Chapter Summaries

Yakei Go reunited with Gamp in the Arctic, where Gamp restored his ear and assigned him, Extis, and the Eskimo new tasks for the Immortality Organization. Gamp then left for England, intending to undermine Moriarty’s alliances and claim his position as the wizard who united the pure-bloods.

• Yakei Go confessed his failures to Gamp, who reassured him, restored his severed ear, and affirmed that he remained the organization’s BOSS.
• Gamp summoned Extis and sent him with Yakei Go to rebuild the Japanese base and develop an undead army and products combining technology and Alchemy.
• The Eskimo revealed his Frost Giant bloodline, and Extis used a whale skeleton to create a new body after Moriarty had destroyed his Enemy of Life.
• Gamp forbade Yakei Go from going to China, approved Extis’s research despite the likely deaths of Japanese people, and sent the Eskimo to deliver a token to an old friend in South America.
• Gamp analyzed Moriarty’s alliances with the pure-bloods, Power Families, and Overseas Families, then vanished to England to attack Moriarty’s support and take his place.

Ulick Gamp returned to England, summoned his loyal families with Black Gryphon crests, and reclaimed control of the Department of Mysteries. He then appeared before Old Peverell, preparing to intervene in the affairs of his former allies’ descendants.

• Ulick Gamp used a hidden teleportation array to reach the ruined Gamp manor and sent dozens of Black Gryphon crests to summon his loyal families.
• Ulick Gamp entered the Department of Mysteries with Matthew and took all the Ministry’s Time-Turners while surveying its rooms.
• Ulick Gamp ordered Matthew to assert the Department of Mysteries’ power and said he would visit the Peverell and Crouch families to protect his former subordinates’ descendants.
• Matthew pledged the Department of Mysteries and the Silencers’ loyalty to Ulick Gamp.
• A Black Gryphon Crest brought Ulick Gamp before Old Peverell, whom he greeted as little Jia.

Ulick Gamp returned and ordered Justus Peverell to help him move against Moriarty Slytherin. Justus began looking for a way to obey without destroying Moriarty, while Gamp went to confront Barty Crouch Sr. in Azkaban.

• Justus Peverell recognized Ulick Gamp and knelt to congratulate him on his resurrection.
• Gamp questioned Justus about the Crouch family and ordered him to have his son settle the matter, but Justus said his son had gone to China with his wife.
• Gamp told Justus that Moriarty Slytherin was eating away at the Ministry of Magic, and Justus agreed to act against him.
• Gamp asked about the book he had written, then left to visit Barty Crouch Sr. in Azkaban.
• Justus wrote letters urging the Power Families to abandon Moriarty, but stopped and searched for a way to leave him room to survive.
• Gamp used the Black Gryphon Crest to enter Azkaban, found Barty Crouch Sr.'s cell, and looked down at him through the bars.

Gamp revived his old political network by revealing that the Crouch family descended from the Peverells and gathering several pure-blood families to oppose Moriarty Slytherin. He left the Greengrass estate after learning that Moriarty had already secured the support of numerous families, while an unexpected white-haired visitor appeared at the door.

• Gamp confronted Barty Crouch Sr. in prison, revealed that Caspar Crouch had also been Caspar Peverell, and persuaded Barty to rejoin his command.
• Barty Crouch Sr. asked Gamp to save Little Barty, but Gamp refused and told him to study his family's inherited book.
• Gamp retrieved the book and several Black Gryphon Crests, then met the Greengrass family head, who pledged his family's loyalty and said six other families would help commercially encircle Moriarty Slytherin.
• The Parkinson, Slughorn, Shafiq, Ollivander, Diggory, and Dale family heads pledged themselves to Gamp at the Greengrass estate.
• Gamp learned from Amos Diggory that the Flint, Selwyn, Minchum, Peverell, Blench, Malfoy, Longbottom, and Black families had sided with Moriarty.
• As Gamp approached Amos, a white-haired head suddenly appeared at the door.

Gamp recognized Astoria Greengrass’s deadly family curse and claimed a Greek wizard might save her, while he rallied pure-blood families to begin a commercial siege against Moriarty. Unaware of the plot, Moriarty indulged in life at Slytherin Castle until Lilith urgently arrived during a storm.

• Gamp told the Greengrass family head that Astoria could be saved by a Greek wizard, then ordered the pure-blood heads to prepare a secret commercial siege against Moriarty.
• A Black Gryphon Crest Gamp had given to Little Red shattered, and Ollivander’s account of the Weasleys led Gamp to conclude that the family’s red dragon heritage had been erased from history.
• The pure-blood families began their commercial attack on Moriarty, while Astoria questioned her father about it and wrote a letter of her own.
• Moriarty remained unaware of the plans and spent his time with women at Slytherin Castle, while house-elf Luke urged him to continue expanding the family.
• During a violent storm, Lilith anxiously knocked on the gates of Slytherin Castle.

