Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore and the judges accepted that Tierra and Harry had both been bound to compete in the Triwizard Tournament, despite disputes over Harry’s selection. Bagman explained the rules and barred Tierra from bringing his artificial hand and eye into the arena.

• Tierra denied helping Harry enter his name and pointed out loopholes in Dumbledore’s Age Line.
• Harry denied entering his name or getting help, but Madame Maxime and Snape doubted him while McGonagall defended him.
• Barty Crouch said the rules required anyone chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete, and Karkaroff demanded another selection for Durmstrang.
• Moody argued that someone had used a powerful Confundus Charm to make Harry appear to be the sole candidate from a fourth school and might want him dead.
• Dumbledore concluded that Tierra and Harry had to compete, and Bagman began explaining the rules.
• Bagman said Tierra could not bring his artificial hand or artificial eye into the arena.

Tierra persuaded the judges to let him compete in the Triwizard Tournament with his prosthetic limb by threatening to expose Madame Maxime as a half-giant and frightening Karkaroff with a vision of Voldemort. The judges agreed to allow the limb after it was inspected, though Karkaroff was left wondering what he had seen.

• McGonagall, Moody, and Dumbledore argued that Tierra should be allowed to use his prosthetic limb, but Madame Maxime, Karkaroff, and Bagman initially opposed the exception.
• Tierra asked to speak privately to Madame Maxime and Karkaroff, then threatened to expose Madame Maxime as a half-giant through Lockhart's books or an interview with The Daily Prophet.
• Madame Maxime agreed to let Tierra compete with his prosthetic limb if the judges inspected it and confirmed it had only basic functions.
• Tierra frightened Karkaroff with a vision of Voldemort, causing Karkaroff to agree to let him compete with the prosthetic limb.
• Karkaroff came to his senses and saw that the phantom was gone.

After the champions left, Tierra secretly used a Time-Turner to watch the Goblet of Fire and identify who entered Harry's name. He saw Karkaroff and Barty Crouch Jr. tamper with it, then witnessed a golden bird deliver another parchment as dawn approached.

• Dumbledore sent Tierra and Harry back to their dormitory and told Tierra to visit his office the next morning.
• Harry asked Tierra who had entered his name in the Goblet of Fire, and Tierra lied that he did not know.
• Tierra revealed that he had used a Time-Turner to return to the previous night and hide inside the Great Hall's mirrors.
• Karkaroff secretly placed a parchment in the Goblet of Fire, apparently to enter Krum.
• Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Moody, cast a Confundus Charm and placed two parchments in the Goblet of Fire.
• A golden swan-like bird appeared at dawn, dropped a parchment into the Goblet of Fire, and vanished.

After Harry became a Triwizard Tournament champion, Tierra proposed they train together and agree that the loser would receive the thousand-Galleon prize. Harry escaped Gryffindor’s noisy celebration only to find Ron convinced he had entered the tournament and jealous of his friendship with Tierra.

• Harry agreed to Tierra’s proposal to join forces and split the tournament’s rewards between the winner and loser.
• Gryffindor students surrounded Harry with cheers and questions, ignoring his insistence that he had not entered the Goblet of Fire.
• Harry left the celebration and found Ron alone in the dormitory.
• Harry argued that someone else had put his name in the Goblet, but Ron accused him of lying and confiding in Tierra instead.
• Ron said he felt like Harry and Tierra’s second-class friend.

Tierra arranged to meet Luna Lovegood and discussed something with her by the Black Lake. Harry woke late, told Hermione what had happened with the Goblet of Fire, and found Tierra finishing his conversation with Luna.

• Tierra asked the House-elf Kabi to invite Luna Lovegood to meet him after breakfast by the Black Lake.
• Harry woke late, found Ron and Tierra gone from the dormitory, and left the Common Room to avoid the Gryffindors celebrating him.
• Hermione brought Harry bread and walked with him to the lake while he explained how his name had entered the Goblet of Fire.
• Hermione believed Harry had not entered himself and wondered who could have fooled the Goblet and Dumbledore.
• Harry and Hermione spotted Tierra talking with Luna by the lake, and Tierra and Luna agreed to something as their conversation ended.

Tierra arranged to be interviewed by The Quibbler so he could promote kindness toward House-elves, while Harry grew increasingly aware that Tierra was keeping something from him. At breakfast the next day, Harry decided he wanted to talk properly with Ron, understanding how Ron might have felt about him.

