Chapter Summaries

Barty Crouch Jr. recalled how his mother helped him escape Azkaban and confronted his weakened father, Old Barty Crouch. After his father subdued him with the Imperius Curse, Barty Jr. overheard Millicent Bagnold discussing his father's plans and struggled to reach her.

• Barty Crouch Jr. remembered drinking Polyjuice Potion in Azkaban so his mother could take his place while Old Barty Crouch carried him home.
• Barty Jr. told his father he planned to find the Dark Lord and showed him the Dark Mark, mocking his father's apparent weakness.
• Winky announced that Millicent Bagnold had arrived, and Barty Jr. crawled toward the door, hoping to expose his father to the Minister of Magic.
• Old Barty Crouch cast the Imperius Curse on Barty Jr., who briefly resisted before a second, stronger curse overcame him.
• Barty Jr. overheard Millicent Bagnold ask whether Old Barty Crouch planned to join the International Magical Cooperation Department, and he guessed his father wanted to build influence abroad.
• Barty Jr. struggled toward the door again, determined to tell Millicent Bagnold what he believed about his father's ambitions.

Barty Crouch Jr. relived memories of his father’s coldness and Voldemort’s apparent understanding while Voldemort forced him to drink the potion. After the potion changed when the Inferi vanished from the lake, Barty saw the coldness in Voldemort’s eyes and resisted, but Voldemort choked him and poured in another mouthful.

• Barty Crouch Jr. taunted Old Barty Crouch after his father’s Imperius Curse failed, then mocked him to Winky while hiding his pain.
• During Voldemort’s potion ordeal, Barty remembered how his father had reacted coldly to his twelve O.W.L. certificates despite praising them to others.
• Barty recalled Voldemort telling him they were alike because they had inherited their fathers’ names, and wondered why the memory still hurt.
• Voldemort realized the potion had turned clear because the Inferi in the lake had disappeared, and told Barty it would hurt less.
• Barty looked into Voldemort’s eyes, sensed their coldness, and pushed away the silver cup, spilling potion on him.
• Voldemort seized Barty by the throat and forced another mouthful of potion into his mouth.

As Voldemort forced Barty Crouch Jr. to drink the potion in the Stone Basin, memories of his father stirred a new strength in him and made him question whether either man had ever valued him. Voldemort found the basin empty of the Horcrux, and Barty silently returned to the boat, recalling his father carrying him away from Azkaban.

• While Voldemort choked him, Barty Crouch Jr. saw the coldness in his master's eyes and wondered if Voldemort had used him like Old Barty Crouch had.
• Barty remembered failing to turn a teacup into a mouse, breaking it, and hearing Old Barty Crouch tell him not to waste his talent and to stop crying.
• Old Barty Crouch's words stirred pride in Barty, who forced himself to drink every cup of potion in the Stone Basin despite Voldemort's command.
• Voldemort found no Horcrux at the bottom of the Stone Basin and unleashed a wave of magic that hurled Barty into the lake.
• Barty returned to the small boat in silence and wondered whether the jolting he remembered from his father's journey with him away from Azkaban had really been jolting.

Barty Crouch Jr. relived memories in the potion’s nightmare and discovered signs that his father had treasured his academic achievements and suffered when placing him under the Imperius Curse. The dream left him confronting the possibility that Old Barty Crouch had cursed him because he was his son.

• Barty Crouch Jr. woke in the study he remembered as Crouch Prison and noticed that only a golden frame hung above the fireplace.
• Barty Crouch Jr. read the framed report card and realized it was his own 1978 O.W.L. record, showing twelve subjects, which his father had displayed.
• Barty Crouch Jr. recalled Cornelius Fudge praising his results and understood that Old Barty Crouch had told his colleagues about them.
• Barty Crouch Jr. relived his father carrying him from Azkaban and recognized that the trembling he remembered had come from Old Barty Crouch weeping.
• Barty Crouch Jr. heard Old Barty Crouch cast the Imperius Curse and realized his father’s strained, trembling voice came from pain because the spell’s target was his son.

Barty Crouch Jr. recovered a memory that shattered the hatred he had built around his father, leaving him feeling hollow and directionless. Meanwhile, Carcas awoke in Herpo’s care and discussed Voldemort’s terrifying power and the Guardians, while Herpo insisted that killing Serena Pendragon would not have prevented another Guardian from appearing.

