Chapter Summaries

Gellert Grindelwald explained how he had connected himself to Nurmengard through the Flying Charm, making the castle an extension of his thoughts and his life. Serena Pendragon realized that his method drew on Voldemort’s original Flying Charm, leaving her to conclude that Voldemort had been helpful after all.

• Gellert Grindelwald described how Nurmengard’s walls, weather, and sounds had become part of his awareness.
• Gellert Grindelwald explained that losing his wand and studying the Flying Charm helped him connect his breathing and heartbeat to Nurmengard, though he could not yet make the castle fly.
• Nurmengard trembled as Gellert Grindelwald’s magic spread through it, and its voice echoed his earlier song, Silent Night.
• Gellert Grindelwald told Serena Pendragon that he had bound himself to Nurmengard, whose foundations held both his dreams and the years he spent imprisoned there.
• Serena Pendragon recognized that Grindelwald’s Flying Charm drew on Voldemort’s original spell, and Grindelwald praised Vizet’s insight into Voldemort’s magic.
• Serena Pendragon concluded that Voldemort really had been helpful.

Serena Pendragon discussed Gellert Grindelwald’s plans to master the Flying Charm and join Dumbledore in a future crisis. Before Serena left Nurmengard, Grindelwald asked her to deliver an ordinary mirror and a message to Vizet as a late Christmas gift.

• Gellert Grindelwald clarified that Vizet, not Voldemort, had shared the Flying Charm.
• Serena Pendragon suggested Grindelwald surprise or frighten Dumbledore with his completed charm, but Grindelwald said he wanted to use it after a true crisis began so they could fight together.
• Grindelwald asked Serena to deliver a Christmas gift to Vizet and told her to explain that it was late because they had gotten drunk on Silent Night.
• After Serena worried the Isaiah Society might target Vizet, Grindelwald explained that its focus was on bringing down “The Master” and that it was avoiding Vizet for now.
• Grindelwald chose an ordinary mirror as Vizet’s gift and instructed Serena to write that he believed Vizet needed a mirror and that he had insisted on sending it.

Vizet ate breakfast with the Lovegoods before leaving for New York, while Xenophilius teased him about the events of Christmas night. Xenophilius reminded Vizet to bring his Two-Way Mirror and told him to use it if anything happened.

• Dobby served Vizet breakfast and anxiously asked him to tell Dobby if he found better food elsewhere.
• Xenophilius Lovegood asked Vizet about his packed luggage and confirmed he was traveling to New York.
• Xenophilius mentioned Vizet's cold after Christmas, making Vizet choke on his milk and Luna blush as they both remembered that night.
• Xenophilius secretly delighted in Vizet's awkward reaction and recalled how the events of Christmas had left him sleepless.
• Xenophilius checked that Vizet had his Two-Way Mirror and told him to keep it safe and use it to contact the Lovegoods if needed.

Vizet found Jupiter with Frigga and the Goblins, then brought the Baby Thunderbird along when he set off for New York. After sharing Dobby’s berry candy with Luna, Vizet and Jupiter arrived in a dark alley and prepared to meet Professor Lupin.

• Vizet found Jupiter playing with Frigga and watching the Goblins worship it in the Small Garden.
• Vizet asked Jupiter to come to New York and explained that it would need to stay close to him; Jupiter eagerly agreed.
• Luna showed Vizet the berry hard candy Dobby had made, and the two shared a kiss while tasting it.
• Jupiter said goodbye to Thor, then joined Vizet as he prepared to leave without Luna.
• Vizet and Jupiter traveled by firelight to a dark alley, where Vizet said they would meet Professor Lupin before visiting Arizona.

Vizet discovered a torch-wielding group in Brooklyn denouncing him and suspected they were linked to the Purifier Organization. After blocking their means of sensing Baby Thunderbird, he remained hidden while the group searched the alley without finding him.

• Vizet and Baby Thunderbird found a crowd listening to a man blame Vizet for threatening the world with magic.
• The speaker sensed Baby Thunderbird through an object that sounded like an adult thunderbird, and Vizet identified the detection as Bloodline Magic aided by Sympathetic Magic.
• Vizet used Bloodline Magic to block the man's ability to sense Baby Thunderbird and told the bird to fly higher.
• The speaker ordered the crowd to throw torches toward Vizet's hiding place and prevent anyone from escaping by Apparition.
• Vizet recalled the Purifier Organization's history and its role in past attacks on the North American Magical World.
• The crowd searched the area but could not find Vizet, and a middle-aged man complained that he could not touch anyone there.

