Chapter Summaries

Snape learned that the Apocalypse Potion might require the gods’ consent and suspected Ian’s Unlimited Firepower Potion was part of a dangerous ancient secret. After a chaotic Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson and news of a Gringotts robbery, Ian followed Dumbledore’s trail and found him examining a golden cup in the Headmaster’s Office.

• Snape studied the ancient notebook, connected the Apocalypse Potion to Ian’s Unlimited Firepower Potion, and regretted having told Ian to destroy the original formula.
• Ian missed most of Gilderoy Grindelwald’s Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson and heard that Michael and William had been injured fighting a Centaur.
• At the Halloween feast, the students discussed the Gringotts robbery while Gilderoy Grindelwald feigned shock at the news.
• Ian confirmed that he had removed the formula from the library, then hurried to the Headmaster’s Office after spotting Dumbledore on the Marauder’s Map.
• Ian guessed passwords until the stone beast moved aside, then saw Dumbledore studying a golden cup inside the office.

Ian visited Dumbledore and saw him recover Hufflepuff’s Goblet, a Horcrux belonging to Voldemort; their conversation revealed that Voldemort had split his soul seven times. Ian gave Dumbledore letters that let him reconnect with his dead family, then left with Gilderoy Grindelwald, who invited him on a Halloween journey.

• Ian watched Dumbledore examine Hufflepuff’s Goblet, then teased him about Snape’s absence and the compensation owed by the pureblood families.
• Dumbledore revealed that he had taken the goblet from Gringotts in disguise and identified the soul inside as Voldemort’s, while Ian tried unsuccessfully to shake it loose.
• Dumbledore questioned Ian about Horcruxes, and Ian suggested the number seven, confirming Dumbledore’s suspicion that Voldemort had made seven.
• Ian gave Dumbledore two letters addressed to Aberforth and another recipient, and Dumbledore wept as he read one and found a photograph inside.
• After Ian left Dumbledore’s office, Gilderoy Grindelwald met him and invited him on a Halloween journey.

Gilderoy Grindelwald took Ian to the Gaunt family shack to retrieve Voldemort’s Horcruxes, warning him about prophecy and explaining his views on the danger Muggles posed to wizards. Ian left with Slytherin’s Locket and the Resurrection Stone, then alarmed Grindelwald by returning from the woods with a basket full of Gaunt family bones.

• Gilderoy Grindelwald returned from speaking with Dumbledore and told Ian that prophecy could be influenced by what people believed, while hinting that he had made a deliberate misdirection.
• Grindelwald took Ian by Portkey to the Gaunt family shack, where they encountered Muggle wizard hunters and Grindelwald erased their memories after Ian prepared to defend them.
• Ian and Grindelwald removed Voldemort’s protections from the shack and found the Resurrection Stone and Slytherin’s Locket, which Grindelwald placed in a golden box for Ian to keep.
• Grindelwald warned Ian not to wear the cursed ring and told him not to let Dumbledore see the Resurrection Stone, explaining that it could not truly bring the dead back to life.
• Ian searched the woods for more than half an hour and returned with a basket of human bones, shocking Grindelwald into asking whether he had dug up the entire Gaunt family’s graves.

After raiding the Gaunt family graves to guard against Voldemort's resurrection ritual, Ian learned Grindelwald's theories about prophecy and was swept into the ghosts' Halloween feast, where he animated the skeletons as a band. Meanwhile, two of Voldemort's followers discovered the Gaunt ring was missing, and one visited Grindelwald in Nurmengard with a new wand from his master.

• Ian returned to Hogwarts with a basket of skeletons, and Grindelwald explained that Dumbledore's protection could shield people from the costs of prophecy and suggested Trelawney's ancestor had made the prophecy about Tom Riddle.
• Ghosts carried Ian to their Halloween feast, where he met Helena Ravenclaw, drank Butterbeer, and used Inferi Conjuration to make the skeletons dance as a band.
• Two of Voldemort's followers searched the Gaunt Old House and found that the ring had been stolen, then speculated that Grindelwald's Saints might have taken something from Gringotts.
• The bearded follower used a Portkey to reach Grindelwald's cell in Nurmengard and delivered a new wand from his master.

