Chapter Summaries

Albert urged Dumbledore to let Harry help restore order in Britain, using the work to refocus him. Harry, Hermione, and Ron joined Sirius and the Order of the Phoenix in confronting Dark Wizards, and their actions helped calm the wizarding world.

• Dumbledore questioned Albert about using Fiendfyre on the Horcrux in the Lestrange vault, then warned him about the chaos in Britain and Voldemort’s efforts to replace Death Eaters.
• Albert suggested Harry handle the unrest so he could fulfill his role as The Boy Who Lived and adjust his mindset, and he said he would contact Kingsley.
• Kingsley convened the Order of the Phoenix to discuss a plan, and Sirius agreed to supervise Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the field.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron spent several days finding no Dark Wizards, then defeated a group attempting to commit evil deeds.
• The Order spread news of Harry’s heroics, intimidating Dark Wizards and helping Britain move toward peace.

Sirius brought Harry and his friends back to Order of the Phoenix headquarters after the Order learned Voldemort was using Dark Wizards as bait to draw out Harry and the resistance. With Harry gone, the Dark Wizards’ violence spread through Britain, leaving Diagon Alley looted and a European black market taking shape.

• Sirius told Harry, Ron, and Hermione to return to headquarters after an informant revealed that the Ministry was tracking Harry and the Dark Wizards’ attacks were bait.
• Sirius explained that Voldemort’s strategy was meant to draw out the Order and the Defense Association, while Harry’s capture or death promised Death Eaters a reward.
• Harry and his friends returned safely to headquarters, leaving the Death Eaters who had tracked them to find an empty campsite.
• Dark Wizards resumed their attacks across Britain as Harry’s deterrence faded, and others arrived from across Europe to commit crimes under Voldemort’s name.
• Dark Wizards looted Diagon Alley’s shops and began robbing wizarding homes, while Gringotts stayed protected by Ministry guards.
• A black market formed in Diagon Alley, drawing Dark Wizards from across Europe.

Snape confronted the Death Eaters over the chaos their plan had unleashed across the British wizarding world, but the group refused to let the disorder end while they still hoped to draw out the Defense Association. He left suspecting that Albert had engineered the crisis to force neutral wizards to oppose Voldemort.

• Snape interrupted the Death Eaters’ meeting and warned Yaxley that their plan had failed to lure out the Defense Association or the Order of the Phoenix.
• Pius Shinkle and Snape argued that the spreading chaos could destroy the British wizarding world, but the Death Eaters decided to keep it going to attract the Defense Association.
• After the meeting, Yaxley told Snape that McNeil had proposed the plan and that the Death Eaters were desperate to retain their status.
• McNeil and Alecto joined Yaxley and Snape, and Alecto defended leading the chaos rather than letting the Death Eaters become disorganized.
• Snape warned that the chaos would make every wizard their enemy and suspected Albert was using it to push neutral wizards into supporting Harry Potter against Voldemort.

Albert warned the Defense Association that the Death Eaters were baiting them into a deadly trap and refused to let them intervene in the growing chaos. He and Shanna discussed the motives behind the unrest and the risks to their members, leaving the association under orders to stay out of the conflict.

• Albert told the Defense Association members that the Death Eaters were targeting them and warned that joining the fight would likely lead to failure and death.
• Albert explained that Voldemort planned to replace some Death Eaters, prompting them to attack the association to prove their worth.
• Albert told the members that the Ministry's Aurors could curb the chaos but were standing by instead.
• Shanna worried that association members might take the bait or face threats against their families, while Albert said they could do only so much to help.
• Albert refused to let the association join forces with the Order of the Phoenix or hunt Dark Wizards, and the members followed his orders despite their complaints.

The Order of the Phoenix discussed how the Death Eaters had created chaos to lure them into a trap, with the Ministry of Magic allowing the attacks to continue. They chose to urge wizards to defend themselves while offering covert support, leaving the final battle for later.

• Sirius Black warned the Order that the Ministry of Magic was controlled by the Death Eaters and that intervening openly could expose them to betrayal.
• Lupin reported that Dark Wizards had looted nearly every shop in Diagon Alley and killed several shopkeepers while the Ministry did nothing.
• Kingsley proposed using broadcasts, letters, and newspapers to encourage wizards to resist, and Sirius Black cited Albert's principle of saving those who save themselves.
• Harry argued that wizards could resist if they had learned from Albert's Self-Defense Guide and rejected Ron's idea of mobilizing everyone.
• The Order decided to encourage resistance and provide discreet support rather than enter the Death Eaters' trap or begin an all-out war.

