Chapter Summaries

Moriarty and Larpo arrived at Hogwarts as rivals, while Moriarty vowed to defeat Larpo for the Triwizard Champion’s place. At the Sorting ceremony, Larpo openly challenged Moriarty by claiming a seat opposite him, and the new students gathered as Professor McGonagall brought out the Sorting Hat.

• Moriarty told Lilith, Jericho, and the others that Herpo had taken over Larpo and possessed humanity’s knowledge and power.
• Lilith warned that Gamp was backing Larpo and that the renewed Triwizard Tournament could make him Hogwarts’s Champion, so Moriarty declared he would defeat him.
• The Hogwarts Express arrived, and Moriarty’s group entered the Great Hall, where students whispered about him and Larpo.
• Larpo sat at the opposite end of the Slytherin table, creating a rival seat to Moriarty’s and drawing the anger of the Little Snakes.
• Larpo noticed signs of Elemental Magic in Dumbledore as they exchanged looks across the Great Hall.
• Professor McGonagall led the new students into the hall, where Moriarty spotted Lovegood and Astoria before she presented the Sorting Hat.

The Sorting Hat warned that Hogwarts faced danger from division as Gamp’s allies gathered at the school, including Lionheart Pendragon, who joined Gryffindor and claimed its chief’s seat. Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament and Umbridge’s appointment, while Umbridge introduced Lamdi Lestrange as the wizard who would unveil the Goblet of Fire.

• The Sorting Hat sang that Hogwarts must stand united against dangers within and beyond its walls.
• Luna Lovegood was sorted into Ravenclaw, and Astoria Greengrass chose Slytherin despite the Hat’s advice.
• Lionheart Pendragon was sorted into Gryffindor, conjured a golden chair, and sat in the Gryffindor chief’s seat; Moriarty suspected Gamp had sent him to divide the school.
• Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament, confirmed that Quidditch would continue, and introduced Dolores Umbridge as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor.
• Moriarty and his friends recognized Umbridge’s companions as Lamdi Lestrange and Bathilda Bagshot, while Dumbledore reacted with astonishment to Bathilda’s arrival.
• Umbridge introduced Lamdi Lestrange as a pure-blood wizard from France who would unveil the Goblet of Fire.

At the Hogwarts opening feast, Umbridge introduced a modified Goblet of Fire and dark-fire House symbols, which Polly cleansed with God's Sigils. In the Slytherin dungeon, Larpo claimed the Basilisk had returned to attack students of impure blood, then challenged Moriarty before leaving.

• Ramdi presented the modified Goblet of Fire, and Umbridge revealed four black-fire animals as Hogwarts Patronuses.
• Polly exposed the animals' dark magic and purified them with God's Sigils, turning them into glowing forms of the Four Founders.
• Dumbledore welcomed Bathilda Bagshot as the new History of Magic professor, and McGonagall sent the first-years to their common rooms.
• Lilith introduced Slytherin House to the new students, but Larpo claimed the Basilisk had returned to devour little wizards of impure blood.
• Larpo magically took Lilith's Wand, but Moriarty disarmed him and returned it to Lilith.
• Larpo told Moriarty to save the students and Slytherin's reputation, then left for the dormitories.

Moriarty prepared Hogwarts to defend against Larpo’s coming Basilisk army, while Lionheart Pendragon launched the Sword Society and quickly won over students with his treasures and dueling skill. By dinner, Lionheart had established himself as Gryffindor’s leader, and Moriarty asked Jericho what he thought of him.

• Moriarty realized Larpo’s Basilisks might be heading for Hogwarts and organized defenses with Shiva, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Marcus, and the magical creatures of the Forbidden Forest.
• Lionheart asked Dumbledore for the Sword of Gryffindor, then founded the Sword Society after his request was denied.
• Lionheart offered Arthur’s Treasures to students who challenged him, and he defeated George and Fred Weasley with his sword and spells.
• Lionheart defeated 106 students, earned the admiration of Gryffindor, and gave treasures to the three students who won his acknowledgment.
• Wood told Draco that Lionheart inspired followers while Moriarty attracted people with rewards, and Moriarty asked Jericho for his opinion of Lionheart.

