Chapter Summaries

Tierra asked the Golden Book Conference to help supply materials for Hathaway Romanov’s Godhood Ascension Ritual, presenting it as an experiment to develop a more universal path to godhood. The members examined his request, and Dumbledore doubled the materials list and handed it to the group.

• Tierra learned that Dumbledore expected to become a Phoenix after death, while Dumbledore described his growing Spiritual and mental dimensions merging into a demon-like form.
• Dumbledore introduced Tierra to the Golden Book Conference and explained that its members shared knowledge and helped one another without fees or vows.
• Dumbledore told the members about Tierra’s plan to guide Hathaway Romanov toward godhood, and they questioned Tierra about his calculations, preparations, and the artificial life form’s stability.
• Tierra claimed Hathaway would serve as a test subject for exploring a more universal path to godhood and explained that her ritual required a large supply of precious materials.
• The Thunderbird Chieftain questioned Tierra about a request for 573,400 Galleons, and Tierra explained that the money would buy metals used to manage conflicts between the ritual’s three stairways.
• Dumbledore doubled Tierra’s materials list and passed it to the Golden Book Conference for the members to supply.

Tierra explained his plan for Hathaway Romanov’s Godhood Ascension Ritual and persuaded several elders to fund and observe it. The group agreed to prepare the materials and support the ritual, which Tierra planned to stage around Voldemort’s coming attack and Harry Potter.

• Tierra answered Nicolas Flamel, Wu Peirong, the Thunderbird Chieftain, and Madam Maka-Far-Monkasha’s questions about the Godhood Ascension Ritual.
• Tierra explained that Hathaway Romanov’s Death Divinity would require famine, plague, war, and Voldemort’s Killing Curse, and said Harry Potter would lure Voldemort into acting.
• Wu Peirong offered magical items, gold worth three hundred thousand Galleons, and a borrowed Philosopher’s Stone in exchange for observing the ritual and receiving a replacement Stone within three years.
• Madam Maka-Far-Monkasha agreed to supply fifty-seven ingredients, while the Thunderbird Chieftain offered gold worth five hundred and seventy thousand Galleons.
• Salazar Slytherin agreed to process Sky Gold, Flowing Silver, and Pillar Copper and create panic, while Dumbledore declined to participate.
• Tierra declared the Godhood Ascension Ritual research group officially established.

Tierra hosted a gathering where immortals discussed magic and ascension before sending them to rest, while Harry spent Christmas feeling guilty and isolated at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. Tierra’s gift offered Harry a potion to resist Voldemort’s mental intrusion, but Voldemort saw the potion recipe when he connected to Harry’s mind.

• Tierra and the gathered immortals exchanged knowledge about Flesh Magic, alchemy, and ascension, while Slytherin said he preferred a quiet life and would only seek Tierra’s protection if forced to face death.
• Dumbledore asked Tierra to find rooms for the guests, and Tierra directed them to the Room of Requirement.
• Harry spent Christmas with the Weasleys and the Order of the Phoenix but remained troubled by his nightmare of being Voldemort and attacking Arthur Weasley.
• Harry opened Tierra’s gift and found a bottle of Huris Potion and a letter explaining that the potion could strengthen his soul and help resist Voldemort.
• Voldemort connected to Harry’s mind and saw the recipe for the Huris Potion.

Tierra used experimental Huris Potion to keep Voldemort occupied and planned to make him create more Horcruxes, while Harry enjoyed a quiet Christmas. At St. Mungo's, Harry and his friends encountered Neville and his grandmother visiting Neville's parents.

• Tierra gave Voldemort an experimental Huris Potion to strengthen his soul and keep him busy testing it.
• Harry spent Christmas without nightmares, mistakenly believing the potion he had received was responsible.
• Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys visited Mr. Weasley at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
• Harry tried to leave when he saw Neville and his grandmother, but Ron called out to Neville.
• Mrs. Longbottom introduced herself to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and said Neville had told her about them.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione learned about Neville’s mother’s condition and hoped Tierra could help cure his parents. Back at Hogwarts, Tierra ended Dumbledore’s Army’s formal lessons and argued that mathematical magic was essential for strengthening every member.

• Neville’s mother gave him a Drooble’s Best Blowing Gum wrapper, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione learned how deeply she had been injured.
• Harry said he would ask Tierra after Christmas whether he could cure Neville’s parents, and Hermione trusted Tierra to find a way.
• After returning to Hogwarts on January 8, Harry learned that Tierra had finished teaching the material he could cover in Dumbledore’s Army lessons.
• Tierra told Hermione to ask her parents for Muggle mathematics workbooks so the students could practice algebra, geometry, and modeling.
• Harry and Hermione questioned whether they needed to study mathematics instead of familiar Latin and Ancient Runes spells.
• Tierra explained that mathematical models described magical rules more precisely than any language and were necessary for confronting the universe’s deeper truths.

