Chapter Summaries

Voldemort used his fragment in Ron to get close to Harry and join the study group, while Dumbledore found an unsettling passage in an ancient book. The chapter left Ron preparing to use a cursed necklace and Dumbledore investigating the strange patient described in the notes.

• Moriarty persuaded Hermione not to drink milk, and the next day Harry and Neville learned that she had left the study group.
• Snape questioned Harry about the ingredients for a Boil-curing Potion, but Ron answered confidently and earned Gryffindor’s praise before Snape took points from the house.
• Voldemort revealed that he had awakened inside Ron and planned to make Harry his ninth Horcrux while using both boys against Moriarty and Dumbledore.
• Ron acted studious and helpful to gain Harry’s trust, then joined the study group after its members agreed to let him in.
• Ron examined a cursed opal necklace that Lucius had bought and planned to use it at the group’s next gathering.
• After reading old notes for seven days and nights, Dumbledore found a passage about a strange patient who escaped from the world’s earliest psychiatric hospital.

Dumbledore and Moriarty identified Extis, a fifteenth-century Spaniard who butchered patients and may have created the Dementors, as the next member of the Immortality Organization with secrets to uncover. As they set off for Azkaban, Voldemort’s plan to use the Vanishing Cabinet failed, so he brought the Carrow siblings into Hogwarts through a secret passage instead.

• Dumbledore found a Spanish book describing Extis’s horrific experiments and matched its account to Grindelwald’s notes about corpses resembling Dementors.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore concluded that Extis might have survived into the era of Azkaban and created Dementors, and they decided to investigate the island.
• Moriarty suspected that Extis had used prisoners to create Liches, while Dumbledore reasoned that Extis must have had accomplices and other secrets.
• Voldemort discovered that the Vanishing Cabinet had disappeared from the Room of Requirement, ruining his plan to bring Death Eaters through it.
• Ron used a secret passage to bring Amycus Carrow and Alecto Carrow into Hogwarts, where they told Voldemort about the scattered Death Eaters and Bellatrix’s group in hiding.

Voldemort’s plan to stage a kidnapping and make Ron and Harry into heroes collapsed when Hogwarts students caught the Carrow siblings before they reached the study group. The captured Death Eaters were escorted toward the Great Hall as Voldemort fumed over the failed plot.

• Ron welcomed the study group’s members while waiting for the Carrow siblings to arrive and planned to use the staged kidnapping to build a bond with Harry.
• Soldaiya Selwyn recognized Alecto Carrow and Amycus Carrow as Death Eaters, and he and Cedric Diggory attacked them on the stairs.
• Alecto Carrow was stunned, while Cedric, Soldaiya, and the other students overwhelmed Amycus with spells and bound him.
• Professor McGonagall, Professor Lupin, and Tonks arrived, and Tonks urged a search of the school after Soldaiya reported that another Death Eater was downstairs.
• The Carrow siblings were escorted toward the Great Hall as Ron watched, and Voldemort cursed Merlin over the failure of his plan.

Lockhart learned that Hogwarts students had captured Death Eaters while Moriarty and Dumbledore searched an island near Azkaban for Extis. They encountered a skeletal stranger who called himself the Enemy of Life.

• Leon told Lockhart that Death Eaters had invaded Hogwarts but had been captured by students, and Lockhart set out for the school.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore crossed the sea toward an island near Azkaban, discussing Elemental Magic, the Phoenix Nest, and Credence.
• A school of skeletal sharks attacked them, and Moriarty used Water Elemental Magic to clear their path to the island.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore found the island covered in corpses and met a skull-like old man surrounded by soul flames.
• Moriarty identified the stranger as a lich, and the old man said he preferred to be called the Enemy of Life.

Moriarty and Dumbledore fought a bizarre old man who summoned a meteor by throwing his skull, then searched for him underground. After Dumbledore set protective barriers around the island, they suddenly failed, leaving the danger unresolved.

• The old man attacked Moriarty and Dumbledore with red lightning, a body covered in eyes and mouths, and a skull he threw at Dumbledore.
• The old man summoned a meteor, and Moriarty and Dumbledore caught it with seawater hands, shattered it, and ground its fragments into sand with wind magic.
• Moriarty blasted the old man's bones apart, but suspected he could survive because his Horcrux remained intact.
• Moriarty found a tunnel beneath a rock, and Dumbledore placed protective magic around the island before they went to investigate.
• Dumbledore froze when all the protective magic failed.

Moriarty and Dumbledore entered the underground passage beneath Azkaban, where Anti-Magic methods and a looping staircase failed to stop Moriarty’s Elemental Magic. They reached a chamber filled with corpses and four enormous books, one made of skulls, leaving the purpose of the books and the identity of the old man unresolved.

