Chapter Summaries

Amosta helped Amelia Bones establish her new Ministry government after Fudge and Umbridge resigned, while powerful families threatened strikes to destabilize it. He proposed announcing Voldemort’s return and replacing Azkaban and its Dementor guards, leaving Amelia and Dumbledore to consider a major prison reform.

• Amosta announced the new Ministry leadership and told reporters that Fudge and Umbridge had gone abroad after resigning.
• Amosta and Dumbledore helped Amelia manage reporters, Ministry dissent, and demands from Fudge’s allies.
• Amelia presented letters from nearly half of the Sacred Twenty-Eight threatening industry-wide strikes unless Fudge proved he had resigned.
• Dumbledore blamed Voldemort for the protest, while Amosta recognized that Jasna Rosier had proposed the strike strategy.
• Amosta proposed publicly announcing Voldemort’s return and ending the Ministry’s use of Dementors by abandoning Azkaban and building a new prison.

Amosta proposed abolishing Azkaban because the Dementors could no longer be trusted, and outlined a new prison in the Forbidden Forest guarded by Acromantulas, a peace-loving group, and himself with Dumbledore. Amelia agreed to seek Ministry approval, while Amosta introduced a further plan to persuade escaped prisoners to surrender; its details left Dumbledore astonished and impressed.

• Amosta warned Amelia and Dumbledore that the Dementors might be pretending to obey the Ministry and could turn against it for Voldemort.
• Amosta proposed building a new wizarding prison in a hidden Forbidden Forest Secret Realm, with Acromantulas, its inhabitants, and himself and Dumbledore as lines of defense.
• Amelia said she would consult Ministry officials about abolishing Azkaban, and Dumbledore asked to help oversee the transfer of its prisoners if the plan passed.
• Amosta asked Amelia to announce that escaped prisoners should surrender voluntarily, then explained his countermeasure to Dumbledore.

Harry and his friends learned that Professor Breen had paid their Ministry fines, then prepared to celebrate and visit Diagon Alley. Remus arrived with news that Minister Bones had announced Voldemort’s return and a crackdown on escaped Death Eaters, before Harry collapsed with pain in his scar.

• Hermione and Ginny woke Harry and Ron and reminded them to clean the house, celebrate their birthdays, and pay their Ministry fines.
• Mrs. Weasley told Harry, Hermione, and Ron that Amosta had already paid their fines, explaining that Hogwarts shared responsibility and Harry had been punished for a kind act.
• Mrs. Weasley agreed to take everyone to Diagon Alley, and the group prepared to leave after cleaning Sirius’s house.
• Remus arrived in panic and reported that Minister Bones had announced Voldemort’s return, the closure of Azkaban, and plans for a new wizard prison.
• Remus said the Ministry had given escaped Death Eaters three days to surrender or lose their Gringotts assets, and the Goblins had pledged to cooperate.
• Harry clutched his forehead and collapsed to the floor.

Harry suffered a severe attack of scar pain and saw Voldemort order his Death Eaters to retaliate against Breen and the Ministry of Magic. After Harry recovered at Grimmauld Place, he insisted on contacting Professor Breen, while the Weasleys canceled their outing to Diagon Alley.

• Voldemort killed a wizard who brought news of Breen's plans, then ordered his Death Eaters to summon Severus and prepare to punish Breen, Bones, and the goblins.
• Voldemort punished Bellatrix with the Cruciatus Curse as Harry watched the scene through his scar.
• Harry regained consciousness at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, and Remus questioned him about what he had seen.
• Harry insisted on seeing Professor Breen, and Remus agreed to send him a message about Harry's scar.
• Mrs. Weasley canceled the children's planned trip to Diagon Alley after hearing the latest news.

Harry, the Weasleys, Hermione, and Remus went to Diagon Alley to see how people had reacted to Voldemort’s return, only to find shops closing and fleeing after Professor Breen decided to fight the Dark Lord there. The chapter left Diagon Alley in chaos as Percy and the shopkeepers evacuated.

• Remus led Harry and the others to The Leaky Cauldron, where they found the pub emptied and marked temporarily closed.
• Old Tom explained that the pub was closing after Minister Bones and Mr. Breen’s press conference, then led them into Diagon Alley.
• Harry and the others saw shopkeepers hurriedly packing goods and carriages colliding as businesses evacuated.
• Mrs. Weasley greeted Percy, who said the Weasleys were evacuating their Diagon Alley shops without time to report it first.
• Percy told Ron that the shopkeepers were fleeing because Professor Breen had decided to fight the Dark Lord in Diagon Alley.

