Chapter Summaries

Vizet and the healers monitored Neville’s treatment while debating whether the strange magical effects were a Magical Outburst or a possible Dark Magic creature. The ritual ended safely, and three points of light entered Neville, Frank, and Alice, leaving the healers relieved and Neville reunited with his grandmother.

• Galen Claudius questioned whether the adults’ condition was a Magical Outburst, and Augusta Longbottom recalled Neville’s brief outburst when he was eight.
• Hecate Graves and Daedalus Wellesley described other cases of Magical Outbursts, while Galen warned that Dark Magic creatures might also cause the symptoms.
• The magical fluctuation ended, the Tree Cocoon withdrew into its Glass Jar, and three Chrysalises released points of light that entered Neville, Frank Longbottom, and Alice Longbottom.
• Hecate Graves called the treatment a pioneering achievement, while Galen went to prepare materials to check for Dark Magic creatures.
• Neville opened his eyes, swayed, and told Augusta Longbottom that the treatment had worked for his parents.

Neville and Augusta Longbottom witnessed Alice Longbottom and Frank Longbottom awaken, though their damaged souls still left them frail. After leaving the family together, Vizet discussed unusual Dark Magic creature attacks with Galen Claudius, who revealed that such creatures might be behind many apparent suicide cases.

• Alice Longbottom woke and called Neville, and Frank Longbottom soon woke as well.
• Neville helped Alice sit up while Augusta and Neville reunited emotionally with his parents.
• Vizet and the others left the Treatment Room so The Longbottom Family could be together, and Meriem Strout tearfully thanked Vizet.
• Galen Claudius discussed Dark Magic creatures with Vizet and recognized Remus Lupin as an old friend who had returned.
• Galen Claudius told Vizet that Dark Magic creatures might have caused many apparent suicides among Muggles and Wizards, and asked him to keep the matter secret.

Vizet proposed a potion recipe that could treat Mongolfer’s severe allergic reaction to Billywig stings, and Galen Claudius agreed to help publish their findings. The chapter left Vizet and Galen preparing to write a paper together for Practical Potion Master.

• Mongolfer arrived at St. Mungo’s floating uncontrollably after repeated Billywig stings caused a severe allergic reaction, while his son Jones pulled him in on roller skates.
• Galen Claudius warned Mongolfer that his allergy would be difficult to treat and said Australia had not seen such cases for years.
• Vizet gave Galen a potion recipe using Diricawl Syrup, Moonstone Powder, St. John’s Wort Infusion, Mistletoe White Berry Juice, and Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon Liver.
• Galen recognized that the recipe could counter the Billywig venom and cautioned Mongolfer not to brew it at home because incorrect dosage could be fatal.
• After Jones took Mongolfer from the Treatment Room, Galen thanked Vizet and suggested publishing the recipe in Practical Potion Master.
• Vizet invited Galen to coauthor the paper, and Galen agreed to help write it up.

Galen Claudius described a patient parasitized by a Dark Magic creature called the Summers Island Sailor, then asked Vizet how he would treat him. Vizet devised and refined a Ritual Magic plan that closely matched the treatment Galen and Lupin had developed, leaving Galen astonished.

• Galen Claudius explained that Dark Magic creatures were difficult to manage because they appeared in unpredictable places.
• Galen told Vizet about a patient who dreamed nightly of a ghostly sailor from Summers Island and suffered painful swelling and abnormal strength on one side of his body.
• Galen and Lupin had identified the cause as a parasitic Dark Magic creature they named the Summers Island Sailor.
• Vizet proposed a Ritual Magic using a misty sea atmosphere, Summers Island materials, and a compass to guide the creature into a basin.
• Vizet revised his plan to use the Smokescreen Charm to create the mist, and Galen exclaimed that the change matched an optimization he and Lupin had later discovered.

Vizet and Galen Claudius discussed how Lupin’s Ritual Magic Treatment Plan worked by satisfying the Summers Island Sailor’s desire to return to sea. Vizet proposed making the spirit realize it had died, but Galen warned that the untested method was dangerous and offered to find out whether such creatures remained.

• Galen Claudius added practical details to Vizet’s Treatment Plan and explained how the Smokescreen Charm reduced its cost.
• Galen told Vizet that Lupin considered the Summers Island Sailor a Vengeful Spirit formed from sailors who had died in the Bermuda Triangle.
• Vizet connected Summers Island with the Bermuda Islands and inferred that the spirit represented a collective of dead sailors seeking to return there.
• Vizet suggested destroying the spirit by making it realize it had died, but Galen said the risky method had never been tried and patient safety came first.
• Galen offered to ask whether any Summers Island Sailors were still around if Vizet wanted to investigate his idea.

