Chapter Summaries

Ian told Dumbledore and Grindelwald that Voldemort was becoming a vessel for an ancient god and could open a passage for the beings of Deep Space. They planned to lure Voldemort out by making Dumbledore appear gravely wounded, while Ian waited in the Misty Illusion for Dumbledore’s call; Ian also gave Dumbledore hope that he would see Ariana again.

• Ian explained that Cthulhu and the Great Old Ones were undying beings beyond the material world, and revealed that he had fought Cthulhu in another timeline.
• Ian warned Dumbledore and Grindelwald that Voldemort was becoming a god’s vessel, but could not be tracked because he was hiding and knew Ian was present.
• Grindelwald proposed using Dumbledore as bait, and Ian explained that he could hide in the Misty Illusion until Dumbledore called to him through the soul, guided by the Phoenix.
• Dumbledore asked whether the Misty Illusion could let him reach Ariana, and Ian promised that they would be reunited someday.
• Grindelwald agreed to stage a betrayal and wound Dumbledore convincingly so Voldemort would believe he had an opportunity to attack.

Ian explained that he could send Dumbledore and Grindelwald to another era to become Legends without altering history, because both had already achieved that power in his future. He revealed himself as the incarnation of destiny, and Dumbledore connected his words to ancient accounts of Raven.

• Grindelwald agreed to help Dumbledore face the coming threat, accepting that the wizarding world might blame him again.
• Ian joked that he had vanished into the Misty Illusion, then explained he would wait there for their signal and wanted to give them a safeguard.
• Ian said Dumbledore and Grindelwald could become Legends by traveling to an era with a higher limit and returning, since they were already Legends in his future.
• Ian produced a Time Machine and explained that it followed the Law of Destiny rather than ordinary causality.
• Ian declared that he was the incarnation of destiny, and Dumbledore recognized the connection to ancient accounts of Raven.

Ian told Dumbledore and Grindelwald that his arrival was part of history and asked them to travel to the future to break through to Legend, but his Time Machine still needed rare materials. After they gathered some supplies from Dumbledore’s vault, they searched Grindelwald’s vault for what remained, where Ian found more phoenix feathers and dragon tears.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald agreed to go to the future, and Ian revealed that his Time Machine was broken and required rare materials.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald failed to obtain the materials at Gringotts, so Ian reminded them to check their own vaults.
• Ian found phoenix feathers, Hungarian Horntail tears, basilisk fangs, Philosopher’s Stone fragments, and a small amount of sands of time in Dumbledore’s vault, but the supplies were insufficient.
• Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Ian entered Grindelwald’s vault in Switzerland to continue searching for materials.
• Ian found larger phoenix feathers and an enormous vat of dragon tears in Grindelwald’s vault.

Ian, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald gathered rare materials for repairing Ian’s time machine and sought Nicolas Flamel’s help. Flamel recognized Ian as the embodiment of destiny, supplied the remaining materials, and identified Titan technology inside the machine before agreeing to help repair it.

• Grindelwald showed Ian and Dumbledore his vault’s Phoenix feathers, dragon tears, basilisk fangs, Philosopher’s Stone fragments, and sands of time, but Ian said they still lacked some materials.
• Dumbledore led Ian and Grindelwald to Nicolas Flamel’s home, where Flamel recognized Ian’s magic as the embodiment of destiny.
• Flamel gave Dumbledore a complete Philosopher’s Stone and enough sands of time, then asked Ian to invite him to see the time machine after it was repaired.
• Ian showed Flamel the time machine and asked him to help fix its damaged components.
• Flamel recognized the machine’s gears as Titan technology and showed Ian a similar diagram from an ancient ruin.
• After Ian explained that the machine involved forces beyond ordinary alchemy, Flamel eagerly agreed to begin repairing it.

Ian, Nicolas Flamel, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald repaired the Time Machine, and Nicolas realized that he had taught Ian alchemy in a future timeline. Ian then took Dumbledore and Grindelwald ten thousand years into the past, where they prepared to hunt ancient dragons and pursue becoming Legends.