Albert ended the Fiendfyre training by warning Harry, Ron, and Hermione to prepare carefully for the dangers ahead. After Albert left, Hermione urged Harry to have a child with Ginny before the final battle, giving Ginny a reason to stay out of the war and a future if Harry died.

• Albert praised Hermione's progress, criticized Ron's lack of resolve, and encouraged him to keep supporting his friends by promising help finding a way to make money after the war.
• Hermione objected to Albert's harsh words, but he insisted the trio needed to prepare for breaking into Gringotts and destroying the object.
• Hermione reminded Ron and Harry that plans and preparation mattered, and brought up Charlie's death as a disaster that might have been prevented.
• Hermione told Harry that he should have a child with Ginny, arguing that the child could give them hope and protect Ginny from joining the final battle.
• Harry worried that he might die and leave Ginny with a child, but Hermione said Ginny and the child could live on the Potter fortune if he did not survive.

Albert let Fred's group rescue the Spinnet couple without authorization, then trained the Defense Association members who had stayed behind. After the rescue went smoothly, the group returned to hear warnings that the wizarding world was nearing a breaking point and that the Death Eaters might begin massacring Muggles.

• Shanna told Albert that Fred and two others had taken five people from headquarters to help Aaliyah's family, and Albert chose not to interfere.
• Shanna gave Albert the Association's recent accounts, and he decided to focus on training members to fight Dark Wizards rather than on their profits.
• Fred's group escorted the Spinnet couple to a shelter without encountering any Dark Wizards.
• Albert gave the members at headquarters a combat lesson, and Fred complained that it was punishment for leaving without permission.
• Angelina described how frightened people had become, while Fred said they had repeatedly checked the Spinnet couple's identities.
• George warned that the British wizarding world was nearing its limit, and Kenneth suggested the Death Eaters might massacre Muggles and questioned why Albert did not take them out.

Bill was severely injured when Death Eaters ambushed him and Lupin after luring them to a Muggle village they had turned into Inferi. The Order treated Bill at headquarters and realized the Death Eaters were deliberately targeting them, leaving Kingsley to contact Albert for advice.

• Ron practiced Hermione's counter-curse for extinguishing Fiendfyre before a crash downstairs drew him and Percy to the treatment room.
• Sirius told Ron that Bill had been hurt by Death Eaters, and Lupin explained that they had been ambushed while investigating a village massacre despite carrying Detection Pocket Watches.
• Lupin said invisible Death Eaters had exploited their numbers to surround them, and Bill survived a Dark spell because he wore a dragon-hide jacket.
• Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall examined Bill and returned to Hogwarts for the potions and ingredients needed to treat him.
• The Order discussed the Death Eaters' ambush tactics and the danger of further massacres, while Hermione explained that Harry was on a date with Ginny.
• Kingsley decided to contact Albert to ask how the Order could respond to the Death Eaters.

After Bill was seriously injured in a Death Eater ambush, Harry and the others discussed why the attack happened and how the war might be stopped. The Order of the Phoenix faced growing pressure, while Albert remained unwilling to act directly because defeating the Death Eaters could lead to even greater bloodshed.

• Ron saw Harry and Ginny kissing in the hallway, then told them Bill had been ambushed and seriously injured.
• Hermione explained that Bill had survived because Harry's dragon-hide jacket protected him, and Madam Pomfrey had treated his Dark magic wounds.
• Harry told Ron that the Death Eaters were growing desperate because the Order and the Defense Association had not taken their bait, and credited Albert's warning with preventing casualties.
• Fred and George visited the unconscious Bill and offered their dragon-hide gear and a large supply of Defense Against the Dark Arts items to the Order.
• Kingsley said the International Confederation of Wizards had ignored England's crisis, and George urged the Order to publicize the Death Eaters' crimes in newspapers.
• George explained that Albert feared killing the Death Eaters would provoke The Dark Lord to slaughter the Order, so Albert continued to support them without taking direct action.

Albert and Isabelle discussed the worsening war in Britain and the International Confederation of Wizards’ reluctance to intervene. Babajide Akingbade convened another meeting and warned that Britain’s atrocities and the threat of exposure to Muggles could bring a crisis upon the wizarding world.