Harry and his companions saw Diagon Alley emptying as shopkeepers and customers feared a battle between Voldemort and Professor Breen. They learned the Ministry would seize escaped Death Eaters’ gold from Gringotts, and the chapter ended with Mrs. Weasley taking the children to deposit Ron’s prize money.

• Percy explained that people were fleeing Diagon Alley because a fight between Voldemort and Professor Breen could destroy it.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron saw a long queue at Gringotts as wizards tried to withdraw their gold, and Hermione explained the Ministry could confiscate criminals’ assets directly from their vaults.
• Remus argued that the new power would deter crime during the Ministry’s turmoil, while Percy warned it would provoke opposition.
• Harry and his companions found Madam Malkin’s shop and nearly all of Diagon Alley’s businesses closed, and Harry worried at how quickly peace had given way to unrest.
• Mrs. Weasley took the children to Gringotts to deposit Ron’s prize money, expecting the queue to be short.

Harry and his companions found Lucius Malfoy and other wealthy wizarding families demanding to withdraw their gold from Gringotts, threatening the bank’s stability. As Harry noticed Draco acting strangely, an autograph-seeking witch addressed him, and his scar suddenly burned with pain.

• Harry and his companions arrived at Gringotts, where anxious customers queued to withdraw their money, while Mrs. Weasley said she wanted to deposit gold.
• Harry spotted Lucius Malfoy, Draco, and other influential families demanding that Gringotts remove their wealth from its vaults that day.
• Remus explained that the families’ withdrawals could undermine trust in Gringotts, while Percy said the Ministry’s recognition would prevent the bank from collapsing.
• A witch recognized Hermione and Harry and excitedly asked them for autographs, then another voice called Harry’s name.
• The Malfoy group turned toward Harry, and Draco went pale and hid his left arm as Harry’s scar flared with pain when he looked at the witch.

Harry and his companions encountered B. Sel, a hostile witch who recognized Harry and threatened him, while the Malfoys negotiated to remove family wealth from Gringotts. Harry realized they had come for something in Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault, and the chapter ended with Narcissa and Lucius pressuring the Goblins to open it.

• B. Sel seized Draco to confirm that Harry was present, then advanced on Harry and threatened him after Remus intervened.
• Remus restrained Harry when he drew his wand, and Lucius forced B. Sel to back down by reminding her of their agreement.
• Lucius asked the Goblins to withdraw the Malfoy wealth and the Black inheritance held by Narcissa.
• Narcissa presented a token to open Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault, prompting Harry to realize that the group had come for something inside it.
• Bogrod hesitated over opening Bellatrix’s vault, while Narcissa and Lucius’s companions pressured the Goblins to comply.

Harry recognized that the Malfoys’ attempt to move the Black family gold might be connected to something Voldemort had hidden in Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault. Remus asserted Harry’s inheritance rights, and the confrontation at Gringotts neared a fight before Amosta arrived.

• Harry told Remus that his scar had shown him Voldemort ordering the Death Eaters into action and torturing Bellatrix for negligence.
• Lucius offered to let the Goblins move the Black family gold first in exchange for their cooperation with the Malfoys’ vaults.
• Remus brought Harry to the Malfoys and argued that Harry, as Sirius Black’s godson, had inheritance rights to the Black property.
• Narcissa rejected Remus’s claim, and B. Sel raised her wand against him.
• Harry and the Weasley children drew their wands as Amosta entered Gringotts and asked whether they were about to fight.

Amosta arrived at Gringotts while the Malfoys tried to claim part of the Black family fortune from Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault. Harry suspected one of the departing group was Bellatrix in disguise, but Amosta let them leave and asked Harry what he needed to discuss.

• Amosta arrived at Gringotts after Remus summoned him, and the gathered wizards and Goblins showed him respect.
• Harry told Amosta that the Malfoys had tried to take half of the Black family gold from Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault.
• B. Sel tried to attack Harry, but Lucius and the others restrained her and Narcissa sealed her mouth.
• Amosta warned Lucius that the Ministry would confiscate all the wealth in Bellatrix’s vault if she did not turn herself in by the deadline.
• The Malfoys left, and Harry told Amosta he suspected B. Sel was Bellatrix Lestrange in disguise.
• Remus asked whether Bellatrix could have used Polyjuice Potion or advanced human Transfiguration, and Amosta then asked Harry what he wanted to discuss.