Vizet observed a mob searching for him while a rival group calling themselves his believers arrived with shotguns. He stopped the Speech Man’s bomb and captured the fleeing attackers, then asked Smith to explain the conflict.

• Vizet used the Harmonious Space Charm and Confundus Charm to test spells while remaining hidden from the crowd.
• Vizet watched three men use antique Wands, one of which accidentally set someone’s clothes on fire.
• More than thirty people carrying shotguns charged into the square, and Smith’s group declared themselves Vizet’s Believers.
• The Speech Man lit an Improvised Bomb, but Vizet extinguished its fuse and caught it as it flew toward him.
• Vizet conjured vines to capture the fleeing attackers, then asked Smith what had caused the conflict.

Vizet learned that Belborn’s group had incited parents to attack wizards, leaving Jack badly injured, while Smith’s young allies had formed the New York Youth Alliance to defend magic. When Magical Congress officials arrived, Vizet agreed to help secure the captured group for questioning.

• Smith told Vizet that Belborn had used his position as a middle school teacher to stir parents against magic and encourage attacks on wizards living alone.
• Smith explained that Jack had been beaten and had his leg broken after he called the police during an attack.
• Smith introduced the New York Youth Alliance, whose young members volunteered to protect magic and the future Vizet had shown them.
• Paul Smith and four Hit Wizards arrived, and Paul recognized Vizet from their previous meeting.
• Paul Smith said Belborn’s group would be taken for interrogation while the New York Youth Alliance could leave after brief questioning, and Vizet offered to use a Stunning Spell.

Vizet discussed changes to how wizards worked with Muggle police with Paul Smith, then used an unusual Stunning Spell to incapacitate a crowd. He explained that the spell tracked magical traces left by the vines, and Paul realized it had targeted everyone who touched them.

• Paul Smith explained that the Magical Congress and Muggle police had streamlined the process for using magic against criminals, while still requiring follow-up investigations.
• Smith asked Vizet to pass on the New York Youth Alliance’s support for Vizet, and Vizet described the pressure of being admired by many people.
• With Smith’s permission, Vizet cast a Stunning Spell that spread through the crowd and knocked the bound people unconscious.
• Paul asked how the red light had struck so many people, and Vizet explained that his Stunning Spell followed magical fluctuations like a Tracking Spell.
• Paul deduced that the vines had been created by Transfiguration and that the spell had attacked everyone who touched them; Vizet confirmed it.

Vizet taught Paul Smith and Will a progressive method for sensing magical traces and controlling spells, then entered the Otherworld to record it. He returned to find Will praising his rapid progress, while Paul prepared to introduce him under the name Lovrich.

• A Hit Wizard told Paul Smith that the questioning was finished and they would soon write their report.
• Will admired Vizet’s Stunning Spell and asked how to learn it, so Vizet explained a practice method beginning with the Levitation Charm.
• Vizet outlined four stages for sensing magical traces and guiding spells, then demonstrated controlling a Stunning Spell to turn and split.
• Vizet entered the deteriorating Otherworld, avoided exploring near The Master, recorded the practice method, and returned to reality.
• Will praised Paul’s progress and asked about Vizet, and Vizet gave his name as Lovrich.

Vizet joined Paul Smith and two Hit Wizards on a nighttime patrol of New York, hoping to learn more about the danger there before the full moon. Paul pointed out a dockside black market where Dark Wizards had begun trading forbidden goods, and the patrol continued to watch for their return.

• Will praised Vizet’s powerful Stunning Spell, and Vizet explained that he had only just developed the training method behind it.
• Paul Smith assigned Will and Jerry to escort the Muggles to the Magical Congress using a bundle of rope transformed into a Portkey.
• Vizet asked to join Paul Smith’s patrol, and Paul agreed to arrange an assistance bonus and lend him a Comet 260 broomstick.
• Vizet, Paul, Brian, and Jimmy flew out to patrol while the Baby Thunderbird circled alongside them.
• Paul told Vizet that Dark Wizards had joined the gangs trading forbidden goods at the docks and that Aurors had recently swept through the black market.

