Chapter Summaries

Ian fought Merlin after Merlin ambushed him, then left the canyon with Merlin’s hair and the Ancient Time-Turner, hinting that he would meet him again more than a thousand years later. Back at Little Morgan’s Ancient Castle, a resonating chess piece led Ian to the Duchess, whose unborn child was destined to become a legendary king of ancient Britain.

• Merlin struck Ian, and Ian retaliated with a barrage of punches before Merlin stopped him with a chest of treasure.
• Merlin identified an alchemical organ as belonging to the True Creator and declared that Ian, Medivh, the True Creator, and Raven were the same being.
• Merlin noticed a hidden space inside Ian’s Mirror of Erised, and Ian refused to let him inspect it.
• Ian ordered Leonard to record Merlin’s defeat in the Dumbledore family history, kept the Cyber Eye, and plucked Merlin’s hair before departing with the Ancient Time-Turner.
• A king-shaped chess piece in Ian’s Money Bag resonated and led him to the Duchess, whom Ian recognized as pregnant with the future legendary king of ancient Britain.

Ian discovered that a glowing chess piece from Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets resonated with the unborn Arthur, then learned the chamber may have been entered again after Riddle emptied it. He also saw the soul inside the shadow creature clearly and transformed into a Raven, leaving the creature terrified and kneeling in its bottle.

• Ian watched Lady Igraine in the garden and noticed the chess piece glowing in response to her unborn child, likely King Arthur.
• Ian returned to Riddle, claimed he had defeated Merlin, and showed him the Ancient Time-Turner he had obtained from Merlin.
• Ian questioned Riddle about the chess piece, and Riddle said the Chamber of Secrets had held no such item and speculated that Slytherin might still be alive.
• Ian examined the shadow creature in its bottle and saw a gray wolf soul bearing the Raven’s Claw in its pupils.
• Ian transformed into a Raven, and the gray wolf stopped attacking the bottle and cowered on its floor.

Ian confirmed that the Big Bad Wolf recognized his Raven form as the Eternal Raven, then attended a banquet where Duke Royas asked him to name the child Lady Igraine was carrying. Ian named the child Arthur, awakening a sword-shaped image in his Proof of Legend.

• The Big Bad Wolf recognized Ian's Raven form as the Eternal Raven and begged for forgiveness, confirming Ian's connection to the Soul Hall.
• Ian changed back into a young wizard and decided to question the Big Bad Wolf privately, while Riddle remarked that he had expected Ian to become a serpent.
• Duke of Tintagel Royas hosted a lavish banquet for Ian, Riddle, and Malfoy, then offered Ian a tower, resources, and authority if he would remain in his territory.
• Ian declined the Duke's offer but agreed to name the child Lady Igraine was carrying.
• Ian first suggested Artoria, then named the child Arthur after learning the Duke expected a boy.
• As Duke Royas accepted the name Arthur, a sharp sword appeared within Ian's Proof of Legend.

Ian gained the Karma Token Shatter Law's Edge after naming the unborn Arthur, and realized that intervening in history could bring him extraordinary power. At the banquet, the Duke revealed that Soul Hall wizards had named Morgan, and Lady Igraine identified one of them as Lily Evans, shocking Ian and Riddle.

• Ian named Royas and Lady Igraine's unborn child Arthur, then gained the Shatter Law's Edge Authority and the Origin Sorcerer class.
• Morgan questioned whether the captured Big Bad Wolf could have blessed her, and the Duke explained that a different, stronger Soul Hall wizard had named her.
• The Duke recalled that the wizard who named Morgan was called Cinderella and had arrived with a companion.
• Lady Igraine said that Morgan's companion had prepared a potion for her and introduced herself as Lily Evans, a Potion Scholar.
• Ian and Riddle were stunned to hear Lily Evans's name.

Ian learned that Soul Hall had a mysterious interest in Morgan and agreed to help the Duke keep her safe. The Duke revealed his investigations into Medivh, only for the family to discover that Ian had written a book praising Medivh as the God Eater.

• Ian speculated that Soul Hall used alchemical shadow coverings to protect its members while traveling through time, and learned that Lily Evans was one of its witches.
• The Duke sent Morgan and Lady Igraine away, then told Ian that Soul Hall had a dangerous history and seemed unusually interested in Morgan.
• The Duke asked Ian to help protect Morgan from Soul Hall, and Ian agreed.
• The Duke described Medivh as a reckless criminal responsible for killings, kidnappings, and other atrocities, leaving Ian embarrassed and baffled.
• While Ian was outside, the Duchess found The Dark Bible, written by Ian as the Supreme Mage, God Eater Medivh, and the Duke realized he had insulted Ian’s alter ego.