Lilith visited Moriarty before dawn with a book revealing the Ministry of Magic’s hidden network of influential families. Moriarty concluded that Ulick Gamp belonged to the Immortality Organization and recognized the danger posed by Gamp’s surviving allies, while three mysterious names concerned him most.

• Moriarty welcomed Lilith to Slytherin Castle, and she warned him that the Ministry of Magic was more powerful and mysterious than they had realized.
• Lilith explained that Gamp’s original circle of interests had split into the Power Families and pure-blood families, and Moriarty inferred that her family was being pushed to choose a side.
• Lilith told Moriarty that the Peverell family’s descendants included the Gaunts, Potters, and Crouches, and that she had been expelled from home after moving against the Crouch family.
• Moriarty reasoned that Gamp could still be active through the Immortality Organization, since its members could return from death.
• Lilith showed Moriarty a book listing Gamp’s allies, including families that held influential Ministry posts and monopolized industries such as wandmaking.
• Moriarty realized that many of Gamp’s former allies had joined him, but worried about the names Little Red, Tom Pig, and Lanche.

Moriarty and Lilith decided to pursue Voldemort in Egypt after Tom reported that Ron and Barty Crouch Jr. had left for the country. Tom joined them after Moriarty tempted him with the promise of Voldemort’s Soul Fragment, and Luke prepared their Thestral transport.

• Moriarty warned Lilith not to investigate Gamp rashly because Gamp might have eyes everywhere.
• Narcissa brought Moriarty a coat, and Lilith teased them about their relationship before Moriarty and Lilith noticed Tom overhead.
• Tom told Moriarty and Lilith that Ron had left for Egypt with Barty Crouch Jr. while Voldemort sought a way to lift the curse.
• Lilith eagerly chose to go to Egypt, while Tom initially planned to go to Japan until Moriarty mentioned the Soul Fragment inside Ron.
• Tom pleaded to join Moriarty and Lilith, endured their jokes about arranging a partner for him, and followed them after Luke reported that the Thestrals were ready.

Moriarty and Lilith pursued Ron and Barty Crouch Jr. toward Egypt while Gamp dismissed their journey and declared that he had the advantage. The chapter ended with Barty urging Voldemort to turn the flying car around and fight them.

• Umbridge told Fudge that Moriarty had crossed the English Channel, and Fudge accepted the Power Families’ support while congratulating himself on remaining Minister.
• At the Peverell estate, Gamp dismissed Moriarty’s trip to Africa, declared the Power Families and Pure-blood families loyal to him, and claimed the advantage was his.
• Old Peverell reflected on Gamp’s history with the Ministry of Magic and considered Lilith’s belief that wizards were supreme.
• Moriarty and Lilith caught up with Ron and Barty Crouch Jr. in Arthur Weasley’s flying car while pursuing Voldemort’s Soul Fragment.
• Barty urged Voldemort to turn around and attack Moriarty and Lilith, insisting that they had the advantage.

Moriarty and Lilith captured Little Barty in Cairo and carried him to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where Tom was fighting Voldemort. Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre powered by Ron’s soul and sent it crashing into the pyramid.

• Voldemort ordered Little Barty to wait at the Great Pyramid of Giza while Tom followed him, and Moriarty and Lilith pursued Little Barty.
• Little Barty Apparated into Cairo and hid in a Muggle’s apartment, but Moriarty’s Ghost Snakes found and bound him.
• Moriarty transformed Little Barty into a white ferret, and he and Lilith left Cairo for the Great Pyramid of Giza.
• Moriarty and Lilith arrived as Tom fought Voldemort, whose efforts to resist the Egyptian Princess’s curse grew harder as Ron neared the pyramid.
• Voldemort burned Ron’s soul to empower the Fiendfyre Curse and sent the blue-violet flames crashing into the pyramid.

Moriarty and Lilith discovered that the Egyptian Princess and her divinely empowered mummies had captured Voldemort through Ron and were attacking his soul. As the Princess dissolved Voldemort’s Dark Mark and cut off his access to Ron’s strength and magic, Voldemort offered his soul to Tom.

• Voldemort fled north after destroying the Great Pyramid, and the Egyptian Princess’s mummies pursued him while Moriarty and Lilith uncovered a swarm of Scarab Beetles in the tomb.
• Moriarty recognized the mummy wearing a gemstone necklace and earring as the Egyptian Princess, and Tom realized she had detected his connection to Voldemort.
• The mummies returned with Ron, and the Princess used Anubis’s power to awaken him and draw Voldemort out.
• Voldemort summoned the Death Eaters with the Dark Mark, but the Egyptian Princess began dissolving it with divine power.
• Voldemort attacked the mummies, but the Princess cut him off from Ron’s strength and magic, leaving him panicked and offering his soul to Tom.

