Chapter Summaries

Amosta Breen visited Malfoy Manor, where Lucius and Narcissa nervously received him while Fawkes explored the gardens. As Amosta studied the grounds, he asked Lucius where an attack would best begin if Voldemort ever used the manor as his headquarters.

• Lucius and Narcissa hurried to greet Amosta outside the manor, and Amosta noticed the spoon Narcissa had forgotten to hide.
• Amosta asked to walk in the garden with Fawkes, and Lucius sent Narcissa away at his request.
• Fawkes flew toward the peacocks, which froze in fear as he approached.
• Amosta questioned Lucius about whether he thought Amosta had come to destroy Malfoy Manor, but revealed nothing about his purpose.
• Amosta examined the manor’s layout and asked Lucius where an assault should begin if Voldemort made it his headquarters.

Amosta Breen visited Lucius Malfoy as a violent darkness spread across the sky, warning him that the Dark Lord might return and asking him to help cover for a wizard causing trouble at pure-blood businesses. Lucius agreed, then asked whether Amosta would protect the Malfoy family if the Dark Lord returned; Amosta left without promising.

• Lucius denied that the Malfoy family had any connection to the Dark Lord, while Amosta watched darkness spread across the sky.
• Fawkes set several peacocks alight, and Amosta used the fountain water to put out the flames.
• Amosta asked Lucius whether he had heard of break-ins at pure-blood businesses, then received a letter as an owl arrived.
• Amosta asked Lucius to arrange trouble at a Malfoy workshop and escort the troublesome wizard to the Ministry the next day, and Lucius agreed.
• Amosta prepared to leave by Phoenix travel, and Lucius asked him to protect the Malfoy family if the Dark Lord returned.
• Amosta said he protected only those worth protecting, then vanished with Fawkes.

Amosta left the Malfoy home and met Rita Skeeter at the Leaky Cauldron to discuss Vitia Creona. He handed Rita a parchment before answering her questions.

• Amosta departed the Malfoy home and told Fawkes he could explore rather than return to Hogwarts.
• Amosta arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, where Tom arranged a private room and served him drinks bought by the pub’s patrons.
• Amosta gave Tom Galleons to buy everyone in the pub a glass of Firewhisky.
• Rita Skeeter arrived and asked Amosta about Vitia Creona, their alleged shared organization, and whether they were lovers.
• Amosta snapped his fingers, summoned a folded parchment onto the table, and told Rita to read it.

Amosta Breen used a list of Ministry officials’ spoils to recruit Rita Skeeter into pressuring Cornelius Fudge without publishing the evidence. Rita agreed to follow his plan, though she remained wary of Breen’s motives.

• Amosta gave Rita a parchment listing names and details about the division of spoils, and she realized its publication could threaten the Ministry of Magic.
• Rita refused to risk exposing the list, warning that threatened politicians might retaliate and reminding Amosta that she was an illegal Animagus.
• Amosta told Rita to copy part of the list and let Fudge know she intended to publish it, then accept his request to stop and negotiate for privileges or Galleons.
• Amosta instructed Rita to deny that he gave her the list and to invent a convincing account of how she obtained it.
• Rita questioned why Amosta had gone to such lengths despite his power, and he left, saying he was not the Dark Lord.

Sirius argued with Delix over Remus’s treatment and the Ministry’s investigation until Amosta arrived at the Minister’s office. The confrontation remained unresolved as Fudge welcomed Amosta in.

• Delix accused Sirius of covering for Remus, and Sirius defended Remus’s right to receive treatment at St. Mungo’s.
• Delix called werewolves filthy and lowly, prompting Sirius and Delix to draw their wands before Rufus Scrimgeour intervened.
• Kingsley tried to calm Sirius while Fudge remained distracted at his desk.
• Dirk Creswell announced that Amosta Breen was waiting outside, and Fudge allowed him into the office.
• Amosta entered and asked whether he had arrived at a bad time, while Fudge insisted that the group had only been discussing ordinary work.

Amosta pretended not to know that the Aurors were discussing Remus Lupin and instead pitched the Ministry on his new teaching device, the Star of the East Learning Machine (Model 94). He offered Fudge a free machine for the Ministry, while Rufus questioned whether it could teach Amosta’s own magic.

