Chapter Summaries

Albert reassured Shanna after she secretly dealt with Rita Skeeter, then arranged prospective Potions-maker jobs at the Witch Beauty Shop factory. Fred and George unveiled early magical household appliances in Avalon, where Albert hoped to make everyday life easier and create new work.

• Albert praised Shanna for dealing with Rita Skeeter and told her not to worry about loose ends.
• Albert discussed factory work and confidentiality agreements with Avalon residents seeking Potions-maker jobs, and they reached a verbal agreement.
• News of the factory jobs spread through Avalon, while residents wondered how Albert had built the Witch Beauty Shop business so quietly.
• Fred and George demonstrated a washing machine they had developed from Albert's idea, and Albert approved it while noting it needed improvement.
• George demonstrated an Automatic Vacuum Broom, and Shanna asked when they would make a freezer.
• Albert explained that refrigerator development had been shelved because it was difficult and that the appliance business could create more jobs in Avalon.

Hermione received her N.E.W.T. results and secured a Ministry job, but her work brought her into the growing conflict between wizards and goblins. After colleagues began excluding her, Albert reassured her that she could overcome their hostility by rising above them.

• Hermione earned ten Outstanding N.E.W.T. grades, celebrated with her friends, and then applied to work at the Ministry of Magic.
• When the House-elf Relocation Office refused to hire her, Hermione used Albert's arrangements and Cedric's help to join the Magical Creatures Management Control Division under Amos Diggory and take charge of the office.
• Hermione told her friends that the Ministry suspected goblins of causing Rita Skeeter's disappearance, while Shanna had deliberately steered suspicion toward them.
• Amos Diggory warned Hermione that the Ministry was nearing its limit with the goblins, and Hermione understood that both sides were provoking a Third Goblin Rebellion while Albert remained in Britain.
• Hermione told Albert that her colleagues were excluding her, and he suggested they resented her grades, background, connections, or hard work and advised her to rise above them.

Hermione remained unhappy at her Ministry of Magic job but refused to quit, while Albert inspected Avalon’s farms and helped complete an expanded greenhouse. The greenhouse would provide fresh vegetables through winter, though Albert warned that Avalon should keep strangers away to avoid trouble with the Ministry.

• Hermione endured her unhappy Ministry of Magic job and refused everyone’s advice to find another one.
• Hagrid showed Albert the Chicken Farm and explained that the free-range chickens would be too small to slaughter after only three or four months.
• Albert decided to improve feed for the roosters and raise sheep in Avalon’s pasture instead of keeping dairy cows.
• Mr. Joseph warned Albert that Avalon’s construction might not be finished before Albert left, and Albert told him to prioritize the most important work.
• Albert used the Undetectable Extension Charm to greatly expand the greenhouse and reassured Mr. Joseph that the Ministry tacitly approved, as long as Avalon kept strangers away.

Albert and Isobel trained Avalon’s new potioneers and discussed why he would eventually leave the community to manage its own affairs. Albert agreed to attend a meeting about Avalon’s future before departing from home, while Katrina remained doubtful that the meetings would help.

• Albert advised Joseph to tell Avalon’s residents to reveal less about their community to outsiders.
• Isobel trained Avalon’s new employees to brew Beauty Potion and skin-treatment ointments, and Albert agreed to meet with Shanna and the others that evening.
• Ginny envied Albert and Isobel’s relationship while worrying that her marriage to Harry had grown distant.
• Albert told Isobel he was not Avalon’s nanny and believed its residents had to rely on themselves, while he and Isobel encouraged Little Alice to get up after she fell.
• Albert explained that Beauty Potion’s new breakthrough had made him consider leaving Avalon and eventually disappearing from public view.
• Katrina returned home exhausted and complained that Avalon’s meetings were unlikely to accomplish much as Albert left to attend one.

Albert met with Avalon’s leaders to review plans for employment and funding as he prepared to travel around the world. Shanna presented a broad jobs plan and proposed letting residents decide whether to pay a management fee, while the group remained concerned about keeping Avalon running without Albert.

• Fred and George welcomed Albert to a meeting and urged him to delay his trip, while Lee Jordan questioned whether Shanna could manage Avalon.
• Cedric defended Albert’s decision to train Shanna as his successor, and Albert said he would accept a more suitable candidate if one existed.
• Shanna arrived and presented a plan assigning jobs to most Avalon residents, including work in shops, farms, greenhouses, orchards, and healing.
• Albert said Avalon could charge residents a small monthly management fee to help pay wages, and Shanna proposed explaining the costs and letting residents choose.
• The group recognized that Avalon could afford its planned employees if its circulation systems worked, but worried that Albert would leave before ensuring those systems continued running.

