Chapter Summaries

Snape defeated the Dark Wizards, then mocked them alongside Fred and George when the twins arrived. The newly defeated wizards insisted that the students they had faced were monsters and recalled how a student working with a Swooping Evil had helped rout their group.

• Snape cast Sectumsempra on the newly arrived Dark Wizards, and they screamed in pain.
• Fred and George greeted Snape from their Flying Broomsticks, landed, and endured his scorn before flying away.
• The defeated Dark Wizards mocked the newcomers for losing to students, while the newcomers insisted their opponents were monsters.
• The newcomers recalled wiping out Ministry of Magic employees, joining a larger force, and encountering students alongside Ministry employees.
• A student coordinated with a Swooping Evil to help defeat several Dark Wizards, prompting the newcomers to retreat and seek another target.

Dark Wizards fleeing across the battlefield were repeatedly defeated by students and magical creatures before reaching Snape. They pinned their hopes on Voldemort winning his duel with Dumbledore, whose increasingly bright spells suggested the fight was nearing its climax.

• A group of Dark Wizards turned away from a battlefield after companions warned them about a red-haired student and five coordinated Acromantulas.
• A rumbling figure sent several Dark Wizards flying and broke their bones, and the rest left the wounded behind.
• The Dark Wizards attacked a bespectacled student and a round-faced student, but the first used an unusually fast, powerful Disarming Charm while the second fought with a magically controlled sword.
• Devil's Snare trapped the fleeing Dark Wizards despite their light and fire spells, and an owl that summoned lightning and Magical Fireworks attacked the survivors.
• The remaining Dark Wizards reached Snape and prayed for Voldemort to defeat Dumbledore as their duel's magical flashes grew brighter overhead.

Voldemort bombarded Dumbledore with crimson meteors, but Dumbledore endured the attack and briefly trapped Voldemort in a Water Prison. Voldemort launched another barrage, and Dumbledore countered with crystalline ice shields.

• Voldemort redirected his attack toward the battlefield, and Dumbledore intercepted the crimson meteors with a spherical Magical Energy Field.
• Dumbledore’s field survived Voldemort’s barrage but cracked and dimmed, leaving Dumbledore exhausted.
• Voldemort tried to finish Dumbledore, but Quirrell and Phoenix Fawkes intervened and gave Dumbledore time to recover.
• Dumbledore bound Voldemort in a Water Prison, which Voldemort broke using successive Wands.
• Voldemort sent another wave of crimson meteors at Dumbledore, who formed crystalline ice shields to meet them.

Voldemort realized Dumbledore had advanced farther along the Path of Magic and increased his attacks on the battlefield. Injured while protecting Quirrell, Dumbledore pursued Voldemort, who concluded that Vizet had not returned and continued adjusting his plans.

• Voldemort grew furious at Dumbledore's progress and accused him of using Vizet to provoke him.
• Voldemort hurled an empowered crimson meteor at the battlefield, and Dumbledore used several ice crystal shields to destroy it.
• Voldemort attacked Dumbledore with the Killing Curse, but a crude shield blocked it and shattered as Dumbledore escaped in firelight.
• Voldemort cast Bombarda at Quirrell, and Dumbledore appeared to extinguish the flames before they could badly burn him.
• Dumbledore pursued Voldemort despite his wounds, while Voldemort decided Vizet had not returned and continued with his plans to suppress Dumbledore.

Voldemort expected Herpo’s Dark Wizards to overwhelm Hogwarts, but discovered that the defenders had turned the battle in their favor. As Voldemort attacked Dumbledore from above, Dumbledore countered his spells while the clash of their flames began.

• Voldemort imagined using captured Hogwarts teachers and students to force Dumbledore to beg for their lives.
• Quirrell hurled a spear formed from the Philosopher's Stone at Voldemort, but Voldemort destroyed it with his Wand.
• Voldemort sent a wind blade toward the battlefield, and Dumbledore intercepted it with a silver shield.
• Voldemort looked down and saw Hogwarts’s allies suppressing Herpo’s Dark Wizards, while Snape’s opponents lay wounded but alive.
• Voldemort knocked Quirrell away and sent a Flame Serpent diving at Dumbledore, who raised a wall of blue flames to meet it.