Vizet patrolled New York with Paul Smith, Brian, and Jimmy as they discussed dangerous districts and the rules governing Muggles and magical creatures. Near Queens, their brooms suddenly failed and plunged out of control.

• Brian and Paul Smith described the dangers and smuggling in the Bronx Old Factory District as the group arrived there.
• Jimmy recounted an illegal egg-smuggling case, and Brian argued that Australian Green Tree Pythons could make good pets before Paul Smith ended the discussion.
• Paul Smith warned that Queens held a complicated mix of Muggle and wizard stowaways and hidden magical creatures.
• The group discussed Belborn's gang, the young people who helped expose them, and the need to avoid provoking conflict with Muggles.
• As Brian announced that they were about to land in Queens, Vizet, Brian, Jimmy, and Paul Smith sensed trouble when their Flying Broomsticks abruptly failed and began falling.

Jimmy, Brian, and Paul Smith survived their fall when Vizet stopped the gunfire and subdued the attackers below. They found Muggles, wizards, and Acromantulas incapacitated, while Vizet calmly harvested a Poison Sac and prepared to explain what had happened.

• Jimmy, Brian, and Paul Smith fell toward a volley of gunfire after their Flying Broomsticks failed.
• The three realized Vizet had disappeared as the gunfire stopped and their descent slowed, leaving only faint screams below.
• Paul Smith stopped Brian from casting Lumos, warning that the light could expose Mr. Lovrich to danger.
• The three landed among wounded Muggles and wizards and ten dead Acromantulas.
• Paul Smith found Vizet harvesting an Acromantula's Poison Sac and asked whether the attackers had given him any clues.
• Vizet cleaned his hands with a wave of his Wand and asked for a moment to sort things out.

Vizet and Paul Smith discovered that the Acromantulas had been marked with Runes to make them obey humans, revealing that the group had set a deliberate ambush. Paul Smith began interrogating a captured Dark Wizard, but the suspect insisted he knew nothing, and the Peeping Mirror showed no change.

• Vizet realized the attackers had targeted the patrol because Paul Smith followed a fixed route.
• Vizet used a Tracking Spell to reveal Runes on the Acromantula’s head that indicated human control and obedience.
• Vizet identified an Anti-Flight Ritual Magic Array that also prevented Apparition, and Paul Smith ordered Brian and Jimmy to interrogate the captured suspects.
• Vizet let the Baby Thunderbird explore the factory district while Paul Smith questioned a Dark Wizard using an Auror spell that intensified the suspect’s senses.
• The Dark Wizard repeatedly claimed he knew nothing, and the Peeping Mirror showed no change when Paul Smith asked him who had ordered the ambush.

Vizet began constructing a ritual magic array to track the mastermind behind the ambush after Paul Smith and the Hit Wizards failed to interrogate their captives. The chapter left Paul Smith and the others watching as Vizet used Sympathetic Magic and Arithmancy to try to locate the mastermind.

• Paul Smith, Brian, and Jimmy failed to get clues from the captured Dark Wizards and Muggles because a powerful Magic Contract prevented interrogation.
• Brian kicked a Dark Wizard in anger, and Paul Smith reminded him to follow the rules.
• Vizet began carving a ritual magic array into the ground, hoping to use the attackers’ firearms and Acromantula to track the mastermind.
• Vizet explained that Sympathetic Magic and Arithmancy might reveal the mastermind’s location without breaking the Magic Contract.
• Paul Smith recognized the method from old case files and watched Vizet begin the difficult tracking spell.

Paul Smith organized the aftermath of the ambush while avoiding a large-scale call for reinforcements in case a spy leaked their plans. Vizet completed a ritual array and used Voldemort’s Path of Magic of “Solipsism” to trace the attackers back toward their hidden mastermind.

• Paul Smith assigned Jimmy to search the captives and sent Brian to summon Will and Jerry.
• Paul Smith warned Brian and Jimmy that an enemy spy might be among them and argued that gathering more Aurors and Hit Wizards could alert the attackers.
• Paul Smith asked Vizet whether the ritual array needed help, and Vizet finished it while explaining he would track the attackers’ traces.
• Vizet used a ritual array based on Voldemort’s Path of Magic of “Solipsism” to trace anyone who had touched his core and seek the mastermind behind the ambush.

