Chapter Summaries

Noah learned that The Ancient One was preparing him for the Sorcerer Supreme role, then took Steve Rogers to Stuttgart to confront Loki. He arranged for German Aurors to help protect civilians, leaving them poised to act while preparing for the possibility that wizarding secrecy would be exposed.

• Noah told Charles and the others that The Ancient One had spoken to him about taking on the highest position in the magical world, then redirected their attention to Loki.
• Fury asked Steve Rogers to accompany Noah to Stuttgart and help rescue the controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and Steve agreed after changing into his new uniform.
• Noah opened a portal and brought Steve to Germany, where Minister Sebastian welcomed them and said Aurors had located Loki.
• Noah identified Loki as an Asgardian and asked Sebastian to send Aurors to Stuttgart to protect bystanders if a fight broke out.
• Sebastian raised concerns about exposing wizards and asked about the Mirror space and Obliviation Rain; Noah ruled out the Mirror space and told him to prepare the Obliviation Rain.

Noah, Steve, and the others went to the Stuttgart Opera House after Minister Sebastian requested help, where they confronted Loki as he forced civilians to kneel. Noah left Loki trapped by four powerful Earth Dragons, and the standoff ended with Loki unable to move.

• Noah opened a portal to Stuttgart and explained to Steve that he belonged to the British magical world and Kamar-Taj.
• Noah assigned John to check inside the opera house and Charles and Erik to protect the surrounding people, while Steve and Tony stayed back.
• Loki emerged from the opera house, overturned a police car, and used his scepter's magic to force the crowd to kneel.
• Loki recognized Noah and attacked him with a blast from his scepter, but Noah's golden magic shielded him.
• Noah summoned four Earth Dragons that broke through Loki's armor and pinned him in place.

Noah captured Loki and explained that Earth’s mages and guardians made the planet a center of power, while the others learned that their actions had been witnessed. As Noah prepared to question Loki, Thor arrived aboard the Sky Carrier.

• Loki surrendered after Noah restrained him with Earth Dragons, and Constantine saved the injured man whose eyes Loki had gouged out.
• Noah opened a portal back to the Sky Carrier, where Fury warned him that many people had seen the battle.
• Noah told Fury he had deliberately let Loki obtain the Iridium element to create a crisis that would bring mages into public view.
• Noah questioned Loki about the Tesseract and claimed Earth was protected by its guardians and roughly a hundred powerful mages.
• Thor arrived through a portal after lightning filled the sky, and Noah greeted him.

Thor reunited with Noah, offered to help recover the Tesseract, and warned him that Loki had brought the Chitauri to Earth. Noah examined Loki’s scepter, marked it with magic before leaving it with S.H.I.E.L.D., and then someone asked for his opinion.

• Thor arrived through a golden ring, greeted Noah enthusiastically, and thanked him for their past friendship.
• Thor told Noah and Fury that Loki’s actions had brought the Chitauri and that he would help find the Tesseract and deal with the threat.
• Noah examined Loki’s scepter and concluded that the gem’s power had been sealed and could affect people less resistant than himself.
• Noah considered Thanos’s plans and the hidden knowledge Odin and Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme possessed.
• Noah left a magic mark on Loki’s scepter before deciding to hand it over to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Someone asked Noah what he thought, and Noah responded in surprise.

Noah mediated the dispute over how to find the Cosmic magic and confronted Loki, discovering that the Mind Stone’s power was affecting his thoughts. The chapter ended with Noah revealing Loki’s insecurity about being raised in Asgard and feeling unloved.

• Noah learned that Thor had refused to bring Asgardian reinforcements and opposed using magic to force Loki to reveal the Cosmic magic’s location.
• Fury asked Noah to settle the argument, and Noah said he supported Tony’s demand that Loki face consequences for his actions.
• Noah detected power matching the Mind Stone within Loki’s mental energy and secretly began removing its influence.
• Noah restrained Loki and told him that Odin was close to his teacher, then confronted him about his upbringing and need for attention.
• Noah described Loki as proud and insecure, saying he had spent his childhood trying to outdo Thor and feeling unloved.

