Recaps

Ian studied Snape’s annotated Advanced Potion-Making late into the night, increasing his Potions skill and learning several spells. The next morning, Michael reported that the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher had disappeared, while William asked Ian to introduce him to the New Generation of Wizarding Acolytes under pressure from his grandfather.

• Ian returned to the dormitory after teaching Ravenclaw students and found William still curled up beneath his blanket, shaken by the day’s events.
• Ian read Snape’s annotated Advanced Potion-Making, raised his Potions Mastery to Level 3, and studied several spells written in the margins.
• Michael woke Ian and reported that the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher had disappeared, cancelling the morning’s classes while professors searched Hogwarts.
• William asked Ian to introduce him to the New Generation of Wizarding Acolytes, explaining that his grandfather had threatened to have his father kill him if he failed to join.

Ian discovered that William came from a family of Pureblood Party spies and learned that William wanted to become an Acolyte. The chapter ended with Ian agreeing to try writing a recommendation letter, while William celebrated outside the washroom.

• William told Ian that his family had ordered him to join the Acolytes and that his mother, Selma Goring, was a radical wizard.
• William showed Ian an alchemical communicator that his family used to send messages.
• William revealed that his grandfather had served the Acolytes as a spy and expected William to carry on his pursuit.
• William explained that his father secretly tipped off people in Knockturn Alley and that his family had only recently accepted him as one of their own.
• Ian offered to try writing William a recommendation letter, then pushed him out of the washroom and shut the door.

Ian taught first-year students Potions, then studied in the library after Professor Ronnie Erich vanished. Penelope Clearwater summoned him to Dumbledore, saying Erich was dead and a Slytherin student accused Ian of killing him.

• Ian encouraged first-years with practical advice on brewing Boil-Cure Potion and learned that Ronnie Erich had disappeared.
• Ian heard rumours blaming Snape for Erich’s disappearance but suspected Erich had come for Aurora on behalf of Grindelwald’s Acolytes.
• Ian spent the morning studying school texts in the library to strengthen his magical foundations.
• Penelope Clearwater hurried into the library and told Ian that Ronnie Erich was dead and a Slytherin student claimed to have seen Ian kill him.

Ian was summoned after Marcus Flint accused him of killing Professor Ronnie Erich, whose dismembered body was found in the Owlery beside a blood-written message bearing Ian’s surname. Professor Flitwick identified the murder weapon’s magic as an early version of Sectumsempra, but Ian’s wand rejected the spell meant to reveal its recent magic.

• Penelope told Ian that Marcus Flint had accused him of murdering Professor Ronnie Erich and explained the rumors linking him to Daphne Greengrass’s collapse.
• Penelope brought Ian to the Owlery, where professors and prefects examined the hidden remains and a blood-written “Prince” message on the wall.
• Marcus Flint insisted that he had seen Ian kill Professor Erich, while Ian dismissed the accusation as a clumsy frame-up and argued with Flint.
• Headmaster Flitwick identified the wounds as the work of Severus Snape’s earliest version of Sectumsempra, and Dumbledore asked to examine Ian’s wand.
• Flitwick cast Prior Incantato on Ian’s wand, but the spell was rejected, leaving the professors astonished.

After Ian’s wand resisted Prior Incantato, Dumbledore accepted that he was innocent and privately asked him to demonstrate Fiendfyre. Meanwhile, Dumbledore summoned Penelope to ask why she had been investigating something around the castle since the previous afternoon.

• Flitwick and Dumbledore failed to reveal Ian’s wand memories with Prior Incantato, and Dumbledore returned the wand and declared Ian innocent.
• Marcus Flint insisted that Ian had murdered Professor Ronnie Erich, so Snape restrained him, knocked him unconscious, and took him away to check for the Imperius Curse or altered memories.
• McGonagall and Flitwick left to help Pomona search the castle, while Flitwick asked Ian whether he had encountered any dark wizards before school.
• Dumbledore asked Ian to show him Fiendfyre, watched him cast it safely in the Owlery, then extinguished the flames and left Ian with two House-elves.
• Dumbledore summoned Penelope to his office and asked about her efforts to investigate certain matters around the castle since the previous afternoon.

