Chapter Summaries

Ian’s standard Serpensortia spell summoned Jörmungandr, a mythical serpent that threatened to eat Dumbledore and demanded more magic before retreating into Ian’s wand. In Dumbledore’s office, Ian explained his attempt to borrow power from his wand, and Dumbledore gave him a book on spell conversion that bore Tom Riddle’s name.

• Dumbledore evacuated the students from the classroom and asked Ian whether he could control Jörmungandr.
• Jörmungandr demanded more magic and considered eating Dumbledore and Aurora, but Ian severed their connection and the serpent entered his wand as Black Mist.
• Aurora repaired the classroom and calmed the frightened students with a cover story while Dumbledore took Ian to the Headmaster’s Office.
• Ian told Dumbledore that he had asked his wand to lend him its hidden power, and he worried that it might demand an unfair repayment.
• Dumbledore connected Serpensortia to ancient magic associated with demons and handed Ian a book titled Dark Power: Spell Conversion.
• Ian saw that the book was written by Tom Riddle.

Ian examined Tom Riddle’s ancient book on converting spells, learned its methods for divine magic, and agreed to let Dumbledore continue studying Riddle. At Godric’s Hollow, Ian used a Greek-mythology spell framework to cast Lumos, and a pillar of light descended with the familiar presence of a sun god.

• Dumbledore told Ian he had found Riddle’s book in a Hogwarts storeroom after briefly observing Riddle in the past, and admitted he had chosen not to capture him so he could study his unusual situation.
• Ian accepted Dumbledore’s decision to observe Riddle and read the book, which detailed spell systems from around the world and methods for working with divine magic.
• Ian quickly mastered the book’s divine-magic techniques, including spell structures for stealing divine power, and closed the book when he was ready to test them.
• Dumbledore took Ian to Godric’s Hollow and spoke about his family’s suffering and the belief that living there would redeem its curse.
• Ian used an Ancient Greek mythology spell framework to cast Lumos, and a pillar of light descended as he sensed a familiar sun god.

Ian’s Ancient Greek version of the Lumos Charm drew on the Sun God’s power, illuminating Godric’s Hollow and letting him bless living things with extraordinary strength and defense. When Dumbledore accepted the blessing, it revealed runes and a painful black mark on his chest, which he refused to explain before ending the experiment.

• Ian cast a Lumos Charm through an Ancient Greek magical framework, causing the sunset’s light to pour over Godric’s Hollow with the Sun God’s power.
• Ian blessed an oak tree with golden light, and Dumbledore’s flames could not penetrate its divine protection.
• Ian spread the blessing across the gorge, empowering its plants and animals, and Dumbledore observed that the animals had temporarily become like Fantastic Beasts.
• Dumbledore asked Ian to bless him, and the golden light caused his body to become muscular as silver runes appeared on his skin.
• A black light flashed from Dumbledore’s chest and made him collapse in pain, so Ian withdrew the blessing and Dumbledore ended the experiment.
• Ian noticed that the mark on Dumbledore’s chest resembled the overlapping Deathly Hallows.

Ian witnessed a strange curse afflicting Dumbledore, who concealed its nature and asked Ian to keep it secret. Afterward, Ian suspected the mark was connected to Dumbledore’s hidden past, then considered using Harry Potter to draw out Lily Evans from Soul Hall.

• Dumbledore’s body briefly displayed black, Deathly Hallows-like markings and silver runes before he hid them and refused Ian’s offer to help.
• Dumbledore asked Ian to keep what he had seen secret and said he would investigate Ian’s unusual change by researching the Origin of Bloodlines.
• After Ian left, Dumbledore sealed his office, revealed the spreading mark on his chest, and used Fawkes’s tears to suppress it.
• Ian reached dinner and saw Hermione and Longbottom struggle to take choking Ron to the hospital wing after he tried to swallow a whole drumstick.
• Harry Potter thanked Ian for saving him, and Ian considered using Harry as bait to draw Lily Evans out of Soul Hall; Snape suddenly sneezed at the Teachers’ table.

At Hogwarts, Ian considered using Harry Potter to draw Lily Evans out of hiding and learn about Soul Hall, while teasing Harry about Malfoy's fate. Snape took Harry to his office, and Aurora left after demanding that Ian make up for his disastrous Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson.