Ian eased the Duke and Duchess’s fears over Medivh, then visited the recovering Malfoy with Riddle and discussed magic, morality, and Ian’s identity. After Ian left, Riddle suspected his claims about Horcruxes were a lie and considered what he had learned about Medivh.

• The Duke apologized to Ian for insulting Medivh, and Morgan corrected her father before the family changed the subject to the harvest festival.
• Riddle dismissed ordinary people and their entertainments, but Ian told him that ordinary lives mattered and that wizards did not run the world alone.
• Ian and Riddle left dinner to check on Malfoy, whom Riddle treated with a potion while Ian considered recruiting him as a Potions assistant.
• Riddle asked Ian who he really was, and Ian defended his use of Dark Magic while insisting that Horcruxes were truly evil.
• After Ian left, Riddle suspected Ian had lied about not knowing how to make Horcruxes and reflected on what he had learned about Medivh.

Ian studied the Mirror of Erised and questioned the Big Bad Wolf about the Soul Hall, learning that Morgan was an attendant angel of Raven and that Medivh was the Soul Hall’s Great Protector. As Ian tried to uncover the mirror’s secret, Morgan arrived at his window and a shadowy woman appeared behind her; Ian recognized the woman as Cinderella.

• Ian failed to uncover a hidden space in the Mirror of Erised and saw his reflection reading a book filled with the words, “I want all living beings to understand my will.”
• Ian questioned the Big Bad Wolf, who said Cinderella had brought it to the Soul Hall and that its mission had been to watch Morgan, one of Raven’s attendant angels.
• The Big Bad Wolf described Raven as the Soul Hall’s highest existence and Medivh as its mysterious Great Protector, known for murder, arson, and plunder.
• Ian resumed recording and studying the mirror’s runes while the Big Bad Wolf stayed silent in its bottle.
• Morgan climbed to Ian’s window and asked him to help her inside, but Ian noticed someone floating behind her.
• Ian recognized the beautiful shadowy woman outside the window and tentatively called her Cinderella.

Ian confronted a mysterious shadow-wrapped woman whom only he could see, then watched Little Morgan discover a strange wish in the Mirror of Erised. When she reached toward the Mirror, it produced a heavy box, leaving Ian convinced he had become Voldemort.

• Ian spotted a shadowy woman outside his window, but Little Morgan and the Big Bad Wolf could neither see nor sense her.
• The woman silently mouthed unfamiliar words, then vanished when Ian raised his wand and cast Fiendfyre into the sky.
• Ian pulled Little Morgan into the room and watched her approach the Mirror of Erised, hoping to learn what she desired.
• Little Morgan said the Mirror showed her transforming the world so men and women could have children by themselves and described people praising her.
• Little Morgan reached toward the Mirror, and a heavy box appeared in her hands, prompting Ian to realize he had repeated Voldemort's mistake.

Ian discovered that the Mirror of Erised had given Little Morgan a box containing a beating mechanical heart, which reacted to the eyeball taken from Merlin. The Ancient Time-Turner then pulled Ian back to his own era, where he reunited with Dumbledore and Professor LeMay and saw a painting showing himself and Helpo as a shadowy monster.

• Ian failed to find the hidden object in the Mirror of Erised, while Little Morgan discovered an ancient box in her hands.
• Ian deciphered the box's runes and opened it, revealing a beating mechanical heart that reacted to Merlin's eyeball.
• Ian recognized the heart and eyeball as organs of the Alchemy God, and Little Morgan asked whether he was leaving.
• As the Time-Turner activated, Ian gave Little Morgan his teaching notes and promised they would meet again; she kept the box as a token for their reunion.
• Ian vanished into the passage of time, leaving Riddle and Malfoy behind, and saw historical visions before returning to Hogwarts.
• Ian found Dumbledore and Professor LeMay waiting in the Alchemy Professor's office, where an unexpected painting depicted Ian and Helpo as a shadowy monster.

Ian returned to Hogwarts after only a few days away, having become a Legend and defeated a dark Legend in the past. He learned that Draco Malfoy and Riddle remained in Merlin’s era, while Dumbledore promised to handle the danger to history; a matching Time-Turner led Ian to suspect a younger student held the answers.

• Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel welcomed Ian back and explained that Dumbledore had advanced his status to bring him home.
• Ian revealed that Malfoy and Riddle had been left in Merlin’s era, and Flamel showed him a history book whose account matched the Pompeii he remembered.
• Dumbledore reassured Ian that history could still change and promised to resolve the remaining trouble.
• Ian discovered that the Time-Turner on his chest matched the one embedded in the Great Clock, even sharing a new scratch.
• Ian said a younger student could explain the connection and confidently anticipated facing that person with help.

