Recaps

Jon rebuilt the Order of the Phoenix’s public reputation, investigated Voldemort’s curse on the Defence Against the Dark Arts post, and uncovered Salazar Slytherin’s message in the Chamber of Secrets. The curse was lifted, but Galatea Merles resigned, while Jon revealed the truth behind Astoria’s family memories and urged her to support her mother.

• Jon appointed Galatea Merles to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts and told her Voldemort had cursed the post, then urged the Order of the Phoenix to change its approach and become publicly known.
• Jon recruited Horace Slughorn and Rita Skeeter to promote the Order, and Skeeter’s interviews drew public interest despite Ministry opposition.
• Jon explored Diana Greengrass’s memories with Astoria, who learned that her mother had hidden her sister Alice and later denied Alice existed.
• Jon investigated the Defence Against the Dark Arts curse with Merles, who traced it to Voldemort’s curse on her and agreed to remain in the post while they sought a solution.
• Jon took Harry into the Chamber of Secrets, where they found Slytherin’s message describing his conflict with Godric Gryffindor and the Chamber’s purpose as Hogwarts’s last defense.
• Jon gave Merles a copy of Slytherin’s runes, and she later reported that she had broken the curse but would resign because of her health.
• Jon told Astoria that her grandparents had mistaken her mother for the cursed Greengrass descendant and had dealt with Aunt Alice instead, then urged Astoria to comfort her mother.

Jon and the Order tracked Voldemort’s attempt to resurrect himself in Albania, where Jon killed him after Snape’s betrayal of the Dark Lord came to light. In Greece, Jon reunited with Astoria, who asked to stay with him as Daphne made a decision of her own.

• After Rita Skeeter’s article on Sirius Black sparked public outrage, Scrimgeour met Jon and negotiated for the Order’s interviews to include stories about Ministry members and Aurors.
• Jon, Astoria, and Daphne traveled to Greece by Portkey but became stranded in a cave with Harry when the journey went wrong.
• Jon and Harry followed Death Eaters through the Albanian woods, where Harry discovered that Snape was meeting Voldemort in disguise as a forest ranger.
• Voldemort used Harry’s blood and a Death Eater’s flesh to restore his body, while Snape secretly healed Harry and freed him from the Petrifying Spell.
• Jon and the Order confronted Voldemort, and Jon explained that Harry’s Horcrux had disrupted the resurrection and that Snape had served Dumbledore all along.
• Jon killed Voldemort, and the Ministry announced his death as the wizarding world celebrated while Jon remained in Greece.
• Jon found Astoria and Daphne in Athens and reunited with Astoria, who later told him she wanted to stay with him rather than return to her sister’s room.
• Daphne left the dinner table and later stood up after making up her mind while looking into a mirror.