Wiki plot chapter: Corpus Inversus

So!  The Corpus Inversus plot has been going on for a bit now, and we've been chatting behind the scenes about having a third corpse pop up soon.    A couple of people had expressed interest about getting involved, so I wanted to put up a plotting topic in case anyone is interested in jumping in.

The Story So Far
In early August 2009, a member of the Wizengamot was found murdered horrifically at the Tower of London.  When the Aurors began looking into his death, they discovered that there might be a connection to Gringotts Bank.  Two Cursebreakers had visited the Wizengamot Elder a few days earlier, trying to convince him to sell a mysterious harvest mask that was goblin made.  It was determined that the Elder was killed by dark magic, but few clues turned up. 

Two months later, another corpse was found:  This time that of a Gringotts Arithmancer who had handled the Wizengamot member's Gringotts account.  Again, horrific murder, horrible dark magic, found in a public Muggle location, few clues to help.

Since then, the Aurors have been investigating.  Jonas Trevelyan and Cameron Rosier found a possible lead in October, when they found a dead girl in an abandoned Knockturn Alley tailor shop.  But though the girl was identified, her death is not positively connected to the case.  (And the boyfriend that she ran away with is still missing.)

Rosier recently returned from some time abroad, claiming that he found the Harvest Mask in Morocco, but whether or not it is the real missing mask remains to be seen.

How can characters get involved?
The third corpse that is definitely linked to the Corpus Inversus investigation will be found in London in late January.  Who it is can be up for discussion -- we were talking about it being the boyfriend of the dead girl from the dress shop, but if someone has another NPC who could conceivably be connected to the case, that would be awesome too. 

The plan is for the third corpse to once again be found in a public Muggle location -- but this time, the Muggle press will pick up on it before the Ministry has a chance to get on the scene.  MLE characters can respond, MA&C can be on the scene -- characters who spend time in the Muggle world can also be present.

If anyone is interested in getting a character involved more long-term, we can come up with ways to link people in too!  Rosier and Raizel could bring others with them to Morocco -- or maybe someone else who's looking for the Harvest Mask could try to pull people in to help find it.  A character could stumble across useful information, or I could also have Jonas go to someone to ask for help with the investigation.

Anyway, if anyone is interested in getting involved, give a shout!  It would be fun to pull more characters in. 

Admete will certainly be up for involvement with this, though I'd expect it'd be more supervisory on her part. I'd love to have Aisling involved on the immediate scene as well, that's very much her sort of situation.

MAC will be in as far as we can to help

I know we're sort of swinging it towards goblins looking like the culprits, but I was looking from one victim to the next and wondering if not the boyfriend, what about a goblin?

Oooh, wow!  A goblin murder would be really cool!  And that would be something awesome for the Muggle press to pick up on.     Strange tiny malformed man found turned inside out in the middle of Trafalgar Square or something?  I love that.  Maybe the Muggle please-men end up holding the boyfriend as a suspect instead, as another total headache for the Ministry?

Socks, if you're interested, we could do a scene with Jonas and Admete after the third murder!  It makes sense that she'd want to talk to the Aurors involved and see where the investigation stands when it heats up again. 

I have a couple people I can throw at you if you want.

First, I have Jacqueline, who can be around to examine the Harvest Mask, since her specialty has always been history and historical artifacts.

Then I have Henry, who's a quarter goblin himself. Though he's now employed at Hogwarts, he was once a Gringotts Arithmancer - and I'd assume that the goblin side of his family still works for Gringotts. So if you go for a goblin death, it's quite possible that you can kill off one of Henry's relatives. He's also around for questioning and such if you need.

Oooh, wow!  A goblin murder would be really cool!  And that would be something awesome for the Muggle press to pick up on.     Strange tiny malformed man found turned inside out in the middle of Trafalgar Square or something? 

Muggles would totally think it was an alien...!

Socks and I once talked about conspiracy theorists amongst the Muggles and how they are often useful to the Muggle Worthy Excuse committee in providing Muggle excuses for things.

