Chapter Summaries

After discovering that an unseen wizard had fled from the bridge, Luan received Dumbledore’s invitation to Professor Snape’s award banquet and agreed to attend. He settled into a room at The Leaky Cauldron, planning to sell Potion Ingredients to cover the rest of his stay.

• Luan and Bouncing found footprints by the bridge, including one that ended abruptly, suggesting a wizard had Apparated away.
• Fawkes arrived with Dumbledore’s letter and an invitation to the Ministry’s celebration of Snape’s improved Wolfsbane Potion and Merlin Third Class award.
• Luan accepted the invitation and thanked Fawkes, suspecting the nearby wizard had left when the phoenix arrived.
• Luan traveled to The Leaky Cauldron and paid Tom thirty-five Galleons for ten days at a discounted rate.
• Tom showed Luan to a room upstairs, where Luan began looking through his professors’ Christmas gifts.

Luan examined the Christmas gifts that could help him defend himself and studied a Defense Against the Dark Arts handbook he suspected came from Snape. He then returned to Diagon Alley and visited Slug & Jiggers Apothecary, where John Slag introduced him to the shop’s customers as the young wizard who had defeated a Troll.

• Luan tested gifts from Flitwick, McGonagall, and Sprout, and wondered whether the professors expected him to gain combat experience.
• Luan suspected that the Practical Handbook of Defense Against the Dark Arts was Snape’s gift and carefully studied its guidance on countering Dark Magic.
• Luan packed his belongings and pets and returned to Diagon Alley before heading to Slug & Jiggers Apothecary with Snape’s letter of introduction.
• Luan explored the crowded apothecary and saw its unusual potion ingredients, including Dragon Blood priced at 2,500 Galleons per ounce.
• John Slag recognized Luan, introduced him to his father as the young wizard who had defeated a Troll, and drew the attention of everyone in the shop.

Luan visited Slug & Jiggers Apothecary to sell potion ingredients, including the new materials used in Snape's improved Wolfsbane Potion. After agreeing on prices, he revealed a Unicorn Horn, which astonished shopkeeper Slug.

• Slug recognized Luan as the young wizard who had defeated a Troll and warmly praised him.
• Luan showed Slug Snape's letter of introduction and explained that he had come to sell materials.
• Slug bought Luan's Troll toenails for twenty Galleons and his Moonstone powder for three hundred and thirty Galleons.
• Luan sold two jars of new potion ingredients to Slug for four hundred Galleons each.
• Luan revealed a Unicorn Horn, and Slug exclaimed that he had not received one in over ten years.

Luan sold a naturally deceased Unicorn's Horn and a rare Snowberry to the Slug shopkeeper, earning enough to buy a Nimbus 2000. As he left the broom shop, someone ambushed him with a spell.

• Luan reassured the Slug shopkeeper that the Unicorn had died naturally, and the shopkeeper offered him 900 Galleons for its horn.
• Luan showed the shopkeeper a Snowberry, which the shopkeeper recognized and carefully preserved in a freezing charm.
• The Slug shopkeeper offered Luan 3,000 Galleons for the Snowberry and gave him a gold discount card for future sales.
• Luan and the Slug shopkeeper went to Gringotts to open a private account, bringing Luan's wealth to 5,000 Galleons.
• Luan bought a Nimbus 2000 for 150 Galleons, but a spell shot at him as he left the shop.

Luan escaped a Dark Wizard's ambush in Diagon Alley and landed beside Snape, who prevented the Aurors from immediately arresting him. After hearing Luan's account, William let him go and ordered increased patrols to catch the attacker.

• Luan's defensive badge cracked and a Sleeping Spell struck him as he left the broomstick shop, but he used Flitwick's Screaming Yo-yo to distract the Black Robe Wizard and fled on his broomstick.
• Aurors confronted Luan for flying over Diagon Alley and using magic outside school, but Snape intervened and refused to let them take him away without investigating.
• William learned that Luan Scarlett had been attacked, inspected McGonagall's cracked badge, and heard Luan describe the Black Robe Wizard.
• An Auror recovered the Screaming Yo-yo, and Snape silenced it with a spell after William failed to stop its shriek.
• William had Luan sign a Ministry form, told him to enjoy his Christmas holiday, and announced that the Aurors would increase patrols to catch the Dark Wizard.

After a Dark Wizard tried to abduct Luan, Snape concluded the attacker was likely after the secrets behind the new challenges and escorted Luan around Diagon Alley. Luan stocked up on used wands and flying brooms before leaving the shop with Snape.