Penelope Clearwater’s search for the twins led her to uncover Dumbledore’s connection to Ariana, prompting him to bind her to secrecy with an Unbreakable Vow. Dumbledore then considered whether Ian might know how to bring Ariana back, despite the headmasters’ warnings that he was pursuing a dangerous delusion.

• Dumbledore told Penelope that Ariana had never enrolled at Hogwarts and realized she had come close to a painful secret.
• Penelope revealed that Ian had asked her to investigate, and Dumbledore said her inquiry had brought him closer to the truth.
• Dumbledore taught Penelope about Unbreakable Vows, bound her to silence, and gave her his old notes as compensation.
• Fawkes burned and was reborn as Dumbledore sat watching, while the portraits condemned his decision to pursue the possibility of restoring Ariana.
• Dumbledore dismissed the portraits’ warnings and studied a library borrowing list that included books on wizard history and Limbo.

Dumbledore took Marcus Flint away as bait to draw out the person who had framed Ian and murdered Ronnie Erich, while Snape suspected Aurora Grindelwald and warned Dumbledore against ignoring her as a possibility. Ian spent the day teaching his classmates and later returned to the strange place in his dreams.

• Snape interrogated Marcus Flint with potions and learned that Flint had been Imperiused into murdering Ronnie Erich with Sectumsempra and framing Ian.
• Dumbledore examined Flint's memories, asked Snape for a list of people who knew Sectumsempra, and decided to use Flint as bait to expose an accomplice inside Hogwarts.
• Snape suspected Aurora Grindelwald had poisoned Ronnie Erich and taken his wand, but Dumbledore rejected the accusation and warned Snape to consider who would be framed when Erich's body was found.
• Dumbledore took Flint away by Portkey, leaving Snape unsettled by his behavior and his warning about Aurora.
• Ian struggled through Professor Binns's History of Magic lesson, ate dinner with William and Michael, and wrote William a letter of recommendation.
• Ian taught Transfiguration to Young Wizards in the Ravenclaw Common Room, then returned to the strange place in his dreams after falling asleep.

Ian entered a desolate island in the Misty Illusion with Voldemort’s Horcrux and met Rowena Ravenclaw, who taught him advanced Transfiguration while explaining Helena’s lingering regret. After gaining the extraordinary trait All Things Shapeshift, Ian transformed Voldemort’s Remnant Soul into a slug and left the island, while Rowena reflected on Destiny and her friend Salazar.

• Ian found that an invisible force kept him from entering the Small Wooden House until Rowena Ravenclaw opened its door and welcomed him.
• Rowena revealed she was waiting for her daughter Helena, and Ian told her about Helena’s regret and Voldemort’s deception involving the Diadem.
• Rowena removed Voldemort’s Remnant Soul from the Diadem, silenced him, and showed Ian visions that taught him the origins of Transfiguration.
• Ian reached Transfiguration Level 5, gained the trait All Things Shapeshift, and transformed Voldemort’s Remnant Soul into a slug pursued by the living Chocolate Frog he named Spike.
• Ian thanked Rowena and left the Misty Illusion, while Rowena watched him depart and wondered about Destiny and Salazar.

Ian tested the abilities granted by his increased Magic Power, then fought to protect Hogwarts when modified Ashwinders attacked the castle. He tracked the culprit to the Room of Requirement, killed Avery Carrow with Fiendfyre, and faced Snape as the flames continued to consume the Ashwinders.

• Ian found that eating the Golden Apple had raised his Magic Power to Level 8 and tested his ability to multiply and transform objects.
• A storm exposed a powerful magical battle outside Hogwarts, and prefect Dietrich warned Ian that Ashwinders had been released inside the castle.
• Ian helped defend Ravenclaw students by destroying Ashwinders, while Penelope told him that Dumbledore was the twin he sought.
• Professors gathered students in the Great Hall as thousands of Ashwinders attacked; Snape, pretending to be gravely injured, ordered Ian to watch Aphrisin Carrow.
• Ian followed Aphrisin Carrow to the eighth floor, where he discovered that the culprit was searching for Ravenclaw's Diadem on the Dark Lord's orders.
• Avery Carrow attacked Ian and tried to burn Hogwarts, but Ian unleashed Fiendfyre, killed him, and told the arriving Snape that he was protecting the school.

