Chapter Summaries

Andy suspected the Department of Mysteries was influencing the Ministry’s continued use of Dementors at Azkaban, then revealed to Snape that he possessed the powers of Love and Death and wanted to test whether his Patronus could sacrifice itself to protect him. The chapter left Snape considering the possibility and Andy confident that he would keep the secret.

• Andy wondered whether the Department of Mysteries was interfering with the Ministry’s decisions about Dementors and Azkaban.
• Snape found Andy at Azkaban, explaining that his skill as a Potions Master had helped him detect him.
• Andy reflected that Snape and Dumbledore had changed, and Snape asked whether the truth of magic and the world was worth risking one’s life to discover.
• Andy told Snape he possessed the powers of Love and Death and asked whether his Patronus could sacrifice itself to protect him.
• Snape said that such a thing was theoretically possible, and Andy said he needed proof.
• Andy told Snape he hoped he would tell Dumbledore about the secret, then predicted that Snape would keep it.

Andy and Snape watched the Ministry of Magic begin the Dementor’s Kiss executions at Azkaban while discussing the Ministry’s plans for the Dementors. As Antonin Dolohov faced the Dementors, he claimed a new Dark Lord more powerful than Voldemort was rising, leaving Andy baffled about whom Dolohov meant.

• Snape warned Andy that Dementors might be dark creatures altered by humans, and Andy argued that the Ministry’s secrecy around Azkaban suggested someone was hiding the truth.
• Snape told Andy that the Ministry of Magic was considering purging the Dementors, though he did not know how it would do so.
• Scrimgeour arrived at Azkaban with Kingsley, Deloris, and other Aurors, and Andy and Snape watched invisibly as the group went to the execution platform.
• The Aurors escorted three Death Eaters to the platform, where two pleaded for their lives and Antonin Dolohov defied Scrimgeour.
• Dolohov claimed that a new Dark Lord more powerful than Voldemort was rising and that many Death Eaters had pledged themselves to him, leaving Andy confused.

Andy learned that the Ministry and many wizards feared he might become another Voldemort, though Dumbledore’s support kept the Ministry from acting against him. At Azkaban, Scrimgeour rejected Dolohov’s claims and prepared to deliver the Dementor’s Kiss to the condemned Death Eaters, while Andy watched with regret and surprise.

• Andy asked Snape what people were saying about him, and Snape explained that many feared his ties to the Death Eaters and the Ministry had chosen not to act because Dumbledore vouched for him.
• Andy joked about destroying the Ministry with Fiendfyre and said that others could not control what he did.
• Scrimgeour told Deloris and Dolohov that Dumbledore had testified Andy’s contact with the Death Eaters was part of a plan to drive a wedge between them.
• Dolohov taunted Scrimgeour that he would never dare arrest Andy, while Scrimgeour judged Andy dangerous but said he would arrest him if evidence arose.
• Andy regretted not knowing Dolohov admired him, then Scrimgeour announced that the time had come for the three Death Eaters to receive the Dementor’s Kiss.

Andy watched three Death Eaters receive the Dementor’s Kiss and realized their souls were being offered to the Death Dimension. The sight connected the Kiss to the Ministry of Magic’s Brain Room research, leaving him wondering whether a hidden group controlled the Ministry.

• Andy watched the Dementors drain the Death Eaters’ happy memories before three Dementors pulled back their hoods and kissed them.
• Andy realized the Dementors treated human happiness as food and the removal of souls as a ritual offering to the Death Dimension.
• Andy saw a shimmering light leave each Death Eater and sensed the true aura of the Death Dimension within it.
• Andy noticed the Death Eaters were still alive but had become empty shells, and he connected them to the human brains in the Department of Mysteries’ Brain Room.
• Andy wondered where the Ministry’s research results had gone and whether another group was secretly behind the Ministry of Magic.

After the Dementors devoured three Death Eaters’ souls, Andy questioned what death meant and discussed the Death Dimension with Snape. He formed a theory that a soul’s survival depended on the mind and resolved to continue investigating magic and immortality.