Amosta reassured Harry about his scar but urged him not to rely too heavily on his visions and to trust Snape, leaving Harry angry and unconvinced. At dinner, Sirius said he would join the dangerous mission to escort seized Death Eater gold and revealed that Snape would not be included.

• Amosta told Harry that he and Dumbledore trusted Snape, warned Harry not to rely too heavily on his visions, and left to return to the Ministry.
• Amosta told Remus that Kingsley would brief the Order of the Phoenix on their assignment at the evening meeting.
• Harry told Ron and Hermione that Amosta had dismissed his concerns about Snape and his visions, while Hermione wondered about the warning.
• Sirius returned for dinner and said he was guarding Minister Bones, who was working to calm the workers.
• Sirius told Harry that Amosta would not let Snape take part in the escort mission and said he had been selected for it.

The Order of the Phoenix discussed rising wizarding crime and planned an operation to escort gold from Diagon Alley to London. Sirius gave Molly a letter for Harry in case he did not return from the operation, and Harry overheard him.

• Kingsley told the Order that a witch had been murdered and that the Ministry lacked enough personnel to combat the growing crime.
• Kingsley outlined a plan to transport gold on three Hogwarts Express trains, escorted by Aurors, the Order, and hired bounty wizards.
• The Order debated security measures, including sealing Diagon Alley and restricting Floo travel, Apparition, and Portkeys.
• Sirius asked Remus about Amelia, then handed Molly a letter for Harry in case he did not return from the operation.
• Harry overheard Sirius's words, dropped the Monitoring Ear, and staggered back against the wall.

Kingsley and the Ministry began transporting seized gold from Diagon Alley under heavy guard, anticipating that Voldemort’s Death Eaters would try to stop them. The first train departed, while the remaining escorts prepared for the next convoys.

• Kingsley’s forces sealed Diagon Alley against Floo travel and Apparition, then arranged Enforcers and Aurors to sweep and guard the area.
• Kingsley gave the signal for Gringotts Goblins to load more than a hundred chests of seized gold onto the carriages.
• Kingsley explained that the first batch belonged to the Caro Siblings, Antonin Dolohov, and Travers, while later batches held the wealth of other Death Eaters and families.
• Sirius described how old pure-blood families amassed wealth through extortion, plunder, and monopolized workshops.
• Kingsley assigned Alastor to escort the second train and led the Aurors with the first as the gold convoy departed.
• Tonks wondered whether the Ministry would raise salaries with the seized gold, while Alastor and Remus warned that Voldemort might attack; the first train then set off.

As the Ministry prepared to transport gold through Diagon Alley, the Order of the Phoenix waited tensely for Voldemort’s expected attack. The bounty hunters arrived and mistook the operation for a trap, but Foley and Moody clarified their assignment, and the convoy was set to move.

• Alastor Moody and the Order of the Phoenix guarded Diagon Alley while Ministry officials reported no detected breach of their security measures.
• Thanatos and the other bounty hunters arrived in Diagon Alley through a Ministry-authorized Portkey and recognized the streets as the gathering point.
• A bounty hunter in a gold mask accused Foley and the Ministry of setting a trap and warned that Apparition was blocked.
• Cacus Foley explained that the Ministry had hired them to escort gold to London, where Amosta Breen would meet them.
• Moody identified the gold-masked wizard as Typhoeus, threatened to send him to Azkaban, and ordered the bounty hunters to begin moving.

As the Hogwarts Express carried the Ministry’s gold away from Diagon Alley, Alastor and Remus realized Voldemort might be attacking elsewhere, and a plume of smoke confirmed trouble behind them. At Gringotts, Cacus revealed the mission’s true purpose and offered the bounty hunters pardons and Ministry jobs, but a sudden attack destroyed the convoy as the Knight Bus appeared.

• Remus and Alastor suspected Voldemort would use the gold-train escort as a diversion, then spotted smoke rising from Diagon Alley.
• Sirius flew back toward Diagon Alley, and Alastor followed after ordering Remus to contact Kingsley and Amosta and continue guarding the train.
• Thanatos and the other bounty hunters confronted Cacus, who explained that the Ministry was confiscating Death Eater gold and that their contracts bound them to escort it.
• Cacus offered to erase the bounty hunters’ criminal records and recruit them into the Ministry if they completed the mission.
• A sudden storm and gale shattered the wagons, killed the horses, and scattered gold as the Knight Bus appeared outside Gringotts.

