Chapter Summaries

Vizet and Dumbledore reasoned that Voldemort had found them after they removed the Dark Mark, and that he was confident in an undisclosed plan. At the Ministry gathering, Voldemort appeared and addressed Dumbledore and Vizet as his former professor and student.

• Vizet guessed that Snape had gone to the Shrieking Shack and asked Dumbledore whether he was waiting for news from Aberforth.
• Vizet and Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort had located them because they had removed the Dark Mark, and discussed how Voldemort used the marks to announce his return.
• Cornelius Fudge ordered the Ministry employees to disarm Karkaroff, but Voldemort's appearance left Fudge unable to speak.
• Voldemort exchanged hostile words with Old Barty Crouch before turning to Dumbledore and Vizet.

Rita Skeeter and Cornelius Fudge reacted to learning that Voldemort had once taught Vizet, while Vizet and Dumbledore planned to delay Voldemort’s return. Voldemort tried to recruit Vizet with promises of forbidden magic and Bloodline Magic, but Vizet refused, leaving their encounter tense.

• Rita Skeeter realized the connection between Vizet and Voldemort would make sensational news, but she hesitated to cross Vizet’s limits.
• Cornelius Fudge feared that Vizet might bring Voldemort and Dumbledore together, threatening his position and the wider Magical World.
• Vizet proposed using the Dark Mark to locate Voldemort and suppress news of his return, and Dumbledore agreed that delaying Voldemort would help.
• Voldemort invited Vizet to join him and promised knowledge and power, then changed his appearance to reveal his former handsome face.
• Vizet asked Voldemort about Bloodline Magic but refused his offer, and Voldemort responded with a dangerous look.

Voldemort confronted Vizet and Dumbledore, but Vizet mocked him until he vanished from sight. Vizet revealed that Voldemort had only hidden himself, and Voldemort reappeared to announce his return.

• Voldemort called Vizet a failure for choosing to remain with Dumbledore, and Fudge regretted not having kept Vizet under his care.
• Vizet taunted Voldemort about his past at Hogwarts and suggested that he wanted revenge on Vizet because he could not get revenge on Dumbledore.
• Voldemort silenced Vizet through Karkaroff, whose body suffered greatly from serving as Voldemort's Wand, but Vizet removed the spell and continued mocking Voldemort.
• Dumbledore stepped in front of Vizet when Voldemort's eyes glowed scarlet, but the Dark Mark vanished and Voldemort disappeared from sight.
• Vizet used his Metal Tag to make the Dark Mark appear again, revealing Voldemort, who announced that he had returned.

Voldemort magically appeared in the sky across the world, making Death Eaters rejoice and triggering panic over the Statute of Secrecy. As he spoke about creating a new era for wizards, Dumbledore and Vizet tried to locate him while Fudge urged them to stop the crisis.

• Voldemort appeared in green light above Azkaban, and Bellatrix Lestrange and the imprisoned Death Eaters celebrated his return.
• Voldemort addressed wizards worldwide, describing his travels and asking where a new era for wizards should lead.
• The Dark Mark appeared on former Death Eaters living abroad, prompting Ministry officials to question them and demand they remove it.
• Dumbledore received messages from silver animals reporting Voldemort's return, while Cornelius Fudge panicked about the Statute of Secrecy and called for Aurors and Hit Wizards.
• Vizet told Fudge he was close to finding Voldemort, as Dumbledore listened to the speech and summoned Fawkes.

Vizet explained Voldemort’s plan to use the Dark Mark to draw wizards and Ministry officials toward him, while preparing to make the Mark ineffective. He tracked Voldemort’s location but waited, asking Dumbledore how quickly he could reach a destination in Europe.

• Silver Patronuses brought Dumbledore information about Voldemort, and Vizet outlined how Voldemort intended to use the Dark Mark to gather wizards.
• Vizet withheld details about Voldemort’s past, including his connection to Hepzibah Smith, to avoid provoking suspicion before the Horcruxes were found.
• Voldemort denounced the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, arguing that it had stalled wizarding progress while Muggles prospered.
• Cornelius Fudge pressed Vizet for Voldemort’s location, but Vizet stayed silent and considered how to disable the Dark Mark.
• Vizet asked Dumbledore how quickly he could reach Voldemort if he was somewhere in Europe, and Dumbledore said he could try to find the closest place he had visited.

Vizet recognized that Voldemort was about to reveal his plans and sent Dumbledore the location where Voldemort was speaking. Dumbledore headed there as Voldemort urged wizards to unite against the Statute of Secrecy and the International Confederation of Wizards.