• The Aurors took away the Death Eaters, whose bodies remained alive despite their souls being gone.
• Andy asked Snape whether the Death Eaters were truly dead and reflected on the nature of souls, ghosts, and death.
• Andy told Snape he had sensed the Death Dimension when the Dementors devoured the souls.
• Snape explained that Voldemort used Horcruxes to preserve his soul and avoid true death.
• Andy concluded that Horcruxes protected the soul while the Philosopher’s Stone slowed the body’s aging, and he theorized that ghosts were bound by obsessions.
• Andy returned with Snape, convinced that his magical power belonged to him and that he would next conquer it.

After returning to Hogwarts, Andy organized his ideas about magic, the mind, the soul, and the body, concluding that extreme mental power could control the soul. He wondered whether he could merge his soul into his mind, making the mind a Horcrux, and decided to try.

• Andy concluded that magic came from a higher dimension and that he needed to tame it before truly making it his own.
• Andy reasoned that the soul and body together gave rise to Mind Power, and that a body without a soul was only an empty shell.
• Andy inferred from Horcruxes that extreme Mind Power could control the soul, and wondered whether Dumbledore could remain clear-minded in the Death Dimension.
• Andy proposed that the mind could become a Horcrux for the soul, allowing the soul to merge into the mind.
• Andy decided to try merging his soul into his mind.

Andy discussed his idea of merging his soul wholly into his mind with Grindelwald, seeking a way to do it without splitting his soul. Grindelwald warned that the process would mean attempting in life what normally happened at death, and Andy wondered whether his powers over Love and Death could help.

• Andy considered ghosts as evidence that a soul could merge with the mind and contacted Grindelwald for advice.
• Andy explained his theory using ghosts, Horcruxes, Obscuruses, and the Eastern concept of Essence, Qi, and Spirit Unification.
• Grindelwald agreed that Andy's idea might be feasible, but warned that intense obsession and the boundary between life and death made it dangerous and difficult.
• Andy connected his pursuit of magic and immortality to the idea of hearing the Way in the morning and dying content at night.
• Andy told Grindelwald that he had stolen power from the Death Dimension and possessed the power of Love through his Fat Cat Patronus, suggesting that this might make the transformation easier.

Andy asked Grindelwald whether he should use the Death Dimension and the Fat Cat Patronus to merge his soul with his mind and create a ghost-like state. Although the outcome remained uncertain, Andy chose that method and planned to prepare for ten days before attempting it.

• Andy explained his plan to use suspended death and the Fat Cat Patronus to merge his soul with his mind.
• Grindelwald warned Andy that the attempt could kill him and said no one had tried it before.
• Grindelwald suggested splitting Andy’s soul to create a Horcrux as a safer alternative, but Andy refused to divide his soul.
• Andy reviewed the risks, decided he would use the suspended-death method, and trusted his maxed-out Will to protect him.
• Andy planned to study Love and strengthen his bond with the Fat Cat Patronus before beginning the attempt in ten days.

Andy visited Snape to examine his research on Voldemort’s severed arm and learned how Voldemort’s dark magic had affected his body and mind. The chapter ended with Andy asking whether Dementors fed on the mind power attached to souls for the Death Dimension.

• Andy received Snape’s letter saying he had preliminary findings on Voldemort’s Arm and went to Spinner’s End.
• Snape showed Andy the preserved arm and explained that it held unstable dark force that could affect emotions or be used to drive someone insane.
• Andy read Snape’s findings and concluded that Voldemort’s repeated Magical Transformations and seven soul splits had left his mind deeply unstable, while his body showed no discomfort from the soul loss.
• Andy credited Voldemort’s survival and continued ability to think to his willpower, and recognized his own Will score as a major strength.
• Andy asked Snape whether Dementors consumed mind power rather than souls, and whether the Death Dimension needed that power attached to souls.

Andy and Snape discussed the theory that the Death Dimension harvested human Mind Power and that wizards once united against the beings behind it. Snape agreed to help Andy investigate, while warning that he would stop Andy if he tried to misuse the Death Dimension's power.

