Chapter Summaries

Aberforth taught Vizet to build a Soul Maze by filling it with positive emotions and meaningful memories, while Vizet also began practicing Occlumency. The chapter left Vizet strengthening the maze around his Christmas memories and learning lessons about dueling from the Hog’s Head patrons.

• Aberforth used an emotion-infused piece of bread to show Vizet how feelings could be conveyed through Life Magic and explained how positive emotions formed a Soul Maze that guarded the soul from Voldemort.
• Vizet practiced recalling happy memories, then surprised Aberforth with a Devil’s Snare spell and learned that Aberforth had been teasing him about his thoughts.
• Aberforth praised Vizet’s progress and ended their lesson, while Vizet considered using emotion-infused food to share a taste of home with his family.
• Vizet used his Christmas holiday memories of Carriage Castle, the magical garden, and its residents as the core of his Soul Maze.
• Vizet listened to the Hog’s Head patrons’ stories and watched their duels, learning that upsetting an opponent’s mental state could decide a fight.

Ravenclaw defeated Slytherin in a hard-fought Quidditch match, and Vizet later added the experience to the Soul Maze. Snape confronted Quirrell over his plan to steal the Philosopher’s Stone, but Voldemort ordered Quirrell to wait until after the students’ exams and obtain Unicorn blood.

• Oliver Wood warned Arsenal about Slytherin’s aggressive tactics, and Vizet healed Roger and Jeremy after they were injured during the match.
• Ravenclaw adapted its defense, and Cho Chang caught the Golden Snitch before Slytherin’s Seeker, securing the win.
• Snape disarmed Quirrell and demanded to know where Voldemort was and how to get past the Three-Headed Dog and the Potions Challenge.
• Quirrell told Voldemort about Snape’s visit, and Voldemort decided to wait until after the students’ exams before beginning the plan.
• Voldemort ordered Quirrell to provide Snape with a list of Potion Ingredients and to kill a Unicorn for its blood.

Vizet encountered Voldemort possessing Professor Quirrell, who forced him to lead the way into the Forbidden Forest. As Voldemort urged him to attack Filch and the five students ahead, Vizet resisted the influence and continued into the forest, where Voldemort questioned him about being an Obscurial.

• Vizet heard Voldemort speaking through Quirrell and realized Voldemort was possessing him.
• Voldemort tormented Quirrell, then ordered Vizet to take him to the Forbidden Forest.
• Vizet noticed his locket warming and felt Fawkes’s comforting presence as he helped the unconscious Quirrell stand.
• Vizet spotted Filch leading Harry, Ron, Neville, and two other students toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Voldemort tried to influence Vizet to attack them, but the Soul Maze blocked the intrusion and Vizet avoided the group.
• Voldemort called Vizet an Obscurial and explained that Hogwarts was meant to teach him to release and control his magic.

Vizet entered the Forbidden Forest with Voldemort, learned the Night Vision Charm, and encountered dangerous creatures as Voldemort searched for a target. When Voldemort demanded a Unicorn’s blood, Vizet refused, and the Unicorn fled.

• Vizet entered the dark Forbidden Forest and learned the Night Vision Charm from Voldemort.
• Vizet used the charm to travel deeper into the forest, where he saw magical creatures and signs of a nearby predator.
• Voldemort urged Vizet onward without explaining what he was searching for, while suggesting Vizet could kill creatures without being discovered.
• A Unicorn appeared and showed Vizet goodwill, but Voldemort demanded its blood.
• Vizet refused, and the Unicorn disappeared into the bushes while Voldemort mocked Vizet’s priorities.

Vizet confronted Voldemort, who was possessing Professor Quirrell, and was forced to brew Soul Soothing Potion in exchange for Quirrell’s temporary safety. As Vizet brewed, Voldemort tried to manipulate him with promises and magical knowledge, and Vizet found himself captivated by the lessons.

• Vizet accused Voldemort of planning to drink Unicorn blood and warned that making Quirrell drink it would leave him cursed.
• Voldemort revealed that he wanted Vizet’s Soul Soothing Potion and threatened to make Quirrell drink Unicorn blood if Vizet refused.
• Quirrell, controlled by Voldemort, produced potion ingredients and equipment that had been prepared in advance.
• Vizet agreed to brew the potion after Voldemort set up a Magical Energy Field to protect him from outside disturbance.
• Voldemort tried to bewitch Vizet with praise and promises, then discussed free and flexible spellcasting until Vizet’s brewing movements stopped.