• Barty Crouch Jr. woke alone in the Durmstrang Headmaster's Office and struggled to decide whether his earlier experience had been a dream or a buried truth.
• Barty Crouch Jr. placed a memory in the Pensieve and watched it, seeing the study and the golden picture frame before breaking down at the memory of his father.
• Barty Crouch Jr. realized his hatred had collapsed and that everything he had once devoted himself to had lost its meaning.
• Carcas woke in bed, recognized Herpo, and recoiled in pain from the damage Voldemort's Cruciatus Curse had inflicted on his soul.
• Carcas questioned whether killing Serena Pendragon could have prevented the crisis, but Herpo argued that another Guardian would have emerged regardless.

Carcas questioned Herpo about their chances against the Guardians and challenged his past choices, including sacrificing Gregory and partnering with Voldemort. Herpo defended himself, and Carcas ended by demanding to know why he seemed so powerless beside Voldemort.

• Carcas worried that the new Guardian made victory unlikely, and Herpo accused him of doubting The Master.
• Carcas condemned Herpo for sacrificing Gregory, but Herpo compared the act to Morgana's sacrifice and blamed Carcas for disrupting the ritual.
• Herpo recalled that an unexplained force had interfered with The Master's attack and destroyed the Ritual Magic Array, so he had abandoned the summoning.
• Carcas argued that Herpo could have sacrificed the others and himself to prove his loyalty, but Herpo dismissed the dispute as pointless.
• Carcas questioned Herpo's choice of Voldemort as a partner and asked why Herpo could control them but not Voldemort.

Herpo told Carcas that the Isaiah Society planned to use a Hogwarts servant and the Ministry of Magic’s Time-Turner chamber to banish Vizet into temporal turbulence. At Nurmengard, Serena Pendragon visited Gellert Grindelwald, who suspected the Isaiah Society was behind attempts to obstruct Vizet’s weapons-repelling charm.

• Herpo explained that Voldemort had helped throw Britain into chaos and left a servant at Hogwarts, now a Potions Class professor.
• Herpo told Carcas that the servant could tamper with the Department of Mysteries and destroy the place connected to the Time-Turner when Vizet visited the Ministry in a few months.
• Carcas worried that the plan might fail, but Herpo argued that time itself would prevent Vizet from returning quickly.
• Serena Pendragon entered Gellert Grindelwald’s cell at Nurmengard and discussed the promotion of Vizet’s Charm to Repel Weapons.
• Gellert Grindelwald suspected that anyone obstructing the charm might be a remnant of the Isaiah Society and said Vizet had exceeded his expectations.

Gellert Grindelwald explained why the Ministry would have to promote Vizet’s Charm to Repel Weapons, then reflected on his past rivalry with Dumbledore. Serena Pendragon delivered a parcel from Vizet to cheer up Grindelwald, who carefully opened it and found a letter and a gift box.

• Gellert Grindelwald told Serena Pendragon that public pressure and political competition would compel Ministers of Magic to promote the Charm to Repel Weapons.
• Serena teased Grindelwald about losing the race to become president of the International Confederation of Wizards to Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald said he would not have changed his past actions, because they had forced Dumbledore to act for the Magical World.
• Serena said she had come for another reason and gave Grindelwald a parcel from Vizet intended to make a distant friend feel better.
• Grindelwald carefully unwrapped the parcel and found a letter and a gift box, which he and Serena believed held a surprise.

Gellert Grindelwald received Phoenix Tears and a letter from Vizet, whose cryptic message he found inspiring. Serena Pendragon remained baffled by their exchange as Grindelwald chose to drink with her rather than reply.

• Gellert Grindelwald opened Vizet's Gift Box and discovered a small bottle of Phoenix Tears.
• Gellert Grindelwald said the gift would not change his original plan, then read Vizet's letter thanking him and reflecting on rest, scenery, and a face in a window.
• Serena Pendragon read the letter and wondered whether Gellert Grindelwald's influence had made Vizet speak in riddles.
• Gellert Grindelwald decided not to write back and held the Phoenix Tears while Serena Pendragon offered him mead.

Gellert Grindelwald shared Phoenix Tears mixed with Mead with Serena Pendragon and gave her the remaining tears to protect her and their friends. After Serena left, Grindelwald saw his face reflected in the wine stain on Vizet’s letter and recognized the reflection Vizet had described.

• Gellert Grindelwald mixed Phoenix Tears into Mead and drank a Goblet, spilling wine onto Vizet’s letter.
• Serena Pendragon drank the mixture and felt at least fifty years younger.
• Gellert Grindelwald poured the remaining Phoenix Tears into Serena’s golden bottle, saying she needed them more than he did.
• Serena Pendragon left after promising to tell Vizet about Grindelwald’s gift.
• Gellert Grindelwald studied his reflection in the wine stain and recognized the face described in Vizet’s letter.

