Recaps

Pomona, Severus, and Voldemort battled through the maze to reach its temple and uncover its treasures, while Pomona learned that Kull was imprisoned inside Sun Gold. The maze collapsed after Kull escaped into Pomona’s flask, and Voldemort vanished with it as Pomona and Severus fled and turned their attention to helping Xenophilius.

• Pomona defended the maze with Felix’s help as Nadia Vasika led monsters inside, and Anna appeared with a golden flask while warning Pomona against destroying the magic circle.
• Pomona and Severus joined Voldemort in the maze, where Severus redirected the hidden arrows and Voldemort confronted Lyall Mayer, who revealed himself as the Messenger and presented a contract for entering the seventh level.
• Voldemort signed the contract, and Pomona and Severus followed the marked path through the fire-filled maze to a Phoenix statue and pool, where Pomona realized Dumbledore had died from his fall rather than from Severus’s curse.
• The group reached the temple, identified Lynx as the final constellation, and entered after Voldemort completed the coin trial, and Xenophilius warned Pomona that the bottle Anna gave her could trap the Devil imprisoned there.
• Lyall showed the group the treasure vaults, and Pomona and Severus found Sun Gold trapped in a magical array, and Pomona admitted her jealousy of Lily and confessed that she had wished to erase Lily from Severus’s mind.
• Voldemort warned Pomona that Kull, imprisoned in Sun Gold, could bring bitter cold, and Pomona devised a plan to make the demon help them break the magic circle.
• Pomona and Severus persuaded Kull to reveal the runes needed to break the circle, and Kull escaped into Pomona’s flask as the maze collapsed.
• Voldemort captured the flask and vanished with the raven while Pomona and Severus escaped through green flames and decided to find a way to help Xenophilius.

Pomona and Severus returned to Britain, where a prophecy and signs of unrest deepened Pomona’s fear that Voldemort would return. In France, they sheltered Giovanni, learned the history of the Conqueror’s Diamond, and met Flamel’s disciple as warnings of riots spread across Europe.

• Pomona and Severus returned to Hogwarts, where Sybill delivered a prophecy about the Dark Lord’s return and Pomona warned Minerva that Voldemort would come back.
• Severus took Pomona to Burgundy for the wine festivals, but they found Giovanni injured by Dark magic after treasure hunters attacked him over the Conqueror’s Diamond.
• Pomona and Severus sheltered Giovanni and Simeon, and Severus explained the diamond’s history and the disasters surrounding its former owners.
• Pomona and Severus traveled to Paris, where they visited the National Library and discussed Nicolas Flamel’s hidden home and Severus’s inheritance.
• Kemilian, Flamel’s disciple, led Pomona and Severus to a safe house and showed them a crystal ball depicting unrest across Europe.
• Pomona and Severus considered investigating the coming crisis and exploring the Paris catacombs, then spent the evening together in a Paris hotel.

Pomona and Severus pursued a mysterious topaz orb and a Pensieve through Paris, where a supernatural Senet game drew them into Egyptian memories and the search for a powerful dagger. After Severus and Gong Saiyi joined forces, Gong Saiyi shared visions of Egypt’s rulers and Napoleon, leaving Pomona with new clues and a warning about her husband.

• Pomona and Severus entered a concealed Paris pawnshop, where they found a cracked glass orb and followed its trail to the auction house.
• At the Louvre, Pomona and Severus searched for Egyptian treasures and took an empty Pensieve, while Pomona grew uneasy about the strange events around them.
• Gong Saiyi used an optical instrument to reveal that Edward Kelley’s topaz sphere might contain clues to the true Nun Labyrinth in Egypt.
• The three saw Egypt reflected in the Louvre pyramid’s pool, then encountered a Senet game that Severus began playing against an unseen presence.
• Severus entered the Pensieve and discovered that the Egyptians’ divine artifact was at stake, while Gong Saiyi explained the game and its dangers.
• After Severus won, Gong Saiyi found a black scarab amulet in the Pensieve, and Severus persuaded him to stop competing and work with them.
• Severus confessed that fear of losing Pomona had shaped his actions, and Pomona reassured him before Gong Saiyi revealed memories of Egyptian rulers and the dagger they sought.
• Gong Saiyi told Pomona about the history of Egyptian rulers and Napoleon, offered to protect her, and learned that she would not tolerate his advances toward her husband.

Pomona and Severus followed the Louvre’s Egyptian curse through a dreamlike game while Hathor drew Pomona into Napoleon’s past. The group continued hunting the remaining demons, and Napoleon won the first round of his debate with Hathor.

• Severus borrowed Pharaoh Kamose I’s dagger from the Carrousel Laboratory, and Pomona discovered that her magic failed inside the Egyptian exhibition before returning when she left.
• Pomona, Severus, and Gong Saiyi entered Napoleon’s dream, secured two hundred chasseurs, and later encountered moving sandals, a singing hall, and crocodile statues that drained their magic.
• Gong Saiyi tracked Pomona to Gallery 325, where Hathor held her captive and showed her scenes from Napoleon’s life while Severus and Gong Saiyi pursued the Louvre’s clues.
• Severus and Gong Saiyi destroyed crocodile figures and fought the creatures they released, while Eugene joined them and challenged Severus to compete in destroying the remaining demons.
• Hathor told Pomona she had shaped Napoleon’s family and romantic fate, and Pomona realized she might need to restore a sculpture to the Tuileries Palace to return to her world.
• Eugene led Severus and Gong Saiyi through the Louvre’s flooded passages, where they met Champollion and found a sacred sculpture as Severus warned against unleashing a monster.
• Hathor took control of Pomona at a ball and danced with Napoleon, challenging his views on Egypt, women, and power.
• Severus and Eugene fought a swarm released from a baboon statue, while Napoleon argued with Hathor through Pomona and won their first round.