Chapter Summaries

Brook dueled Ilvermorny student Williams and overwhelmed him without using his wand. Williams’s powerful lightning spell was absorbed by Brook’s Thunderbird Patronus, leaving the spectators and Headmaster Fontana stunned.

• Fontana created a dueling platform, and Williams challenged Brook after Fontana warned him that losing meant cleaning toilets for a year.
• Williams attacked Brook with a Stunning Spell and a wandless Ligamentum, but Brook deflected the spells without using his wand.
• Brook effortlessly destroyed Williams’s stone spikes and shrugged off his repeated attacks, while the crowd realized Williams was being outmatched.
• Williams summoned storm clouds and unleashed Ilvermorny’s Thunderbolt Storm at Brook.
• Brook’s Thunderbird Patronus absorbed every bolt of lightning, astonishing the audience and Fontana.

Brook and the others fled Ilvermorny after Slytherin’s wand caused a disturbance beneath the Founders' Tree, and Brook heard a plea for help in Parseltongue. The exchange event ended early, and after returning to Britain, Hermione asked Brook whether the wand riot had anything to do with him.

• Williams prepared to concede his duel with Brook, but the Founders' Tree began shaking as black mist and magical energy surged around it.
• Headmaster Fontana cast a sealing spell while professors evacuated the garden, and Brook heard the words “Save me” in Parseltongue.
• Brook led Hermione and Tina out of the garden, after which the mist receded and the runes returned to normal.
• The disturbance forced the alumni exchange event and evening banquet to end early, and Brook considered secretly borrowing the buried wand for research.
• Brook, Hermione, and Tina returned to Britain after shopping, and Tina reunited with Newt at the Scamander Residence.
• As Hermione prepared to leave late that night, she asked Brook whether the wand riot had something to do with him.

Brook learned that the wand in Ilvermorny was calling for help and planned to retrieve it after the school’s security eased. When the US deployed a carrier group near Japan, Brook ordered Eula to escalate the war, and she attacked the USS Kitty Hawk alone.

• Brook told Hermione about the wand’s plea for help, and Hermione asked whether it might contain a memory projection like Ravenclaw’s Diadem.
• Brook told Hermione he would wait for Ilvermorny’s security to relax before sneaking into the village to retrieve the wand.
• Voldemort informed Brook that the US had sent a carrier battle group to patrol near Japan, while Eula was advancing through western Japan.
• Brook ordered Voldemort to send Eula to the marked area and escalate the war.
• Eula approached the USS Kitty Hawk at Mach 12, evaded its missiles, and drew six F-14 fighters into the air.

Eula destroyed the carrier battle group with the Human Sovereign Banner and reported the mission complete to Voldemort. The next morning, the Royalist Faction presented the bloodstained carrier as a military victory.

• Eula fought off six Tomcat fighters, which crashed into the sea.
• Eula landed on the Little Chicken and slaughtered its crew, while vengeful ghosts hunted soldiers hiding below deck.
• Eula killed Williams and, three hours later, reported the completed mission to Voldemort and Brook.
• The next morning, Meichuan Kuzi and a cameraman crossed the bloodstained deck as Matsumoto Hanken proclaimed a glorious military victory.

Matsumoto Hanken publicized the Royalist Faction’s destruction of an American carrier group, stirring celebrations across Japan and drawing foreign attention. Brook’s plan to embroil Japan in war advanced as the Pentagon struggled to explain the fleet’s disappearance.

• Matsumoto Hanken claimed the Royalist Faction had captured the American carrier group and credited its victory to the Amaterasu weapons system.
• Japanese newspapers celebrated the carrier’s destruction, and crowds in both Royalist- and Cabinet-controlled areas rallied for the Royalist Faction.
• Brook reviewed his three-step strategy, noting that civil unrest was underway, America and Dumbledore would be drawn into the conflict, and he had plans to either unify Japan or destroy it with its volcanoes.
• Johnson protested that a carrier battle group could not have been wiped out so quickly, while William showed satellite images indicating the USS Kitty Hawk fleet vanished between 0400 and 0415 UTC.

After Brook and Voldemort concealed the destruction of the American fleet, the United States blamed Japan and dispatched an investigation team. Brook soon returned to Britain, where a letter from Mr. Weasley invited him and Hermione to the Quidditch World Cup and revealed the twins had built a Werewolf Factory.

