Chapter Summaries

Snape joined Harry in confronting Voldemort after revealing his past and accepting that he would face judgment for his crimes. As the fight began, Roger and Dumbledore watched from hiding, and Dumbledore worried that Harry’s troubled state of mind could lead him to become an Obscurial.

• Snape told Voldemort that he had confessed everything to Harry and would face judgment for his past crimes.
• Snape and Harry drew their wands against Voldemort, while Roger and Dumbledore watched as backup.
• Voldemort used his control over Quirrell to make him a formidable opponent, and Harry charged at them with Snape supporting him.
• Dumbledore warned Roger that Harry was in danger of becoming an Obscurial because of his inner turmoil.

Roger defended Harry’s choice to pursue what he believed was right, despite Dumbledore’s fears that it would lead to ruin. He revealed that he had chosen Harry to help research protection against attacks through time, as the battle below reached its final moment and Voldemort targeted Roger with a desperate move.

• Roger argued that Harry’s resolve to confront Voldemort should not be corrected merely because it could endanger him.
• Dumbledore warned that Harry’s choices might not be right and that he could one day regret them.
• Roger traced an hourglass in the air and explained that he sought a way to withstand attacks from the timeline, using Harry to help research it.
• Voldemort found himself unable to harm Harry because of the Love’s Magic in Harry’s bloodline.
• Voldemort unleashed his final move to perish together and called out to Roger, revealing that Roger was his true target.

Voldemort escaped after attacking Snape, while Roger explained to Harry why he and Dumbledore had allowed him to flee and why his Horcruxes made killing him dangerous. Roger then accompanied Dumbledore to his office, where he raised the problem of replacing Professor Quirrell.

• Voldemort attacked Snape to create an opening for his soul to escape, but Dumbledore appeared to block the attack and let him pass.
• Harry grew furious when Dumbledore allowed Voldemort to flee, but Roger calmed him and explained that Voldemort could resurrect.
• Roger told Harry that they needed to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes before confronting him, while keeping the full danger of the Horcruxes' divided minds secret.
• Dumbledore arranged for Harry and Snape to rest after their battle, while Roger accompanied him to the headmaster's office.
• Roger asked Dumbledore who would replace Professor Quirrell as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the remaining six months of classes.

Roger explained to Dumbledore that he wanted to follow a path centered on himself and the power of change, ultimately seeking to transcend change. He offered to write down his methods, hoping to establish a path for wizard civilization that could help others develop magic in their own ways.

• Roger and Dumbledore discussed who could replace Quirrell as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Dumbledore chose Professor Snape.
• Roger told Dumbledore that he had asked Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Voldemort about the path of magic.
• Roger explained that he wanted to command change and eventually become change itself, with his desires and ideals centered on himself.
• Dumbledore felt a faint sense of foreboding but did not press Roger for details about his secret path.
• Roger offered to write down his methods and send them to Dumbledore, explaining that he wanted to establish a path for wizard civilization.

Roger worked on theoretical materials for Dumbledore while recalling the unresolved conflict between wizarding secrecy and the Middle Eastern civilians who knew of his prophetic deeds. The chapter left the problem unresolved, as Roger believed it might be easier to address than Dumbledore thought.

• A Gryffindor student invited Roger to join a snowball fight, but Roger stayed in the common room to write his theories for Dumbledore.
• Hermione asked Roger what he was writing, and he explained that he wanted to discuss the theory’s feasibility with Dumbledore.
• Roger recalled that Dumbledore had described how his intervention in the Middle East had left millions of civilians aware of the Prophet, making the International Statute of Secrecy difficult to enforce.
• Dumbledore had spent two months caught between wizards who opposed his intervention and those demanding that he address the secrecy crisis, and he had briefly left to rest.
• Hermione read Roger’s notes, abandoned her guilt about not studying, and decided to join the snowball fight.

Roger finished writing his Three-Dimensional Theory and asked Dumbledore for permission to leave Hogwarts to witness a major event. They Apparated to a hotel in the United Kingdom, where Roger began watching a televised announcement from a leader in a country facing a major change.

