Chapter Summaries

Tom confronted Mr. Malfoy after the attack on Oblique Alley, exposed his role in delaying help, and forced him to reveal Borgin Burke’s involvement. The chapter ended with Malfoy terrified and submitting to Tom, who warned that loyalty would come at a price.

• Mr. Malfoy approached Tom and tried to assert control, but Tom ignored him and used magic to thwart his attempts to strike him.
• Tom mocked Mr. Malfoy, and Paul knocked him down and held him underfoot after he raised his wand against the Minister.
• Tom learned that only seven of his Aurors had survived and discussed the escaped prisoners, the Ministry’s finances, and agreeing to Nurmengard’s terms.
• Mr. Malfoy confessed that Borgin Burke had persuaded them to hold Tom back after noticing Nelson Wiltning in Berlin.
• Tom revealed that Mr. Malfoy had betrayed everyone he could and said that loyalty to him would earn preferential treatment, then hinted at branding him.

Tom forced Old Malfoy to believe he had betrayed his former allies and made him dependent on the Minister of Magic, then left him in charge of the Oblique Alley cleanup. Old Malfoy began managing the crisis while preparing to identify and monitor the remaining threats.

• Old Malfoy offered Tom his loyalty, and Tom rejected a visible magical brand while warning him that his former allies would see him as a traitor.
• Tom announced that the Ministry would grant the people involved a limited pardon, leaving Old Malfoy isolated from his allies and dependent on Nobby Leach.
• Tom told Paul that Old Malfoy had helped capture the prisoners and ordered Paul to leave the cleanup to him.
• Old Malfoy told Paul to stop the Memory Modification Office from erasing the Muggles' memories and directed the recovery, compensation, and public response.
• Old Malfoy asked Paul for a list of trustworthy Aurors to watch, while Paul urged him to seek treatment for Dragon Pox syphilis and bring his son.

Nelson visited Borgin Burke’s treasure vault and bargained with him over a valuable magical artifact. After Nelson left with a gramophone, Barry exposed Burke’s purchase to all of Berlin, while Andre realized his schemes to obtain Nelson’s Time-Turner had failed.

• Borgin Burke showed Nelson his vast collection and offered to trade it for the stone on Nelson’s ring.
• Nelson and Burke discussed the enchanted gramophone, then negotiated a barter for Burke’s collection.
• Barry told Andre that Malfoy had torn up their agreement and that Andre’s raid on the Department of Mysteries had yielded only Nelson’s Veil.
• Andre admitted his mistakes as Nelson walked away carrying the gramophone and Burke chased after him, protesting that no deal had been completed.
• Barry shouted at Burke from a window, and the Reborn loudspeaker announced that Burke had bought the legendary Resurrection Stone.

Christian was rescued from the car where she had been trapped after the attack on Oblique Alley, and she learned that Abbott had been badly hurt while defending the area. At St. Mungo's, she woke to Tom and Tom Riddle Sr. speaking beside her bed.

• Christian endured hallucinations and feared that everyone she knew had died while she remained locked in the car.
• Two witches and a wizard broke through the car's iron covering and found Christian, who asked whether Abbott was all right.
• The rescuers carried Christian to St. Mungo's, where Tom Riddle Sr. spoke with Tom beside her bed.
• Tom Riddle Sr. told Tom that he had bought a winery and replaced its grapes with tomatoes for him.
• Tom told Tom Riddle Sr. that he should not have come, and Christian woke as he began speaking.

Nelson confronted Reborn and discovered that he was Barry, whose body and magic were being consumed by an Obscurus and bound by Herpo the Foul’s servant-control magic. Barry refused Nelson’s offer to save him, choosing to spend his remaining time living freely and to help Nelson in Berlin.

• Nelson entered Reborn’s headquarters, confronted him about a past killing, and recognized familiar traces of Barry and Grindelwald in him.
• Nelson attacked Reborn and found Barry suffering beneath an emerald chain that restrained his immense Obscurus magic.
• Nelson recognized the chain as Herpo the Foul’s magic and saw that Barry’s condition was worsening despite his new body.
• Barry told Nelson that Grindelwald had given him a chance to walk and run, but he had chosen not to seek rescue with the Resurrection Stone.
• Barry revealed that he had sent Andre away and would help Nelson in Berlin, and Nelson left, urging him not to die.

Ludwig reached the black gate at the end of the afterlife journey, carrying his memories and resolve toward The Veil. In Berlin, Nelson used the rumor that he had sold the Resurrection Stone to provoke a violent scramble among wizards, then revealed that the resulting deaths were the point.

