoors," commented Balfour Spectre, head of Beasts Division, "we must bear in mind that the mistreatment of creatures is strictly illegal and inhumane."Niobe Thursby


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