Chapter Summaries

Vizet and the patrol squad brought a large group of Muggle Mafia suspects to the Auror Office, where the staff discussed how to handle the case. There, Vizet reunited with Charles Graves, now a trainee Auror.

• Vizet noticed that the Magical Congress Hall's clock showing the Magical Exposure Threat Level had been removed after the Paris Region Incident.
• Paul Smith told Elmer that the squad had arrested many Muggle Mafia members with help from other wizards and needed more interrogation space.
• Will talked with Vizet about the story of Vede and asked about Auror work and benefits in the Ministry of Magic.
• Will brought the suspects into the Auror Office and pointed out Vizet as the special consultant Mr. Lovrich.
• Charles Graves recognized Vizet and wondered why he had come with Will and the others instead of going to Director Graves.

Charles Graves reunited with Vizet at the Auror Office and took his statement about the operation that exposed the Appaloosa Family’s plot and broke Joseph Bonanno’s Goblin magic contract. Paul Smith wrote a report explaining how the contract worked and why destroying the weapons broke it.

• Charles Graves recognized Vizet and assigned himself to take Vizet’s statement while Aurors brought suspects into the office.
• Charles Graves welcomed Vizet in an interview room, and Vizet began recounting how he had joined Paul Smith’s patrol the previous night.
• Vizet described the ambush in the Old Factory District, the Anti-Flight Ritual Magic Array, the Acromantulas, and the trail that led to the Appaloosa Family mansion.
• Vizet explained how he spoke with Joseph Bonanno and discovered that destroying the weapons broke the Goblin magic contract, whose terms rested on the suspects’ belief in the weapons’ power.
• Paul Smith reported that the contract’s logic differed from wizarding understanding and traced its origins to the Goblins’ creation of Godric Gryffindor’s Sword of Gryffindor.

Magical Congress President Benjamin Graves and Liam Graves discussed the special treatment M and Vizet Lovegood received from Muggles, along with concerns about Mafia threats and Jacob’s expected report. Liam then discovered that Paul Smith’s patrol had brought in more than fifty suspects, including Dark Wizards and Muggles, and heard claims that Paul had developed a spell to withstand Muggle weapons.

• Benjamin Graves told Liam Graves that Muggles had quickly approved M’s applications and that M’s importance required protection.
• Liam Graves urged Benjamin Graves to seek Muggle help against the Mafia, but Benjamin said they lacked definite intelligence and awaited Jacob’s return.
• Liam Graves found the Auror Office crowded with employees handling more than fifty suspects brought in by Paul Smith’s patrol.
• Liam Graves heard Aurors question suspects about a wizard blocking bullets and a rocket with an apparently incantation-free spell.
• Liam Graves asked Paul Smith about his report after realizing the patrol’s capture might involve a spell that countered Muggle firearms.

Paul Smith briefed Liam Graves on the arrest of Joseph Bonanno and explained how goblin magic had obstructed the investigation. Liam realized Vizet Lovegood had been responsible for the case’s breakthroughs and decided to report the goblin collusion for higher authorities to address.

• Paul Smith told Liam Graves that Joseph Bonanno had used goblin-made potions, detection-blocking devices, and a Magic Contract to evade capture.
• Liam Graves read Paul Smith’s analysis of the contract and praised its explanation of the magic behind it.
• Paul Smith clarified that Vizet Lovegood, not his patrol team, had made the key discoveries and broken through the Muggles’ defenses.
• Liam Graves realized the arrest depended on Vizet and let go of his hope that the case would prove Ilvermorny’s education was sufficient.
• After reading the full report, Liam Graves said the evidence was adequate and decided to report the goblins’ wider collusion for the President and the International Confederation of Wizards to address.

Paul Smith explained that his team had reported their limited role honestly and would rather receive a bonus than undeserved honors. Liam Graves reviewed the investigation procedures and transcript, then welcomed Vizet back as they reached the details about Appaloosa Manor.

• Paul Smith told Liam Graves that he and his team had done little and did not want to claim honors they had not earned.
• Liam Graves sent Paul Smith to check on Will and the others and rest after their handover was complete.
• Liam Graves reminded Charles Graves to follow strict procedures and told him to question the remaining suspects.
• Liam Graves reviewed Vizet’s signed transcript and found it detailed and consistent with Paul Smith’s report.
• Vizet returned as Liam Graves reached the transcript’s account of Appaloosa Manor, and the two greeted each other.

