Chapter Summaries

Harry, the Order of the Phoenix, and Dumbledore defeated the Death Eaters at the Ministry, destroyed the Prophecy Orb, and forced Voldemort to flee. Fudge arrived to find the Ministry in ruins and the Death Eaters captured, while Harry left with Dumbledore for Hogwarts.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron helped the Order overpower Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy, and Harry destroyed the real Prophecy Orb so Voldemort could not obtain its contents.
• The Order subdued the remaining Death Eaters, then encountered Voldemort, who attacked them with the Killing Curse; Harry countered with Expelliarmus, linking their wands with a golden beam.
• Dumbledore joined the fight, and Harry resisted Voldemort’s attempt to control him; the Order protected Harry and the captives until Voldemort escaped as the Aurors arrived.
• Fudge ordered the Aurors to arrest Dumbledore, but Harry accused Fudge’s Undersecretary of using the Cruciatus Curse and offered to identify the Death Eaters.
• Dumbledore took Harry back to school by Portkey, Sirius agreed to escort the others, and Ron asked Fudge about the captured criminals’ bounty while Kingsley affirmed that he was an Auror.

Malfoy revealed that Voldemort had never mastered the Elder Wand and that Voldemort’s Horcruxes and Harry Potter’s death had left him mortal. After Voldemort fled, Yaxley betrayed and bound Albert, allowing Malfoy to kill him and rally the survivors against the remaining Dark wizards.

• Albert explained that Draco Malfoy was the Elder Wand’s true master, and Voldemort fled to find him.
• Yaxley secretly disarmed and bound Albert, stunning the gathered wizards with his betrayal.
• Malfoy revealed that Voldemort’s wand was fake and that Voldemort was mortal after killing Harry Potter.
• Albert tried to escape as Malfoy attacked, but Malfoy’s spells blasted him back to the ground.
• Malfoy engulfed Albert in golden flames, then struck his charred corpse with a curse to ensure he was dead.
• Malfoy urged the survivors to pursue the fleeing Dark wizards, though most stayed behind to celebrate their victory.

After confirming Voldemort was truly dead, Albert checked on Harry and revived him, then returned the Deathly Hallows to Dumbledore. Albert went home to Isabelle and Katrina as the war ended.

• Albert confirmed that the quests related to Voldemort were complete and learned that Harry's body was being watched by Sirius Black and Ron.
• Albert woke Harry, who was embraced by Sirius Black and learned that Voldemort and the war were over.
• Albert left the Elder Wand and Resurrection Stone with Dumbledore in the Hogwarts Headmaster's office and declined to keep them.
• Albert returned to the ship, told Katrina that the war was over, and reunited with Isabelle.

As Hogwarts began clearing the battlefield, Kingsley learned how the war had left the British wizarding world and confronted the International Confederation of Wizards’ attempt to claim credit for victory. The wounded still needed care, the dead had yet to be buried, and Hermione planned to search for her family in Australia once things stabilized.

• Albert returned to Hogwarts, where the Creevey brothers were moving Dark Wizard bodies into a mass grave pile outside the castle.
• Shanna told Kingsley that Crevie Shackle had become interim Minister, while the International Confederation of Wizards opposed him and Professor McGonagall wanted to discuss Kingsley’s contingency plan.
• Harry met Kingsley, learned that the Confederation had tried to take a share of the victory, and received a potion and a message for Ginny before Dobby took him back to Order of the Phoenix headquarters.
• Kingsley and Shanna discussed the many casualties, the escaped Dark Wizards, and the Confederation’s decision to display the dead as a deterrent.
• Kingsley learned that Hermione had remained in the Great Hall to comfort survivors and intended to go to Australia to find her family after the situation stabilized.

Albert returned to Hogwarts after Voldemort’s defeat and discussed the unsettled Ministry, Kingsley’s prospects, and the rough crisis plan with Shanna and Professor Umbridge. He refused to become Kingsley’s senior adviser or Hogwarts’ Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but agreed to consider helping improve the plan as the postwar reckoning began.

• Shanna told Albert that former Minister Piers Shinkle was dead, Kingsley had become interim Minister, and the Ministry was in chaos.
• Albert warned that Kingsley would need to punish Voldemort’s followers and restore the Ministry’s authority, or survivors might take revenge outside the law.
• Shanna explained that Kingsley had begun arresting Death Eater remnants, including Dolores Umbridge, and had asked Albert to serve as senior adviser.
• Professor Umbridge asked Albert to improve the Ministry’s crisis plan and stay at Hogwarts as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but Albert rejected the teaching post and said he would consider the plan.
• Albert predicted that Umbridge would not escape life imprisonment, while Professor Slughorn’s group prepared to collect Acromantula venom as spoils of war.