• Roger ate lunch with Harry, Ron, and Hermione after hearing that Gryffindor had defeated Slytherin in a snowball fight.
• Roger reassured himself that Harry seemed to have recovered from the previous night's battle with Voldemort.
• Roger showed Dumbledore his notebook and introduced his Three-Dimensional Theory, then asked to visit Muggle society to witness a major event.
• Dumbledore agreed to accompany Roger, and they Apparated to a hotel with satellite television.
• Roger and Dumbledore watched a televised leader begin announcing his resignation following the establishment of the National United Federation.

After the Soviet Union dissolved, Roger told Dumbledore that disaster had shifted onto the Soviet people rather than vanished, and warned that the resulting upheaval would affect both Muggle and wizarding worlds. He gave Dumbledore his “Three-Dimensional Theory” notebook, proposing that humanity needed to evolve for history to change, and Dumbledore opened it to see what Roger intended to do.

• Dumbledore watched the Soviet leader’s address end and reflected that the threat of nuclear war had passed without the worst catastrophe occurring.
• Roger warned Dumbledore that the Soviet people would endure a long period of decline and that the dissolution would create turmoil in the wizarding world as well.
• Dumbledore asked whether the dissolution could be prevented, but Roger cautioned him against opposing the tide of the age.
• Roger argued that changing human nature and society required evolution, then handed Dumbledore his notebook titled “Three-Dimensional Theory.”
• Dumbledore opened the notebook, focusing on what Roger intended to do rather than debating his ideas.

Roger explained his Three-Dimensional Theory to Dumbledore, describing how magic and other controllable forces could expand the mediums wizards can influence. He hoped to build a second, accumulable form of magic that could strengthen wizards and eventually let him become change itself; Dumbledore understood the proposal but remained unsure whether it could work.

• Roger defined the self, medium, and external-world dimensions according to what a person could control or influence.
• Roger explained how Alaya Magic and accumulated human knowledge had helped him see civilization's progress as the growth and transformation of mediums.
• Roger argued that wizarding civilization needed new mediums such as stable energy, microscopes, and computers rather than relying almost entirely on magic power.
• Roger showed Dumbledore that he could manipulate weak bioelectricity with his consciousness after reconstructing his nervous system.
• Roger proposed that magic applied to the concept of dimensions could turn new forces into controllable mediums and eventually allow dimensional reduction.
• Dumbledore summarized Roger's plan to develop a controllable Second Magic that would strengthen wizards and their Mental Power, then admitted he did not know whether it could work.

Roger discussed his unfinished Three-Dimensional Theory with Dumbledore and promised to demonstrate its preliminary results after Christmas. At the Christmas feast, Harry asked Roger about the Invisibility Cloak he had received and whether it could help him resurrect his parents; Roger said it might matter someday, but probably would not be decisive.

• Dumbledore read Roger’s notes on Three-Dimensional Theory, and Roger said he would demonstrate his preliminary results somewhere deserted after Christmas.
• Roger returned to Hogwarts in time for the Christmas feast and recalled that he had delivered gifts to the students he knew.
• Harry told Roger that he had received an unsigned Invisibility Cloak and asked whether it could help resurrect his parents.
• Roger identified the cloak as one of the Deathly Hallows and explained that its powers were limited, though it might become important in the future.

Roger considered whether the crystallized thought-magic in legendary artifacts could provide abstract concepts as medium dimensions for his Three-Dimensional Theory, then kept the idea vague when speaking with Harry. After Hogwarts staff agreed to report Quirrell’s death as the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse, Roger took Dumbledore to see his preliminary results and proposed going to the Pacific Ocean.

• Roger considered dismantling the Extraordinary Traits in legendary alchemical artifacts to obtain new medium dimensions for his theory.
• Roger spoke cautiously to Harry, who appeared reassured by what Roger told him.
• Hogwarts celebrated Christmas without further incidents, while the professors stayed awake discussing Quirrell’s death.
• Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout debated how to explain Quirrell’s death and agreed to blame the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse.
• Roger visited Dumbledore the morning after Christmas and asked him to travel to the Pacific Ocean to see his preliminary results.

