Chapter Summaries

During the battle, Vizet captured the Cat Leopard and identified it as Gilderoy Lockhart, whose transformation was reversed with an Obliviation Charm. After explaining how Voldemort’s magic had altered the prisoners, Vizet prepared to rejoin the fight, thinking the knowledge might advance his Magic Revival Agent research.

• Vizet captured the Cat Leopard with Christmas Cacti while Rufus Scrimgeour and the Aurors fought the remaining Death Eaters and prisoners.
• Vizet recognized the Cat Leopard as Gilderoy Lockhart and used an Obliviation Charm to restore him to human form.
• Gilderoy Lockhart surrendered and claimed Voldemort had forced him to serve, but Nymphadora Tonks stunned him for safety.
• Vizet explained that an Obliviation Charm could reverse Voldemort’s transformation magic, and Aurors spread the information to their companions.
• Vizet prepared to return to the battle, planning to study Voldemort’s magic for his Magic Revival Agent research.

Voldemort realized Vizet Lovegood had been disrupting his plans and trapped Dumbledore so he could attack Vizet. Vizet summoned two Blood Oath Knights as Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at him, leaving the Aurors frozen in fear.

• Voldemort taunted Dumbledore during their duel, but Dumbledore remained silent and attacked with increasing force.
• Voldemort saw that the Aurors had nearly defeated the Death Eaters and prisoners, then concluded Vizet Lovegood had been interfering throughout the battle.
• Voldemort broke Dumbledore's golden-red spell, trapped him in a silver cage, and charged toward the battlefield below.
• Vizet sensed danger and realized someone had broken the Confundus Charm on him, so he summoned two Blood Oath Knights to guard him.
• Voldemort appeared above the battlefield and cast the Killing Curse at Vizet while the Aurors could only watch.

Vizet survived Voldemort’s Killing Curses by using Ancient Magic and lightning-fast movement, then revealed himself to the watching crowd as the famous Quidditch player. He struck Voldemort with the Suspension Falling Curse, slamming him into the ground.

• Voldemort fired several Killing Curses into the smoke while using a gale to thin it.
• Vizet emerged from the smoke with lightning coiling around him and used the Levitation Charm to lift Voldemort.
• Voldemort broke the spell with gray smoke and fired another Killing Curse, but Vizet dodged it in a flash of white light.
• The spectators recognized Vizet Lovegood as the young Quidditch champion and marveled that he had hit Voldemort.
• Vizet cast the Suspension Falling Curse, dragging Voldemort from the air and crashing him into the ground.

Vizet continued to suppress Voldemort with precise spells and Ancient Magic, drawing astonishment from the Aurors and observers. Voldemort survived the explosions and counterattacked with a Fiendfyre Giant Serpent, trapping Vizet among encircling boulders as it struck.

• Vizet cut apart Voldemort’s transformed snakes and used Ancient Magic to make their mangled bodies explode around Voldemort.
• Aurors and observers watched in disbelief as Vizet gained the advantage, and Benjamin Graves revealed that Vizet was a Hogwarts student.
• Voldemort emerged badly burned from the explosions and summoned a massive Fiendfyre Giant Serpent.
• Voldemort surrounded Vizet with huge rocks, restricting his room to dodge as the Fiendfyre Giant Serpent lunged at him.

Vizet survived Voldemort’s Fiendfyre attack and took control of the flames, shaping them into a silver-blue Flame Eagle. Voldemort realized Vizet understood Fiendfyre better than he did, while Nicolas Flamel and the others watched in astonishment.

• Voldemort’s Fiendfyre Giant Serpent engulfed Vizet and melted the surrounding boulders and ground.
• Vizet emerged unharmed and transformed the Fiendfyre into a silver-blue Flame Eagle under his control.
• Nicolas Flamel, Perenelle Flamel, and Quirinus Quirrell watched Vizet’s display, and Nicolas joked about writing to Albus.
• Voldemort sensed Vizet’s control of Fiendfyre and admitted that Vizet’s understanding of it surpassed his own.

Voldemort resented Dumbledore’s perceived double standards toward him and Vizet, then tried to kill Vizet when the Flame Eagle threatened him. Dumbledore trapped Voldemort in a Water Prison and signaled Vizet to destroy his body.