• Ludwig thanked the Hogwarts Express for protecting him on his journey, but chose to keep his memories rather than pass through the black gate without resistance.
• Ludwig ran toward The Veil, his color and memories stirring feelings in the wandering souls, and heard voices from behind the gate speaking of Auschwitz and a thwarted massacre.
• Ludwig saw a black robe hanging from the gate and charged toward The Veil despite the pressure urging him to stop.
• Nelson confirmed that Borgin Burke had obtained something from him, prompting Berlin wizards to believe he had sold the Resurrection Stone and crowd around him.
• An explosion struck Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and the crowd turned on one another as some wizards attacked potential rivals.
• Barry watched the chaos with Nelson, who explained that the Deathly Hallows’ greatest danger was the deaths caused by people pursuing their power.

Nelson used a speech to drive Berlin’s Dark Wizards into a battle over the supposed prize from Borgin Burke, while a storm and Dementors closed in on the city. Barry revealed that he and Andre had helped bring the Dementors from Azkaban, and the chapter left Nelson surrounded as the forces converged.

• Nelson denied that the robed figures bearing Golden Sun emblems were his people, and Barry struck the great bell so Nelson could announce his challenge across Berlin.
• Nelson told the Dark Wizards that Borgin Burke had received a source of immense power, inciting them to attack Borgin’s building and fight one another for the prize.
• A dark storm reached Berlin, plunging the battle into darkness as the Dementors arrived and preyed on the panicked Wizards.
• Barry admitted that he and Andre had helped bring the Dementors from Azkaban at Grindelwald’s request, and he and Andre joked with Nelson about holding him back.
• Barry saw that Dementors and the robed figures had closed in around the battlefield as Nelson’s warning to leave expired.

Nelson watched a deadly battle unfold across Berlin while Andre and Barry explained how the city had become a trap for its dark wizards. The chapter ended with Andre revealing that Herpo the Foul was the source of nearly all Dark Magic and suggesting Nelson could take his place.

• Barry and Andre discussed Nelson’s refusal to use Herpo the Foul’s magic as he evaded spells on the clock tower.
• A newly escaped, wandless prisoner killed a young dark wizard, stole his Wand, and escaped as other wizards’ spells struck the victim.
• A skilled intruder blasted a hole into Borgin Burke’s mansion while Dementors blocked the streets and trapped Berlin’s wizards.
• Andre explained that the International Confederation of Wizards had exiled dangerous criminals to Prussia and that others had used Borgin Burke to provoke Nelson.
• Nelson declared that he could defeat the Dementors, while Barry argued that Berlin’s selfish wizards could not be saved.
• Andre revealed that Herpo the Foul had originated nearly all Dark Magic and suggested its practitioners might now look to Nelson.

A Dementor described how despair and fear ripened prisoners into a feast as Dementors advanced on the dark wizards fighting outside Borgin Burke's mansion. Nelson, Barry, and Andre watched from a church bell tower until Nelson recognized Jocunda Sakes leading a disciplined Muggle sect whose members raised magically enhanced weapons, leaving the battle about to change.

• A Dementor noticed Nelson, Barry, and Andre in the bell tower and lowered its hood before the other Dementors surged forward.
• Dark wizards inside and around Borgin Burke's mansion began attacking one another as the Dementors closed in.
• Nelson spotted silent, disciplined Muggles surrounding the street and noticed gun barrels beneath their cloaks.
• Jocunda Sakes revealed herself with a lit wand, and Barry and Andre explained her history and her connection to a sun-worshipping sect.
• The missionaries prayed, raised magic-glimmering bracers, and chambered their weapons as Nelson realized they had formed an organization beyond his plans.

Nelson and Barry watched Gioconda lead rescued Muggles armed with Missionaries into the battle against the Dark Wizards. After a blinding device let the fighters seize positions and build defenses, the first gunfire gave them the initiative as the storm broke.

• Gioconda warned the assembled warriors that the battle would be brutal and urged them to fight carefully, then explained why she stood against Wizards.
• The warriors refused to let Gioconda lead the assault, declaring that the fight was theirs, and she launched a Small Silver Ball toward the battlefield.
• The ball blinded the Dark Wizards, allowing the Missionary-equipped fighters to advance, though a Werewolf killed one warrior before his teammate took up the Missionary.
• Nelson recognized the early-model Mayflies flying from the fighters’ fortifications and realized he had supplied them to Gioconda.
• As sunlight broke through the storm, the Mayflies guided the fighters’ weapons, and gunfire and spells struck the Dark Wizards, giving the Muggles the initiative.