A Death Eater gave Gellert Grindelwald a wand and urged him to escape and judge Dumbledore, but the prisoner was actually Gellert Lockhart under disguise. After a failed escape attempt and a reflected Memory Charm erased his memories, Lockhart found a diary bearing Grindelwald’s name; meanwhile, the Wandering Chess Player watched the pieces from afar, and Ian woke in the Room of Requirement surrounded by angry bone books.

• A cloaked Death Eater gave Gellert Grindelwald a wand and promised support against Dumbledore before fleeing by Portkey.
• Gellert Lockhart tried repeatedly to unlock his cell with the borrowed wand, which exploded and injured his right eye.
• A floating mirror reflected Lockhart’s Obliviate back at him, leaving him with no memories.
• Lockhart discovered a diary signed by Gellert Grindelwald and treated it as a clue to his identity.
• The Wandering Chess Player watched a chessboard of figurines and murmured that this was the correct direction for him.
• Ian woke beside a costumed Dementor as bone books surrounded him and demanded to know what he had done the previous night.

After a drunken Halloween night, Ian discovered he had made talking Parseltongue books and somehow given Hogwarts’s ghosts the ability to taste food. He learned of Gryffindor’s hidden trial and a possible chance for Helena Ravenclaw to reconnect with her mother, leaving her willing to meet the portrait the following night.

• Ian examined the talking bone books he had made from the Gaunt family remains, found that the Parseltongue book helped him understand the language, and stored the books and skeletal remains in his Money Bag.
• A portrait of Godric Gryffindor told Ian about the Founders’ hidden cabins and offered recognition if Ian found his Treasure Vault and passed its trials, which even student Dumbledore had failed.
• Ian painted a vicious dog into Gryffindor’s portrait and sent it chasing the portrait through Hogwarts, hoping it would lead him to the Founder’s hiding place.
• Ghosts bowed to Ian, and Helena Ravenclaw explained that his magic had given them a sense of taste for one night.
• Helena told Ian that her mother’s portrait had spoken and encouraged her to visit, and she decided she would try to face Rowena Ravenclaw the next night.

Ian considered whether Transfiguration could affect ghosts, then prepared a spicy Halloween meal and set out for the Forbidden Forest. A storm stopped him, and he saw Professor Quirrell return to Hogwarts with Snape, apparently without his usual turban.

• Ian wondered whether Transfiguration could produce new effects on ghosts after speaking with Helena Ravenclaw.
• Gryffindor's portrait fled Ian's Vicious Dog through Hogwarts until Rowena Ravenclaw turned the drawing into ink and then became still, prompting Gryffindor to suspect she had hidden her true nature.
• Ian directed the House-elves to add jalapeño to the Halloween meals, ate hot pot, and took a burrito before planning to gather gifts in the Forbidden Forest.
• A heavy storm blocked Ian's trip, so he waited at the castle entrance as students returned from outside.
• Snape returned with Professor Quirrell and ordered him to see Dumbledore; Ian noticed Quirrell was not wearing a turban.

Ian watched Quirrell, suspected he had joined Voldemort, and went with Aurora to investigate him stealing ingredients from Snape’s office. They overheard Voldemort order Quirrell to kill Lockhart and take his Defence Against the Dark Arts post, leaving Ian convinced the threat would soon resolve itself.

• Ian watched Snape lead Quirrell away and wondered whether Quirrell had already encountered Voldemort, while the Halloween feast left Hogwarts students suffering from Ian’s chili prank.
• Ian taught Ravenclaw students Accio, then sneaked out to gather potion ingredients from Snape’s office after checking the Marauder’s Map.
• Ian found Aurora stealing ingredients in Snape’s office, and she admitted she wanted to use Veritaserum on her grandfather.
• Ian and Aurora hid when Quirrell entered Snape’s office, then followed him to an unused classroom where he performed a blood ritual to contact Voldemort.
• Voldemort ordered Quirrell to find the thief who had taken his hidden treasure and to kill Lockhart, replace him as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and complete his task.
• Quirrell agreed to obey Voldemort, and Ian believed that peaceful days would soon return without him or Aurora needing to act.