• Moriarty tested the tunnel with Water Elemental Magic, and an explosion revealed a trap ahead.
• Moriarty recognized the looping staircase as Penrose Stairs and burned the bone steps with a scarlet flame, exposing heaps of bones and provoking the old man.
• The old man rebuilt his skeletal body and tried to stop Moriarty and Dumbledore from entering his study, but Moriarty blasted him apart with Wind Elemental Magic.
• The old man summoned a meteor by throwing his skull, and Moriarty destroyed it with a flaming greatsword before continuing into the chamber.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore found more than a hundred corpses and four enormous books, including one whose pages were skulls.

Moriarty discovered that the Four Books of Corpses stored the wisdom and magic of the dead, then found the Wind Conch inside a whale skull. After entering the whale’s world, he received the sacred relic and its wind magic.

• Moriarty and Dumbledore examined Ritchy-Kakaka and found skulls bearing strange inscriptions, including a whale skull with a carved question mark.
• Moriarty discovered the Wind Conch inside the whale skull, and the system said it could raise his Wind Elemental Magic to Archmage rank.
• Dumbledore examined Tifa-lala and realized the books contained unusual human organs, while Moriarty concluded the old man had been collecting their bodies and abilities.
• Moriarty used his Alchemy Matrix on the skulls and learned that the old man had stolen the dead people’s wisdom and magic, but could not control the whale’s Wind Elemental Magic.
• Moriarty entered the whale’s world, asked for the Wind Conch, and received it along with a whirlwind of magic entering his body.

Moriarty absorbed the Wind Conch, rose to level 70 in Wind Elemental Magic, and destroyed Extis's corpse-books after discovering his final message. Extis's command released the Dementors from guarding Azkaban, forcing Dumbledore to rush there while Moriarty returned to Hogwarts to consult the LeMay Couple about occultism.

• The Wind Conch raised Moriarty's Wind Elemental Magic to level 70 and granted him the ability to use the wind as eyes and ears, though the system warned that using it on a vast scale could drain him dry.
• Moriarty drew the ability to craft Wands, then burned Extis's corpse-books and remains with Dumbledore's help.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore found a fireproof box containing Extis's final words, which revealed that Extis had created the Dementors and built Azkaban as a prison.
• Extis's last command ordered the Dementors to stop guarding Azkaban, so Dumbledore rushed to maintain order while Moriarty returned to Hogwarts to speak with the LeMay Couple about occultism.

Moriarty destroyed Extis Island and discovered an Anti-Magic Array beneath it before returning to Hogwarts. In the Great Hall, Lockhart’s attempt to question the Carrow siblings failed because Ron had erased their memories, and Tonks’s threatening investigation gave way to affectionate excitement when Moriarty arrived.

• Moriarty burned Extis Island to ashes, exposed and destroyed the Anti-Magic Array beneath it, and scattered Extis’s Black Smoke.
• Dumbledore subdued the Azkaban riot and stayed behind to handle the Ministry of Magic while Moriarty returned to Hogwarts.
• Tonks used a Cruciatus Curse on Carrow’s brother as Lockhart prepared to interrogate the Carrow siblings with Veritaserum.
• Ron revealed through his confidence that he had erased the Carrow siblings’ memories, and Lockhart confirmed that they could not provide testimony.
• Tonks suspected someone in the Great Hall had cursed the Carrow siblings and called for an investigation.
• Moriarty entered the Great Hall, and Tonks ran to him and embraced him warmly, stunning the watching students and professors.

After news spread that the Dementors had vanished and Azkaban’s prisoners had rioted, Hogwarts students debated what would happen to the prison. Lilith saw the crisis as a chance for Justice League to defend prisoners and gain influence, and she set out to pursue her plan.

• Poseidon and a flock of messenger owls delivered newspapers reporting the Dementors’ disappearance, an Azkaban riot, and Dumbledore’s actions.
• Lockhart and Leon took the Carrow siblings back to the Ministry of Magic as news of the crisis distracted the Hogwarts students.
• Tonks told Moriarty she wanted to stand guard at Azkaban, and he agreed to discuss it with Dumbledore after the headmaster returned.
• Lilith argued that Azkaban might soon become history and considered how its collapse could expose failures in the wizarding justice system.
• Lilith planned for Justice League to offer legal defenses to Azkaban prisoners, reduce the prison population, and gain the Ministry’s support.
• Lilith left the table determined to pursue her plan, despite Moriarty’s earlier refusal to join her vision of wizarding supremacy.

Hermione became troubled by the unfair treatment of house-elves and tried to rally Hogwarts students to improve their working conditions. After her campaign drew ridicule and little support, she went to find Moriarty.