• President Walker ordered the remaining Seventh Fleet ships to retreat and sent the ICU Special Task Force to investigate.
• Green Hair told reporters that Japan had used nerve gas to attack the American fleet.
• Colonel Egghead briefed twelve operatives on their Midnight Sun-level reconnaissance mission to Japan.
• Brook fled Japan because he could not bear Voldemort's appearance and soon received a letter from Mr. Weasley inviting him and Hermione to stay at The Burrow for the Quidditch World Cup.
• Hermione read Ron's note asking Brook to talk George and Fred out of building a Werewolf Factory.

Brook explained to Hermione why the Weasleys’ plan to hire werewolves could face public backlash, then teased her about meeting Hassen Bones. He brought Hermione to the Bones estate, where Hassen warmly welcomed her and praised the cookies she had baked.

• Brook told Hermione that employing werewolves at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes could give them stable work and challenge prejudice, but might expose the Weasley family to a backlash from traditionalists.
• Hermione read Ron’s complaint that Percy was irritable and suggested Percy would buy his own house, while Brook wondered whether he could give him one.
• Brook revealed that he and Hermione could meet Hassen, and Hermione agreed before writing to Mr. Weasley to arrange a Saturday meeting at the campsite.
• Brook brought a nervous Hermione to the old Bones estate, where Hassen and Morti greeted them as she offered Hassen homemade cookies.
• Hassen praised Hermione’s baking and teased Brook, prompting Hermione to join Hassen in playfully challenging him.

Hermione visited Brook’s home, where Hassen welcomed her with a lavish meal and warm conversation. Hassen arranged for Brook and Hermione to attend the Quidditch World Cup, while Brook declined to take extra House Elves home because he already had An An.

• Hermione admired the Bones family garden and learned that Hassen’s grandfather had melted down the family vault to build a golden rockery during the Goblin Rebellion.
• Hassen served Hermione Chinese and French dishes chosen to suit her tastes, and the two chatted so comfortably that Brook felt left out.
• Hermione corrected Brook when he called Hassen “old man,” and Hassen told her she could call him Grandpa.
• Brook asked Hassen to attend the Quidditch World Cup, but Hassen declined and instructed Morti to arrange tickets for Brook and Hermione.
• Hassen revealed the family had seventeen House Elves and offered Brook two, but Brook refused because he already had An An.
• Morti served Hermione a Thunderbird-themed rainbow cake and asked her to bring Brook back often.

Hassen gave Hermione the rare original manuscript Forgotten Ancient Spells and prepared a room to encourage her to visit Bones Manor. Brook learned that the institute’s experiments had forced Millison to move elsewhere, then reviewed reports on its inventions, including the Dream-Weaving Helmet.

• Hassen presented Hermione with the original 1598 edition of Forgotten Ancient Spells, and she accepted it after Brook teased him about the gift.
• Hermione stayed at Bones Manor, where she delighted in her book-filled pink room while Brook and Hassen quietly left her to read.
• Hassen told Brook that the institute’s sonic vibration experiment had disturbed the manor and made him move Millison elsewhere to avoid raising her suspicions.
• Hassen gave Brook reports showing that the Blindness Visual Aid and Youth Rejuvenation Device had entered testing, alongside the Dream-Weaving Helmet.
• Brook recalled that the Dream-Weaving Helmet induced sleep and let wearers take roles in preset dream stories, briefly wondering whether his own life might be a dream.

Brook recognized the Youth Rejuvenation Device as a way to profit from Muggle beauty salons and asked Hassen to limit its effects to a week. He and Hermione then arrived by the Bersted family carriage at a vast campsite for an event attended by more than 100,000 people.

• Brook arranged for the Blindness Visual Aid runes to be concealed and its production assigned to the twins' Werewolf Factory.
• Brook proposed renaming the Youth Rejuvenation Device the Quantum Youth Retainer and shortening its effects so customers would return for beauty treatments.
• Hermione noticed the Bersted carriage's carpet resembled the mane of a Thestral King, and the carriage traveled smoothly through space.
• Brook told Hermione that the campsite held about 102,000 ticketed visitors and perhaps 120,000 people in total.
• Brook and Hermione met Mr. Roberts at the camp entrance, where Brook claimed their horses had gone off to graze.

