Chapter Summaries

Jacob Kowalski understood how Dumbledore had used Vizet’s magic and the Goblin threat to spur the department heads into action. After the meeting, Dumbledore revealed that Vizet had also transformed Lycanthropy Disease.

• Jacob Kowalski realized Vizet’s magic had served as an appetizer, preparing the department heads to consider Dumbledore’s warning about Goblins cooperating with the Dark Muggle.
• Dumbledore guided the department heads to recognize the danger and report it to their Ministers of Magic so the Magical World could respond.
• After the meeting, most department heads hurried back to their Ministries of Magic, while Jacob Kowalski stayed for dinner.
• Jacob Kowalski asked Dumbledore what else he had left unsaid, and Dumbledore revealed that Vizet had completely changed Lycanthropy Disease.

Dumbledore told Jacob Kowalski that Vizet’s ritual had made werewolves worldwide unable to attack people during the full moon, and that a simple potion ritual could turn their transformation into an Animagus form. After returning to Ottery St Catchpole, Vizet and Jupiter planned to surprise someone.

• Dumbledore explained that werewolves transformed quietly and could no longer harm others, even if they had not taken part in Vizet’s ritual.
• Dumbledore said Vizet’s potion could turn the werewolf transformation into an Animagus form through a simple ritual, with only one dose needed.
• Jacob Kowalski offered to deliver Dumbledore’s letters about the change directly to Chairman Graves.
• Vizet returned to Ottery St Catchpole with Jupiter and told the Baby Thunderbird they had time to give her a surprise.
• Jupiter happily landed on Vizet’s shoulder and puffed out its chest after Vizet praised its help.

After completing his work ahead of schedule, Vizet hurried home from New York, eager to see Luna and share what he had experienced. In the Small Garden, Luna missed him and imagined the things they would tell each other as she waited for his return.

• Vizet used thunder and lightning principles inspired by Luna’s Christmas gift to shorten the ritual work and finish in one day.
• Vizet hurried home, while the Baby Thunderbird flew slowly beside him.
• Luna and Ginny groomed Frigga and discussed Vizet’s trip and how long his work might take.
• Luna reflected on how much she missed Vizet and on the sunlight, Frigga, and other things she wanted to share with him.
• Ginny asked whether Vizet would surprise Luna when he returned, and Luna thought he probably would.

Vizet returned to the Small Garden and reunited with Luna, who rushed into his arms. After Ginny teased them and left, Vizet joined Luna in grooming Frigga.

• Ginny and Luna watched for Vizet, and Luna recognized him approaching through the sunlight.
• Vizet called to Luna, and she ran into his arms as they embraced and shared how much they had missed each other.
• Ginny and Baby Thunderbird interrupted the couple, and Luna slipped behind Frigga, embarrassed.
• Baby Thunderbird flew to Luna, and she welcomed it into her arms as it chirped excitedly.
• Ginny handed Vizet the brush, said she would help Mum deal with the Goblins, and left the Small Garden.
• Vizet took Luna's hand and helped her groom Frigga.

Vizet told Luna about the strange Werewolf Wizards Serena had found and explained that Voldemort’s actions suggested their confrontation with the source, “The Master,” was drawing near. He reassured Luna that even if he had to travel far away, he would always return, and they joined their marked palms together.

• Baby Thunderbird imitated Frigga by chasing Goblins and giving them food, then watched Vizet and Luna curiously as they groomed Frigga.
• Vizet told Luna that Serena had found unusual Werewolf Wizards and that he had visited her through the notebook to explain what he knew.
• Vizet said Voldemort might create more Muggles who could use magic, and that the underlying threat would have to be faced at its source.
• Luna asked whether the time to face “The Master” was getting closer, and Vizet agreed that it seemed near.
• Vizet promised Luna he would return even if he went far away, and they pressed their palms together, showing their W-and-L smiley marks.

Vizet and Luna helped Dobby prepare lunch, and Vizet used magic to prepare the ham and side dishes. As the food cooked, Xenophilius Lovegood arrived by Floo and narrowly avoided colliding with the Baby Thunderbird.

