Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore summoned Tierra to his office to discuss the prophecy and urged him to accept his gift. Tierra compared himself to Grindelwald and warned that embracing his power might make him a Dark Lord, but Dumbledore dismissed him as nowhere near as capable.

• Tierra entered Dumbledore's office, admired its artifacts, and ate the food Dumbledore conjured for him.
• Dumbledore asked Tierra to guess why he had summoned him, and Tierra joked about his school misbehavior before Dumbledore revealed it was about Voldemort's prophecy.
• Dumbledore urged Tierra to embrace his gift and gain fame and power, but Tierra predicted he would end up imprisoned like Grindelwald.
• Tierra said he might have followed Grindelwald and joked about becoming a worse Dark Lord, prompting Dumbledore to say he was nowhere near as good as Grindelwald.

Dumbledore explained why Tierra was a prophet rather than a seer and compared him unfavorably to Grindelwald. He revealed how Grindelwald used a prophecy of his own execution and the Elder Wand to build power, and said Grindelwald had sought to reclaim the wand’s ownership from Death.

• Dumbledore told Tierra that he was a prophet who could actively obtain knowledge of the future, unlike the passive seer Sybill.
• Dumbledore explained that Grindelwald gathered believers through a staged resurrection from the dead.
• Dumbledore said Grindelwald had prophesied that he would be executed at twenty-seven, a vision that shaped his ambitions.
• Dumbledore revealed that Grindelwald stole the Elder Wand from the Gregorovich family, but the wand had no master when he took it.
• Tierra refused Dumbledore’s offer to try the Elder Wand and recognized that its ownership had returned to Death.
• Dumbledore said Grindelwald refused to give up and decided to seize ownership of the Elder Wand from Death.

Dumbledore explained how Grindelwald used a magical double and a staged execution to fulfill a prophecy while reclaiming the Elder Wand, then urged Tierra to embrace his own prophetic talent. Tierra refused and fled Dumbledore’s office, while Dumbledore coldly warned that he could not escape fate.

• Dumbledore told Tierra that Grindelwald created a living Horcrux, arranged for it to be publicly executed in his place, and thereby reclaimed the Elder Wand and fulfilled his prophecy.
• Tierra reasoned that a prophecy’s event could be certain even if its underlying truth was manipulated, and Dumbledore explained that Grindelwald had designed the future to preserve himself.
• Dumbledore invoked an ancient Chinese saying and a prophecy about the final Seer of a two-thousand-year cycle to persuade Tierra to accept and train his ability.
• Tierra cried that he did not want his prophetic power or the burdensome futures he had seen, then ran from Dumbledore’s office.
• Dumbledore watched Tierra leave and warned him that he could escape the office but not fate.

Tierra kept his distance from his friends while studying the Demon Summoning Ritual and waiting to negotiate with Dumbledore. On the morning of the Hogsmeade trip, Harry was left behind, Tierra had vanished again, and Ron and Hermione were fighting over Scabbers.

• Tierra rejected Dumbledore's offer for the time being and focused on deciphering the Demon Summoning Ritual, intending to trade his prophecies for a favorable deal later.
• Tierra resigned as the Gryffindor Quidditch team's potioneer and spent much of his free time alone, growing closer to Crookshanks while distancing himself from Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• Harry learned he could not go to Hogsmeade because he lacked Uncle Vernon's signature, and he woke on Halloween Eve to find Tierra's bed empty.
• Ron accused Hermione's cat of eating Scabbers after finding cat hairs on his blanket, and the argument left Ron and Hermione refusing to speak to each other.
• Harry saw Malfoy taunt him in the Entrance Hall, then returned alone to Gryffindor Tower.

Tierra lured Sirius Black into Gryffindor Tower and confronted him after he searched for Harry and followed the scent of a rat. The chapter ended with Tierra revealing that his authority over space let him trap Sirius in a loop inside the Common Room.

• Tierra returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, put the portraits to sleep, and left the door ajar for Sirius Black.
• Sirius Black entered Gryffindor Tower and searched the dormitories for Harry, finding a faint rat scent that vanished by an open window.
• Sirius Black followed the smell of food back to the Common Room and saw Tierra reading beside the fireplace.
• Sirius Black fled through the open door, only to find himself back inside the Common Room with Tierra.
• Tierra invited Sirius Black to sit and talk, while the narration revealed Tierra could alter and traverse space.

Tierra trapped Sirius Black in the Gryffindor Common Room and negotiated a deal that would let Sirius pose as him at Hogwarts while staying near Harry and hunting Peter Pettigrew. They sealed the agreement with an Unbreakable Vow, including a promise that Tierra would help Sirius reach Grimmauld Place safely.

