Chapter Summaries

Raymond pursued his research into death while Madame Caroline and her family prepared to auction the remaining Magical Quicksilver, stirring up the European wizarding world. Meanwhile, two Voldemorts seized the Philosopher's Stone and attacked the Ministry of Magic, but Raymond's enchantment kept the Stone beyond their reach.

• Raymond declined to reply to Dolores Umbridge’s letter and continued his research, while Madame Caroline reported to her grandfather that Raymond’s work concerned souls and death.
• Madame Caroline’s grandfather ordered her to auction the family’s remaining two portions of Magical Quicksilver, drawing powerful European families and dark wizards to Paris.
• The two Voldemorts freed the Death Eaters from Azkaban, learned from Augustus about the afterlife and Magical Quicksilver, and led a raid on the Ministry of Magic.
• The Death Eaters seized the Philosopher’s Stone, but a Basilisk petrified Fudge and Ministry staff before Dumbledore could stop Voldemort’s escape.
• Voldemort discovered that the Philosopher’s Stone vanished whenever anyone tried to touch it, while Raymond watched it reappear beside him in Paris and smiled.

Voldemort failed to access the Philosopher’s Stone and sent Death Eaters to Paris to pursue Magical Quicksilver and Soros, while Soros reassured Lucius that the Stone remained under his control. Soros explored the Afterlife, discovered the source of the world’s magic, created a powerful Soul Well card, and arrived at the Paris auction, where someone watched him from the shadows.

• Voldemort abandoned his attempt to open the Philosopher’s Stone and ordered Bellatrix to steal an auction invitation while Augustus searched Paris for Soros.
• Lucius Malfoy visited Soros, who revealed that the Stone was still under his control and that the Diary Lucius had given to Ginny was a Horcrux.
• Lucius pledged the Malfoy Family’s allegiance, and Soros told him to prove his value by helping Dolores Umbridge become Minister for Magic.
• Lady Caroline asked Soros to attend the auction as a guarantee for the Magical Quicksilver, and she explained that her family’s alchemists could not prevent their first dose from evaporating.
• Soros entered the Afterlife, examined the Maw of the Abyss, discovered that souls powered the world’s magic, and created the Legendary Land Card Soul Well Entrance.
• Soros attended the auction with Madam Caroline, met her grandfather Earl Richard, and sensed a hidden observer among the guests.

Raymond’s warning proved true when Bellatrix Lestrange and Rodolphus Lestrange attacked the auction to steal Magical Quicksilver, but Raymond swiftly overpowered them and exposed disguised Death Eaters. He then confronted Voldemort, endured the Death Eaters’ spells unharmed, humiliated Voldemort with a forced dance, and ended the chapter holding him up as he called him a coward.

• Raymond warned Richard that dangerous Dark Wizards had infiltrated the auction, so Richard alerted his family and the Ministry of Magic while the auction proceeded.
• The Brunger family and the Perok family won the two portions of Magical Quicksilver for three million Galleons, but Bellatrix Lestrange killed a servant and seized one bottle.
• Bellatrix revealed that she had killed Cecilia, then tortured Cecilia’s lover; Rodolphus Lestrange joined her as the Death Eaters threw the auction into panic.
• Raymond broke the Lestrange couple’s legs, freed Cecilia’s lover, killed disguised Death Eaters, and called on Voldemort to appear.
• Voldemort and his followers attacked Raymond, but his defenses nullified their spells, and Raymond forced Voldemort to dance before punching him aside.
• Raymond grabbed Voldemort by the hair and denounced him as a coward before the watching Death Eaters.

Raymond exposed Voldemort’s secrets and explained how Horcruxes divided and weakened the soul, then maneuvered to support Umbridge’s bid for Minister for Magic. He gave Hermione a powerful magic ring, while the Diary urged him to visit Faerûn and warned him that Zendikar would become dangerous once the Eldrazi were released.