Vizet learned from Galen Claudius that dark magic creatures could arise from objects and intense human obsessions, and considered how collective Muggle will might create powerful magic. He planned to seek inspiration from Neville's family, while he and Galen prepared to write a paper together.

• Galen Claudius told Vizet that St. Mungo's and the Artifact Accidents Department had recently found their containers for dark magic creatures empty.
• Galen described Muggles killed by dark magic creatures and recounted a typewriter that had forced a patient to type until a Ghoul took over.
• Galen explained Lyall Lupin's theory that resentment over unpublished work had created the creature inside the typewriter.
• Vizet connected dark magic creatures to Ritual Magic, alchemy, and human will, and planned to meet Neville's family for inspiration.
• Galen declined Daedalus Wellesley's invitation for a drink so he could draft a paper with Vizet.

After recovering at St. Mungo's, Vizet shared a meal with Xenophilius and Luna and agreed to ask about an interview with Frank Longbottom. Xenophilius invited Vizet to stay until the Lovegoods attended Luna's maternal grandfather's funeral, where the Treadwell Family wanted to meet him.

• Xenophilius questioned Vizet about becoming an Honorary Consultant and helping Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom recover, while Vizet credited Ms. Graves, the other Healers, and Luna's candy-wrapper hint.
• Xenophilius asked Vizet to arrange an exclusive interview with Frank Longbottom and St. Mungo's, and Vizet agreed to ask when he returned.
• Vizet said he was ready to leave St. Mungo's, but Xenophilius asked him to stay while the Lovegoods attended Luna's maternal grandfather's funeral.
• Xenophilius explained that Pandora had left the ancient Treadwell Family to marry him and that the family had opposed their relationship.
• On the way home, Xenophilius told Luna that her maternal grandmother had asked them to bring Vizet to the funeral so the Treadwell Family could meet him.

Xenophilius hid the Treadwell Family’s request for him to attend a funeral with his whole family, insisting that Vizet should stay home. At St. Mungo’s, the Longbottoms thanked Vizet for helping restore their family, and Augusta redirected the conversation to Neville’s experience in the Kabbalah Tree of Life.

• Xenophilius told Luna that the Treadwell Family’s motives were suspicious and said Vizet should not attend the funeral.
• Luna teased Xenophilius for caring about Vizet, and he asked her to keep their conversation secret.
• Neville brought Vizet to the ward where Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, and Augusta Longbottom were waiting.
• Alice and Frank thanked Vizet for inventing the Soul Healing Art and helping treat them, while Vizet credited the Healers and Neville.
• Augusta eased Vizet’s embarrassment and asked about his interest in the earlier Magical Outburst.
• Vizet asked what Neville had experienced inside the Kabbalah Tree of Life and recalled that he had been in Beauty Sephirot.

Neville explained that a Black Sphere in the Beauty Sephirot had led him to confront a figure embodying another side of himself. After Neville accepted the figure as part of him, it disappeared, leaving him with a feeling of happiness and acknowledgment.

• Neville told Vizet, Augusta Longbottom, and his parents how he had encountered the Black Sphere in the Beauty Sephirot and seen the figure emerge from it.
• Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom recalled that Neville had been engulfed by a black shadow after telling them where they were.
• Neville remembered telling the figure that it was part of him but not all of him, and he grabbed it when it tried to flee.
• Alice Longbottom embraced Neville and apologized for not being there during his hardships, while Frank Longbottom comforted him.
• Neville reassured his parents that his fears were also part of him and introduced the figure as himself.
• Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom accepted the figure, which called itself Neville before disappearing.

Vizet explained that Neville’s visions came from a Black Sphere formed by his negative emotions, which absorbed the aftereffects of the Cruciatus Curse and grew into That Figure. He then connected the process to the Inferi Curse, leaving the Longbottoms stunned by the sudden shift to Dark Magic.

• Vizet released his tamed Obscurus so Neville could test whether he could sense it, confirming that Neville was not an Obscurial.
• Vizet explained that Neville, Frank Longbottom, and Alice Longbottom had all become part of the Ritual Magic and that their injured souls were linked within it.
• Neville reassured Alice Longbottom that his soul injury had improved his concentration and helped him use the Summoning Charm and Repelling Charm.
• Vizet explained that the Black Sphere had taken the Tree Cocoon’s place and absorbed the Cruciatus Curse’s aftereffects, eventually becoming That Figure.
• Vizet said the process helped him understand why the casting method for the Inferi Curse felt awkward, surprising the Longbottoms.