• Snape questioned Luan about enemies and suspected the attacker wanted information about the new challenges Luan helped Sprout design.
• Snape warned that the attacker might try again, but said Diagon Alley would become safer once the Aurors increased security.
• Snape agreed to escort Luan while he finished shopping before six o'clock, when Snape had to attend a banquet at Malfoy Manor.
• Luan bought 172 secondhand wands and five Nimbus Series flying brooms for 862 Galleons.
• The shop owner watched Luan and Snape leave and wondered if Luan was the young master of a wizarding family.

At a banquet celebrating Snape’s Order of Merlin, Slug told him that Mu En Scarlett had brought an extinct Snowberry to his shop, and Snape realized Luan had broken their promise. Luan returned to the Crimson Moon with supplies for Star Ember Island and planned to strengthen the ship’s defenses himself.

• Snape arrived at Malfoy Manor, where Lucius began the banquet and the guests offered Snape compliments.
• Slug thanked Snape for introducing him to Mu En Scarlett, then revealed that Mu En had brought an extinct Snowberry to Slug & Jiggers Apothecary.
• Snape recalled his promise with Luan, crushed his glass in anger, healed his bleeding hand, and Apparated away from the banquet.
• Luan arrived at the Crimson Moon carrying food, wands, and brooms for the people of Star Ember Island, and he told Zalan he would claim the items had been stored aboard the ship.
• Luan refused Zalan’s offer to reinforce the Crimson Moon’s defenses and said he would defend it himself, including by setting up an obstacle course like the Hogwarts professors’ defenses.

Luan brought wands back to Star Ember Island, where the Tribal Wizards selected ones suited to them. With the three Great Shamans’ support, he decided to establish a magic school beside the Spirit Tree.

• Luan learned that Veteran Alley’s residents were settling on Starlight Island and told Zalan that Zhizhi was a young owl trained to deliver letters.
• Luan left Starlight Island with Chris, Bouncing, Zhizhi, wands, and flying brooms, and Chris found that an apple wood wand with a Dragon heartstring core responded to her.
• The Star Radiance Great Shaman welcomed Luan and summoned the other tribes’ wizards to Star Ember Island to receive wands.
• Luan guided all twenty-seven Tribal Wizards through wand selection, and the Great Shamans chose wands of their own.
• Luan proposed building a magic school, and the three Great Shamans agreed to establish Star Ember Island Magic School beside the Spirit Tree.

Luan organized the new Star Ember Island Wizarding School, assigning teachers and proposing four academies as the Tribal Wizards learned magic and prepared for construction. The Great Shamans accepted the academy plan, while Luan secured agreement to recruit carefully selected young wizards from outside the island.

• Luan taught the adult Tribal Wizards Thunderclap Explosion and gave the Young Wizards safer beginner spells before sending them to study potion ingredients with Chris.
• Luan established nine courses and assigned himself and the Great Shamans to teach them, including Dueling Class at Great Shaman Hailan's suggestion.
• Great Shaman Hailan questioned the idea of dividing students into academies, but the Star Radiance Great Shaman and Spirit Tree Great Shaman supported competition among the Young Wizards.
• Luan proposed Star Radiance Academy, Spirit Tree Academy, Hailan Academy, and Crimson Moon Academy, with the three Great Shamans and Luan serving as their heads.
• Luan persuaded Great Shaman Hailan to consider recruiting outsiders by promising to select only children who had awakened Magical Talent and never learned magic.

Luan returned to the Leaky Cauldron after a busy week building his school and was woken by Snape, who demanded to know why Luan had sold a Snowberry. They traded it for six bottles of Felix Felicis, though Snape warned that the potion had side effects.

• Luan left Bouncing and Zhizhi on Star Ember Island and returned to the Leaky Cauldron exhausted from handling the school's needs.
• Snape entered Luan's room by magic, and Luan revealed himself after recognizing his voice.
• Snape silenced Barlin Webb when the young wizard complained about the noise, then demanded an explanation for Luan selling a Snowberry.
• Luan explained that he had several Snowberries and agreed to trade one for advanced potions instead of Galleons.
• Snape offered six bottles of Felix Felicis worth about three thousand Galleons, and Luan handed him the Snowberry.
• Snape inspected the Snowberry and warned Luan that Felix Felicis had side effects.

Luan arranged for Snape to brew a Growth Potion and six bottles of Felix Felicis, then spent several days at The Leaky Cauldron. Meanwhile, Quirrell tried to learn how to bypass Hogwarts’ Three-Headed Dog from Hagrid, but failed, and Luan prepared to attend an investiture banquet at the Ministry of Magic.