Dumbledore visited Aberforth at the Hog’s Head and revealed that he had seen Ariana and their parents in the Misty Illusory Realm. He explained that Vizet had enabled him to travel far into the realm, leaving Aberforth to consider Vizet’s condition and role.

• Dumbledore entered the Hog’s Head, drank Mead without asking Aberforth to add honey, and said he had come to tell him something important.
• Dumbledore told Aberforth that he had seen Ariana, their father, and their mother the previous week.
• Aberforth became furious, accused Dumbledore of chasing the Deathly Hallows again, and drew his Wand when Dumbledore mentioned Vizet.
• Dumbledore calmed Aberforth and explained that gathering the three Deathly Hallows allowed entry to the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Dumbledore said he and Vizet had explored far into the realm because Vizet was the key, then asked Aberforth to recall Vizet’s condition before he left.

Dumbledore told Aberforth that Ariana and their parents truly existed in the Misty Illusory Realm and that they could visit it the next morning with Vizet. Aberforth eagerly accepted the plan and celebrated by giving drinks away at the Hog's Head.

• Dumbledore confirmed to Aberforth that Ariana and their parents were real and could be seen in the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Aberforth asked to visit the realm immediately, but Dumbledore explained that Vizet had arranged the visit for the next morning.
• Aberforth agreed to meet Dumbledore at the Headmaster's Office the next morning and asked whether he should bring anything.
• Aberforth declared that drinks were on him, served a wizard Giggle Liquor, and offered Dumbledore wine and pomegranate juice.

Vizet brought Xenophilius Lovegood through a secret passage to the Headmaster’s Office, where he and Aberforth Dumbledore were waiting. Vizet explained that they would enter the Misty Illusory Realm by placing their hands on an Invisibility Cloak.

• Vizet led Xenophilius through a hidden corridor to the Gargoyle Statue and revealed that the Headmaster’s password was “The Goat of Clamb.”
• Xenophilius recognized the route to the Headmaster’s Office and questioned Vizet about the unusual password.
• Aberforth Dumbledore greeted Vizet and Xenophilius at the office door, and Xenophilius learned that Aberforth was Albus Dumbledore’s younger brother.
• Aberforth said he had spent the morning dressing up and asked Vizet whether he needed to prepare anything.
• Vizet told Aberforth and Xenophilius to place their hands on the Invisibility Cloak to enter the Misty Illusory Realm, while Albus confirmed that the process was simple.

Vizet prepared to take Xenophilius Lovegood into the Misty Illusory Realm so he could find out whether his wife Pandora was there. After warning Xenophilius that the visit might bring no answer, Vizet, Dumbledore, Aberforth Dumbledore, and Xenophilius entered the realm.

• Xenophilius recognized the Resurrection Stone, Elder Wand, and Invisibility Cloak as the Deathly Hallows and excitedly declared that Vizet had become the Master of Death.
• Vizet confirmed they had gathered the Deathly Hallows and explained that Xenophilius needed to touch the Invisibility Cloak to enter the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Xenophilius asked whether Luna could come, but Aberforth Dumbledore explained that Vizet wanted to confirm Pandora was there before raising Luna's hopes.
• Vizet warned Xenophilius to prepare for the possibility that Pandora would not be in the realm, and Xenophilius accepted the risk.
• Dumbledore picked up the Elder Wand, and Xenophilius and Aberforth Dumbledore placed their hands on the Invisibility Cloak before the pulling force drew them into the Misty Illusory Realm.

Vizet, Dumbledore, Xenophilius Lovegood, and Aberforth Dumbledore entered the Misty Illusory Realm and reunited with their departed loved ones. As Xenophilius reunited with his parents, Vizet met Nora Treadwell, Luna’s great-grandmother, who asked whether he had taken over Serena’s duty.

• Dumbledore reassured Xenophilius and Aberforth that Vizet was safe despite the increased number of people entering the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Vizet said the pulling force had felt no different and that he had entered the realm by his own method.
• Aberforth reunited with Ariana, Percival Dumbledore, and Candace Dumbledore, and wept as he held Ariana’s hand.
• Xenophilius reunited with his parents after Vizet pointed them out in the mist.
• Nora Treadwell approached Vizet and asked whether he had taken over Serena’s duty.