• Tierra told Harry and Hermione he planned to have The Quibbler interview him instead of The Daily Prophet so he could speak about treating House-elves kindly.
• On Monday, Harry found that students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw greeted him and Tierra, while many students from other Houses viewed Harry’s championship with suspicion.
• Tierra left Harry at breakfast to talk with Luna Lovegood, making Harry jealous because they rarely ate apart.
• Harry reflected that Tierra seemed to be hiding something from him and realized Ron might have felt the same way about Harry.
• Harry decided to have a proper talk with Ron.

Tierra discussed plans for building support and weakening opposition with Hermione during Herbology while Harry struggled with Ron’s silence. After Malfoy taunted Harry at Care of Magical Creatures, Tierra went to investigate the dangerous Blast-Ended Skrewts Hagrid had isolated, and opened their stone enclosure.

• During Herbology, Tierra explained to Hermione how to prepare for a struggle, win allies, and divide opponents, while Harry failed to understand and Ron ignored him.
• After class, Harry and Ron remained distant as Tierra and Hermione continued their conversation.
• At Hagrid’s Care of Magical Creatures class, Malfoy mocked Harry about his chances in the Triwizard Tournament.
• Hagrid told Tierra that his two Blast-Ended Skrewts were dangerously aggressive and had been locked in a stone house.
• Tierra refused Hagrid’s dragon-hide armor, left for the stone house alone, and opened its door after hearing the Skrewts roar.

Hagrid and Hermione urged Harry to tell Sirius that he had been entered in the Triwizard Tournament, while Harry resisted because he feared Sirius would be caught again. Meanwhile, Tierra completed his experiments on two Blast-Ended Basilisk Skrewts and sent them through the Gate to a distant planet.

• Hagrid reassured Harry that he believed Harry had not entered himself in the Triwizard Tournament and said Dumbledore believed him too.
• Hermione and Hagrid urged Harry to write to Sirius, and Harry agreed despite refusing to borrow an owl from Ron.
• Tierra faced two Blast-Ended Basilisk Skrewts whose Hydra Potion-altered bodies had developed Basilisk traits and Mystic Eyes that could petrify.
• Tierra magically restrained the Skrewts, collected samples from them, and sent them through the Gate to a planet far from Earth.
• Tierra concluded the Skrewt experiment, which had tested the Hydra Potion's effects on magical creatures and would support later research into inherited epigenetic effects.

Tierra and Harry were summoned from Snape’s Potions class for the Triwizard champions’ wand-weighing ceremony, where Rita Skeeter tried to interview Harry. Tierra refused on their behalf, claiming they had already arranged exclusive interviews, and left Harry wondering what he meant.

• Tierra told Hagrid he had released the Blast-Ended Skrewts into the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid agreed they belonged in the wild.
• Tierra gathered jealousy from rumors Draco Malfoy spread about him and Harry, while Snape continued to torment Harry in Potions class.
• Colin Creevey came to fetch Harry and Tierra for the champions’ ceremony, and Snape reluctantly let them leave with their things.
• Ludo Bagman introduced Rita Skeeter and explained that the champions would have their wands checked and be photographed.
• Rita Skeeter asked to interview Harry, but Tierra pulled him aside and refused, claiming they had arranged exclusive interviews.

Dumbledore gathered the champions and judges for the Triwizard Tournament wand inspection, while Tierra continued to taunt Fleur and spar with Dumbledore. After Ollivander inspected Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, and Harry Potter’s wands, he reacted with surprise when Tierra handed over his wand.

• Rita Skeeter tried to question Tierra and Harry, but both stayed silent until Dumbledore arrived.
• Dumbledore introduced Ollivander and told Tierra to visit his office after the inspection, and Tierra reluctantly agreed.
• Ollivander inspected Fleur Delacour’s wand, and Tierra made a crude remark about its Veela hair core.
• Ollivander inspected Viktor Krum’s wand and Harry Potter’s wand, finding both in good condition.
• Tierra handed Ollivander the wand formed by Mad Walker, and Ollivander made a startled sound.

Ollivander examined Tierra’s Mad Walker wand and found it unusually powerful, then confirmed there were no problems with the champions’ wands. After the photographs, Dumbledore took Tierra to his office for a private discussion while Harry went to dinner alone.