Ian told Dumbledore and Nick LeMay that Ravenclaw student Rirym might be Merlin, based on the similarity of their magic. The three went to investigate Rirym, but Ian opened the dormitory door and was greeted by a torrent of foul yellow water.

• Ian admitted that he had won the Ancient Time-Turner from Merlin, and Dumbledore explained that objects could overlap through time.
• Ian named Rirym as a possible Merlin in disguise, noting that Rirym's magic resembled Merlin's and that Arthur King had also vanished.
• Nick LeMay eagerly agreed that they should investigate Rirym, while Dumbledore told Ian to find him.
• Nick LeMay collected ancient rainwater from Ian's robe to study it and date Merlin's era.
• Ian led Dumbledore and Nick LeMay to Rirym's dormitory and used Alohomora to open the door.
• Dumbledore and Nick LeMay recoiled as yellow water poured from the ceiling, and a voice greeted Ian while warning him about two thousand years of accumulation.

Merlin ambushed Ian in Rirym's dormitory by flooding it with waste he had stored for two thousand years, but Ian's clone exploded with filth and turned the revenge back on him. Ian revealed he had anticipated Merlin's attack and infected his clone with a rapidly growing magical cauliflower, leaving Merlin terrified while Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel watched.

• Merlin opened the ceiling above Rirym's dormitory and flooded it with stored waste, trapping Ian inside while Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel sealed the room.
• Merlin revealed himself and celebrated his revenge, but Ian calmly taunted him for not making the waste poisonous.
• Ian's clone swelled and exploded, covering Merlin in filth and forcing him to transfer the mess away before repeatedly casting Cleaning Charms.
• Ian's true body arrived and explained that he had hidden himself from Merlin's prophecy by preparing a clone in advance.
• Ian told Merlin that the clone carried a magical cauliflower infection that would grow all over his body, and Merlin's legs gave way in fear.
• Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel watched Merlin's defeat and struggled to believe that this was a battle between Legendary Wizards.

Ian cured Merlin’s magical infection in exchange for Merlin’s knowledge about Raven, but Merlin delayed the explanation to confront Dumbledore and Nick LeMay. Dumbledore and Merlin clashed until Dumbledore secretly called Ian, who knocked Merlin down with his magical Gatling.

• Dumbledore and Nick LeMay discussed Ian’s unusual magic and Merlin’s apparent attachment to him.
• Ian demanded to learn everything Merlin knew about Raven, and Merlin agreed after they signed an ancient contract.
• Ian removed the magical toxins from Merlin, and Merlin said he needed to deal with a hidden danger before explaining Raven.
• Merlin attacked Dumbledore and Nick LeMay, froze Dumbledore’s spell, withered his vines, and seized the Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore signaled Ian for help, and Ian pinned Merlin down with his magical Gatling while asking how Merlin grew so tall without magic.

After Ian defeated Merlin, Merlin explained that knowledge of his continued existence endangered others because two Legends had died because of him. Dumbledore and Nick LeMay erased their memories of the revelation, and Merlin began showing Ian the history behind his conflict with the Raven.

• Ian pinned Merlin down with a Gatling, but stopped when Dumbledore intervened and Merlin surrendered.
• Merlin returned the Elder Wand and revealed that people who learned he was alive could be endangered; Ian, Dumbledore, and Nick LeMay sensed that he believed what he said.
• Merlin told Ian that the danger probably could not affect someone as cursed as him, and Dumbledore agreed to trust Merlin while placing limits on that trust.
• Dumbledore erased Nick LeMay's and his own memories of Merlin's revelation, then left with Nick LeMay and told Ian they would discuss what had happened.
• Ian asked Merlin about the Raven, and Merlin checked that no students could overhear before admitting he relied on a ring to influence others.
• Merlin pulled threads from his mind, changing the surroundings and drawing Ian into a memory of his conflict with the Raven.

Dumbledore hid a corrupted memory from himself in the portraits of former headmasters, then joined Grindelwald to investigate who was influencing them. Meanwhile, Ian watched Merlin’s memory of their first meeting and learned how the Raven had bullied young Merlin, before the memory shifted to their later encounters.

• Dumbledore extracted a strange, corrupted memory and entrusted it to the portraits of former headmasters.
• Grindelwald returned and warned Dumbledore that someone besides Slytherin was hiding in the shadows, and Dumbledore proposed verifying their earlier idea.
• Merlin used Ancient Magic to show Ian a memory of his childhood in a Fairytale Forest, where he communicated with animals.
• Young Merlin approached a talking Raven, mistook it for a Fantastic Beast, and was chased and pecked by it.
• Merlin revealed that the Raven was Ian and changed the memory to show the Raven tormenting him with demands and insults.