Liam Graves thanked Vizet for his actions against the Muggle Mafia and asked him to help promote Averte Telum. Vizet revealed that he had already sent the spell’s principles and instructions to Dumbledore, and Graves promised support for Vizet’s plans that night.

• Liam Graves thanked Vizet for protecting the night-duty team and disrupting Joseph Bonanno’s plot against M.
• Graves asked Vizet about the attacks, the goblins, and the long-lasting Averte Telum spell, then invited him to help promote it.
• Vizet told Graves that he had already sent Dumbledore a letter explaining Averte Telum’s principles, incantation, and practice method.
• Graves accepted that the letter had been sent and promised the Magical Congress would provide support and protection for Vizet’s plans that night.

Vizet and the Aurors dealt with an accident when the expanded space holding the suspects began to collapse. Elmer discovered that leaked magical fluctuations from repeated Universal Counter-Curses had weakened the Undetectable Extension Charm.

• After Vizet left the interview room, the expanded space began shrinking and its twisting iron bars injured suspects.
• Liam Graves and the Aurors restrained the bars and combined their Undetectable Extension Charms to halt the collapse.
• Vizet returned, expanded the space with a steady charm, and healed the injured suspects with Episkey.
• Liam Graves summoned Elmer from the Magical Maintenance Department to investigate, while Vizet stayed to observe.
• Elmer traced the accident to magical fluctuations from repeated Universal Counter-Curses that had accumulated and weakened the Undetectable Extension Charm.

After a magical disturbance injured suspects in an expanded room and collapsed their prison cells, Elmer investigated a series of further mishaps. The chapter ended when an old elevator carrying suspects fell, leaving them with minor injuries and giving Elmer an excuse to replace it.

• Elmer explained to Liam Graves that unusually quick, cooperative interrogations had caused magical fluctuations to disrupt the Undetectable Extension Charm, though the suspects suffered only minor injuries.
• Liam Graves approved Elmer's plan to have Elias regularly replenish the charm, but Elmer was called to inspect prison cells that had collapsed around the suspects.
• Elmer left Elias behind and went with the others to inspect the prison, then later told Liam Graves that the cells and a Department of Mysteries disturbance had caused no serious harm.
• Elmer reported that Grimm had escaped an elevator just before it malfunctioned, and Mara located it on the third floor with the suspects still inside.
• The elevator suddenly fell, and Elmer healed the suspects' minor injuries before noting that its age and failed replacement approval meant it could finally be replaced.

After the elevator accident at the Magical Congress, Liam Graves suspected the Muggle Mafia and their Goblin allies might be behind a series of incidents. Vizet left the Woolworth Building unharmed and met Lupin, Tonks, Harry, and Sirius, who suggested discussing what had happened after they returned.

• Liam Graves inspected the elevator and found no magical traces, though he remained wary of possible curses.
• Elmer decided to inspect the building after Graves suggested the Goblins might be capable of causing the accidents.
• Graves warned Vizet that the Goblins cooperating with Joseph Bonanno might be linked to other Muggle Mafia and urged him to report any danger.
• Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Harry, and Sirius Black arrived to check on Vizet, who assured them he was unharmed.
• Lupin suggested they discuss the arrests and the complicated situation after they returned so Vizet could rest.

Vizet and the others reached Hunts Point Community, where Vizet stopped a car fire and moved four injured men out of the road. Parker told them that a series of strange accidents had begun in the neighborhood that day.

• Lupin led Vizet and the others through Hunts Point Community and pointed out the wizard inn where the M staff were staying.
• A Cadillac blocked a truck, and four young men emerged with chained baseball bats before the car caught fire and engulfed them.
• Vizet extinguished the flames, while Harry recognized the effect as a Confundus Charm and Tonks healed the unconscious men.
• Parker arrived, identified the injured men as members of the Gambino Family, and asked for help moving them and the car aside.
• Parker told the group that a wizard connected to the Luches Family had fallen down the stairs and that several black Muggles had suffered injuries in other accidents.

