The Department of Magical Crimes (DMC)

  • HQ: The Tannery, a crumbling, ancient warehouse in Croydon, London.
  • Legal Status: Operates under a centuries-old Royal Charter, making it difficult to dissolve but easy to sideline.
  • Reputation: Known as the “dumping ground” for brilliant but problematic officers from other departments. It’s where careers go to die, but also where the strangest cases land.
  • Bureaucracy: Hamstrung by modern Ministry of Arcane Security (Ministry of Arcane Security) red tape and its own arcane, often contradictory, internal regulations.