Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix confronted Voldemort and the Death Eaters, while Noah prepared to fight alongside them. Snape revealed that Voldemort’s Horcruxes were nearly all destroyed, and the battle descended into chaos.

• Voldemort attacked Dumbledore, but Dumbledore blocked his curses and rescued Harry Potter.
• Dumbledore immobilized Voldemort and the Death Eaters, then said Voldemort would face someone seeking revenge against him.
• Snape confronted Voldemort, revealed that Lily’s death had driven him to seek revenge, and told him that nearly all his Horcruxes were gone.
• Voldemort and Snape clashed with powerful spells, and the magic killed several Death Eaters while the rest split between fleeing and fighting.
• Winky led many Death Eaters against Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix, while Noah closed the portal and prepared a fire phoenix spell.

Noah's Fire Phoenix devastates the Death Eaters while Snape fights Voldemort and reveals that he betrayed him over Lily Potter. As Voldemort collapses and tries to preserve Nagini as a path back to life, Noah interrupts his claim that he is eternal.

• Noah completed his Fire Phoenix spell, burning Death Eaters while sparing the Order of the Phoenix.
• Snape told Voldemort that he had sided with Dumbledore after Voldemort targeted Harry and killed Lily Potter, then intensified his attacks.
• Voldemort grew exhausted and weakened as Snape pressed him with spells, including Elemental Magic.
• Voldemort tried to Apparate a spell at Nagini, then collapsed under the effects of the Dark Magic invading his body.
• Snape told the fallen Voldemort that he must die, but Voldemort claimed he would return while Nagini lived.
• Noah interrupted Voldemort's claim of immortality, and Voldemort widened his eyes.

Noah attempted to separate Nagini’s soul from Voldemort’s inside her, but the process became unexpectedly difficult. As Lily smiled, Nagini’s soul suddenly loosened, leaving Noah and Snape stunned.

• After Voldemort’s death, the Ministry faced public outrage, and Dumbledore challenged Fudge’s competence while hinting he might run for Minister.
• Noah kept Nagini confined and prepared to remove Voldemort’s soul while preserving hers.
• Snape joined Noah with his infant daughter Lily and urged him to try, noting that Dumbledore had prepared a way to wake Harry if the attempt failed.
• Noah used his wand to draw both Nagini’s and Voldemort’s souls out of the snake and struggled to keep them apart.
• As Lily laughed, Nagini’s coiled soul suddenly loosened, and Noah and Snape reacted in astonishment.

Noah separated Voldemort’s soul from Nagini and discovered that her human soul had been trapped inside the snake’s. After restoring her soul to her body and seeing her transform into a woman, he agreed to take her with him, while believing he could also help Harry.

• Noah accidentally separated the three souls inside Nagini, and Voldemort’s soul and the snake’s soul fled into the sunlight and turned to ash.
• Noah saved Nagini’s human soul and guided it back into the snake’s body, which transformed into a woman.
• Snape fetched Dumbledore, Lupin, and Sirius, and Dumbledore recognized Nagini from her visit to Hogwarts about fifty years earlier.
• Dumbledore told Noah to take Nagini with him, and Noah accepted without arguing.
• Sirius asked whether Noah could remove Voldemort’s soul from Harry, and Noah said he thought he could but needed a break first.

Noah removed Voldemort’s soul fragment from Harry, then graduated from Hogwarts after his final exams. Nagini woke after Noah freed her from the Maledictus curse and chose to leave with him, asking that he trust her.

• Noah tested his method in the System Space, then removed Voldemort’s weak soul fragment from Harry while preserving Harry’s soul.
• Noah spent his last days at Hogwarts with his friends and cared for the still-sleeping Nagini in his dormitory.
• After completing his final exams, Noah returned to the dormitory and found Nagini awake; she attacked him, and he restrained her with magic.
• Noah explained that Nagini had been Voldemort’s Horcrux and told her that the year was the 1990s; Nagini realized her Maledictus curse had been lifted.
• Nagini agreed to follow Noah rather than stay at Hogwarts, and she told him that he had to trust her.

Noah agreed to let Nagini bite him so they could communicate, and the harmless magical bond let him understand her as a snake. At Hogwarts’ final feast, Dumbledore announced that he and Noah would leave the school, praised Noah’s achievements, and awarded the House Cup to Ravenclaw.