• Raymond told Dumbledore that Horcruxes divided the soul into equal parts and that murder supplied the escalating killing intent needed to create them, then gave him Voldemort’s Diary.
• Dumbledore gave Raymond Phoenix Blood, and Raymond refused to hand the Philosopher’s Stone directly to the Ministry officials waiting outside his office.
• Raymond encouraged Umbridge to secure control of the Aurors so she could appear capable of protecting the Philosopher’s Stone and claim the Minister for Magic position.
• Snape told Raymond that Harry had been injured by an enchanted Bludger, and Raymond offered to visit him before Hermione Granger reunited with Raymond in the corridor.
• Raymond gave Hermione a magic ring that could resist instant-death magic and cast several powerful spells, and she secretly tested its Fireball ability in an empty storage room.
• Raymond watched Hermione’s test through the ring, and the Diary urged him to take her to Faerûn and warned him to leave for Zendikar before the Eldrazi were released.

Raymond visited the injured Harry, gave him an enchanted revolver, and explained the risks House-elves faced when resisting their masters. As Christmas approached, Raymond made plans with Hermione, accepted Gemma Farley’s offer of loyalty, and considered trading the Venom-Sac Leopard to Talona for a Great Druid.

• Raymond visited Harry in the Hospital Wing, gave him an enchanted revolver, and watched him test it by bringing down three chandeliers before repairing the damage.
• Harry asked Raymond about House-elves, and Raymond explained their enslavement and warned that challenging old families required enough power to overcome their opposition.
• Raymond became a celebrated figure at Hogwarts, while Lockhart remained unconscious in St Mungo’s and the students prepared to leave for Christmas.
• Hermione invited Raymond to spend Christmas Eve with her family, and Raymond proposed that they visit his forest home afterward to reveal his secrets.
• Gemma Farley offered Raymond her loyalty and asked for help building a Ministry career; Raymond directed her to Dolores Umbridge and warned her that she could be replaced.
• Raymond discussed Gemma and the Venom-Sac Leopard with the Diary, then considered trading the creature to Talona in exchange for a Great Druid.

On Christmas Eve, Soros revealed his otherworldly origins and the Plantia Floating City to Hermione Granger, then returned to Faerun, where Midnight warned him that his modified Time Turner could threaten the gods. The chapter ended with Midnight offering him a plan to recover the stolen scroll containing Shar’s Godling.

• Noth brought Mr. and Mrs. Granger to Soros’s home, where they admired its magical courtyard and star-filled living room.
• Soros took Hermione to his Doomsday Bunker, revealed that he came from a parallel Earth, and brought her through a portal to his Floating City.
• Hermione toured the ruined city and its inhabitants, promised to keep Soros’s secrets, and was caught kissing him by her parents; Mrs. Granger later gave her a contraceptive packet, which Hermione destroyed.
• After returning to Faerun, Soros was intercepted by Midnight, who warned that the Hourglass of Time could alter timelines and steal a god’s power.
• Soros told Midnight that Shar’s Godling had been sealed in a stolen scroll, and Midnight whispered a plan to help him recover it.

Raymond returned to Faerûn, learned that Isadora’s clones had fused into four sharply different personalities, and left for Zendikar through the Dark Void. His departure drew the gods to Athkatla, where they debated whether he threatened Faerûn until Talona threatened divine war to protect him.

• Raymond helped Vermees consume Dragon Eggs, then sent her to the Far North to hunt White Dragons and bring back their eggs.
• Vermees told Raymond that Isadora and her clones had devoured one another until only four personalities remained; Raymond met the ice queen, devoted wife and mother, shy, and Little Demoness Isadoras.
• Raymond spent four days with the four Isadoras and concluded that each represented an important part of Isadora’s psyche.
• Raymond activated his targeted teleportation to Zendikar, opening a vast Dark Void passage that drew the attention of gods across Faerûn.
• Oghma explained the Dark Void to Midnight and the other gathered gods, while Shar revealed that Raymond had opened the passage and pushed for a meeting in the Pantheon.
• Talona descended and threatened divine war against anyone who harmed Raymond, whom she called her Child of Plague.

Soth arrived on Zendikar, surveyed its dangerous, mana-rich landscape, and captured a Crystalhorn King to make into a creature card. He met the Kor hunter Gisa and followed him to his village, where he was welcomed as the hero who drove the beast away.

