Chapter Summaries

Vizet and Dumbledore discussed Voldemort’s failed schemes and how their earlier victories had made him and Herpo cautious. Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort learned his Horcruxes were being destroyed and went to the cave, where he discovered the Inferi had vanished and flew into a rage.

• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort’s past plans had failed and that Vizet’s defeat of Morgan le Fay had weakened the Isaiah Society and made Herpo cautious.
• Vizet realized that Carcas’s Heavenly Eye might have revealed the Deathly Hallows to Voldemort, including that his Horcruxes were being hunted and destroyed.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Barty Crouch Jr. had questioned Herpo about the Deathly Hallows and that Voldemort had learned of the Horcrux hunt.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort blamed and tortured Carcas before taking Barty Crouch Jr. to the cave to check his Horcruxes.
• Voldemort found the Inferi in the lake missing and became more furious than Dumbledore had seen him in a long time.

Dumbledore explained how the potion gave Barty Crouch Jr. the hope and freedom to choose another path, though his decision remained unknown. He also revealed that he had obtained Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup and warned Vizet that tensions over the goblins involved competing Wizard and Muggle interests.

• Dumbledore said the potion had given Barty Crouch Jr. a glimmer of hope and the chance to choose whether to follow Voldemort or find his own direction.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had not noticed the change in Barty Crouch Jr. because he was focused on the Stone Basin and finding his missing Horcrux.
• Vizet asked about Voldemort’s other Horcruxes, and Dumbledore revealed that he had obtained Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup through proper channels.
• Dumbledore said the goblins’ weakened position after Vizet exposed their ties to gangs had allowed him to secure the cup despite Gringotts’ protests.
• Vizet questioned why the goblins had compromised instead of rebelling, and Dumbledore said his friends would investigate their suspicious behavior.
• Dumbledore explained that North American Muggle leaders hoped to acquire goblin forging techniques and believed they could profit from escalating conflict between goblins and Wizards.

Dumbledore explained how the potion gave Barty Crouch Jr. the freedom to choose whether to follow Voldemort or seek another path, and said Voldemort had not noticed the change. He revealed that he had obtained and destroyed the Hufflepuff Golden Cup, while he and Vizet discussed the goblins’ unexpected cooperation and the Muggle leaders’ interest in their forging skills.

• Dumbledore told Vizet that the potion gave Barty Crouch Jr. hope and the chance to choose whether to keep following Voldemort or change direction.
• Dumbledore said Voldemort had focused on finding the missing Horcrux and had not noticed the change in Barty Crouch Jr.
• Dumbledore revealed that he had obtained the Hufflepuff Golden Cup two days earlier and destroyed its soul fragment using the Heavenly Eye.
• Dumbledore explained that goblins’ dealings with gangs had weakened their political protections and forced them to compromise despite their protests over the Golden Cup.
• Dumbledore told Vizet that Muggle leaders hesitated to oppose the goblins because they wanted their forging techniques and thought a Wizard-goblin conflict might serve their interests.

Vizet and Dumbledore discussed how North American Muggle officials hoped to exploit the conflict between wizards and Goblins, and devised a way to undermine that plan. They left the discussion intending to offer Muggles a safer alternative: Vizet’s magical forging technique, provided under rules established by a Magic Contract.

• Dumbledore explained that Muggle officials might use the wizard-Goblin conflict to gain Goblin forging secrets while treating the Goblins as a disposable weapon.
• Vizet concluded that wizards should avoid following the Muggles’ envisioned plan and recognized that his knowledge of magical forging could help.
• Vizet proposed giving Muggles a sense of security and control by offering a forging technique under a Magic Contract.
• Dumbledore realized Vizet meant the technique used to make his short sword and noted that Muggle officials had already accepted Magic Contracts in past cooperation.
• Dumbledore praised the plan, reasoning that other Muggle officials might accept the safer offer even if North American officials rejected it.

Vizet and Dumbledore planned to use Voldemort’s search for Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup to create pressure on Gringotts, while also turning Carcas’s surveillance into a tool for misleading their enemies. Dumbledore planned to invite selected people to the Misty Illusory Realm, and he decided to visit Gringotts himself to demand the Golden Cup’s return.

• Vizet suggested that Voldemort might go to Gringotts to locate Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup, creating a potential crisis for the Goblins.
• Vizet and Dumbledore agreed to make Voldemort’s actions expose Gringotts to trouble and bring the Horcruxes together sooner.
• Dumbledore asked Vizet to help invite selected people to meet departed loved ones in the Misty Illusory Realm, using Carcas’s Heavenly Eye surveillance to mislead them.
• Vizet asked to invite Professor Snape, and Dumbledore agreed while warning that Snape would likely refuse.
• After leaving the Misty Illusory Realm, Dumbledore said he would visit Gringotts and press the Goblins to return Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup to Hogwarts.