• Andy explained that the Death Dimension needed human Mind Power, while Dementors fed on Happy Emotion and could be opposed by powerful positive emotions.
• Snape and Andy speculated that High-Dimensional Lifeforms had brought magic to Earth and created the Death Dimension to harvest human minds.
• They guessed that people had once joined forces to resist the beings, and that a wizarding organization now guarded entrances to the Death Dimension and protected Mind Power.
• Andy asked whether Snape still wanted to investigate, and Snape agreed to help while promising to stop Andy if he used the Death Dimension's power for something dangerous.
• Andy admitted that he had already mastered the Death Dimension's power through Magical Transformation and said he might use it to do something.

After studying Voldemort’s remains and considering the nature of the soul, Andy concluded that his goal was to merge his soul with his mind and achieve a Yang Spirit. He decided to spend the next three days resting before attempting it.

• Andy left Snape’s home with the materials, and Snape had agreed to consider whether the Death Dimension could offer benefits without harming the real world.
• Andy studied the materials and concluded that splitting the soul weakened its power without diminishing Mind Power, while firm willpower could offset the Dark Arts’ side effects.
• Andy compared the soul and mind to the Primordial Spirit and Cognitive Spirit, reasoning that the Primordial Spirit should control the Cognitive Spirit if they merged.
• Andy realized that turning his soul into a ghost while alive could create a Yang Spirit and make him master of his own life.
• Andy resisted acting immediately and planned to rest for three days before attempting to achieve the Yang Spirit.

After resting, Andy went to a cave in the Forbidden Forest to test whether he could become a ghost while remaining alive. He entered a state of suspended death, resisted the pull of the Death Dimension, and discovered that he had succeeded in creating a living Spirit Body.

• Andy told Hermione that his research had produced results and hinted that it involved love.
• Andy went to a prepared cave in the Forbidden Forest and reviewed his attributes before beginning the experiment.
• Andy summoned his Fat Cat Patronus and used death magic to place his body in suspended death.
• Andy felt his soul separating from his body and nearly followed the comforting pull toward another world, but visions of his family and friends brought him back to reality.
• Andy left his body as a living Spirit Body, restored his body's vitality, and declared that he had succeeded.

Andy discovered that his Yang God could use magic but could not improve without his body, then returned to his body and felt newly in control of his life. At Hogwarts, he pretended to be a ghost and told the shocked students that Snape had killed him.

• Andy tested his Yang God and found it could use magic, including Magical Transformation, but could not progress without his body.
• Andy returned his Yang God to his body and felt the freedom and wonder of being alive.
• Andy left the cave, enjoyed the sunlight and fresh air, and Apparated back to the Forbidden Forest.
• Andy appeared as a ghost at the Gryffindor table and startled Harry and the other students.
• When Harry asked who had killed him, Andy blamed Snape.

Andy pretended to be a ghost and claimed Snape had killed him, prompting panic and calls for revenge at Hogwarts. He returned to his body and revived, then blamed the uproar on a joke he had played on Harry.

• Andy told the students that Snape had ambushed and killed him, and Harry and Susan Bones urged them to seek help and pursue Snape.
• The students brought Professor McGonagall to the Great Hall, where Hermione and the other professors learned Andy appeared to be a ghost.
• Andy admitted he could come back to life and hurried to the Astronomy Tower to revive in his body.
• Andy returned to the Great Hall alive, and Professor McGonagall demanded an explanation.
• Andy claimed he had only meant to prank Harry and blamed Harry for making the situation worse.

After Andy’s prank revealed that he could become a living ghost, Professor McGonagall and the other professors questioned him about his new Yang God state. Professor Slughorn challenged Andy’s theory that love and death were opposites, leaving Andy eager to discuss the idea further.

• Professor McGonagall dismissed the gathered students and invited Andy to explain how he had become a ghost.
• Andy left his body as an illusory Yang God, demonstrated that he could still use magic, and reassured Hermione that he felt well.
• Professor McGonagall told Andy to return to his body because the risks of leaving his soul outside it were unknown.
• Andy explained that he had used the Power of Love to become a living ghost, drawing on what Horcruxes and ghosts revealed about emotions and souls.
• Professor Slughorn argued that love and death were not opposites, prompting Andy to reconsider his theory and ask for a proper discussion.

Andy explained that he had fused his soul with his mind and asked Slughorn whether he could merge his body with his mind. Slughorn suggested exploring the idea through Magical Transformation, leaving Andy with a possible path toward his next step.