Roger and Dumbledore traveled by Floo Network to a small Pacific island nation, then sailed toward an uninhabited stretch of ocean. On the boat, Dumbledore asked why Roger pursued absolute deathlessness so urgently, and Roger struggled to find an answer that would not reveal his deepest secret.

• Dumbledore considered Roger’s request to reach the Pacific and chose to arrange legal travel through the Floo Network.
• Roger and Dumbledore arrived at a small island nation near Australia, where two representatives of the Pacific Wizarding Alliance greeted them.
• Roger steered a boat into the ocean while Dumbledore recalled Roger’s resolve to fight even in the face of death.
• Dumbledore asked why Roger was so intent on absolute deathlessness and always seemed to be in a hurry.
• Roger considered telling the truth but could not reveal the secret behind his urgency.

Roger explained that he wanted to overcome his weakness and prevent anyone from taking things from him, while keeping the deeper reasons to himself. In the Pacific, he demonstrated his Three-Dimensional Transfiguration by turning a thermonuclear explosion into a colossal humanoid figure called Plutonian, leaving Dumbledore stunned.

• Roger reflected on his fear of threats beyond his world and resolved to prepare himself rather than face danger with regret.
• Roger told Dumbledore that he wanted to get through his weakness and prevent others from taking anything from him without consent.
• Roger and Dumbledore traveled to international waters in the Pacific, where Roger raised seawater into the sky as preparation for his demonstration.
• Roger cast Thermonuclear Fusion, creating a sunlike explosion that overwhelmed Dumbledore's senses despite his precautions.
• Roger reshaped the suspended explosion into a giant humanoid and revealed his Three-Dimensional Transfiguration: Plutonian, leaving Dumbledore speechless.

Roger demonstrated a transformation that let him become magic, then explained its principles to Dumbledore. He revealed that he had reconstructed his body and achieved Material Immortality, taking his first step toward eternal life.

• Roger's immense radiant form collapsed into matter, and he conjured a robe after reappearing unclothed above the sea.
• Dumbledore warned Roger that his magic was dangerous, but Roger argued that neither Thermonuclear Fusion nor Plutonium Man posed the threat Dumbledore imagined.
• Roger redirected the conversation toward magical development and explained how Three-Dimensional Transfiguration made Transfiguration the vessel of his self.
• Dumbledore realized Roger had remade his body, and Roger confirmed he had achieved complete material reconstruction and Material Immortality.

Roger explained why he intended to publish the Three-Dimensional Theory despite the upheaval it could cause, and Dumbledore questioned the danger of giving others a path to power. The chapter ended with Roger revealing that he had built a safeguard into the theory.

• Dumbledore realized Roger had achieved physical immortality through a path that others could potentially follow, and asked whether Roger had to publish it.
• Roger said his achievements depended on his ability to connect to magic, his unwavering will, and his prophetic insight.
• Roger explained that he wanted to bring others onto his path by using First Magic to create and cultivate Second Magic, which might even be transplanted into Muggles.
• Dumbledore warned that publishing the theory could empower someone who might turn against Roger and questioned whether prophecy could guarantee safety.
• Roger said he welcomed the possibility of powerful rivals, since longevity did not prevent death, and revealed that he had left himself a safeguard in the Three-Dimensional Theory.

Roger explained to Dumbledore that the Three-Dimensional Theory bound its practitioners to him and would return one step of progress to him for every ten thousand steps they advanced. He argued that openly revealing this cost would not prevent people from adopting the theory, then invited Dumbledore to help research it.

• Roger explained that everyone who practiced the Three-Dimensional Theory became part of his medium dimension through their bond with his method.
• Roger told Dumbledore that practitioners would repay one step to him for every ten thousand steps they advanced.
• Roger used a story about magic that required castration to show how people would accept a costly power when others could gain it too.
• Dumbledore understood that publicizing the Three-Dimensional Theory would draw practitioners despite its built-in backdoor.
• Roger said the theory was incomplete and invited Dumbledore to investigate it with him.

