Recaps

Severus uncovered Napoleon’s apparent peace as a possible trap, pursued clues about the dead world and the forces behind France’s history, and recruited Susanna to help him enter it. He gathered allies and sought refuge in Paris, then broke through Luxembourg’s defenses and attacked the Aurors, who mistook him for Grindelwald.

• Severus warned Castlereagh that Bonaparte’s peace offer concealed an attack, then discovered Georgiana was being held in Napoleon’s greenhouse.
• Severus abandoned the memories in his Pensieve and resolved to go to Florence with Pomona, while Lucius urged him to bring her back.
• Severus learned that the Harvest Guardians supported Bonaparte and included werewolves called the Hounds of God, then released Paul and gathered Orlando, Felix, and Haji.
• Severus identified Susanna as a possible descendant of Napoleon and learned that she had seen a procession connected to the world of the dead, where Napoleon I had been a prisoner.
• Severus asked Susanna to help him enter the world of the dead, and she agreed in exchange for a copy of the Sword of Gryffindor.
• Severus arranged safe places and emergency gold for his companions, brought them to an apartment near Notre-Dame, and used animals to draw the ambushers away.
• Severus bought books about botany and Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition, then went to Luxembourg and dispelled its defenses with Voldemort’s spell.
• Severus blocked the Aurors’ spells and sent blue fire toward them, prompting them to call him Grindelwald.

Severus crossed the magical passage with Felix and set out to bring Pomona back, while Georgiana worked to strengthen Rouen and searched for the creatures threatening it. She uncovered evidence linking harpies to abnormal weather and left the story negotiating her freedom and her place beside Bonaparte.

• Severus destroyed the Cyclops statue’s amber eye and crossed through a magical passage with Felix, who sensed that something had changed in him.
• Georgiana organized women and local businesses around Rouen’s economic needs while pursuing ideas for expanding industry and agriculture.
• Georgiana spotted a strange rooftop creature, warned Leon to keep the Imperial Guard alert, and searched historical records for clues about the crows and other magical threats.
• Georgiana attended the Rouen ball in a Celtic-knot clasp and blue veil, danced with Bonaparte, and later examined Jean-Jacques Lequeu’s designs with him.
• Georgiana learned that the Prince of Wales suspected France’s trade plans and confronted Bonaparte about his jealousy before they slipped away together.
• Georgiana and Bonaparte found Corneille’s engraving of the Madonna of the Harpies, and she read records connecting harpies in the Royal Marsh Forest to abnormal weather.
• Georgiana asked Bonaparte for a wand-hiding bracelet and a visit to the Ourcq Canal, then discussed Rouen’s economy, defenses, and her freedom with Leon.

Georgiana pursued educational, industrial, and trade reforms while confronting Maria and the dangers surrounding her. As Bonaparte and Leon Sterndale pressed their claims on her, she turned to plans for Britain, Belgium, and France that could preserve peace and guide future development.

• Georgiana visited the University of Rouen, saw its neglected buildings and struggling Cinchona tree, and heard the headmaster ask for help securing a charter.
• Georgiana investigated the cemetery and a child in red, then faced Maria and the Garudas in the forest before Maria escaped and Leon Sterndale took Georgiana home.
• Georgiana proposed medicinal wine and a stable arrangement linking France, England, Belgium, and Lombardy, while Chaptal and Cambacérès advised her on Rouen’s university and local needs.
• Georgiana read the account of Michele Zoppe’s trial, discussed Rouen and Josephine with Bonaparte, and heard him propose a Ministry of Magic.
• Georgiana confronted Bonaparte over her fear of abandonment, then pursued industrial reforms with Perrier and Fargeon and arranged to send distillation equipment to Brittany.
• Georgiana watched Napoleon celebrate signal fires at Bolbec, discreetly distributed supplies, and requisitioned Fargeon’s machines for Sèvres.
• Bonaparte asked Georgiana to pose as the Girl with a Pearl Earring, declared his love, and asked her to have a child with him.
• Georgiana discussed factory conditions and trade with Leon Sterndale, showed him her fishing-rights proposal, and considered a railway connecting Mechelen and Brussels before deciding to write a letter about canal-digging machinery.

Georgiana navigated political disputes, economic proposals, and magical security while traveling with Bonaparte along Normandy’s coast. The arc left her considering how to secure peace and recognizing that Bonaparte’s interest in her still felt like an impossible dream.

• Georgiana chose to cultivate French support in Mechelen, gave Margarita a gauze flower for an invitation, and met Robert Peel at a banquet in Saint-Romain.
• Georgiana warned Bonaparte about the effects of trade and factory policy, then received a summons to a summit on the border and Brittany.
• Georgiana helped plan a search for Scourers in Brittany, proposed travel permits across wizarding borders, and placed Maria’s image in a Pensieve for the pure-blood leaders to pass to Minister Loffkin.
• Georgiana discussed American politics and neutrality with Bonaparte, then arranged a reception in Honfleur and explored agricultural partnerships and possible changes to textile tariffs.
• Bonaparte agreed to restore a palace for the Paris Agricultural Association, clashed with Georgiana over Saint-Merry and a document, and asked her to help make peace with Britain.
• Georgiana proposed agricultural partnerships to Arthur Young and warned Bonaparte that farming could no longer absorb the unemployed, but he drew her into his arms instead of addressing her concerns.
• Georgiana opposed sending a captured prisoner to Britain or Geneva, while Bonaparte ordered the International Confederation of Wizards to move its headquarters to Paris.
• Bonaparte proposed shifting London’s exchange business to Paris, and Georgiana later considered using exchange rates and discounts to strengthen French textiles before reflecting on Hogwarts and her feelings for Bonaparte.