"The Daily Prophet is sad to announce the passing of Marion Rowle who died last night after a short illness. Our thoughts are with her family at this sad time."
-The Daily Prophet, Obituaries, 8th July 1998.
On 14th July 1998, Marion was buried in the garden of her house in Tetreton-en-Fayre, Kent, not far from the riverbank after a short funeral in the local church. The Ministry of Magic made no comment on her death and the reaction of Kingsley Shacklebolt, Minister for Magic, was unknown but he spoke at her funeral.
He served as Minister for Magic for over twenty years, working with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger in particular to reform the Ministry and make lasting changes to the wizarding world. On Christmas Day 1998, less than six months after her death, Child Internship was made illegal.
On Valentines' Day 2004, Thorfinn Rowle was found dead in his cell in Azkaban, of unknown causes. He was 59 years old.
In 2006, Adelaide Lucy Stanley attended Hogwarts School for the first time and was sorted into Hufflepuff House. She achieved good marks in her OWLs and NEWTs and specialises in Ancient Runes, which she hopes to utilise fully in her career as a magical historian.
Nobody knew who she really was.
She was slender and graceful.
She was shrewish and emaciated.
She had a beautiful smile.
Her eyes were grey and cold.
She was honest and generous with her time.
She was a calculating schemer.
She was naive and a gossip.
She was wise and noble.
She was foolish, irreverent and faithless.
She was deceptive.
She was witty and clever.
She was ignorant and ill-educated.
She was shamelessly blunt.
She was idealistic. She was cunning. She was devious.
She had a plain face and bad teeth. She was like a spider. She was loveable. The entire Ministry was afraid of her. Impossible.
"But the greatest glory is not boasted of, not blasted out with trumpets. The greatest glory is the kind that flames inside, that does not fade when the celebrations are over and the players are dead. The greatest glory goes unseen, but never dies."