Roger invited Dumbledore to help usher in a new era of wizarding civilization, and Dumbledore traveled to Nurmengard to consult Grindelwald before deciding. Their reunion ended with Grindelwald observing that Dumbledore had become more like the Little Seer.

• Dumbledore hesitated over Roger's invitation and asked for time to consider it, intending to seek advice from Grindelwald.
• Roger and Dumbledore returned from the remote Pacific location after concealing evidence of what had happened there.
• Roger resumed his routine at Hogwarts while Dumbledore traveled through Austria to Nurmengard Castle.
• Dumbledore met Grindelwald, who said he had discovered something interesting, and Dumbledore explained that he no longer wanted to die.
• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that he had changed and was becoming more like the Little Seer.

Dumbledore visited Grindelwald at Nurmengard, where Grindelwald said Dumbledore had already begun choosing Roger’s path and warned him about Voldemort’s potential. Grindelwald refused to reveal much about the future and left his release undecided, asking Dumbledore to first find out whether Roger wanted him to come out.

• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that his hesitation showed he had begun to choose Roger’s path.
• Dumbledore asked Grindelwald what he had discovered, but Grindelwald refused to reveal a possible future that might change events.
• Grindelwald warned Dumbledore to watch Voldemort and said he should not let him obtain the diary.
• Dumbledore complained that Grindelwald was speaking in riddles, and the two continued discussing Roger.
• Dumbledore asked whether Grindelwald wanted to leave Nurmengard, and Grindelwald told him to ask Roger before giving his answer.

Roger began teaching Harry the practical side of Time Magic after Harry passed a test of his understanding, showing him the Time Cinema Charm, which projected images of the past. After the lesson, Dumbledore stopped Roger to discuss Grindelwald.

• Harry returned Roger’s booklet and completed parchment assignment, and Roger judged his understanding sufficient to begin learning time spells.
• Roger explained that his self-created Time Cinema Charm was safe and did not change the past, then demonstrated it by projecting the parchment’s history.
• Roger taught Harry the charm, and Harry successfully drew out and displayed the parchment’s past images.
• Roger warned Harry not to use the charm on other people’s private belongings, then left to return the borrowed book to the library.
• Dumbledore stopped Roger and said he wanted to discuss Grindelwald.

Dumbledore asked Roger whether Grindelwald should be freed, then consulted him about Voldemort’s diary Horcrux. Roger agreed to help Dumbledore approach Lucius Malfoy, leaving them set to seek the diary together.

• Dumbledore relayed Grindelwald’s question about whether Roger wanted him released, and Roger said Grindelwald’s choice was his own.
• Dumbledore shared Grindelwald’s warning about Voldemort’s diary, and Roger identified it as Voldemort’s first Horcrux.
• Roger explained that the diary might restore Voldemort’s earlier identity and judgment if he obtained it.
• Dumbledore decided to stop Voldemort from getting the diary and asked Roger for help.
• Roger told Dumbledore that the diary was likely in Lucius Malfoy’s hands and offered to accompany him to ask for it.

Lucius told Dumbledore that Voldemort had taken the diary, while Voldemort gathered his Horcruxes and devised ways to evade Roger. Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald at Nurmengard, where Grindelwald challenged him to decide whether he would continue imprisoning him as a great transformation approached.

• Lucius told Dumbledore that he had given the diary to Voldemort in early January, claiming he had acted under duress.
• Dumbledore learned the diary was already in Voldemort's hands, but chose to travel to Austria to question Grindelwald instead of pursuing him.
• Voldemort recovered most of his Horcruxes and planned to launch Ravenclaw's Diadem into space and send the Resurrection Stone into the future.
• Voldemort considered using the book "Whispers of Fate" to deal with Roger, but hesitated over what his younger self would have chosen.
• Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald at Nurmengard and accused him of plotting against him.
• Grindelwald asked Dumbledore whether he would keep him imprisoned as a transformation unseen in a thousand years approached.