• Ian reasoned that Harry Potter could serve as bait for Lily Evans, a Soul Hall member whose connection to Harry might bring her to Hogwarts.
• Ian used a spell to restore his food, and Harry asked whether Malfoy was alive; Ian cryptically implied that Harry was luckier than some people.
• Snape hauled Harry away from dinner, claiming he needed a test subject for dangerous research.
• Aurora asked Ian about the magic that had conjured Jörmungandr, but demanded a perfect Defence Against the Dark Arts class before answering his questions.
• Aurora left the Great Hall, and Ian discovered that his curry beef tasted like ginger.

Ian watched Harry leave Snape’s office after testing a transformation potion, erased Filch’s memories of his attempts to gain magic, and taught a Silencing Charm lesson that turned into a pitch for swordsmanship. In the Room of Requirement, Ian’s golden magic briefly transformed the Black-Robed Skeleton before he discovered Snape had stolen his prepared potion ingredients for Harry’s experiment.

• Ian identified the evening primrose scent on Harry’s robes as evidence that Snape had tested a transformation potion on him.
• Ian found Filch repeatedly ramming himself into a wall to provoke magic, then used a Memory Charm to erase Filch’s memories of gaining magic.
• Ian taught the Silencing Charm at his Small Class and used the lesson to promote his King Arthur’s Swordsmanship Collection.
• Ian used golden light from the Sun God’s authority to give the Black-Robed Skeleton blood vessels, a heartbeat, and muscles, but the skeleton remained mindless and soon returned to its former state.
• Ian reviewed the Room of Requirement’s memories and discovered that Snape had stolen his prepared ingredients for Harry’s potion experiment.

After discovering Snape had taken his potion ingredients, Ian created a magically sustained potion that could turn Harry into Hallie, then used several bottles of Draught of Living Death to enter the Misty Illusion. He arrived beside a strange black river and encountered a pair of eerie green eyes in the dark forest.

• Ian angrily realized Snape had been taking his potion ingredients and speculated about why Snape wanted to turn Harry into Hallie.
• Ian recreated the transformation potion with Transfiguration and stored it in his Money Bag, planning to discuss it with Harry.
• Unable to sleep, Ian drank five bottles of Draught of Living Death and discovered that entering the Misty Illusion involved changing the state of his soul.
• Ian arrived beside a black river in an unfamiliar forest and reasoned that the Misty Illusion overlapped with reality.
• Ian spotted strange green eyes approaching through the mist and readied his wand.

Ian fought an ancient witch in the Dark Forest of Misty Illusion, where she tried to take his body to return to the living world. After her reality-twisting magic countered his attacks, the witch suddenly fled when a crowned woman appeared, leaving Ian facing the newcomer.

• Ian encountered an old witch in the Dark Forest, and she recognized him as a Legend and demanded a toll.
• The witch attacked Ian with bone spikes, black butterflies, and Mud Golems while explaining that she intended to use his body to return to the living world.
• Ian countered the witch's spells with his Forbidden Curse Finale and Destiny magic, then unleashed Fel Energy Burst.
• The witch transformed the deadly green magic into a flower-covered patch of grass, claiming that perception surpassed magic in Misty Illusion.
• Ian summoned Ariana with the Patronus Charm and sent her back to the town with the Patronus Ring so she could call Pandora.
• The witch suddenly panicked, fled into the Dark Forest, and left Ian watching the forest regrow as a crowned woman approached.

Ian escaped Circe, the God of Witchcraft, by using his spells and Raven form, then returned to Morgan at the ancient castle. Morgan revealed that the old witch he had failed to defeat was his grandstudent, prompting her to laugh at him.

• Circe confronted Ian in the Dark Forest, revived its plants, and declared that he would become her Forest Keeper.
• Ian blasted Circe with Fel Energy Burst and Blazing Journey, then transformed into a Raven and pecked her before escaping through the Misty Illusion.
• Ian flew to the ancient castle, greeted the sleeping Dragon, and found Morgan watching his clash through a golden dish.
• Morgan identified Ian's opponent as Circe, the God of Witchcraft and Witches.
• Ian asked whether the old witch was a god, and Morgan laughed before revealing that the witch was his grandstudent.

Morgan revealed that the Evil Queen was Ian’s senior sister and explained that fairy-tale power could be used to defeat Destiny. She gave Ian homework linking fairy tales to the Soul Hall, warning that its knowledge was poisonous to others, and sent him away to study it elsewhere.

