Recaps

Jon tried to save Astoria from her Blood Curse by making a Horcrux, but Dumbledore sacrificed himself to bind the curse so Jon could destroy it. Jon then used the Deathly Hallows to bring Dumbledore back, took his place at Hogwarts in disguise, and left the story amid new dangers involving Draco Malfoy and the Death Eaters.

• Jon joined the Aurors’ assault on the giants’ Isle of Man lair and captured a female giant to use in Astoria’s Horcrux ritual.
• Jon and Astoria returned to Hogwarts, where Astoria killed the giant, but the Blood Curse overpowered her soul and began entering the Horcrux.
• Dumbledore suppressed the curse, then sacrificed himself to bind it to the locket, allowing Jon to destroy the Horcrux and free Astoria.
• Jon assembled the Deathly Hallows and used the Elder Wand to reach Dumbledore, persuading him to return to life before he and Grindelwald departed together.
• Jon disguised himself as Dumbledore and took charge at Hogwarts while Astoria recovered in the Hospital Wing and Daphne learned Jon had saved her.
• Harry and Hermione investigated the attack on Katie Bell, while Jon secretly visited Astoria and promised to take her to Azkaban to tell her mother she was cured.
• Jon met Aberforth and left him a box for Rosmerta to pass to Draco Malfoy as a supposed gift from the Dark Lord.
• Harry began Occlumency lessons with Snape, while Dumbledore asked Snape to investigate his visits to Petunia Evans.

Jon traveled between Hogwarts and Durmstrang while helping Astoria reunite with her mother and arranging Lucius Malfoy’s escape from Azkaban. At Slughorn’s Christmas banquet, Kristoff warned Daphne of coming unrest, then an explosion struck Hogwarts and Winston Vance attacked Slughorn.

• Jon disguised himself as Grindelwald to meet Vinda Rosier and his followers at Durmstrang, then returned to Hogwarts, where Hermione discovered his identity and Astoria asked her to keep it secret.
• Jon took Astoria to Azkaban, where she helped Diana recover from the Dementors, and he revived Lucius Malfoy and arranged for his escape with Gedwin Robards’s help.
• Lucius returned secretly to Malfoy Manor and told Draco and Narcissa that Kristoff Patrick had rescued him, while Moody later warned the Order that its headquarters had been exposed.
• Attackers struck Grimmauld Place, killing Kingsley Shacklebolt and injuring Molly Weasley as Sirius led Harry and the others to safety.
• Daphne and Astoria attended Slughorn’s Christmas banquet, where they recognized Kristoff Patrick as Jon, and Hermione learned that Winston Vance was a loyal follower of Grindelwald.
• Kristoff warned Daphne to avoid the Slytherin common room when unrest began, then told Draco they were no longer on the same path and urged him to reveal what he knew about Kristoff.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron confronted Kristoff about Grindelwald and the attack on the Order as an explosion erupted near the castle gates, and Vance cast Avada Kedavra at Slughorn.

After Grindelwald’s staged attack and Draco’s secret work on the Vanishing Cabinet, Jon Hart prepared Hogwarts for Voldemort’s assault. As the Death Eaters attacked the castle, Jon led a group to capture Bellatrix Lestrange and search for Hufflepuff’s golden cup.

• Winston Vance attacked Hogwarts with Fiendfyre, and Dumbledore returned to help contain the flames while Jon used the chaos to make the attack appear to be Grindelwald’s escape.
• Voldemort summoned Draco Malfoy, welcomed his loyalty, and learned that Dumbledore had returned to Hogwarts after Vance’s attack.
• Draco attacked Harry in the Room of Requirement, but Snape treated it as a student fight, and Dumbledore began private lessons with Harry about Voldemort and their connection.
• Kristoff met Draco in the Room of Requirement, praised his repair of the Vanishing Cabinet, and revealed that their mission was to kill both Dumbledore and Voldemort.
• Slughorn confessed to helping Voldemort, including poisoning the Mead intended for Dumbledore, while Voldemort decided to enter Hogwarts and kill Dumbledore himself.
• Jon warned the Order and Aurors that Hogwarts was in danger, summoned Harry, and saw Voldemort and Draco appear on the Marauder’s Map as the Death Eaters began their attack.
• Jon led Moody, Harry, Kingsley, Rosier, and Vance to Bellatrix’s likely headquarters, intending to capture her alive and find Hufflepuff’s golden cup.

Jon helped destroy Voldemort’s final known Horcrux and returned to Hogwarts after Dumbledore’s death. Hogwarts chose Jon as its headmaster, while Voldemort survived by possessing Harry and the Ministry began trying captured Death Eaters.

• Jon and the Order raided the Lestrange manor, captured Bellatrix, and learned she had hidden Hufflepuff’s Cup in the family cemetery.
• Jon destroyed the Cup with Gryffindor’s sword while Voldemort attacked Hogwarts and killed an impostor he believed was Dumbledore.
• Jon confronted Voldemort at the cemetery and revealed that Dumbledore’s apparent death and other events had been staged, but Voldemort escaped after Harry was freed from his control.
• Jon returned to Hogwarts with Harry, where Aberforth confirmed Dumbledore’s death and Jon explained how the Order had destroyed Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
• At Dumbledore’s funeral, McGonagall announced that Hogwarts had chosen Jon as its next headmaster, and Jon demonstrated the castle’s legacy magic to the mourners.
• Voldemort discovered that a fragment of his soul had attached itself to Harry, making Harry his seventh Horcrux.
• At the Ministry trials, Slughorn implicated Draco Malfoy, Jon presented Dumbledore’s evidence in Slughorn’s defense, and Diana Greengrass received bail with Jon as her guarantor.
• Jon brought Diana home to Daphne, visited Astoria, then returned to Hogwarts and began investigating Andrew Kirk’s father while preparing to meet McGonagall and a Ministry official.