Recaps

Amosta Breen returned to Hogwarts as a paid investigator of the Chamber of Secrets attacks, bringing old conflicts and a dangerous confrontation with a hidden Dark Witch back into the open. He began monitoring the school, met Harry and Draco, and recovered a sealed casket from a secret compartment in the Slytherin dormitory.

• Amosta accepted the Board of Governors’ commission to investigate Hogwarts and arrived to meet Dumbledore and Snape.
• Amosta examined the petrified Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley, recognized Hermione’s cat-like transformation, and learned that Harry had witnessed the attacks.
• Hagrid recounted how, in his fifth year, Amosta fought students and a hidden dark wizard in the Forbidden Forest, saving eight lives despite being punished.
• Amosta confronted Charlie and Bill Weasley and a hooded Dark Witch in the Forbidden Forest, contained her Fiendfyre, and struck her with Sectumsempra before she vanished.
• Amosta negotiated for three hundred Panoramic Telescopes and agreed with Professor McGonagall to monitor Hogwarts, though he rejected her offer of a paid assistant position under Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Amosta met Harry and learned that Draco Malfoy wanted him to get Harry expelled, then followed Draco to a hidden compartment in the Slytherin dormitory.
• Amosta revived an Acromantula beside Draco’s bed, killed it when it attacked, and took the protected stone casket hidden beneath the floor.
• Draco agreed to keep the incident secret, and Amosta settled into his new office with a photograph of himself and Grandma Felena.

Amosta investigated the Chamber attacks while keeping his surveillance system secret, then accepted Dumbledore’s offer to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts and survived the post’s curse. His lessons exposed his unusual magical skill, while his investigation of Lockhart uncovered disturbing secrets.

• Amosta found a vial of his extracted memory, inspected the damaged Ravenclaw’s Diadem, and decided to consult a Memory Magic expert before merging with the memory.
• Amosta showed Snape his hidden surveillance system, and Dumbledore later approved its use despite concerns about privacy.
• Harry asked Amosta whether he believed Harry had opened the Chamber, and Amosta said he did not but refused to declare him innocent without evidence.
• Fred and George broke into Amosta’s office, discovered the surveillance wall, and were caught, and Amosta spared them but warned them to keep his secret.
• Amosta accepted Dumbledore’s offer to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts and forced Voldemort’s curse into a prepared voodoo doll.
• Amosta joined Lockhart’s classes, then began teaching practical Defence and demonstrated how he could modify Charms to control objects with great power.
• Amosta encouraged Hermione’s investigation and helped Lockhart answer fan mail, then found hidden manuscripts in Lockhart’s office that frightened his portrait.

Amosta investigated the Chamber of Secrets while preparing Hogwarts students to face dangerous creatures, and Harry and Draco survived an encounter with Inferi. Harry and Hermione uncovered clues about the Chamber, but Riddle’s Diary disappeared from Harry’s dormitory.

• Harry kept the diary he and Ron had found, while Fred and George challenged Amosta and were stunned by his magic.
• Amosta learned from Dumbledore that Tom Riddle had likely framed Hagrid, then questioned Aragog about the Chamber until Dumbledore’s Patronus stopped him from using force.
• Amosta began dangerous practical lessons, sending students into a maze where Harry and Draco encountered Inferi before Snape rescued them.
• After the students debated continuing the trials, Amosta taught them about magical creatures and revealed that he stored magic in his eyes to offset Dumbledore’s greater reserves.
• Harry, Hermione, and Amosta investigated the strange voice Harry had heard and found pipes hidden inside a corridor wall, while Harry told Riddle about Amosta’s creature theory in the diary.
• Harry and Draco faced the Inferi again, and Harry defeated them with fire, earning Gryffindor fifty points and Draco thirty.
• Harry and Neville found Harry’s dormitory ransacked, and Harry realized Riddle’s Diary was missing and suspected Dobby had taken it.

Amosta helped Harry and his friends rescue Ginny, destroy Tom Riddle’s diary, and expose the truth behind the attacks, then left Hogwarts after reconciling with Dumbledore. As the Golden Viper, he continued operating in the underground world and ended the arc by urging Lupin to apply for the Defence Against the Dark Arts post.

• Hermione identified the Basilisk as the creature behind the petrifications, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to Hagrid’s hut as the Ministry moved to take Hagrid away.
• Amosta learned that Ginny was likely trapped in the Chamber of Secrets and joined Hermione in following Harry and Ron into it.
• Amosta helped Harry defeat the Basilisk, rescued Ron and Ginny, and destroyed Tom Riddle’s memory in the diary.
• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, Hagrid was released, and Amosta gave Dumbledore the Basilisk and Voldemort’s hidden diadem before deciding to leave.
• Amosta received the Order of Merlin, gave gifts to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, spoke with Snape, and departed Hogwarts.
• As the Golden Viper, Amosta intervened when Aurors fought Thanatos Hode’s smugglers, altered the Aurors’ memories, and demanded a share of the group’s earnings.
• Amosta investigated the underground market, confronted Lupin about his actions, and learned that Greyback was gathering former companions to confront him.
• Amosta encouraged Lupin to apply for the Defence Against the Dark Arts position at Hogwarts, and Lupin left to consider the proposal.