After Tierra vanished, Harry experienced Voldemort’s joy and learned that ten Death Eaters had escaped from Azkaban, including Bellatrix Lestrange. With Tierra gone, Hermione urged her friends to take responsibility for themselves and assigned them a large set of mathematics exercises.

• Tierra disappeared after saying he had other things to deal with, and Harry could not reach him through the Resurrection Stone or Tarot Cards for weeks.
• Harry collapsed after Defense Against the Dark Arts class, laughing with Voldemort’s happiness until Ron woke him.
• Hermione showed Harry and Ron a Daily Prophet report that ten prisoners, including Bellatrix Lestrange, had escaped Azkaban.
• Fudge blamed Sirius Black for the breakout, and Harry recognized the event as another of Tierra’s fulfilled prophecies.
• Hermione said they could not depend on Tierra and distributed copied exercise books in algebra, geometry, and modeling for everyone to complete.

As Hogwarts reacted to the Death Eaters' escape from Azkaban, Hermione urged Ron to help prepare exercises for Dumbledore’s Army. In a secluded section of Hogwarts, Tierra explained that his knowledge of people’s lives and destinies made romance with Hermione feel impossible, though he admired her courage and determination.

• Hermione noticed Dumbledore and McGonagall were unusually relaxed about the Azkaban breakout, then insisted Ron help her prepare exercises for Dumbledore’s Army.
• Tierra shared a separate, dim section of Hogwarts with Nicolas Flamel, Wu Peirong, Slytherin, Madam Maka-Far-Monkasha, and the Thunderbird Chieftain so the elders could remain there and assist with his plan.
• Wu Peirong teased Tierra about Hermione and urged him to pursue her, while Tierra reminded her that her husband was seated nearby.
• Tierra told Wu Peirong that, as a god, he could see people’s thoughts, pasts, futures, karma, and destinies, and briefly showed her scenes from her life.
• Tierra said he admired Hermione’s courage and brilliance but viewed her more like a beautiful book than a romantic partner, since he could alter her life and feared his love would diminish her independence.

Fear spread through Hogwarts after ten Death Eaters escaped Azkaban, while Umbridge issued new decrees to tighten her control. Tierra discussed his prophecy and plans with the Thunderbird Chieftain, then made clear he would not demand forgiveness for the people who had suffered at the hands of the Americans.

• Students at Hogwarts feared that the escaped Death Eaters were hiding in the Shrieking Shack and might attack the school, while Susan Bones told Harry how terrifying the news was for her.
• Umbridge issued a decree inviting students to report others for extra credit and another banning public discussion of topics unrelated to coursework.
• Tierra and the Thunderbird Chieftain discussed the Ministry's denial of the crisis and Tierra's prophecy about the future defeat of the United States.
• The Thunderbird Chieftain asked whether Tierra knew what he planned to do after becoming a god and whether Tierra would stop him.
• Tierra said the Godhood Ascension Ritual experiments were academic and that he had no right to urge the Thunderbird Chieftain to forgive those responsible for his people's suffering.

Hathaway Romanov led Slytherins into Umbridge’s Inquisitorial Squad, whose new powers deepened Hogwarts’ division as Dumbledore’s Army trained. Harry began experiencing Voldemort’s experiments in his dreams, and Tierra realized Voldemort was preparing to create another Horcrux.

• At Tierra’s suggestion, Hathaway Romanov brought twenty-seven Slytherins to join Umbridge’s Inquisitorial Squad.
• Umbridge issued Educational Decrees granting the Squad immunity, House Cup authority, and exemptions from two classes, and Tierra approved the decrees under Dumbledore’s authority.
• Draco Malfoy used the Squad’s power to boost Slytherin’s House Cup score and deduct points from other Houses, worsening the hostility between students.
• Dumbledore’s Army trained harder, and Neville practiced spells and Hermione’s exercises with growing intensity.
• In February, Harry began dreaming of Voldemort’s potion experiments and feeling Voldemort’s ecstatic joy.
• Tierra recognized that Voldemort was preparing to split off another Horcrux.

After Hermione arranged for Harry to tell his story in The Quibbler, the interview drew public support and provoked Umbridge, while Dumbledore publicly rewarded Harry and his friends. Draco Malfoy and Hathaway Romanov soon resumed abusing the Inquisitorial Squad’s authority, as Tierra observed that Hathaway’s artificial nature made her susceptible to environmental influence during the Godhood Ascension Ritual.