• Vizet told Cornelius Fudge he would soon find Voldemort’s location while Voldemort blamed the Statute of Secrecy and Dumbledore’s leadership for holding back wizardkind.
• Dumbledore received Vizet’s Memory Thread and learned the location, then left with Fawkes after Vizet handed him the address.
• Vizet told Cornelius Fudge that Voldemort was southeast of them, at a square, while Dumbledore traveled to Heroes' Square in Hungary.
• Dumbledore reflected that Voldemort’s actions and the Dependence Connection Ritual would become important topics at the upcoming International Confederation of Wizards Congress in Paris.
• Voldemort called on wizards to unite and build a new era, leaving Old Barty Crouch astonished by his unfamiliar appeal for support.

Voldemort offered to forgive his former followers and invited them to join his new world, stirring the Death Eaters in Azkaban and alarming Old Barty Crouch. Vizet realized Dumbledore had arrived and said he had found a way to remove the Dark Mark’s influence, then asked how to reach Azkaban.

• Old Barty Crouch recalled Voldemort’s past cruelty and how defecting Death Eaters, including Igor Karkaroff, had escaped punishment by claiming they were under the Imperius Curse.
• Voldemort promised to forgive former enemies and traitors, while Bellatrix Lestrange vowed to escape Azkaban and return to his side.
• A voice urged Azkaban’s guards to release the Death Eaters, tempting them with the prospect of joining Voldemort’s new world.
• Old Barty Crouch saw Igor Karkaroff become eager to rejoin Voldemort and feared the speech would sway other Death Eaters and Wizards.
• Vizet said Dumbledore’s arrival had changed the Dark Mark and that he had found a way to remove its influence.
• Vizet asked Old Barty Crouch and Cornelius Fudge how to get to Azkaban, and Fudge wondered whether Vizet meant to help wrongly accused prisoners.

Voldemort confronted Dumbledore after discovering that Dumbledore had used Voldemort’s own spellcasting technique to block his message. Their duel began, and Dumbledore emerged from Voldemort’s Killing Curse protected by an angel statue and prepared to counterattack.

• Voldemort realized Dumbledore had blocked his message from Durmstrang using a spellcasting technique Voldemort had invented, and accused him of using his magic against him.
• Dumbledore and Voldemort argued about Dark Magic and love before Voldemort cast Avada Kedavra at him.
• Wizards watching the duel feared for Dumbledore, while Vizet again pressed Cornelius Fudge to reconsider Azkaban.
• Voldemort’s Killing Curse struck an angel statue instead of Dumbledore, and he continued attacking while the statue crumbled into a misty cocoon around Dumbledore.
• Fawkes dodged Voldemort’s curse and sang as Dumbledore shattered the cocoon, shaped the mist into wings, and sent them closing in on Voldemort.

People around the world watched Dumbledore and Voldemort’s duel through the Dark Mark as Dumbledore overwhelmed Voldemort with lightning. Vizet and Old Barty Crouch warned that Voldemort could use the Dark Mark to turn the fight around and then attack Azkaban, leaving Cornelius Fudge alarmed.

• President Bill confronted Benjamin Graves about the danger of Voldemort’s Killing Curse and the Magical Congress’s secrecy.
• Dumbledore trapped Voldemort in a smoky cage, but Voldemort transformed it into Black Mist and sent it at him as thunderclouds gathered.
• Dumbledore summoned a barrage of lightning that destroyed the Black Mist and forced Voldemort to flee.
• Cornelius Fudge said Dumbledore had a huge advantage, but Vizet explained that Voldemort needed to regain the upper hand and rally followers through the Dark Mark.
• Old Barty Crouch warned that Voldemort could leave Dumbledore behind and attack Azkaban to free the Death Eaters, startling Cornelius Fudge.

Vizet persuaded Cornelius Fudge to act against the possibility of Voldemort using the Dark Mark to free Death Eaters from Azkaban. Meanwhile, Dumbledore and Voldemort continued their aerial duel as Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, and they descended toward a distant blaze.

• Vizet warned Cornelius Fudge that Voldemort could use the Dark Mark to locate Azkaban from within, and Fudge agreed to take action.
• Dumbledore changed his lightning into an eerie green, but Voldemort turned the thunderclouds into a vast Fiendfyre Flame Serpent.
• Fawkes the Phoenix confronted the Flame Serpent and resisted its flames, while Voldemort attacked Dumbledore with another Killing Curse.
• Dumbledore blocked Voldemort's spells and froze him, but Voldemort escaped and continued the assault.
• The watching wizards noticed Dumbledore and Voldemort descending toward distant lights and fire as heat distorted their figures.