After the battle, Grawp helped Professor Harry and Professor McGonagall plan how to handle Hogwarts' dead, damage, and other aftermath, while Harry went to meet the Centaurs. The cleanup remained unresolved, and Hagrid and Ginny announced they would marry in a few months.

• Professor McGonagall sought Albert's help with the postwar crisis, and he outlined plans while pointing out problems that increased her burden.
• Grawp discussed the aftermath with Professor Harry, who adopted most of his suggestions but set aside the proposal to place the Dark wizards' bodies in a mass grave.
• Fred told Grawp that the group had taken Acromantula materials, and George explained that Harry had gone with Firenze toward the Forbidden Forest to find the Centaurs.
• Grawp visited Slughorn, who supported using Acromantula venom and letting the remaining corpses go to waste, and planned to establish a fund.
• Hagrid and Ginny told Harry they planned to marry in a few months, and Harry agreed to attend.
• Shanna planned to work with Lee Jordan on broadcasting the latest news through the Wizard Watchtower.

Fred and George learned that Harry and Ginny planned to marry soon, while Kingsley and Cedric Diggory discussed Fred’s Ministry plans and the slow cleanup of the Inferi. The chapter left Kingsley waiting to see what choices Fred and the others made as the war began.

• Albert told Fred and George that Harry and Ginny planned to marry soon, and the twins wondered whether their family knew.
• Fred and George realized Ginny would turn seventeen on August eleventh and hurried back to the castle to find Harry.
• Cedric Diggory told Kingsley that Fred might invite him to join the Ministry of Magic, and Kingsley considered discussing the offer with Fred.
• Kingsley and Cedric Diggory discussed the Ministry’s need for fighters, the risks of temporary work, and the Inferi cleanup outside Hogwarts.
• Sirius and Moody rejected burning the Inferi in the trench, so the defenders continued moving and dealing with them slowly.

After the Battle of Hogwarts, Albert thanked the Centaurs and warned Hagrid that protecting the Acromantulas would endanger him and those harmed by them. Back at Hogwarts, he stopped anxious family members from going to find their children themselves and told them to wait for the students to be brought back.

• Albert found Hagrid, Firenze, and the Centaurs in the Forbidden Forest, where the Centaurs saluted him and he thanked them for helping fight the Acromantulas.
• Firenze told Albert he planned to resign as Divination professor and return to the Forbidden Forest, and Albert advised him to wait before speaking with Professor McGonagall.
• Albert admitted he had told Slughorn to sell Acromantula remains to raise funds for the wounded and the families of the dead, then warned Hagrid that sheltering the Acromantulas could turn people’s anger against him.
• Hagrid agreed to apologize to Slughorn after Albert warned him that the Acromantulas had killed Hogwarts students and that the war’s survivors would eventually seek accountability.
• After Shanna told him that Professor McGonagall’s side had reached a decision, Albert returned to Hogwarts and found family members waiting to ask where their children were.
• Albert refused to tell the family members where the students were or let them collect them themselves, explaining that the students would be brought back soon and that the group could not be trusted against the risk of Dark Wizards.

Albert helped Hogwarts recover after the battle, while Percy sounded him out about Kingsley’s plans for the Ministry. He also helped resolve the Weasleys’ reaction to Harry and Ginny’s pregnancy, then arranged to use money from a destroyed Muggle village to build Harry’s house.

• Albert met with Professor McGonagall and the other professors, agreed to help repair the viaduct, and discussed returning students and disposing of the enemy dead.
• Percy told Albert that Kingsley wanted him as a senior adviser and that captured remnants of Voldemort’s forces awaited trial; Albert hinted that their handling could cause trouble.
• Hermione told Albert that the Weasleys had learned Ginny was pregnant with Harry’s child, and Albert advised her to ask Sirius Black to explain their reasons to the Weasleys.
• Albert repaired the viaduct, and Sirius persuaded the Weasleys to accept Harry and Ginny’s situation and help arrange their wedding.
• Fred asked Albert to let Harry settle in his village, and Albert agreed on the condition that Harry help build it.
• Albert told Fred and George to accompany him to a Muggle village destroyed by Death Eaters so they could recover its money for building materials.