Vizet refused Voldemort’s offer to leave Hogwarts and was left alone to fight an Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest. As he searched for a way to control the power of the Affliction Curse without losing himself to malicious thoughts, the spider lunged at him again.

• Vizet bottled the Soul Soothing Potion and refused Voldemort’s invitation to leave Hogwarts.
• An Acromantula attacked, and Voldemort left Vizet to face it as a test.
• Vizet restrained the spider with Transfiguration and avoided using Ancient Magic or fire.
• Vizet found that ordinary spells barely affected the Acromantula and considered using the Affliction Curse, but feared its side effects.
• Vizet recalled Voldemort’s advice about adjusting a spell’s power and planned to target the Acromantula’s eyes or head.
• The Acromantula broke free of the vines and launched itself at Vizet.

Vizet defeated an Acromantula with a carefully weakened Affliction Curse, then met the centaur Firenze. Voldemort observed the fight and reacted with alarm to changes in the Soul Soothing Potion before deciding to end things at the end of term.

• Vizet trapped the Acromantula, weakened the Affliction Curse, and incapacitated it before cutting out its venom gland.
• Firenze approached Vizet, introduced himself, and learned that Hagrid had spoken well of him.
• Voldemort watched Vizet's battle and discovered that the Soul Soothing Potion now stirred unfamiliar happiness in him.
• Voldemort sensed Vizet had mastered the Affliction Curse and decided to settle everything at the end of term.
• Firenze examined the Acromantula and asked whether Vizet had risked himself for his friends.

Firenze rescued Vizet from the Forbidden Forest and showed him how he returned the dead Acromantula to nature. They discovered an ancient Sun Altar, where Bane challenged Firenze for bringing a Wizard there, and the chapter left Bane questioning how Vizet had killed an Acromantula.

• Firenze performed a ritual over the Acromantula's corpse, causing it to vanish into the earth and nourishing new grass.
• As Firenze carried Vizet through the forest, he explained its plants and warned that Mars's brightness foretold trouble.
• Vizet's map led him and Firenze to an ancient Altar that Vizet suspected was connected to Ancient Magic.
• Bane confronted Firenze for allowing Vizet near the Altar, but Firenze defended his choice by citing the Unicorn's guidance and Vizet's danger.
• Vizet explained that he had killed a young Acromantula, and Bane asked Firenze to confirm his claim.

Vizet gained the Centaurs’ permission to seek a revelation at the Altar if he found Marsh Mallow, then reunited with Harry’s group after surviving an Acromantula attack in the Forbidden Forest. Dumbledore questioned him in the Headmaster’s Office and learned that Voldemort had tried to obtain Unicorn blood through Professor Quirrell, but had failed.

• Firenze and Bane told Vizet that he could use the Altar if he gained the Unicorn’s favor, and said he would need to find Marsh Mallow himself.
• Hagrid led Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy, and Neville through the Forbidden Forest, where Firenze arrived with Vizet.
• Firenze told Hagrid that an Acromantula had attacked Vizet and that Vizet had dealt with it, leaving Hagrid worried about the students’ behavior.
• Filch escorted the group back to the castle, and Vizet’s locket carried him to Dumbledore’s Office.
• Dumbledore asked Vizet about Voldemort and learned that he had tried to get Professor Quirrell to obtain Unicorn blood, but had not succeeded.

Vizet told Dumbledore about Voldemort, Quirrell, and the unusual Soul Soothing Potion, and Dumbledore confirmed that Vizet's Soul Maze had temporarily stabilized its effects. Dumbledore outlined how Vizet could help Quirrell resist Voldemort and began asking him to identify the protections around the Philosopher's Stone.

• Vizet showed Dumbledore the leftover Soul Soothing Potion, and Dumbledore tested it on a toad and confirmed the Soul Maze had worked as intended for now.
• Dumbledore explained that the Soul Maze temporarily neutralized Vizet's soul's unusual qualities, but Vizet would need to study and master the soul to resolve the problem completely.
• Vizet recounted Voldemort's temptation and Quirrell's resistance, and Dumbledore said Quirrell's strengthened will could help him resist Voldemort if Vizet reminded him of what he valued in the present.
• Dumbledore warned Vizet not to use his magic against Voldemort recklessly and told him to wear the locket and cooperate when Voldemort pursued the Philosopher's Stone.
• Dumbledore asked Vizet to identify the Stone's protections, and Vizet named Fluffy and Devil's Snare as two of the trials.

