Recaps

Pomona and Severus investigated the ancient maze near Paroldo while caring for Felix, whose Obscurus made him a potential danger to Muggles. The search for the maze’s secrets continued as Pomona, Felix, Kreacher, and Voldemort entered a cave near an abandoned Alpine manor.

• Pomona and Severus brought Felix to Italy, learned of his uncontrolled Obscurus, and began teaching and caring for him while investigating the maze and the creatures nearby.
• Pomona and Severus explored the sinkhole maze, where they encountered dangerous monsters and discovered that its design was linked to Sun Gold, planets, and an ancient alchemical riddle.
• Voldemort explained how Kreacher’s loyalty had helped bring about the Battle of the Ministry, while Pomona recalled an alternate future in which Voldemort won and Snape survived.
• Pomona and Severus studied Lyall Mayer’s book and concluded that solving the maze required identifying the right metals, planets, and constellations, while Tom connected its clues to Leo and a possible Basilisk.
• Pomona took Felix to find a home and taught him about restraint, the Statute of Secrecy, and the dangers caused by powerful wizards, after he threatened a farmer over strawberries with his Obscurus.
• Pomona found an abandoned manor in the Alps, then entered a nearby cave with Voldemort after he told her that children had become ill there, sending Felix and Kreacher along a separate route.

Pomona and Severus investigated the maze while Voldemort’s return and the werewolf uprising drew Harry into danger. The arc left Pomona and Severus wary of Nadia’s visit and an impending ambush, while Harry remained uncertain how to prevent more deaths.

• Pomona deduced that the cave might be a feeding route for the Quintaped, then fell ill after discussing Tom Riddle’s past and briefly saw a marmot marten.
• Severus showed Pomona the maze’s outer layers and left her to recuperate, while she and Felix settled into the hidden manor and awaited Voldemort’s return.
• Harry opposed the Werewolf Act, learned that werewolves planned to transform during a televised football match, and joined Ron and Hermione in investigating Peter Pettigrew and Death Swamp.
• Harry and his companions searched Death Swamp, where Ron was badly injured by a Dugbog and Harry discovered a burial ground linked to the formation of Dementors.
• Pomona and Severus discussed Dumbledore, Voldemort, and the maze’s clues, while Voldemort revealed that he sought an Original Body Potion and a female Dragon.
• Harry reported a Death Eater camp and a hooded dwarf to Bill, while Nadia Vasika visited Pomona and Severus and asked about the Golden Fleece.
• After Nadia left, Pomona judged her to be pretending ignorance, and Severus warned that they might be ambushed because their target was connected to the Golden Fleece.

Harry and Severus confronted Krum Crouch’s werewolves during the attack at Anfield, while Pomona pursued the Paroldo mysteries and tried to protect those around her. The arc ended with Pomona meeting a frightened young girl and collapsing as memories of the diary and Riddle overwhelmed her.

• George urged Harry to stop hesitating over the werewolves and capture Fenrir and Krum Crouch’s pack.
• Cloris warned Severus and Pomona that Paroldo was dangerous, the demon was still alive, and Nadia could not be trusted.
• Harry and Severus suspected the werewolves were studying Auror defenses, while Pomona searched Liverpool for clues to the labyrinth’s puzzles.
• Harry received a Golden Egg clue in a dream, then discovered that Professor Sprout might know who had attached the Obscurus to the child.
• Werewolves attacked Anfield, and Severus, Pomona, and Hermione helped Krum stop the assault after Pomona offered the pack Wolfsbane Juice and a chance to cooperate.
• Harry joined Dean’s group to defend the city, while Joseph saw a vision of a plot against Halzer and continued investigating Alex Brown’s origins.
• Pomona stopped Severus and Voldemort from fighting over Saturnia, then took Fiona and Felix to Diagon Alley and stunned a shopkeeper who recognized Slytherin’s Locket.
• Pomona met a six-year-old girl who said Euphemia Rowle had taken her in for money, then collapsed as memories of Riddle, Ginny, Harry, and the diary returned.

After waking from a two-month coma, Pomona reunited with Severus and investigated the maze, its metals, and Voldemort’s plans while trying to protect those she loved. She entered the maze with Voldemort and Severus, where their strained relationship remained unresolved as a crowd of tiny footprints rushed inside.

• Pomona woke in Italy after two months unconscious, learned what had changed, and reunited with Severus, who admitted his bitterness toward Sirius and comforted her.
• Pomona and Severus explored the Black family’s secret library and the maze’s clues while she studied at the University of Padua and they discussed immortality, fate, and their hopes for life after the war.
• Tom Riddle explained the maze’s history and dangers, while Pomona received Slytherin’s Locket and elderflower wine from him and later showed them to Severus.
• Pomona learned that Severus had resumed spying as Edgar Smith and resolved to find an antidote for Nagini’s venom, but Voldemort attacked Severus and cursed Pomona before leaving him unconscious.
• Severus rejected Pomona and ended their relationship, but she joined Voldemort, Lyall Meyer, Felix, Kreacher, and Severus in entering the maze after Lyall opened its gate with a bismuth crystal.
• Inside the maze, Voldemort negotiated with Hagrid’s Basilisk, while bronze birds and a siren song endangered the group and Severus gave Pomona an antidote.
• Pomona and Severus argued about Sirius, Harry, trust, and control as they prepared to ambush two people, then saw countless tiny footprints pouring into the maze.