closed New connections pv Emery Albrecht

Motif Grief is Evidence of Love	Languages German English Russian French Spanish Japanese Swahili Samoan Thoughts	Age 44
Mentioning/Interacting @Célestine de la Croix-Valmer	Location Durmstrang	IC Date 31 October 2024

xxxxx Emery Albrecht had barely received the position of headmaster the day before and he was swamped with connecting students to healers to address the trauma the entire generation of students around the world had experienced. There was also the necessity of grieving well, and he was planning a memorial for the students who had tragically passed away and their former headmistress. During this moment, when the future lives of Durmstrang's students, professors, and himself were on the precipice of destiny. This was a time of great pain and Emery Albrecht's mind accused him of bringing the curse of death upon his school. His child had passed away while Emery had been abroad. Adelheid had been thirteen and she had been with her friends when they had snuck outside to explore the city at night. She was sadly left alone on accident according to her friends. Adelheid had experienced the worst of humanity that night, the worst of humanity that a young girl might experience.

xxxxxThe perpetrators had left her alone in the cold, and Emery’s partner had found out their daughter was missing when picking her up at the friends’ home after the sleepover. She had passed away in the cold on that street, unable to call for help because she did not have enough energy after how much damage her body had undergone to grab her wand. Emery and his partner had separated under the inability to work through their own guilt of feeling that it was both their faults that she passed away. His partner had soon passed away after that in a freak potions accident. Emery had not been living in the same country as his partner at the time. His partner had been experimenting on trying to create a cure for werewolf bites, a potion beyond wolfsbane, when the cauldron exploded onto his partner, and the corrosive nature of the potion was too severe for healers, causing his partner to soon pass away. Emery often felt guilty, incredibly guilty. This guilt was rooted in his identity at this point of his life, having spent years with the desperate realisation that death had come to quickly to both his lover and his child and that he could have done something to help them! It felt the same with Pyre as the press had begun to call it. These children and his headmistress were deceased and though it was not entirely his fault, he had been paranoid and he could have quickly investigated the surroundings. He had made the mistake of trusting that everything would be safe even though he did not feel it to be. However, it would not do for Emery to wallow in this guilt, for his job was to help these students not have survivor’s guilt, not be forever stuck in pain as teenagers and young adults.

xxxxxThis was the thought that was upon Albrecht’s mind when the owl came through his window. He beckoned it over and it dropped a letter from the newly appointed Célestine de la Croix-Valmer of Beauxbatons. He read through the letter with great focus, considering the words with squinted eyes.

xxxxxThere was indeed a unity in pain perhaps. A school tie would be beneficial in this new era. There was something afoot in the political machinations of the world around the academic. There was a possibility that this was an attack against the recent policy changes or general terrorism against the modern world. Emery would benefit from a tie with the very long established academic world of France, and even his students could benefit from knowing that there were students across in a completely different country who understood the same pain of losing a headmaster or headmistress and fellow classmates. The language of grief trespassed cultural and linguistic barriers. Perhaps indeed, this would be a great tie indeed.

xxxxxAfter having read the letter, Emery carefully pondered and prepared his own letter.

𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘵
𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦
31 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 2024

𝘊é𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘓𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘹-𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘳
𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘹𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤

xxxxx 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘹𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴.

xxxxx 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦.

xxxxx 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘱. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘈𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.

𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴,

Célestine de la Croix-Valmer
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
31 October 2024

Emery Albrecht
Durmstrang Institute

Grief, unfortunately, is not a stranger to me, but I am saddened by the fact that children had to face it in such a cruel way and so early. Indeed, most of them were and still are in shock and have to go through therapy. Now most likely trying to not have survivor guilt. I hope that our unity can help them find peace and learn to live again. I hope you can not blame yourself for that tragedy, as it's impossible to be ready for this or to be in multiple places at the same time.

I also came to the position as a result of this tragedy and otherwise wouldn't even think about ever taking this position. But as we are now new headmasters let's do our best to give our students a better sense of safety. They need to learn how to protect themselves, and we need to learn how to be better prepared to protect or save them.

A tie between schools could be considered an easier target. Unless we make our connection so strong that we can't be used against each other. The world is already in enough chaos, and I am seeking some peace and sense of safety across our students. A unity in such time can also bring us closer and figure out a new way of protection. Let's honor lives and work on a better future for the children that are relying on us.

Best regards,