As the final exams ended, Vizet prepared to help save Professor Quirrell and practiced the soul-cleansing spell for the confrontation ahead. Voldemort summoned him to the Fourth Floor, where Vizet found Quirrell unconscious and learned that Voldemort expected him to serve in Quirrell’s place.

• Vizet discussed the challenges protecting the Philosopher’s Stone with Dumbledore, who warned him to keep the locket close and ensure Harry faced the final test safely.
• Vizet finished his exams, practiced the Purifying Cleansing Soul Washing Spell, and confirmed that Fluffy guarded the Fourth Floor.
• Vizet heard that several Slytherin students had accidentally drunk their Forgetfulness Potion during Snape’s exam and added the incident to the Soul Maze.
• After Dumbledore left Hogwarts, Vizet received Voldemort’s note and went to the Fourth Floor through a secret passage.
• Voldemort told Vizet that Quirrell was unconscious and that he would need his student to take the servant’s place.

Vizet passed Fluffy and used clever Transfiguration to overcome the obstacles beneath the trapdoor while Voldemort watched and questioned his choices. The two entered the next room, where Voldemort wondered why Vizet had joined Ravenclaw instead of Slytherin.

• Vizet calmed Fluffy with Roast Chicken and passed through the doorway with Voldemort.
• Vizet cleared the Devil’s Snare with Lumos Solem, then transformed parchment into stairs to descend safely.
• Vizet gathered strands of Devil’s Snare and carried them into the brightly lit room of flying keys.
• Vizet made a wax key from parchment and used it to unlock the next door.
• Voldemort praised Vizet’s magical skill and asked why he had chosen Ravenclaw; Vizet said Slytherin would have made him a target.

Vizet overcame Voldemort’s giant Wizard’s Chess challenge by using Transfiguration to trick the pieces into capturing their own king. He then sent Devil’s Snare into the Mountain Giant’s dark room, and entered after the battle fell silent.

• Vizet told Voldemort that the Parkinson Family had attacked him before Hogwarts and that Slytherin had treated him poorly.
• Vizet deliberately lost a Wizard’s Chess match, studied the pieces, then transformed the kings so the black pieces destroyed the White King and opened a path.
• Voldemort praised Vizet and warned him that the next challenge was a powerful Mountain Giant made by Quirinus.
• Vizet tossed his withered Devil’s Snare into the Mountain Giant’s dark room and shut the iron door.
• After the tremors and roars stopped, Vizet cast Lumos Solem and entered the room amid dust from the collapsed walls.

Vizet and Voldemort bypassed the Troll and potion challenges while Harry, Hermione, and Ron fought their way through the obstacles. Harry entered the final room and recognized Voldemort possessing Professor Quirrell, while Voldemort addressed someone hidden in the shadows.

• Vizet and Voldemort left the potion room without solving its riddles, and Harry, Hermione, and Ron continued through the challenges behind them.
• Harry and Hermione used Wand-Lighting Charms to escape the Devil's Snare, then Ron won the Wizard's Chess game at the cost of falling unconscious.
• Hermione found the potions that could pass through the flames, and Harry sent her to seek help before he entered the Black Mist alone.
• Voldemort examined the towering mirror as Vizet prepared his spell, and Harry arrived in the final room.
• Harry identified Professor Quirrell as Voldemort, who ignored him and called out to someone hiding in the shadows.

Vizet and Dumbledore freed Quirrell from Voldemort’s possession, but Voldemort formed a new body and confronted Dumbledore. The chapter ended as Voldemort attacked with a killing curse fueled by Quirrell’s stolen life force.

• Voldemort bound Harry and used the Mirror of Erised to draw Dumbledore into the room, while Vizet prepared to act.
• At Dumbledore’s command, Vizet cast a spell that trapped Voldemort in a pillar of light and revealed Quirrell’s memories.
• Vizet sent a Chocolate Frog into Quirrell’s memories to drive away the snakes and free him from Voldemort’s corruption.
• Dumbledore used a red stone to restore Quirrell, while Voldemort emerged in a pale, snake-faced body and accused Dumbledore of creating him through his past actions.
• Voldemort turned into black mist, attacked Dumbledore, and cast Avada Kedavra using the life force he had taken from Quirrell.

Voldemort attacked Harry and then invaded Vizet’s soul, where he disguised himself and advanced through the Soul Maze toward its center. Dumbledore and Quirinus Quirrell’s lights entered the maze as well, and Vizet plunged into the corrupted brown-and-black light before arriving on a ruined street.