• Amosta entered Fudge’s office and acted as though he knew nothing about the urgent matter being discussed.
• Amosta submitted an application to open an alchemy workshop and explained that he needed the Ministry’s approval to produce his invention.
• Amosta demonstrated the Star of the East Learning Machine, which used simulated instruction to help users practice magic.
• Amosta told Fudge that each machine would cost fifty thousand Galleons and offered to give the Ministry one for free.
• Rufus asked whether the machine could teach Amosta’s own magic, and Amosta confirmed it could but warned that advanced magic required talent.

Amosta Breen secured Fudge’s approval for his alchemical device before revealing that Rita Skeeter planned to publish a damaging list in The Daily Prophet. Fudge reacted with shock and fury, while Amosta said he had refused Skeeter’s request for protection.

• Fudge approved Amosta’s patent application and production permit after Amosta offered a donation of fifty thousand Galleons per device.
• Amosta hinted that he had another matter to discuss and handed Fudge a letter from Rita Skeeter.
• Fudge read Skeeter’s list and erupted in alarm, startling Rufus Scrimgeour and the others in the office.
• Amosta explained that Skeeter wanted to publish the list and had asked him for protection, but he had refused.
• Fudge praised Amosta for refusing and threatened that Skeeter would face serious trouble if she published the list.

Amosta pressured Fudge to investigate Remus Lupin’s arrest fairly after Tonks reported that Lucius Malfoy had caught a thief tied to the break-ins. Fudge sent Sirius to check whether Remus had been misunderstood, while he and other officials went to confront Rita Skeeter.

• Amosta advised Fudge to speak to Rita Skeeter in person, and Fudge asked Rufus Scrimgeour to accompany him.
• Tonks reported that Lucius Malfoy had brought in a thief caught breaking into a Malfoy factory, and Sirius realized the arrest might identify the real culprit.
• Fudge questioned Amosta about Remus Lupin, and Amosta suggested Remus might have been looking for work rather than committing crimes.
• Fudge ordered Tonks to bring Lucius and the prisoner in, sent Sirius to investigate Remus’s circumstances, and left with Rufus, Delix, and Kingsley to see Rita.
• Sirius asked Amosta if that was all, and Amosta joked about seeking compensation for Remus.

After Remus was released from St Mungo's, Amosta explained the workshop's production plans and sales strategy as they toured the industrial district. Remus arrived at the workshop to take charge of its operations and greeted Gingo and the assembled workers.

• Amosta used a backdated Floo-Pow employment letter to resolve Remus's detention and secure his release.
• Amosta told Remus that ordinary components could be sourced from suppliers, while the intricate Magic Corridors could not yet be mass-produced.
• Amosta proposed presales to fund development, with deposits and a provisional six-month delivery date for the products.
• Amosta introduced Remus as the workshop's decision-maker to Gingo and the waiting workers.
• Remus welcomed Gingo and went with him to greet the workshop staff.

Amosta watched Remus take charge of the transformed workshop and then returned to Hogwarts as the Triwizard Tournament preparations continued. He agreed to oversee the Goblet of Fire, which was being kept in Argus's office.

• Sirius reflected on Remus's past hardships, and Amosta suggested Tonks might have a crush on Remus.
• Remus emerged from the workshop excited about its future, announced plans to travel to Italy, and gave Amosta one thousand Galleons for Fred and George.
• Amosta told Remus and Sirius that the Triwizard Tournament's first event would be held on November twenty-fourth, and Sirius warned that Harry could be targeted.
• Amosta returned to Hogwarts, where Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore discussed preparations for the visiting schools and the tournament.
• Dumbledore told Amosta that the Goblet of Fire was in Argus's office, and Amosta agreed to guard it.

Hogwarts prepared to welcome Durmstrang and Beauxbatons for the Triwizard Tournament, while Harry and his friends learned that Fred and George had received a thousand Galleons from Remus. The chapter ended as Dumbledore announced Beauxbatons's arrival at the Black Lake.

