Chapter Summaries

Anton explained Aristotle’s geocentric theory to the wizards as an example of a useful magical framework, then invited them to join the Navigators and eventually move beyond his teachings. He told the Cabin that the organization could help him study how shared will became faith and advance his research into gray magic and Horcruxes.

• Anton described Aristotle’s division of the universe and its four elements, comparing the theory’s practical consistency to his claim that magic was the power of the mind.
• Anton urged the wizards to use his theory to advance their magic but to seek other possibilities when they reached its limits.
• Anton gave the gathering three days to decide whether to join the Navigators and planned targeted instruction for its prospective members.
• Anna questioned why Anton had started an organization, and Anton explained that a group’s shared will could transform into faith and generate magical power.
• Anton privately connected the Navigators’ collective consciousness to his research into memory planets, gray magic, and the study of Horcruxes.

Sirius and Professor McGonagall reported that Voldemort had taken over the Magical Congress and placed Harry, Snape, and Lockhart on a hit list. After learning that a prophecy involving Lockhart had been made, the Order planned to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries and retrieve its Prophecy Orb.

• Sirius and Professor McGonagall met the Order in a hidden New York room and revealed Voldemort’s hit list, which named Harry, Snape, and Lockhart.
• Lupin arrived with Moody’s message that Voldemort had seized the Magical Congress’s Department of Mysteries and that Barty Crouch Jr. had mentioned Lockhart in connection with a shocking prophecy.
• Professor McGonagall proposed retrieving the Prophecy Orb, while Arthur explained that only Unspeakables and people named in a prophecy could retrieve one.
• Lupin offered to use Lockhart’s hair to make a doll that could find the orb through Ritual Magic.
• The Order began planning the mission, and Harry produced his Invisibility Cloak as a possible aid.

Lucius and Narcissa visited Snape at Spinner's End to ask him to protect Draco while they left for the Americas to stand with the Dark Lord. Snape agreed, and Lucius entrusted him with the key to the Malfoy-Black family’s secret library and asked him to give it to Draco when he was grown.

• Lucius and Narcissa arrived at Spinner's End and recalled their old friendship with Snape.
• Lucius asked Snape to look after Draco because he feared what would happen to his son if Draco went with him to the Americas.
• Snape warned Lucius that the Dark Lord dragged his followers into wrongdoing, then agreed to protect Draco after Narcissa pleaded with him.
• Lucius left his copper snake-headed cane with Snape and explained that it was the key to a hidden library containing Malfoy and Black family records and research on Horcruxes.
• Lucius asked Snape to keep the library safe and give its key to Draco when he was grown.

Lucius and Narcissa left for the Americas after entrusting Draco to Snape, while Draco struggled with the loss of his family and purpose. Anton encouraged him to seek meaning through magic and offered him the power to protect his parents, leaving Draco inspired to pursue greater strength.

• Lucius asked Narcissa to stay behind for Draco, but she insisted on keeping their promise to face death together, and they left for the Americas.
• Snape watched Lucius and Narcissa depart, then vanished in silver smoke.
• After the meeting, Anton served Draco Hundred Poisons Wine and showed him how to eat with chopsticks.
• Draco told Anton that his parents had left him with little money, few assets, and no idea what to do with his life.
• Anton urged Draco to search for the meaning of life and asked whether he wanted the power to stand up to Voldemort and Dumbledore and protect his parents.
• Draco's spirits rose, and he toasted magic with Anton.

After losing his family and friends, Draco lived with Anton and focused on mastering Magic while the Malfoys secured control of the Fire Dragon market. Hannah and the others recognized that Voldemort’s economic strategy had already begun reshaping Wizard society, and Anton urged them to rely on Magic as the New Era brought Wizards and Muggles closer together.

• Draco moved into a cabin near Cabin after Dobby brought him there, and he spent his days studying and practicing Magic.
• George and Fred said Lucius had bought Fire Dragons they had negotiated for, while the Malfoy family secured a sole license for a Dragon Farm.
• Hannah and Neville explained that Fire Dragon materials were essential to Potions, Wand-making, and broom-making, prompting George and Fred to start their own Dragon Farm.
• Hannah called the economic upheaval a new kind of war, and Neville reported that European Ministries had discussed joint operations and making Aurors Werewolf Animagi.
• Anna said Voldemort’s recruitment of Squibs and the Wizarding world’s new focus on economics were bringing Muggles and Wizards into closer contact.
• Anton said the changes were still manageable and urged everyone to master Magic, the power Wizards could rely on as individuals.