Voldemort blocked a powerful lightning strike from Vizet and then defended himself against a torrent of spells from Hogwarts defenders. Dumbledore landed wounded but received Phoenix Tears from Fawkes, while the battle continued.

• Voldemort watched the phoenixes heal the wounded and the students attack Dark Wizards with Magical Fireworks.
• A lightning bolt struck Voldemort, who barely blocked it with a silver shield before searching the battlefield for Vizet.
• Barty Crouch Jr. fired a Blasting Curse at Voldemort, prompting the Hogwarts defenders to unleash a torrent of spells.
• Voldemort's Magical Energy Field cracked under the assault, so he escaped before a red beam shattered it.
• Dumbledore landed beside Professor McGonagall, and Fawkes healed his wounds with Phoenix Tears.

Voldemort unleashed a devastating electrical spell, and Dumbledore prepared to sacrifice himself to stop it. Gellert Grindelwald appeared beside Dumbledore and blocked the attack, leaving Voldemort demanding to know who he was.

• Voldemort tore open his palm and sent a vast net of crackling magic across the battlefield.
• Dumbledore raised his Wand to protect the others, prepared to give his life if necessary.
• A wall of blue flames collided with Voldemort's spell and turned the battlefield into a silent white void.
• Gellert Grindelwald appeared beside Dumbledore and explained that he had come to help solve his problem.
• The battlefield returned to normal, and Voldemort recognized Grindelwald as the one who had blocked his spell and asked who he was.

Gellert Grindelwald revealed himself as Voldemort’s opponent, leaving Newt, Tina, and Dumbledore unsure of his motives but convinced he was helping them. As Voldemort taunted him, Grindelwald attacked with blue flames and a black tower, then sent Voldemort plunging toward Dumbledore.

• Newt and Tina recognized Grindelwald from his distinctive blue flames and were unsettled by the power he displayed after years in Nurmengard.
• Anthony Goldstein identified Grindelwald and reassured a Ministry employee that he was helping them, while keeping his identity secret.
• Grindelwald called himself a prisoner, a demon, and someone who had repented, then told Dumbledore that he could not stand by while his cage was threatened.
• Voldemort challenged Grindelwald, who trapped him with blue flames and sent a black tower bearing the words Für das Größere Wohl crashing down on him.
• Voldemort blasted the tower apart and dispelled Grindelwald’s flaming bird, then dived toward Dumbledore wrapped in black mist.

Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, and the other wizards fought Voldemort, whose powerful magic kept them at bay. Fred and George’s Troll Dungbombs briefly caught Voldemort off guard, but he struck back and engulfed the twins in flames.

• Dumbledore and the wizards attacked Voldemort, while Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick helped break through his Black Mist with a transfigured blade and spells.
• Dumbledore wounded Voldemort’s left shoulder, and Voldemort unleashed a magical wave that the miniature tower blocked.
• Gellert Grindelwald and Dumbledore pressed Voldemort with blue flames and red beams, but Voldemort dispersed their attacks with an explosion of Black Mist.
• Fred and George dropped their Troll Dungbombs into Voldemort’s path, making him tear up and retch from the stench.
• Voldemort attacked Gellert Grindelwald and swung his yew Wand at Fred and George, engulfing them in flames.

The Flying Broomstick exploded, apparently killing Fred and George and driving Dumbledore into a furious counterattack against Voldemort. As Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald pressed their assault, Harry called out to Voldemort, who seized the chance to bind him and cast the Killing Curse.

• Voldemort's attack destroyed the Flying Broomstick, and the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny watched in horror as Fred and George disappeared in the flames.
• Dumbledore attacked Voldemort with killing intent while Gellert Grindelwald helped corner him with his flaming sword and reconstructed tower.
• Voldemort broke free of their combined attacks and taunted Dumbledore as the older wizard's strength began to fade.
• Harry shouted Voldemort's name, and Voldemort bound Harry's feet before casting Avada Kedavra at him.

Grief-stricken over Fred and George’s sacrifice and the devastation at Hogwarts, Harry charged Voldemort to end the conflict himself. Harry’s Disarming Charm met Voldemort’s Killing Curse, and the spells turned gold as both of their Wands began to tremble.