• Ian realized that the Evil Queen was Morgan’s former apprentice and his own senior sister, making her his grand-disciple.
• Morgan explained that the Evil Queen’s strength in the Misty Illusion came from the story she carried, not from her own talent.
• Morgan said fairy-tale power could be used to defeat Destiny and explained that stories gained different effects through different tellings.
• Morgan gave Ian a glowing piece of her gown bearing a notebook’s knowledge as homework about fairy tales and the Soul Hall.
• Morgan warned Ian that the knowledge could poison others and told him to leave and study it elsewhere.

Ian questioned Morgan about his connection to the gods, the Mirror of Erised, and a mysterious metal heart, but Morgan left several mysteries unanswered. As Ian prepared to leave, his wand summoned the young King Arthur, who charged at Morgan and sent Ian into a panic.

• Ian changed the subject from poisonous knowledge and asked Morgan why he had ended up in Circe's territory.
• Morgan named Ian's identities as Lord of Death, Raven of the Underworld, and Medivh the God Eater, but said she knew little about the gods or Raven.
• Morgan explained that Ian had returned the Mirror of Erised to her past self and said its origins were connected to Medivh.
• Morgan examined the beating metal heart and told Ian to collect its parts, which would gather around him through the Supernatural Matter Aggregation Law.
• As Ian prepared to leave, his wand formed the young King Arthur, who raised his sword and charged at Morgan while shouting that he had come to help Ian kill monsters.

Ian’s summoned Guardian Spirit Pandora charged Morgan and damaged her castle before Ian stopped him. Morgan’s fury unleashed a devastating torrent that swept Ian into a nearby town, where he found Arthur and confronted him.

• Pandora emerged from Ian’s wand and attacked Morgan, smashing through the castle’s defenses.
• Ian seized control of Pandora and stopped his attack, but Pandora vanished before apologizing to Morgan.
• Morgan unleashed a torrent of energy, and Ian fled before letting it swallow him to keep from worsening her anger.
• The torrent carried Ian into a nearby town, where Ariana asked him what had happened.
• Ian searched the town for Pandora, found Arthur hiding in a haystack, and pounced on him as Arthur insisted he had not acted on purpose.

Ian chased Pandora through the town after learning Pandora had mistakenly attacked Morgan, then pressed him for an explanation. Pandora revealed that one of Ian’s Three Corpses was the Ruler of the Land of the Dead, whose power had repaired Pandora’s shattered soul.

• Ian lifted the town’s buildings into the air with magic, exposing Pandora hiding in a barn.
• Ian chased Pandora through the floating town and struck him with a Spiked Club while Ariana watched and took a photograph.
• Ian caught Pandora and demanded an explanation for the mistaken attack and Pandora’s concealed identity as King Arthur.
• Pandora said he had gradually regained his memories while staying near Ian, and Ian questioned whether giving Pandora a name had helped.
• Pandora revealed that one of Ian’s Three Corpses was the Ruler of the Land of the Dead and had unconsciously repaired his shattered soul.

Ian questioned Pandora about the Three Corpses, restored Ariana’s town, and shared a meal with them. After promising Ariana she would one day experience magic, he used alchemy to forge a rune-covered sword and declared Pandora its Sword Spirit.

• Ian threatened Pandora with the Spiked Club until Pandora explained that Ian’s Three Corpses were connected to the Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Self Corpse, though he knew no more.
• Ian returned the floating town buildings to their places, then shared fruit wine and barbecue with Ariana and Pandora.
• Pandora urged Ariana to practice swordsmanship, and Ian promised her she would have a chance to experience magic again.
• Ian rejected Pandora’s offer to teach him swordsmanship and used alchemy materials, including Dragon blood, to forge a silver-white, rune-covered sword.
• Ian grabbed Pandora and called him the sword’s Sword Spirit.

Ian forged a longsword and tried to force Pandora into it as a Sword Spirit, but Pandora escaped by promising his swordsmanship memories. Ian left the Misty Illusion with those memories, while Pandora watched Ariana continue her training and reflected on everyone playing their own roles.

• Ian forged a longsword and tried to stuff Pandora inside it so it could fight on its own.
• Pandora offered his swordsmanship memories, then flattered Ian into releasing him and suggesting a way to make memories move without a soul.
• Pandora extracted a strand of his swordsmanship memories and gave it to Ian, who stored it before the Misty Illusion ended.
• Ariana asked Pandora why she could not fuse with his memories, and Pandora blamed Ian's influence for making her want to avoid training.
• Pandora told Ariana that everyone had to play their own roles as she resumed practicing swordsmanship.