Ian and Aurora discussed how to get answers from Grindelwald and how to mislead prophets, while Grindelwald revealed that Aurora’s visions did not show events that could not happen and gave her a book on Blood Pacts. The next morning, Ian encountered Hagrid carrying the Mirror of Erised to Dumbledore’s office and recognized it as the mirror Morgan wanted.

• Ian warned Aurora about Quirrell and suggested asking Dumbledore to help her learn the secret Grindelwald was hiding; Aurora considered using Veritaserum, even briefly calculating how much would fill Hogwarts’s pipes.
• Aurora told Grindelwald she felt troubled after nearly hitting Ian with magic, and he explained that her prophetic gift did not reveal things that could not happen.
• Grindelwald gave Aurora a book titled “Blood Pact” and hoped she could persuade Ian to cast it with her.
• Ian brewed Polyjuice Potion and other potions in the Room of Requirement while studying the Book of Parseltongue.
• Ian collided with Hagrid in the corridor and recognized the Mirror of Erised that Hagrid was taking to Dumbledore’s office; Hagrid refused to let him look without Dumbledore’s permission.

Ian watched Ravenclaw lose a dramatic Quidditch match to Hufflepuff, then asked Professor Flitwick for help understanding why his Patronus Charm produced no corporeal Guardian Spirit. The spell projected the Misty Illusion into the classroom, nearly overwhelming Ian, and he concealed from Flitwick that the scene seemed about to replace their surroundings.

• Ian discussed flying cloaks with William and Michael, and William promised to send him one along with his family's alchemy books.
• Ian watched Cedric Diggory catch the Golden Snitch and secure Hufflepuff's comeback victory over Ravenclaw while secretly sketching Quirrell, Gilderoy Grindelwald, and Snape.
• Snape confronted the nervous Quirrell about missing ingredients, and Quirrell worried that Snape had noticed his theft.
• Ian asked Professor Flitwick about his inability to produce a corporeal Patronus, then cast the charm and filled the classroom with silver light.
• Ian's magic wove a projection of the Misty Illusion, and Professor Flitwick stopped the spell when Ian grew exhausted.
• Ian told Professor Flitwick he might have a bloodline defect and left without revealing that the classroom had seemed close to being replaced by the Misty Illusion.

Ian brewed a Magic Inhibition Potion that could suppress wizards’ magic and gave a bottle to Aurora, while suspecting Voldemort would return to Hogwarts. At midnight, he took Helena Ravenclaw’s hand, drank a potion, and began carrying her across the boundary between life and death.

• Ian lamented that his Patronus Charm was linked to Misty Illusion and seemed unlikely to reach Level One.
• Ian gave Aurora a Magic Inhibition Potion and explained that it could weaken Voldemort, then shared his suspicions about the Dark Lord returning to Hogwarts.
• Snape praised Ian’s potion, guarded the classroom ingredients, and later agreed to check on the visibly distressed Quirrell.
• Ian taught Ravenclaw students the Leg-Locking Curse, then removed the effects with Finite Incantatem.
• Ian met Helena Ravenclaw at midnight, bound their hands together, drank a potion, and crossed into sleep as Helena felt them pass beyond a boundary of perception.

Ian and Helena Ravenclaw crossed into a volcanic region of the World of the Departed, where they reunited with Rowena Ravenclaw. Rowena destroyed Voldemort’s two Horcrux remnants and revealed that the Resurrection Stone Ring had brought Ian and Helena to the place where it was forged.

• Ian and Helena arrived in a blazing, unfamiliar region of the World of the Departed, and Helena marveled that Ian had crossed the boundary between life and death with her.
• Ian suspected the Horcruxes in his Golden Box had drawn them to the volcanic wasteland, while Helena urged him to seek her mother.
• Rowena Ravenclaw appeared, and Helena reunited with her mother and apologized for their past conflict.
• Rowena pulled Voldemort’s remnants from the Resurrection Stone Ring and Slytherin’s Locket, then threw them into the magma, where they were destroyed.
• Rowena told Ian that the Resurrection Stone Ring had brought them to the place where it was truly forged.