Noah removed the Mind Stone's influence from Loki and challenged his belief that his family had never recognized him. Loki agreed to reveal the Tesseract's location, but Noah stopped him and said he wanted the enemy to come in.

• Noah used magic to restrain Loki and revealed that he knew Loki was a Frost Giant and had visited Asgard.
• Noah provoked Loki while his system collected the Mind Stone energy inside him, which had been magnifying Loki's emotions and altering his will.
• Noah urged Loki to consider Frigga's love and suggested that his intelligence made him better suited to rule than Thor.
• Loki agreed to cooperate and offered to reveal the Tesseract's location, prompting Thor to embrace him.
• Noah stopped Loki from revealing the location and said he wanted the enemy to continue with their plan and come inside.

Noah decided to let Loki bring the Chitauri into New York so Earth’s wizards could ambush them, while Fury and Tony organized an evacuation. He left Steve wondering how they would fight, then revealed that he planned to summon wizards from everywhere.

• Noah admitted that he intended to lure the aliens in and wipe them out, despite Fury’s concerns about provoking a greater threat.
• Loki revealed that he had chosen Stark Tower as the landing site, and Tony learned that Loki had placed something on his building.
• Noah told Loki to proceed with the plan, warned him not to trust the Chitauri, and revealed that he had placed a mark on him.
• Noah ordered Fury and Tony to help evacuate New York’s citizens before the battle, and Fury agreed to negotiate and organize the evacuation.
• Steve asked what the others should do, and Noah said he would call in wizards from everywhere.

Noah gathered support for the coming fight, securing Kamar-Taj’s backing and preparing to contact the world’s magical leaders. While Loki remained under house arrest, Thor explained Earth’s sorcerers and revealed that Noah was the Sorcerer Supreme’s disciple.

• Noah visited Kamar-Taj to seek The Ancient One’s help, but Mordo told him she had already left.
• Mordo relayed The Ancient One’s message that Kamar-Taj would support Noah and that ten Archmages were ready to assist him.
• Noah told Mordo to prepare for his summons, then returned to the British Ministry of Magic to arrange a meeting with other Ministers of Magic.
• Loki asked Thor about Earth’s sorcerers, and Thor said the Sorcerer Supreme stood on the same level as their father.
• Thor told Loki that Noah was The Ancient One’s disciple, surprising Loki.

Noah gathered the Ministers of Magic to secure support for responding to an anomaly in New York, and they agreed to send wizards from across the world. After seeing powerful magical communities claim most of the deployment slots, Noah accepted their political maneuvering and prepared to leave for the mission.

• Noah and Dumbledore met with the Ministers of Magic through the social networking app, and Noah asked them to support the response to the anomaly.
• Dumbledore pledged Aurors and outstanding wizards, while Kamar-Taj agreed to send at least ten Archmages.
• Kou Haog, Sebastian, and the French Minister helped negotiate a deployment plan in which every Ministry would send at least ten wizards, with stronger communities sending more.
• Noah examined the allocation list and realized that four or five powerful magical communities had claimed over eighty percent of the deployment slots.
• Dumbledore explained that the Ministers were protecting their communities' interests, and Noah accepted the outcome without intervening.
• When Dumbledore asked how they would travel, Noah said he would open a door after everyone had gathered.

Noah returned to the Sky Carrier with the magical communities’ support secured and revealed that Kamar-Taj would send ten Archmages to help. He questioned Loki about his scepter’s influence just as Tony Stark and Fury arrived.

• Noah told the group that every Minister of Magic had agreed to help, and that Kamar-Taj would send ten Archmages led by Mordo.
• Wong and the others were stunned by the size and strength of Kamar-Taj’s contribution, while Loki grew alarmed at how formidable Earth’s mages were.
• Noah asked Loki whether he had noticed anything unusual about his scepter, suggesting that it could control its wielder as well as others.
• Before Loki could ask Noah to explain, Tony Stark and Fury entered the conference room and said the arrangements had been settled.