Merlin's memories showed how Raven forced him through years of magic, alchemy, potion, swordsmanship, and physical training. Raven finally revealed that it trained Merlin because it had once met a wizard destined for greatness and gotten him killed, leaving Ian and Merlin with a startling secret.

• Merlin revealed memories of Raven teaching his younger self magic, alchemy, and potions while pecking him whenever he failed.
• Raven forced Little Merlin to run, exercise, and practice swordsmanship, and Merlin eventually developed impressive skills under its harsh training.
• Raven offered Little Merlin nine potions, but he became wary and stopped drinking them after hearing the name of one potion and its possible side effects.
• Little Merlin asked Raven why it was teaching him, and Raven admitted that it had once gotten a great wizard killed.

Ian learned that Merlin had been raised as a replacement for an original Merlin who was killed, and helped Merlin overcome his doubts about whether he deserved the name. Merlin then showed Ian the Raven giving young Merlin a magical feather that became the core of Ian’s wand, whose power could only be wielded by someone beyond Legendary Status.

• Ian realized the Raven had killed the original Merlin and cultivated the Merlin before him as a replacement, and Merlin confirmed his interpretation.
• Merlin asked whether he had lived up to the original Merlin, and Ian answered honestly that he embodied the Merlin known to history.
• Ian reminded Merlin that he had survived and achieved greatness, helping him regain confidence in himself.
• Merlin showed Ian memories of his life with Fantastic Beasts and the Raven’s final visit, when the Raven entrusted him with a glowing feather.
• Ian realized the feather was connected to his wand, and Merlin revealed that its power surpassed the Elder Wand and held the gods.

Ian learned from Merlin that the Elder Wand held the gods’ authority and contained Raven’s feather, while Merlin had disguised the feather as a Unicorn feather for Ollivander. After returning to Hogwarts, Ian resumed school life, demonstrated a spell in Charms Class, and visited the Black-Robed Skeleton in the Room of Requirement.

• Merlin told Ian that Raven’s feather formed the core of his wand, that it held the gods’ authority, and that Merlin had once passed the feather off as a Unicorn feather to Ollivander.
• Merlin left for breakfast in Rirym’s identity, while Ian stayed behind and joined William and Michael, who defended Rebecca despite Ian’s suspicions about her Love Potion.
• Ian cast a spell on Professor Flitwick during Charms Class, making him vomit a huge slug; Flitwick praised Ian’s demonstration and awarded Ravenclaw twenty points.
• Ian went to the Room of Requirement and greeted the Black-Robed Skeleton, which failed to understand him and continued stroking the frightened Dementor.

Ian tried to learn about the Black-Robed Skeleton’s past, salvaged and disguised failed potions, and protected a mysterious soul from his Dementor. In Defence Against the Dark Arts, he discovered that Professor “Lockhart” was actually Aurora in disguise, teaching in place of her grandfather.

• Ian failed to awaken any divine power from his wand, tried kissing the Black-Robed Skeleton to give her flesh, and received no answers about her past.
• Ian salvaged some flawed potions to sell, disguised others for Knockturn Alley, and decided against using Merlin’s Time-Turner to gather ingredients from the past.
• The Big Bad Wolf’s soul awoke in its bottle and panicked when the Dementor tried to suck it in, so Ian restrained the Dementor and hid the soul.
• Ian joined William in comforting Michael after the Little Dark-Skinned Girl stopped speaking to him, while he promoted his Draught of Forgetfulness.
• During Defence Against the Dark Arts, Ian touched Professor “Lockhart” and realized that Aurora was disguised as him and teaching in place of her grandfather.

Ian’s Serpensortia demonstration unexpectedly summoned the colossal World Serpent Jörmungandr, terrifying the Defence Against the Dark Arts class. Dumbledore arrived as Aurora identified the creature, leaving Ian to realize his wand may have answered his earlier request to borrow power.

• Aurora taught the students how to cast Serpensortia and arranged paired practice, but no one would partner with Ian, so she challenged him to demonstrate with her.
• Aurora summoned a venomous snake, and Ian killed it with a supposedly defensive Expelliarmus that Aurora recognized as Avada Kedavra in disguise.
• Ian cast Serpensortia, but the spell summoned a gigantic talking serpent that shattered the classroom and frightened the students, causing Cho Chang to faint.
• Aurora recognized the creature from her prophecy as Jörmungandr, and Dumbledore appeared with the Elder Wand to investigate.
• Ian wondered whether his wand had responded to the power he had previously tried to borrow from it.