Chapter Summaries

Bode used an enchanted parchment to subdue the Dementors during the Death Eaters’ raid on Azkaban, allowing them to free Vitia Cliodna. Their escape turned chaotic when Bellatrix began freeing other prisoners, and a newly released man asked whether the Dark Lord would accept their allegiance.

• Bode threw an old parchment that radiated blue light, calming the Dementors and letting Old Nott command them.
• The prisoners awoke as explosions shook Azkaban, and Lucius found Vitia Cliodna in her cell.
• Vitia freed herself by making the straw at her feet grow roots that tore apart the iron bars, then joined the Death Eaters.
• Lucius urged the group to leave for the Dark Lord, but Dolohov insisted on freeing the prisoners, and Bellatrix blasted open cells.
• A gray-haired prisoner and a beautiful young woman emerged from the smoke, and the man asked Lucius whether the Dark Lord would accept their allegiance.

On the morning of the Triwizard Tournament’s final event, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were surprised by the arrival of their families and friends. Their nerves worsened when they learned that students from Amosta’s physical education class, including their friends, would examine the champions in the Forbidden Forest, but Sirius and the others urged them to use their knowledge of the challenge to their advantage.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron found Sirius, Remus, the Weasleys, Bill, and Amelia waiting in the Entrance Hall.
• Mrs. Weasley hugged the three competitors and urged them to eat before the final event, though their nerves left them with little appetite.
• Hermione realized from Mrs. Weasley’s remark that Fred, George, and Ginny had entered the Forbidden Forest.
• Sirius explained that Amosta had taken students from his physical education class into the forest to serve as examiners for the champions and their assistants.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron feared the students would use the harsh training they had experienced in Amosta’s mindscape against them.
• Amelia and Mr. Weasley encouraged the trio, and Sirius reminded Harry that knowing their opponents could give them an advantage.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione prepared for the third task as the competitors gathered to hear Amosta explain the rules. The teams learned they would enter separate parts of the Forbidden Forest, where they would compete to collect indestructible school badges using maps that briefly revealed their locations.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed ways to survive the competition, including wearing extra competition clothes and using a broomstick, while Hermione doubted Professor Breen would allow such advantages.
• Professor McGonagall told the Gryffindor champions to go to the arena, and Hermione made Harry and Ron return for food before turning a tablecloth into a backpack.
• Ludo Bagman led the six Hogwarts champions to the arena, where the competitors and judges gathered on the dais.
• Amosta explained that each champion would lead a team through one of four doors into a different area of the Forbidden Forest, with Centaurs patrolling the perimeter to keep out especially dangerous creatures.
• Amosta gave each champion an indestructible school badge and said the teams would win by collecting as many badges as possible.
• Amosta gave the champions maps that would display their teams' real-time locations every half hour for thirty seconds.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron began the Triwizard Tournament’s third task, a badge-collecting contest broadcast to the wizarding world. After entering the arena, they found themselves trapped in a lightless void and had no idea which way to go.

• Professor Breen told the champions they could use only their wands and anything they found in the Forbidden Forest, and that they could withdraw by firing red sparks.
• The champions’ scores appeared on giant screens, and the crowd watched as the teams took their positions at the arena entrances.
• Ludo Bagman signaled the start of the task, and Hermione led Harry and Ron through the rightmost doorway.
• The doorway vanished behind Harry, Hermione, and Ron, leaving them in an apparently endless darkness with solid ground beneath their feet.
• Hermione tried the Point Me spell, but her wand spun without giving them a direction.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione escaped a disorienting darkness that had lasted only two minutes, then found themselves in a swamp full of Devil’s Snare. They drove the vines back with fire and rushed toward the bank, where a crimson firework appeared in the sky.