• Voldemort recalled how Dumbledore had watched and distrusted him, while repeatedly tolerating Vizet’s Obscurus and his study of Dark Magic.
• Voldemort decided to kill Vizet as retaliation against Dumbledore and used Ghostly Light to drive back Vizet’s Flame Eagle.
• Voldemort began casting the Killing Curse, but Dumbledore trapped him in a Water Prison before he could finish.
• Dumbledore kept Voldemort contained and signaled Vizet to destroy his body, while Vizet recognized that Voldemort’s Horcruxes would still let him return.

Vizet and Dumbledore appeared to defeat Voldemort on Azkaban island, while the Aurors subdued Bellatrix Lestrange and moved to capture the remaining prisoners. Vizet could find no trace of Voldemort and feared he might still be hiding, as he had before.

• Bellatrix Lestrange denounced the Aurors for ambushing Voldemort, and they stunned her, revealing prisoners gathered beneath a boulder.
• Vizet sent the Flame Eagle diving at Voldemort's Water Prison, and fire and water erupted into steam as the green light vanished.
• President Bill questioned Benjamin Graves about Ilvermorny's lack of wizards like Dumbledore and Vizet, and Benjamin Apparated away to deal with the Dark Mark.
• Rufus Scrimgeour ordered the Aurors to control the prisoners as Azkaban's restored prison collapsed into ruins.
• Vizet searched the Dark Mark for Voldemort but found no trace, then recalled that Voldemort had once hidden at Hogwarts after seeming defeated.

Vizet asked Fawkes to heal the injured Aurors and prisoners so he could test whether Voldemort was still nearby with his newly invented Pain Howl Resonance Spell. Voldemort remained hidden inside Anton Dolohov and prepared to attack Vizet as he and Dumbledore approached Gilderoy Lockhart.

• Vizet asked Fawkes to heal the Aurors and prisoners, and Dumbledore agreed that they should prepare in case Voldemort had not left.
• Vizet explained that he had invented the Pain Howl Resonance Spell to make pain from bodily or soul injuries manifest through screaming.
• Voldemort revealed that he had hidden inside Anton Dolohov, swapped appearances with a prisoner, and disguised a Fake Wand to avoid suspicion.
• Fawkes healed Voldemort along with the others, and Voldemort mistook Dumbledore's actions for a display of hypocrisy.
• Voldemort watched Vizet and Dumbledore approach Gilderoy Lockhart, gripped his wand, and waited for a chance to cast the Killing Curse at Vizet.

Vizet’s Pain Howl Resonance Spell forced Voldemort out of Anton Dolohov and exposed the division between Voldemort and the Tom Riddle Soul Fragment. To escape being torn apart, Voldemort cast the Killing Curse on Anton Dolohov and fled Azkaban.

• Vizet cast the Pain Howl Resonance Spell, and Dumbledore shielded the Aurors with the Silent Wound Spell.
• Voldemort felt the pain tear at his soul and sensed the Tom Riddle Soul Fragment separating from him.
• Voldemort emerged from Anton Dolohov as a divided-faced figure of black smoke, while the Aurors recognized him and hesitated to attack.
• Vizet used the Metal Tag to make the Dark Mark reflect only the Dark Mark, intensifying Voldemort’s agony.
• Voldemort aimed Anton Dolohov’s Wand at Anton Dolohov and cast Avada Kedavra, then fled Azkaban as Anton Dolohov fell.

After Voldemort vanished from Azkaban, Dumbledore and the Ministry officials prepared to take the prisoners back and discuss how to respond to his return. Old Barty Crouch warned that Voldemort’s Dark Marks would reveal the truth to magical governments, leaving Fudge unable to conceal it.

• Dumbledore identified the dead Death Eater as Anton Dolohov, who had murdered Mrs. Weasley’s brothers, and Rufus Scrimgeour ordered the prisoners taken to the Ministry.
• Cornelius Fudge emerged from hiding and asked whether Voldemort had been defeated, but Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had vanished as smoke and could return.
• Dumbledore conjured a Magical Ship, and the Aurors brought the prisoners aboard while the group prepared to discuss the Ministry’s next steps.
• Old Barty Crouch proposed first considering how England’s wizards would react to news of Voldemort’s return, and Fudge suggested keeping it secret.
• Old Barty Crouch reminded Fudge that Voldemort could use the Death Eaters’ Dark Marks, so magical governments would learn of his return and the Ministry could not hide it.