Noah learned that a mysterious authority had helped Tony and Fury secure approval to evacuate New York, then realized they were evacuating far more than his plan required. As preparations continued for Loki to lure the Chitauri, Loki asked Noah to explain how the scepter had controlled him.

• Fury told Noah that a powerful official had approved the evacuation after receiving a call from someone who addressed Noah as Lord Phileas.
• Tony said evacuating New York would take at least a month, and Loki argued that the delay could alert the Chitauri and Thanos.
• Noah told Loki to summon the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents under his control and explained that the portal would expand gradually, so they only needed to evacuate Manhattan.
• Tony and Fury left to issue new orders, while Noah decided to rest before the battle.
• Loki asked Noah how he had been controlled by his own magic, and Noah explained that the scepter's sealed power had gradually influenced him.

Loki realized Thanos had manipulated him and decided to prevent a conflict between Earth and Asgard, then freed Hawkeye and the other controlled agents. Before leaving, Loki told Thor that Thanos had given him the scepter, and Thor urged him to return to Asgard as Loki asked what the Tesseract was.

• Loki concluded Thanos had never intended to help him and resolved to conceal their cooperation while preventing war between Earth and Asgard.
• Loki waited on the Sky Carrier landing deck for Hawkeye and the others, then released them from his control.
• Hawkeye asked Fury about the mages, and Fury told him they protected Earth and that sometimes people had to compromise.
• Thor stopped Loki from leaving and pressed him about the scepter and the force behind his actions.
• Loki revealed that Thanos had given him the scepter, and Thor urged him to return to Asgard and tell their father.
• Loki refused to leave immediately, warned Thor to choose between taking him back and dealing with the crisis, and asked what the Tesseract was.

Noah and the others finished preparing to defend Earth as Loki prepared to open a portal over Manhattan. Across the harbor, Justin Hammer and other wealthy critics mistook the blue beam for one of Tony’s weapons, then watched dark figures pour through the opening in the sky.

• Loki left without learning what the Tesseract was, while Manhattan’s evacuation moved wealthy residents out but left ordinary people nearby.
• Fury worried about S.H.I.E.L.D.’s internal troubles as Noah assured him Loki had not fled with the Tesseract.
• Noah confirmed that the Avengers and wizards were prepared and told Fury, Tony, Steve, and Banner to handle the first wave of defense.
• Loki appeared as a projection, confirmed he was ready, and began opening the portal at Noah’s direction.
• Justin Hammer and his companions complained that Tony had tricked them into leaving Manhattan, then saw the blue beam tear open the sky and dark figures emerge.

As the Chitauri invasion devastated Manhattan, Noah and Thor joined the defense, with Thor revealing his greatly increased power. Thor went to protect Loki, while Noah opened four portals and prepared to bring the mages into the battle.

• The Chitauri poured through the wormhole and attacked Manhattan as Tony and unfamiliar fighter jets fought back.
• Noah watched from Stark Tower, noted that his evacuation had reduced the likely casualties, and sent Thor to support the defenders and watch Loki.
• Thor arrived above Manhattan in red-and-black armor and destroyed a giant worm carrier with one hammer strike.
• Noah reprimanded Thor for killing too many enemies and told him to protect Loki while the mages handled the rest.
• Noah activated a magic circle, opening four golden portals in the sky.

Evan, Luns, and Kate prepared to join the battle, while Hermione insisted on fighting for Noah despite Kate’s attempt to stop her. Noah’s allies emerged through portals to attack the Chitauri, but the wormhole suddenly widened and a familiar magical power came from within.

• Evan admitted he was nervous before the battle, and Kate reassured him that their friends and Noah were there.
• Kate confronted Hermione and tried to keep her from joining the fight, but she said she was going as Noah’s friend and left him behind.
• Kate returned to Evan and Luns, where he found Ernie and Longbottom, then followed the others through Noah’s golden portal.
• Noah opened five portals, and magicians from across the world emerged and began driving back the Chitauri.
• Noah noticed the wormhole widening as the Chitauri poured through faster, sensed familiar magic inside it, and turned toward its source.

