It was a game of cat-and-mouse Voldemort played with Dumbledore, with Harry as his willing puppet. The Order. The Unspeakables. Countless Ministry workers. Cornelius Fudge. They could not have set this up more perfectly. Now Voldemort, their boogeyman, was back. Lord Thomas Cadmus Peverell would have no problems to endear himself to the Wizengamot, granting support in such difficult times.