As Voldemort and Dumbledore fought amid the Fiendfyre consuming Heroes' Square, the Hungarian Muggle Prime Minister demanded that the Minister of Magic address the destruction and the approaching exposure of the magical world. Dumbledore turned Voldemort's Fiendfyre against him, but Voldemort gathered the flames into a colossal serpent and sent it charging at Dumbledore.

• The Hungarian Muggle Prime Minister recognized the burning ruins as Heroes' Square and demanded that the Minister of Magic provide a solution for its destruction.
• The Minister of Magic promised to seek Special Effects Wizards while the Muggle Prime Minister warned that other countries would soon ask about the disaster.
• Dumbledore dodged Voldemort's Killing Curse, raised a magical field against attacking Fiendfyre serpents, and struck Voldemort's silver shield with a powerful spell.
• Dumbledore repelled and redirected Voldemort's Fiendfyre serpents, then told Voldemort that he mainly loathed him.
• Voldemort gathered the flames of Heroes' Square into an enormous Fiendfyre serpent and sent it charging at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore trapped Voldemort in a Fiendfyre cage, but Voldemort escaped and turned Heroes' Square into a massive cage around Dumbledore. The chapter ended with Dumbledore swallowed by the crushing sphere.

• Dumbledore restrained Voldemort's Fiendfyre serpent and wrapped Voldemort in a blazing Fire Cage.
• Trapped in the flames, Voldemort decided to escape and later rescue the loyal Death Eaters held in Azkaban to build his influence.
• Voldemort shattered the Fire Cage, causing its glowing ashes to hang in the air.
• Voldemort pulled away from Dumbledore and uprooted Heroes' Square with his magic.
• Voldemort compressed the square into an irregular sphere that swallowed Dumbledore.

After the vision of Dumbledore being swallowed by Heroes' Square ended, Ministry officials feared for his safety. Aboard a ship on the North Sea, Vizet concealed the Aurors from Voldemort as he flew past toward Azkaban, and explained why they should let him rescue the Death Eaters before confronting him.

• The Hungarian Muggle Prime Minister and Minister of Magic reacted in alarm when the scene at Heroes' Square vanished, while Voldemort's vision left viewers fearing for Dumbledore.
• Cornelius Fudge sought reassurance from Amelia Bones, Rufus Scrimgeour, and the Aurors aboard the magical ship, and they insisted Dumbledore would be all right.
• Vizet sensed someone approaching and cast a Confundus Charm to hide the ship as Voldemort flew past over the sea without a broomstick or disturbing the water.
• Amelia Bones and Old Barty Crouch realized Vizet had used seagulls to monitor Voldemort and had taken a detour to keep their approach to Azkaban concealed.
• Vizet warned that ambushing Voldemort could let him destroy the Ministry's elite Aurors, and argued that they should wait until he rescued the Death Eaters and acquired a burden.
• Rufus Scrimgeour praised Vizet's judgment and asked about his future career, but Vizet said he wanted to study and prepare for his O.W.L. Exam.

Dumbledore arrived at the ruined Heroes' Square and used magic to restore it while reassuring Hungarian officials and Muggle firefighters. After receiving Vizet’s message that Voldemort had been seen, Dumbledore left to handle other matters.

• Dumbledore learned from Vizet’s bookmark that Voldemort had left and was believed to be heading to Azkaban, then traveled with Fawkes the Phoenix to Heroes' Square.
• Dumbledore reassured the Muggle firefighters, met Minister August and the Hungarian Muggle Prime Minister, and accepted responsibility for helping repair the square.
• Dumbledore used a Memory Thread and his wand to reassemble the shattered monuments and buildings of Heroes' Square, then lowered them safely into place.
• Vizet sent Dumbledore a message confirming that he and his companions had seen Voldemort, and Dumbledore departed with Fawkes to attend to other matters.

Dumbledore erased Muggle witnesses’ memories after the destruction at Heroes' Square, while Vizet and the Aurors watched Voldemort break into Azkaban and free its prisoners. The chapter left Voldemort receiving the allegiance of the freed Death Eaters, including Bellatrix Lestrange, as Vizet recalled her future crimes.

• Dumbledore cast Obliviate on the Muggle firefighters and said he had also erased the memories of people around Heroes' Square.
• Vizet showed Cornelius Fudge and the Aurors Voldemort's arrival at Azkaban through the Metal Tag.
• Voldemort destroyed Azkaban's Magical Energy Field and Protective Magic, silenced the alarm, and persuaded the Dementors not to attack him.
• Voldemort demolished the prison cells as the prisoners knelt before him and the Death Eaters worshiped him.
• Vizet recognized Bellatrix Lestrange among the Death Eaters and recalled her later attempt to discover Voldemort's whereabouts by torturing Neville's parents.

