Sebastian has asked me to visit his sister with him to cheer her up. She’s been cursed, and it appears to be incurable. She’s left Hogwarts to live in the village of Feldcroft with their uncle.
Throughout my time knowing Sebastian he’s been looking for a cure, and he’s very determined to get his sister back to the way she used to be.
The uncle is strict and abrupt. Anne is sick and that’s the end of it. (He’s an unpleasant, angry fellow.) He has no patience for Sebastian’s curiosity and determination.
Sebastian takes me to the nearby, ruined estate where Anne was cursed. We fight through Ranrok’s Loyalists, and then look for clues. The home has been abandoned for years, although rumor says a Hogwarts professor once lived here.
Now I recognize the view from the yard. This was Isidora’s house when she was a child. It’s the scene I saw in Rackham’s memory. On the other side of the village is Rookwood castle.
We find a blackened portrait. Someone destroyed it on purpose; the inhabitant can no longer visit here.
In the house basement is a magic door to Hogwarts’ Undercroft, the place that Ominis learned about from his family.
When we step through, one of the Undercroft walls glows blue, and then a triptych magically appears. One panel has a landscape picture. Another panel has a small note, a rune diagram used by the Keepers.
Sebastian’s been thinking: What if Anne was cursed by a form of ancient magic wielded by the goblins? They’re digging at Isidora’s estate and at Rookwood’s castle. (It’s a logical conclusion.)
But I tell him that I see no glow around Anne. It probably isn’t what happened. Eventually we will learn who cursed Anne, but why it’s unbreakable is never explained.
Meanwhile, autumn is in full swing at Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.
Happy Halloween season, gamers.