Anton explained why he had formed the Navigators and announced their first goal: reaching the moon. He revealed that the moon had no magical power, leaving the group to consider how they could survive its hostile conditions.

• The invited wizards gathered, signed contracts binding them to the alliance, and took their places as Anton arranged the meeting hall.
• Anton told the Navigators that the Cabin would handle research and development while he sought a way for people to reach the moon.
• Anton described the moon’s extreme conditions and explained that he had not fully set foot on it during his previous visit.
• Anton announced that the moon itself had no magical power, so wizards there would have to rely on their own strength to cast spells.
• The Navigators discussed solutions to the moon’s hazards, but even protective clothing seemed difficult to produce, especially because dragon hide had become extremely expensive.

Anton proposed using the Wizarding World’s puppet technology to send people to the moon and awaken its magic through humanity’s Collective Consciousness. He assigned the Navigator to establish a toy company and organize a moon-exploration project while the Cabin handled technical development, and he left the group preparing for the work ahead.

• Anton explained that the moon lacked magic because it had no Collective Consciousness and proposed sending people there through an expanded Wizarding World.
• Anton described the Cabin’s plan to adapt the platform into a massive live-action chessboard, while Hannah realized her work maintaining the Wizarding World had helped make the project possible.
• Anton ordered the Navigator to create the Navigator Toy Company and launch the Brilliant Sea of Stars Wizard Chess: Moon Exploration product line.
• Anton assigned Cornelius Fudge to run the company, Augustus Rookwood and Gilderoy Lockhart to handle publicity, and Camilla Hurst to oversee recruitment.
• Anton warned the Navigators not to become focused on power or positions and urged them to pursue magic as forerunners setting out toward the Sea of Stars.
• Anton envisioned a Planetary Magical Outburst on the moon and prepared to work with the Cabin on technical improvements and figure out how to travel there.

Harry reunited with Ron and Hermione in New York and became eager to learn the ancient Hatred Magic Ron described, hoping it could destroy Voldemort’s headquarters. Hermione wrestled with Anna’s warning that becoming a powerful wizard could require suffering, while the Magical Congress’s planned move created an opening for the group.

• Harry resented the homework and potion lessons at Privet Drive until Sirius Blair came to collect him and he reunited with Ron and Hermione.
• Harry asked whether magic could destroy everything at once, and Ron told him an ancient story about a Witch and a Pharaoh whose spell caused a Pyramid to be swallowed by the earth.
• Harry became fixated on finding Hatred Magic, while Ron and Hermione worried about the changes in him after his tournament victory and increased Magical Power.
• Hermione recalled Anton’s advice about the dangers of using empathy as a shortcut to power and Anna’s reply that she did not need to become like Dumbledore or Voldemort.
• As the Magical Congress prepared to move and staff sorted through old records, the group saw the resulting chaos as an opportunity to sneak in.

Goyle dreamed of a future in which his parents died fighting the Order of the Phoenix, but his visions and the potions Voldemort gave him were destroying his eyesight. After Old Goyle reported that Harry had a Prophecy Orb, Chairman Tom Riddle planned to frame the Order for attacks on the Magical Congress Building and its people.

• Goyle woke from a nightmare and told his parents that he had seen Harry holding a Prophecy Orb in the Magical Congress Building.
• Old Goyle hurried to report Goyle's vision to Tom Riddle, while Goyle concealed a prophecy of his parents' deaths and wept over his divided loyalties.
• Tom Riddle praised Old Goyle's report and told his followers to withdraw from the Magical Congress Building for the time being.
• Tom Riddle ordered his followers to tighten security, stage a fire, kill selected officials, and blame the violence on the Order of the Phoenix.

Crabbe and Goyle infiltrated the Department of Mysteries to reach the Prophecy Orbs, but Crabbe’s attempt to protect his father from the Order of the Phoenix ended when Professor Sirius revealed himself and stunned him.

• Crabbe and Goyle used a Demiguise and an enchanted chain to slip into the Magical Congress Building and reach the Hall of Prophecy.
• Goyle sent Crabbe away and went deeper into the Hall alone, while Crabbe encountered his father and Old Goyle entering with Aurors to move the Prophecy Orbs.
• Crabbe spotted Professor McGonagall and other Order members arriving, then charged in and raised a wall of fire to protect his father.
• Crabbe unleashed several fire spells, revealed disguised intruders, and summoned Fiendfyre to defend his father.
• Crabbe’s father transformed into Professor Sirius, who stunned Crabbe with a Stupefy spell.

