Recaps

Severus and Lucius pursued a Muggle boy through a dangerous underground maze and uncovered a vault where Alessandro had been cocooned by a powerful creature. After seeking Zhang Tao’s help and obtaining a mysterious stone from Xenophilius Lovegood, Severus began questioning Medusa about its identity.

• Narcissa confronted Severus about Draco’s safety, showed him a photograph of his father, and urged him to trust Pomona.
• Severus and Lucius followed Mrs Norris into the Parisian tunnels, found a hidden chamber beneath Napoleon’s tomb, and encountered a Naga and a helmeted stranger.
• Severus fought the Naga, discovered that its golden forehead pearl was its weakness, and searched for Lucius as the tunnels distorted around them.
• Lyall Meyer offered information about the maze in exchange for Napoleon’s map, while Lucius asked Severus to keep his ambush by a Muggle secret and revealed that Pomona had suggested naming his grandson Scorpius.
• Severus and Lucius found Alessandro cocooned around a glowing red egg, escaped an approaching creature, and brought him to French Gringotts, where Zhang Tao confirmed his soul was absent.
• Zhang Tao warned Severus about sacrificial rituals and the Witch-Demon Society, while Severus discussed Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and a new prophecy.
• Severus asked Xenophilius Lovegood for the stone taken from a temple, and Xenophilius gave it to him before leaving to begin a new life.
• Severus removed the resin sealing Medusa’s mouth, and she offered to identify the stone if he restored the board.

Severus and Zhang Tao summoned Alessandro’s soul and identified the fallen angel Araqiel, while Napoleon’s political maneuvering and Georgiana’s place in his world shaped the surrounding events. Severus left Paris still searching for what he had lost and began considering how to gather people for a journey to another world.

• Severus and Zhang Tao used the Foucault Pendulum to summon a spirit, then developed photographs that revealed the name Araqiel.
• Zhang Tao revived Alessandro, who had been struggling with an entity and an octopus-like parasite, while Severus learned that Napoleon had taken his wife’s soul.
• Alessandro told Severus and Lucius about Napoleon’s plans, political struggles, and the woman who had disappeared in Paris.
• Napoleon pursued reforms and expansion while Georgiana received gifts, adopted Dermide, and became the subject of palace rumors.
• Severus met an aged priest outside Notre-Dame, refused his offer of a safe house, and flew away as black smoke.
• Severus found Dumbledore’s image, accused him of betrayal, and watched it crumble before Lucius gave him a rose and advice about a gathering signal.
• Pomona reflected on Severus, power, and the social constraints faced by women, while Georgiana negotiated disputes and traded artworks amid political tensions between France and Britain.
• Severus told Lucius he was considering a signal to assemble people for a journey to another world.

Alessandro pursued the marker at a guarded pyramid while Dullahans and a giant threatened Paris, and Monica joined the fight. Haji and Severus faced separate dangers as Severus investigated the ancient mystery and flew toward Vincennes Forest.

• Severus and Lucius recovered the real Alessandro, then the group split up across Paris to search for their markers.
• Alessandro encountered Dullahans at Vincennes Forest, while Haji was led into deadly confrontations with vampires at the Shakespeare Theatre.
• Alessandro disguised himself in a French military uniform and climbed the barracks pyramid after Gianluca told him the first item was on its surface.
• Severus and Klimian examined Nicolas Flamel’s notes about Bakar, Egyptian myths, and the pyramids as unrest and supernatural threats gathered around Paris.
• Alessandro stayed atop the pyramid with the censer as two Dullahans pursued him, and Monica arrived with Mrs Norris to draw one away.
• Alessandro fought a Dullahan with a flagpole while Gaetano warned him that Bonaparte’s peace with Britain would not last and Georgiana might suffer.
• Haji awoke near Lake Bagatelle, learned Sonny and Monica were in danger, and entered the Rose Garden in search of his mission’s marker.
• Severus warned Draco that the Fidelius Charm had been broken, left Nicolas Flamel’s home, and flew toward Vincennes Forest to investigate the thunder.

Severus and Haji navigated a strange Parisian world where political history, magical dangers, and unexplained deaths overlapped. After reuniting, they brought Haji to a villa, where Severus considered the forces shaping his life and then left to meet the guests as the mystery of the buried woman remained unresolved.

• Severus stopped Felix from killing three Muggles and continued searching for Haji, while Haji explored the gardens and learned of the hidden traps and political watchers.
• Severus and Lucius traveled through the strange garden world, encountered assassins and vampires, and discussed Napoleon’s ambitions and dangers to Britain.
• Haji discovered a corpse buried with a chest of treasure and heard villagers discuss its possible connection to historical poisoning plots.
• Severus and Lucius found Haji, who told them about the corpse, the gold, and the monk who had called the place Flower Trap.
• At a villa, Severus examined a painting of Bacchus and Ariadne and reflected on suffering, karma, and the repeated history surrounding Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, and Pomona.
• Severus learned that a contractor renovating Austerlitz Railway Station had been captured, rejected torture, and argued that Slytherin should improve its standing and end discrimination against people with the Dark Mark.
• Lucius warned Severus that Hermione Granger had more influence than he did, and Severus left with Lucius to meet the guests.
• Severus noticed that the dead woman had apparently been buried only two or three years earlier and wondered why the seemingly obvious murderer had killed her.