Vizet traced magical marks to find the people behind the scenes and learned from Paul Smith how Muggle technology and communication were intensifying emotions in New York. He located the mark he needed and prepared to transport himself and the others to its source.

• Vizet used Ancient Magic to trace the people behind the scenes and found countless magical marks surging around him.
• Paul Smith recalled his growing appreciation for Muggle technology and questioned whether the Statute of Secrecy still needed to be maintained.
• Vizet realized that expanding networks could intensify emotions, foster unique Dark Magic creatures, and eventually bring about 'Consensus' Magic.
• Vizet found the mark he needed and placed it atop the ritual magic, sending strong magical fluctuations outward.
• Vizet agreed to take Paul Smith, Will, Jerry, and the others to the mark's location in a way similar to a Portkey.

Joseph Bonanno received a young man from the Colombo Family and warned him not to mistake a student for the real power behind M, claiming Albus Dumbledore was the one directing events. The group went upstairs to prepare for the operation, while Bonanno stayed behind with the frightened child.

• Joseph Bonanno frightened Little Roz by killing and eating a Chocolate Frog, then taunted the child about the Salem Witch Trials.
• A young man sent by Cassow arrived with the Colombo Family and reminded Joseph Bonanno of his promise.
• Joseph Bonanno said they should begin the operation and argued that M's technology required careful preparation.
• Joseph Bonanno told the young man that Albus Dumbledore, not the student, was likely the real power behind M and urged him to stay vigilant.
• The young man looked upstairs, and Joseph Bonanno said someone there would explain the preparations as the group went up.

Joseph Bonanno intimidated Mrs. Appaloosa and her child, then studied Vizet’s Chocolate Frog card and grew suspicious of the Hogwarts student’s achievements. As the family prepared to leave, they heard voices outside the front door and exchanged wary signals.

• Mrs. Appaloosa warned Joseph Bonanno to be careful of a Hogwarts student, but he silenced her and reminded her that her husband had been sentenced to death by the Magical Congress.
• Joseph Bonanno mocked Mrs. Appaloosa’s husband, intimidated her, and questioned her child about the Chocolate Frog.
• Joseph Bonanno read Vizet’s Chocolate Frog card, noted his awards and magical accomplishments, and suspected Albus Dumbledore had arranged them.
• Joseph Bonanno watched the Appaloosa family members prepare to leave, then heard Mr. Lovrich and Mr. Smith speaking near the front door.
• The family members nearest the entrance exchanged glances and signaled to those behind them after hearing the voices.

Joseph Bonanno’s gathering of Dark Wizards and Muggle criminals braced for an unknown intruder, but the mansion’s protections failed to detect the arrival. As dawn broke, the mysterious visitor opened the door and greeted them, provoking another attack.

• The assembled family elites realized their plan had been exposed and formed a defensive firing line.
• Joseph Bonanno learned that the hidden sentries had detected no intruder, suggesting the visitor had bypassed the mansion’s defenses entirely.
• Joseph Bonanno escorted Mrs. Appaloosa and the child toward a side room while pretending to welcome the guest.
• The locked, magically protected Mahogany Door opened, and the defenders fired guns and spells through the morning light.
• The smoke cleared to reveal several silhouettes, and the person at the front greeted them with, “Good morning, gentlemen.”
• The terrified defenders raised their weapons and began firing and casting spells again.

Vizet and the Hit Wizards traced the attack to the Appaloosa Family Mansion, where Paul Smith explained the family’s history and the fate of its remaining members. Believing the mansion held clues about the attack, Vizet chose to investigate immediately and asked Paul to record what happened.

• Vizet and the others arrived at the Appaloosa Family Mansion near the Palouse River in Washington.
• Paul Smith recognized the mansion and explained that Hayden Appaloosa’s wife and innocent son, Roz Appaloosa, had been allowed to live there after the family’s assets were seized.
• Jimmy wondered whether Hayden Appaloosa’s wife had arranged the attack, but Paul Smith said she had seemed focused on her child.
• Vizet said he had learned something personal and wanted to settle the matter at the mansion immediately.
• Vizet asked Paul Smith to record the investigation, and Paul used the Recording Charm to create a transparent bubble.