• Lilith left her companions to walk alone, and Gemma followed her as Moriarty watched them go.
• Hermione argued at breakfast that house-elves deserved better treatment, but her Ravenclaw classmates laughed at her concerns.
• Hermione tried to take a plate from an elderly house-elf, which panicked and begged her not to take away its work.
• Hermione founded the House-elf Rights Association with Hannah and spent the following week trying to recruit students and improve house-elves' conditions.
• After students mocked her campaign and she became disheartened, Hermione remembered Moriarty's kindness and decided to go find him.

Lilith celebrated Justice League’s success in helping the Ministry release more than five hundred wizards, while Moriarty urged her to give the organization’s members tangible benefits. When Hermione arrived in tears, Moriarty revealed her unusual Transfiguration talent and proposed that she and Lilith work together, leaving Lilith intrigued by Hermione’s commitment to speaking for disadvantaged groups.

• Lilith told Moriarty that Justice League’s efforts had helped the Ministry release more than five hundred wizards and brought the organization praise from the press and Dumbledore.
• Moriarty told Lilith that Justice League needed to offer benefits to its members if it hoped to grow stronger.
• Hermione ran to Moriarty in tears, and Lilith grew jealous as she questioned their relationship.
• Moriarty explained that Hermione had completed a magical Transfiguration and become a Catgirl, surprising Lilith with her talent.
• Lilith refused to teach Hermione without a benefit, but Moriarty argued that Hermione’s commitment to disadvantaged groups could support Lilith’s work for justice.

Lilith guided Hermione away from political organizing and taught her Animagus techniques while the Justice League’s covert struggle with the Ministry intensified. At Hogwarts’s end-of-term feast, Slytherin celebrated its eighth consecutive House Cup victory, and Dumbledore warned students to prepare for a rapidly changing Wizarding World over the holiday.

• Lilith advised Hermione to set aside her political ambitions and taught her the Animagus techniques she knew, accelerating Hermione’s Transfiguration progress.
• Moriarty earned perfect scores to rank first among fourth-years, while Soldaya and Cedric received Order of Merlin, Third Class awards and helped Slytherin win the House Cup.
• Neville told Harry to take pride in Slytherin’s victory for his Quidditch performance, while Draco watched jealously from Gryffindor’s table and Ron sat isolated.
• Professor William appeared recovered at the feast, and Dumbledore praised the Anti-Dark Arts Squad and Justice League as important ways for students to understand the changing Wizarding World.
• Dumbledore urged students to stay home over the holiday, follow the news, and practice spells, leaving Moriarty to wonder what had prompted the unusual warning.

Dumbledore showed Moriarty evidence linking the Anti-Magic Array to Merlin, Salazar Slytherin, and Ulick Gamp, the first Minister for Magic. They suspected Gamp had ties to Extis and the Immortality Organization, leaving Dumbledore convinced that their enemy might be Britain’s most powerful wizard.

• Dumbledore summoned Moriarty to his office, while Voldemort wrongly assumed they were plotting against him and the Death Eaters.
• Moriarty read a historical report tracing the Anti-Magic Array from Merlin through Salazar Slytherin to Ulick Gamp, who had helped outlaw it.
• Dumbledore explained that Extis’s Anti-Magic Array pointed toward Merlin, Salazar, or Gamp, and that Gamp’s era overlapped with Extis’s.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore discussed Gamp’s influence over the Ministry and modern magical theory, as well as the suspicious events surrounding Azkaban in 1718.
• Dumbledore concluded that if their suspicions about Ulick Gamp were correct, they faced the most powerful wizard in Britain.

Moriarty accepted Dumbledore’s help against the Immortality Organization, while Lilith led Justice League to the Ministry of Magic to hold an unusual trial. The chapter ended with Lilith arriving alongside her lawyers as Ministry officials, Dumbledore, and Wizengamot judges gathered.

• Moriarty told Dumbledore that Yakei Go was badly injured, then left the Headmaster’s Office as Dumbledore asked Phineas Nigellus Black about Hespha Gamp.
• Moriarty spent the last night of fourth year with Violet, and the Hogwarts students returned to London the next day.
• Lilith left the train with Gemma and Percy, leading Justice League lawyers out through the station and toward the Ministry of Magic.
• Jericho warned Moriarty that Justice League had grown stronger, while Moriarty and Soldaya discussed Lilith’s plans.
• Lilith summoned Ministry leaders to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for a trial, and Dumbledore announced that Wizengamot judges were on their way.
• Lilith arrived at the Ministry with a large group of lawyers.

Lilith Peverell moved the Ministry officials and Wizengamot to the old Tenth Courtroom, where she took control of the proceedings and announced a trial against Barty Crouch Sr. for helping his Death Eater son escape punishment in Azkaban. The chapter ended as Gemma Farley read the charge and named the trial’s officials, judges, and witnesses.

