The Raven Prophecy

"''The Opposers of Secrecy shall once more become known to wizardkind... for the vernal months will see them emerge from a third of a millennium's exile... the life of the Great Raven's heir will be saved by one whom he has crossed, and the course will thus begin... the heir's bloodline will extinguish that of another house... one of the Sacred Seven forever vanquished... and The Greater will once more become known..." — Bianca Rey's prophecy made to Sebastian Lestrange''

The Raven Prophecy, also known as Bianca Rey's First Prophecy, refers to the prophecy made by Bianca Rey to Sebastian Lestrange in the dungeons boys' bathroom in spring of 2020.

The prophecy predicts the reemergence of the Maiorem, a radical heritage institution advocating for the abolition of the 1689 Statute of Secrecy. Then the prophecy's contents speak of the "Great Raven's heir," which have been interpreted to refer to the heir to the Lestrange Embassy in London (The Lestrange sigil is the Raven). Since the Lestrange Challenge in December of 2021, the title of heir has been held by Sebastian Lestrange, the second son of Decimus and Eileithyia Lestrange. In 2022, after Sebastian's life was saved by Chase Reynolds, whose blood he stole on the Quidditch pitch two years prior (thus crossing her), the course of the prophecy was set into motion. The sudden, somewhat unrelated deaths of all three remaining members of the Molyneaux family (one of the Sacred Seven), resulted in Luc de Salle's becoming the last surviving member of the Molyneaux bloodline — Luc's late mother, Marion, was the younger sister of embassy host Pierre Molyneaux. In accordance with the prophecy, the Lestrange Family causes the Molyneaux bloodline to "extinguish" when Sebastian (Lestrange) and Luc make an Unbreakable Vow that the latter subsequently breaks. Luc's death, the prophecy's contents, and the indefinite fate of the Paris embassy, ultimately cause the Maiorem to come out of hiding.

History
Famously (at least for Magical Historians and those who pay attention to Professor Binns's lectures), The Maiorem was defeated in both political and violent conflict arenas in the years leading up the the passage of the Statute of Secrecy. At the time an alliance of powerful families scattered throughout Europe, The Maiorem voiced its support of blood supremacy laws and, of course, the dominance of magical folk over muggles. However, the Maiorem existed well before the Secrecy Doctrine began.

The seven most powerful of the pure-blooded families in the Maiorem made up the Sacred Seven, and each member of the Seven held an important regulatory role in the Maiorem. Throughout their existence of almost four hundred years,