• Soth recovered from his exhausting journey through the Dark Void and discovered that no Eldrazi were within his detection range.
• Soth decided to seek the Eye of Ugin, copied its worn dragon runes, and flew inland to search for a settlement.
• Soth weakened and defeated a Crystalhorn Beast King, then turned it into a summoned creature card.
• Soth met the Kor hunter Gisa, who thanked him for driving the beast away and offered to take him to his village.
• Gisa brought Soth into the Kor village, introduced him to his son, and shared a meal with him while they awaited the elders.

Raymond learned that the Kor were at war with the Tajuru Elves and agreed to help them in exchange for a guide to Sarkhan and access to their magical knowledge. After turning the battle in the Kor’s favor, Raymond recognized Nissa Revane as a newly sparked Planeswalker whose actions would eventually release the Eldrazi, and considered whether to stop her.

• Gisa brought Raymond to the Kor elder, who revealed that the Tajuru Elves had destroyed Kor villages and offered him a deal: help the Kor win the war, and he would arrange a meeting with Sarkhan and provide magical knowledge.
• Raymond studied Kor magic, traveled north with Gisa and more than forty warriors, and reached the Kor army’s camp, where he offered to cure the warriors poisoned by Tajuru Elf assassins.
• Raymond tested the poison on himself, used his divine power to neutralize it, healed the poisoned Kor, and claimed the captured Witherblade Assassin as a Creature Card.
• Osa led the revived Kor forces in an assault that drove the Tajuru Elves into retreat, while Raymond’s magic strengthened the Kor and his Fiendfyre Dragon attacked the Elf defenses.
• Nissa Revane awakened the surrounding plants to restrain the Kor, then protected the Elves from Raymond’s Fiendfyre; Raymond saw her Planeswalker’s Spark and realized she would eventually break the Eldrazi’s seal.

Raymond ended a Kor-Tajuru war, met the Zendikari Planeswalker Nissa Revane, and persuaded her to accompany him to the Eye of Ugin. There, the Eye drained everyone’s magic as Raymond entered the fight between Chandra Nalaar and Sarkhan, leaving Sarkhan buried under falling rocks.

• Raymond defeated the Tajuru Elves, forced them to retreat, and stopped the Kor from pursuing them.
• Raymond spoke with Nissa Revane, learned she felt rejected by the elf tribes, and invited her to explore the Eye of Ugin.
• Raymond and Nissa followed signs of Sarkhan toward the Eye, where the crystal drained the magical power of everyone nearby.
• Raymond recognized Chandra Nalaar fighting Dragon-form Sarkhan and transformed into a Blue Dragon to help her.
• Raymond struck Sarkhan with lightning, claws, and a tail sweep, sending him crashing into a rock wall and burying him under debris.

Raymond defeated the mind-controlled Sarkhan at the Eye of Ugin, learned its inscriptions, and created a dangerous Land Card tied to the Eldrazi seal. After warning Jace Beleren that Nicol Bolas had manipulated them all, Raymond gained the Dragon Scroll and formed a Partner Contract with Jace.

• Sarkhan attacked Raymond with dragonfire, but Raymond used potions and Frost Breath to freeze him while Nissa knocked out Chandra and Jace Beleren arrived, controlling Nissa.
• Raymond convinced Jace that they had all been manipulated and sent him away with Nissa and Chandra, then used the Hourglass of Time to wound Sarkhan and restore his senses.
• Raymond forced Sarkhan to translate the Eye of Ugin's inscriptions, learned Draconic and Tarkir's language, and created a Legendary Land Card for the Eye of Ugin before capturing several Eldrazi Spawn.
• Raymond met Jace in a nearby town, explained that the Dragon Scroll and three Planeswalkers could open the seal and release the Eldrazi, and identified Nicol Bolas as the mastermind.
• Jace gave Raymond the Dragon Scroll and formed a Partner Contract with him, creating Raymond's first Partner Card.

Soth revived Nissa, explained that the Eldrazi threatened Zendikar, and took her to Innistrad to seek help from Sorin Markov. They arrived safely and entered a guarded town, where they planned to gather information.