Brook and Hermione arrived at the campsite for the World Cup and saw the Ministry’s careless treatment of Muggle ticket collector Roberts. They entered their extravagant tent, where Morti greeted them, and Brook asked him to change its conspicuous decorations before they explored the campsite.

• Roberts complained about the strange guests, so a wizard in yellow knickerbockers cast a Memory Charm on him and Brook paid for the campsite map.
• Hermione criticized the Ministry for using Roberts as a ticket collector and repeatedly erasing his memory, while Brook blamed its poor planning.
• Brook and Hermione walked past the extravagant tents, including the Malfoys’ peacock-decorated tent, and found their own enormous gold pavilion attracting a crowd.
• Brook opened a Space Gate that took them inside, where Morti showed them the luxurious tent and Hermione admired its telescope and magical furnishings.
• Brook asked Morti to change the tent’s exterior decorations, and Morti suggested pink, making Brook uneasy.

Brook and Hermione explored the Quidditch World Cup camp, where Williams revealed that Hogwarts was holding a Four Champions Tournament with Ilvermorny participating. Brook showed little interest in entering, leaving Hermione to wonder why the dangerous tournament had returned.

• Hermione had Morti change their tent from dazzling gold to dark gray and black, and Brook and Hermione set out to explore the camp.
• Brook and Hermione watched young witches fly toy brooms and saw African wizards roasting an elephant-nosed rabbit before noticing the Salem Wizarding Academy tent.
• Williams approached Brook and Hermione, apologized for judging him hastily, and insisted that he still believed Isolt Sayre had acted for a reason.
• Brook stopped Williams from leaving and threatened him with a snapped branch until Williams revealed Hogwarts was holding a Four Champions Tournament with Ilvermorny participating.
• Williams said he expected Brook to compete and believed he could defeat him, but Brook released him and left with Hermione, questioning why he should enter.
• Hermione asked Brook why the tournament had returned when its high death rate had caused it to be suspended for centuries.

Brook and Hermione spent the day at the Quidditch World Cup campsite, where they reunited with friends and visited the Weasleys. Brook learned that the werewolf factory was thriving and supplied it with more orders, while Sirius and Lupin stayed on the island to care for the children.

• Brook and Hermione met Seamus Finnigan, who told them Harry, Ron, and Malfoy had gone to fetch water.
• Brook and Hermione encountered Harry, Ron, and Draco near the Bulgarian tents, and Ron invited Brook to the Weasley tent.
• Hermione helped Arthur Weasley light the campfire while Brook asked George about the factory’s progress.
• George told Brook that the factory had over twelve hundred workers and had begun small-scale production, so Brook gave him a batch of orders.
• George and Fred told Brook that Sirius and Lupin were caring for the children on the island, where Sirius taught them Quidditch.

Brook joined the Weasleys, Hermione, and Draco for a hot pot lunch at the campsite before the Quidditch World Cup match. Percy arrived with Bill and Charlie, and Brook gave Percy a deed to a nearby property, while Ludo Bagman invited Arthur to place a bet on the match.

• Ron worried that Fred and George might be bitten by werewolves, but they reassured him that their protective gear had Shield Charms.
• Brook conjured a hot pot and a table of ingredients, and the group gathered for lunch.
• Percy arrived with Bill and Charlie, and Ministry officials greeted Percy with noticeable respect.
• Ludo Bagman joined the group and invited Arthur to bet on the match; Arthur wagered one Galleon on Ireland.
• Brook gave Percy the deed to Hill No. 21 near The Burrow, and Percy accepted it gratefully.

Brook placed a large bet on Ireland winning while Krum caught the Golden Snitch, then joined the Weasleys as they made their way to the World Cup stadium. The group reached their first-class box, where Ron discovered the twins’ products advertised around the pitch.

• Brook bet Bagman 10,000 Gold Galleons at 200 to 1 that Ireland would win and Krum would catch the Golden Snitch.
• Brook noticed Barty Crouch arrive and wondered whether Little Barty would appear.
• Brook and the Weasleys bought souvenirs before following the crowds to the stadium.
• Arthur led the group to their first-class box overlooking the pitch.
• Ron spotted advertisements for Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, and George said the twins had not paid for them.