• Nagini explained that she wanted to leave Hogwarts and proposed biting Noah to establish a way for them to communicate.
• Noah agreed after warning Nagini not to betray him, and she transformed into a small snake and bit his arm without injecting venom.
• The bite created a harmless bond that let Noah understand Nagini and sense their connection, though she could not recall what happened after Grindelwald.
• Noah prepared to leave Hogwarts and attended his final end-of-term feast.
• Dumbledore announced that he would step down as headmaster and that Noah had been selected to join Kamar-Taj’s planned university.
• Dumbledore praised Noah’s school-wide top grades and declared Ravenclaw the winner of the House Cup.

After Dumbledore announced his retirement and Kamar-Taj University, Kamar-Taj’s admissions rules and the revelation that Noah Finneal had discovered a way to enhance magical power stirred the magical world. Noah spent his vacation training at Kamar-Taj, where Wong came to fetch him because Master Gu Yi wanted to see him.

• Dumbledore announced that he was stepping down as Headmaster and that Kamar-Taj would establish a university, prompting wizards to investigate its admissions requirements.
• Wizards learned that admission required exams, psychological evaluation, and a sufficiently high Mage rating, and many blamed Fudge’s Ministry for concealing the rating system.
• Kamar-Taj announced the Kamar-Taj Magic Award and named Noah Finneal its first recipient for providing the method of Magic Power Enhancement.
• Kamar-Taj revealed that Noah had entered early as Master Gu Yi’s disciple and that eligible students and award recipients could learn methods to enhance magical power.
• Wong brought Noah from the orphanage to Kamar-Taj, where Noah spent a month training and then sat on the stone steps during his vacation.
• Wong told Noah that Master Gu Yi wanted to see him, and Noah agreed to go.

Noah discussed his frustration with losing another summer vacation and his reluctance to focus on physical training with the Ancient One, who explained why a sorcerer needed a strong body. The Ancient One also encouraged him to teach Nagini, while Noah left for the dormitories with Wong still teasing him about being too skinny.

• Noah told the Ancient One that he felt depressed about losing his two-month vacation and explained that Kamar-Taj's training left him exhausted.
• The Ancient One warned Noah to keep a low profile because his magical-power method had made him famous, and she stressed that physical strength would help him contain more magical power.
• The Ancient One suggested that Noah teach Nagini, and Noah explained that she was a Maledictus whose soul and Voldemort's soul he had removed, though he had not told Avril about her.
• Noah walked toward the dormitories with Wong, who called him too skinny, and Noah joked that he did not want to become a muscle-bound “bread man.”

Noah struggled through physical training at Kamar-Taj while rapidly advancing in Elemental and Space magic. Nearly six months later, Ms. Heifen had become an official mage and Nagini showed magical talent, while Noah resigned himself to training and waiting for future visitors.

• Mordo and Wong treated Noah after sparring, then dragged him into extra physical training despite his protests.
• Noah explained that his Elemental Magic gave him confidence against Kaecilius, while The Ancient One allowed him to continue studying it alongside Space magic.
• Over nearly six months, Noah's magical ability improved rapidly, and his demonstrations inspired other Kamar-Taj mages to study Elemental Magic.
• Ms. Heifen became an official mage through relentless training, while Noah began teaching Nagini magic and discovered she was talented.
• Noah rejected the idea of using the Blood of the Undying to gain Nagini's snake form and decided to keep training while waiting for future visitors.

Noah and Ms. Heifen returned to London for Christmas, where friends and allies gathered at the orphanage for dinner and caught him up on Hogwarts and the magical world. Constantine ended the evening by demanding that Noah finally give their exorcist agency an official name.

• Noah reassured Ms. Heifen that his money was support for the orphanage, then returned with her from Kamar-Taj to London for Christmas.
• Harry, Noah's three dorm brothers, Constantine, and Chas joined the Christmas dinner at the orphanage.
• Harry told Noah that McGonagall had become Headmistress, Black had taken over Gryffindor and Transfiguration, and Slytherin had lost students amid unrest.
• Evan said the Mage Alliance was growing, while Kate reported that Angelina was Hogwarts' Triwizard Tournament champion in points.
• Noah learned that Dumbledore was leading the Minister of Magic election and that Snape's daughter Lily had improved Snape's temper.
• Constantine complained that Noah had still not named their expanding exorcist agency, and Noah admitted he had forgotten.