Ian experimented with fitting a Dementor into his Cyber Sword, then built a temporary cyber brain for the Black-Robed Skeleton and gave it Pandora’s swordsmanship. The chapter ended with Dumbledore addressing a suit of armor in his office and calling it “Riddle.”

• Ian failed to force the Dementor into his Cyber Sword and wondered whether the experiment proved Dementors had no souls.
• Ian summoned House-elf Rabbi for pig brains and ingredients, then modified a pig brain with Mithril wires, Magic Runes, and swordsmanship memories from Pandora.
• Ian placed the cyber brain inside the Black-Robed Skeleton and used magic to connect it with blood vessels and sustain it.
• Ian gave the Black-Robed Skeleton his Cyber Sword, and it performed Pandora’s swordsmanship, including “Divine Judgment.”
• Ian celebrated his success by eating hotpot and adding potions to the soup.
• Dumbledore addressed an empty suit of armor in his office as “Riddle.”

Dumbledore questioned Riddle’s strange armor about Malfoy and was warned that he might not survive, while the next morning Ian impressed Professor McGonagall by teaching Transfiguration. After McGonagall suspected Ian had secretly become an Animagus, he revealed his Raven Form, and she recognized it as “Magic Life.”

• Dumbledore asked Riddle what it had done to Malfoy, and Riddle said it had given him a chance to live and warned Dumbledore that Grindelwald could not save him.
• Dumbledore told Riddle not to underestimate his determination to survive, then swung the Elder Wand and made the armor disappear.
• During Professor McGonagall’s lesson, Ian transformed a grilled sausage into a button and explained the beetle-to-button spell to his classmates.
• After class, Professor McGonagall asked Ian whether he had secretly mastered Animagus transformation, and Ian agreed to show her his form.
• Ian transformed into his Raven Form, and Professor McGonagall froze and exclaimed, “Magic Life!?”

Ian showed Professor McGonagall that his Animagus form was a magical Raven, leaving her worried about how he had acquired it and warning him against dangerous magic. After she left, he skipped Flying Class and tested a Gatling wand that fired the Killing Curse in the Room of Requirement.

• Ian transformed into a Raven with a powerful magical aura, shocking Professor McGonagall.
• Ian returned to human form, and Professor McGonagall questioned him about becoming a magical creature and suggested he ask Snape about his family bloodline.
• Ian assured Professor McGonagall that he would remember her warning against dangerous magical experiments, and she left for her next class.
• Ian skipped Flying Class and tested his modified Gatling wand, which fired green Killing Curse beams at target rabbits.
• Ian began making a second Gatling wand inscribed with the Imperius Curse and celebrated his ambitions as a great inventor.

Ian completed three new Gatlings, helped Hogwarts students with their studies, and attended Aurora’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, where she secretly made him fall asleep. He woke after dark and hurried toward the Room of Requirement, where he overheard Hermione, Neville, and Ron suspecting that Harry Potter was not acting like himself.

• Ian finished three alchemical Gatlings and stored them in his Money Bag.
• Ian answered students’ questions at lunch and invited Hermione to attend his Small Class that evening.
• Aurora taught Defence Against the Dark Arts disguised as Professor "Lockhart," then used sleep-inducing incense to put Ian to sleep.
• Ian woke after dark and rushed toward the Room of Requirement, worried that his potion would boil over.
• Hermione, Neville, and Ron arrived on the eighth floor and discussed whether Harry Potter was behaving abnormally or was not the Harry they knew.

Ian overheard Hermione, Ron, and Neville investigating Harry Potter’s recent change in behavior and debating whether Dark Magic was involved. Hermione proposed asking Ian for help, but Ron refused, and the trio seemed ready to investigate on their own.

• Ron told Hermione and Neville that Harry had become cold and frightening, while Hermione doubted his suspicions and Neville suggested Harry might be under the Imperius Curse.
• Neville grew distressed while describing how the Unforgivable Curses had harmed his family, and Hermione comforted him.
• Hermione suggested telling a professor or asking Ian to investigate Harry, but Ron objected because he distrusted Ian and feared he would warn Harry.
• Neville defended Ian as helpful, while Ron argued that Ian’s closeness to Harry would make him a poor choice for their investigation.
• Ian listened from the shadows and realized Ron was likely to lead the new trio into a reckless investigation.