Vizet met Nora Treadwell in the Misty Illusory Realm and learned that many souls, including Serena's friends, were being bound there. Nora learned that Pandora Lovegood had died, while Vizet realized Pandora's soul was absent from the realm and might not have been captured by The Master.

• Nora Treadwell recognized Vizet as an unprecedentedly special Guardian and said she could sense Ancient Magic Power and other souls.
• Nora told Vizet that many souls were gathered and bound in a distant part of the Misty Illusory Realm, including friends of Serena who had died fighting the Isaiah Society.
• Vizet asked whether Nora had sensed Mrs. Lovegood, and Nora realized that Pandora had died in an accident.
• Xenophilius blamed himself for failing to protect Pandora, while Nora comforted him.
• Vizet cast Spiritual Resonance Symphony to isolate the area from the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Vizet concluded that Pandora's soul might not have been bound by The Master and wondered where she had gone.

In the Misty Illusory Realm, Xenophilius Lovegood found peace with his grief over Pandora and decided to return to living in the present. Aberforth Dumbledore also said goodbye to his family and prepared to go back with Xenophilius, asking Vizet how they would leave.

• Xenophilius told Vizet that he had wanted the Resurrection Stone to see Penny again and tell her that he and Luna were doing well.
• Vizet suggested Xenophilius had already given Penny the best farewell by living well, and Xenophilius agreed that he should not remain trapped in the past.
• Xenophilius praised Vizet for not troubling Luna with the matter, and Vizet decided to save his plans for a future surprise.
• Aberforth Dumbledore tearfully promised his family he would keep living properly, and he accepted Dumbledore's comforting hand.
• Aberforth and Xenophilius chose to return, and Aberforth asked Vizet how they would get back.

Vizet sent Xenophilius and Aberforth Dumbledore out of the Misty Illusory Realm while Dumbledore stayed behind, intending to use it as a meeting room. Back in the Headmaster's Office, Aberforth remarked that the realm might really become Vizet's territory.

• Xenophilius wondered whether the Misty Illusory Realm was already Vizet's territory, and Aberforth agreed that Vizet might eventually make it his own.
• Dumbledore revealed that he planned to stay in the realm and use it as a meeting room, then began producing furniture and Cockroach Clusters.
• Aberforth and Xenophilius agreed to leave, and Vizet offered to control their departure speed.
• Vizet counted to three and sent Xenophilius and Aberforth out of the realm into the Hogwarts Headmaster's Office.
• Aberforth said the realm might become Vizet's territory, while Xenophilius realized he had already reached the same conclusion.

Vizet and Dumbledore discussed how Herpo had revived Carcas to use the Heavenly Eye to monitor them after the Misty Illusory Realm opened. Dumbledore said Voldemort had persuaded the others to focus their surveillance on him, and Vizet guessed Voldemort had used the Unforgivable Curses to settle their disagreement.

• Vizet deduced that Herpo could sense the Misty Illusory Realm opening and had Carcas monitor their movements with the Heavenly Eye.
• Dumbledore assured Vizet that Barty Crouch Jr. remained safe, but said he would stop using the Soul Guiding Box to protect their connection from detection.
• Vizet realized Carcas used possession to cast the Heavenly Eye, limiting how long he could monitor anyone and forcing him to choose whom to watch.
• Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort had persuaded Herpo and Carcas to focus their surveillance on him rather than Vizet.
• Dumbledore recalled that Herpo and Carcas had argued against Voldemort's choice, and Vizet guessed Voldemort had used the Unforgivable Curses against them.

Vizet and Dumbledore discussed the strained alliance between Herpo, Carcas, and Voldemort, and why Voldemort had made Dumbledore his main target. They concluded that the enemy’s caution and the flaws in Carcas’s Heavenly Eye gave them room to maneuver.

• Dumbledore explained that Herpo and Carcas had clashed before Carcas’s resurrection, though they still stood together when the interests of The Master were threatened.
• Vizet inferred that Voldemort believed Dumbledore was directing his actions, and Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort wanted Carcas to watch him through the Heavenly Eye.
• Dumbledore noted that Voldemort’s focus on him gave Vizet more freedom, while flaws in the Heavenly Eye prevented constant surveillance.
• Vizet asked why Voldemort and the others had not attacked after detecting them in the Misty Illusory Realm, and Dumbledore said they feared Fawkes, Hogwarts’s Protective Magic, and a possible trap.
• Dumbledore observed that Voldemort had become cautious after both of his schemes had been ruined.