Chapter Summaries

Harry accepted Sirius’s offer to live with him, but Peter Pettigrew escaped during Lupin’s transformation and Tierra pursued him into the Forbidden Forest. Tierra used Creation to take control of Pettigrew, while a huge explosion left Harry fearing for Tierra’s safety.

• Sirius offered Harry a home, and Harry eagerly agreed to leave the Dursleys and live with him.
• Lupin transformed under the moonlight, and Peter Pettigrew escaped after Harry disarmed him; Tierra rushed after Pettigrew into the Forbidden Forest.
• Tierra used Creation to make a duplicate of himself and possess Pettigrew, then prepared his wand, removed his transformed arm, and took flour from Hogwarts kitchens.
• Harry and Hermione returned to the Hospital Wing, where Harry said he hoped Tierra would live with him and Sirius.
• Fudge, Snape, and Dumbledore confronted Harry about Sirius’s escape, but a huge explosion in the Forbidden Forest interrupted them.
• Harry recognized that Tierra had gone after Pettigrew and feared the explosion meant Tierra was in danger.

After an explosion in the Forbidden Forest, Dumbledore brought the gravely injured Tierra to the Hospital Wing, where Tierra identified Peter Pettigrew as his attacker. As Dumbledore moved to reopen Sirius Black’s case, Gilderoy Lockhart negotiated compensation for Tierra and Ministry backing for a large loan to hunt a demon.

• Dumbledore returned from the Forbidden Forest carrying Tierra, who had lost his right arm and suffered severe burns.
• Harry insisted Peter Pettigrew was alive and had attacked Tierra, and Tierra later confirmed that Peter had done it.
• Dumbledore said he would appeal to the Wizengamot for a retrial of Sirius Black’s case, while Fudge disputed Tierra’s claim.
• Gilderoy Lockhart offered to persuade Tierra to change his testimony in exchange for prosthetics, an Order of Merlin, a year-long Time-Turner loan, and Ministry help.
• Fudge agreed to fund Tierra’s compensation and guarantee Gilderoy Lockhart’s request to borrow seven hundred thousand Galleons to hunt a demon.

After “Gilderoy Lockhart” slipped away without meeting Dumbledore, Dumbledore discussed Tierra’s unexplained past and injuries with McGonagall and Snape. He ordered them to investigate Lockhart and Tierra’s origins, then revealed his suspicion that Tierra was an Artificial Life Form created by Gellert Grindelwald.

• “Gilderoy Lockhart” left Hogwarts after the gargoyle told him Dumbledore was unavailable.
• Dumbledore told McGonagall and Snape that Sirius had impersonated Tierra from Halloween until Christmas, apparently under an agreement with Tierra.
• Dumbledore concluded that a secret organization called The Inner Circle had pushed Tierra into danger and used him as a smoke bomb.
• Dumbledore assigned Snape to investigate Gilderoy Lockhart and McGonagall to trace Tierra’s origins and investigate his parents.
• Dumbledore suspected that Gellert Grindelwald had created Tierra as an Artificial Life Form using himself as a template.

After receiving the Time-Turner at St. Mungo’s, Tierra signed Ministry and school paperwork and learned that Dumbledore would arrange his new arm with Nicolas Flamel. The chapter ended with Tierra preparing to meet the famed alchemist.

• Tierra told Ministry investigators that a blurry figure had attacked him, and Cornelius Fudge gave him the Order of Merlin, Second Class and a flattering Daily Prophet article.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione visited Tierra, and Harry’s anger faded as he comforted him.
• Bode delivered the Time-Turner, and Croaker had Tierra sign a warning contract about its use.
• Dumbledore had Tierra sign an ordinary school undertaking with a fountain pen, which Tierra found puzzlingly free of magic.
• Dumbledore offered to pay for Tierra’s new arm and said that Nicolas Flamel would make it.

Tierra traveled with Dumbledore by liner to meet Nicolas Flamel, while the Order of the Phoenix prepared to capture Gilderoy Lockhart at Gringotts. The chapter left Lockhart inside the bank as Kingsley and the other Aurors waited underground to ambush him.

• Tierra boarded a steam liner with Dumbledore for a two-day journey to Paris, where they planned to meet Nicolas Flamel.
• Dumbledore secretly cast a spell as he and Tierra stepped aboard the liner.
• Gilderoy Lockhart entered Gringotts with Dolores Umbridge to receive a loan of five hundred thousand Galleons.
• Minerva McGonagall informed Kingsley through a mirror that Lockhart and Umbridge had entered Gringotts.
• Kingsley gathered Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, and Filius Flitwick underground and ordered them to capture Lockhart alive if possible.