• Harry blamed himself for the losses and resolved to defeat Voldemort, even at the cost of his life.
• Harry ran toward Voldemort through the ongoing battle, evading danger as Hermione, Ron, Sirius Black, Lupin, and the Weasleys failed to stop him.
• Voldemort restrained Harry and cast the Killing Curse, but Harry answered with his Disarming Charm.
• Harry’s spell collided with Voldemort’s curse, and the beams shifted to gold as both Wands trembled.

Harry and Voldemort’s twin wands connected through a Flashback Curse, leaving Voldemort unable to hold his wand as Dumbledore and the others attacked. Fred and George’s familiar voice then called out from the sky.

• Harry and Voldemort’s wands joined in golden light, lifting them into the air and forming a cage around them.
• Harry countered Voldemort’s attempt to shift the golden connection, and a Phoenix song sounded as the Flashback Curse began.
• Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald identified the twin-wand effect and explained that Harry’s and Voldemort’s wands shared Fawkes’s tail-feather core.
• Voldemort failed to hold a new wand, so Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, and the Weasleys attacked while Harry kept the wand connection intact.
• Voldemort shielded himself with another wand and complained about their tactics before Fred and George called out from the sky.

Fred and George returned safely after using their Flying Charm and deliberately sacrificing their broomsticks, then joined the others in preparing to attack Voldemort. Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and the Crouches pressed the assault, while Barty Crouch Sr. considered using the captured Dark Wizards to help exhaust Voldemort’s Wands.

• Fred and George reunited with the Weasleys and explained that they had flown without broomsticks while Voldemort was not seriously targeting them.
• Fred and George revealed they had let their broomsticks be hit after taking Professor Snape’s warning as inspiration, and offered to sponsor new broomsticks for Gryffindor.
• Mrs. Weasley ordered Fred and George to stop joking, and the Weasley family joined the others in aiming their Wands at Voldemort.
• Dumbledore summoned a gigantic golden Phoenix with Fire God Blazes a Trail, and Grindelwald attacked Voldemort’s shields with a flaming longsword and miniature towers.
• Barty Crouch Jr. and Old Barty Crouch attacked Voldemort, while Old Barty considered how to use the captured Dark Wizards to accelerate Voldemort’s Wand consumption.

Old Barty Crouch sent John Deloris and Barty Crouch Jr. to persuade Voldemort’s followers to defect, and their efforts brought more attackers against Voldemort. As Voldemort tried to summon Snape’s aid, everyone’s attention shifted to a moon that seemed to come alive and grow larger.

• Old Barty Crouch ordered John Deloris to offer Dark Wizards leniency if they signed Magic Contracts and fought Voldemort, and Barty Crouch Jr. volunteered to help.
• Barty Crouch Jr. showed wavering Dark Wizards his Dark Mark and urged them to defect, persuading a group to sign Magic Contracts and attack Voldemort.
• Voldemort realized Barty Crouch Jr. had turned many of his former servants against him and cursed the traitor as their attacks broke through his shields.
• Voldemort sent a Soul Particle to Snape and ordered him to kill Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, but Snape gave no response.
• Voldemort, Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, and the other wizards stopped fighting and turned toward a moon that seemed to come alive and grow larger.

Serena Pendragon captured Adley Pratt, who revealed that Herpo had destroyed his Horcrux and gave away Herpo’s location. Serena and her companions headed toward the unsearched stronghold after learning Herpo planned to summon The Master through a sacrifice.

• Serena Pendragon chased down and immobilized Adley Pratt, then broke his wand and searched him.
• Adley Pratt revealed that his Horcrux was gone and pointed Serena Pendragon toward Herpo’s hiding place.
• Serena Pendragon contacted her companions while Adley Pratt described the location, then silenced him.
• Sebastian Sallow, Ominis Gaunt, and Anne Salru joined Serena Pendragon and confirmed that the location was an unsearched stronghold.
• Serena Pendragon told her companions that Herpo planned to make The Master descend through a sacrifice, as in the last 'Paris Region Incident.'

