It is not well understood why Kaidan Rockwell-Hawthorne committed these horrific acts of brutality, though he claimed later in life that he regretted them deeply, and he would take them back if he could. He was convicted of murder in a bench trial and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in Dartmoor prison. Quickly after this, most of his previous friends and acquaintances distanced themselves - Jasmine Hawthorne publically condemned his actions as immoral and evil, Fiona Lauchlan was heard to comment that he was “an immense disappointment… he could have been great, but he squandered his potential”, and his mother Wendy's visits were extremely uncommon as she preferred to live her own life rather than mourn for the loss of her son's.

The only acquaintances that stuck with him were his uncle John Rockwell, who visited him occasionally, and Ashely Graham. Ashley was a fellow student of evocation at Bedivere Hall, thought to be mentally unstable, who purposefully and severely wounded a Hammer agent in the hopes of being sent to Dartmoor and continuing her relationship with Kaidan. In this, she was successful, and they grew closer together during the hours they could spend with each other, eventually getting married within the walls of Dartmoor. It is said that Kaidan, with a great albeit twisted mind, was growing bored and frustrated in prison, and Ashley was challenging and interesting enough to keep Kaidan from losing the will to carry on, and as he needed her, he grew to appreciate her as much as she already appreciated him. A decidedly odd pair, they kept entertained in any way they could, and grew old three cells down from each other.

When Kaidan died of natural causes at the age of 63, fourty years of incarceration taking its toll on him, Ashley was found dead from suicide in her cell the day after. They were buried together in the same plot of land just outside the prison.

It's interesting to consider what could have been of Kaidan Rockwell-Hawthorne, in a different place, at a different time. Looking at letters sent by Wilhemina Featherstonehaugh before her death, she had him pinned as a potential future master of Bedivere Hall. How different could the world have been if circumstance had not conspired to drive Kaidan to such a brutal crime, and a great, powerful mind had not been locked behind bars? We will never know.

– excerpt from “Deadly Arts - A History of Magical Crimes”