Voldemort learned from Carcas’s report that Dumbledore was pursuing Hufflepuff’s Golden Cup, a Horcrux kept by Bellatrix Lestrange, and secretly planned to recover it from Gringotts. As Herpo reassured him that the goblins remained valuable, Voldemort continued hiding his secret and probing Herpo’s confidence.

• Carcas repeated Dumbledore’s words about the Golden Cup, and Voldemort killed him with the Cruciatus Curse after questioning his accuracy.
• Herpo noted that Carcas’s body had reached its limit and began preparing a student as a replacement vessel for Carcas’s spirit.
• Voldemort concluded that Dumbledore had discovered his secret and was collecting Horcruxes, with the Golden Cup as his current target.
• Voldemort planned to control Gringotts goblins and retrieve the Golden Cup before Dumbledore could obtain it.
• Herpo suggested continuing to monitor Dumbledore, but Voldemort mocked his reluctance and questioned whether he feared the goblins’ worsening situation.
• Herpo said the goblins’ forging techniques still made them valuable, which gave him confidence.

Voldemort ordered Herpo to have Carcas use the Heavenly Eye to monitor Vizet, hoping to keep his Horcruxes secret while testing his own judgment. Carcas completed the possession and saw Vizet at Snape's office, while Voldemort turned his attention to Dumbledore's talks with the Goblin.

• Herpo told Voldemort that Muggle leaders had begun contacting the Goblins about cooperation, and Voldemort changed the surveillance target from Dumbledore to Vizet.
• Voldemort predicted that Vizet would spend the afternoon learning potions in Severus's office and told Herpo to use the Heavenly Eye to verify it.
• Voldemort noticed that Barty Crouch Jr. had become unusually quiet after drinking the potion in the Stone Basin, but dismissed the idea of helping him.
• Herpo explained that Carcas's possession was taking longer because the body was unsuitable, and promised it would finish before the afternoon tutoring.
• Carcas completed the possession and saw Vizet at Snape's office, prompting Voldemort to order continued surveillance.
• Voldemort watched the window and hoped Dumbledore's negotiations with the Goblin would last at least one night.

Hogwarts students developed house-specific ways to practice the Charm to Repel Weapons, while Fred and George profited by selling advice for their fabricated Bravery Badge challenge. When Vizet arrived for private tutoring, Fred and George were already in Snape’s office, where Snape silenced them.

• Hufflepuff students practiced together over snacks, Ravenclaw students researched techniques, and Slytherin students sought advice from magical professionals.
• Gryffindor students embraced the “Face Snape” challenge, believing they could earn a Bravery Badge by mastering the Charm to Repel Weapons.
• Fred and George buried fake badges near the Forbidden Forest and sold students advice on facing Snape, drawing in students from several houses.
• Professor McGonagall watched Gryffindor’s house points plummet, while Snape repeatedly punished students who challenged him.
• Fred and George used their detentions to observe Vizet’s lessons and develop more advice for their customers.
• Fred and George greeted Vizet in Snape’s office, and Snape cast a Silencing Charm on them.

Vizet told Snape about the Misty Illusory Realm, where someone could see a deceased person they longed for. Snape rejected the place and sent Vizet away, then sat alone in the dark, unable to reach for the memory of a smiling woman.

• Fred and George left detention after provoking Snape, then returned briefly to grab candy and earned another detention for the next day.
• Vizet told Snape that the Misty Illusory Realm let people see a deceased person they most wanted to meet.
• Snape reacted to the possibility of seeing someone he longed for, but Fred and George interrupted before he could dwell on it.
• Snape denounced the realm as a false projection that offered no answers or forgiveness, while Vizet understood that Snape was warning himself about his own failed attempts to bring someone back.
• Snape ordered Vizet to leave, then stayed alone in the dark and stopped himself from reaching toward the smiling face in his memory.

Voldemort had Carcas use Heavenly Eye to monitor Dumbledore, while Barty Crouch Jr. questioned Carcas and reflected on his father. Herpo then asked Voldemort what he thought of Severus Snape's performance at Hogwarts.