• Albert told Isabelle that the conflict between Voldemort’s Dark Wizards and ordinary wizards had become inevitable, while many neutral wizards were suffering for refusing to choose a side.
• Albert said the International Confederation of Wizards would likely offer only token support, and Isabelle doubted it would do even that.
• Babajide Akingbade received more letters from Kingsley Shacklebolt, including photographs of massacred Muggles and Inferi, and feared the Confederation would face a crisis if the information reached the wider press.
• Babajide called another meeting, where he showed members evidence that Dark Wizards had assembled an army of Inferi and warned that Britain’s situation could no longer be kept hidden.
• When a member claimed an intervention coalition was already forming, Babajide argued that Britain could not wait and warned that a Dark Wizard takeover would have grave consequences.

Three French Aurors entered England to investigate reports of Death Eater rule and found Diagon Alley overrun with Dark Wizards. Kingsley Shacklebolt showed them the devastation and sought foreign aid, but after they left, he discovered they had already run into trouble.

• The International Confederation of Wizards secretly sent three French Aurors to England to verify Babajide’s claims.
• Victor Hugo and the other Aurors explored Diagon Alley and saw how fear and crime had taken over the British wizarding world.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt approached the Aurors, explained that the Ministry had fallen to the Death Eaters, and asked them to help secure aid.
• Kingsley led the Aurors to villages devastated by the Death Eaters, where Muggles had been turned into Inferi.
• Sirius Black questioned whether the frightened Aurors would help, and Kingsley noticed that they had already run into trouble.

Victor and two French Aurors fled the chaos in England, but Death Eaters ambushed and killed them after they crossed into France. The French Ministry learned of the killings and prepared to confront the Death Eaters.

• Victor and the other Aurors decided to leave England after seeing the destruction and Inferi there.
• The three Aurors Apparated to France, where Death Eaters immediately attacked them.
• Gale was killed while trying to prove that the group were not members of the Order of the Phoenix, and Victor died fighting the ambushers.
• The surviving Death Eaters falsely identified the dead Aurors as members of the Order of the Phoenix or the Defense Association and returned with their bodies.
• The French Auror Office reconstructed the attack, and the French Minister for Magic ordered a letter, a press conference, and negotiations with the Death Eaters.

Pius and the Death Eaters learned that France had accused them of attacking a French Auror squad and threatened to involve the International Confederation of Wizards. Yaxley suspected Albert had engineered the incident to draw foreign powers into England’s war, leaving the Death Eaters unsure how to respond.

• Pius delayed Umbridge’s proposed laws and received news that France demanded the release of Aurors allegedly attacked by Death Eaters.
• Pius called a meeting rather than decide how to answer France’s diplomatic note himself.
• Yaxley searched the records and discovered that the three supposed Aurors had been killed in an attack on members of the Defense Association.
• Yaxley warned that Albert might be using the International Confederation of Wizards against them, and the Death Eaters discussed how to guard against further losses.

Harry and his allies discussed the Death Eaters’ attack in France and the International Confederation of Wizards’ refusal to intervene in Britain. When Kingsley said Voldemort’s name at a meeting, Death Eaters attacked the gathering, leaving the officials under siege.

• Sirius Black said the Death Eaters had killed French Auror Victor after mistaking him and two other Frenchmen for members of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Moody said the Death Eaters believed Albert had arranged Victor’s death to draw the International Confederation of Wizards into the conflict.
• Harry refused to travel to the International Confederation of Wizards, and Sirius Black said Kingsley would represent them instead.
• Kingsley addressed the Confederation, but its members questioned Voldemort’s status and dismissed the danger he posed.
• Kingsley said Voldemort’s name and identified him as Tom Riddle, after which Death Eaters attacked the meeting and broke into the building.

Death Eaters attacked the International Confederation of Wizards meeting, and Kingsley led Babajide Akingbade and others to safety. After three attendees were killed, Babajide resumed the meeting and asked Kingsley to explain England’s situation and the threat posed by Voldemort.

• Kingsley tried to rally the meeting attendees, but Babajide Akingbade joined him as Death Eaters attacked the room.
• Kingsley made an opening in the wall and led Babajide and others out, explaining that Voldemort’s forces usually arrived in small numbers.
• French Aurors arrived after the Death Eaters had left and found many injured attendees and three people killed by Dark Magic.
• Babajide silenced the attendees who blamed Kingsley and asked him to explain England’s situation and Voldemort’s forces.