Voldemort won over two Azkaban guards and armed Bellatrix Lestrange and Anton Dolohov as he prepared to leave. Vizet, the Aurors, and Dumbledore arrived at the island and began confronting the Dementors.

• Voldemort offered the two guards death or a new life in exchange for their loyalty, and they handed over their Wands.
• Voldemort gave one Wand to Bellatrix Lestrange and the other to Anton Dolohov.
• Vizet told Fudge and Scrimgeour that Dumbledore would need more time to reach them because of the sea's Protective Magic.
• Tonks spotted that Azkaban had vanished, and the Aurors saw a Three-Masted Sailing Ship in its place as Dumbledore arrived.
• Dumbledore and the Aurors landed on the island and cast Patronuses to drive back the Dementors.

Voldemort escaped Azkaban by ship and used towering waves to distract Dumbledore, who arrived with Ministry Aurors. As Voldemort’s magically empowered followers charged the Aurors, he confronted Dumbledore and accused him of obstructing their escape.

• Voldemort set the three-masted ship sailing toward the sea and spotted Dumbledore arriving at Azkaban with Aurors and Patronuses.
• Voldemort raised enormous waves to attack the island, while Dumbledore halted them and formed seawater walls around Azkaban.
• Dumbledore rode a stream of water toward Voldemort as the two Wizards continued their magical contest.
• Voldemort gave scarlet power to the wandless Death Eaters and prisoners, driving them to attack the Aurors.
• Dumbledore tried to stop the attackers with a stream of seawater, but Voldemort broke it and challenged him for standing in their way.

Dumbledore and the Aurors fought Voldemort’s transformed forces as Dementors repeatedly joined the battle. Vizet restrained the attackers while studying the blood magic behind their mutations, and Nymphadora Tonks was left facing John Deloris’s Killing Curse.

• Dumbledore countered Voldemort’s attacks with water magic and a Phoenix Patronus while Dementors pressed in from the sky and ground.
• Voldemort’s magic transformed Death Eaters and prisoners into irrational, animal-like fighters who attacked the Aurors.
• Nymphadora Tonks stunned one mutated Death Eater, dodged another’s attack, and was rescued when Vizet bound the attacker with vines.
• Vizet studied a floating bead of blood and recognized that Voldemort had used Bloodline Magic to grant the transformed fighters strength at the cost of their reason and life force.
• John Deloris cast the Killing Curse at Nymphadora Tonks, who froze as the green light filled her vision.

Vizet saved Nymphadora Tonks from John Deloris's Killing Curse and helped Kingsley Shacklebolt's Aurors defend themselves against enchanted snakes and attacking prisoners. The battle continued as the Aurors discovered that Williamson had betrayed them, while Vizet restrained him and dispelled the snakes.

• Vizet's Devil's Snare pulled Nymphadora Tonks out of the Killing Curse's path, and he knocked John Deloris down with a Stunning Spell.
• Vizet's Christmas Cactus restrained attackers while Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks fought venomous snakes whose wounds and bindings were undone by Black Mist.
• An Auror was bitten by a snake and rapidly poisoned, while the surrounded Aurors struggled to protect Kingsley Shacklebolt as they were attacked.
• Williamson suddenly cast the Killing Curse at his fellow Aurors, but a suit of armor emerged from the ground and blocked the spell.
• Vizet froze the snakes, transformed them into black smoke, and restrained Williamson with the Christmas Cactus as an Auror stunned him.
• An Auror recognized Savage among the group and exclaimed that he had thought Savage was already gone.

Vizet healed Gadwin and explained that Voldemort’s magic had enabled a Cat Leopard-blooded prisoner to hypnotize John and Williamson. He joined the battle and helped the Aurors regain control, while they reflected on his extraordinary skill despite still needing to prepare for his O.W.L. Exam next year.

• Vizet healed Gadwin with Professor Sprout’s magical technique and identified the snakes’ curse as the Affliction Curse.
• Vizet explained that Voldemort had altered the prisoners’ magical creature bloodlines and that a Cat Leopard-blooded prisoner had likely hypnotized John and Williamson.
• Gadwin warned the Aurors to avoid meeting the Cat Leopard-blooded prisoner’s eyes and returned to his duties.
• Vizet joined the fight, using Christmas Cactus to overpower opponents while studying Voldemort’s Bloodline Magic.
• The Aurors regrouped and fought alongside Vizet, and Savage told them that Vizet had saved him.
• The Aurors marveled at Vizet’s battlefield skill and recalled that he still had to prepare for the O.W.L. Exam next year.