• After Vizet left Snape's office, Carcas admitted to Voldemort that there was little point in watching the Potions tutoring.
• Voldemort told Carcas to monitor Dumbledore, and Carcas struggled to locate him with Heavenly Eye.
• Barty Crouch Jr. urged Carcas to search Gringotts and then the Ministry of Magic, prompting Carcas to find Dumbledore in Amelia Bones's office.
• Barty Crouch Jr. recognized Amelia Bones as Minister of Magic and wondered why his father, Old Barty Crouch, had not become Minister.
• Carcas reported that Dumbledore had left the Minister's Office, while Voldemort considered whether he needed a new servant to replace Barty Crouch Jr.
• Herpo asked Voldemort what he thought of Severus Snape's performance at Hogwarts.

Voldemort reacted furiously when Herpo questioned Severus's past, tortured him, and warned him not to pry into the lives of his servants. Herpo then suggested that Severus might have refused Vizet's offer because the Misty Illusory Realm had not tempted him enough, leaving Voldemort to consider the possibility.

• Voldemort remembered Snape's plea to spare Lily Potter and the suffering that followed, then cast the Cruciatus Curse on Herpo.
• Herpo collapsed in pain while Carcas stayed alert and Barty Crouch Jr. felt sorrow for his past actions.
• Voldemort told Herpo that only he could judge his servants and forbade him from prying into their pasts.
• Herpo apologized, and Voldemort explained that Severus had overcome his weakness and would not be shaken by the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Herpo suggested that the Misty Illusory Realm might simply have been too weak a temptation for Severus, then chose to agree with Voldemort rather than challenge him further.

Herpo persuaded Voldemort to motivate Severus with the promise of a tangible reward: a convincing recreation of the dead woman Severus had loved. Voldemort agreed to use Herpo’s companion Circe to imitate her and urged them to act quickly.

• Herpo argued that Severus distrusted the Misty Illusory Realm because past failures had made him believe the dead could not return.
• Herpo proposed promising Severus a lifelike dead person as a reward for banishing the Guardian.
• Voldemort asked whether Herpo could provide the reward, and Herpo said the promise itself would secure Severus’s loyalty.
• Barty Crouch Jr. identified Circe as an ancient witch skilled in Transfiguration, Potions, and Herbology.
• Voldemort revealed that Severus had once loved a Mudblood talented in Potions, and Herpo suggested Circe imitate her using Severus’s memories.
• Voldemort accepted the plan and said they needed to speed things up.

Vizet created magical contracts that let others safely enter the Misty Illusory Realm without him, then returned to his routine. A Daily Prophet report about a theft from the Lestrange vault stirred alarm among Hogwarts students, but the article had only begun to reveal its accusations.

• Vizet used his soul's aura, blood magic, and a one-Knut payment to create parchment contracts that anchored signers safely to the Misty Illusory Realm.
• Vizet handed the stack of parchment to Dumbledore and spent nearly a week back in his ordinary routine.
• As Easter Holiday approached, students at Hogwarts focused on revision for their O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exams.
• Anthony Goldstein reacted to a Daily Prophet headline accusing goblins of reaching into pure-blood vaults and reporting that the Lestrange wealth had vanished.
• Anthony read aloud that the Lestrange family vault had been robbed and that a Gringotts fire dragon had apparently been involved.

Anthony, Chris, Terry, and Michael discussed Rita Skeeter’s report accusing Gringotts goblins of stealing from Wizard vaults and hinting at a new Goblin Rebellion. The report prompted students to hurry toward Gringotts, while Anthony predicted that other Magical Worlds would also distrust their goblins and take action.

• Anthony read Rita Skeeter’s report alleging that dozens of Gringotts goblin employees stole from Wizard vaults.
• Chris continued reading the report, which described secret meetings between Gringotts officials and suspected Muggles and suggested the goblins might be plotting to reclaim Wizard property.
• Michael wondered whether another Goblin Rebellion was beginning, and Anthony warned that it could be unprecedented and worse than those before.
• Anthony and Chris explained that the Ministry of Magic and goblins had offered only vague responses to the theft investigation.
• Terry pointed out students leaving the Great Hall to check on their money, and Michael noticed that many were from Slytherin House.
• Anthony predicted that the Gringotts scandal would spread across Magical Worlds and lead their officials to take action against goblins.

Anthony, Terry, and the others worried that the goblin theft at Gringotts could make wizarding money worthless, then connected the crisis to a similar event in Vizet’s story. Vizet read Xenophilius Lovegood’s article praising his own foresight and privately reflected on Xenophilius’s apparent knack for predicting events, as well as Luna’s even greater talent.