• Vizet and Luna returned home, and Dobby welcomed them before worrying that he had not prepared enough food.
• Vizet and Luna comforted Dobby and offered to help him prepare lunch.
• Vizet used the Water-Making Spell to desalinate the ham and magic to chop the side dishes while teasing Luna as she tied on an apron.
• Vizet joined Dobby in the kitchen, and the three of them prepared lunch together as the ham began to roast.
• Vizet let the Baby Thunderbird into the house, and it narrowly avoided colliding with Xenophilius Lovegood as he arrived through the fireplace.

Vizet told Xenophilius that he had cured Lycanthropy Disease and created a way to keep curing it during his brief trip to New York. Xenophilius was astonished, and Vizet began explaining how meeting Mr. Smith had helped before Dobby served lunch.

• Xenophilius mistook the werewolf Vizet had brought back for a threat, but Luna explained that it was a true Magical creature rather than a transformed Werewolf Wizard.
• Vizet told Xenophilius that his three goals in New York included curing Professor Lupin and the others of Lycanthropy Disease and making a Magical Artifact to ensure it could always be cured.
• Vizet explained that he used Ritual Magic with the help of enough Werewolf Wizards and the Magical Congress, leaving Xenophilius amazed at how quickly he had finished.
• Vizet began to explain that meeting Mr. Smith had helped him in New York, but Dobby offered to carve the ham, and Xenophilius chose to eat lunch first.

At the Lovegood home, Xenophilius tried to coax Vizet into recounting his experiences in New York, but Rita Skeeter arrived seeking him before he could hear the story. Rita excitedly listed rumors about a Muggle Mafia arrest and the capture of Dark Wizards and Dark Muggles, eager to interview Vizet for an explosive article.

• Dobby served lunch, and Xenophilius praised Luna's idea to add hazelnut to the cheese-baked potatoes.
• Vizet began answering Xenophilius's question about Mr. Smith, a conscientious Auror working for the Magical Congress.
• Fitzgerald contacted Xenophilius through the Floo Network and said Rita Skeeter wanted to know where Vizet was.
• After Vizet and Luna agreed to the visit, Rita arrived at the Lovegood home and asked to question Vizet.
• Rita told Xenophilius that rumors from New York included a Muggle Mafia leader and Dark Wizards and Dark Muggles being arrested.

Vizet recounted his New York trip to Rita Skeeter and made her revise her exaggerated reporting to present the danger of Muggle firearms accurately. As the interview reached the new anti-firearm spell he had invented, Rita pressed him for its incantation and principles.

• Rita Skeeter began flattering Vizet and the Baby Thunderbird in her notes until Vizet warned her to stick to the facts.
• Vizet described pushing bullets back with a Repelling Charm, and he told Rita to make clear that the guns were still dangerous and that he had been hurt.
• Rita revised her account, while Xenophilius realized Vizet had helped shape her earlier fair but exciting articles.
• Vizet recounted events from the Old Factory District to Appaloosa Manor as Rita's quill recorded them.
• Rita asked about Vizet's new magic, and he named it Averte Telum and explained that it guided incoming physical attacks by forming a deflecting Magical Energy Field through the caster's Survival Instinct.

Vizet explained that he had given his newly invented magic to Dumbledore mainly because he did not want to name it, and Dumbledore planned to involve the Ministers of Magic in naming and improving it. He then began recounting how Dark Muggles attacked Appaloosa Manor with rockets containing Goblin Potion.

• Rita Skeeter realized the significance of Vizet's magic, but Vizet told her he had already sent its details to Dumbledore.
• Vizet said he had handed over the magic simply because he did not want to name it, causing Rita Skeeter's Quick-Quotes Quill to explode.
• Rita Skeeter rescued her notes, and Vizet explained that Dumbledore would invite the Ministers of Magic to name the magic and help improve it.
• Rita Skeeter resumed the interview by asking about the fight against the Dark Wizards and Dark Muggles.
• Vizet described hidden sentries around Appaloosa Manor firing rockets that contained Goblin Potion.

Vizet described how he uncovered and cracked a goblin magic contract used by a Muggle Mafia boss, while Xenophilius argued the goblins had deliberately tested their magic and the wizarding community. Vizet revealed that his trip to New York was also meant to complete a ritual and fulfill his promise to cure Lycanthropy Disease, leaving Rita Skeeter eager to hear how he achieved it.