Shanna struggled to keep Avalon’s residents focused on construction after news of future jobs distracted them. After Albert advised her to let residents face the consequences of their choices, they agreed to pay five Galleons each to keep Avalon operating and delay the loss of its benefits.

• News that Avalon could provide future jobs spread, distracting residents from construction and troubling Shanna.
• Shanna posted a report explaining that Avalon could provide free food for two more months and listing planned jobs, but residents learned those positions depended on future development and wages they would have to fund themselves.
• When Avalon’s construction stalled, Shanna asked Albert for advice, and he suggested postponing projects and benefits so residents could choose whether to keep contributing.
• Shanna announced that Avalon’s benefits might disappear if it could not operate normally, prompting residents to recognize the danger of failing to build a sustainable cycle.
• Avalon’s residents agreed to pay five Galleons each in management fees, allowing work and benefits to continue for several months.

Geli joined Nelson and Will to plan revenge against the Death Eaters' remnants and Kingsley's family, using Fiendfyre to attack protected estates. Nelson intended to die in the effort and leave the aftermath to others.

• Geli arrived at Will's house and insisted that their chance for revenge had come, though Will said only three people, including Nelson, were willing to stake everything.
• Nelson arrived after misleading Geli about his whereabouts and led the others to a map of Britain marked with their targets.
• Nelson proposed using Fiendfyre to destroy the ancient magic protecting the targets' estates and said someone would ensure the enemies were killed.
• Geli added Kingsley's location to the map and said he wanted to kill Kingsley's family, but not the Minister himself.
• After Geli left, Will questioned whether he was reliable, and Nelson said he expected to die and cared only about dragging their enemies down with them.

Albert prepared to serve as Fred and George's Best Man, then learned that Arthur had expanded their wedding to accommodate a crowd of relatives without telling the grooms. Fred and George resolved to get through the ceremony first, leaving the family dispute unresolved.

• Katrina asked whether Albert and Isobel would leave Britain after the wedding, and Albert said they had about a week to settle their affairs.
• Albert arrived at Avalon and discovered that Shanna and others were setting up a large outdoor tent because the guest list had grown.
• Arthur admitted that relatives had pressured him into expanding the wedding and that he had not told Fred and George.
• Albert went to the dressing tent, where Fred, George, Cedric, and Lee Jordan were preparing; George revealed that he had just learned about the changes.
• Albert urged Fred to focus on the ceremony for Angelina's sake, while George said the people responsible for inviting the guests could entertain them.

Fred and George confronted their family after discovering their wedding had been turned into a much larger event without their consent, and they decided to leave the feast once the ceremony ended. As the wedding arrangements spiraled into confusion, Harry and Ron struggled to manage the unexpectedly large crowd at the entrance.

• Fred and George decided that whoever had sent the invitations could handle the guests, and planned to continue their wedding feast elsewhere after the ceremony.
• Albert told Cedric he would leave within a week and reassured him that Shanna could manage the plans he had left behind.
• Fred and George confronted the Weasley Couple, then urged Bill to stop arguing and help check the wedding arrangements.
• Angelina and Katie learned that their families had coordinated the expanded wedding without telling them, and the four couples decided to give up trying to control it.
• Harry and Ron found that many guests had invitations but were missing from the guest list, while the Avalon residents who had offered to help had disappeared.

Percy arrived at Avalon amid the wedding confusion and took charge after learning the Weasley parents had invited guests without telling the couples. Albert reassured Lee Jordan that the wedding would proceed, while Penelope confronted her lingering feelings after seeing Percy with Audrey Gamble.

• Percy asked Harry and Ron why guests were crowding Avalon’s entrance, then learned that many had invitations but were not on the guest list.
• Percy found the Weasley Couple and criticized their handling of Fred and George’s wedding, then took charge of the arrangements.
• Lee Jordan sought Albert’s advice, and Albert explained that the wedding was a private family matter and that the couples would likely go through with the ceremony.
• Lee Jordan mentioned that Percy had brought his girlfriend, Audrey Gamble, and Ginny hurried off to meet her.
• Albert left the tent with the boys to observe Audrey, while Penelope felt frustrated that Percy seemed to have found a partner suited to him.