Tierra accompanied Dumbledore on a cruise to Paris while secretly tracking Sirius and learning that the Order of the Phoenix planned to ambush him at Gringotts. The ambush began as Tierra entered the vaults disguised as Gilderoy Lockhart.

• Tierra prepared for Dumbledore to question him during their voyage, but Dumbledore instead treated him like a grandson on a holiday.
• Tierra sensed Sirius beneath Gringotts and used Sirius's perspective and memories to discover the Order of the Phoenix's plans.
• Dumbledore and the Order had arranged to ambush Gilderoy Lockhart at Gringotts, believing he and Tierra served a secret organization called the Inner Circle.
• Tierra, disguised as Gilderoy Lockhart, followed the goblin Gray into the vaults without signing the loan agreement, while the Order hid nearby.
• Gray led Tierra to the ambush position, then retreated as spells flew toward him; Tierra had secretly produced a wand and a thick book through The Gate.

Tierra, disguised as Gilderoy Lockhart, overwhelmed the Order of the Phoenix in Gringotts, binding its members with living tentacles. Dumbledore arrived with Fawkes and attacked Tierra with a giant crimson phoenix flame.

• Tierra escaped a barrage of spells through a Gate, then petrified Sirius Black's arm and knocked Alastor Moody unconscious.
• Tierra returned through a Gate and transformed the Order's spells into a giant snake while turning the cavern floor into writhing tentacles that captured the group.
• Filius Flitwick, Remus Lupin, Snape, Professor McGonagall, Sirius Black, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Gray were bound or trapped by the tentacles.
• A few minutes earlier, Dumbledore left Tierra on a cruise ship and flew with Fawkes to Gringotts.
• Dumbledore appeared in the vaults and sent a giant crimson phoenix flame charging at Gilderoy Lockhart.

Dumbledore and Fawkes turned the battle beneath Gringotts against Tierra, whose Parasite fought poorly under their combined assault. Tierra restrained himself to protect the people and connections he needed as anchors for his return from the Divine Dimension after his Godhood Ascension Ritual.

• Tierra returned to his room and transferred his consciousness fully into the Parasite beneath Gringotts.
• Dumbledore and Fawkes used teleportation and rapid attacks to overwhelm Tierra, while Fawkes's Fire Divinity broke through Tierra's frozen space.
• Dumbledore rescued other Order of the Phoenix members, and they surrounded and battered Tierra's Gilderoy Lockhart form.
• Tierra avoided unleashing his full authorities because destroying London would bring him no benefit and could ruin the Wizarding World he needed for his plans.
• Tierra reflected that magical items, his reputation, his books, and his relationships would anchor him to the lower dimensions and let him return after ascending to godhood.

Tierra used the Order of the Phoenix’s spells to injure Fawkes, but touching the phoenix’s rebirth flames overwhelmed him and let Dumbledore trap him. During questioning, Tierra called himself the Holy Son and claimed Tierra was Omega, Alpha, their king, and Messiah.

• Tierra converted the Order’s attacks into Curse Worms and sent them at Fawkes.
• A combined Sectumsempra worm severed Fawkes’s right foot and part of his right wing, and Tierra rushed to seize the fallen body parts and phoenix blood.
• Fawkes began to be reborn in flames, and Tierra thrust a tentacle into the fire before recoiling from a powerful vision.
• Fawkes emerged as a chick in Dumbledore’s arms, while Dumbledore and the Order trapped Tierra and his entities inside a water sphere.
• Dumbledore questioned Tierra about his secret organization and his identity, and Tierra proclaimed that he was the Holy Son.

Gilderoy Lockhart revealed that his organization was the Tarot Society and described Tierra as its Hanged Man and Holy Son. After Lockhart attacked the Order of the Phoenix and survived Snape’s Killing Curse, he demanded that Dumbledore choose between cooperation and failure.

• Dumbledore questioned Lockhart about his organization, and Lockhart identified it as the Tarot Society.
• Lockhart said he was The Lovers, a Parasite with Flesh Magic, and that Tierra was The Hanged Man, whose hardships were necessary sacrifices on his path to kingship.
• Lockhart told Dumbledore he could adopt Tierra, but Tierra would remain the Tarot Society’s Holy Son and king.
• Lockhart transformed into a mass of flaming worms, knocked down the Order members, and forced Dumbledore to defend them with a shield.
• Lockhart seized Mad Walker and The Inheritor, survived Snape’s Avada Kedavra, and asked Dumbledore whether the Order would cooperate.

Tierra’s Parasite body accompanied three goblins to Gringotts’ deepest vault, while his main body woke aboard the cruise ship and pretended to confide in Dumbledore. He left Dumbledore believing that his fear of him and questions about his identity came from being Grindelwald’s Artificial Life Form.