Vizet revealed that he had rendered Voldemort’s Dark Mark unusable before Voldemort fled, giving the Ministry a chance to limit his influence. Old Barty Crouch proposed taking a hardline stance with other magical governments, leaving Cornelius Fudge confused about how that would help downplay Voldemort’s return.

• Amelia Bones, Cornelius Fudge, and Old Barty Crouch questioned whether Voldemort could still use the Dark Mark to spread his message.
• Vizet said he had disabled the Dark Mark, but Voldemort escaped before he could do more.
• Dumbledore and the others agreed that Voldemort’s lost channel of communication gave them a chance to manage the fallout.
• Old Barty Crouch proposed contacting other magical governments, emphasizing Voldemort’s danger, and demonstrating their resolve to fight him.
• Cornelius Fudge questioned how a hardline approach could downplay Voldemort’s influence or secure cooperation.

Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore, and the others discussed how to manage the news of Voldemort’s return and avoid provoking the other Ministers of Magic. Dumbledore revealed that Vizet’s Ritual Magic had already enabled two Squibs to cast spells, offering a possible way to redirect public attention.

• Cornelius Fudge argued that other Ministers of Magic would be reluctant to cooperate before witnessing Voldemort’s destructive power, and Old Barty Crouch proposed using their resistance to advance a second demand.
• Amelia Bones insisted that they would need to act if Voldemort announced his return or devised a new countermeasure, and Fudge raised the difficulty of concealing the night’s events.
• Old Barty Crouch identified the damaged Heroes' Square in Hungary as a serious problem, but Dumbledore said he had restored it and that Minister August would not pursue the matter.
• Dumbledore suggested publicizing Vizet’s Ritual Magic as a way to divert attention, revealing that Argus Filch and Arabella Figg had successfully gained the ability to cast spells.

Dumbledore explained that Vizet’s Dependence Connection Ritual could let Squibs gain magical abilities through loyal magical pets, and the group discussed using it as a solution to the treatment of Squibs. After the Aurors returned the prisoners to the Ministry, Vizet followed a group of Dementors over the sea and prepared to deal with them, where a mysterious voice told him a letter had arrived.

• Dumbledore explained to Fudge, Bones, and Crouch how the Dependence Connection Ritual gave Filch Mrs. Norris’s Directional Spell and could help Squibs become wizards.
• Crouch accepted that the ritual could address growing objections to exiling Squibs, while Dumbledore’s group settled on a preliminary plan for action.
• The Aurors used makeshift Portkeys to take the prisoners to the Ministry, where Crouch began planning and Bones prepared to arrange a Wizengamot trial.
• Vizet declined Dumbledore’s offer to return him to Hogwarts and followed the Dementors he had tracked with a transfigured seagull.
• Vizet arrived above the sea near the Dementors, and a voice told him that a letter had arrived for him.

Vizet reunited with Luna and Baby Thunderbird by the sea, then used two Corporeal Patronuses to destroy the Dementors pursuing them. With the Dementors gone, Vizet and Luna headed back to Hogwarts.

• Luna drifted down to Vizet, and they embraced and playfully exchanged a punishment.
• Luna explained that she and Baby Thunderbird had come to find Vizet, who had been expecting Jupiter.
• Vizet sent a seagull made from the sea waves toward the Dementors as another punishment letter.
• The Dementors failed to recognize the danger until two Corporeal Patronuses began eliminating them one by one.
• After the Dementors vanished and the sea returned to normal, Vizet took Luna's hand and set off for Hogwarts with the sleeping Baby Thunderbird.

After breakfast, Xenophilius checked that Vizet was unharmed and warned him not to make Luna worry again. Xenophilius then left to meet Dumbledore, possibly about the previous night’s events.

• Vizet and Luna ate breakfast together in the Great Hall, where Xenophilius joined them and checked Vizet for injuries.
• Vizet assured Xenophilius that he was fine, and Luna confirmed it while Xenophilius scolded Vizet for worrying her.
• Xenophilius told Vizet to be careful and not let Luna worry, and Vizet promised not to act recklessly.
• Xenophilius revealed that Dumbledore had summoned him to the Headmaster’s Office, possibly because of the previous night’s events.
• Xenophilius advised Vizet to see Madam Pomfrey if he felt unwell, then left to meet Dumbledore.

Vizet met Rita Skeeter at Hogwarts and urged her to help counter Voldemort’s attempt to announce his return. Rita agreed to report on the coming events, determined to reclaim what she had lost.

