Recaps

Albert helped bring Umbridge to justice, prepared a secret wedding as bait for the Death Eaters, and moved his family to France as Voldemort’s war escalated. The arc ended with Scrimgeour and the Order preparing for the trap while Voldemort sent his forces after a false wedding location.

• Albert helped Harry expose Umbridge’s abuses, and the Wizengamot sentenced her to life in Azkaban.
• Albert finished his exams, left Hogwarts, and refused Scrimgeour’s offer of a Ministry position while proposing a wedding ambush using disguised Aurors.
• Voldemort ordered Lucius Malfoy to kill Albert, while Albert moved Mrs. McDougal to safety and arranged for his wedding to take place secretly in France.
• Albert advised Fred and George to expand their defensive products, hire Lupin, and help ordinary wizards protect themselves.
• Voldemort killed Amelia Bones and Emiline Vance, and Albert told Isabelle that his warnings had failed to save Amelia.
• Albert and Isabelle traveled to France, where they arranged the wedding under the Fidelius Charm and moved Albert’s family and friends to safety.
• Scrimgeour planned to use the wedding to capture or kill Death Eaters, while Voldemort accepted false information that placed Albert’s wedding at a Devon manor.
• Fred and George told the Weasleys and Fleur that the Silver Card’s wedding details were false and that the real wedding would take place abroad after the twelfth.

Albert and Isabelle married amid a Death Eater assault that Scrimgeour turned into a costly defeat for Voldemort’s forces. As Dumbledore’s curse and Draco’s assignment to kill him drew the conflict closer, Albert protected his business and warned those around him while the Malfoys faced growing danger.

• McNeil led giants and Death Eaters through Somerset, and Scrimgeour prepared an Auror ambush at Albert’s wedding.
• Lucius Malfoy’s forces attacked the wedding, but Albert joined Dumbledore in driving them off as the Aurors captured and killed several attackers.
• Scrimgeour took office and set wartime measures in motion, while Albert married Isabelle and shared a warning about Ravenclaw’s Diadem with Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore found the Resurrection Stone in Marvolo Gaunt’s ring, destroyed its Horcrux, and suffered a life-draining curse that Snape contained.
• Voldemort ordered Draco to kill Dumbledore, and Albert told Isabelle that Dumbledore’s cursed hand could leave him dead within a year or two.
• Nicholas and Perenal died peacefully, and Albert found Nicolas’s letter revealing a map to an alchemy workshop keyed to the Ouroboros Ring.
• Albert’s fireworks and spells defeated a raid on his shops, and he moved operations to a safe house after learning Death Eaters had backed the attack.
• Fred and George arranged to bring Zoko into their business, while Snape warned Narcissa, Draco, and Bellatrix not to provoke Albert and said he would take over if Draco failed.

Albert helped Dumbledore destroy Slytherin’s Locket and worked with the Ministry and Order of the Phoenix to build defenses and bait Death Eaters into an ambush. As the conflict widened and the Ministry sought international help, Albert learned that Cedric was in trouble.

• Dumbledore asked Albert to find Slytherin’s Locket, then recovered it from Mundungus and destroyed it with Gryffindor’s Sword, realizing Harry carried another soul fragment.
• Albert proposed a joint Ministry and Order of the Phoenix defense institute, and Scrimgeour approved the plan while arranging training, safe houses, and covert support for Harry’s allies.
• Kingsley rescued Kenneth from Death Eaters, and Albert helped use him as bait in a Ministry ambush near a false safe house.
• Bellatrix led a large raid against the supposed hiding place, but Scrimgeour’s Aurors and the Order ambushed the Death Eaters, killing Rodolphus and capturing Rabastan before Alecto escaped with Bellatrix.
• Voldemort punished Bellatrix and ordered his plans advanced, while Snape reported to Dumbledore that Albert’s prophecy warned of Dumbledore’s death and that Albert had knowingly joined the conflict.
• Harry resumed Dumbledore’s Army gatherings as students sought practical defense lessons, while Snape told Malfoy to have Bellatrix prepare an attack on the injured Dumbledore.
• Fred, George, and Lee welcomed Truman and Cedric into the Defense Association’s underground base, while Albert continued writing a defense guide and searching for safe houses.
• Scrimgeour appealed to the International Confederation of Wizards for Auror support, but Albert doubted aid would arrive, and he received an urgent message that Cedric was in trouble.

Albert rescued Cedric from Death Eaters, uncovered plots against Dumbledore, and helped Hermione get her family out of England after Cassandra Vablatsky’s final prophecy. The story left Harry preparing to gather support through the Defense Association while Voldemort continued pursuing Albert.

• Albert used a tracking spell to find Cedric, rescued him from the Death Eaters, and discovered that an Imperiused student had exposed the Defense Association.
• After Voldemort arrived at Bellatrix’s trap, Albert escaped with Fred, George, and Lee Jordan and told Dumbledore that Voldemort was using Cassandra Vablatsky to locate him.
• Dumbledore revealed his plan to have Snape kill him and asked Albert to kill Voldemort if Harry failed to do so.
• Draco’s cursed necklace injured Katie Bell, and Snape ordered Draco to repair the Vanishing Cabinet so Death Eaters could enter Hogwarts.
• Cassandra made a final prophecy that Scrimgeour would die by Voldemort’s hand, then Voldemort killed her and her family.
• Albert deciphered Cassandra’s coded message and helped Hermione move her parents to Australia after Voldemort used them as bait to target him.
• Hermione returned to Hogwarts and told Harry and Ron how Albert had saved her family, while Harry considered using the Defense Association to gather supporters.