• After the Order of the Phoenix failed to ambush him, Tierra secured Gringotts’ approval for a loan and signed five contracts with Unbreakable Vow effects.
• Polly, Gray, and Griphook escorted Tierra’s Parasite body to a vault above an underground magma lake and opened its entrance.
• Tierra’s main body woke in his cabin, where Dumbledore questioned why he had never sought his help despite feeling close to him.
• Tierra claimed he had always felt compelled to avoid Dumbledore and suggested that he wanted to learn whether he was an Artificial Life Form or the Holy Son.
• Dumbledore reacted with surprise when Tierra said he had asked for Dumbledore’s blood to discover his origins.

Tierra let Dumbledore believe that his attempt to determine whether he was an Artificial Life Form had failed, and Dumbledore encouraged him to become a future White Wizard and study alchemy with Nicolas Flamel. Meanwhile, Gilderoy Lockhart entered Gringotts’ deepest vault and asked the goblins to bring out five hundred thousand Galleons.

• Tierra told Dumbledore he had gotten no results from his investigation, leaving the question of whether he was an Artificial Life Form unresolved.
• Dumbledore comforted Tierra and said he was himself, then praised his talents and predicted he would surpass Dumbledore as a White Wizard.
• Dumbledore revealed that he hoped Tierra would study with Nicolas Flamel during the summer, and Tierra welcomed the chance to learn alchemy.
• Dumbledore urged Tierra to forget the Tarot Society, the Holy Son, and The Hanged Man, while Tierra privately questioned why Dumbledore seemed to expect him to become just like himself.
• Gilderoy Lockhart entered Gringotts’ deepest vault, where the goblins warned him about carrying away its riches and the delay involved in returning for more.
• Gilderoy Lockhart asked the goblins to bring out five hundred thousand Galleons and claimed he could carry them all away in one trip.

Tierra and Dumbledore sailed from London to France, where Dumbledore tried to reassure Tierra that he was his own person. Tierra arranged a photograph with Dumbledore, intending to use it to provoke Gellert Grindelwald and forge a powerful bond for his Godhood Ascension Ritual, while his disguised self continued supervising the slow transfer of gold in Gringotts.

• The disguised Tierra remained in Gringotts' vaults as successive goblin shifts slowly counted and stacked the Galleons from his loan.
• Tierra and Dumbledore arrived in France by cruise ship, and Tierra joked about the country's history as Dumbledore encouraged him to see himself as an independent person.
• Tierra asked a waiter to photograph him and Dumbledore together, then leaned against Dumbledore and made a V-sign for the picture.
• Tierra privately planned to send Gellert Grindelwald an album of photographs with Dumbledore to stir up resentment and create a bond for his Godhood Ascension Ritual.

Dumbledore and Tierra arrived in Paris and traveled to Montmartre to visit Dumbledore’s old friend Nicolas Flamel. They reached Flamel’s strange wooden house, where Flamel called out happily from upstairs.

• Dumbledore and Tierra met White Delacour at the Paris docks, and he drove them away from the port.
• During the drive, Dumbledore and Tierra discussed Delacour’s enthusiasm for hugging and Tierra’s teasing explanation of how boys’ behavior supposedly revealed whom they liked.
• Dumbledore told Tierra about Montmartre and Nicolas Flamel’s long residence there as they walked through the 18th Arrondissement.
• Dumbledore and Tierra arrived at Flamel’s wooden house, and its door opened automatically.
• Nicolas Flamel called to Dumbledore from the second floor, delighted that his old friend had finally come to visit.

Dumbledore brought Tierra to Nicolas Flamel, who offered him the Elixir of Life and agreed to create an alchemical arm and eye. Tierra left the conversation wondering about working for China’s Ministry of Magic rather than staying in Britain.

• Nicolas Flamel welcomed Dumbledore and Tierra to his laboratory and served them lime-flavored Elixir of Life.
• Tierra drank the Elixir, which turned his skin green for about a week, and thanked Flamel for it.
• Flamel confronted Tierra about stealing the Philosopher’s Stone, and Tierra apologized while blaming Voldemort’s control.
• Flamel agreed to make Tierra an alchemical arm and eye and asked him to describe his requirements.
• Tierra asked about Chinese wizarding communities and whether he could work for China’s Ministry of Magic after graduation.
• Tierra said he disliked Britain’s food, climate, and water and feared going bald there.

Tierra asked Nicolas Flamel to forge him a powerful right arm and eye, but Flamel explained that most of the requested weapons and abilities were beyond his skills. Tierra then suspected Flamel had known Merlin and considered how he might learn about Merlin’s ascension ritual.