Ian killed Afrison Carrow with controlled Fiendfyre after Carrow attacked him and threatened Hogwarts, while Snape worried that Dumbledore would punish him. Dumbledore instead defended Ian, then sent Snape back to Hogwarts and confronted his former best friend at a tower by the sea.

• Snape arrived to find Ian unharmed amid floating corpses and Fiendfyre, and Ian claimed Dumbledore had praised his spellwork.
• Snape smashed the ruby, ending the Ashwinders’ frenzy, and Ian concealed that Carrow had been searching for the diadem.
• Snape cursed Silly Barnabas’s portrait, warned Ian about Dumbledore, and escorted him back to the Great Hall.
• Ian returned to Ravenclaw’s dormitory, repaired the students’ damaged belongings, and kept his role in Carrow’s death secret from his roommates.
• Snape told Dumbledore that Ian had killed Afrison Carrow with Fiendfyre, but Dumbledore praised Ian’s control and opposed harsh punishment.
• Dumbledore ordered Snape to watch Aurora Grindelwald, then appeared at a seaside tower and met his former best friend.

Dumbledore visited Grindelwald in Nurmengard, where Grindelwald revealed that someone had thwarted his prophecy about Aurora and proposed an alliance. At Hogwarts, Snape gave Ian unrestricted access to the Restricted Section, then secretly took Ian’s hair, leaving Ian to suspect he planned to impersonate him.

• Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald about Ronnie Erich’s death and learned Grindelwald had wanted Aurora’s sacrifice to bring about a greater future.
• Grindelwald revealed that someone had used the Imperius Curse to stop Ronnie’s operation and interfered with his prophecy, then offered to help Dumbledore.
• The next morning, Ian chatted with William and Michael before Snape carried him aside to ask what he had done to win Dumbledore’s favor.
• Snape handed Ian Dumbledore’s approval for unrestricted borrowing from the Restricted Section and warned him against studying Unforgivable Curses.
• Snape suddenly plucked several hairs from Ian’s head and hurried away, while Ian guessed Snape meant to impersonate him in the girls’ bathroom.

Ian attended Flying Class, advanced his Alchemy studies, and began making his own Marauder’s Maps. After Marcus Flint confronted him over missing memories and attacked him, Ian subdued the Slytherins with powerful magic, only for Dumbledore to reveal that he had witnessed the confrontation.

• Ian summoned his broom on the first try, learned to fly, and later saw a Dementor guarding the eighth floor, which he admired rather than feared.
• Ian reached Level Three in Alchemy and began crafting parchment for affordable copies of the Marauder’s Map, using Hogwarts’ Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admissions as inspiration.
• Ian received a spicy steak from Habby, then attended Herbology with William and Michael, where a Chomping Cabbage bit a student and Professor Sprout used Gillyweed to treat him.
• At dinner, Ian noticed Daphne Greengrass and Marcus Flint had returned to Hogwarts, then left without receiving a reply from the Orphanage.
• Marcus Flint and several Slytherins blocked Ian, William, and Michael in a corridor; Flint accused Snape of erasing his memories and attacked Ian with a spell.
• Ian repelled Flint, silenced him, and surrounded the Slytherins with flames before frightening Flint with a Lumos Charm disguised as Avada Kedavra; Dumbledore then revealed he had been watching.

Ian met Dumbledore in the Headmaster’s Office, where he claimed the Sword of Gryffindor and learned that Slytherin families’ influence would complicate his demand for compensation. Dumbledore took Ian into a memory of Ariana’s death, revealing his own role in the tragedy and pleading with Ian to keep the truth secret.

• Ian washed the Sorting Hat until it produced the Sword of Gryffindor, and Dumbledore asked him to leave the sword behind.
• Dumbledore praised Ian’s restraint in the duel but explained that pressure from the Slytherin students’ families would make compensation difficult.
• Dumbledore took Ian into a vivid memory of Godric’s Hollow and asked him to lead the way to Ariana’s home.
• Ian watched young Albus Dumbledore, Aberforth, and Gellert Grindelwald argue, then fight as Ariana’s Obscurus erupted and a deflected spell killed her.
• Ian recognized that Dumbledore’s memory exposed his accidental responsibility for Ariana’s death, and Dumbledore begged him to keep the secret.