Vizet explained the Inferi Curse to Neville and the Longbottoms, demonstrating how its wand movement followed the Kabbalah Tree of Life and could animate a scarab beetle. He said the spell stirred a target’s experiences together with the caster’s magic, allowing Inferi to act independently, and left Neville ready to study the subject for his Herbology research.

• Neville reassured his parents about Dark Magic by summoning a Corporeal Patronus in the shape of a hedgehog.
• Vizet explained that Necromancy had several methods for creating Inferi, each suited to different needs, and described the weaknesses of Inferi summoned by the Inferi Curse.
• Frank Longbottom recalled that the Inferi Curse’s wand movement was awkward and that its Inferi were useful for ambushes.
• Vizet showed that the curse’s wand movement followed the Kabbalah Tree of Life and animated a scarab beetle with the incantation “Raise Corpses into an Army!”
• Vizet explained that the spell stirred a target’s experiences together with the caster’s magic, enabling even a scarab beetle to act as an Inferius.
• Neville focused on Vizet’s explanation, intending to take notes and use the knowledge in his Herbology research.

Vizet explained to Neville how the Beauty Sephirot mirrored the soul and how the Inferi Curse used a corpse’s lingering experiences to create a false semblance of a soul. He left Neville understanding why Inferi could act independently but remained weak imitations of the living.

• Vizet connected the Inferi Curse to Neville’s Beauty Sephirot and explained how Sympathetic Magic used similarity to investigate magic.
• Vizet showed Neville the four worlds of the Kabbalah Tree of Life and described the dashed line at Beauty Sephirot as a mirror between formless and tangible worlds.
• Neville recognized that accepting That Figure meant accepting a part of himself reflected in the mirror.
• Vizet explained that a corpse’s experiences remained after its soul was gone, and the Inferi Curse stirred those remnants with the caster’s evil thoughts and Dark Magic.
• Vizet concluded that the Beauty Sephirot reflected the stirred remnants into something resembling a soul, but Inferi remained flawed imitations rather than resurrected people.

Vizet explained that Neville’s improved Patronus reflected his acceptance of himself and that the magical fluctuations he experienced were a Magical Outburst. Neville then explained to his worried parents how he studied Dark Magic as a tool for Herbology, leaving them to understand that his interest was practical rather than sinister.

• Vizet told Neville that his Patronus had become faster and stronger, and linked his recent Magical Outburst to accepting the figure in the Beauty Sephirot.
• After Vizet left, Neville wrote notes about the Inferi Curse while Frank Longbottom and Alice Longbottom worried about his interest in Dark Magic.
• Alice Longbottom cautioned Neville about the dangers of Dark Magic and asked whether he understood the Blood-Draining Curse.
• Neville explained that he used the Blood-Draining Curse to research Magical Plants, improving his cultivation methods with Vizet’s encouragement.
• Frank Longbottom asked whether Neville planned to use the Inferi Curse for plant research, and Neville confirmed that he did.
• Neville described Vizet’s study method as a tree-and-soil cycle, where his strongest subject absorbed knowledge from other subjects and returned new understanding to them.

Neville discussed how he might use the Inferi Curse to manage aggressive magical plants, while Frank and Alice reflected on lost time with their son and Augusta urged them to focus on the present. Vizet resumed organizing his research and discovered that the patterns on the Emerald Tablet rubbing had begun to move, so he prepared a protective artifact before examining it again.

• Neville explained that the Inferi Curse might help calm aggressive magical plants, though he had not yet worked out how to combine it with other magic.
• Frank and Alice regretted missing Neville's childhood, and Augusta encouraged them to seize the time they still had with him.
• Vizet sorted through his notes while Luna wrote to him about the smooth funeral visit and the Treadwell Family's respectful behavior.
• Vizet examined the Emerald Tablet rubbing and realized it acted as a magical link to the original tablet, sharing its power to enlighten magical understanding.
• When the rubbing's patterns began moving, Vizet set it down, prepared a protective artifact with a Universal Counter-Curse and Soul Soothing Potion, and picked it up again to investigate.

Vizet focused on the Emerald Tablet rubbing and witnessed its symbols transform into a cosmic figure that he touched. The vision ended with the rubbing losing its magical properties and displaying the words, “As above, so below; as within, so without.”

• Vizet concentrated on the Emerald Tablet rubbing, and its patterns detached from the parchment and shifted from chaotic lights into orderly symbols.
• The symbols separated and recombined into spinning patterns that Vizet perceived as star clusters and nebulae.
• A blurred figure containing a universe appeared and extended its finger toward Vizet.
• Vizet extended his own finger and touched the figure, which then dispersed into the darkness.
• Light returned to the hospital room, and Vizet found the rubbing had become ordinary parchment bearing the words, “As above, so below; as within, so without.”