Noah and Constantine named their growing firm the Phileas Constantine United Firm during the Christmas gathering, and Noah later escorted Harry home. After returning to Kamar-Taj, Noah took Ms. Heifen to Mount Everest to watch the sunrise, where they shared a quiet, affectionate moment.

• Noah left the firm's name to Constantine, who named it the Phileas Constantine United Firm.
• Noah chatted with Evan, Harry, and the others at the Christmas gathering, then escorted them home.
• Harry told Noah he was happy living with Black and asked whether he might study at Kamar-Taj someday.
• Noah explained that Nagini was a Maledictus he had saved, then encouraged Harry to work hard.
• Noah returned to Kamar-Taj with Ms. Heifen and took her to Mount Everest to watch the sunrise.
• Ms. Heifen rested her head on Noah's shoulder, and Noah put an arm around her waist as the sun rose.

Noah challenged the Ancient One’s lecture on obeying the laws of nature, arguing that mages should sometimes bend rules to prevent tragedy and should master power rather than become its slaves. The Ancient One welcomed his views, and the class was left considering them.

• Noah celebrated his fourteenth birthday with Wong, Mordo, Ms. Heifen, the Ancient One, and Kamar-Taj’s teachers.
• The Ancient One began gathering students for lectures and taught them about magic, higher dimensions, and threats such as Dormammu.
• Noah interrupted the lesson and argued that mages themselves defied nature’s laws and should sometimes compromise rules to save people.
• The Ancient One encouraged Noah to explain his views on power, and he said a person’s actions determined whether power served good or evil.
• Noah concluded that mages needed firm wills and had to master power without becoming its slaves.

Noah persuaded Mordo to reconsider his rigid view of dark power, and the Ancient One later incorporated similar ideas into her lessons. After months of study, Noah reached Tier Five at fourteen, but the Ancient One suddenly froze as she spoke with him.

• Mordo challenged Noah's views on power, and Noah used examples of undercover work and selling addictive plants to show how actions and motives could differ.
• Mordo accepted Noah's argument and asked him to point out his mistakes in the future.
• The Ancient One resumed her lessons after a break and included ideas similar to Noah's in her teaching about nature and power.
• Noah spent several more months studying and reached Mage Level Tier Five, Level Zero at age fourteen.
• The Ancient One praised Noah's talent, then suddenly froze and furrowed her brows while they sat in the main hall.

Noah persuaded the Ancient One to let him investigate the newcomer to Earth, whom he suspected was Captain Marvel, and traveled to New York with Wong. The New York Sanctum Guardian recognized Noah and, worried about the trouble that might follow him, insisted he would have to keep an eye on the pair.

• The Ancient One used the Time Stone to check the future and told Noah that someone had come to Earth but probably posed no danger.
• Noah asked to investigate the visitor, and the Ancient One agreed but ordered him to take Wong along.
• Noah and Wong traveled through the Sanctums to New York, where Guardian Jack Klein advised them to be careful and suggested they take a taxi.
• Noah introduced himself to Klein, who recognized him as the sorcerer behind the powerful meditation method and complained that Noah was causing him more trouble.

Noah and Wong watched Foss contact her people, then intervened when a Skrull attacked and captured the disguised Skrull posing as Coulson in the Mirror space. The Skrull revealed itself to Fury and complained about its bad luck, leaving Noah poised to question it about its arrival on Earth.

• Noah and Wong arrived to observe Foss after Brian gave them protective rings and permission to investigate.
• Foss repaired the communications equipment and contacted her superior, while Noah spotted Fury and Coulson nearby.
• A shooter fired a purple beam at Fury and Foss, and Foss blasted the attacker before pursuing them.
• Noah recognized that Coulson was a Skrull and brought Wong, Fury, and the disguised Skrull into the Mirror space.
• Noah confronted the false Coulson, who transformed into a green-skinned Skrull and remarked that meeting Kamar-Taj mages was unlucky.