• Vizet and Luna encountered Rita Skeeter and a group of reporters after saying goodbye to Xenophilius Lovegood.
• Rita questioned Vizet about his inside information and realized his plans were connected to Voldemort’s return.
• Vizet explained that they needed to make their voices heard and prevent Voldemort from controlling the news.
• Rita recalled regretting her earlier refusal to report on Sirius Black and accepted Vizet’s proposal.
• Rita put away her usual Quick-Quotes Quill, took out another, and asked Vizet to tell her every detail.

Michael Corner, Chris Moen, Anthony Goldstein, and Terry Boot read The Daily Prophet’s accounts of Anton Dolohov’s escape and Vizet Lovegood’s role in stopping the Azkaban breakout. They celebrated Vizet’s coverage and Ravenclaw’s connection to his deeds, though Terry thought the article left out important details.

• Michael Corner read that the newspaper blamed the Dark Mark and the attack on Heroes' Square on Anton Dolohov and the Dolohov Family, and he dismissed the idea that Voldemort had returned.
• Chris Moen cited his father’s claim that Voldemort had returned, while Anthony Goldstein challenged Michael to remember past false reports in The Daily Prophet.
• Terry Boot pointed out a report saying Vizet Lovegood had led Aurors to Azkaban and used a Flame Eagle to suppress the crazed prisoners.
• Michael, Terry, and Chris praised Vizet’s daring and said the Flame Eagle resembled Ravenclaw’s crest, while Anthony and Chris said they trusted that day’s newspaper but not necessarily its other reports.
• Terry criticized the article for omitting Vizet’s papers and making him sound like a Gryffindor by emphasizing Quidditch.

Vizet and his dormmates discussed rumors that Durmstrang headmaster Karkaroff had fled, then read an evening paper reporting Azkaban's destruction. Anthony concluded that Karkaroff feared escaped prisoners would seek revenge, while Vizet and Luna left the feast together.

• Vizet's dormmates debated the feast, the prison break, and rumors that Karkaroff had run away from Hogwarts.
• Vizet said he had used a Confundus Charm to avoid being recognized while visiting Hogsmeade with Luna.
• Owls delivered The Evening Prophet, whose report said Azkaban had been completely destroyed and exposed a flaw in England's Magical World.
• Anthony connected Vizet's account of prisoners preparing to cross the sea with the possibility that some had escaped.
• Anthony speculated that Karkaroff fled because escaped prisoners might seek revenge on him, and Terry agreed the theory made sense.

As rumors about Karkaroff’s disappearance spread, Dumbledore addressed the students about the Azkaban breakout and praised Vizet for stopping Dolohov’s conspiracy. The banquet ended with students interpreting the speech and safety guide as evidence of escaped Death Eaters, while the authorities’ strategy kept discussion focused on the breakout rather than Voldemort’s return.

• Students and Ravenclaws linked Karkaroff’s flight to the Azkaban breakout and suspected Cornelius Fudge was concealing information.
• Dumbledore and the professors arrived at the Great Hall without Karkaroff, confirming Anthony’s suspicion that he had fled.
• Dumbledore announced that a large-scale breakout had occurred at Azkaban and credited Vizet Lovegood with discovering Dolohov’s conspiracy.
• Dumbledore warned the students about Death Eaters, urged unity, and said the Ministry would send an Emergency Handling guide about Dementors.
• During the banquet, Anthony, Chris, and Michael concluded that Death Eaters had escaped and that the guide would contain advice about dealing with them.

The Daily Prophet used reports about Karkaroff and Vizet’s Quidditch achievements to divert attention from rumors of Voldemort’s return. At Nurmengard, Serena Pendragon brought Gellert Grindelwald recent newspapers, and he pretended to read them only to pass the time.

• The Daily Prophet published Rita Skeeter’s reports about Karkaroff and Vizet, drawing readers’ attention away from rumors of Voldemort’s return.
• English Wizards recalled Vizet’s World Cup performance and defended the reports about him.
• Serena Pendragon told Gellert Grindelwald that people at Platform Seven and a Half had enthusiastically shared stories about Vizet.
• Grindelwald showed Serena his notebook of visions and said his left eye had improved, though it was unlikely to return to its original condition.
• Serena offered Grindelwald a stack of newspapers, and he accepted one while insisting he only wanted extra reading to pass the time.