Ian witnessed Dumbledore’s memories of Ariana’s death, his guilt and inaction during Grindelwald’s rise, and his search for a way to reach the dead. After Ian reassured him about Ariana and promised to pass along her greetings, Dumbledore asked Aurora to become his apprentice and help keep Ian from taking a dark path.

• Dumbledore showed Ian how Ariana’s death drove him to study magic and seek the Resurrection Stone, while Grindelwald built the Saints’ movement and began a war.
• Ian saw Dumbledore defeat Grindelwald after the Blood Pact broke, then learn from his own guilt over Tom Riddle and his failure to protect Ariana.
• Dumbledore gave Ian a signed copy of Tales of Beedle the Bard and revealed that Helga Hufflepuff’s Notes described three Founders bargaining with the Lord of Death.
• Ian told Dumbledore that Ariana remembered her brothers with affection and had forgiven them, then agreed to convey Dumbledore’s greetings and promised support for Aurora.
• Dumbledore asked Aurora to become his apprentice so she could guide Ian away from darkness, and Aurora accepted after questioning his motives.

Ian found the Book of Admissions and the Quill of Acceptance, used them to create Hogwarts maps with names and hidden features, and escaped detection by the professors. The next day, he entered the Restricted Section and discovered an old book whose cover showed Teacher Mara, ending with his realization that she had lied about knowing Legilimency.

• Ian failed to open the library door, punished Peeves for trying to scare him, and later borrowed a broom to search Hogwarts for the admissions office.
• Ian found the Book of Admissions and the Quill of Acceptance, linked them to his maps, and concealed the Room of Requirement and dangerous passages.
• Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore, and Snape investigated the clean admissions room, while Dumbledore realized someone had entered without disturbing its magic.
• Ian returned to Ravenclaw, taught a paid lesson, and went to the library the next morning with Dumbledore's permission to enter the Restricted Section.
• Ian selected books about souls and bloodlines, then found an old book titled Mind Control: From Legilimency to Petrificus Totalus and recognized Teacher Mara on its cover.

Ian discovered in an enchanted book that his teacher Mara was the legendary witch Morgan le Fay, then spent a quiet stretch at Hogwarts plotting to sell Marauder’s Maps and provoking Snape in Potions class. The chapter ended with Peeves leaping out of Ian’s potion to startle Snape.

• Ian read an enchanted book written by Mara’s former apprentice and learned that Mara was Morgan le Fay, a legendary Dark Witch.
• Ian waited impatiently for the Misty Illusion’s cooldown to end while Hogwarts remained tense after the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher’s murder.
• Ian showed Aurora the Marauder’s Map and asked her to help sell it in Slytherin under a false story that it came from Voldemort.
• Aurora told Ian that Dumbledore had asked her to become his apprentice and restrain Ian if he began doing bad things.
• Snape taught the Pepperup Potion, discovered Ian had taught Ravenclaws under the name Half-Blood Prince, and angrily confronted him.
• Ian handed Snape his potion, and Peeves emerged from it to frighten him.

Ian searched for Parseltongue materials, taught the Ravenclaw door, and impressed Professor Flitwick with his Lumos Charm in Charms class. After returning to the library to solve a problem with his alchemical creation, he received a book from Gilderoy Lockhart.

• Ian comforted Helena Ravenclaw about her mother, and Rowena Ravenclaw's portrait answered that they would meet again.
• Ian found the library locked, then spoke with Cho Chang, who told him Madam Pince had gone with Hagrid to meet the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Ian objected to the name of Cho Chang's SCP Gathering and stayed behind to teach the Bronze Eagle Head.
• Ian demonstrated an exceptionally bright Lumos Charm and nonverbal spellcasting in Professor Flitwick's class, earning Ravenclaw five points.
• Ian searched the library for a way to reduce the residue from his alchemical creation, and Gilderoy Lockhart offered him Rowena Ravenclaw's book on alchemy.