• Hogwarts decorated the Great Hall and students speculated about the visiting schools and the tournament.
• Professor Breen took Fred and George aside, then the twins revealed that Remus had invested a thousand Galleons in their business but could no longer join them because he led a workshop.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent the day anticipating the visitors, while Ron fixated on the money he believed Ludo Bagman owed him.
• Students and staff gathered by the Black Lake, and Dumbledore announced that Beauxbatons had arrived.

Amosta and Hogwarts welcomed Madame Maxime and the Beauxbatons delegation, whose dramatic arrival and admiration for Amosta impressed the students. The group waited in the cold for Durmstrang to arrive.

• Dumbledore pointed out a distant speck, and the students watched Beauxbatons arrive in a huge powder-blue carriage pulled by twelve winged Pegasuses.
• Madame Maxime greeted Dumbledore and Professor Breen, then praised Amosta for his magic during the Beauxbatons attack.
• Fleur Delacour revealed herself and greeted Amosta, while the Beauxbatons students entered Hogwarts amid the students' reactions.
• Draco said Dumbledore should step down in favor of Professor Breen, and Snape told the Slytherins to be quiet.
• Amosta and Dumbledore agreed that Madame Maxime and her students seemed much as they had months earlier as Hogwarts waited for Durmstrang in the cold.

Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts by ship, and its students joined the Beauxbatons delegation for the Goblet of Fire feast. Ron and the twins focused on confronting Ludo Bagman about their lost gold as the feast continued.

• Durmstrang arrived from the Black Lake, and Professor Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore and Amosta Breen with Viktor Krum beside him.
• Harry and Ron recognized Krum, while Hermione recalled that he had told Professor Breen he studied at Durmstrang.
• The visiting students took seats in the Great Hall, where Ron stared at Fleur and Hermione scolded him.
• Dumbledore welcomed the guests, and Fleur looked around Hogwarts with open disdain.
• Ludo Bagman arrived late and told Dumbledore that Barty had gone with the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to inspect things.
• Ron considered asking Bagman about the lost gold, then Fred and George said they would confront him if they caught him.

Fleur questioned Harry about Amosta Breen and learned where his office was, prompting suspicion from the Gryffindor girls. Amosta then revealed the Goblet of Fire’s selection process, live broadcasts, and champion rewards, while warning that chosen champions would be bound to compete.

• Fleur collected Harry’s leftover stew, asked whether Amosta was in Slytherin, and learned where his office was.
• Hermione, Ginny, and other Gryffindor girls accused Harry of revealing Professor Breen’s location to Fleur, who they suspected had bad intentions toward him.
• Dumbledore and Amosta introduced the Goblet of Fire, which would select three champions over the next twenty-four hours.
• Amosta announced that the Tournament would be broadcast live to magical communities and that each selected champion would receive several thousand Galleons.
• Amosta warned that champions would enter a binding contract and would have no choice but to complete the competition.

After the Triwizard Tournament was announced, students discussed entering the Goblet of Fire while Fleur Delacour visited Amosta Breen in his office. She confronted him about ignoring her letters and asked what relationship he had with the witch he defeated at the Quidditch World Cup.

• Fred and George planned to bypass the age line and enter the Goblet of Fire, while Hermione warned them that the tournament was dangerous.
• Lavender and Parvati told Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville that Fleur had gone to see Professor Breen.
• Amosta returned to the Student Safety Office, made tea, and prepared biscuits before Fleur arrived.
• Fleur criticized Amosta's plain office and complained that he had not replied to her three letters.
• Fleur asked Amosta what relationship he had with the witch he defeated at the Quidditch World Cup.

Fleur Delacour visited Amosta Breen to ask about the witch who attacked the Quidditch World Cup and request a tour of Hogwarts. After Fleur left, Amosta and Dumbledore watched concealed surveillance footage showing her cross the age line and enter her name in the Goblet of Fire.