Ian learned from Rowena Ravenclaw that the Deathly Hallows were forged from materials in the realm of the dead and carried a pact with Death, then received her advice on altering his Patronus Charm. After Ian vanished as his time in the Misty Illusion ran out, Rowena revealed that she and Helena had made a deal with the god Ian had already met, and began reforging the diadem as payment.

• Rowena Ravenclaw told Ian and Helena that the Deathly Hallows originated in the realm of the dead, explaining how the Resurrection Stone, Elder Wand, and Cloak of Invisibility had been made.
• Rowena warned Ian that using the Hallows meant accepting a contract with Death, and explained that Slytherin's Locket could help connect the living to the dead.
• Rowena showed Ian how to anchor an incomplete Patronus Charm to a replicated Resurrection Stone, then advised him to find an Alchemy Master to make one.
• Ian vanished when his time in the Misty Illusion ran out, while Rowena and Helena bowed farewell to him.
• Rowena told Helena that a god had made a deal with the three of them and that reforging the diadem was the price; Helena realized Ian had already met that god.

Ian studied the Resurrection Stone and Slytherin’s Locket for a way to anchor souls to his unusual Patronus, while Voldemort lost contact with two Horcruxes and threatened to start a war. The next morning, Ian skipped Flying Class to gather materials, confronted Daphne over compensation, and was stunned by a newspaper report about Grindelwald’s interview discussing his past with Dumbledore.

• Ian reshaped volcanic stones into counterfeit Resurrection Stone rings and examined Slytherin’s Locket for alchemical secrets that could help anchor souls.
• A dark soul in the Forbidden Forest discovered that two Horcruxes had vanished and declared that war would begin.
• Ian joined Ravenclaw students in complaining about the rain, then met Daphne Greengrass and urged her to press her family for compensation.
• Daphne Greengrass and Gosha Selwyn feared Ian, speculated that he had killed Affleson Carrow, and discussed paying him for protection.
• Ian skipped indoor Flying Class and prepared to collect materials in the Forbidden Forest while his friends covered for his absence.
• Ian, Aurora, and Professor “Lockhart” reacted with shock when The Daily Prophet reported that Grindelwald had given an interview about his past with Dumbledore.

At Hogwarts, the Daily Prophet’s sensational interview with Grindelwald causes uproar, while Ian leaves to research an invisibility material and seek a passage to the Forbidden Forest. In the underground passage, Ian encounters a deformed creature carrying a human face, which recognizes him as a Hogwarts student and begins attacking.

• The Weasley twins read the Daily Prophet’s claims that Grindelwald and Dumbledore had been lovers, shocking the Great Hall and prompting Grindelwald to leave with Aurora following him.
• Professor McGonagall confiscates the newspapers, while Ian avoids questions about Dumbledore and retreats to the Room of Requirement.
• Ian studies a Dementor’s hair as a possible substitute for Demiguise fur and uses Joy Descends to keep the Dementor calm while collecting more material.
• Ian uses the Marauder’s Map to find a secret passage to the Forbidden Forest and travels through the dark, filthy tunnel.
• Ian encounters a deformed creature with a human face, which identifies him as a Hogwarts student and rises amid spreading black mist.
• The creature attacks, and Ian casts Avada Kedavra first.

Ian pursued Voldemort’s Remnant Soul through the Forbidden Forest, overpowering his undead magic with Fiendfyre until Voldemort escaped by possessing Quirrell. The spreading Fiendfyre Dragons drew Hogwarts staff and students to the forest, where Snape recognized Ian and the students mistook the spectacle for a Grindelwald family plot.

• Ian killed Voldemort’s malformed host with the Killing Curse, then chased the fleeing Remnant Soul on a conjured broom and attacked him with Unforgivable Curses, Fiendfyre, and other magic.
• Voldemort unleashed Night Soul Summoning of the Departed, but Ian’s Fiendfyre consumed the Black Mist and undead; Voldemort fled toward Quirrell and possessed him in a cave.
• Hagrid and Snape entered the forest to investigate the missing Unicorns, encountered Ian’s Fiendfyre Dragons, and Snape recognized Ian riding among them.
• Professor McGonagall and the other Hogwarts professors flew toward the forest, while Gilderoy Grindelwald stayed behind with the students.
• Slytherin students blamed the Fiendfyre on Aurora’s Grindelwald family, while a Gryffindor student speculated that Grindelwald had come to abduct Dumbledore; Aurora stopped the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor as he began to draw his wand.