Death Eaters unleashed giants on Diagon Alley, destroying the Knight Bus, attacking Gringotts, and slaughtering wizards. Thanatos killed a giant just as it was about to grab Typhoeus, but the battle continued around them.

• More than a dozen gold carts exploded, and bounty wizards scattered for cover as the Knight Bus stood outside Gringotts.
• Giants appeared and tore through Gringotts, the shops, and the street while Thanatos and the other wizards tried to defend themselves.
• Typhoeus melted half a giant’s face with a spell, but the wounded giant survived and lunged at him.
• A Fire Dragon skeleton stopped the giant, and Thanatos drove its claw into the creature’s damaged eye socket, killing it.
• Typhoeus praised Thanatos as the giant collapsed.

Thanatos, Sirius, Mad-Eye, and the other wizards struggled against the giants as Diagon Alley and Gringotts were reduced to ruins. With the battle turning desperate and Voldemort’s forces still unseen, Thanatos called for a deal and unleashed a mysterious power.

• Typhoeus and Thanatos took down a giant with their skeletal Dragon, but eight enraged giants destroyed it and killed a wizard with its spine.
• The giants demolished Gringotts and killed at least a dozen people as Alastor Moody used a Killing Curse on one of them, which weakened but did not kill it.
• Sirius and Moody fought two giants using Gringotts’s brass doors as shields while rubble and spells filled the ruined streets.
• Thanatos realized the giants had to be stopped before Voldemort’s Death Eaters arrived, and decided to use the power he had acquired from Golden Viper.
• Thanatos demanded Sirius and Moody ensure he survived, then pointed his cane at the rubble as black lightning struck and an ancient roar filled Diagon Alley.

Thanatos summoned a Titan Giant skeleton that devastated the giants attacking Diagon Alley, but he collapsed and the skeleton vanished. Sirius and the others then faced a sudden army of Dark Wizards led by Bellatrix.

• Thanatos used his magic to summon and control a Titan Giant skeleton, which trampled and hurled the attacking giants.
• The Goblin-helmeted giant leader charged the skeleton, knocking it down, but Thanatos regained control and the Titan crushed the leader and defeated most of the giants.
• Thanatos collapsed after spitting blood, and black mist swallowed the Titan skeleton until it disappeared.
• Storm clouds gathered over Diagon Alley, and several hundred Dark Wizards appeared before Sirius and the others.
• Bellatrix greeted Sirius as her dear cousin.

Ministry forces and reinforcements confronted the Dark Lord’s army, while Sirius and the Longbottoms faced Bellatrix. The standoff ended when Scrimgeour ordered the attack, and both sides charged into battle.

• Mad-Eye sent Typhoeus away with the unconscious Thanatos after lifting the Anti-Apparition Charm, while Sirius fought Bellatrix.
• Rufus Scrimgeour arrived with nearly two hundred Aurors and challenged Bellatrix as Lucius Malfoy quietly withdrew.
• Frank and Alice Longbottom appeared, blocked Bellatrix’s attack on Sirius, and asked to avenge their lost years themselves.
• Kingsley, Hagrid, and Arthur joined the Ministry forces, and Hagrid explained that Amosta had stayed at the station to guard the gold.
• Scrimgeour offered the dark wizards a chance to surrender, then lowered his hand and sent the two armies crashing together.

The battle in Diagon Alley raged as Hagrid, Mad-Eye, Kingsley, Sirius, and others fought the Death Eaters and suffered heavy losses. Lucius Malfoy searched the rubble for a cup when someone confronted him from behind.

• Hagrid fought a giant, and Mad-Eye killed it with repeated Avada Kedavras before sending Hagrid to help Kingsley.
• Mad-Eye took over Sirius's fight with Antonin Dolohov and ordered Sirius to pursue Lucius Malfoy.
• Kingsley and Hagrid defeated the last giant, while Kingsley charged at Alecto Carrow and Amycus Carrow after Emiline died.
• Sirius fought Greengrass until Dedalus Diggle arrived with a potion to treat Sirius's shoulder wound.
• Lucius Malfoy searched the rubble for a gold cup when a voice behind him told him not to move.