• Nicolas Flamel asked Ian to repair a worn rune, and Ian used the alchemical technique Nicolas had created.
• Ian told Nicolas that an old man who had lived for over six hundred years had taught him, and Nicolas recognized himself as Ian’s future teacher.
• Nicolas, Ian, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald finished repairing the Time Machine, and Ian kept their plan concerning Voldemort secret.
• Ian used the Time Machine to take Dumbledore and Grindelwald to a primeval grassland ten thousand years in the past.
• Ian explained that defeating an ancient dragon could help them become Legends, and the three headed toward the forest.

Ian led Dumbledore and Grindelwald through a dangerous ancient forest to confront a sleeping Ancient Dragon, whose Peak Legend aura excited the two wizards. The dragon awakened and battled them, and Grindelwald unleashed his perfected Fiendfyre as the fight continued.

• Ian caught a venomous Forest Toad Snake and guided Dumbledore and Grindelwald past the forest's dangerous creatures.
• Ian brought Dumbledore and Grindelwald to a scorched clearing where a colossal Ancient Dragon lay sleeping, and urged them to use its power to forge their legends.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald charged the dragon, defending themselves from its roar and scorching breath.
• Grindelwald wounded the dragon with a dragon lance while Dumbledore distracted it and helped Grindelwald reach its head.
• Grindelwald summoned his perfected Fiendfyre above the dragon's head.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald nearly overwhelmed the Ancient Dragon with Fiendfyre and rune magic, but it regenerated and evolved resistance to their attacks. As the exhausted wizards prepared to fight again, Ian revealed the Dragon’s adaptive defenses and began recording them with his Time Machine’s Spacetime Camera, just as the Dragon unleashed an even more powerful blast.

• Grindelwald’s Fiendfyre devoured the Ancient Dragon’s breath and magic, while Dumbledore used the spear in its head to inflict a mental attack with rune magic.
• The Dragon recovered its destroyed eyes and wounds, and Ian warned Dumbledore and Grindelwald that it could regenerate and evolve resistance to magic.
• Ian explained that the Dragon’s adaptations consumed life force and source magic power, so they had to inflict damage faster than it could recover.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald gathered their remaining strength to attack again, while Ian pulled out his Time Machine’s Spacetime Camera to record them.
• The Dragon interrupted them by unleashing a deep-blue blast of dragon breath hot enough to burn through space.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald killed the evolved Ancient Dragon, then Ian explained that bathing in its blood was the final step toward becoming Legends. Dumbledore emerged from the dragon-blood shell transformed, while Grindelwald remained encased.

• Grindelwald blocked the Dragon's charge with Fiendfyre, and Dumbledore attacked its exposed eyes and other vulnerable points.
• Grindelwald sent Fiendfyre into the Dragon's nostril, burning it from within until it died.
• Ian gave Dumbledore and Grindelwald phoenix tears to heal them and revealed that he had photographed their battle.
• Ian explained that they needed to bathe in the Ancient Dragon's blood to cross the threshold to Legend, then suspended its corpse and opened its abdomen.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald endured the molten-gold blood as it transformed them, and Dumbledore was the first to break free of his hardened shell.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald ascended to Legend after Ian used ancient dragon blood to help them, then joined him for a meal in a primeval forest ten thousand years in the past. Ian explained that an imminent volcanic eruption would erase their traces, and Grindelwald hunted creatures for a feast as the volcano rumbled closer.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald emerged transformed as Legends and recognized the change in each other.
• Ian served them maoxuewang made with ancient dragon blood, and both tasted it and enjoyed the dish.
• Dumbledore worried their actions might alter history, so Ian showed him an instrument predicting a catastrophic eruption in three hours that would erase their traces.
• Dumbledore accepted Ian's explanation, and Grindelwald went hunting for ancient prey to accompany the meal.
• Grindelwald returned with a heap of unfamiliar creatures, Ian lit a fire with Fiendfyre, and Dumbledore joined them in eating roasted meat.
• Ian photographed Dumbledore and Grindelwald sharing the feast as the volcano rumbled in the distance.

As the volcano rumbled toward eruption, Ian teased Dumbledore and Grindelwald until they challenged him to a fight, only for him to reveal overwhelming power. He easily dispersed Grindelwald’s Fiendfyre, and Dumbledore began a counterattack with the Elder Wand.