Serena Pendragon interrogated Isaiah Society members and led an assault on Herpo’s stronghold as he sacrificed Horcruxes to summon his Master. The Master appeared and wondered whether Vizet Lovegood had truly come from the future.

• Serena Pendragon learned from Adley Pratt and Circe that Herpo had sacrificed Adley’s Horcrux, then sank them both into the ground after they revealed the same location.
• Serena Pendragon led companions toward Herpo’s location, where they were ambushed and defended themselves with a Magical Energy Field.
• Herpo continued sacrificing Horcruxes despite reports that his defenses were falling, anticipating that The Master would soon descend.
• The Master appeared before Herpo, who wept with relief as the figure surveyed the world.
• The Master wondered whether the future described by Odin and the others was real and whether Vizet Lovegood had come from that future.

The Master took over Herpo’s body, making the Shepherd the first sacrifice to his own faith, then used a skeleton to form a new body. Serena Pendragon and her companions found Herpo’s ruined ritual chamber and headed for Hogwarts to search for The Master.

• The Master forced Herpo’s soul from his body and took him over, after agreeing to help him kill Voldemort at Hogwarts.
• The Master examined his temporary body, then attached a glowing skeleton to it and vanished.
• Serena Pendragon and her companions noticed the fallen enemies’ bodies collapsing into boneless heaps as they advanced through the passage.
• The moon affected everyone in the hall, but Serena Pendragon, Sebastian Sallow, and Ominis Gaunt broke free and defeated the enemies.
• Serena Pendragon’s group found Herpo’s empty ritual chamber and used Sebastian Sallow’s Revelio to witness The Master taking over Herpo and merging with the skeleton.
• The group suspected The Master might be heading to Hogwarts and set out to check for him there.

Voldemort tried to exploit the abnormal moon to kill Dumbledore and Grindelwald, believing he alone could move freely, but Harry and the others recovered and attacked him. Grindelwald told Voldemort that he was not special at all, leaving him surrounded and shaken.

• When the abnormal moon stopped everyone else, Voldemort moved freely and raised his wand to kill Dumbledore.
• Harry cast a Disarming Charm, allowing Dumbledore and Grindelwald to resume their attack on Voldemort.
• Grindelwald used a miniature tower to block Voldemort's Killing Curse and protect Harry, who regrouped with Hermione and Ron.
• Hogwarts students, including Neville and Anthony Goldstein, joined the fight while Voldemort blasted away their attacks.
• Barty Crouch Jr. attacked Voldemort and said he had also been unable to move when the moon became abnormal.
• Grindelwald told Voldemort that he was ordinary and called him Tom.

Voldemort was shaken when Gellert Grindelwald, Fred, and George demonstrated that they could fly, allowing the gathered defenders to attack him together. A terrifying Skeleton Figure then appeared, devoured their spells, and turned its attention to Dumbledore as the moon seemed to grow larger.

• Voldemort was stunned to see Fred and George flying, while Gellert Grindelwald pursued him through the air and mocked his disbelief.
• Dumbledore, the Weasley family, the Crouch family, Xenophilius Lovegood, and the Hogwarts students attacked Voldemort while he remained in shock.
• Voldemort renewed his Protective Magic and declared that killing everyone would make him the most special one.
• Mrs. Weasley pulled Fred and George back to the ground just as a Skeleton Figure emerged behind Voldemort and silently devoured every incoming spell.
• Harry, Draco, Cedric, and Cho Chang noticed that the moon had grown larger as the Skeleton Figure addressed Dumbledore and fixed its attention on him.

The Master claimed the Elder Wand and destroyed the wands held by the wizards, then entered Voldemort’s soul. Voldemort tried to trap him in a Soul Maze, but the Master effortlessly erased its walls, leaving Voldemort afraid.

• The Elder Wand flew from Harry’s grip to the Master, whom Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald recognized as the Master.
• The Master fused the Elder Wand with his finger and turned everyone’s wands, including Voldemort’s Yew Wand, into ash-gray powder.
• The Master mocked Voldemort and looked into his soul, discovering the Soul Maze Voldemort had built using ideas from Vizet’s work.
• Voldemort tried to crush the Master with the maze’s walls, but the Master dissolved them as he walked forward, frightening Voldemort.