Vizet and his companions reached Parker's Place just as an explosion hurled a man from a nearby building. Vizet identified the failed Gregory's Compliment Potion affecting him and ended its effects with a counter-curse, leaving the man unconscious outside the inn.

• Parker led Vizet, Sirius Black, and the others to his inn, where an explosion destroyed part of the building across the street and sent a dust-covered man crashing into the inn's sign.
• The man mistook Vizet for an old friend and revealed that he believed they had not seen each other in thirty years.
• Vizet identified the man's condition as the result of a failed Gregory's Compliment Potion and explained its ingredients, scent, and flattery effect.
• The man offered to take Vizet to Gringotts and pay for anything he wanted, then mistook Sirius Black for another old friend and brought up a shared past with Mary.
• Vizet used the Universal Counter-Curse to stop the potion's effects, and the man fainted on the ground.

Vizet joined the M employees at an inn in New York, where they discussed a string of accidents involving Muggle Mafia members. After explaining that the accidents prevented the Mafia from interfering with their plans, he reassured the group, who began volunteering to gather more information.

• Parker welcomed Vizet and the others to the inn, and Vizet reviewed Lupin’s werewolf materials before joining the group for lunch.
• M employees reported that Muggle Mafia members had been injured in several accidents around the area.
• The employees speculated about Muggle doctors and ambulances, while Harry tried not to laugh at their mistaken ideas.
• A black sedan overturned outside, and Parker recognized the man climbing out as a small-time Muggle Mafia boss.
• Lupin worried that the accidents might signal another major incident, but Vizet said they showed the Mafia could no longer interfere with the group.
• Sirius Black backed Vizet’s reassurance, and M employees volunteered to collect more information that afternoon.

As the full moon and Vizet’s attempt to cure Lycanthropy Disease drew near, the M staff members struggled with fear that their hopes would be disappointed. Vizet urged them to eat and rest after reviewing their research, while their worries about waiting without further preparations remained unresolved.

• The M staff members discussed seeking more information, but Vizet told them their research was sufficient and encouraged them to eat and rest.
• Lupin supported Vizet’s judgment, though the staff remained tense and watched Vizet as he studied his notebook during lunch.
• Sirius Black tried to break the silence, prompting one M staff member to ask whether they were really meant to wait without making more preparations.
• The staff’s unease reflected the rejection and helplessness they had endured as werewolves before Lupin hired them and supplied Wolfsbane Potion.
• The staff remembered their joy when Lupin told them Vizet could cure Lycanthropy Disease, but with less than ten hours until the full moon, they feared the cure might fail.

Vizet recognized the M.S.C. employees’ anxiety and assigned them practical tasks to prepare for the ritual, helping them focus on work instead of their fears. He then asked the remaining employees and Lupin to use an Emotion Collector to recall their memories of Fenrir Greyback.

• Vizet recalled how he had overcome the pain of waiting to be chosen as an orphan by setting a goal and relying on himself.
• Vizet used Gemino to copy his notes and sent groups of M.S.C. employees to adjust the Ritual Magic Array and gather materials.
• Vizet assigned the remaining employees, including Lupin, a task involving Fenrir Greyback, prompting them to express their hatred and eagerness to act.
• Vizet showed them an Emotion Collector and asked them to recall their memories of Fenrir Greyback.

Vizet asked the M staff to collect their painful memories and emotions about Fenrir Greyback, then revealed that Greyback was the target of a ritual meant to turn him into a true werewolf. He explained that the staff’s collected emotions would keep Greyback’s resistance from making the ritual fail.

• Andrew described how Greyback’s attack had cost him his family and said he relived the memory every day.
• Lupin realized that Vizet had caught Greyback, and Vizet confirmed it to the M staff.
• Vizet announced that the ritual would transform Greyback from a Werewolf Wizard into a magical creature called a werewolf.
• The M staff recalled Greyback’s plans for a Werewolf Legion, and Vizet said he was willing to fulfill Greyback’s wish to become a werewolf.
• Andrew noticed that his Emotion Collector had filled with dark matter, and Vizet explained that the staff’s emotions would prevent Greyback’s resistance from ruining the ritual.

