Dissendium Academy of Magic



Setting: Fall 2007; Ireland
Dissendium Academy is a school of magic hidden in Ballynahattin, an ancient landmark known as "Ireland's Stonehenge."

Blood Discrimination: Sentiments against muggles and muggle-borns are growing stronger every day. The gap between purebloods and halfbloods/muggle-borns widens.
House Rivalries: Misneach House has put together one of the strongest Quidditch teams Dissendium has seen in a long time, and the other Houses are of the opinion that they've have the Quidditch cup for too long.
The Fearghus: An ancient group developed to defend wizard-kind, they are now in this time of peace little more than errand-carriers for the various Counselors. The position as it is today is just a shadow of the glorious days of the past, but many of the Fearghus mourn for "the good old days."
The Pureblood Plan: Cormac MacFealltoir enlists the help of Maura Bradigan, the Fearghus, and other purebloods to help him purify the wizarding population in Ireland.


It was late. Cormac MacFealltoir, Deputy Head of the Department of Irish Relations, was not happy. He’d just given another private presentation to the High Counselor, Brion A. Munroe, about repealing the Statute of Secrecy in Ireland, and had, yet again, been shot down. He frowned. Munroe…he was a blood traitor if ever Cormac had seen one. He’d thought the High Counselor would agree with him. The Munroes, after all, were great supporters of the pureblood way of life. But no.

“I have to think about the community as a whole, Cormac,” Munroe had said. “A dramatic change like that would cause chaos…riots. Besides, think of what England might do. Shacklebolt is very big on Muggle tolerance.”

So Cormac was now sitting in his office, brooding. He was disappointed in his fellow purebloods. Hadn’t he had conversations with all of them, Munroe included, where all of them had agreed that Muggles were magicless scum? That they ought to be catering to wizards, not the other way around? Half-bloods and Muggle-borns were no better. As far as Cormac was concerned, they didn’t deserve magic.

There was a knock on the door, and Cormac looked up.

“Come in,” he said curtly. The door swung open and a woman, tall and regal, entered. Cormac smiled. Maura Bradigan, Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, was a pureblood and one of his avid supporters. She smiled at him.

“Maura,” he said, standing and leaning over his desk. They kissed each other’s cheeks and Maura sat down.

“How’d it go?” she asked. Cormac shook his head.

“Not well,” he said. “He’s too afraid of how the community will react.” He stood and sighed, walking to his bookshelf and leaning against it.

“Maura...would you please read the front page article of the copy of The Scully on my desk?”

Maura gave him a confused look, but took the newspaper and read the article. It was written by Kitty Beglan, and reported the events that had finished the year at Dissendium Academy: a student’s funeral, and the murder of another, who turned out to be merely the symptom of another student’s mental disorder.

“What on earth is that school coming to?” she muttered to herself. Cormac returned to his desk and looked up at her.

“It’s time to take things into our own hands, Maura.”