Albus had managed to step up to the dais, moving painfully. With his wand gone, he could not levitate his golden throne back up to the dais, so could not sit. Which was a problem, because after the fall he had taken, his hips hurt. The soldiers who were standing in front of him were looking murderous, now that the young soldier with the gold band on his wand had undone Albus’s two Confunduses.