Board Thread:Theories/@comment-26600747-20180429150407/@comment-26415426-20180506114223

3. Hiram is using this situation to his advantage to try and drive Archie toward the darkness. Hiram was behind the Red Circle (he put the idea in Archie's head, really), the 'Dark Circle' was also formed for Hiram's cause and he's currently using the group and had Hermione publicly label Archie as the head of the group. He's now using Reggie to the same ends he was using Archie. I think it's a terror tactic to either punish Archie or bring him back to the 'dark side'. Or both.