Chapter Summaries

Vizet’s Ritual Magic awakened countless ancient figures who had once rebelled against The Master, and they joined the Hogwarts founders in charging the white patch in the sky. Harry and Draco watched the battle begin as the white patch changed under their assault, and they sensed the fight growing more intense as it descended toward the ground.

• Across the world, ancient figures awakened through Vizet’s Ritual Magic and flew toward the white patch in the sky.
• The people at Hogwarts watched the figures’ lights converge overhead, and the four founders joined them, with Rowena Ravenclaw taking The Grey Lady along.
• Xutikutli’s fiery radiance reached the white patch first, and Harry and Draco noticed its edge tremble as the battle began.
• More figures struck the white patch, causing it to shrink and distort as some attackers were knocked back or dimmed.
• Harry and Draco heard the battle growing louder and saw the white patch brighten, leading them to conclude the fighting was descending toward the ground.

The Master descended toward Hogwarts amid a devastating battle, while Vizet protected the grounds from the attacks’ aftershocks by manipulating distance. A lightning strike pierced The Master’s halos and sent him crashing toward Hogwarts, unleashing a violent shockwave.

• The battle’s aftershocks transformed the sky and weather above Hogwarts, and the students watched as rain, ash, and colored light swept over the grounds.
• Vizet explained to Dumbledore that he increased the distance between Hogwarts and the battle’s aftershocks, preventing falling pillars of light from harming the school and Black Lake.
• Vizet broke apart a bone spear above the Forbidden Forest as The Master’s attacks intensified into a barrage against Hogwarts, the Black Lake, and the forest.
• The Master descended close to Hogwarts as the halos around him nearly blinded everyone watching.
• A lightning bolt pierced The Master’s halos and made him fall toward Hogwarts, where his impact sent a shockwave and gale across the ground.

The figures attacking "The Master" repeatedly destroyed him with lightning, fire, ice, and other powers, but he broke free and wiped them out each time. They kept reappearing and renewing their assault, leaving Ron to wonder whether "The Master" could ever turn the fight around.

• A figure pinned the flame-armored "The Master" with a lightning bolt while Hermione recognized his strange shouts as possibly saying "Odin."
• Xutikutli and other figures attacked "The Master" with fire, ice, wind, sand, and golden light, but his flames repaired damage and overcame their assaults.
• "The Master" shattered the lightning and the surrounding attacks, then charged through the figures and destroyed them all.
• The figures reappeared and attacked again, repeatedly renewing their assault whenever "The Master" destroyed them.
• Ron said "The Master" seemed pitiful and unlikely to turn things around, then backed down after others warned him he might have to fight if the attackers stopped returning.

Vizet used Ansuz to weaken The Master while the summoned figures restrained him, leaving him kneeling with cracks his flames could not mend. Vizet approached and declared that defeating him had not been difficult because this time the Wand remained intact.

• Draco warned everyone that The Master had still not been harmed by the figures' attacks.
• Vizet raised his Wand, drawing the Magical Energy Field toward him as The Master and the figures sensed the change.
• The figures coordinated their attacks to restrain The Master and stop his descent from being interrupted.
• Vizet cast Ansuz, and its white light struck The Master, leaving his bones covered in cracks that his flames could not repair.
• Vizet walked up to The Master and said the intact Wand proved that defeating him had not been difficult.

Vizet explained that Mictlantecuhtli’s attacks failed because he was connected to the people around him, while Mictlantecuhtli was distant from him. Mictlantecuhtli then asked why Ancient Magic Power had not corrupted Vizet.

• Mictlantecuhtli realized the figures restraining him were the same ones he had killed in the past, though their attacks were weaker and they kept returning.
• Mictlantecuhtli questioned why the surroundings had barely changed and why his attacks against Vizet had failed.
• Vizet explained that distance caused Mictlantecuhtli’s attacks to lose their direction and disappear.
• Luna described the bond connecting Vizet and his companions, and Pandora clarified that this connection made them part of a whole.
• Mictlantecuhtli asked whether Vizet’s ability let him resist Ancient Magic Power, and Vizet identified the power he meant.