• Andy asked Slughorn how Love and Hatred were connected to death, and Slughorn said killing was only the simplest way to create those effects.
• Andy revealed that he had become an Obscurial and fused his soul, or Yang Spirit, with his mind.
• Slughorn judged that Andy had achieved something unprecedented and discussed possible explanations for his lack of hidden dangers.
• Andy asked whether the body could merge with the mind, alarming Hermione and Sirius.
• Slughorn said a wizard’s body could theoretically be transformed into magic power and suggested Andy pursue fusion through Magical Transformation.

Andy learned that Animagus Transformation and Magical Transformation each create a dormant Second Mind, which could explain why Voldemort retained Magical Transformation abilities after his body was reconstructed. He revealed that he had already completed Magical Transformation, and Slughorn proposed researching whether Andy could fuse with its Second Mind.

• Andy asked Slughorn how to integrate the magical power from Magical Transformation into his mind.
• Slughorn mentioned that Voldemort retained Magical Transformation abilities after his body was reconstructed, prompting Andy to reconsider the nature of the power.
• Professor McGonagall explained that Animagus and Magical Transformations create a Second Mind that becomes permanently dormant when the wizard's mind overcomes it.
• Slughorn connected the Second Mind to Voldemort's retained abilities and suggested Andy might be able to fuse with it.
• McGonagall warned Andy that Magical Transformation was dangerous and should be done under guidance, and Andy admitted that he had already completed it.
• Slughorn proposed further research into Andy's possible fusion with the Second Mind.

Andy considered whether magic could repair and reshape his body, and decided to investigate Voldemort's Resurrection Ritual. He asked Professor Slughorn how its ingredients and the emotions of unwittingness, willingness, and coercion affected the ritual, and Slughorn began explaining how Mind Power influenced potions.

• Andy rejected the idea of fusing with a Second Mind and considered transforming his body into magic so he could regenerate and resist death.
• Andy decided to study Voldemort's Resurrection Ritual and wondered how its bone, flesh, and blood ingredients related to its three emotions.
• Andy chose to ask Slughorn about the ritual, while recognizing that Slughorn had extensive knowledge and had advised Voldemort about Horcruxes.
• Andy visited Slughorn and asked how unwittingness, willingness, and coercion could affect a ritual that reshaped a body.
• Slughorn explained that Mind Power could influence both magic and potions, then realized what Andy intended to investigate.

Andy told Slughorn he wanted to turn the body into magic and use the Resurrection Ritual’s principles to create a spell that could regenerate bodies indefinitely, allowing immortality as long as the soul remained. Slughorn feared the idea was feasible and redirected Andy toward Felix Felicis; afterward, Andy examined how his System Panel had changed and resolved to keep pursuing immortality.

• Andy explained to Slughorn that magic could create bodies and that a reusable version of the Resurrection Ritual might make him immortal.
• Slughorn reacted with fear, warned that spells could not accomplish everything, and showed Andy a bottle of Felix Felicis.
• Slughorn said he planned to offer the potion as a Slug Club reward, and Andy stopped asking about the Resurrection Ritual.
• Andy left Slughorn’s office and went to the Astronomy Tower, where he checked his System Panel and saw that Soul had disappeared and Magical Power had become Yang God.

After winning Felix Felicis at a Slug Club gathering, Andy discussed Hermione’s suspicions about his private contact with Grindelwald and their planned Christmas meeting. Andy explained that the Ministry tolerated Grindelwald’s gift because it feared the possibility of the two joining forces, leaving Hermione to confront how much Andy’s power intimidated the Ministry.

• Andy left the Slug Club gathering with Hermione after winning Felix Felicis, and she warned him not to misuse it.
• Hermione identified the Deathly Hallows symbol on Grindelwald’s box and asked whether he had tried to recruit Andy against Dumbledore.
• Andy said Grindelwald had given him alchemy books freely and wanted to meet at Christmas, while Hermione warned him that Grindelwald might exploit his weaknesses.
• Andy reassured Hermione that Grindelwald would not risk making an enemy of him and argued that others would testify they had not joined forces.
• Andy pointed out that the Ministry knew about Grindelwald’s box but had allowed it to reach him because it feared their possible alliance, and Hermione began to question the Ministry’s authority.