• Voldemort’s Killing Curse rebounded from Harry’s protection, and he turned into Black Mist and lunged at Vizet.
• Vizet cast Purifying Cleansing Soul Washing Spell as Voldemort entered his forehead, while Dumbledore sent Silver Light after him and Quirrell produced a dim brown light.
• Voldemort entered Vizet’s Soul Maze, disguised himself to match its golden walls, and pushed deeper toward a black Ancient Castle and a moon-bearing goddess statue.
• Voldemort turned on Quirrell’s brown light and began corrupting it, but Vizet’s Flawless White Light arrived and plunged into the mingled black-and-brown light.
• Vizet fell through the soul realm and reached an old, deep, ruined street.

Vizet used memories of Quirrell’s hopes and sources of strength to help him resist Voldemort, then transformed the Soul Maze into a golden armor giant and destroyed Voldemort. Vizet woke with fragments of Voldemort’s knowledge and helped the injured Professor Quirrell to his feet.

• Vizet created Chocolate Frogs, tutoring notes, and Professor Quirrell’s Wand to remind Quirrell of what he had to fight for, and Quirrell’s memories drove back Voldemort.
• The Wizard Combat Guide empowered the Soul Maze, which became golden armor around Vizet and formed a colossal Armor Giant.
• Vizet’s Armor Giant battered Voldemort until his black mist dwindled and was ground away.
• Dumbledore witnessed Voldemort’s defeat and recognized Vizet as this generation’s Guardian, explaining his power over Ancient Magic and the Magic Eye.
• Vizet woke after absorbing fragments of Voldemort’s knowledge and helped Professor Quirrell stand.

Quirrell broke free of Voldemort’s control after attacking him, while Vizet also collapsed from the strain of the encounter. Dumbledore arranged for the injured students and professor to recover in the Hospital Wing, where Vizet recognized the armor he had summoned; later, Snape visited Dumbledore in his office.

• Quirrell realized he was free of Voldemort and credited Vizet, while Dumbledore praised Quirrell’s persistence before he fainted.
• Vizet also collapsed, and Dumbledore explained that Quirrell had freed his soul from its restraints and praised Vizet’s magic.
• Dumbledore brought Harry, Quirrell, and Vizet to the Hospital Wing and told Vizet what to say if anyone asked about the incident.
• Madam Pomfrey treated the three patients, and Vizet recognized the suits of armor Dumbledore conjured to carry Harry and Quirrell.
• Vizet drank Snape’s Soul Soothing Potion and fell asleep, while Dumbledore returned to his office and received a visit from Snape.

After discussing Voldemort’s return and the Philosopher’s Stone, Dumbledore asked Snape about Vizet’s Soul Soothing Potion and its possible effects on the soul. Vizet recovered in the Hospital Wing, learned he had slept for only one day, and rejoined his curious Ravenclaw classmates after sharing a brief account of a Dark Wizard’s invasion.

• Dumbledore told Snape that Voldemort had returned in a bodiless state and that he had used the Philosopher’s Stone to prevent Quirrell from dying.
• Snape said he wanted the Dark Lord dead, and Dumbledore asked whether Vizet’s Soul Soothing Potion could affect someone’s soul over time.
• Students crowded the Hospital Wing to see Vizet, Harry, and Quirrell, so Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall stationed suits of armor outside.
• Vizet woke, left candy for Quirrell, and found Dumbledore’s note inviting him to the Headmaster’s Office after the Quidditch match.
• Madam Pomfrey told Vizet he had slept for one day and had recovered well.
• Vizet returned to the Ravenclaw Common Room and described the incident as a Dark Wizard invading the school.

After Ravenclaw crushed Gryffindor in the final Quidditch match, Vizet went to the Headmaster’s Office to seek answers from Dumbledore. He examined a strange mirror that showed visions only he could see, and its serpentine carvings attacked him before the mirror’s Silver-Blue Light made him vanish.

• Arsenal led Ravenclaw to defeat Gryffindor by a score of four hundred and seventy to fifty, then lifted the Quidditch Trophy.
• After escaping the celebration, Vizet entered the Headmaster’s Office and greeted Fawkes, who showed him that Dumbledore was absent.
• Vizet examined the towering mirror and saw a chaotic pattern, an endless library, and a pure-white scene.
• Vizet asked Fawkes what he saw in the mirror, and Fawkes indicated that he saw himself but not Vizet’s other visions.
• Vizet cast Magic Eye, causing the mirror’s serpentine carvings to bind him; he tried to escape, but Silver-Blue Light engulfed him and he vanished.