• Luan accepted Snape’s estimate of about a year for the potions after learning about Felix Felicis’s risks and recommended limits.
• Snape warned Luan not to judge him by his pride and left after Luan said he would never steal the Snowberry.
• A hooded Quirrell bought Hagrid drinks at the Hog’s Head Inn and gambled away a Dragon Egg while trying to learn how to handle the Three-Headed Dog.
• Hagrid revealed that music could calm Fluffy, but said Mu En Scarlett had strengthened it, leaving Quirrell without a way past it.
• Quirrell told his master he had run out of money for Unicorn-blood materials, and his master ordered him to target the Forbidden Forest’s Unicorns instead.
• Luan prepared to attend an investiture banquet at the Ministry of Magic.

Luan attended Severus Snape’s award ceremony at the Ministry of Magic, where he discovered he had been seated beside senior officials. He suspected Dumbledore had arranged the invitation to introduce him to the Ministry’s leaders, though Dumbledore’s true intentions remained unclear.

• After three days of increased Auror patrols in Diagon Alley, Luan bought a black evening suit and traveled to the Ministry of Magic by telephone box.
• A Ministry employee checked Luan’s invitation and directed him to Dumbledore’s front-row seat at the ceremony.
• Luan noticed his seat was between Cornelius Fudge and Amelia Susan Bones, and Snape told him Dumbledore had likely invited him because of the seating arrangement.
• Snape said he had spent three days researching potion-brewing methods after receiving the Snowberry from Luan.
• Luan guessed that Dumbledore wanted him to become known to the Ministry’s leaders, then adjusted his clothes as the officials began arriving.

Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge awarded Professor Snape for improving the Wolfsbane Potion, hoping the achievement would strengthen his reputation. Mu En attended the ceremony as Dumbledore’s envoy, met Ministry officials and Malfoy, and joined the group photograph.

• Cornelius Fudge praised Snape’s improved Wolfsbane Potion and awarded him a bronze medal with a green ribbon.
• Fudge mistook Mu En for Snape’s child, then learned Mu En was attending on Dumbledore’s behalf.
• Amelia Susan Bones recognized Mu En as the wizard who defeated the Troll and invited him to bring Bouncing to visit.
• Malfoy challenged Mu En’s presence at the banquet, but Mu En showed his invitation and took a seat in the front row.
• Snape accepted his award and gave a brief speech before Fudge delivered a lengthy address.
• Mu En joined the Ministry officials for a group photograph in Dumbledore’s seat.

After returning to Star Ember Island, Luan received a warning that red-robed Court Mages were searching for him and learned that people on Solman Island worshipped an image of him as an Outer God. He summoned the three Great Shamans and asked to discuss establishing a school for ordinary members of the tribe.

• Luan attended the Ministry banquet, ate the feast, and returned to The Leaky Cauldron through the Floo fireplace.
• Luan spent the following days reading magical books, visiting Uncle Gaia at the zoo, and buying Muggle books to take back to Star Ember Island.
• After Luan returned to the island, Han delivered a letter from Lynn Bailey warning that red-robed wizards were searching for a young wizard matching Luan's description.
• Luan recognized the searchers as likely Court Mages from the Menila Empire and asked Han to summon the three Great Shamans, Zalan, and the Bailey Merchant Guild representative.
• Luan read that an Outer God-worshipping organization on Solman Island had carved a statue resembling him and suspected it was connected to his encounter with Montoya and the slaves on the ship.
• Luan told the three Great Shamans he would handle the Court Mages himself and proposed establishing a school for ordinary members of the tribe.

Luan persuaded the three Great Shamans to establish a school that would teach Muggle science and prepare the tribespeople for technological change. After they agreed to start a temporary school, the Bailey Merchant Guild’s young representative arrived and confronted Luan.

• Luan explained that advancing Muggle technology could lead to conflict with wizards and argued that teaching science could help prevent a future Witch Hunt.
• The Great Shamans questioned whether ordinary people could build the vehicles and flying machines shown in Luan’s books, while the Spirit Tree Great Shaman recalled seeing tribespeople make glass.
• Luan told the Great Shamans that Muggles had progressed from flintlock muskets to airplanes in three hundred years, and the Spirit Tree and Star Radiance Great Shamans supported preparing the tribes.
• The Great Shamans agreed to establish a temporary experimental school on Star Ember Island for children from the tribes and Veteran Alley.
• A fourteen- or fifteen-year-old representative of the Bailey Merchant Guild was brought to the Spirit Tree Tribe and accused Luan Scarlett of ruining his plans.