Mages led by Kate and the others fought the Chitauri as the wormhole expanded, prompting Noah to bring Mordo and the other Archmages into the battle. Noah then went to the New York Sanctum to investigate the magic power he had sensed from The Ancient One, but what he found on the roof shocked him.

• Kate, Luns, and Evan challenged one another as the mages attacked the Chitauri pouring from the wormhole.
• The wormhole expanded rapidly, and the mages realized the growing alien numbers could overwhelm them despite their early advantage.
• Noah told Evan to keep fighting, then summoned Mordo and nine other Archmages to hold back the Chitauri while he investigated.
• Mordo and the Archmages unleashed their power as Noah teleported to the New York Sanctum at 117A Bleecker Street.
• Noah climbed to the roof, where he saw something that left him shocked.

Noah encountered Bruce Banner’s disembodied soul, who had arrived from a parallel universe while seeking help. Noah explained that this world’s Battle of New York had been altered, and Banner learned that Noah and The Ancient One were strangers from a different reality.

• Noah found Banner speaking with The Ancient One on the New York Sanctum’s top floor and learned he had come from another universe.
• Banner said he had traveled with Tony, Rogers, Barton, Natasha, and Thor but had become separated from them.
• Noah told Banner that the others were fighting alongside mages and that Loki had switched sides after Noah freed him from control.
• Banner saw the enormous wormhole and the battle threatening Manhattan, and The Ancient One explained that she had been suppressing the wormhole.
• Noah introduced himself as a mage named Noah Finneal and identified The Ancient One as his master and the current Sorcerer Supreme.

The Ancient One refused to give Banner the Time Stone because his arrival in Noah’s world was accidental and the risks were too great. She offered to help him obtain Pym Particles or send Noah to Banner’s world later, leaving Noah reluctantly agreeing to the mission while Banner preferred the first option.

• The Ancient One explained that Noah’s presence had diverted his world from its predetermined path and said Noah was her choice for future Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Ancient One refused to give Banner the Time Stone, citing the danger that he might not find his way back.
• The Ancient One suggested Noah could obtain Pym Particles from Hank Pym, and Noah confirmed he could help.
• The Ancient One proposed recording Banner’s channel so Noah could later take the Time Stone to Banner’s world and help resolve its crisis.
• Noah reluctantly accepted the assignment after the Ancient One urged him to trust Strange’s judgment, but Banner chose the Pym Particle option.
• The Ancient One told Noah to use his full strength against the aliens.

Noah transformed into his dragon form to destroy the Chitauri invasion, following The Ancient One’s plan. As his terrifying transformation was revealed, Banner learned that The Ancient One had sent Noah on another important task tied to a future disaster.

• Noah accepted The Ancient One’s request to use his greatest power against the Chitauri and opened a portal to the battlefield.
• Banner questioned whether Noah should instead help him obtain Pym Particles, and The Ancient One said she trusted Noah and foresaw a greater disaster after the Stones were gathered.
• The Ancient One ordered the mages to withdraw and leave the invaders to Noah, while Banner watched him return to the sky.
• Noah unleashed his magic and began transforming as the mages discussed his dark-looking Dragonborn power.
• Noah’s black mist faded, revealing his fully transformed dragon form and leaving the battlefield silent.

Noah transformed into a black dragon and unleashed devastating flames against the Chitauri, forcing their army to retreat through the wormhole. As the battle quieted, the powerful gaze from beyond the wormhole erupted with energy and sent Noah a message.

• Noah transformed into a dragon and sensed the powerful gazes of The Ancient One, Odin, and Thanos.
• Noah flew over Manhattan, burned Chitauri soldiers, and proclaimed himself Deathwing, guardian of Midgard and destroyer of invaders.
• Noah unleashed black flames through the wormhole, devastating the Chitauri and leaving the watching mages, heroes, and S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel stunned.
• Thor and Loki watched Noah’s display from Stark Tower and realized how dangerous he was.
• Noah sensed the Chitauri army retreating and stopped his attack, but the gaze beyond the wormhole suddenly surged with power and sent him a message.