• Harry urged Ron and Hermione to keep moving through the darkness, and the three followed his instinct rather than wait for a clear path.
• The darkness lifted, revealing that they had landed in a swamp in the Forbidden Forest and had spent only two minutes inside the illusion.
• Monitoring Mirrors appeared as Devil’s Snare seized Ron, Harry, and Hermione in the swamp.
• Harry and Hermione used fire to loosen the vines, then all three struggled toward the bank as the Devil’s Snare pursued them.
• The three reached the shore and spotted a faint crimson firework rising into the sky.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron escaped the swamp and decided Ron should carry the School Emblem to draw attacks away from Harry. As they planned their next move, a herd of invisible Thestrals chased them through the Forbidden Forest, and Hermione identified the creatures after they finally stopped.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron watched two shadows fly toward the firework, then pulled themselves out of the swamp and rested.
• Harry suggested that Ron carry the School Emblem, and Hermione handed it to him.
• Harry spotted five approaching creatures, though Hermione and Ron could not see them.
• Hermione recognized the creatures as Thestrals and led the group in a flight through the forest, where they used spells and fire to slow the herd.
• Ron caught his ankle in vines, and Hermione freed him before identifying the creatures as a wild Thestral herd.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione escaped wild Thestrals and used the Blackboard Map to locate three other teams. Ron then realized that although someone had surrendered, the map still showed four teams, and the trio remembered the physical education students whose presence Professor Breen had not explained.

• Harry asked Hermione why she and Ron could not see the Thestrals, and Hermione explained that only people who had witnessed death could see them.
• Hermione checked the Blackboard Map with Harry and Ron, and they watched four team markers appear before vanishing after thirty seconds.
• Harry said they should investigate the nearest team marker, and Hermione proposed hiding their tracks and using the Disillusionment Charm.
• Ron pointed out that a surrender firework had gone off but the map still showed four teams, then reminded Harry and Hermione about the physical education students in the Forbidden Forest.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron realized that Professor Breen's physical education students were hunting the champion teams and fled after Malfoy's group flew over on brooms. They tracked the group's recent attack and concluded it had captured the team that launched the withdrawal fireworks.

• Hermione inferred that a team could have lost members to injuries while the remaining competitors continued, and that the physical education students were likely hunting for School Emblems.
• Hermione concealed Harry and Ron, and the three cautiously set off toward the nearest blue dot while erasing their tracks.
• Harry spotted a group of Slytherin students on Comet brooms flying overhead, including Malfoy, and the trio hid until they passed.
• Hermione urged the others to flee before the next map update, and Harry wondered where Fred, George, Ernie, and the Ravenclaw students had gone.
• The trio reached the site of a recent battle, where Hermione and Harry deduced that Malfoy's group had used snakes to ambush a two-person team that had launched the withdrawal fireworks.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione tracked Fleur and Ciana through the forest and ambushed them, only to learn that another team had already taken their School Emblem. The trio had caught up too late, and the thief remained unidentified.

• Harry spotted fresh footprints near the vines, and Ron identified them as Fleur and her teammate's tracks.
• Fleur helped Ciana out of a stream after they struggled through obstacles in the arena, then insisted they would continue competing.
• Fleur noticed that only three team markers remained on the map and guessed that Harry's team had caught up and overlapped with theirs.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione surprised Fleur and Ciana, blocked Fleur's spell, and disarmed both Beauxbatons girls.
• Fleur told Harry that a good-looking boy and his followers had already taken their School Emblem.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron discovered that teams without School Emblems could remain in the competition, while Harry gave food to Fleur and Ciana before leaving. Malfoy’s Slytherins later found the Beauxbatons girls, and Fleur cast a spell as they prepared to fly away.

• Hermione searched Fleur and Ciana, confirming they no longer had their School Emblem, then Harry gave them food and left with Hermione and Ron.
• Hermione inferred that the competition would end only when all four teams’ School Emblems had been taken, and urged her friends to find another team before Malfoy did.
• Fleur and Ciana rested and discussed whether they still had a chance to win, then Malfoy’s Slytherin party landed nearby.
• Malfoy said his team could not attack Fleur and Ciana because they had no School Emblem, and ordered the Slytherins to search for another team.
• As the Slytherins mounted their brooms to leave, Fleur raised her wand and cast Accio.

Fleur retaliated against Draco’s Slytherin pursuit team, but she and Ciana were Petrified and left behind as the Slytherins raced toward another battle. Meanwhile, Harry, Hermione, and Ron encountered Viktor’s Durmstrang team and charged into a dangerous duel.