• Grindelwald proposed using the doomed ancient creatures as sparring targets, but Dumbledore refused to kill them.
• Ian photographed Dumbledore and Grindelwald arguing and egged them on to fight, so they decided to use him as their opponent.
• Ian dropped his act of fear, revealed his powerful aura, and set his device to record the duel.
• Grindelwald attacked with Fiendfyre, but Ian stopped the flames, sent them back, and explained that he knew the spell from learning it from Grindelwald.
• Dumbledore attacked with the Elder Wand, conjuring golden light and intricate rotating runes.

Ian defeated Dumbledore and Grindelwald in their duel before the volcano erupted and devastated the prehistoric world. He used the Time Machine to return with them to their own era, arriving at the Raven's Feather in London.

• Ian stopped Dumbledore's combined spell and sent it back through seven defensive barriers, then repelled the pair's strongest joint attack without moving.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald admitted defeat, and Ian teased Grindelwald about tickling him.
• The volcano erupted, unleashing lava, ash, and burning rocks that drove ancient creatures to flee and die.
• Ian comforted Dumbledore and explained that the creatures' deaths were inevitable, then urged him and Grindelwald to leave.
• Ian activated the Time Machine, and the three returned to the twentieth-century West End of London.

Ian, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald returned from ten thousand years in the past with legendary power and planned to lure Voldemort into a trap by faking their defeat near Azkaban. They reached the prison reef, ready to begin their staged fight.

• Ian, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald returned to the tavern and reflected on how the apocalypse had erased every trace of their time in the ancient forest.
• Ian proposed that Grindelwald fake betraying and gravely injuring Dumbledore while Ian staged his own death and vanished into the Misty Illusion, drawing Voldemort into an attack.
• Dumbledore used a Two-Way Mirror to tell Nicolas Flamel that they had returned safely, and Nicolas asked Ian to visit his wife for a meal.
• Ian fastened magical shackles on Grindelwald, and the three Apparated to a reef outside Azkaban where Ministry Aurors were patrolling.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald confirmed they were ready as Ian prepared to begin the staged fight.

Dumbledore brought Grindelwald to Azkaban under the pretense of withdrawing his bail guarantee after a supposed violation, while the two secretly staged the handover. They entered the prison together, where Grindelwald surveyed the imprisoned dark wizards with contempt.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald stood outside Azkaban wearing magical shackles that they knew were only props.
• Two Aurors spotted them, and the older Auror recognized Dumbledore and Grindelwald before sending his partner to notify Jeffrey Gleeson.
• Dumbledore told the older Auror that Grindelwald had violated his bail agreement and that he was handing him over to serve the rest of his sentence.
• After the Auror left, Grindelwald questioned whether Gleeson would believe the story, and Dumbledore said Gleeson would protect his position by going along with it.
• Ten minutes later, the older Auror led Dumbledore and Grindelwald through Azkaban, where Grindelwald looked over the prisoners without sympathy.

Dumbledore brought Grindelwald to Azkaban after withdrawing his bail guarantee, despite Jeffrey Gleeson's fears that the prison could not contain him. Grindelwald accused Dumbledore of betraying their trust, then shattered his magical shackles in front of Gleeson.

• Dumbledore told Jeffrey Gleeson that the Wizengamot had ordered Grindelwald returned to Azkaban to serve the rest of his sentence.
• Gleeson warned Dumbledore that Azkaban's defenses and Aurors could not hold Grindelwald, but Dumbledore refused to reconsider.
• Grindelwald mocked Gleeson's fear and accused Dumbledore of breaking their agreement and using him.
• Dumbledore said Grindelwald had violated the agreement and harmed innocent people, so Azkaban was where he belonged.
• Grindelwald turned on Gleeson and snapped his supposedly indestructible magical shackles, leaving Gleeson terrified.

Grindelwald staged a violent escape and challenged Dumbledore to fight him for real, while Dumbledore defended himself and evacuated the Aurors from the reception room. Their duel tore through Azkaban, triggering its highest alarm as the magical storm destroyed the Dementors that converged on it.