Fred and George’s double wedding proceeded despite the surrounding chaos, while Percy pressed Albert for a departure date as Britain’s situation worsened. After the ceremony, the newlyweds slipped away with their friends to celebrate privately, and Albert said he and Isobel would soon leave Britain for the Far East.

• Guests admired Avalon and watched Fred and George’s weddings, which seemed unusually brief and simple.
• Percy asked Albert when he would leave Britain, and Albert agreed to write to Kingsley within a week.
• Percy and Audrey discussed Avalon and Percy explained that he had ended his relationship with Penelope because their outlooks differed.
• Albert told Isobel they would leave Britain soon, after settling matters at the factory, and planned to take Little Alice to the Far East.
• Fireworks drew the guests’ attention as Albert led Isobel to the former pub, where the newlyweds and their friends held a private wedding banquet.

Albert prepared to leave Britain as tensions with the goblins and the Ministry of Magic mounted, while settling Avalon's affairs and saying goodbye to Hermione. He departed overnight with his family for the Far East to visit his relatives.

• Albert reassured Avalon’s residents that he would leave the Potion Workshop in the care of Isobel, Kenneth, Shanna, and Madam Primpernelle.
• Albert promised the distressed Hermione that he would visit her once a month, and they spent their remaining time together.
• Albert’s family told Mrs. McDougal that they were about to travel around the world, and Albert said the wizarding world would not change because of one person.
• Katrina asked whether Albert would introduce her to his family, and he explained that they already knew about her.
• Albert handed Kara two letters for Percy, then took his family in the suitcase and Apparated away toward the Far East.

After Albert and his family left Britain, Kingsley used the agreed signal to begin the Ministry’s response to the goblin conflict. The Third Goblin Rebellion erupted after negotiations collapsed and a clash killed an Auror and several goblins.

• Percy delivered Albert’s letter to Kingsley, who burned it and ordered Percy to spread the news and summon Director Gadwin.
• Kingsley convened an emergency meeting and decided the Ministry would announce a ninth round of negotiations as a signal to start the conflict.
• Podmore and the Goblin Brotherhood rejected the negotiations, while the Ministry announced their failure and warned that rebellion might follow.
• After Albert’s departure became public, tensions rapidly worsened and a clash killed an Auror and several Goblin Brotherhood members.
• The Ministry retaliated, declared the Goblin Brotherhood illegal, and heightened fears that Gringotts would be targeted.

Albert told Isobel that he had helped bring Nelson’s revenge-driven group together with Kingsley’s Ministry and intended to help eliminate the remaining Death Eaters, while staying away from Britain to avoid suspicion. He was watching for the right moment to set the plan in motion, as a goblin rebellion and an attack that could wipe out Kingsley’s family threatened to turn Britain into chaos.

• Isobel asked Albert why he was so eager to leave Britain, and he said he wanted to avoid the coming trouble.
• Albert told Isobel that he expected a goblin rebellion, vengeance against the Death Eaters, and the destruction of an entire family.
• Isobel realized Albert had helped bring Nelson’s group and Kingsley together, and Albert admitted he had helped fan the conflict.
• Albert planned to use Nelson’s identity and the goblin conflict to eliminate the Death Eater remnants and divert attention from the killings.
• Albert continued monitoring Britain because someone intended to wipe out Kingsley’s family, and he feared his own involvement would make him a suspect.

Albert reunited with Nia, who questioned him about his mistresses and discussed her plans to sell Witch Beauty Potion. The chapter ended with Isobel warning Albert that Nia’s feelings for him might have changed, while he insisted she only admired him.

• Albert found Nia and Katrina discussing why Katrina had become his mistress, and Nia pressed him about his romantic life.
• Nia told Albert she had struggled to adjust to life abroad and had not found a suitable boyfriend because she compared suitors to him.
• Nia planned to open a Witch Beauty Shop, and Albert supported her while advising her to choose a name that would not draw attention in the Muggle World.
• Albert told Nia that he, Isobel, and Katrina would stay nearby and offered to teach her.
• After Nia left, Katrina and Isobel suggested that Nia cared for Albert romantically, but Albert insisted she had only admired him since childhood.

Harry and Ginny joined Sirius, Lupin, and Tonks for dinner at Grimmauld Place, where Sirius revealed that Kingsley planned to use the goblin conflict as cover for an assault on the remaining Death Eaters. The gathering learned that Albert had helped Kingsley reach an agreement with Nelson, and Sirius warned Harry and the others not to interfere when Nelson’s group acted.