Larpo challenged Moriarty in a week of classroom contests, matching him in most subjects but losing to him in Alchemy. As Larpo considered resorting to dirty tactics, Dumbledore announced the arrival of Durmstrang, led by its new headmaster, Gellert Grindelwald.

• Jericho, Moriarty, and the others discussed Lionheart's ambitions and the students, including the Weasley twins, who were joining his Sword Society events.
• Larpo began displaying his magical skill in class, brewing an Invigoration Draught and summoning a Nuclear Bomb, which Moriarty vanished with a Vanishing Charm.
• Larpo and Moriarty competed across their classes, demonstrating expertise in subjects including Runes, Herbology, Charms, and Care of Magical Creatures.
• Moriarty defeated Larpo in Alchemy, leaving Larpo frustrated and determined to use dirty tactics against him.
• Dumbledore summoned Hogwarts to the Great Hall and announced that Durmstrang had arrived under its new headmaster, Gellert Grindelwald.

At Hogwarts’ opening feast, tensions over the Triwizard Tournament and the Ministry’s authority erupted when Grindelwald attacked Ramdi and clashed with Larpo. The fight sparked a confrontation among the students, leaving the Great Hall on the verge of a riot.

• Dumbledore welcomed Grindelwald and the Durmstrang students, while Krum told Moriarty that Hadis Mont had rallied students against Grindelwald and Moriarty.
• Moriarty suspected the Mont family’s opposition was part of a wider effort targeting him and planned to warn Pheobe about the growing danger.
• Dumbledore announced that Beauxbatons would arrive in two days and that the Goblet of Fire would select Champions, after which Umbridge revealed that Ramdi could assess students and professors under an Education Decree.
• Grindelwald challenged Ramdi’s authority and cast the Killing Curse at him, but Larpo saved Ramdi with Dream Castle.
• Grindelwald and Larpo fought with fire and spells as Moriarty protected the Great Hall from their magic.
• Hadis accused Grindelwald of attacking students, Krum defended him, and Lionheart, Jericho, and other students joined the argument until the Great Hall descended into chaos.

Moriarty and Dumbledore challenged the Ministry’s control over the Triwizard Tournament after Grindelwald’s fight with Larpo disrupted the banquet. The students left for their dormitories after Dumbledore postponed the decision over who would select the Champions, while Larpo warned Moriarty to wait.

• Moriarty summoned the animal banners of all four Houses to threaten Larpo and remind him that Hogwarts was not a place for attacks, and Larpo returned to his seat.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald questioned whether Ramdi was qualified to select the Champions, and the students jeered at Umbridge’s defense of him.
• Moriarty proposed Diana and Dumbledore proposed Quirinus Quirrell as candidates to select the Champions, while Larpo threatened anyone who challenged his authority.
• Moriarty invoked Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four to suggest expelling Larpo, and Umbridge asked to postpone the decision.
• Dumbledore dismissed the students and called the professors to discuss the matter, and Larpo threatened Moriarty as he left the banquet.
• Moriarty told his friends that they had cut off one of the Ministry’s channels into Hogwarts, then went to his dormitory, where his little tagalong was waiting.

Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Moriarty investigated why Beauxbatons had failed to arrive and discovered Madame Maxime unconscious in Hagrid’s Hut. As Moriarty identified her condition as an unknown Sleeping Beauty spell, a Beauxbatons carriage landed at Gamp Manor under the command of Headmaster Lancelot.