Didn't you and I chat about the thought of one turning up in the gold vaults of the Bank of England? Either that or it might have just been a magical-criminal situation where it would puzzle Muggles at how someone can appear in the vault (but we digressed to how it might be likely that the wizarding world do protect things like gold reserves in the muggle world from such criminals with spells and conveniently placed magical operatives?)

Ahh, yes!  Michael, it would be awesome to get Jacqueline involved.  If her specialty is historical artifacts, you might be interested in throwing her into the Grindelwald plotting too?  I think someone is going to attempt to steal a Grindelwald-era artifact from the National Museum of Wizarding History, so maybe she could be called in to look at it afterwards and see what exactly it does.

But we could totally use her in the mask stuff too!  I think Rosier and Raizel are going to head to Morocco to look for the mask; maybe she somehow invites herself along, or is assigned to the team?

Do you have any of Henry's goblin relatives written up?  I love the idea of using them!  (And thus pulling Henry in -- I feel like Arithmancy has to be involved somehow!)

Yeah, hahaha, Kit.  We could do inside the Bank of England, for sure.    I have this mental image of Jonas getting a call on his cell phone from his wife to start the scene -- sort, of a "Dear, you might find it a bit interesting as to what everyone in the office is watching on television..." moment.  He could be talking to somebody up on the street above the Ministry, and maybe once they hear, they're all off and running?

An Admete/Jonas thread would be wonderful for checking in.

At the Bank of England sounds fun-Aisling would be on the scene very quickly for that, I expect, though there's a little bit of time in late Jan where she wouldn't be instantly available.

Rocking! I was thinking late-er January -- are there dates that do work for Aisling?

I'm going to try and write something up on the four hour flight that I'm about to board. If anyone else wants in on the scene, give a shout!

The 26th or later would be the best for Aisling, if that works out.

I'm totally penning up a response to the Grindlewald plotting page too! I don't wanna seem like a plot-hog, so if you only wanna use Jacqueline OR Henry, that's cool. I'm sure she can wheedle Ward into letting her do pretty much anything, so long as it gets her out of the office and out of his hair.

I doooooooon't have Henry's relatives written up yet, but I can totally do that in no time at all, so that shouldn't be a problem, and if you guys just wanna make up a goblin, I can work him/her into Henry's family somehow. Other than the creature feature going on with the DoM, Jacqueline's totally open for whatever dates - and Henry might be a bit delayed, since he's at Hogwarts and all.

Sissel has been pitched close to this plot, being a friend of the second victim, but this was mainly from crossing over with the last hanging plot thread from the Missing Muhra Glass plot (mainly where is it?)

The only ways I can think of Sissel being roped into this one would include:

- examining the related artifact, the Harvest Mask (like Jacqueline, using the History of Magic professorship to consulting effect)
- time manipulation shenanigans being involved with the next murder, goblin or otherwise
- Sissel's discovery of a Note or Some Significant Package that the second victim, his buddy Terrence Dawlish, meant for him to find that would introduce new clues about the murders. This would also be cool as the Corpus Inversous seems to heavily involve Gringotts (with an arithmancer and goblin death)

I was talking to Alex Belisario and he expressed interest in this plot as well! Since he works as an information broker, it would be neat if he provided some sort of an important clue. 

Hey! These are some AWESOME ideas - so excited I saw this thread/Sparky PM'd it <.<

I know I've been kind of MIA (apologies EVERYWHERE, especially regarding this plot), but I'd love to get Archer back into this and back into the investigation, if that's at all possible.   

I also have Josephine St. Just (one of the curse breakers) who would be more than willing to get involved (or at least I would be more than willing - she's reticent).  She wouldn't accompany Raizel to Morocco, but perhaps something here - maybe even with Sissel and investigating related artifacts? 

We can also chat more about it, since Archer and Joie were part of it at the beginning, but both could very easily move away, if need arises. 

I am definitely be interested to be involved with this as well.  Alex can dig up some key information towards it but what he finds out and the capacity of Alex's involvement is something we'll have to go over.