Vizet was drawn into the Third Perspective by the Emerald Tablet rubbing and met Hermes Trismegistus, who agreed to exchange three questions each with him. The chapter ended with Vizet asking whether Hermes was connected to Odin.

• The Emerald Tablet rubbing surged with magic and pulled Vizet toward the Otherworld, but the force stopped before he arrived.
• Hermes Trismegistus appeared, said he could be considered a god, and warned Vizet not to voice certain deductions because of the Anti-Vision Method.
• Hermes revealed his name and explained that he had summoned Vizet to a good place for conversation.
• Vizet and Hermes agreed to answer three questions each, and Hermes said that “they,” including Vizet, possessed all authority in that place.
• Hermes asked why Vizet wanted to know who controlled the place, and Vizet said he needed to judge whether Hermes and the others could be trusted.
• Vizet asked Hermes whether he was connected to Odin.

Vizet questioned Hermes Trismegistus about their shared origins, the objects in Departments of Mysteries, and an ancient conflict between flame and stone. Hermes revealed that the surviving stone sought to collect and extinguish the remaining embers.

• Vizet deduced that Odin and the Department of Mysteries objects shared Hermes Trismegistus's origin and had been gifts to help others develop, and Hermes confirmed his reasoning.
• Vizet said he followed his own will rather than worrying about a predetermined mission, and Hermes admitted the three-question limit was his whim and that he had feared Vizet might be burdened by outside forces.
• Hermes described how flame sought to change the world with stone, but stone feared it and attacked, leaving only a few embers and one piece of stone.
• Vizet inferred that the surviving stone planned to gather the embers, and Hermes confirmed that it wanted to extinguish the flame and cover itself with the embers.

Vizet and Hermes Trismegistus watched the Skeleton Figure drift through the Otherworld and agreed it threatened to contaminate the place. Hermes used Vizet’s stored Ancient Magic Power to secretly injure it, hoping its suspicion would delay its spread, then sent Vizet back.

• Hermes Trismegistus explained that the rock had opposed sharing its ember and that the Otherworld’s purpose was to spread light and heat.
• Hermes Trismegistus spent his staff to shield Vizet as the Skeleton Figure passed nearby unnoticed.
• Vizet proposed hurting the Skeleton Figure, and Hermes approved his independent resolve.
• Vizet summoned the Wizard Combat Guide, and Hermes sent a hidden sphere of time-tempered Ancient Magic Power toward the Skeleton Figure.
• Hermes explained that the unexplained injury would make the Skeleton Figure suspicious and slow its contamination of the Otherworld, then sent Vizet back.

After returning from the Otherworld, Vizet pieced together what Hermes Trismegistus had revealed about the Skeleton Figure and reflected on his new maxim from the Emerald Tablet. He connected “As above, so below. As within, so without” to the soul, spirit, and body working together during Animagus transformation.

• Vizet returned to consciousness, and the Emerald Tablet rubbing settled back onto the hospital bed.
• Vizet inferred that Hermes Trismegistus had used coded images to avoid reconnaissance War Magic and learned that the Skeleton Figure had lingered in the Otherworld to pollute it.
• Vizet interpreted “As within, so without” as reflecting how the soul shaped an Animagus’s animal form and aligned with the form of their Corporeal Patronus.
• Vizet reasoned that the first Animagus transformation required the spirit, soul, and body to work together, with the spirit overcoming Animal Instinct before the body returned to human form.
• Vizet compared the Animagus process to Alchemy, viewing the potion as a medium, daily spells as an Alchemy Magic Array, patience and concentration as the means of operation, and a storm as the catalyst.

Vizet sought Agnes's medical record to develop a Treatment Plan that might reverse the effects of her failed Animagus practice. The record showed her Animal Instinct episodes were becoming more frequent, and Meriem Strout revealed that Agnes's polka-dot robe from the time of her admission was stored in the Janus Thickey Ward.

• Vizet decided to investigate Agnes's condition and began drafting a Treatment Plan based on his understanding of Animagi.
• Hecate Graves told Vizet that Meriem Strout had Agnes's medical record, and Vizet arranged to meet Meriem.
• Meriem brought Agnes's record to the sixth-floor tearoom, where Vizet learned her episodes of Animal Instinct had increased from monthly to weekly and might be worsening.
• Vizet asked what Agnes had worn when she was admitted, and Meriem said her polka-dot robe was stored in the Janus Thickey Ward.