• Dumbledore told Moriarty that his letters to Madame Maxime had gone unanswered and that Beauxbatons had not arrived, prompting concern about a crisis at the school.
• Grindelwald offered to visit France, but Moriarty and Dumbledore reasoned that Beauxbatons was likely facing an internal crisis rather than an attack on its delegation.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Dumbledore to Hagrid’s Hut, where Hagrid explained that Unicorns had led him to the unconscious Madame Maxime in the Forbidden Forest.
• Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald found that Madame Maxime had not been attacked but was trapped in an unknown Sleeping Beauty state that Potion could not reverse.
• A Beauxbatons carriage arrived at Gamp Manor, where Headmaster Lancelot ordered the female students to disembark.

At Gamp Manor, Ulick Gamp tried to win the Beauxbatons girls over to his ideas, but Pheobe Delacour defied him and affirmed that she wanted an ordinary life with the people she loved. After Gamp dismissed the delegation for the night, Moriarty woke with a sense that something had happened and went outside for fresh air.

• Gamp welcomed the Beauxbatons delegation and explained that he wanted to influence the girls rather than control their school.
• Amos Diggory urged Gamp to capture Pheobe because she was Moriarty’s girlfriend, but Gamp ignored him.
• As several students began to accept Gamp’s appeal, Pheobe stopped them and rejected following a man whose hopes rested on a prophecy granting immortality.
• Gamp praised Pheobe’s conviction, called her a future excellent mother, and sent the students to rest before they traveled to Hogwarts.
• Moriarty abruptly woke beside Violet, then got up to walk outside and reflected that he had only two years left at Hogwarts.

Moriarty found Lilith studying forbidden books in the Restricted Section and learned that she planned to perfect Human Transfiguration to gain strength. He offered to introduce her to Salazar Slytherin’s soul for help, leaving Lilith flustered and worried about meeting Moriarty’s ancestor after pulling the Sword of Gryffindor.

• Moriarty encountered Lilith in the Restricted Section, where she explained her exhausting efforts to study Human Transfiguration and her plans to visit other magic schools.
• Moriarty and Lilith discussed the threats gathering around the school and the coming arrival of Beauxbatons.
• Lilith told Moriarty that Larpo had offered to help her become stronger, and Moriarty agreed that Larpo understood snakes better than anyone alive.
• Moriarty clarified that Salazar Slytherin might know more than Larpo and offered to take Lilith to meet Salazar’s soul.
• Lilith blushed at the thought of meeting Salazar and worried that he would reject her because she had pulled the Sword of Gryffindor.

Gamp arrived at Hogwarts as Beauxbatons’ new headmaster and largest sponsor, while the French and English Ministers backed a decree giving Umbridge authority over students and classes at all three schools. With the schools divided and Gamp claiming the role of tournament evaluator, Lancelot challenged Moriarty’s choice of Professor Diana.

• Marcus told Moriarty that Beauxbatons had a new headmaster, the Gamp family had become its largest sponsor, and Gamp had come to Hogwarts with the French and English Ministers.
• Lilith told Moriarty that Fudge and Vonweikapei’s Education Decree had been accepted by most Hogwarts Governors, Hades’s faction at Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons under Lancelot, leaving Dumbledore and Grindelwald outnumbered.
• Cedric and several other students supported the decree, while Jericho, Soldaya, and Moriarty’s allies stood with Moriarty; Larpo watched the divisions and exchanged a satisfied glance with Gamp.
• Gamp announced that Lancelot had invited him to evaluate the tournament participants, and students from Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Slytherin applauded him.
• Lancelot asked Dumbledore and Grindelwald to name their evaluator candidates, then confronted Moriarty about recommending Professor Diana.

Moriarty accepted Lancelot’s challenge to a knightly duel after criticizing his appointment and learning that Michela Cappe and Winnie Bertie had disappeared. Gamp turned the duel into an assessment for the three schools, and Lionheart unexpectedly claimed the first place to face Lancelot in the name of the Pendragon Family.