• Harry and Ginny visited Grimmauld Place with Little James, where they found the townhouse renovated and met Lupin, Sirius, and Tonks.
• Sirius served French stew and told the group that rumors said Kingsley had provoked the goblin rebellion to distract people while moving against the Death Eaters.
• Tonks doubted Nelson’s group could defeat all the remaining Death Eaters, while Harry dismissed her suspicion that Albert had only pretended to leave Britain.
• Sirius warned Harry and the others not to obstruct Nelson’s group, explaining that many victims of Voldemort and the Death Eaters supported them, including Fred, George, and Lee Jordan.
• Ginny revealed that Kingsley had compromised with Nelson after the group threatened him, and that Albert had persuaded Nelson to accept the arrangement.

Albert enjoyed a shopping trip with Nia, Isobel, and Katrina, helping them choose cheongsams at a local specialty shop. The women returned to the villa to admire their clothes, while Albert left to deal with something that had distracted him.

• Albert took Nia, Isobel, and Katrina to browse local specialty shops while the family stayed home with Alice.
• Nia led them to a cheongsam shop, where Albert chose a creamy-white lotus-patterned garment for Isobel and the women tried on different styles.
• Albert decided Nia's lively temperament clashed with her cheongsam, while Katrina's red openwork cheongsam suited her flirtatious charm.
• Albert paid for three custom cheongsams and arranged for the shop to deliver them to the villa.
• Isobel used magic to make her hair black and found that the creamy-white cheongsam suited her, while Katrina's red cheongsam also looked striking on her.
• Nia said Albert had gone out distracted, and Isobel and Katrina kept her talking about clothes instead of letting her follow him.

Albert secretly prepared to return to Britain and support Nelson Tobin’s revenge against the Death Eater Remnants, while also pursuing his own interests and watching Kingsley’s risky involvement. After finalizing plans with Nelson, Albert arrived late to dinner and promised Nia a trip to a nearby island country.

• Albert planned to use a Time-Turner, Polyjuice Potion, and Felix Felicis to secretly assist Nelson’s revenge operation in Britain.
• Nelson resolved to eliminate the Death Eater Remnants himself, relying on Albert as backup after Kingsley betrayed him.
• Albert recognized that Kingsley’s attempt to purge Voldemort’s supporters could provoke Nelson’s revenge, but chose not to intervene further.
• Albert and Nelson revised their plans through the Two-Way Mirror, making Albert late for dinner.
• Albert promised Nia he would take her on an upcoming trip, and Isobel agreed that Nia could join them.

Goblin leaders debated whether to wage war against the Ministry of Magic, and Podmore secured support for a plan to force the wizards to make concessions. The meeting ended with the goblins preparing to exploit Britain’s other troubles rather than seek outright victory.

• Podmore argued that compromise would invite further oppression, while Lagnak warned that the goblins could not win a war against the wizards.
• The other goblins killed Lagnak with Goblin Magic, and Podmore falsely claimed a Ministry wizard had murdered him.
• A senior Gringotts official asked what the goblins could gain from an all-out war, and Podmore admitted they could not obtain their goals by defeating the wizards.
• Podmore warned that Kingsley Shacklebolt intended to encroach on Gringotts’ interests and proposed using the threat of goblins being treated like House-elves to rally support.
• Podmore said he planned to exploit Britain’s existing troubles, strike the wizards from another front, and force them to compromise with the goblins.

Nelson coordinated a revenge operation against the Death Eater Remnants, planning to use Fiendfyre while Kingsley prepared Ministry support. He and Will set out for Azkaban, leaving Geli to organize the others, while the chapter revealed that Nelson’s plan did not depend on Geli or Kingsley’s understanding of it.

• Nelson told Kingsley he would use Fiendfyre against the Death Eater Remnants and asked the Ministry to contain the flames and pursue any survivors.
• Will and Geli reported that the Ministry was launching an operation against the Goblin Brotherhood, and Nelson told them to follow the plan while warning Geli to wait before acting.
• Nelson instructed them to spare Umbridge for a later reckoning, then left with Will and told Geli to notify anyone willing to join.
• Will questioned whether Geli could be trusted, and Nelson replied that it did not matter because their central target was the Death Eater Remnants.
• Nelson and Will split up to meet later at Azkaban, while Will realized Nelson had built the plan around himself and that Kingsley and Geli did not know the true scope of it.