Recaps

Tierra taught Hermione about the Philosopher’s Stone and showed students memories of Voldemort’s past while maneuvering Voldemort toward the Path to Godhood. Harry struggled with Snape’s Occlumency lessons and the attention surrounding him, then invited Luna to the Yule Ball before Peeves was attacked by a bone hand.

• Tierra explained the founders’ connection to the Room of Requirement and helped Hermione begin learning alchemy from Horace Slughorn.
• Tierra demonstrated that a Philosopher’s Stone required the perfect overlap of matter, spirit, mind, and the Divine Dimension, then created one at the cost of his flesh.
• Tierra impersonated Dumbledore to discuss Voldemort’s Horcruxes and his political plans with Sirius, while Snape began teaching Harry Occlumency.
• Snape’s Legilimency lessons forced Harry to relive painful memories, and Tierra insisted that Snape was the best person to teach him Occlumency.
• Tierra showed students memories of Dumbledore meeting young Tom Riddle and of Riddle murdering the Riddle family, then swallowed both memories after the lessons.
• Tierra told Dumbledore he planned to lead Voldemort onto the Path to Godhood so he could kill him, while Voldemort sought support from magical family heads and considered trading with the Moon Beasts.
• Harry invited Luna Lovegood to the Yule Ball, and after Peeves mocked them, a bone hand pierced Peeves and seized him.

At the Yule Ball, Tierra advanced his plans while Voldemort searched the Dreamlands for the materials needed to ascend, and Harry’s own dream journey revealed the dangers of that realm. After Christmas, Harry returned to Hogwarts as Tierra began a class discussion of Voldemort’s past.

• Harry escorted Luna to the Yule Ball, where Salazar Slytherin addressed the guests and Sergei, Avdey, and Lomonosov decided to stay in Britain and prepare for the Magic University entrance examination.
• Tierra explained to Dumbledore how joint education could weaken entrenched groups, then watched Sergei urge his friends to help transform Russia rather than seek personal revenge.
• Slughorn drew Harry into introductions and toasts at the ball, while Luna spent time with Tierra and Hermione, and afterward, Harry left for his dormitory.
• Voldemort entered the Dreamlands in search of Sky Gold, Flowing Silver, and Pillar Copper, while Tierra planned a television station with Xenophilius to broadcast Voldemort’s biography and memories.
• Harry dreamed of the Cold Plateau and woke with frostbite, and Tierra healed him and explained the Dreamlands to Harry, Ron, Neville, and Seamus.
• Hermione told Harry she had visited Kadath in a dream while working on Slughorn’s Philosopher’s Stone project, and Tierra said he had pulled her back before the Dream Gods caught her attention.
• The group celebrated Christmas at Grimmauld Place, then returned to Hogwarts, where they watched television and signed up for Apparition lessons.
• Tierra praised Hermione’s lengthy assignment and began questioning Berenice Connell about Voldemort’s early influence at Hogwarts and its possible link to the Chamber of Secrets and Hagrid’s punishment.

Tierra guided Harry through failed Occlumency lessons and a painful glimpse of Snape’s past while pursuing plans involving the wider magical world. Harry’s recurring dreams and Tierra’s search for Aragog led Tierra into the Forbidden Forest, where Aragog prepared to have him killed.

• Tierra taught psychology and assigned students to revise essays comparing him with Voldemort, while Voldemort joined a party searching for Kadath.
• Harry’s Occlumency lessons with Snape went badly, and Tierra insisted Harry needed to become independent rather than have his connection to Voldemort severed.
• Harry passed Slughorn’s Potions test with a bezoar, then learned Slughorn would teach him Occlumency and Potions during the summer instead of immediately.
• Ron fell under the influence of Romilda’s Love Potion, and Harry and Slughorn helped him recover before his family and friends teased him about it.
• Harry entered Snape’s Pensieve and watched James and Sirius publicly torment Snape, then Snape caught Harry and ended their lessons.
• Tierra explained Snape’s love for Lily and his conflicting feelings toward Harry, then used Legilimency to show Harry how a mental barrier could block an attack.
• Harry dreamed of a frozen monastery and secretly recorded later dreams, while Hagrid told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Aragog had consumed his supply of the Elixir of Life.
• Tierra entered the Forbidden Forest, found the enchanted car, and was carried by a giant spider to Aragog, who ordered his spiders to kill Tierra until Tierra said Hagrid had sent him.

Tierra relocated Aragog’s Acromantulas and began preparing wizards for conflict while Voldemort gathered allies and pursued political power. As Harry and his friends faced personal troubles, Tierra pressed the wizarding leaders to reconsider their views of Muggles and discussed the future of the small immigrant wizard population.

• Tierra restored Aragog’s youth and strength, recruited him and his descendants into his government, and moved the Acromantulas to a new planet where they began building a managed society.
• Hagrid visited Aragog’s new home and learned how Tierra had organized the colony’s food supply, breeding, and magical training.
• Stella Donner and other BBS users discussed a mysterious buyer who paid for livestock with strange gold coins bearing a young Asian man’s portrait.
• Tierra introduced former KGB agent Sumarokov Romanov as a firearms instructor and planned military training to prepare students for possible conflict with Muggles.
• Artoria Brant, Radhovan Maddox, and Celestina Torres delivered a Crystal Ball to Voldemort, while Nathaniel Calhoun and Audrey Simic discussed Voldemort’s plans and their loyalties.
• Tierra offered rewards for intelligence on Voldemort, and Vinda Rosier led young wizards on a journey by Muggle transport so they could learn about Muggle life and technology.
• Harry’s Gryffindor team defeated Hufflepuff, but Ron’s argument left Lavender heartbroken, and Tierra warned Harry that Voldemort was seeking political power and planning a Godhood Ascension Ritual.
• Voldemort urged supporters in Bad Sachsa to choose him as their leader, while Arthur Weasley reported plans for a wizarding settlement and Tierra challenged the leaders’ assumptions that wizards and Muggles were separate kinds of people.