• Chris Moen pointed out that Galleons and Sickles could not be magically replicated, leaving Anthony Goldstein and the others unable to say what wizards would spend if their money became worthless.
• Terry Boot recalled that Wizard Vede and the Magical World had featured a theft at the squid-run bank Inktact and suggested it resembled the Gringotts theft.
• Terry urged the group to ask Vizet about the story’s continuation, and Anthony remembered that Vizet had previously shared information about the Charm to Repel Weapons.
• Vizet put down The Quibbler and read an article in which Xenophilius Lovegood claimed he had long warned that goblins could not be trusted and called the theft an opportunity for the Ministry of Magic.
• Vizet admired Xenophilius’s apparent foresight and looked at Luna, thinking that her version of the same talent was even stronger.

Vizet reassured Anthony, Chris, Michael, and Terry that the Gringotts theft would help advance plans for a new currency as the wizarding and non-magical worlds merged. He could not confirm the theft’s cause, and the group turned their attention to their O.W.L. exams and future careers.

• Anthony and the others asked Vizet whether he had inside information about the Gringotts theft and the safety of Gold Galleons.
• Vizet said discussions about a new, trusted medium of exchange were already underway and that the Gringotts incident could speed up the plan.
• Vizet admitted he could not tell whether Voldemort was behind the theft, since he had limited information about Voldemort’s plans.
• Chris, Terry, and Michael discussed their upcoming O.W.L. exams, career counseling, and possible jobs after school.
• Anthony ended the conversation and urged everyone to finish breakfast and get ready for class.

Filch recalled how Vizet’s Fake Wand and potion had let him clean magically and cast a Silent Wandless Directional Spell through his connection with Mrs. Norris. He trusted Vizet to create a cure that would let Squibs become wizards, and expected the Squib Support Association to share his belief after his own transformation.

• Filch remembered that he had once buried his longing to learn magic beneath bitterness about being a Squib.
• Vizet gave Filch a Fake Wand, which let him magically clean Hogwarts.
• Vizet gave Filch a potion that connected him with Mrs. Norris, allowing Filch to cast the Directional Spell without a wand or words.
• Filch decided Vizet was the greatest wizard in the world because he believed Vizet could turn Squibs into wizards.
• Filch recalled that Vizet had cured Lycanthropy Disease and trusted him to create another miracle for Squibs.

Filch prepared to undergo Vizet’s transformation process, carrying the Emotion Collector that held a creature born from his emotions. He arrived at TaoTao Co., Ltd. and found a crowd of Wizards entering St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

• Filch struggled with fear and hope about becoming a Wizard, while Mrs. Norris comforted him during his overnight patrol.
• At dawn, Filch examined the Emotion Collector’s miniature Peeves-like creature and recalled that Arabella Figg’s collector held a different creature shaped by its owner.
• Filch put on new Hogwarts robes, took Mrs. Norris, and left for his appointment with Vizet.
• Filch reached TaoTao Co., Ltd. and found the street crowded with Wizards and Ministry staff directing them into St. Mungo’s.

Mr. Filch arrived at St. Mungo's for Vizet's ritual to transform Squibs into wizards and was greeted by former Ravenclaw student Jansen Samuels. Seeing the crowded hall, Filch affirmed his faith that Mr. Lovegood would succeed.

• Jansen Samuels recognized Mr. Filch outside St. Mungo's and escorted him inside, reminiscing about Vizet and his own days at Hogwarts.
• Jansen told Mr. Filch that Vizet's ritual had attracted representatives from magical communities after the Ministry and the International Confederation of Wizards arranged for it to take place at St. Mungo's.
• Mr. Filch saw the packed waiting hall and was overwhelmed by the scale of the gathering.
• Jansen explained that Vizet had insisted on precautions and that he believed the onlookers doubted the ritual would work.
• Mr. Filch declared that Mr. Lovegood would not fail and that he had complete faith in the ritual.

Filch arrived at the ritual venue, where Jansen Samuels warned him that some attendees hoped the ritual would fail to discredit Vizet. Seeing the enormous crowd and meeting fellow participant Arabella Figg, Filch resolved that they had to succeed.

• Jansen Samuels escorted Filch upstairs and explained that some Muggles hoped Vizet's ritual would fail so they could prove he was not as remarkable as people believed.
• Jansen Samuels left Filch at the door and urged him not to let the skeptics get what they wanted.
• Filch entered a lounge overlooking the packed Round Hall, where Vizet was drawing the Ritual Magic Array and prominent figures, including Dumbledore, were gathered.
• Arabella Figg joined Filch and reacted with indignation when he told her that some Muggles wanted the ritual to fail.
• Filch and Mrs. Figg agreed they had to succeed, and Mrs. Figg recalled that Dumbledore had great confidence in Vizet.