Ian met Gilderoy Lockhart in the library, then taught the Impediment Jinx at his Small Class using a fire-based demonstration that helped the Young Wizards understand it. As rumors spread that Ian was Dumbledore’s child and Penelope privately suspected he was Merlin’s descendant, Ravenclaw gained a point for the lesson.

• Ian impressed Gilderoy Lockhart with exaggerated praise, received an autograph on his Marauder's Map, and borrowed a book by Ravenclaw.
• Ian taught the Young Wizards about Defence Against the Dark Arts and struggled to explain the Impediment Jinx until he used flames to demonstrate its workings.
• Penelope connected Ian’s unusual magical perception to Merlin, while Male Prefect Dietrich told her Slytherin students suspected Ian was Dumbledore’s child.
• Ian helped the Young Wizards learn the Impediment Jinx, heard William and Michael suggest ways to use it, and awarded Ravenclaw a point.
• A jewel fell in the Ravenclaw hourglass, recording the point Ian had awarded.

Ian tested the Room of Requirement, traveled with House-elf Rabbi into the Forbidden Forest, and helped Aurora Grindelwald defeat a Swooping Evil. Aurora revealed a prophecy about someone hunting Unicorns, and Ian returned to Hogwarts after testing his corpse-disposing invention, shaken by her suggestion that the creature he had eaten might have been Rabbi.

• Ian used his map to check Hogwarts at night, then entered the Room of Requirement to test his Bone Grinding and Ash Scattering Box.
• After the Room of Requirement led him to the kitchens, Rabbi took Ian to the Forbidden Forest to find an animal for his experiment.
• Ian and Rabbi rescued Aurora Grindelwald from a Swooping Evil, and Rabbi treated her wounded hand.
• Aurora told Ian she had foreseen someone hunting a Unicorn and a scene of many corpses, and Ian urged her not to investigate alone.
• Ian tested his invention on Murtlap remains, then Rabbi warned that Centaurs were approaching and transported Ian and Aurora back to Hogwarts.
• Aurora agreed to share a meal with Ian the next night, then asked him not to eat the creature from earlier because it had saved her life.

Centaur scouts found the aftermath of Ian and Aurora’s fight and feared an ancient prophecy tied to seven rising stars and a human attempting Ascension to Godhood. The next day, Gilderoy Lockhart’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson exposed the students to a caged Dementor, and Ian attacked Lockhart before Lockhart began demonstrating the Patronus Charm.

• The Centaur leader stopped Oba from calling for war and warned the tribe that seven stars had risen in accordance with an ancient prophecy about a human attempting Ascension to Godhood.
• Ian returned to his dormitory with three glowing Swooping Evil eggs, hid them in his suitcase, and planned to raise them in the Misty Illusion.
• Cho Chang gave Ian thirteen Galleons for each of five maps she had sold, and Ian handed her upgraded maps to sell.
• Gilderoy Lockhart began his first Defence Against the Dark Arts class by insisting it would be practical, then revealed a caged Dementor hidden beneath the podium.
• Ian recognized the Dementor from the Owlery, used Fiendfyre to defend himself, and tried to turn it on Lockhart, but Lockhart diverted the flames and began casting the Patronus Charm.

Ian learned the Patronus Charm from Gilderoy Grindelwald, but his powerful silver magic would not form a Guardian Spirit, leaving both of them baffled. He continued investigating magic and brought supplies to the Misty Illusion, where the Witch questioned why his magic power had not reached its limit.

• Gilderoy Grindelwald demonstrated the Patronus Charm, explained his unorthodox theory about Guardian Spirits and Dementors, and let Ian practice after Ian failed to break through his defenses.
• Ian's Patronus magic filled the classroom with silver light and terrified the caged Dementor, but the Guardian Spirit would not condense; his proficiency stalled at 49/50, and Grindelwald promised to find an explanation.
• Ian woke his classmates with chocolate after Grindelwald left, then studied Bio-Alchemy and taught Aurora the Patronus Charm; when she struggled, he took her to the Hogwarts kitchens for hot pot.
• Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald about the stolen Dementor, and the two examined forged letters that had led Ronnie Erich to his death and a Locket connected to Voldemort's divided soul.
• Grindelwald revealed that Gilderoy Lockhart was alive but imprisoned in Nurmengard, while Dumbledore left to investigate the Locket and Grindelwald recalled a Strange Ring sealed in an old house.
• Ian packed snacks and books before entering the Misty Illusion, where the Witch criticized his textbooks and asked why his magic power had not reached its limit.