• Tierra requested an indestructible, strength-enhancing arm equipped with a shield, a Fiendfyre cannon, and a spell-firing Gatling gun, along with an eye that could see through illusions and fire the Killing Curse.
• Nicolas Flamel clarified that he had asked about the arm and eye’s appearance, and said he could provide enhanced strength, durability, and vision but not Tierra’s proposed weapons or Killing Curse ability.
• Nicolas Flamel said Merlin might have been capable of creating the requested devices, prompting Tierra to wonder whether Flamel had met Merlin.
• Tierra reasoned that Flamel’s lifetime overlapped with Merlin’s ascension and considered that Flamel might have assisted with the ritual or retained Merlin’s unfinished Philosopher’s Stone.
• Tierra decided not to press Flamel yet, believing that both he and Flamel had questions they wanted to ask each other.

Tierra finalized the designs for his artificial arm and eye with Nicolas Flamel, then agreed to study alchemy and was sent to Flamel’s library. After Tierra left, Dumbledore and Flamel went to the basement to discuss his alarming reaction to the Elixir of Life.

• Tierra asked Nicolas Flamel to make his artificial right arm silver-gray, stronger, and able to hold a shield or short blade.
• Tierra designed his artificial eye with telescopic, magnifying, and limited X-ray vision, while Dumbledore forbade recording features and restricted what it could see through.
• Nicolas Flamel gave Tierra money and told him to spend the day in Paris before helping refine his arm and eye.
• Tierra claimed he had forgotten alchemy, but Nicolas Flamel decided he was ready for practical work and directed him to the library instead of sending him sightseeing.
• Tierra learned that Minerva McGonagall had moved his luggage into his room, then went upstairs to the library.
• Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel secretly entered the basement, where Flamel said Tierra’s reaction after drinking the Elixir of Life had been very bad.

Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore concluded that Tierra was a “container” who might eventually instinctively seize others’ life force, and Dumbledore arranged for a lethal potion as a last resort while hoping Flamel could find another way. Unaware of their conversation, Tierra searched Flamel’s library and found it filled with familiar novels and even a Doraemon comic.

• Nicolas Flamel explained that Tierra had absorbed the Elixir of Life’s foreign life force instead of expelling it, convincing Dumbledore that Tierra was a “container.”
• Dumbledore wondered whether Gilderoy Lockhart’s Flesh Magic had altered Tierra, but Nicolas Flamel argued that creating such a container from a natural life would be nearly impossible.
• Dumbledore asked whether the Killing Curse could kill Tierra, and Nicolas Flamel said it could if it struck in a single blow.
• Dumbledore asked Nicolas Flamel to keep a lethal potion ready as a last resort and to investigate whether Tierra could escape his fate.
• Tierra searched Nicolas Flamel’s library and found books including The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Doraemon.

Tierra searched Nicolas Flamel's library for his alchemy notes but found only books, records, and personal mementos. Nicolas Flamel explained that the Philosopher's Stone was the Door required for the Godhood Ascension Ritual, clarifying why Tierra had risked stealing it.

• Tierra searched Nicolas Flamel's vast library, finding novels, comics, records, romance excerpts, and recipes but no alchemy notes or hidden compartments.
• Tierra learned from letters that Nicolas Flamel's wife, Madam Wu, also named Perenelle and Wu Peirong, had returned to China for her six-hundred-and-sixty-sixth birthday.
• Nicolas Flamel taught Tierra that magic drew on the material, spiritual, and mental dimensions, while alchemy sought to unite them in the Philosopher's Stone.
• Nicolas Flamel explained that the Philosopher's Stone was the Door to the Divine Dimension in the Godhood Ascension Ritual, and that the ritual required a foundation, stairs, and key.
• Tierra reflected that he had stolen the Philosopher's Stone because it was essential to the ritual, and that even expulsion would have been worth obtaining it.

Tierra completed temporary artificial limbs with Nicolas Flamel’s help, then used Flamel’s notes and materials from the Black family vaults to begin refining replacements himself. He created a Dementor’s Eye connected to his Heaven dimension and planned to turn that realm into a sanctuary for demons.

• Nicolas Flamel shared his notes and experimental records with Tierra, who found clues about Merlin’s Godhood Ascension Ritual.
• Tierra and Nicolas Flamel finished Tierra’s temporary artificial hand and eye after more than half a month of work.
• Tierra took five hundred thousand Galleons from Gringotts using his halo and moved the contents of two Black family vaults into Heaven.
• Tierra discovered that refined items could not cast Avada Kedavra without self-awareness and killing intent, so he abandoned his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception design.
• Tierra refined a living Dementor into a Dementor’s Eye, sealed its chilling and fear-inducing abilities, and connected it to Heaven so it could send consumed souls there.
• Tierra decided to transform Heaven into a pet paradise for raising demons.