• Vizet told Rita Skeeter that a Muggle Mafia boss had obtained a goblin potion and signed a magic contract with the goblins.
• Xenophilius argued that the goblins had used the deal to test their magic, the Mafia, and the wizarding community's response.
• Vizet agreed that the contract was unusual and explained how he had indirectly investigated it and deduced its workings.
• Vizet asked Rita to emphasize the contract's instability and confirmed that he had told Dumbledore everything about the New York trip.
• Rita asked why Vizet had gone to New York, and he said he had performed ritual magic, tested his insights, and fulfilled a promise to cure Lycanthropy Disease.

Vizet discussed his ritual cure for Lycanthropy Disease with Rita Skeeter, who drafted a dramatic account of the werewolf wizards’ suffering. Xenophilius’s anger at Umbridge’s werewolf law prompted Skeeter to question Vizet about his interest in it.

• Vizet explained the Ritual Magic treatment and answered Rita Skeeter’s questions about its principles.
• Rita read aloud passages describing the werewolf wizards’ isolation and suffering, and Vizet approved them.
• Xenophilius became upset and condemned Umbridge’s law for the harm it could have caused werewolf wizards.
• Rita asked Vizet about Dolores Umbridge, and he recalled her award ceremony speech draft and her attempt with Cornelius Fudge to help Peter Pettigrew escape.
• Rita asked Vizet whether he was concerned about Umbridge’s Law on the Enforcement of the Relevant Provisions of the Werewolf Treaty.

Rita Skeeter explained the harsh provisions of Umbridge’s abolished Werewolf Treaty law and proposed a column to help cured Werewolf Wizards reintegrate into society. She argued that prejudice remained deeply rooted, leaving Vizet and Xenophilius to consider how to change public opinion.

• Xenophilius condemned Umbridge’s law, and Rita described its registration, employment, residence, marriage, and child-taking restrictions.
• Rita explained that Umbridge had been demoted and the proposed law officially abolished months earlier.
• Rita proposed a long-running column about Werewolf Wizards, and Xenophilius eagerly offered to write a plan for it.
• Vizet pressed Rita to explain her full purpose, and she said deep-rooted prejudice would make the public distrust even kind Werewolf Wizards.

Rita Skeeter explained how people turned brief sympathy for werewolves into suspicion and rejection, disguising prejudice as concern for safety. Xenophilius suggested interviewing Remus and the others, but Rita asked what she would interview them about.

• Rita Skeeter described how people who learned that some werewolf wizards were good could bury their guilt by citing Fenrir Greyback and other dangers.
• She recalled interviewing people about Armando Dippet and how one neighbor refused to admit he might have been wrong.
• Rita acted out how sympathy for werewolves could shift into suspicion about their transformations, secrecy, and possible danger.
• She imitated people who claimed to sympathize with werewolves while insisting they live somewhere else for the safety of their communities.
• Xenophilius asked whether Rita had considered interviewing Remus and the others, and Rita asked what she would interview them about.

Rita Skeeter proposed making Dolores Umbridge a scapegoat so people could redirect their guilt over prejudice against werewolf wizards into anger at Umbridge while the cure plan advanced. She argued that the tactic mirrored how the wizarding and Muggle worlds had come together after the Paris Region Incident.

• Xenophilius Lovegood asked Rita Skeeter about M's Family Projection Screen and explained that M wanted to recruit performers to make a series.
• Rita rejected acting and told Vizet that people needed a scapegoat to prevent their guilt from causing further harm to werewolf wizards.
• Rita named Dolores Umbridge as the scapegoat and proposed linking werewolf wizards' suffering to Umbridge's laws and lies.
• Rita said people could blame Umbridge, let go of their guilt, and accept werewolf wizards while the cure plan moved forward.
• Rita compared her proposal to the method used after the Paris Region Incident, citing bombs on the moon, a plot to sacrifice the region, and a curable disease as enabling conditions.