• Jace Beleren left with Chandra Nalaar after wiping Nissa's memories of the Eye of Ugin, and Soth decided to travel to Innistrad with Nissa.
• Soth used Greater Dispel Magic to wake Nissa, then explained that Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek were Eldrazi sealed on Zendikar and that the seal was weakening.
• Nissa agreed to accompany Soth to seek the Ancient Planeswalkers who had sealed the Eldrazi, and the two planeswalked to Innistrad.
• Soth used Mass Charm to make the Werewolves in a nearby forest attack one another, then rode north with Nissa toward a town.
• Soth offered gold to the town guards and used an illusion to pass their Werewolf inspection, allowing him and Nissa to enter through a side gate.

Raymond and Nissa traveled through Innistrad to Thraben, where Raymond hoped to find Sorin Markov and investigate the Helvault. After entering the city, he left Nissa to explore and headed for Thraben's largest church.

• Raymond learned in Sweetwater Town that Avacyn's prayers had gone unanswered and that Thraben remained humanity's stronghold.
• Raymond and Nissa flew toward Thraben, witnessing undead, monsters, and Werewolves beyond the protected settlements.
• Near Thraben, they switched from griffins to horses, passed the city's inspections, and entered its prosperous streets.
• Raymond gave Nissa gold to explore Thraben while he went to the largest church.

Raymond discovered that Innistrad’s Moon Silver might enhance his holy sword, then learned that Gisa and Geralf had sent an undead army toward Thraben. As Liliana agreed to meet the mysterious Raymond about Griselbrand, Raymond spent the afternoon advising Nissa and giving her a Bag of Holding, leaving her deeply touched by his kindness.

• Raymond sensed the Helvault’s energy and considered researching Moon Silver while planning to acquire Ludewi for his necromantic expertise.
• A bloodied guard warned the bishop that Gisa and Geralf’s undead army was advancing on Thraben, and the bishop sent 3,500 Cathars out to fight it.
• Liliana Vess entered Thraben to find Griselbrand, and Raymond secretly invited her to meet him in the cathedral garden at midnight.
• Raymond discussed Liliana’s likely behavior and the Chain Veil with the Diary while waiting for Nissa, who arrived with a large haul of goods.
• Raymond advised Nissa on using her Planeswalker abilities to trade between worlds and gave her a Bag of Holding, moving her with his guidance and concern.

Raymond negotiated with Liliana over helping her escape Nicol Bolas’s claim to her soul, then delayed their plan to pursue Griselbrand while Thraben faced an undead assault. Gisa’s army breached the city gates and began overrunning the streets.

• Nissa suggested releasing the Eldrazi so they would leave Zendikar, but Raymond warned that they could devour the plane and proposed luring them to the Abyss or Baator instead.
• Raymond met Liliana outside the cathedral, revealed that Nicol Bolas would claim her soul if all four Demon creditors died, and offered to help her outmaneuver him in exchange for her service.
• Liliana agreed to Raymond’s plan and accepted his Ring of Time Stop as a safeguard; Raymond revealed that Griselbrand was imprisoned in the Helvault with Avacyn.
• Raymond left Liliana before the Cathars arrived, explaining that he wanted to find the necromancer Ludewi through Geralf.
• A soldier warned Thraben that Gisa’s undead army had wiped out the Cathars sent against it, and the horde soon broke through the city gates.
• Gisa led her undead through Thraben, directing her Corpse-Embedded Creatures to crush defenders as the invasion began.

Raymond defeated Gisa and Geralf during the Undead attack on Thraben, then helped Liliana shatter the Helvault and recruit Nahiri and Sorin into an alliance against Nicol Bolas. After Avacyn returned and Liliana killed Griselbrand, Raymond asked Sorin to teach him life magic so he could create a god.