• Sirius tried several ways to escape the Gryffindor Common Room, but Tierra stopped him and immobilized him.
• Tierra revealed that he knew the Marauders’ identities and Sirius’s history, then reassured Sirius that Harry was safe but worried Sirius meant to kill him.
• Tierra offered Sirius Polyjuice Potion mixed with his blood and proposed that Sirius impersonate him at Hogwarts in exchange for one-third of the Black Family’s assets and access to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place at Christmas.
• Sirius agreed to complete Tierra’s classes and homework, keep his identity secret, and act carefully around Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the professors.
• Tierra and Sirius made an Unbreakable Vow covering the potion, the payment, the visit to Grimmauld Place, their safety from the Aurors, and Sirius’s duties as Tierra.

Tierra revealed that he had captured Peter Pettigrew and arranged for Sirius Black to impersonate him in exchange for part of the Black family fortune and Voldemort’s Horcrux. The next morning, Sirius, still disguised as Tierra, embraced a startled Harry and tearfully confessed that he had dreamed they would fall out.

• Tierra used blood magic to disguise Sirius as himself and secretly kept Peter Pettigrew captive in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.
• Tierra explained that he planned to sell Peter’s identity to Sirius twice and leave Harry the remaining third of the Black family fortune.
• Harry woke from a nightmare about losing Tierra and saw Sirius, disguised as Tierra, watching him beside his bed.
• Sirius hugged Harry, cried against his shoulder, and explained that he had dreamed they argued and never spoke again.

As Harry relied on “Tierra” for comfort and support before his first Quidditch match, he learned that Lupin was ill and trusted Tierra’s assurance that he would recover. Meanwhile, the real Tierra traveled to Greenwich after researchers found the entrance to the Dreamlands and invited them to visit it.

• After Slytherin changed the match order to face Gryffindor’s team against Hufflepuff, “Tierra” comforted Harry and encouraged him to trust his abilities.
• Harry and “Tierra” arrived late to Defense Against the Dark Arts and found Snape teaching in place of Lupin, who was reportedly too ill to teach.
• Harry asked whether Tierra knew what was wrong with Lupin, and Sirius assured him Lupin would be fine without explaining further.
• The real Tierra received word from the University of Greenwich that researchers had found the cave and entrance to the Dreamlands, then packed The Inheritor into a trunk and transformed into Gilderoy Lockhart.
• At the Greenwich laboratory, Judy Wilson celebrated the discovery with “Gilderoy Lockhart,” and Tierra invited the researchers to make a personal trip to the Dreamlands.

Harry prepared for the stormy Quidditch match against Hufflepuff while Tierra organized an expedition to explore the Dreamlands in Afghanistan. Tierra then entered Peter Pettigrew’s dream in the Chamber of Secrets to begin a tabletop roleplaying game.

• Tierra promised to write Snape’s werewolf essays for Harry and helped him prepare for the Quidditch match.
• Tierra reviewed Hufflepuff’s players and tactics with Harry before he joined the Gryffindor team on the pitch.
• Judy Wilson, Adol Kent, Mitchell Megan, and Sumarokov Romanov boarded a plane to Afghanistan to search for the Dreamlands entrance.
• Tierra watched the expedition depart, then used a Gate to reach the Chamber of Secrets beneath Hogwarts.
• Tierra touched Peter Pettigrew’s head with the Parasite, shifting his dream to a gray wilderness and beginning Search for Kadath.

After Harry fell from his broom during a Quidditch match, Tierra caught him and shielded him from the Dementors as Dumbledore rushed to intervene. Meanwhile, Tierra used Peter Pettigrew to enter the Dreamlands, where he asked the Flame Cave priests to let him proceed.

• Harry spotted the Golden Snitch but lost consciousness after seeing a swarm of Dementors and fell from his broom.
• Tierra ran onto the pitch, caught Harry, and shielded him as the Dementors swooped down; Dumbledore attacked the creatures with his wand.
• Tierra used the Parasite to control Peter Pettigrew and make him dream on Tierra's behalf.
• Peter Pettigrew descended seventy stone steps in the Dreamlands and reached the Flame Cave.
• Tierra introduced Peter Pettigrew to the priests Na Xu and Kaman-Thah and asked for their blessing to enter the Dreamlands.

Harry woke in the Hospital Wing and learned that Tierra had protected him from the Dementors and collapsed from exhaustion. In the Dreamlands, Tierra reached the Gate of Slumber, where the Gatekeeper recognized him and let him enter while calling him a lying little rat.