• Percy Weasley told Fudge and the Ministry officials that the trial had been moved to the Tenth Courtroom, where the Wizengamot judges were waiting.
• Fudge, Dumbledore, and the others entered the courtroom, recalling the past trials held there, while Lockhart ignored Umbridge’s attempt to receive a respectful welcome.
• Lilith entered dressed like a chief judge, ordered Umbridge and other uninvolved people to leave, and directed Rufus Scrimgeour and the Aurors to stand by.
• Gemma Farley announced the trial of Barty Crouch Sr. and read the charge that he had helped his son, Barty Crouch Jr., a Death Eater, escape punishment in Azkaban.

Lilith brought Barty Crouch Sr. to trial and charged him with arranging his wife’s death in place of Barty Crouch Jr. and controlling his rescued son with the Imperius Curse. After Gemma presented evidence and named Winky as a witness, Barty Crouch Sr. lunged forward and was restrained as Winky was brought in to testify under Veritaserum.

• Barty Crouch Sr. collapsed when Gemma revealed that his secret was known, and Leon used magic to place him in the trial chair.
• Lilith read the charges against Barty Crouch Sr., including swapping his wife’s identity with Barty Crouch Jr.’s and using the Imperius Curse on his son.
• Gemma submitted an identity verification report showing that the person who died in Azkaban as Barty Crouch Jr. was Barty Crouch Sr.’s wife.
• Gemma named Winky as a crucial witness, prompting Barty Crouch Sr. to lunge forward before Leon restrained him.
• Lilith authorized Veritaserum for Winky, and Lockhart brought the House-elf into the courtroom.

Lilith used Winky’s testimony to expose how Barty Crouch Sr. had smuggled his son out of Azkaban and hidden him, then secured a unanimous guilty verdict and sentenced Sr. to life in Azkaban. She ordered the Aurors to arrest Barty Crouch Jr., setting up another trial before sunset.

• Lilith questioned Winky under Veritaserum, and Winky revealed that Mrs. Crouch had exchanged places with her son in Azkaban before dying under his identity.
• Winky testified that Barty Crouch Sr. had hidden his recovered son beneath an Invisibility Cloak and forced him to stay hidden with the Imperius Curse.
• Barty Crouch Sr. accused Lilith of betraying their families, but Lilith rejected his appeal and the Wizengamot unanimously upheld the charges.
• Lilith sentenced Barty Crouch Sr. to life in Azkaban, stripped him of his position, and ordered his wand confiscated.
• Lilith instructed Rufus Scrimgeour to arrest Barty Crouch Jr.; Scrimgeour said he would lead the team himself, while Lockhart was ordered to remain behind.

After Barty Crouch Jr. escaped, Lilith used the Ministry’s failure to press for influence but was expelled from Peverell Manor, while Moriarty assessed how he and Lilith could divide control of the Ministry’s departments. In the Arctic, Yakei Go demanded that an Eskimo take him to the Land of the Aurora so he could resurrect his teacher and take revenge on his enemies.

• After the Aurors failed to capture Barty Crouch Jr., Lilith offered Justice League’s help and secured Fudge’s approval for Percy to intern at the Department of International Magical Cooperation.
• Justus Peverell threw Lilith out of Peverell Manor, but privately told her parents to send her to China immediately.
• At a banquet, Lockhart and Leon reported the Ministry events to Moriarty, who considered how his allies and Lilith’s associates could take control of five Ministry departments.
• Moriarty warned Lockhart that the escaped Little Barty was a powerful Death Eater and would strengthen Voldemort’s forces.
• Yakei Go arrived in the Arctic missing an ear and demanded that an Eskimo take him to the Land of the Aurora so he could resurrect his teacher and kill his enemies.

Yakei Go and Eskimo revived Yakei Go’s teacher, Ulick Gamp, by using the Heart of Darkness to awaken him from his black coffin. Ulick Gamp recognized that the Immortality Plan had gone wrong and asked who had left Yakei Go injured.

• Yakei Go convinced Eskimo that reviving his teacher was necessary to stop Moriarty and salvage the Immortality Organization’s plans.
• Eskimo led Yakei Go to a black coffin beneath the Land of the Aurora and melted the ice that concealed it.
• Yakei Go tore out his own heart and placed the Heart of Darkness into the coffin’s heart-shaped indentation.
• The dark magic awakened Ulick Gamp, and Yakei Go and Eskimo greeted him as their teacher and lord.
• Ulick Gamp stepped from the coffin, recognized that the Immortality Plan had gone wrong, and asked who had injured Yakei Go.