The house is warded shut. When I was unable to enter, I visited your mother and she returned with me to try her key. That removed the locking spell as it ought to have done, but there are other wards on the house. I've been in and out of the house many times with Regulus, and have watched him use the key. There was no further unlocking charm, so far as I ever observed; it could have been keyed to his presence, but your mother, who has always been permitted entry before, was barred today.
I checked with the Floo administration, as well, and there's been no action from their end: the house has blocked its own fires.
I know Orion went to considerable lengths weaving protections around the house, but you might have supposed that with Walburga's death and Reg's it would have no further need to bar entry. Instead, it seems to have redoubled its wards.
I've sent a message to Rodolphus. If anyone can sort out what's gone wrong, he can.
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Date: 2010-05-20 08:06 pm (UTC)The house is warded shut. When I was unable to enter, I visited your mother and she returned with me to try her key. That removed the locking spell as it ought to have done, but there are other wards on the house. I've been in and out of the house many times with Regulus, and have watched him use the key. There was no further unlocking charm, so far as I ever observed; it could have been keyed to his presence, but your mother, who has always been permitted entry before, was barred today.
I checked with the Floo administration, as well, and there's been no action from their end: the house has blocked its own fires.
I know Orion went to considerable lengths weaving protections around the house, but you might have supposed that with Walburga's death and Reg's it would have no further need to bar entry. Instead, it seems to have redoubled its wards.
I've sent a message to Rodolphus. If anyone can sort out what's gone wrong, he can.