• Raymond burned Gisa’s Zombies with Necrotic Demise, seized control of Evil Grin, and captured her while Liliana brought Geralf to him.
• Raymond searched Geralf’s memories for Ludewi’s location, leaving Geralf mindless, while Gisa was confined for experiments.
• Raymond and Liliana shattered the Helvault, freeing Avacyn, Nahiri, and the imprisoned Demons; Avacyn restored the Cathars’ powers and destroyed Undead outside Thraben.
• Raymond persuaded Nahiri and Sorin to join an alliance against Nicol Bolas by warning them about the threat to Zendikar and Innistrad.
• Raymond asked Sorin to teach him life and creation magic so he could create a god, and Sorin agreed to teach him for three days.
• Liliana defeated Griselbrand with the Chain Veil, killed him, and took his body to Raymond so he could be revived as her creditor.

Raymond endured Sorin Markov’s combat training in Stensia, then secretly bluffed his way out of a confrontation with Nicol Bolas by pretending to offer his help. He chose to pursue his own ambitions as a double agent, seeking knowledge and power while Nicol Bolas set him a task.

• Sorin Markov forced Raymond through an hour of sword training, but Raymond dismissed combat as a waste of time and focused on his magical studies.
• Nissa returned to Zendikar to protect the Eldrazi seals, while Sorin left for Tarkir to help resurrect Ugin and gave Raymond Moon Silver for his holy sword.
• Nicol Bolas intercepted Raymond’s attempted departure from Innistrad and threatened to kill him unless he could explain himself.
• Raymond persuaded Nicol Bolas that he could gather Planeswalkers around him and act as a spy, then accepted a spell for identifying people with dormant Sparks and a task to find two potential Planeswalkers within a year.
• After Nicol Bolas departed, Raymond told the Diary he intended to serve his own ambition and would act as a double agent to pursue knowledge and power.

Raymond confronted the gods in the Pantheon and used an illusion of the Eldrazi to show that he could threaten their worlds and realms. Ao then forbade the Eldrazi from entering Toril and granted Raymond god-equal status and unrestricted access to the Pantheon.

• A Solar brought Raymond to the Pantheon, where Tyr asked him to explain and restrict his dangerous power.
• Raymond laughed at Tyr’s demand and showed the gods an illusion of the Eldrazi destroying worlds.
• Raymond introduced Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek, warning that he could summon them anywhere and demanding respect as a negotiating equal.
• Oghma helped ease the tense standoff, and Raymond explained that he had displayed the Eldrazi to deter gods such as Cyric and Shar from targeting him.
• Ao appeared, ordered Raymond never to bring the Eldrazi or their creations into Toril, and granted him status equal to the gods and the right to enter the Pantheon freely.

After Raymond used the Eldrazi to make the gods recognize his power, he asked Talona for a Great Druid to use in a dangerous experiment. He planned to create a living god in another world, leaving his larger ambitions secret even from Talona.

• The gods left the Pantheon after Ao granted Raymond standing equal to theirs, while Mystra and Oghma pledged their support and asked about the knowledge he had brought back.
• Raymond gave Talona two Poison-Pouched Leopard cubs, and she eagerly accepted them as pets.
• Raymond asked Talona for the name and location of a Great Druid whose soul and body he needed for an experiment.
• Talona named Angel Poisoncore, a former follower of hers who had become a legendary Druid serving Zuggtmoy in the Underdark.
• Raymond told Talona he intended to create a living god who obeyed him, explaining that he wanted to test a theory without becoming bound to a world's divine rules.

Raymond summoned Drizzt Do'Urden to the Wizard's Tower and asked him to guide an expedition into the Underdark to find the Druid Angel Poisoncore. Drizzt began mapping the route through Menzoberranzan as Raymond went to recruit Drizzt's Drow companions for a disguised mercenary company.

• A Drow patrol led by an ambitious woman joined Drizzt at a tavern, where a Greater Shadow summoned him to meet Raymond.
• Drizzt brought the Drow woman and two trusted subordinates to the Wizard's Tower, where Raymond received them.
• Raymond explained that he needed to find Angel Poisoncore in the Fungal Forest and stop his dangerous research.
• Drizzt warned that the journey would pass near Menzoberranzan, but agreed to guide Raymond and started drawing a map.
• Raymond planned to recruit Drizzt's companions and disguise the group as a mercenary company before entering the Underdark.