Lord Albus had called a meeting in the Great Hall. The Great Hall had once been the common room and refectory for a large number of students at Hogwarts Castle, but those days were long ago. The rows of benches, once used to seat the large student body, had been removed, and instead, a small circular table, enough to seat a dozen at most, sat in the middle of the room. It was dwarfed by the vast size of the hall and was illuminated by a collection of candles floating above in the centre of the room. On the ceiling of the Great Hall, an illusion created the image of a sky above, it was dark and overcast today, and a new enchantment had been added to the ceiling, which created a light drizzling of rain. The rain was an illusion, just like the roof, and it fell on the robed figures below, passing straight through them as they strode to the centre of the room.