Moriarty negotiated with the Egyptian Princess for Voldemort’s soul fragment and learned that Ron’s family might have a hidden, powerful bloodline. After the princess lifted Ron’s curse and surrendered the fragment, Moriarty arranged for Lockhart and the Anti-Dark Forces Taskforce to head to Cairo as Death Eaters approached.

• Moriarty stopped Tom from taking Voldemort’s soul fragment until they confirmed it was safe, and the Egyptian Princess offered a deal in exchange for Ron’s care.
• The Egyptian Princess explained that she had cursed Ron so he would wait for her reincarnation, then revealed that his bloodline held deeply concealed, immense vitality.
• Moriarty persuaded the princess to lift Ron’s curse, and she extracted Voldemort’s soul fragment into a black gemstone and gave it to him.
• Moriarty warned that Death Eaters would soon reach Egypt and might attack its people, so the princess agreed to cooperate.
• Lockhart assembled twenty Anti-Dark Forces Taskforce members and prepared to travel to Cairo, declaring that it was his time to perform.

Lockhart met with the Egyptian Aurors in Cairo to plan for a confrontation with Voldemort’s Death Eaters. After Tonks demonstrated their opponents’ strength, Lockhart reassured the Egyptians that he would protect them, while pursuing Moriarty’s goal of gaining African wizarding support.

• Lockhart and the Anti-Dark Forces Taskforce arrived at the Egyptian Ministry of Magic, where Hassan Mustafa welcomed them and introduced them to Auror director Dier Renebotan.
• Lockhart listed the nine Death Eaters expected to appear and warned that they were elite fighters, despite the Aurors’ numerical advantage.
• Tonks defeated several Egyptian Aurors in duels and said they could not defeat the Death Eaters, except possibly Lucius Malfoy.
• Lockhart encouraged the anxious Aurors by promising to step in if any Death Eater threatened their lives.
• Lockhart considered Moriarty’s task of winning African wizards’ support for the struggle against Gamp.

Bill Weasley joined the English and Egyptian Aurors in Cairo, and Moriarty prepared an ambush at the pyramids for the Death Eaters drawn there by Voldemort’s Dark Mark. The battle began with Tonks swiftly defeating several Death Eaters and ordering young Travers captured alive.

• Bill told Lockhart, Tonks, and Leon that he had come to Egypt as a Gringotts Curse-Breaker to help his family break the curse.
• Lockhart welcomed Bill into the Auror team, which numbered forty-one, and then led the group to Moriarty’s inn.
• Moriarty asked Soldaya if he was ready to settle things with his father, then told Lockhart to bring the Aurors to the pyramids.
• Bellatrix gathered the remaining Death Eaters and used money from Mrs. Zabini to buy Portkeys to Cairo.
• More than twenty Death Eaters arrived at the pyramids, and Lockhart ordered the Aurors to attack.
• Tonks unleashed a series of spells, defeated Dolohov, Rosier, and young Travers, and ordered the Aurors to capture Travers alive.

Gilderoy Lockhart’s forces and the Egyptian Aurors fought Bellatrix and the Death Eaters as Fenrir Greyback revealed his Werewolf Legion. Tonks defeated Bellatrix, while Soldaya disarmed and captured his father before joining the fight against the werewolves.

• Bellatrix recognized Lockhart’s trap, refused to leave, and attacked as the Anti-Black Team and Egyptian Aurors joined the battle.
• Fenrir Greyback revealed that his followers could transform into towering werewolves and led them into the fight.
• Tonks fought Bellatrix, countered her Killing Curse with Michelle’s Patronus, trapped her in a swamp, and stunned her.
• Soldaya refused to use Dark Magic against his father, used Transfiguration to create an opening, and disarmed and bound the elder Selwyn.
• Soldaya charged toward the Werewolf Legion.

Lockhart’s team defeated Fenrir Greyback’s Werewolf Legion, and the Egyptian Princess examined Fenrir’s memories. Moriarty discovered that a mysterious Gray Wizard had supplied Fenrir with a black heart containing Dark Elemental Magic, prompting him to investigate the Immortality Organization’s return.

• Fenrir attacked Bill, but Leon restrained him briefly with a conjured python before Fenrir broke free.
• Lockhart froze the Werewolf Legion across the battlefield, while Tonks pursued the remaining Death Eaters.
• Moriarty ordered Soldaya to bring the frozen Fenrir to him, and the Egyptian Princess used her eyes to inspect Fenrir’s memories.
• The Egyptian Princess showed Moriarty a memory of Fenrir trading flesh and blood with a Gray Wizard for a black heart.
• Moriarty recognized Dark Elemental Magic in the heart and concluded that the Immortality Organization had returned.