• Harry woke in the Hospital Wing and asked what had happened to Tierra.
• Ron and Hermione explained that Tierra had shielded Harry from the Dementors and Madam Pomfrey expected him to recover after resting.
• Harry learned that Cedric Diggory had caught the Golden Snitch and that Dumbledore had driven away the Dementors before compromising with Minister Fudge.
• Madam Pomfrey sent Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George away, and Harry fell asleep beside Tierra.
• In the Dreamlands, Tierra guided Peter Pettigrew down seven hundred steps to the Gate of Slumber.
• The Gatekeeper’s eyes opened in the gate, and after Tierra requested passage, the Gatekeeper opened it and called him a lying little rat.

Tierra entered the Dreamlands’ Bewitching Forest in Peter Pettigrew’s spiritual body and planned a route to obtain materials for his Godhood Ascension Ritual. Meanwhile, Judy Wilson’s expedition prepared to enter the Hindu Kush with their local guide, Ebney Abishidin, whose past tied him to the cave’s terrifying legends.

• Tierra used the Parasite to detect a Zug tribe and headed toward it to find a guide through the Bewitching Forest.
• Tierra planned to reach Ulthar first, hoping the catfolk would help him travel to the Cold Plateau and reunite with the expedition carrying the Inheritor.
• Tierra considered seeking Pillar Copper, Flowing Silver, and Sky Gold in Hlanith and Ilarnek, or trading with the Moon Beasts’ agents in Dylath-Leen if needed.
• Judy Wilson, Adol Kent, Mitchell Megan, and Sumarokov Romanov hired Ebney Abishidin and planned to enter the Hindu Kush after resting and resupplying.
• Ebney Abishidin had witnessed his mother drug his older husband and trade him to terrifying creatures for gold and rubies, an event that haunted him.

While Harry recovered in the Hospital Wing, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall discussed Tierra’s prophetic gift and feared the path it might lead him down. Tierra traveled from the Bewitching Forest to the outskirts of Ulthar and asked a farmer for directions.

• Tierra visited Harry, reassured him about his ruined Nimbus 2000, and left candies and drinks beside his bed.
• After Harry fell asleep, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall left the potion room and discussed how Tierra’s prophetic gift might expose him to dark truths.
• Tierra traded a piece of Peter Pettigrew’s spiritual body to the Zug elders for Moonlight Wine and persuaded young Zugs to guide him toward Ulthar.
• Tierra crossed the Bewitching Forest with the Zugs and emerged near farms and a village by the river.
• Tierra disguised his Parasite as a gray robe, took a branch as a staff, and asked a farmer for directions to Ulthar.

Tierra visited Ulthar to seek a trade with its catfolk and ask High Priest Atal about the Gods of Earth. Atal explained that one demon had imitated the ancient gods and become a powerful false god, though not a true god.

• Tierra crossed the bridge into Ulthar, where cats forced the Zugs following him to turn back.
• Tierra met High Priest Atal, offered him Moonlight Wine, and demonstrated Peter Pettigrew’s ability to transform into a rat.
• Ulthar’s catfolk refused Tierra’s trade request because they hated the Cold Plateau and the Moon Beast race.
• Tierra asked Atal about the Gods of Earth, and Atal said they had left Earth about six thousand orbital years earlier.
• Atal explained that Godhood Attainers traveled to the Far Side of the Moon to trade with the Moon Beasts, and named Hermes as the earliest known person to attain godhood independently.
• Tierra guessed that a demon had imitated the primordial gods, and Atal confirmed that HWHY became a powerful false god rather than a true god.

Tierra learned that the Church of Atal’s library held a complete copy of The Book of Raziel, which contained HWHY’s true demonic name, and agreed to stay overnight grooming the cats for access to it. At Hogwarts, Lupin resumed teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts and asked Harry to stay after class.

• The cats offered Tierra access to the Church of Atal’s texts in exchange for a night of grooming and head massages.
• Tierra learned that the complete The Book of Raziel recorded the name of a demon governing wind, rain, and plants, but Merlin’s notes did not reveal it.
• Sirius Black suspected something was wrong after learning that Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers, and he began searching for Tierra as well as Peter Pettigrew.
• Draco Malfoy celebrated Gryffindor’s Quidditch loss by imitating Harry falling from his broom whenever Tierra was absent.
• Hermione told the class that Professor Lupin had returned, and Lupin excused them from Snape’s werewolf essay.
• Lupin taught the class about HinkyPunks, then asked Harry to stay behind after the lesson.

Tierra studied HWHY’s alternative path to godhood and learned that its “Heaven” was a faith-powered counterfeit Divine Dimension that let the false god resurrect. Meanwhile, Sirius discovered that he remained in Tierra’s form even after his Polyjuice Potion should have worn off, leaving the reason uncertain as Tierra plotted against HWHY.

