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Part 1 of Magic's Paladin
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The Little Black Dress Collection, Crossroads writings
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Published:
2020-06-07
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2020-06-13
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Darkness of the Scavenger

Summary:

Dreams are all that sustain him here in this dark place, dreams of his life before and a hope to one day escape from captivity. But then, one day the dreams evolve. A mysterious creature, a black scavenger, is haunting him, warning of dangers, calling for him to change, to protect the realm. As light comes at last, Percival shuts his eyes from the glare and promises… he will be faithful to the charge of Magic.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: Story Notes and Character References

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Universe Notes and Cast Pictures

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(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

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Story Notes

For this story, Sentinels have basically faded into legend, as the circumstances that lead to their coming online (extreme isolation while in danger for extended periods of time) are rare.

Guides, on the other hand, are common, though they lack many of the powers that they would have if bonded.

Generally, unbonded Guides show some signs of their status by manifesting one or more of the common mental gifts. For example, Queenie has Legilimency, Newt has Empathy, Albus Dumbledore has a less powerful strain of Legilimency and Charisma, and Gellert Grindelwald has Charisma. Obscurials form when juvenile Guides are exposed to significant mental abuse, especially from those who should be their loved ones.

Regarding Spirit Animals

Sentinels and Guides in the Wizarding World are matched to Magical Creatures.

Each Spirit Animal has a corporeal form, and if a Sentinel or Guide (latent or online) encounters their spirit animal they tend to form a Familiar bond with that animal. Otherwise, the spirit animals are present but not corporeal.

While I am using creatures from the film (Nundu, Demiguise) for Newt and Queenie's spirit animals, I decided to come up with my own Magical Creature for Percival's spirit animal.

Pelles is a Harpy, whose physical appearance is similar to that of a Vulture (the cast image is a Black Vulture, which I got to see the other day and are quite beautiful).

Since we've already got bird-women in the Harry Potter universe with Veela, I decided that Harpies here would be the Magical equivalent of Vultures. They are the original 'Death Eaters', Magical Beasts who consume the byproducts of Death Magic, eg Necromancy, Black rituals, etc. and thus cleanse the sites where such magics are performed. However, because they are only seen in the aftermath of nasty incidents they have a bad reputation among many as being the cause of Death Magic instead of a ‘natural clean-up crew’.

Cast Pictures

Percival Graves

Percival Graves - Sentinel:
Played by Colin Farrell

 Pelles the Harpy

Pelles the Harpy -
Percival's Spirit Animal
Newt Scamander

Newton 'Newt' Scamander - Guide:
Played by Eddie Redmayne

 Rosie the Nundu

Rosie the Nundu -
Newt's Spirit Animal
Goldstein Sisters

Queenie Goldstein - Guide & her sister Tina - Mundane:
Played by Allison Sudol and Katherine Waterstone

 Dougal the Demiguise

Dougal the Demiguise -
Queenie's Spirit Animal

Notes:

From the original story summary: "I've been playing with the characters of Newt Scamander and Percival Graves for one of my other stories, as well as the topic of Obscurials, so I was inspired to try a Sentinel/Guide story with those characters and elements."