As gunfire erupted between Muggle fighters and Berlin’s Dark Wizards, Nelson watched from the clock tower and reflected on the divide between Wizards and Muggles. Andre told him about Jonas’s past as an ordinary man from Trier and warned that the fighters below were all like Jonas, leaving Nelson to confront the weight of their war.

• Nelson watched Muggle fighters and Wizards exchange gunfire while the Dark Wizards took cover and began to gain the upper hand.
• Nelson and Andre discussed how Muggle weapons and Wizard magic differed, and Andre recalled abandoning his hopes for a civilized society.
• Andre asked about Nelson’s relationship with Jonas and revealed that Jonas had been a deserter who reported problems in Germany.
• Andre recounted Jonas’s upbringing in Trier, his ambitions, and how he became isolated after fleeing to the United Kingdom.
• Andre pointed out that the fighters below were all like Jonas and told Nelson that their war belonged to them.

Nelson unleashed the power of his Patronus in Berlin, turning the tide for the Muggle fighters and upgrading their Missionaries with metal from the Hogwarts Express. At Christian’s bedside, Tom explained her trauma to Tom Riddle Sr. and left him to keep her company while he went to see Abbott.

• Nelson ignored Andre’s warning and raised the Elder Wand, drawing the attention of the Wizards and worsening the Muggles’ position.
• Nelson summoned a blazing Patronus that drove off the Dementors and burned those caught in its light.
• Nelson opened a Lost Mist doorway, bringing the Hogwarts Express from Auschwitz to deliver shimmering metal that transformed and strengthened the Missionaries.
• Tom reassured Tom Riddle Sr. that Christian’s symptoms were a normal reaction to a Potion, then explained how her past confinement might have caused her distress.
• Tom told Tom Riddle Sr. to stay with Christian and went to check on Abbott.

Tom met Ivy Darwin in London, where Ivy explained that a potion-like poison had made Muggles stubborn and delayed his pursuit of fleeing Wizards. Ivy warned that a coordinated enemy had isolated Williams and left him vulnerable during a long journey, while Ivy still had to find the Wizards and the antidote.

• Tom arrived in London and saw a crowd of residents blocking injured patients from leaving a church hospital.
• Ivy Darwin introduced himself to Tom and invited him to discuss his investigation over a meal.
• Ivy explained that he had tracked a magic-worshiping sect in America and driven away Wizards who had infiltrated it.
• Ivy revealed that the fleeing Wizards had left behind an infectious poison that made Muggles stubborn and had affected him as well.
• Ivy told Tom that a vast, coordinated plot had delayed Williams's allies and that Williams might be trapped without support on his long journey.

Nelson learned from Lorian how her Familiars gained souls and, after years of studying Alchemy, developed a way for magical lives to empower Muggles. In battle, a warrior used a transformed Familiar to cast Wingardium Leviosa, and the exchange of spells and bullets briefly stopped.

• Nelson questioned Lorian about how her Familiars possessed self-awareness and souls, and she explained that their cores awakened a sense of self.
• Lorian later taught Nelson how to make a Familiar core after he reminded her that he wanted to help her find a way home.
• Over the years, Nelson and Lorian explored whether Familiars could power giants, learn magic, and help Muggles use it.
• Nelson commanded Familiars to join with Missionary units, transforming them into gloves that protected their wearers and guided them.
• A warrior used his glove to deflect a curse, picked up a fallen wizard's wand, and cast Wingardium Leviosa, stopping the battle and the rain for an instant.

Nelson helped Muggles use wands and upgraded Missionaries as they fought the dark Wizards in Berlin, while Andre tried to stop him and warned that sharing magic would endanger the Wizarding world. Nelson escaped Andre’s seemingly unbreakable net and revealed that Dr. Sakes had succeeded in finding a way to restore magic.

• A Wizard saw a Muggle use a wand, but a burst of gunfire killed him and reignited the battle.
• Nelson used Transfiguration to upgrade the Missionaries, enabling Muggles to pick up fallen wands and cast spells.
• Andre attacked the wand-wielding Muggle, but Nelson’s magic mirror deflected the Killing Curse and the upgraded Missionary shielded him from further attacks.
• Barry turned into black mist and flew away as Nelson descended toward the clock tower, while the Wizards intensified their assault on the Muggles.
• Andre trapped Nelson in a powerful black net and explained that Wizards feared magic becoming available to Muggles.
• Nelson walked out of the net and used Dr. Sakes’s notebook to complete the Missionaries, telling Andre that Dr. Sakes had succeeded in restoring magic.