Vizet explained how the Ancient Magic Power became corrupted and revealed that his resistance to The Master came from turning borrowed help into his own strength. The chapter ended with his companions inspired by his words and Luna sharing a smile with him.

• Serena Pendragon asked whether the Ancient Magic Power had also been corrupted, and Vizet clarified that the corruption had not existed from the beginning.
• Hermes Trismegistus explained that he had taught the earliest humans Ancient Magic Power without the Killing Curse, which Mictlantecuhtli later spread through his messengers.
• Serena Pendragon suspected that the Isaiah Society had corrupted Isidora Morgana, explaining the Guardian's later use of the Unforgivable Curses.
• Vizet said he had learned not to treat gifts or tools from others as a foundation, and explained that his attack transformed those resources into a power of his own that The Master still had not recovered from.
• Harry, Neville, Draco, and the others were inspired by Vizet's words, while Draco clarified to Lucius Malfoy that he understood the idea as a metaphor.
• Vizet and Luna met each other's gaze and smiled.

Vizet revealed that he had invaded Miklantikutli’s soul while Miklantikutli invaded his, allowing Vizet to anticipate his thoughts and turn the tables. Miklantikutli remained defiant despite his injuries as Vizet questioned how many more attacks it would take to destroy him.

• Vizet explained that Miklantikutli’s invasions of other souls had left his own soul open to invasion, letting Vizet answer the questions in his mind.
• Vizet said he had planned his counterattack since the previous summer, with Morgan le Fay’s Ritual Magic Array and Hermes Trismegistus’s help.
• Vizet revealed that Morgan le Fay had been Miklantikutli’s follower and that he had disrupted Miklantikutli’s earlier attacks.
• Grindelwald urged Vizet to preserve his image and make use of defeated enemies, though he acknowledged that speaking freely suited Vizet.
• Miklantikutli insisted that he was only injured and could not be destroyed, so Vizet asked how many more attacks would finish him.

Vizet confronted The Master and prepared to expose him to the power of a nuclear explosion, while Voldemort saw a chance to kill Harry once The Master fell. The chapter ended with Vizet pointing his Wand at The Master and anticipating the blast.

• Voldemort concluded that he had no way to hide from Vizet and decided to kill Harry when The Master's defeat freed him.
• Vizet told The Master he would squeeze out every last bit of his value, and Fred and George recognized his experimental attitude.
• Vizet used the Ritual Magic Array to show people around the world The Master begging for mercy.
• The Master cursed Vizet and tried to resist, but Vizet explained that he would let him experience the power of change.
• Vizet pointed his Wand at The Master's chest and said he was looking forward to seeing what a nuclear bomb explosion looked like.

Vizet revealed that he had planted a nuclear bomb inside The Master by using the bomb Voldemort had planned to deploy in Paris, and the bomb destroyed The Master’s body. After Vizet erased the mushroom cloud with a wave of his wand, the terrified Muggle leaders were left facing his power.

• Fred and George became excited when Vizet mentioned the nuclear bomb, while The Master panicked and demanded to know what it was.
• Vizet explained that he had borrowed Voldemort’s bomb, thrown it onto the moon, and left it inside The Master’s body when The Master recovered it.
• The bomb detonated inside The Master, illuminating and shattering his bones as a shockwave swept outward.
• Vizet addressed the Muggle leaders after sensing their hope that he would die alongside The Master, and his words left them frozen with fear.
• The Muggle leaders saw a colossal mushroom cloud before Vizet waved his wand and made it disappear.

Vizet erased “The Master,” freeing people around the world from his control, but Voldemort immediately attacked Harry. Snape’s Doe Patronus intercepted the spell, leaving Harry stunned as Voldemort cast “Avada Kedavra!”

• Vizet saw through “The Master’s” plea and destroyed him, despite his desperate attempts to survive.
• People around the world regained control of their bodies, and Odin thanked Vizet for his help.
• Voldemort seized the moment to attack Harry with wandless magic, while Barty Crouch Jr. tried unsuccessfully to reach him.
• Sirius Black moved to shield Harry, but Harry grabbed his sleeve to stop him from taking the attack.
• Snape’s Doe Patronus blocked Voldemort’s spell, and Voldemort then cried, “Avada Kedavra!”