Rita Skeeter pitched a dramatic story about a werewolf named Lyle to Xenophilius Lovegood, but Vizet insisted that any account of Dolores Umbridge’s role must remain truthful. Rita agreed to write accurately and showed interest in Vizet’s offer of further help with a newspaper series and book.

• Rita Skeeter invented a tragic account of Lyle, a werewolf whose family and livelihood were ruined by laws attributed to Dolores Umbridge.
• Xenophilius Lovegood suggested emphasizing how Umbridge’s pressure prevented the neighbors from helping Lyle.
• Vizet warned Rita not to blame Umbridge for events she had not caused, and Rita agreed to stick to the facts.
• Vizet offered to help Rita write werewolf stories for the newspaper and compile them into a book, prompting Rita to ask what else he could provide.

Vizet persuaded Rita Skeeter to accept his offer to help expand her readership, then took Luna and Fenrir to meet Newt Scamander. Newt eagerly welcomed Fenrir, but the frightened werewolf hid behind Vizet, leaving Newt wondering how best to care for it.

• Vizet offered to help Rita Skeeter reach readers beyond England, and she accepted before leaving Xenophilius Lovegood's home.
• Vizet explained to Xenophilius that he had listened respectfully to Rita and offered help that mattered more to her than arguing over details.
• Vizet and Luna led Fenrir through a magical passage in the winter hills to Newt Scamander's home.
• Newt Scamander excitedly approached Fenrir and tried to examine it with a brass magnifying glass.
• Fenrir became frightened and hid behind Vizet inside the Moonstone Totem's light, while Newt apologized and asked what it ate and how it should be cared for.

Vizet and Luna visited Newt Scamander and Tina, where Newt eagerly befriended their Fenrir Werewolf and Tina welcomed them into her home. Newt began documenting Fenrir’s diet, but Vizet had already prepared a notebook of information for him.

• Newt walked alongside Fenrir, apologized for frightening it with his magnifying glass, and asked what it liked to eat.
• Tina greeted Vizet and Luna, mentioned that Anthony and Benjamin Graves had spoken of them, and invited them into her cottage.
• Luna cuddled Tina’s Kneazle Milly while Newt noted that the Kneazles did not react to Fenrir as they had to another werewolf.
• Tina served hot chocolate and snacks and asked what Fenrir ate, while Newt eagerly prepared to record the answer.
• Luna listed Fenrir’s usual foods, and Vizet handed Newt a notebook containing its diet and other information.

Newt Scamander studied the Fenrir Werewolf’s food preferences and invited Vizet and Luna to watch it eat in his retirement garden. He revealed that the hidden garden housed many magical creatures without the Ministry of Magic’s knowledge.

• Newt Scamander examined Vizet’s notes on the Fenrir Werewolf’s diet and speculated that it could swim and dive.
• Tina offered Vizet and Luna biscuits while Vizet praised Newt’s approach to studying creatures, and Luna reflected on how plants simply lived as themselves.
• Newt said he wanted to observe the Fenrir Werewolf eating and led Vizet and Luna through a concealed door.
• Newt showed them a garden with different habitats and Graphorns, explaining that his old and new creature friends lived there.
• Newt asked Vizet and Luna to keep the garden secret from the Ministry of Magic and mentioned that the ordinary garden behind the door held bees.

Newt Scamander showed Vizet and Luna the creatures in his sanctuary and explained how he protected them from Ministry scrutiny. He introduced Vizet and the timid Fenrir Werewolf to Jasper, an Australian Green Tree Python Fire Dragon, and let Fenrir adjust at its own pace.

• Tina explained how she had used excuses and Newt's bees to conceal the damage caused by a Graphorn giving birth, then praised Newt's care for the creatures.
• Newt tried to lure Fenrir with lamb, but it hid behind Vizet, who explained that Fenrir was drawn to the Moonstone Totem and feared humans.
• Tina took Luna to search for hidden creatures while Vizet followed Newt through the forest, where Newt introduced them to Augureys and tree monkey frogs.
• Newt brought Vizet to meet Jasper, a gentle Australian Green Tree Python Fire Dragon whose parents had been killed by poachers.
• Newt introduced Fenrir to Jasper and decided to give Fenrir time to grow comfortable with its surroundings.