Luan silenced Young Rian Bailey and learned that Rian Bailey had apparently abandoned him to cooperate with the Court Mage. When the Court Mage attacked Star Ember Island, the Tribal Wizards repelled his first assault, but he vanished amid the steam from a clash of fire and water.

• Young Rian Bailey blamed Luan for ruining his plan to take control of the Bailey Merchant Guild and ordered his guard to attack him.
• Luan used a spell to seal Young Rian Bailey’s voice, then learned from the guard that Rian Bailey had sent word that a ship would collect them in two days.
• Luan decided the Bailey Family’s wizard branch was no longer trustworthy and resolved to help Lynn Bailey secure the guild after dealing with the Court Mage.
• The next night, Luan heard Conch Horns and flew toward a battle, while Uriah Hansen led a feint and infiltrated Star Ember Island from the southwest.
• Three Tribal Wizards struck Uriah Hansen with Thunderclap Explosions, but his red robe shielded him, and he counterattacked with flaming petals.
• Lang summoned a towering wave to stop Uriah Hansen’s attack, and the Court Mage vanished as steam obscured the battlefield before Lang blew it away.

Luan helped the Tribal Wizards defeat and capture the Court Mage and his allies, then waited for the prisoners to be interrogated. Lang later reported that Great Shaman Hailan had intercepted the ship and captured a wizard named Rian Bailey.

• Luan petrified the Court Mage, freeing Lang from the Blood Guiding Charm, and the Tribal Wizards restrained the prisoner to prevent him from casting spells.
• Star Radiance Great Shaman reported that Zalan's plan had captured both Night Owls, though two young wizards were slightly injured.
• Luan assigned Shaman Lu and the others to interrogate the prisoners, and Star Radiance Great Shaman explained that Lu's husband had died fighting a red-robed wizard.
• Lang returned from meeting Great Shaman Hailan and told Luan that his father had captured a wizard named Rian Bailey aboard the intercepted ship.

After the Tribal Wizards captured a Court Mages ship, Luan interrogated Rian Bailey and urged the tribe to preserve its traditional sorcery alongside the new magic. He then considered how the Dream Illusion Technique could help him expand Memory Rewind into magic that manipulated a target’s spiritual world.

• Great Shaman Hailan and three Tribal Wizards used wands from flying brooms to force the Court Mages’ ship to surrender, and Hailan recognized Rian Bailey among its passengers.
• Luan questioned Rian Bailey, who offered the Bailey Merchant Guild in exchange for his freedom, but Luan had him bound and taken away.
• Great Shaman Hailan praised wand magic, while the Star Radiance Great Shaman reported that he was still studying how to reproduce wands and flying brooms.
• Luan reminded the younger Tribal Wizards that Tribal Sorcery remained important and said he would explore combining it with new spells.
• Luan focused on the Dream Illusion Technique as a way to improve Memory Rewind by entering and manipulating another person’s spiritual world.

Luan learned that the captured Court Mages had been sent to seize him and his wand, then discovered how their magical robes were made from Blood Demons. The robes’ abilities had strict limits, and Luan decided his Invisibility Cloak was superior.

• Luan studied the principles behind three Tribal sorceries, but his progress remained slow.
• Shaman Lu tortured Uriah Hansen and the two Night Owls with potions and Plant Healing Technique until they confessed.
• Lu reported that Uriah Hansen, Grand Court Mage of the Menila Empire, had been ordered to find a magically gifted youth and bring back his wand.
• Luan learned that the Court Mages’ robes were made from Blood Demon skins and gained their powers through the creatures’ magical properties and enchanted arrays.
• Luan learned that Blood Demons had to be fed human blood for ten or thirty years to make Night Owl robes or Blood Robes, and decided he did not want one.

After securing the captured wizards with the Spirit Restraint Shackles, Luan left Star Ember Island for Solman Island with Lang. At Maierzu Castle, Lynn Bailey asked about her uncle and brought up the Outer God Cult.

• Luan examined the Court Mage's spoils, donated the spells to the school library, and learned that Uriah Hansen had come to Star Ember Island on the Archmage's orders.
• The Star Radiance Great Shaman showed Luan the Spirit Restraint Shackles, a witch array that blocked wizards from using magic, and Luan ordered it applied to the prisoners, who would build the school.
• After resting and teaching the wizards Transfiguration, Luan flew with Lang to Solman Island, reaching it in three hours.
• Lynn Bailey welcomed Luan to Maierzu Castle, and he explained that Rian Bailey would return by ship in a few days but would have to answer for his actions.
• Lynn asked what it would take to keep her uncle from returning, and Luan replied that he might release Rian if he truly repented before asking about the Outer God Cult.