• Fleur used Accio Ground to crash Draco’s Slytherin team from their brooms, breaking most of the ancient brooms and injuring Millicent.
• Draco restrained Pansy from attacking Fleur and Ciana, then led his team toward a distant fight after firing a red flare and leaving Millicent for rescue.
• Snape carried Millicent away, while Madame Maxime asked Amosta to intervene for the Petrified Fleur and Ciana; Amosta declined, saying someone might find them when team locations refreshed.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron spotted Viktor and his two teammates in the forest, and both teams rushed toward each other.
• Viktor’s team fired dangerous spells that set trees alight, and Hermione ordered Harry’s group to attack together as they charged the Durmstrang team.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron ambushed Viktor’s Durmstrang team in the Forbidden Forest and took their School Emblem after defeating Poliakov and Lankard. Draco’s Slytherin group then arrived and demanded the emblem, but Viktor mocked them, implying his team no longer had one.

• Harry’s team attacked Viktor’s group, and Harry’s explosive spell knocked Poliakov and Lankard away, leaving Lankard unconscious.
• Harry threw a branch toward Viktor, and Hermione stunned Poliakov when he exposed himself to counterattack.
• Viktor severed trees with a crescent spell, but Harry kept him under pressure while Hermione and Ron moved to flank him.
• Hermione disarmed Viktor and took Durmstrang’s School Emblem before she, Harry, and Ron fled into the Forbidden Forest.
• Draco arrived with a Slytherin group, demanded to know whom Viktor had fought, then ordered him to hand over the School Emblems.
• Viktor refused to explain and mocked Draco by asking whether he thought they still had any School Emblems.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron hid from Draco’s group after exhausting themselves, then rested and discussed how to survive the competition. Hermione’s dropped object revealed that Viktor had given her the Durmstrang School Emblem.

• Draco questioned Viktor about the team that had passed through, but Viktor refused to tell him where they had gone.
• Hermione checked the refreshed positions and led Harry and Ron toward the edge of the map.
• Ron suffered a cramp, so Hermione erased their footprints and hid the three of them in a hollow as Draco’s group searched nearby.
• After Draco left, the exhausted trio rested and ate, while Hermione wondered what the competition’s end condition was.
• Hermione dropped a black object from her pocket, and she revealed that it was the Durmstrang School Emblem Viktor had given her.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron weighed their options in the competition before Harry led them back toward their starting point in the Forbidden Forest. At the viewing area, Scrimgeour told Madam Bones that Azkaban had been breached.

• Harry, Hermione, and Ron realized Krum had tricked them with a fake School Emblem and discussed the victory conditions and Malfoy's advantage.
• Harry decided not to meet Neville's group or seek Krum's emblem, and led Hermione and Ron back to where they had first appeared in the Forbidden Forest.
• At lunch in the viewing area, Amelia praised the trio's resilience while Amosta declined to reveal what he expected Harry to do.
• Scrimgeour arrived at the judges' table in a panic and whispered news to Madam Bones.
• Madam Bones told Dumbledore, Amosta, and the others that Azkaban had been breached.

After the escape from Azkaban, Amosta urged the group to stay calm while the Ministry searched for the escaped Death Eaters. He warned that wizarding Britain had entered a state of war and asked Sirius and Scrimgeour to protect Amelia, while Amelia watched Harry Potter distract a monster.

• Scrimgeour reported that a group of dangerous Death Eaters had escaped from Azkaban, including Adam Vogel, Jasna Rosier, and Vitia Criona.
• Madam Bones revealed that the escapees had taken a contract that let the Ministry command the Dementors, and Amosta realized it confirmed his suspicion about the stone door in the Department of Mysteries.
• Scrimgeour said Fudge had ordered a manhunt and suppressed the news, but the escapees had already fled by Portkey and the remaining Dementors could no longer be trusted.
• Sirius warned that the Dementors might abandon the prisoners still in Azkaban, and Madam Bones and Scrimgeour considered transferring them.
• Amosta advised Madam Bones against confronting Fudge and urged the group to meet the crisis calmly, then asked Sirius and Scrimgeour to ensure her safety.
• Amelia looked toward a screen showing Harry Potter trying to draw a monster's attention.