• Lupin agreed to teach Harry how to defend himself against Dementors, and Harry’s spirits lifted as Gryffindor remained in contention for the Quidditch season.
• Sirius ran out of Polyjuice Potion but stayed in Tierra’s form, even after changing into and out of his Animagus form.
• Sirius concluded that the transformation might be caused by Flesh Magic, a forbidden form of magic beyond ordinary Animagus transformation.
• Tierra copied passages about HWHY from The Book of Raziel and learned that HWHY had made a false Heaven by joining faith with part of Hell.
• Tierra reasoned that Heaven served as HWHY’s faith-dependent resurrection point and believed he could destroy the false god if he learned HWHY’s true name.

Tierra reached the Moon Beasts’ city on the moon to trade for Pillar Copper, Flowing Silver, and Sky Gold, where he found Judy Wilson’s captured archaeological team. After rescuing them, he agreed to meet the High Priest to discuss the trade.

• Tierra sailed from Dylath-Leen through space and arrived at the moon, passing strange settlements and a greasy sea.
• Tierra reached a city of Moon Beasts and saw them enslaving people at the docks.
• Tierra recognized Judy Wilson, Adol Kent, Mitchell Megan, Sumarokov Romanov, and Ebney Abishidin in a cage, captured after encountering a Cold Spider and the Cold Wasteland Residents.
• Tierra made the archaeological team and their suitcase vanish, then summoned a thick book.
• A Cold Plateau native told Tierra that the High Priest would accept his offering and wished to discuss the materials with him, and Tierra agreed to go.

Harry remained at Hogwarts while the others went to Hogsmeade, where Fred and George showed him the Marauder’s Map and he spotted Tierra Lockhart using a secret passage. Meanwhile, Tierra was escorted through a city of Moon Beasts and directed toward a guarded passage leading to the central spire.

• Harry stayed behind at Hogwarts, upset that Tierra had refused his company and had not returned to the dormitory.
• Fred and George brought Harry into an empty classroom and gave him the Marauder’s Map.
• Harry saw the map reveal secret passages to Hogsmeade and spotted Tierra Lockhart in the passage to Honeydukes.
• Tierra was escorted through the city by two Moon Beasts and saw enslaved creatures being transported and prepared as food.
• A high-ranking Moon Beast stopped Tierra’s escorts at the guarded square and directed them toward a guarded passage.

Harry confronted “Tierra” about hiding the Marauder’s Map, but discovered that Sirius had brought him a Firebolt for Christmas and felt guilty for suspecting him. Meanwhile, Tierra reached the Moon Beast temple and negotiated with its High Priest for rare metals, learning that Nyarlathotep permitted the trade at a fair price.

• Harry waited with George and Fred by the statue of the One-Eyed Witch, angry that Tierra had known about the Marauder’s Map and the passage without telling him.
• Sirius, disguised as Tierra, emerged from the passage carrying a Firebolt, and Harry mistook his reaction to the map for guilt.
• The Firebolt fell from Sirius’s package, and Harry recognized it as his dream broom, hugged Sirius, and apologized through his changed demeanor.
• Harry told Sirius that George and Fred had given him the Marauder’s Map, while Sirius saw their four names gathered by the statue.
• Tierra reached the mountaintop temple, passed its Gug Giant guards, and was brought before the Moon Beasts’ High Priest.
• Tierra asked the High Priest for Pillar Copper, Flowing Silver, and Sky Gold, and the High Priest said Nyarlathotep allowed the trade if the price was fair.

Harry forgave Tierra after receiving the Firebolt, while Sirius decided to capture Tierra during Christmas because he believed Tierra had mastered dangerous Flesh Magic. In the Dreamlands, Tierra completed his trade, learned that Nyarlathotep valued chaos, and then revealed himself as an older Tierra traveling backward through time.

• Harry apologized to Tierra and pulled him through the One-Eyed Witch passage to buy him Christmas presents.
• Sirius concluded Tierra had used advanced Flesh Magic and planned to capture him at the Black Family Home during Christmas.
• Tierra traded with the Moon Beasts for Pillar Copper, Flowing Silver, and the Astral Projection spell, but postponed obtaining Sky Gold.
• The High Priest told Tierra that Nyarlathotep would not closely watch gifts that continued to create theatrical chaos, prompting Tierra to plan more trouble while protecting his reputation.
• After Tierra left, an older version of him revealed that he had crossed Tierra's name off a list and was traveling backward through time to deliver materials for godhood.
• The older Tierra gave the Moon Beasts crystals for the Crawling Chaos, kept the gold, jewels, and captives, and vanished into the river of time.