the seven virtues [tom riddle]

chapter one

CHAPTER ONE

TRIGGER WARNING: death, slight gore

Magic is the one quality of the universe that defies all laws of existence.

Magic, unlike anything else of human essence, is a phenomenon that belongs to mystic beings, and has roamed Earth even before the creation of homo sapiens. It is the root of all products, and present in the amalgam of connections between every single reality. There are multiple types of sorcery, customarily divided by wizards into two main categories— dark and light.

That, however, much like any other adjective attributed, is subjective based on the person describing it. Dividing something into good and evil is a fallacy, for everything falls into one endless pit of grayness that mixes together to form a society. Magic is much like that, and to assume that the "heroes" use light, whereas the "villains" use dark, is only a misconception.

In some circumstances, those who see themselves as righteous are just as iniquitous as the antagonist, and to state that they should be idealistic and ethical is only an idea inforced by fairytales and fables. And, as we know, those are nothing but fiction, and do not represent the real tales of wars and crimes.

Sometimes, the hero gets to be a little twisted, a little macabre. Perhaps, they go insane, and if they enjoy killing, then— well, what is wrong with that? Their magic has dark origins, and even when they use it rightfully, it still wreaks havoc against the angelic, and dissipates light from the soul. They are not perfect; they are not a role model, nor have any redeeming attributes. No, they get to be the hero because they were selfish enough to understand that, at the end of the day, their survival depends on helping the "right" side.

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July 1944, Godric's Hollow

"— as Grindelwald continues to gain momentum in Western Europe and the attacks on Hogwarts persist, the wizarding world can only hope that the Department of International Magical Cooperation will start their defensive strategy soon enough. With the Statute of Secrecy being threatened as such, the silence from officials has certainly been unsettling. Could this be the fall of magic as we have come to know it?"