There comes a time when the way a society wages war changes. At that moment, it must adapt or face extinction. During Harry's fourth year, change is afoot, and the wizzarding world is in for a rude awakening after centuries of stagnation.

Sometimes there are things in your family's past, which you feel you must confront. Sometimes it is bigger, and your entire town, state or nation bears the weight of a past coruption. On a otherwise perfectly normal summer day, a German auror is confronted by his country's history, which seems to revolve around something called 'Odins Wrath'... Oneshot

The Sf- and Fantasy rulebooks clearly state each battle needs a speech. Here is my attempt at making the Battle for Hogwarts suitably heroic. What if Neville had taken lessons in oration?