• Hermione arranged Harry’s interview for The Quibbler, and the issue’s publication brought Harry a flood of letters and gifts from sympathetic readers.
• Umbridge confronted Harry over the interview and gave him detention, but Dumbledore awarded points to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Luna and removed all Slytherin’s House Cup points.
• Draco Malfoy resumed using the Inquisitorial Squad to deduct points from students in the other Houses after receiving support from Lucius Malfoy.
• Hathaway Romanov and Pansy Parkinson entered a third-year classroom, imposed new rules, and deducted points from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students.
• Tierra watched from another Hogwarts and explained to Maka-Far-Monkasha that an Artificial Life Form’s Spiritual Dimension was easily affected by its surroundings, making Hathaway suited to the Godhood Ascension Ritual.

Tierra finished the Godhood Ascension Ritual design and planned to help Voldemort make another Horcrux with the Sword of Gryffindor. As Harry and the D.A. practiced Patronuses, Tierra warned them that Umbridge had been informed of their meeting.

• Tierra distributed the completed Godhood Ascension Ritual design to the Golden Books Conference and assigned preparations to its members.
• Tierra said he would help Draco Malfoy deliver the Sword of Gryffindor to Voldemort when Voldemort was able to split his soul again.
• Harry and the other fifth-years endured mounting O.W.L. pressure while continuing D.A. training in the Room of Requirement.
• Harry led the D.A. in practicing the Patronus Charm, and Hermione conjured a silver otter Patronus.
• Tierra's Tarot Cards repeatedly warned Harry and the D.A. to run because someone had informed Umbridge about their meeting.

Harry was captured during Umbridge’s raid on the D.A. and brought before Fudge, who accused him and Dumbledore of organizing an illegal group. Dumbledore claimed responsibility for the D.A. and prepared to resist arrest as the Aurors moved to seize him.

• Harry escaped the fleeing students but Malfoy tripped him with a Leg-Locker Curse, and Umbridge took him to the Great Hall.
• Harry denied knowing about the illegal organization while Dumbledore silently encouraged him to keep quiet.
• Umbridge brought Marietta in as the informer and presented the D.A.’s notes and membership list to Fudge.
• Dumbledore pointed out that Harry’s first meeting had occurred before the Ministry’s ban, then claimed the D.A. as his own army.
• Dumbledore admitted he had trained the students and plotted against Fudge, prompting Fudge to order his arrest and Percy to record the confession.
• Dumbledore refused to surrender and noted that Umbridge had brought nearly two-thirds of the Ministry’s Aurors before she ordered them to arrest him.

Tierra, disguised as Dumbledore, defeated the Aurors’ attack and forced Cornelius Fudge and Umbridge to agree to leave Hogwarts students alone in exchange for his temporary resignation. He warned Harry about the stone, confronted Marietta Edgecombe, then vanished and prepared to take the Golden Books Conference to the Dreamlands.

• More than twenty Aurors attacked Tierra, who redirected their spells into a tiny circle and sent them back, knocking many unconscious.
• Tierra confronted Cornelius Fudge and Umbridge, securing their agreement not to punish, expel, or arbitrarily deduct points from the students on the Dumbledore’s Army list.
• Tierra told Harry to give the stone to the person seeking it, explaining that it was useless and that doing so would spring a trap.
• Tierra condemned Marietta Edgecombe for betraying her classmates and said she would face a consequence other than expulsion.
• Tierra vanished from the Great Hall, returned to his own appearance inside Hogwarts space, and told the Golden Books Conference members to pack for a Dreamlands vacation.

Tierra left his animated conceptual self at Hogwarts while taking Dumbledore and a group of companions to Afghanistan. At Hogwarts, Umbridge seized the Resurrection Stone and replaced Dumbledore as headmistress, leaving Harry and the others facing her rule.

• Tierra brought the Golden Books Conference members along for the Dreamlands trip and left his conceptualized self at Hogwarts.
• After Dumbledore disappeared, Umbridge demanded the Resurrection Stone from Harry and slapped him, causing it to fall from his pocket.
• Hathaway Romanov blasted Harry aside, and Umbridge grabbed the Resurrection Stone as Tierra ordered Hathaway to remove everyone else.
• Harry and Hermione slept poorly, then saw a decree appointing Umbridge headmistress in Dumbledore's place.
• Harry heard Ernie Macmillan insist Dumbledore would return soon, while Tierra and his companions boarded a flight from London to Afghanistan.

Umbridge used the Resurrection Stone to summon Tierra, but first encountered the phantom of her estranged mother, Ellen Cracknell. Tierra refused to help her enter the Chamber of Secrets and demanded three souls as payment, leaving Umbridge with a dangerous bargain to consider.