Voldemort’s Killing Curse struck Harry, but the curse also left Voldemort vulnerable to Snape and Vizet. As Voldemort exposed Snape’s past, Harry demanded to know which Lily he meant.

• Voldemort used the Killing Curse as a follow-up attack, and Harry fell unconscious after Sirius Black shoved him aside.
• Voldemort collapsed, then woke to Snape punching him while Vizet kept him conscious and treated Snape.
• Voldemort told Vizet that Snape had arranged to bring him into the Time Hall on Voldemort’s orders.
• Dumbledore said Snape had been his man from the beginning, prompting Fred and George to speculate about Snape’s role.
• Voldemort began describing Snape begging him not to kill Lily, but Vizet silenced him, and Harry asked which Lily he meant.

Snape began explaining how his actions had put Lily and Harry in danger, revealing that he had passed Voldemort the prophecy and then begged him to spare Lily. He left off as he started describing how he betrayed Voldemort and sought Dumbledore’s help.

• Harry asked Dumbledore and the others why Voldemort had knelt and whether Snape had asked him to kill Lily, while Vizet restrained Voldemort.
• Sirius Black and Lupin told Harry that Lily and Snape had once been friends at Hogwarts but had gradually grown apart.
• Snape insisted that he was responsible for what happened and told Harry that he had heard the prophecy and relayed it to Voldemort.
• Snape explained that Voldemort chose Harry as his target, so Snape knelt and begged him to spare Lily.
• Snape said Voldemort agreed, but he distrusted the Dark Lord’s promises and chose to betray him by seeking Dumbledore’s help.

Snape revealed how his guilt over Lily's death had shaped his actions and admitted that he had spent much of his time at Hogwarts in misery. After telling Old Barty Crouch to arrest him, Snape turned to confront Voldemort, but Vizet stepped between them.

• Snape blamed his betrayal and Sirius's change of the secret-keeper for helping lead to Lily's death, while Sirius confessed his remorse.
• Snape explained that he had protected Harry only because he was Lily's child, and that he despised Harry aside from his eyes.
• Snape admitted he considered himself a sinner who had spent most of his teaching years at Hogwarts in torture, and Old Barty Crouch remained silent as Snape offered to be arrested.
• Snape declared that he still had something to do and prepared to attack the immobilized Voldemort.
• Vizet stood between Snape and Voldemort and warned Snape not to stain his soul.

Vizet explained to Voldemort why Harry had survived the Killing Curse and how Voldemort’s soul fragment had ended up in Harry’s scar. He also revealed that after Mr. Miklantikutli’s defeat, the privileges behind Horcruxes and the Killing Curse had vanished, leaving death beyond anyone’s control.

• Vizet restrained Voldemort and offered him a chance to ask questions, and Voldemort first asked whether Severus had been worth saving.
• Vizet said he was grateful to Professor Riddle for teaching him to use magic freely, but that saving Voldemort would mean making him repent for everything connected to Horcruxes.
• Vizet explained that Voldemort’s unstable soul had left a fragment in Harry’s scar when the Killing Curse rebounded years earlier, and Voldemort had later destroyed that fragment himself.
• Vizet said Mr. Miklantikutli had controlled death and granted the privileges that made Horcruxes and the Killing Curse work as they had.
• Vizet explained that after Mr. Miklantikutli’s defeat, Horcruxes could no longer anchor souls and the Killing Curse could no longer reap them, though it could be used as a Soul Healing Art.
• Dumbledore connected Vizet’s explanation to the vortex representing death, and Vizet said death had returned to the world and would never again belong to any existence.

Vizet explained how Voldemort’s Killing Curse had created the soul fragment inside Harry and why the weakened curse could no longer kill him. After Voldemort rejected repentance, Vizet returned the released souls of Voldemort’s victims to him, leaving him convulsing in anguish.

• Vizet explained that Voldemort’s rebounding Killing Curse had split off a soul fragment that attached itself to Harry under Love’s Magic Protection.
• Vizet told Voldemort that, after Mr. Miklantikutli vanished, the Killing Curse lost its power to harvest souls and could no longer kill Harry.
• Vizet offered to save Voldemort by helping him make amends and reunite his Soul Fragments, but Voldemort rejected repentance.
• Vizet explained that the points of light were souls released when Mr. Miklantikutli vanished, many of them belonging to people whose deaths were connected to Voldemort.
• Vizet sent the souls into Voldemort, who convulsed as he experienced the anguish of the lives he had taken.