Ian visited Morgan the Witch in the Misty Illusion, learned more about soul companions and received a formula for a long-lasting Happy Potion. After leaving her castle, he met a departing soul accompanied by a Phoenix and realized the stranger was connected to the potion’s subject.

• Morgan teased Ian about his stalled Patronus Charm and explained that a soul companion guided a dead person who chose to become a wizard.
• Morgan gave Ian a Gown Fragment containing a long-lasting Happy Potion formula and told him to take only Ariana’s portion of the food to his friend’s town.
• Ian crossed into a lush forest, bit into a bitter green fruit, and accidentally hit a young man with the fruit.
• The young man returned Ian’s dropped Gown Fragment, mentioned visiting his mysterious aunt, and warned Ian not to use a Love Potion on a girl he admired.
• A Phoenix appeared as the young man departed, and Ian realized Morgan’s Happy Potion might be connected to him.

Ian visited Ariana and Pandora in the Misty Illusion, where he learned about Ariana’s brothers and returned with a Phoenix Egg. Back at Hogwarts, he supported the Ministry’s denial of a missing Dementor, endured Snape’s questions, and discovered that the Dementor obeyed his command to help prepare a potion.

• Ian found Pandora teaching Ariana swordsmanship, took photographs with them, and traded a Swooping Evil Egg for a Phoenix Egg that Pandora had tried to hatch.
• Ian told Ariana that Albus Dumbledore was Hogwarts’ headmaster and that Aberforth was her other brother, then helped her write letters to them before leaving the Misty Illusion with the Phoenix Egg.
• Ian failed to find information on hatching Phoenixes and defended the Ministry of Magic after newspapers reported that a Dementor had gone missing.
• Gilderoy Grindelwald threatened Ian into carrying crates to the Forbidden Forest, making Ian late for Snape’s Potions Class.
• Ian answered Snape’s questions and brewed the best potion in class, then used the Room of Requirement to begin preparing Morgan’s complicated recipe.
• Ian released the missing Dementor to grind ingredients, and the Dementor obeyed his command as if compelled by a king.

Ian skipped History of Magic to study Morgan the Witch's Love Potion formula, gathering ingredients with Hagrid and seeking a substitute for Fairy Grass. He met Professor Arthur King, who offered to consider him as an apprentice if he proved himself, then Snape caught him taking potion ingredients from his office.

• Ian brewed Love Potion in the Room of Requirement and sent a Dementor to watch the cauldron while he went to find fresh ingredients.
• Ian persuaded Hagrid to gather potion ingredients for him, and Hagrid returned with buckets of materials and Unicorn Saliva.
• Ian noticed an Erumpent inside Hagrid's house and warned him that keeping it indoors could be deadly.
• Ian met Professor Arthur King in the library, and Arthur challenged him to figure out the Room of Requirement before he would consider taking him as an apprentice.
• Ian found a Fairy Grass substitute in Modern Applications of Ancient Potions and took more ingredients from Snape's office, where Snape caught him with a full bag.

Snape discovered that Ian had been brewing batches of Love Potion, but Ian transformed one of the experiments into a Vitality Potion. Alarmed by what the potion could do, Snape combined it with his Water of Revival, tested it, and found that the result could detect magic.

• Snape followed Ian into the Room of Requirement and found six bubbling cauldrons, then accused him of brewing Love Potion in bulk.
• Ian began a new experiment under Snape's supervision, and they transformed a half-finished potion into a deep-blue Vitality Potion.
• Snape demanded that Ian destroy the original formula and warned him not to share it, then took the finished potion to his office.
• Snape added his Water of Revival to the Vitality Potion and tested the result on a toad with a transparent stone.
• The stone detected magic in the toad, leaving Snape horrified by the potion's effects.