Vizet explained that the M employees had to remain ignorant of the ritual’s full process so they would not become its target, while Fenrir Greyback would be told everything. He compared the ritual to cooking a recipe for werewolves, leaving the M employees hopeful that a complete version could cure their condition.

• Andrew pleaded with Vizet for a way to help cure the M employees’ lycanthropy, saying he would give his life so his family would not remember him as a werewolf wizard.
• Vizet explained that people inside a ritual could become part of it, so he had kept the process from the M employees to reduce the chance of changing its target.
• Mr. Lupin realized that Vizet planned to tell Fenrir Greyback the complete ritual process, and Vizet confirmed it would make Greyback more likely to become the target.
• At Sirius Black’s urging, Vizet explained the ritual by comparing it to cooking, with werewolf lore as different recipes and werewolf wizards as flawed results.
• Vizet said completing a standard recipe would make the process controllable and prevent further flawed results, leaving the M employees excitedly wondering what it could mean for them.

Vizet reassured the M staff that he could make the Lycanthropy Disease remedy controllable, then prepared the ritual to use their emotions toward Fenrir Greyback. As the full moon approached, Greyback grew confident that he would regain control during his transformation and begin his path to the perfection he imagined.

• Vizet told the M staff that he could use his ability to define the remedy to fix every flawed semi-finished product, giving them confidence in his promise.
• Andrew worried that their happiness might affect the Emotion Collectors, but Vizet explained that emotions tied to Fenrir Greyback would help the ritual.
• The M staff returned to their rooms to recall their feelings about Greyback, then handed their full Emotion Collectors to Vizet and went to help where they could.
• Vizet continued refining the Ritual Magic until Lupin's Patronus told him everything was ready for the full moon.
• Fenrir Greyback anticipated that the approaching full moon would end his disconnected state and let him personally attack people as a werewolf.

Fenrir Greyback waited anxiously for the full moon, convinced it would let him escape Vizet’s laboratory and exact revenge. Vizet sent him a feast of the foods he had requested, which Greyback devoured while imagining how he would imprison and torment Vizet in return.

• Fenrir Greyback grew restless as he waited for the full moon, believing his transformation would let him break free from the laboratory.
• Fenrir heard food arrive through the feeding pipe and smelled fresh blood.
• Fenrir devoured the Elk liver, lamb tenderloin, beef neck, berries, and pieces of rainbow trout that Vizet had prepared.
• Fenrir vowed that he would escape, return to Vizet, and make him regret imprisoning him.

Fenrir Greyback eagerly awaited the full moon, believing he would transform and break free of his restraints, until he realized the laboratory itself was rising. When the ceiling opened, Vizet appeared above him, bringing back the terror and humiliation of his imprisonment.

• Fenrir Greyback ate and imagined escaping the laboratory after transforming into a werewolf beneath the full moon.
• He sensed the laboratory rising and feared that Vizet had returned.
• Fenrir tried to convince himself the sensation was an illusion and listened for footsteps by the door.
• He heard scraping overhead and saw the laboratory ceiling move aside, letting in warm light.
• Vizet leaned through the opening and calmly watched Fenrir, who remembered the terror of Vizet's experiments.

Vizet explained to Professor Lupin how he had used the laboratory to keep Fenrir Greyback off balance and make him remember the principles of the Ritual Magic. As they prepared to travel to the Ritual Magic Array, Vizet handed Professor Lupin the protected, miniature laboratory and said he needed to speak to Greyback again.

• Fenrir Greyback glimpsed Vizet and Professor Lupin before the laboratory returned to darkness, leaving him unsure whether the experience was real or a nightmare.
• Professor Lupin worried that lifting the laboratory roof might have weakened its protections, but Vizet assured him it was sturdy and Greyback could not escape.
• Vizet explained that making Greyback feel disadvantaged would provoke him to resist and remember the Ritual Magic principles, while silence or calm would make Vizet wary.
• Professor Lupin asked whether Greyback could hear them, and Vizet said the laboratory's protective magic should prevent it.
• Vizet gave the miniature laboratory to Professor Lupin to guard while he spoke to Greyback again, and they prepared to leave for the Ritual Magic Array.