• Tierra told Ollivander that his original wand had been stolen and described the Mad Walker as a legendary wand from his father, Gilderoy Lockhart.
• Ollivander tested the Mad Walker, praised its power and smooth handling, and returned it to Tierra.
• Barty Crouch corrected Ollivander, who confirmed that all four champions’ wands had no problems.
• Dumbledore invited Ollivander to stay for drinks and dismissed the others, but asked Tierra to remain for a discussion.
• Bagman and Rita arranged group and individual photographs of the judges and champions, delaying their departure.
• Harry went to dinner alone while Tierra followed Dumbledore to his office, where Dumbledore asked him to guess why he had called him there.

Dumbledore told Tierra that Hathaway Romanov was an Artificial Life Form created from Gellert’s Flesh Magic notes and asked him to investigate her, but Tierra refused to be drawn into the matter. Meanwhile, Igor Karkaroff returned to Durmstrang’s ship and accused Tierra of being an Artificial Life Form created by Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel.

• Dumbledore showed Tierra a photograph of Hathaway Romanov and explained the Romanov family’s influence in Russia’s Wizarding World.
• Dumbledore identified Hathaway as an Artificial Life Form created by Madam Rosier and others using notes from Gellert’s Flesh Magic experiments.
• Dumbledore asked Tierra to approach Hathaway and uncover the conspiracy, but Tierra repeatedly refused, saying he was too busy and would not be ordered to go.
• Igor Karkaroff returned to Durmstrang’s ship and told Madam Rosier, Hathaway, another white-haired girl, and a middle-aged man that he suspected Tierra was an Artificial Life Form created by Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel.

Hathaway Romanov reacted furiously to learning that Dumbledore had created Tierra, an Artificial Life Form, but Madam Rosier and the others restrained her and discussed Tierra’s potential. They concluded he had at least two steps on the Path to Godhood and assigned Hathaway to investigate him, with permission to devour him if necessary.

• Hathaway Romanov threatened to kill Tierra and Dumbledore, but Madam Rosier calmed her and reminded her that their goal was to rule rather than destroy the Wizarding World.
• Igor Karkaroff and Scott Lake assessed Tierra as a valuable, likely intelligence-oriented Artificial Life Form and noted that his wand showed he had at least one step on the Path to Godhood.
• Madam Rosier and the others considered Hasty Hard’s accurate predictions and concluded that Tierra might evade Divination or possess a powerful Magical Item, suggesting he had at least two steps.
• Madam Rosier warned that they had to act before Dumbledore or Nicolas Flamel advanced further and ordered Hathaway to investigate Tierra’s attributes and progress.
• Madam Rosier told Hathaway that she could devour Tierra if the investigation went wrong.

Tierra left Dumbledore's office without agreeing to study Hathaway, then realized that the artifacts she carried might reveal all three Stairways in her Godhood Ascension Ritual. As Hathaway arrived at Hogwarts, she proudly declared herself the master of death and the Great Leader's heir.

• Tierra refused Dumbledore's request to approach and study Hathaway, prioritizing his own Godhood Ascension Ritual.
• Tierra concluded that Grindelwald's remnants were trying to create a god through Hathaway and identified the Red Priest's Grimoire as a Stairway governing Plunder and War.
• Tierra inferred that Hathaway's crown and scepter represented the Stairways of Famine and Plague, completing the set needed for the divinity of Death.
• Tierra wondered whether Hathaway's conspicuous display of her Stairways was a trap.
• Hathaway Romanov disembarked from the Durmstrang ship with Igor Karkaroff and Hasty Hard, refusing Igor's plea to put away her artifacts.
• Hathaway declared that she was the master of death and the Great Leader's heir.

Tierra reassured Harry that Ron would reconcile with him and hinted at their future Horcrux hunt. Hathaway Romanov then confronted Tierra in the Great Hall, but he dismissed her and left with Harry, while she declared that he had caught her attention.

• Tierra guessed when Harry had received Sirius's reply and teased Harry instead of revealing the Triwizard Tournament's first task.
• Tierra told Harry that Ron would eventually support him and recalled that Dumbledore would still send Harry, Ron, and Hermione to search for Horcruxes.
• Hathaway Romanov entered the Great Hall and used a powerful charm while introducing herself to Tierra.
• Tierra could not read Hathaway's thoughts, suspected she was testing him on Madam Rosier's behalf, and left the Great Hall with Harry.
• After Tierra left, Hathaway said he had caught her attention, while Igor Karkaroff covered his face in embarrassment.

Tierra learned that Ollivander found his wand seemed alive, while Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel recognized a connection to the ladder. Over the following weeks, Tierra avoided Hathaway Romanov and prepared for his ritual as Rita Skeeter’s article made Harry the subject of Hogwarts gossip, while Tierra saved the paper as a future Christmas gift.