The Order of the Phoenix fought Magical Congress Aurors who had been incited to attack them while searching the Department of Mysteries for Lockhart’s Prophecy Orb. Goyle sought to alter the fate of his parents, and the chapter ended with him stabbing his own eye in an attempt to use Love Magic.

• Professor McGonagall directed Lupin, Hagrid, Kingsley, Molly, and the Longbottoms as Magical Congress Aurors attacked with Killing Curses.
• The Order retreated behind a shelf and split up to search for the Prophecy Orb while trying not to kill the Aurors, whom Voldemort had turned against them.
• Goyle recalled Grindelwald’s teaching about prophecy and Fate and decided to use Love Magic to change the prophecy of his parents’ deaths.
• Goyle drew a dagger, declared his love for his parents, and plunged the blade into his eye socket.

The Order of the Phoenix fought through the chaos in the Department of Mysteries and found the Prophecy Orb about Lockhart, which revealed that Voldemort had stolen Lily’s Love Magic and suffered a curse in return. The Order chose to rescue the fighters left in the Hall of Prophecy, and Lupin transformed into a gigantic Werewolf to help carry them out.

• Professor McGonagall and the Order of the Phoenix fought advancing wizards as spells, broken Prophecy Orbs, and deadly accidents filled the Hall of Prophecy.
• Sirius carried the injured Crabbe through the racks, and Lupin took the boy from him using his enhanced Werewolf strength.
• Molly found the Prophecy Orb concerning Voldemort and Lockhart, and Lupin warned Sirius not to touch it because of its Curse of Fate.
• Lupin knocked the Orb from its stand, and its prophecy revealed that Voldemort had stolen Lily’s Love Magic and been cursed by the backlash.
• Arthur urged the Order to tell Dumbledore, but McGonagall insisted they save the people still fighting, and Lupin transformed into a gigantic Werewolf.

Goyle lost his eyes after the Prophecy Orbs shattered, but glimpsed Fate changing and believed he had saved his parents. As the battle at the Magical Congress Building continued, Anton confronted Voldemort outside and blinded everyone with a sudden burst of light.

• Goyle saw his parents vanish from visions of Snape confronting Voldemort and realized Fate had changed before he collapsed into darkness.
• Professor McGonagall treated Goyle while Kingsley carried him away, and Hagrid warned that Fiendfyre mixed with the Prophecy Orb powder made the building unsafe.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron spotted Voldemort and Bella outside the Magical Congress Building and prepared to warn Professor McGonagall without being seen.
• Anton arrived through a Transit Passage and argued with Voldemort about who controlled the territory beside the Sanctuary Tower.
• Anton sensed Voldemort wanted to kill him, then cast Lumos and filled the area with blinding light, leaving everyone crying out that their eyes hurt.

Anton used his World of Color spell to disorient Voldemort and the crowd outside the Magical Congress, then helped Lupin and rescued the people he brought from inside. Fiendfyre destroyed the Congress headquarters, and Voldemort turned the disaster and the missing Goyle and Crabbe children against the Order of the Phoenix, leaving Professor McGonagall to decide whether to hand them over.

• Anton unleashed World of Color, leaving Voldemort and the others too disoriented to attack, while Harry became sick from the spell.
• Anton stopped the magic when a giant Werewolf charged from the Congress building, slowed its fall, and restored it to Lupin; the people bound to Lupin were freed as well.
• Fiendfyre erupted inside the Magical Congress headquarters, and Voldemort realized that its magical supplies, books, records, and artifacts were being destroyed.
• Voldemort accused the Order of the Phoenix of burning the headquarters, and Harry denied that they would use Fiendfyre.
• The crowd discovered that the Order had taken the Goyle and Crabbe children, and Voldemort used the outrage to rally the Magical Congress against the Order.
• Voldemort demanded that Anton leave, while Professor McGonagall weighed returning the children against the risk of worsening the conflict.

Anton studied the fate-infused Fiendfyre consuming the Magical Congress Building as Voldemort and the Order of the Phoenix tried to contain it. When their united spells only managed to push back the flames, Anton agreed to help and began summoning people and supplies for a larger plan.

• Anton deduced that the destroyed Prophecy Orbs had transformed the Fiendfyre and warned that it could devastate New York.
• Anton used a Lying Punishment Charm on Director Drost, while Voldemort's attempt to extinguish the fire with a fiery viper failed.
• Professor McGonagall arranged for Arthur and others to evacuate Harry and the injured, while she, Lupin, Sirius, and Crabbe stayed behind.
• Professor McGonagall and Sirius joined Voldemort in fighting the Fiendfyre, and Lupin persuaded Magical Congress members to cast End All Charms together.
• Anton guessed that the Fiendfyre involved humanity's future, agreed to Bella's plea for help, and opened a vortex to summon George, Lockhart, Amy, and supplies for his plan.