Noah learned that Veda and his people were Skrull refugees searching for a new home and agreed to seek the confused Kree woman they were tracking. After deciding to head to S.H.I.E.L.D. for directions to Pancho’s Bar, Noah left Fury and Coulson overwhelmed by the revelations and his knowledge of their organization.

• Fury discovered that Coulson was a Skrull, while Veda and Noah discussed Earth’s protectors and why the Skrulls had come.
• Wong recalled that The Ancient One had known about Skrull refugees in the solar system, and Veda explained that his people sought a new home and a Kree woman.
• Noah transported the group back to Coulson, had Veda assume a human form, and asked him to lead them to the woman.
• Veda suggested Pancho’s Bar but did not know its location, so Noah asked Fury to take them to S.H.I.E.L.D. for help.
• Noah told Fury that he knew S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists Pick Ham and Ricard, and warned Fury not to forget what had happened.

Noah exposed Talos and Veda as Skrulls inside S.H.I.E.L.D. and arranged to travel to Rosamond to investigate a Kree. On the way, Fury and Coulson learned that wizards and other supernatural beings had long existed on Earth.

• Fury searched S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database and found Pancho's Bar in Rosamond, California, while Noah noticed Fury had secretly signaled for help.
• Kole entered Fury's office, and Noah recognized him as the Skrull Talos, who had taken Kole's appearance.
• Noah questioned Talos about his intentions, and Talos agreed to cooperate while Noah went to verify the story with the Kree.
• Talos arranged an aircraft for Noah's group and called Fury's attempted intervention a training exercise; Noah marked Talos and Veda with magic.
• Fury asked why wizards stayed hidden, and Noah told him about magical authorities, creatures, vampires, angels, demons, and the Sorcerer Supreme.

Noah explained to Fury how wizards viewed faith-based beings and why magical institutions kept wizards from harming ordinary people. He criticized the Mutants’ leadership and their likely tragic fate, while Fury wondered whether his new wizard contact could help him during future crises without erasing his memories.

• Noah told Fury that angels and old gods depended on faith, while Asgardians did not, and explained that magical authorities had driven angels away.
• Fury admitted he knew little about hidden powers on Earth and asked Noah about the Mutants.
• Noah described the Mutants’ tangled timelines and blamed Professor Charles’s leadership for steering them toward disaster.
• Noah argued that Mutants should either integrate with ordinary people or hide completely, and told Fury that powerful wizards could devastate the world but were bound by rules.
• Fury asked Noah about Merlin and wizard ties to royalty, then wondered whether he could contact wizards in a future crisis and avoid having his memories erased.

Noah and Fury discussed the Mutants, magical secrecy, and Fury’s past while they waited at a bar for Captain Marvel. After she arrived, Noah watched her enter, knowing her true power far exceeded what she could currently use.

• Fury explained how past attacks and unauthorized experiments had worsened the conflict between Mutants and ordinary people, while Noah considered whether they deserved his help.
• Fury recounted his military and spying career as Noah, Wong, Fury, and Coulson traveled to a bar to await Captain Marvel.
• Noah told Fury that vampires lived in Budapest and that the local Ministry of Magic kept their existence hidden from ordinary people.
• Noah assessed Captain Marvel’s strength as Tier 5 in practice but Tier 7 in potential, and remained wary of her power.
• After Talos reported that Captain Marvel was heading their way, Noah and the others heard a motorcycle arrive and watched her walk into the bar.

Carol Danvers, a Kree Starforce member with gaps in her memory, met Noah and Wong, who proved they were mages rather than Skrulls. After Carol mentioned Project Pegasus, Noah and the others traveled through a magical portal to investigate it.

• Carol Danvers recognized Agent Fury and Agent Coulson, then introduced herself as Foss, a Kree member of Starforce, and suspected Noah and Wong might be Skrulls.
• Noah summoned a blazing phoenix to prove that he and Wong were mages from Kamar-Taj, and Carol explained that she had come to Earth to hunt Skrulls and investigate Project Pegasus.
• Fury and Coulson confirmed that they knew about Project Pegasus, so Noah decided the group would go investigate it.
• Noah created a portal in front of their truck, and Coulson drove the group through it to a road near the project base over a hundred kilometers away.