The rumor mill is very busy this morning. I've heard speculation drifting around about Yaxley having some kind of huge spat with Hopkirk yesterday, something about him getting outraged because the Aurors weren't answering to him. The timing is awfully suspicious, don't you think? I mean, I somehow doubt he keeled over from something as prosaic as a heart attack at his dinner table last night. More likely that someone took him out to shift the power struggle. Personally, I'd put my money on Bellatrix Lestrange.
As for Braithewaite, I dunno. Tonks is right; he doesn't have a very high public profile at all. Mid-career, and he seems to be aligned with Bella's faction in the department. I think he was involved somehow in the takedown of Dogstar, but I am not sure of the details. I'll see if I can find out more.
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The rumor mill is very busy this morning. I've heard speculation drifting around about Yaxley having some kind of huge spat with Hopkirk yesterday, something about him getting outraged because the Aurors weren't answering to him. The timing is awfully suspicious, don't you think? I mean, I somehow doubt he keeled over from something as prosaic as a heart attack at his dinner table last night. More likely that someone took him out to shift the power struggle. Personally, I'd put my money on Bellatrix Lestrange.
As for Braithewaite, I dunno. Tonks is right; he doesn't have a very high public profile at all. Mid-career, and he seems to be aligned with Bella's faction in the department. I think he was involved somehow in the takedown of Dogstar, but I am not sure of the details. I'll see if I can find out more.