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The End of an Era

 

London, 20th June: Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, the scion of the Malfoy Clan, today formally dissolved the Council of the Ten Tribes, in a meeting held at the Ministry of Magic. The Ten, as it is popularly known, can only be dissolved by a unanimous decision of the scions of the Five Famous Families, as the senior members of the Ten are also known. Due to the trouble with You-Know-Who, Mr. Malfoy is currently the only member of the Five who is alive and not imprisoned. In Mr. Malfoy’s words, “A sad ending to a glorious institution, which has played a major role in creating the society we know now.”

 

The Council of the Ten Tribes was founded in 1050, after the death of Helga Hufflepuff, in order to unite the barons of the land and help maintain Hogwarts. The original Ten had, as its members, the descendants of the Founding Four, as well as the scions of six other prominent Clans. Over the centuries, five of the  original Tribes died out and  five new Clans were admitted to the  Council. The last new Clan to be admitted were the Bones’ in 1679.   The five Tribes still remaining of the original Ten thereafter came to be known as the Five Famous Families and were nominated the senior members of the Council. All important decisions, in order to be taken, required the unanimous assent of the Families. The two most outstanding achievements of the Ten were the defeat of Lord Morgause de Malloy in 1375 by Lord Black and Lady le Fay, and the establishment of the Ministry of Magic in 1400. In fact, it is now thought that the rise of Lord de Malloy led the Council to realise that the time had come for Wizarding Britain to have a proper government, thus causing the formation of the Ministry of Magic.

 

The Ministry remained under the tutelage of the Council until 1467. Since then, the Council has  surrendered most of its duties to the Ministry as and when it has judged the Ministry to be capable of shouldering those responsibilities. This  has led several groups to claim that the  Council has long  outlived its usefulness and should now retire. But not even the staunchest supporter of democracy thought that the demise would occur in this fashion, or be announced by a devastated Mr. Malfoy, who is still mourning the death of some relatives and the imprisonment of others.

 

The Council of the Ten Tribes was founded by Harold Gryffindor, Cynric Slytherin, Brigida Hufflepuff, Freya Ravenclaw, Artorius du Lac, Seioris Black, Lucretia le Fay, Magnus Malfoy, Fiona Lestrange and Shamus Potter. The last meeting of the Ten, held in March, 1980, was attended by Sirius Black, Leila le Fay, Lucius Malfoy, Rodolphus Lestrange, James Potter, Frank Longbottom, Patrick Parkinson, Roxana Bulstrode (as regent on behalf of her daughter, Milicent), Brutus Yaxley and Edgar Bones.

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