• Tierra told Harry that Dumbledore had warned him to watch Hathaway Romanov, then led him toward the Common Room.
• Dumbledore summoned Ollivander and spoke with Nicolas Flamel through a Crystal Ball about Tierra’s abnormal wand, which Ollivander said felt as if it were using him.
• Over the next two weeks, Tierra studied, prepared the Godhood Ascension Ritual, avoided Hathaway’s duel challenges, and gave prophecies to strengthen his anchors and bonds.
• Rita Skeeter published an article portraying Harry and Tierra as romantic rivals and describing Tierra as a scheming climber, sparking gossip among Hogwarts students.
• Tierra ignored the insults, highlighted the claim that he was Dumbledore’s favorite student, and kept the newspaper to send someone as a Christmas present.

Rita Skeeter’s article deepened the rift between Harry and Ron, while Tierra stayed out of their argument and prepared for the approaching first task. When Harry and Hermione planned a trip to Hogsmeade, Dumbledore summoned Tierra to his office.

• Hermione and Harry condemned Rita Skeeter’s article, while Tierra said he did not care about it and refused to get involved in Harry and Ron’s quarrel.
• Harry insisted he would not speak to Ron until Ron apologized, though he privately missed having Ron around.
• Hermione complained about Viktor Krum sitting near them in the library, and Harry corrected her description of Krum’s Quidditch move.
• As the first task approached, Harry grew increasingly anxious while Tierra calmly continued working in his notebook.
• Harry and Hermione planned to visit Hogsmeade, but Dumbledore intercepted Tierra and asked him to accompany him.

Dumbledore tried to take Tierra to see the dragons for the Triwizard Tournament, but Tierra recognized the plan and deduced that Dumbledore wanted information about the Tarot Society. As Tierra prepared to leave, Dumbledore stopped him by mentioning the Godhood Ascension Ritual.

• Dumbledore concealed Tierra with a Disillusionment Charm and set off with him, but Tierra guessed they were going to see the dragons.
• Tierra named the four dragons and explained that the contestant only needed to take the Golden Egg, suggesting the Eye Impairing Curse as a tactic.
• Tierra questioned why Dumbledore had not brought Harry and concluded that Dumbledore hoped to trade tournament information for details about the Tarot Society.
• Dumbledore invited Tierra for tea, but Tierra repeatedly refused and started to leave.
• Dumbledore asked whether Tierra was interested in the Godhood Ascension Ritual, and Tierra froze in disbelief.

Dumbledore explained to Tierra that the Godhood Ascension Ritual required a Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit, and warned that Tierra might be serving as a sacrifice for someone else. Tierra realized he had no Holy Father and named Gellert Grindelwald to conceal that fact.

• Tierra followed Dumbledore to his office, where the former headmasters, Fawkes, and the Sorting Hat watched him closely.
• Dumbledore asked Tierra who his Holy Father was and said he knew Tierra had prepared a path to godhood.
• Dumbledore described the Trinity ritual: the Holy Son ascended to the Divine Dimension, the Holy Spirit anchored him to the real world, and the Holy Father filled his returned dimensions to attain immortality.
• Dumbledore warned Tierra that his Tarot Society had hidden this crucial part of the ritual and urged him not to sacrifice himself for another.
• Tierra realized he had planned to follow Merlin's method without a Holy Father, then claimed that Gellert Grindelwald was his Holy Father.

Tierra left Dumbledore's office unsettled after learning that Merlin's Godhood Ascension Ritual was a watered-down version of Hermes's Trinity ritual, then used Harry's fears about the Triwizard Tournament to steer him toward a plan involving summoned magical items. Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel secretly listened to Tierra's conversation and suspected he had prepared anchors to pursue godhood and escape the Tarot Society's control.

• Tierra told Dumbledore he needed time to think about the Godhood Ascension Ritual, and Dumbledore promised to protect him from Gellert.
• Harry told Tierra about the four dragons Hagrid had shown him, but Tierra already knew about them and predicted the first task would involve taking something from a dragon.
• Tierra claimed he had entered the tournament to protect Harry, and Harry was moved until Ron walked in, saw them together, and angrily slammed the door.
• Tierra advised Harry to practice the Accio Charm so he could summon magical items into the arena, then said they would need to retrieve the useful items Dumbledore had confiscated.
• Dumbledore listened to a live recording of Tierra's conversation while Nicolas Flamel suggested the magical items were anchors for Tierra's plan to become a god and escape the Tarot Society's control.