At the Quidditch World Cup final, Brook discovered that someone invisible was sitting beside Winky, while Harry learned Sirius was helping the werewolves and had invited him to play Seeker for their team. The match began with Ireland quickly demonstrating its superiority over Bulgaria.

• Fred told Ron that Sirius had sponsored the twins’ business to help improve conditions for werewolf children.
• Harry learned that Sirius was at the twins’ Werewolf Factory and had invited him to become the werewolf team’s Seeker.
• Brook sensed an invisible person beside Winky and placed a spatial marker there, suspecting Little Barty.
• Bagman introduced the Bulgarian Veela and the Irish leprechauns as the teams’ mascots, and Ron collected coins that would soon disappear.
• The Irish and Bulgarian teams took to the field, and Ireland’s coordinated Chasers and Beaters quickly gained the advantage.

Ireland defeated Bulgaria 170–160 after Krum caught the Golden Snitch, and Brook correctly predicted the dramatic finish. After the award ceremony, Brook confronted Ludo Bagman over the two million Gold Galleons he owed him, and Bagman tried to return only Brook's stake.

• Bulgaria scored its first goal after Krum used a Wronski Feint that sent Lin Qi crashing onto the pitch.
• Ireland scored repeatedly while Bulgaria resorted to dirty play, widening the score to 160–10 as the Veela and leprechauns fought in the stands.
• Brook pointed out the Golden Snitch, and Lin Qi and Krum raced after it before Lin Qi crashed and Krum caught it.
• Ireland won 170–160, and Brook told Hermione that Krum had ended the match to preserve Bulgaria's dignity.
• After Ireland received the trophy, Brook confronted Bagman about the two million Gold Galleons he owed, and Bagman offered to return Brook's stake instead.

Brook collected Bagman's gambling debt after revealing his Bersted surname, then hosted the Weasley family and friends for a midnight barbecue. Lucius Malfoy arrived and Brook seated him beside Arthur Weasley, setting up a tense encounter.

• Brook used a Restoring Charm on one of Bagman's coins and warned him against withholding the debt, prompting Bagman to hand over 23,481 Galleons and ask for more time.
• Brook told Bagman that his surname was Bersted, leaving Bagman terrified.
• Brook invited the Weasley family to a lavish midnight barbecue at the Bersted family's spacious campsite.
• The guests ate grilled magical creatures and discussed the Quidditch World Cup match, with Ron praising Krum's Wronski Feint and Harry praising his choice.
• Lucius Malfoy arrived at the barbecue, and Brook seated him beside Arthur Weasley.

At the Weasley gathering, Arthur and Lucius drank themselves into a ridiculous friendship before the Dark Mark appeared over the campsite. Brook kept the others at the garden, where ancient gargoyle guardians formed a protective barrier as the distant camp fell into chaos.

• Brook offered Arthur and Lucius bottles of strong baijiu, and the two men drank until they were drunkenly mocking each other and laughing together.
• The Dark Mark appeared in the sky, prompting Arthur to take Percy and order Bill, Charlie, and the children to leave.
• Brook told everyone to stay and keep celebrating, while Draco explained the Dark Mark to Harry and stopped him from rushing out.
• Brook activated six ancient gargoyle statues, which formed a magical barrier around the garden.
• Screams, running footsteps, and burning tents filled the distant campsite.

Harry discovered his wand was missing after the Dark Mark appeared at the campsite, and the group learned that Winky had been found holding it. The next morning, Brook and Hermione read Rita Skeeter’s sensational report about the Dark Mark’s return.

• Harry realized his wand was missing, and Brook said someone would bring it back.
• Arthur and Percy returned with Harry’s wand, which Aurors had found in Winky’s possession near the scene.
• Lucius dismissed the idea that a House Elf could cast the Dark Mark and left with Draco.
• Percy considered using Winky’s possession of Harry’s wand against Crouch, but Brook silently discouraged him, and Percy returned the wand to Harry.
• The group wondered why someone had summoned the Dark Mark, and Brook suggested a Death Eater lunatic was responsible.
• Brook and Hermione read Rita Skeeter’s front-page article about the Dark Mark appearing again after thirteen years.