• Fleur asked Amosta whether he had been romantically involved with the witch who attacked the Quidditch World Cup, and Amosta told her the witch was a dark wizard he had pursued.
• Fleur asked Amosta to arrange a tour of Hogwarts, and Dumbledore entered the office and supported her request.
• Amosta agreed to arrange the tour, and Fleur wrote down her name and Beauxbatons before leaving.
• Amosta activated the concealed surveillance display while Dumbledore asked whether it could be detected.
• Amosta and Dumbledore watched footage of Fleur crossing Dumbledore's age line and putting her name into the Goblet of Fire.

Amosta and Dumbledore watched Hogwarts students enter their names in the Goblet of Fire while discussing Cedric Diggory's chances as a champion. When Karkaroff arrived with Viktor Krum and the Durmstrang students, he inspected the Goblet and warned Krum that Dumbledore and Amosta might use foul play against their rivals.

• Amosta told Dumbledore that Cedric Diggory's hard work and strong performance made him a likely Hogwarts champion.
• Several groups of Hogwarts students crossed the Age Line and entered their names in the Goblet of Fire as Amosta and Dumbledore read in the Student Safety Office.
• Karkaroff brought the exhausted Viktor Krum and the Durmstrang students to the Entrance Hall, then rebuked Poliakov for suggesting that Viktor visit the Hospital Wing.
• Karkaroff stopped Viktor from approaching the Goblet and inspected it with his wand, suspecting it had been enchanted against Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.
• Karkaroff told Krum that Dumbledore was deceitful and warned that Amosta might resort to foul play if Hogwarts could not win the Tournament.

Amosta and Dumbledore watched the Goblet of Fire through the surveillance telescope as Karkaroff left, a student’s attempt to enter the age line failed, and Moody inspected the cup. The chapter ended with Moody secretly submitting a parchment to the Goblet before hurrying toward the Slytherin passage.

• Karkaroff left with Viktor Krum after Krum entered his name in the Goblet of Fire, ignoring the other Durmstrang students.
• Amosta and Dumbledore discussed whether Voldemort would use Karkaroff to interfere with the tournament.
• Miss Fawcett crossed Dumbledore’s age line while disguised, but the protection hurled her out and gave her a beard.
• Moody inspected the Goblet of Fire, left to patrol the grounds, then returned and secretly submitted a parchment to the cup.
• Moody drank from his flask and hurried into the underground passage leading to Slytherin as Amosta and Dumbledore watched.

Amosta and Dumbledore concluded that the real Alastor Moody was likely being held nearby while they discussed how the impostor had deceived them. Dumbledore’s device failed to reveal the impostor’s identity, but Amosta recognized the non-wizard method protecting the impostor’s soul as Vitia Creona’s.

• Amosta and Dumbledore deduced that the flask held Polyjuice Potion and that fake Moody was keeping the real Alastor Moody nearby for his hair.
• Dumbledore admitted that his trust in Alastor had made him overlook the impostor’s behavior and explained the cost of examining someone’s soul.
• Amosta and Dumbledore went to the Headmaster’s office to use a silver device to identify fake Moody.
• Dumbledore stopped the device when a bright green flash appeared in its smoke, recognizing that the impostor had protected their soul with a method that did not seem wizard-made.
• Amosta identified fake Moody as Vitia Creona and concluded that she had chosen to spend the rest of her life in Azkaban.

On Halloween, Hogwarts students watched Fred and George prepare to use an Ageing Potion to enter the Triwizard Tournament, while Hermione warned that an underage champion could cause trouble for Dumbledore and Professor Breen. Amosta led Beauxbatons and Durmstrang visitors on a chilly tour of Hogwarts, ending with a warning about the Whomping Willow.

• Harry and Ron considered Fred and George’s attempt to fool the Goblet of Fire, but Hermione pointed out that an underage Hogwarts champion would leave Dumbledore and Professor Breen unable to explain the result to the other schools.
• Harry and Ron reconsidered supporting the twins after Hermione’s warning, and Hermione said Fred and George would learn their lesson after ignoring Professor Breen’s warning.
• Amosta brought the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang visitors to the Black Lake and described its merpeople, Grindylows, and Giant Squid.
• Amosta led the visitors to the Whomping Willow and demonstrated its powerful attack by sending a clump of moss toward it.
• Amosta warned the visitors not to approach the Whomping Willow and said injured students could be discussed with Madam Pomfrey.