Nelson defeated Andre in a duel but turned his attention to Barry’s rampaging Obscurus, which was consuming Berlin and growing beyond control. As the shadow neared completing its circle around the city, Nelson summoned a vast storm of magic to strike it.

• Nelson rejected Andre’s attempt to control him and attacked him with a Transfigured bronze centaur, sending him crashing through Berlin’s city hall clock.
• Nelson trapped Andre in a Mayfly beam formation and destroyed his Shield Charm, but Andre appeared behind him and tried to stun him.
• Nelson used the Mayflies’ Stupefy spells to knock Andre unconscious, then tied him up and watched Barry’s Obscurus tear through Berlin.
• Nelson realized Barry’s Obscurus was out of control, was swallowing Dementors, and would soon encircle the city.
• Nelson summoned a hole in the clouds, connected the stars above Prussia into a magical net, and brought down a lightning pillar toward the Obscurus.

Nelson faced Barry Dippet’s enormous Obscurus as it consumed him and tore through Berlin, but he used his last magic to open a portal to Limbo. Alexander and the Hogwarts Express burst through the monster’s body to fight it, while Nelson lay slumped on the Throne.

• The Obscurus overwhelmed Nelson with Barry’s memories and magic, then swallowed him as he struggled to defend himself.
• The Obscurus sliced through Berlin and raised shadowy figures born from the city’s suffering, while Moody crashed to the ground and Gioconda climbed toward the ruined building.
• Nelson used his final trace of magic to open a portal to Limbo, allowing the speeding Hogwarts Express to widen the passage.
• Alexander’s giant steel hand burst through the Obscurus’s face, and Alexander emerged from its body while Nelson rested on the Throne.

Alexander unleashed its full power against the Obscurus, destroying its physical form with thunder and deploying Mayflies to purge its magic. The purge failed to stop the Obscurus’s endless spread, and Alexander’s remaining point of light indicated Barry as its target.

• The Obscurus fled through Berlin’s underground and into the ghosts, while Alexander emerged from Limbo and resisted its madness-inducing magic.
• After Nelson failed to answer three calls, Alexander’s protocol changed, prioritizing Nelson’s protection and the enemy’s destruction.
• Alexander detonated the Limbo portal, scanned the Obscurus, and struck its weaknesses with thunder summoned through Nelson’s stars.
• The lightning shattered the Obscurus’s body, leaving it as a formless mass of malice and magic.
• Alexander sent Mayflies to cleanse the Obscurus, but its magic regenerated faster than they could purge it.
• Alexander’s remaining point of light settled on Barry.

Nelson confronted a vision of Pythia, who used his memories to stage the Trojan Horse’s construction and argue that fate could not be overturned. After Nelson attacked her and rejected her authority, Pythia revealed that her prophetic power came from Lost Mist and prepared to take him to see fate.

• Nelson woke bound to a root throne in a forest, escaped using a thorn, and blasted Pythia with a Stupefy.
• Nelson attacked Pythia and razed the forest, but she dodged his spells and revealed that the felled trees were being used to build the Trojan Horse.
• Nelson recognized the scene as a fabrication drawn from his memories of the Trojan War and tested Pythia with a spell cast without knowing its destination.
• Nelson accused Pythia of being deluded and rejected her claims that prophecy could not be overturned, while insisting he needed to return to Berlin.
• Pythia revealed that the gas beneath Apollo’s temple was Lost Mist connected to the world of the dead, then let a bright light swallow them as she proposed they see fate.

Pythia took Nelson to a First World War battlefield by the Somme and showed him how his intervention could shape events without escaping fate. After Nelson fired a transformed rifle, he watched the battle unfold and condemned Pythia’s explanation before the scene collapsed at dawn.

• Pythia transported Nelson to a muddy creek on the Somme battlefield and challenged him to decide what he would do.
• Nelson transformed a plank into a rifle and fired at a light in the German camp, prompting Pythia to explain that his choices were part of a fixed fate.
• Pythia slowed time and walked with Nelson as his bullet reached its target and helped trigger a French-German battle.
• Pythia described how the gunshot drew the German commander’s attention and how a French sentry used Nelson’s rifle to kill enemy soldiers.
• Nelson told Pythia to stop, poured magic into the thorn, and unleashed flames as the battlefield’s accelerated time returned to normal.
• The battlefield and creek shattered around Nelson and Pythia, leaving them alone at dawn two hours after the gunshot.