• Umbridge summoned Ellen Cracknell with the Resurrection Stone and rejected her mother, even attacking her phantom with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Tierra appeared in the bathroom mirror after Ellen vanished, and Umbridge ordered him to explain how to enter the Chamber of Secrets.
• Tierra refused Umbridge's order and explained that summoning a demon required a price.
• Tierra demanded three greedy, high-ranking Ministry of Magic officials who would die of illness, fighting, and starvation.

Umbridge used Tierra’s Pain Mist spell to torment Hogwarts students while Dumbledore was away, despite his warning about its dangers. Her unchecked corporal punishment eventually drove George Weasley and Fred Weasley to unleash a huge display of magical fireworks throughout the school.

• Umbridge searched for Ministry officials to eliminate and tried to claim Dumbledore’s office, but the gargoyle blocked her.
• Umbridge issued more Educational Decrees and had Hathaway Romanov use the Cruciatus Curse on Dennis Creevey.
• Tierra taught Umbridge Pain Mist and warned her that absorbing too much pain could contaminate her Spiritual Dimension and drive her mad.
• With Tierra and the Golden Books Conference away and Dumbledore still absent, Umbridge became bolder and physically punished nearly every student outside Dumbledore’s Army and Slytherin House.
• George Weasley and Fred Weasley set off ten crates of magical fireworks, filling Hogwarts with explosions and dazzling displays.

Harry enjoyed Fred and George’s week-long fireworks prank on Umbridge while revising for the approaching exams. Fourteen days before the exams, Hagrid led Harry, Ron, and Hermione deep into the Forbidden Forest and revealed that he had a brother named Croop.

• Umbridge tried and failed to stop Fred and George’s fireworks, and the teachers left her to deal with the chaos.
• The fireworks lasted a week, and Umbridge did not punish Fred and George after they vanished.
• Harry focused on revising as the O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exams approached.
• Hagrid asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione to visit him, then led them far into the Forbidden Forest with a weapon.
• Hagrid admitted that he had a brother, and a huge, dirty, childlike giant named Croop emerged from behind him.

Hagrid explained that Grawp was his half-brother and that he feared leaving him alone if he was dismissed, while Harry and his friends met the giant in the Forbidden Forest. By June, Umbridge had still expelled no one, and the students focused on preparing for their O.W.L. exams as Harry’s worries about Tierra faded into the background.

• Hagrid told Hermione, Ron, and Harry that Grawp was his half-brother, and that Dumbledore had helped the giant grow with regular tonic.
• Hagrid said he could not send Grawp back because the giant had grown taller than his tribe’s chief and would be forced into a deadly challenge.
• Grawp clapped and laughed when Hagrid introduced Harry, Ron, and Hermione as new friends.
• By June, Umbridge had not expelled any students or teachers, and Fred Weasley and George Weasley lost their bet that she would expel students early.
• The teachers stopped assigning homework and used class time to review for the O.W.L. exams, while Hermione studied and Harry thought less about Tierra and his dreams of Voldemort.
• Umbridge spent little time at Hogwarts and frequently traveled to the Ministry of Magic.

As O.W.L. anxiety spread through Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione encountered Marietta Edgecombe, who had changed so drastically that she resembled Tierra. Marietta begged them to ask Tierra for forgiveness, but a man’s voice suddenly spoke through her, warning that betrayal had a price.

• Ernie Macmillan boasted to Harry and Ron about his long study hours, while Draco Malfoy claimed his father’s connections would help him with the exams.
• Neville told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Griselda Marchbanks was his grandmother’s friend, but said his grandmother compared him unfavorably with his father.
• Eddie Carmichael offered Harry and Ron Baruffio’s Brain Elixir, but Hermione confiscated it and explained that supposed study aids were useless or harmful.
• Marietta Edgecombe ran up to Harry, Ron, and Hermione, apologized for betraying them, and begged them to ask Tierra to forgive her.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione recognized that Marietta had grown taller and increasingly resembled Tierra before she froze and spoke in a man’s voice, saying betrayal came at a price.

Marietta was haunted by a malicious reflection after betraying Dumbledore's Army, and she became detached from herself as the O.W.L.s approached. During the History of Magic exam, Harry experienced a vision of Voldemort torturing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries and woke screaming in the Great Hall.

• Marietta convinced herself that informing on Dumbledore's Army had been justified and that it had helped protect Ravenclaw from trouble.
• Marietta began seeing a malicious version of herself in reflective surfaces, smashed her mirrors, and avoided windows and puddles.
• After her roommate urged her to look in a mirror, Marietta screamed, later sought help from Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Knockturn Alley, and then returned to her studies in a detached state.
• Tierra guided Dumbledore's Army members through their written and practical O.W.L. exams, and the History of Magic exam began.
• Harry experienced a vision of Voldemort torturing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries and woke on the Great Hall floor with his scar burning.