Albert taught Harry the Fiendfyre Curse as the International Confederation of Wizards continued delaying the formation of an Auror squad. Harry asked Albert to protect Ginny and their future child if he died, while the Order of the Phoenix considered pressuring foreign Ministries for help.

• Albert explained to Harry, Hermione, and Ron that foreign Ministries were reluctant to send Aurors to fight Voldemort, and urged them to rely on themselves.
• Harry asked Albert to be godfather to his child with Ginny and protect them if Harry died; Albert agreed but said Harry would survive the war.
• Ron nearly challenged Harry and Ginny's relationship, but Hermione stopped him, and Harry said he hoped to be with Ginny if he survived.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron returned to an empty Order of the Phoenix headquarters, where Ginny told them Kingsley was struggling to assemble an international Auror force.
• Hermione said foreign Aurors could still distract the Death Eaters, and Ron joked that they were recruiting cannon fodder while Ginny called them reinforcements.

French public anger pushed the French Ministry of Magic to pressure other European ministries into sending Aurors to England. As the international force began fighting Death Eaters, Albert warned the Defense Association to keep its own strength hidden, and Voldemort suddenly returned to England.

• French wizards protested their Ministry of Magic’s inaction, so the ministry stirred up anger in Germany and other countries to spread the pressure.
• European ministries agreed to send Aurors to England, and Kingsley asked Albert how to use the force against the Dark Wizards.
• Albert advised Kingsley to give the Aurors intelligence, and they began clearing out the Inferius army before suffering losses in a Death Eater ambush.
• Albert stopped the Defense Association from joining the Aurors, warning that revealing its strength would drive the international force out of England.
• Order of the Phoenix members assisted the Aurors, improving their operations and easing the Aurors’ attitude toward them.
• Voldemort suddenly returned to England, shifting the pressure back onto the resistance.

Voldemort returned to England and ordered the Death Eaters to drive the International Confederation of Wizards’ Aurors out without provoking a wider war. Snape and Dumbledore discussed how Albert and the Imperiused Yaxley might be shaping the plan, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Voldemort blamed Albert for bringing foreign Aurors to England and warned the Death Eaters that clashing with them would serve Albert’s interests.
• Voldemort ordered the Death Eaters to force the Aurors out of England rather than kill them, and Yaxley and Snape helped refine the plan.
• Snape discussed the plan with Dumbledore’s portrait and wondered whether Albert’s control of Yaxley meant the plan was a trap.
• Dumbledore explained that Albert had predicted Scrimgeour’s fate but probably intended the current situation to buy time and create an opportunity.
• Dumbledore warned that Voldemort’s attempt to control members of the International Confederation of Wizards could draw them into the conflict.

Albert, Katrina, and Isabelle discussed his effort to push the International Confederation of Wizards into acting against the Death Eaters while relaxing by the Mediterranean. Albert expected the campaign to be difficult and left Isabelle suspecting that his scheme would drag European countries into the war against Voldemort.

• Katrina asked Albert whether a French newspaper article had helped spur the Ministries of Magic to campaign against the Death Eaters, and he said France could produce surprising results.
• Isabelle told Albert that the seafood cages had produced a catch, and they discussed grilling seafood and drinking champagne for lunch.
• Albert explained that he wanted the International Confederation of Wizards to help contain Voldemort and the Death Eaters, though its Aurors would not defeat Voldemort on their own.
• Albert revealed that Dumbledore was still directing Snape from beyond the grave to help defeat Voldemort.
• Isabelle concluded that Albert was trying to draw European countries into the war, and she predicted many people would die.

After Kingsley warned an allied Auror force that Voldemort had returned, the Aurors chose to withdraw but were ambushed before they could leave. The survivors took shelter in Kingsley’s safe house, while Voldemort continued with his original plan.

• Kingsley warned the multinational Auror force about Voldemort’s return and urged them to avoid confronting him.
• Conrad and the Aurors agreed to leave England and regroup, but they delayed their departure.
• Voldemort and the Death Eaters ambushed the Aurors’ camp before dawn, and the force collapsed in under ten minutes.
• Voldemort blamed Albert for the warning and ordered Yaxley and the others to continue with their plan.
• Kingsley brought the surviving Aurors to his safe house, where Conrad admitted they had lost through both Voldemort’s power and their own arrogance.