• Grindelwald seized an Auror's wand, conjured black Fiendfyre, and mocked Dumbledore and Azkaban's guards.
• Grindelwald engulfed the reception room in Fiendfyre, and Dumbledore stopped the flames with a golden barrier.
• Grindelwald declared that he wanted to fight Dumbledore without restraint and sent fire serpents against him; Dumbledore countered with blades of golden light.
• Dumbledore ordered Gleeson and the Aurors to flee as the duel's magic battered the reception room and corridor.
• Gleeson called for the highest alert, and Azkaban's alarm sounded as prisoners and Aurors panicked.
• Dementors swarmed toward the battle, but the magical storm tore them apart.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald staged a devastating duel at Azkaban, jointly annihilating most of its Dementors. The survivors went mad and began breaking through the island’s barrier, leaving Gleeson and the Aurors close to disaster.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald fought above Azkaban while thousands of Dementors swarmed toward their magic.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald combined their power in a storm that destroyed most of the Dementors as they secretly concealed their final farewell within their staged duel.
• The surviving Dementors tried to escape Azkaban, but its barrier repelled and burned them, driving them into a frenzy.
• Gleeson and the Aurors attacked the Dementors with Patronuses, but the creatures’ shrieks shattered the charms and left several Aurors incapacitated.
• A huge Dementor struck a deep crack in the barrier and widened it, while Gleeson collapsed and feared the barrier was about to fail.

A mysterious raven appeared during the Dementors’ attack on Azkaban and subdued the creatures, saving the surviving Aurors. It vanished into the ruins with the Dementors, leaving the Aurors alive but bewildered as Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s battle continued overhead.

• The berserk Dementors overwhelmed the Aurors’ defenses, and one Auror fell into a permanent coma after they passed through him.
• Just as the Dementors were about to kill the Auror captain, a large raven appeared on a ruined tower and silenced them.
• The Dementors gathered beneath the raven, which drew them in as black smoke and contained them beneath its wings.
• The raven’s cry eased the Aurors’ fear and the chill left by the Dementors, then it flew into the shadows of Azkaban and disappeared.
• Gleeson and the Auror captain confirmed that the raven had saved them, while the surviving Aurors wondered what it was as the battle overhead continued.

Aurors gathered at Azkaban as Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald fought with overwhelming magic, while a raven that could command Dementors vanished from the scene. The duel continued above the prison, ending this chapter with Grindelwald shielding himself inside a Fiendfyre shell as Dumbledore’s golden wheel struck toward him.

• Gleeson said the Aurors had to report the raven that controlled Dementors, and the sounds of battle erupted again.
• Auror reinforcements arrived at Azkaban but hid from the pressure of Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s duel.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald burst through Azkaban’s roof and battled above the North Sea as the Aurors watched.
• Grindelwald formed black Fiendfyre wings and launched a storm of fire feathers at Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore’s golden wheel absorbed and purified Grindelwald’s fire feathers before surging toward him.
• Grindelwald folded his Fiendfyre wings around himself into a blazing black shell to meet Dumbledore’s attack.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald continued their devastating duel above Azkaban while the Aurors watched helplessly. A raven revealed that the battle was a carefully staged performance, and the chapter ended with Gleeson hesitating over whether to send an emergency distress signal.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald exchanged powerful spells that shook Azkaban, battered its walls, and terrified the watching Aurors.
• The two wizards launched a black Fiendfyre dragon and a golden sword of light at each other, and both attacks dissipated after a fierce midair clash.
• The Auror commander-in-chief called the duel the most astounding in Wizarding World history as the Aurors struggled to recover.
• A raven watching from a reef recognized the battle as a convincing performance and understood that it was only the opening act of a larger plan.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald resumed their duel as the Aurors retreated behind cover, and Gleeson gripped an emergency badge without activating it.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald continued their devastating duel, with both wizards badly wounded and nearly out of magic. Grindelwald caught Dumbledore with Fiendfyre hands and began dragging him down as Dumbledore struggled to resist.

• Gleeson decided that calling the Ministry of Magic or the International Wizarding Union for help would be useless and watched the duel helplessly.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald faced each other in the sky, both injured and exhausted, while Grindelwald taunted Dumbledore about their past.
• Dumbledore cast All Spells End, but Grindelwald used Fiendfyre: Ten Thousand Shields to block the barrage before vanishing from the beams’ path.
• Grindelwald tricked Dumbledore with an illusory voice, then seized his ankle with a Fiendfyre hand emerging from a spatial fissure and yanked him downward.
• Dumbledore used Wingardium Leviosa on himself to counter the pull, but Grindelwald summoned a second fiery hand, and Dumbledore began sinking toward him again.