Recaps

Georgiana investigated political threats, historical mysteries, and the suffering of women while trying to guide events around Bonaparte. After rescuing persecuted women and weighing the dangers of revenge and intervention, she sent Feilier back to Paris with intelligence and battle flags, while considering how to prevent an assassination.

• Georgiana brought Leo from the orphanage to study with Dermide and discovered that he had noticed she was holding her book upside down.
• Georgiana investigated Cagliostro’s map, Egyptian symbols, and Cicognara’s secrets, while visions of danger led her to warn Rabastan Lestrange about Mr. Smith.
• Georgiana used Hathor’s illusion to find her way back to a shabby home she associated with a future life with Snape, then explored ancient magic and the dangers of fame and power.
• Georgiana hosted Milan’s noblewomen with Polina’s Paris fashions and sought Julian’s counsel about inviting the Princess of Wales and the responsibilities of wielding power.
• Georgiana studied Voldemort’s Horcruxes and arranged help for women rescued from Kotor Bay after villagers branded them witches and threw them into the sea.
• Georgiana debated justice, persecution, and war, then joined discussions about sheltering the survivors and restoring Dalmatia as Rabastan demanded revenge.
• Georgiana examined a dangerous mirror depicting Cernunnos, sent Bonaparte a letter with Napoleon’s Theorem, and instructed Feilier to return to Paris with reports and captured battle flags.
• After Feilier departed, Fredley invited Georgiana to lunch, and Georgiana agreed while considering how to avoid an assassination.

Georgiana searched Sforza Castle for hidden spaces and pursued clues about pirate treasure while navigating political schemes and uneasy relationships. The arc ended amid news of French victories, with Georgiana still waiting to see whether the count would keep his word.

• Georgiana tested dinner for poison, then asked for polenta and salami because she wanted happiness rather than an elaborate meal.
• Georgiana questioned Zoisite about Malta’s grain supply and learned his secret about storing wheat, then ordered the ducal courtyard cleared and changed residences.
• Georgiana examined Leonardo da Vinci’s notes and used young people’s help to investigate the octagonal fountain linked to an underground passage.
• Georgiana invited Bougainville to discuss Nassau and pirate treasure, then encouraged the young people to search the contaminated fountain for a hidden passage.
• Simon Stratico showed Georgiana plans for underground travel, and Antonelli revealed a covered passage beneath Sforza Castle while proposing to demolish its old court and prison.
• Georgiana denied adopting Leo to make him Dermide’s scapegoat and urged him to stop Dermide from doing something irreversible.
• Caroline and Polina hosted a gathering at Sforza Castle, where Georgiana searched the guests while waiting for a chance to investigate the secret passage.
• Georgiana questioned Zoisite about his promise, and Caroline reported that their side had won at Osoppo after Ajim set an ambush near Udine.

Georgiana explored Leonardo da Vinci’s hidden passages beneath Milan while considering the city’s needs, caring for its sick, and preparing a journey toward Turin and the Ligurian Alps. The arc ended with her shaken by the leprosy ward and seeing Lady Galadriel signal her to keep a secret.

• Georgiana and Augereau entered the secret passages beneath Sforza Castle, where Georgiana followed clues toward an undiscovered route.
• Georgiana, Grando, and Simon opened a passage beneath the theater and found an underground armory, stables, and a blacksmith’s shop before returning to the surface.
• Georgiana discussed Milan’s traffic and underground networks with Alessandro and Simon, but Alessandro refused to lend money for her restoration project.
• Georgiana attended the Easter Vigil at Milan Cathedral while reflecting on death, hidden doors, and the uncertain future of the wizarding world.
• Georgiana received a miniature rotating observatory and discussed the young people’s future with Bougainville, then gave Zabini instructions for Mateo to develop a cure for Italian leprosy.
• Georgiana told Rabastan to gather capable people for a journey to Turin and revealed that the larger destination involved Siberia.
• Georgiana visited a leprosy ward in Milan and was escorted out of the hospital by French soldiers, then returned home to prepare for Turin and the Ligurian Alps.
• Georgiana cried beneath the Elephant Loggia mural after her visit to the leprosy ward, then saw Lady Galadriel in the grass signal her to keep a secret.

Pomona dealt with the Doxy outbreak and the Potion-Making Championship while navigating tensions among Snape, Sirius, and Remus. At Lake Como, Georgiana pursued Goblin agreements and secret plans before Radetzky arrived with news of a plot against Murat’s army.

• Pomona spent a drunken evening with Snape, then later found James at the safe house and let him sleep on the sofa while they cooked together.
• Georgiana found the Snake Stone beneath a Roman altar, hid it from Zabini, and considered how it might purify corruption as she began writing a jellyfish recipe.
• Pomona watched Remus leave Sirius’s home with his luggage, then helped address student troubles and the early Doxy outbreak at Hogwarts.
• Georgiana traveled to Villa Melzi, swam in Lake Como, and met the Lombard Goblins, agreeing to their terms for a dragon hunt while keeping her request for Goblin silver secret.
• Pomona and the Hogwarts staff dealt with spreading Doxies, captured their queens, and prepared the school and Potion-Making Championship contestants for the infestation’s effects.
• Georgiana reflected on Helena’s diadem and a possible tree linked to Voldemort’s soul, then awoke by the lake after seeing a vision of a man promising a new life after the war.
• Pomona reassured Snape when he asked what would happen if he left and did not return, and they playfully tussled beneath his cloak.
• Georgiana confronted Radetzky in her bedroom after learning Pichegru had been captured, refused his offer of friendship, and asked him to tell her what he knew about his masked former employer’s plan to attack Murat’s army.