Voldemort died after being overwhelmed by memories of the family and belonging he had never known. As the Ministry began rounding up the surviving Dark Wizards, Old Barty Crouch and Barty Crouch Jr. prepared to work together and atone, while Ron and the twins reflected on Voldemort’s death and failed pursuit of immortality.

• Voldemort’s body stopped trembling, and he collapsed dead amid the crowd’s tears and cheers.
• Old Barty Crouch and Barty Crouch Jr. agreed to help bring the Dark Wizards back to the Ministry and later atone for the past.
• Old Barty Crouch told Barty Crouch Jr. that he wanted to use their time together to make up for having neglected him.
• Ron told Fred and George that Voldemort’s death felt unreal and wondered what he had been seeking.
• Ron observed that Voldemort had pursued immortality but seemed to have lived less long than their grandfather.

After Voldemort died, Vizet used the Ritual Magic Array to restore the people whose spirits had lingered nearby. Their loved ones reunited with them, while Gellert Grindelwald respectfully gave Albus space to see his family again.

• Voldemort collapsed, and the remaining motes of light gathered as Vizet activated the Ritual Magic Array.
• Mad-Eye Moody and the retired Aurors recognized their resurrected friends and embraced them.
• Old Barty Crouch proudly called Barty Crouch Jr. his son and his pride, moving him to tears.
• Fabian Prewett and Gideon Prewett reunited with Mrs. Weasley and teased Fred and George about their pranks on Molly.
• Dumbledore and Aberforth Dumbledore reunited with their family, while Gellert Grindelwald stepped aside to give Albus space.

Venda Rosier asked Gellert Grindelwald how he had left Nurmengard, and he explained that Vizet’s Flying Charm let him travel without escaping the prison. Grindelwald planned to take the name Pentergildant Wetherland, make amends, and work with his friends from the shadows to protect wizards, leaving Venda intrigued by the future.

• Venda Rosier asked how Gellert Grindelwald had gotten out of Nurmengard, and he explained that he had used Vizet’s Flying Charm to travel while remaining imprisoned.
• Gellert Grindelwald said he planned to change his name to Pentergildant Wetherland and described it as meaning the repentant Grindelwald.
• Gellert Grindelwald told Venda Rosier that he wanted to reconnect with Dumbledore and prove that he had begun to change.
• Gellert Grindelwald proposed that he and his friends work secretly to protect wizards as the gap between Muggles and wizards narrowed.
• Venda Rosier became interested in his proposal, and Grindelwald said Vizet would make the future worth looking forward to.

After Voldemort’s defeat, Harry reunited with James and Lily, while Snape watched from a distance. Harry asked Lily about Snape after learning that Snape’s doe Patronus matched hers, leaving the question of their past between them.

• Snape felt empty after Voldemort’s death and saw Lily and James appear beside Vizet.
• Harry embraced his parents, while Sirius and Lupin reunited tearfully with James.
• Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks shared an affectionate farewell before Tonks left to deal with Dark Wizards.
• Harry noticed Snape standing apart and asked Lily whether she had known him before.
• Harry told Lily that Snape had cast a doe Patronus to shield him from Voldemort’s curse, matching Lily’s Patronus.

Lily told Harry about her past with James, Sirius, Lupin, and Snape, including how they had mistreated Snape. She reassured Snape that the prophecy was not his fault and urged him to stop punishing himself and live for himself.

• Lily confirmed that her Patronus was a Doe and told Harry how her past with Snape and his friends had unfolded.
• Harry connected Snape's treatment by James and Sirius to his own childhood bullying, and Snape insisted he had been able to defend himself when they faced him alone.
• Snape struggled to speak to Lily and apologized for telling Voldemort about the prophecy.
• Lily explained that Voldemort could have learned of the prophecy through spies in the Ministry, including possibly Augustus Rookwood.
• Lily told Snape that his plea had helped her protect Harry, said he was not at fault, and urged him to live for himself.
• Snape began sobbing and trembling as Lily's words reached him.