Viktor’s team freed Fleur and Ciana, and the groups exchanged news about their lost School Emblems and the other teams. A thunderous clash erupted near the likely location of the Slytherin students and Cedric’s team, giving Fleur and Ciana a possible chance for revenge.

• Viktor led Poliakov and Lankard to investigate the team whose position had not changed and found Fleur and Ciana petrified by a stream.
• Viktor freed Fleur and Ciana, who explained that Slytherin students had taken Fleur’s School Emblem after she broke their brooms.
• Viktor told Fleur that Hermione’s team had defeated his team and taken their School Emblem.
• Fleur and Ciana explained that Judy had quit after their team encountered Blast-Ended Skrewts and young Mandrakes in the forest.
• A thunderous roar sounded, and Viktor identified its likely source as a fight between the Slytherin students and Cedric’s team.
• Ciana urged Fleur to seize the chance to get revenge on the Slytherin students.

Fleur and Viktor led their teams toward the clash between Cedric Diggory’s group and the Slytherins, hoping to exploit any losses. Draco’s Slytherins instead walked into an ambush, where Daphne vanished into a trap and Draco’s shield was blasted apart.

• Fleur decided to approach the battle despite Viktor warning that the Slytherins outnumbered Cedric Diggory’s team.
• Viktor agreed to accompany Fleur, while Malfoy’s eight Slytherins followed their map toward a nearby team.
• Draco split the Slytherins into groups to search a clearing for their opponents’ tracks.
• Daphne found a map panel and rushed toward it, but Astoria warned her too late and Daphne vanished into a trap.
• Three red spell bolts struck from above; two Slytherins fell, while Draco’s Protego was shattered and its blast hurled him and Pansy away.

Draco’s Slytherin team was ambushed by Cedric, Luna, and Neville, leaving Astoria to defend herself while Daphne was trapped and badly injured. The battle split into three duels, with Cedric holding off Draco and Pansy as he protected Luna.

• A gust knocked Draco and Pansy behind spruces, and Draco saw that Daphne and two other teammates had already been taken out.
• Astoria found Daphne in an exploding-pod trap, judged her beyond saving, and turned to face Cedric and Luna’s attacks.
• Astoria used transformed birds to withstand Cedric’s Petrification Curse and Luna’s explosive notes, then shifted to join Draco and Pansy.
• Neville charged Blaise and Nott, while Cedric intercepted Draco and Pansy and told Luna to finish Astoria.
• Luna and Astoria fought with their conjured notes and gray currents as Draco and Pansy attacked Cedric; Draco’s venomous snake was destroyed before it could reach him.
• Cedric evaded the incoming spells and rose with a smile, continuing to shield Luna from Draco and Pansy.

Neville charged Blaise and Nott with the Sword of Gryffindor while Luna kept Astoria occupied, then launched a silver Comet at Astoria to turn the battle. Astoria braced for impact as Neville's attack broke through her defenses.

• Neville charged Blaise and Nott, using the Sword of Gryffindor to counter their spells and trying to close the distance.
• Blaise and Nott retreated into the forest and coordinated their attacks to keep Neville at bay.
• Neville recalled Draco's past bullying and decided to put those memories behind him as he prepared a surprise attack.
• Neville fired a silver Comet toward Astoria while Luna blocked her view with a wall of colorful notes.
• Astoria tried to intercept the Comet with her birds, then curled up and shielded herself as it smashed through her final defensive spell.

Neville struck Astoria with a powerful attack, then faced Draco while Luna and Cedric held off the other opponents. Neville and Draco fought at close range, and the duel continued with both injured but neither willing to fall first.

• Neville's silver meteor blast hurled Astoria away and swept the battlefield with a powerful storm.
• Neville rallied Cedric and Luna, asking them to keep Blaise, Nott, and Pansy occupied while he faced Draco alone.
• Cedric kept Blaise and Nott trapped in the woods, while Luna used her notes to hold Pansy back.
• Draco summoned two venomous snakes and attacked Neville with a curse, but Neville evaded the snakes and destroyed them with the Sword of Gryffindor and an Obstruction Curse.
• Neville and Draco exchanged close-range sword strikes and spells, leaving both wounded as their duel continued.