Voldemort struggled to contain Fiendfyre consuming the Magical Congress Headquarters as wizards rallied to help. Anton prepared a ritual to transport a group to the Moon, and Lockhart announced that viewers around the world would witness a miracle as the ritual began.

• Voldemort held back the Fiendfyre until Lockhart’s broadcast and the arriving wizards prompted him to present himself as defending their home.
• Wizards gathered to fight the fire while Anton and his companions prepared a passage and ritual for their first journey to the Moon.
• Anton cast a Weather Charm that revealed the Moon, then arranged floating magical materials and lit a circle of candles.
• Lockhart told Magic Mirror viewers to watch as he walked toward Anton and Fiendfyre formed into a huge Fire Serpent behind him.
• Voldemort, Professor McGonagall, and Lupin watched in confusion as the ritual’s purpose remained unclear.

Anton used Fiendfyre and collective attention to power the Space Transposer, opening a moonlit passage toward the Sea of Stars. Wizards from around the world joined his expedition, and Grindelwald glimpsed a beautiful future as the group set out.

• Fiennes, Snape, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Flamel, and Slughorn paused their discussion of Horcruxes to watch Lockhart’s broadcast of Anton’s expedition.
• Lockhart guided viewers through the burning American Magical Congress Building, while Fiendfyre streamed toward Anton’s ritual cauldron.
• Anton transformed the cauldron into the Space Transposer, gathered the Cabin Members and Navigators, and declared the Sea of Stars their destination.
• Anton opened a straight moonlit passage, and Anna, Hannah, Neville, George, Fred, and the Navigators followed him inside.
• Lupin, Sirius, McGonagall, Voldemort, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and many other wizards joined the growing crowd behind Anton.
• Grindelwald saw a vision of the future and called it beautiful as the expedition continued.

Anton brought the group through a permanent Space Transit Passage to the moon, where George and Fred briefly stepped outside before Anton rescued them. As Cabin began preparing a lunar landing site, Anton looked toward future expansion and told Lockhart to discuss buying Muggle media outlets with Rookwood.

• Anton led the group through the Space Transit Passage to a plaza before a door opening onto the moon.
• George and Fred rushed through the door, began suffocating on the lunar surface, and were rescued by Anton inside an air bubble.
• Anna healed George and Fred, who celebrated being the first wizards to reach the moon.
• Anton reviewed the completed passage and sent Cabin to begin building an initial lunar landing site.
• Anton told Lockhart to speak with Rookwood about buying Muggle radio and television stations, and Lockhart mentioned asking his aunt Ilsa about buying a film studio.

Anton and Cabin established the first Moon Station by sending a tent-like habitat to the lunar surface and testing ways to sustain plants and creatures inside it. As the Navigators prepared to carry humanity’s Collective Consciousness to the Moon, Anton set out to transform the Moon into a magic-rich world.

• Anton explained how the Navigators’ candle flames channeled humanity’s Collective Consciousness and guided it toward the Moon.
• George and Fred tested Black Goat Wall-Crack Moss on the lunar surface, but it stopped moving without air.
• Anna sent a folding metal habitat through the Space Gate, and Neville transformed into a Werewolf to retrieve and anchor it on the Moon.
• Anton supplied the habitat with air while Hannah, Anna, and the Twins introduced Free Snot Bubbles and Fantastic Beasts for survival tests.
• Anton called on the Navigators to raise their candleholders and lead the passage to Moon Station, intending to trigger a Magical Outburst on the Moon.

Anton used collective consciousness and his will to transform the lunar environment, leading the Navigators on a magical circuit around the Space Gate. The moon’s soil became covered in flowers and breathable bubbles, leaving the gathered people able to walk its surface safely.

• Anton began a large-scale gray magic experiment, using collective consciousness to make the moon accommodate intelligent beings and other life.
• The Navigators followed Anton into a unique magical state that clarified their memories, emotions, and thoughts and drew them toward the relationship between people and their environment.
• Fiennes, Snape, Lupin, and Sirius joined the procession with candlesticks, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald watched and recognized the ritual’s unusual power.
• More people followed Anton through the Space Gate, and the Twins’ fireflies gathered behind him as Hannah and Anna’s lunar plants began to flourish.
• Anton led the procession around the Space Gate and Moon Station as flowers spread across the lunar soil and released bubbles that supplied breathable air.