• Lancelot challenged Moriarty to a duel after Moriarty called him an idiot and criticized the school’s leadership.
• Moriarty noticed Michela Cappe and Winnie Bertie were missing, and Pheobe confirmed their disappearance.
• Moriarty accepted Lancelot’s duel for eight that night in the Hogwarts Great Hall.
• Gamp made Lancelot’s duel an assessment open to students from all three schools, with the headmasters overseeing it.
• Lionheart drew the Lake Sword and insisted that a Pendragon must face Lancelot first to avenge his ancestor.

At Umbridge’s first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, she tried to impose Ministry rules and disparage Hogwarts’ previous teaching, while Moriarty’s group openly resisted her. The chapter ended with Larpo criticizing Jericho, who flew into a rage.

• Lilith explained the feud between Lancelot’s family and King Arthur’s family, and Moriarty backed Lionheart as the first challenger in a knightly duel.
• Moriarty, Lilith, and their friends arrived at Umbridge’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class, where Jericho nearly vomited upon seeing her and mocked her as a pink toad.
• Umbridge threatened legal action against Lupin, but Percy defended him and praised Hogwarts’ previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.
• Umbridge ordered students to put away their Wands and follow her rules for speaking, then announced a return to basics because she claimed they were behind the Ministry’s standards.
• Jericho challenged Umbridge’s judgment of the students, and Larpo rebuked him for lacking Slytherin qualities, making Jericho furious.

Jericho derailed Umbridge’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, and students across Hogwarts began avoiding her classes. Hermione and Hannah asked Moriarty to teach them defense against Dark Magic, matching a plan he had already discussed with Lilith and Pheobe.

• Jericho rallied the Slytherin and Gryffindor students against Umbridge, and they turned her lesson into a noisy discussion while he and Moriarty left for the Room of Requirement with Lilith, Pheobe, and Krum.
• Larpo left to question Gamp about the Ministry’s choice of Umbridge, while news of her failed classes spread through Hogwarts and upper-year students decided to stop attending.
• The Weasley twins sold Skiving Snackboxes to younger students, who used them to escape Umbridge’s lessons and repeatedly returned from Madam Pomfrey in good health.
• Hermione and Hannah approached Moriarty and asked him to teach defense against Dark Magic, revealing that the students considered him the only qualified choice.

Moriarty outlined a secret Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching organization and investigated the ancient feud between the Arthur and Lancelot families. He arrived at Lancelot’s trial on the Quidditch Pitch as she and Lionheart prepared to duel.

• Moriarty told Lilith, Pheobe, Jericho, and Krum that he planned to teach younger students Defense Against the Dark Arts in secret and wanted Gamp to discover the organization.
• Hermione and Hannah asked to learn from Moriarty, who agreed to meet with them on Saturday; Jericho considered which part of the plan to undertake.
• Professor Binns told Moriarty and Lilith that the history of the Arthur-Lancelot feud had been abridged and could take years to reconstruct, unless they had a Time-Turner.
• Moriarty and Lilith went to the Quidditch Pitch, where Wood led the Gryffindor team out and students gathered for Lancelot’s trial.
• The Weasley twins announced Lionheart Pendragon and Lancelot’s physical statistics as the duelists took their places; Lionheart wielded his Lake Sword while Lancelot carried both a sword and a Wand.

Lionheart and Lancelot ended their duel after Gamp judged Lionheart’s strength and Lancelot accepted that he had passed her test. As Moriarty prepared for the next match, Astoria decided to investigate the feud between their families and seek Moriarty’s help to break the Greengrass family’s curse.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald arrived to witness Lionheart and Lancelot’s duel, while Gamp said he was there to score the Little Wizards.
• Lionheart attacked Lancelot with the Lake Sword, and she defended herself with her Round Table Guardian and a powerful Light Beam.
• Gamp stopped the duel, scored Lionheart, and heard Lancelot declare that he had passed her test.
• Moriarty prepared to face Lancelot after she requested ten minutes to rest.
• Astoria decided the feud’s hidden truth might reveal important intelligence about Gamp’s faction, and she resolved to uncover it for Moriarty.
• Astoria planned to save her family by taking an indirect route and breaking the Greengrass family’s curse.