Moriarty explained how intermediaries between Dark and White Wizards became known as Gray Wizards, then received a Black Gryphon Crest from the Egyptian Princess. He used her Time Eye to examine the Fire Element Artifact, which showed her a burning tree filled with birds, and left Egypt with Lilith as dusk fell over the captured Death Eaters.

• Moriarty explained that Gray Wizards acted as intermediaries who protected and conducted transactions between Dark and White Wizards, and Lilith recognized Mundungus Fletcher as one.
• Moriarty told Lockhart to say goodbye to the Egyptians and prepare to return home, while Soldaya took Fenrir with him.
• The Egyptian Princess gave Moriarty a Black Gryphon Crest that she had seen a Gray Wizard carrying and said it possessed powerful Magic Power.
• Moriarty asked the Egyptian Princess to use her Time Eye to examine the Fire Element Artifact, and she saw a large tree burning with many birds in it.
• Moriarty and Lilith left the pyramid as the sun set, and Lilith reflected that Voldemort would have no followers left among the captured Death Eaters.

Moriarty took Lilith on a disguised nighttime outing from Oxford Street to Knockturn Alley, where Old Borgin gave him a Portkey to a Gray Wizard gathering in Dorset. They arrived at a grand villa guarded by powerful Goblins and disguised themselves before entering.

• Moriarty changed into fashionable Muggle clothes, gave Lilith a matching mask, and took her shopping on Oxford Street.
• Moriarty led Lilith to Knockturn Alley and asked Old Borgin where the Gray Wizards gathered.
• Old Borgin gave Moriarty a Portkey to a villa in Dorset, and Moriarty told him to travel and see the world.
• Moriarty and Lilith arrived at the villa, sensed powerful Goblins inside, and changed their appearances to disguise themselves.

Moriarty and Lilith visited a gathering of England’s Gray Wizards to ask about living Griffins, and Moriarty tricked their Goblin leader, Mitachi, into revealing that a Black Gryphon had last been seen in Brazil. When Mitachi questioned Moriarty’s identity, Moriarty attacked him and escaped with Lilith by Apparition.

• Moriarty and Lilith entered a masked gathering and asked to meet whoever was in charge.
• A prominent-nosed wizard led them to Mitachi, the Goblin leader of England’s Gray Wizards.
• Moriarty asked Mitachi about living Griffins and showed him the Black Gryphon Crest to persuade him to share what he knew.
• Mitachi said Golden Gryphons were extinct and that Goblin records placed the last Black Gryphon in Brazil.
• Mitachi grew suspicious of Moriarty’s Gamp identity, so Moriarty declared himself Ulick Gamp’s ancestor and punched Mitachi.
• Moriarty and Lilith fought their way out and escaped by Apparition.

Moriarty and Lilith impersonated a Gamp ancestor to enter the Gamp family vault at Gringotts and take its gold. They left with twenty enchanted trunks full of treasure, while the Goblins were left stunned.

• Moriarty and Lilith decided to use the Black Gryphon Crest to pose as members of the Gamp family and rob their Gringotts vault.
• Moriarty and Lilith disguised themselves in ancient wizard robes and convinced the Goblins to lead them to the vault.
• Moriarty claimed to be Ulick Gamp’s second granduncle, and the old Goblin accepted the Black Gryphon Crest as the vault key.
• Moriarty opened the vault, whose golden light blinded the old Goblin, and he and Lilith found a vast sea of gold inside.
• Moriarty filled twenty enchanted trunks with gold, then left Gringotts with Lilith as the Goblins watched.

After Moriarty exposed the Gamp family by stealing gold from its Gringotts vault, Gamp gathered wizarding family heads at Gamp Manor and outlined plans to control the press and distribute wands. The chapter ended when a messenger delivered news that enraged Gamp.

• More than thirty wizarding family heads arrived at Gamp Manor after The Daily Prophet revealed Moriarty had impersonated the Gamp family and taken its gold.
• Old Peverell recognized Lilith as the woman who had helped Moriarty at Gringotts and considered the conflict between Moriarty and Gamp a struggle between generations.
• Gamp welcomed the assembled families and asked Old Peverell to silence or take control of The Daily Prophet.
• Gamp asked Ollivander to make wands bearing the Black Gryphon Crest, but Ollivander warned that giving them to first-years could cause magical riots.
• Gamp abandoned the crest plan and offered to pay for new students' wands, displaying a hall full of gold and mocking Moriarty.
• A gray-robed wizard whispered news to Gamp, who sprang up and smashed a jade teacup in fury.