Moriarty defeated Lancelot’s powerful knightly attack in their duel, and Gamp ended the match before Lancelot collapsed. Afterward, Moriarty noticed a strange glance from Lancelot’s ancestor toward Lionheart, then realized Lilith had disappeared.

• Pheobe tossed Moriarty her rapier, and Moriarty formally challenged Lancelot in Slytherin’s name.
• Lancelot opened with triple-cast spells, then concealed himself and unleashed a charge powered by the twelve Knights of the Round Table.
• Moriarty froze Lancelot with an ice sword, blocked the knights’ assault with a glacial river, and noticed Lancelot’s ancestor watching him strangely.
• Gamp stopped the duel as Lancelot neared collapse, and he praised Moriarty’s performance in the trial.
• Jericho announced plans for a new kind of knightly duel, then Gamp left while Jericho and Moriarty shared a conspiratorial laugh.
• Moriarty returned to the crowd, noticed Lilith was missing, and pulled Pheobe into his arms.

Jericho challenged Lancelot to a duel on his new Flying Broomstick, using aerial tricks and guerrilla tactics until Gamp ended the match. As the crowd watched, Lilith arrived and drew Gryffindor’s sword from the Sorting Hat.

• Jericho entered the dueling ground, borrowed a Beauxbatons girl's knight's sword, and summoned his MS-series Flying Broomstick.
• Jericho dueled Lancelot from the air, mixing sword strikes and spells with evasive flights while Lancelot defended herself with Sword Qi.
• Gamp stopped the duel and said he had scored Jericho, while Lancelot condemned his tactics as a stain on knightly spirit.
• Wood and the other students celebrated, and Snape watched Jericho from an unnoticed tower, remembering Jericho's promise to take him flying.
• Lilith approached the dueling ground, drew a sword from the Sorting Hat, and the crowd recognized it as Gryffindor's sword.

Lilith Peverell fought Lancelot with the Sword of Gryffindor, but Larpo soon defeated Lancelot in a brutal display of power. That evening, students complained about Umbridge’s lessons, while Neville wondered where Hermione had gone.

• Lilith Peverell drew the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and challenged Lancelot, then transformed a white snake into armor and fought her with the sword.
• Gamp halted Lilith and Lancelot’s duel and sent Larpo to face Lancelot instead.
• Larpo transformed his arms into a longsword and a giant python, shattered Lancelot’s armor, crushed the Knights of the Round Table, and knocked Lancelot down.
• Larpo left the field after challenging Dumbledore and Grindelwald to make their trials more serious, and Lancelot’s trial continued until dusk.
• At dinner, Draco and Harry complained that Umbridge’s lessons were preventing students from learning stronger magic, while Neville searched for Hermione and Hannah.

Moriarty told the Sorting Hat he might leave Hogwarts and asked it to prepare the castle’s portraits, statues, armor, and ghosts for his return. Hermione gathered students for Moriarty’s magic lessons, and the Weasley twins led them through a secret passage to Hogsmeade, where Harry wondered if he could pass the headmasters’ trials.

• Hermione asked to study Moriarty’s magic, and Moriarty told her to bring interested classmates to the Magical Miracle Item Shop on Saturday.
• After Hermione left, Lilith gave Moriarty the Sorting Hat, and he told it he might leave Hogwarts for a while.
• Moriarty asked the Sorting Hat to tell Hogwarts’s residents and magical inhabitants to await his return.
• Hermione gathered Little Wizards for the meeting, then realized many of them lacked permission to visit Hogsmeade.
• George and Fred revealed their disguises and said Moriarty had arranged for them to guide the students through a secret passage to Hogsmeade.
• Neville said he wanted to learn from his teacher and pass the headmasters’ trials, while Harry silently admitted he wanted the same.