Ian hunted Voldemort through the Forbidden Forest with Fiendfyre dragons, while Voldemort escaped to Hogsmeade with Quirrell and killed a witness. Ian showed the professors a memory proving Voldemort had been at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore returned with Hagrid and Snape as Ian faced their reactions.

• Aurora restrained Gilderoy Grindelwald as he threatened to give the chattering first-years Dementor training, then considered where she could hide from his lessons.
• Ian searched the Forbidden Forest for Voldemort with Fiendfyre dragons, while Voldemort and Quirrell hid in a cave and discussed escaping the professors.
• Voldemort took control of Quirrell, Apparated to Hogsmeade, killed a witness, and ordered Quirrell back to Hogwarts while insisting Dumbledore had drawn him into a gambit over the Philosopher's Stone.
• Arthur King met a chess player wearing a Raven ring, and the two discussed reality-altering as a form of cheating while arranging a Wizard Chess game.
• Ian pretended that a Fiendfyre dragon had captured him, but McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout recognized his magic and demanded an explanation for the damage to the Forbidden Forest.
• Ian projected a memory of Voldemort for the professors, and Dumbledore arrived with Hagrid and Snape as the professors accepted that the Dark Lord had returned.

After Ian helped the professors search for Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, Dumbledore borrowed the Resurrection Stone from him. Ian checked the Marauder’s Map and discovered that the person in the Headmaster’s Office was Aberforth Dumbledore.

• Dumbledore arrived in the Forbidden Forest, heard that Ian had confronted Voldemort, and sent the professors to search the area.
• Professor McGonagall questioned Ian about his Fiendfyre, and Ian claimed Dumbledore had taught him the spell; Dumbledore backed him up.
• Ian Transfigured two stretchers for Hagrid, who went into the Forbidden Forest to look for the missing Unicorns.
• Snape scolded Ian for chasing Voldemort, gave him detention, and then left him with Dumbledore at the castle.
• Dumbledore asked Ian to lend him the Resurrection Stone, and Ian handed over the ring.
• Ian checked the Marauder’s Map and saw that Aberforth Dumbledore was in the Headmaster’s Office.

Ian uncovered that Aberforth Dumbledore was impersonating the Headmaster, then faced wildly exaggerated rumors about his Forbidden Forest exploits and discovered Grindelwald had forced students to spread them. After secretly setting Quirrell’s garlic-covered backside on fire, the story shifted to Snape confronting Dumbledore outside the Dursleys’ home, where Dumbledore refused to explain why he was watching Lily’s Child.

• Ian used his Marauder’s Map to confirm that Aberforth Dumbledore was posing as the Headmaster and suspected Albus had arranged the impersonation.
• Ravenclaw students and William repeated increasingly absurd stories about Ian, while William admitted Professor Lockhart had promised House points for spreading them.
• Ian found Daphne Greengrass reciting fabricated tales from a magical book because Grindelwald had threatened her, and he went to confront the professor.
• Ian saw Quirrell wearing garlic around his waist and set his backside on fire, causing nearby students to panic and try to extinguish the flames.
• Snape told Dumbledore that Voldemort had appeared in the Forbidden Forest a year early and urged him to return to Hogwarts to protect Ian.
• Dumbledore stayed outside the Dursleys’ home, watching Lily’s Child, and told Snape that forcing him to decide would make them both very sad.

Ian learned that Grindelwald had spread rumors as part of a larger plan, while Grindelwald began reshaping the Dungeon Classroom and hinted that he wanted the Young Wizards to support a greater vision. The chapter ended with Ian overhearing Albus Dumbledore and Aberforth Dumbledore arguing in the Owlery over something Aberforth had allegedly stolen.

• Ian warned the Ravenclaw Young Wizards to stop spreading rumors about his origins, while Penelope concluded that another descendant of a legendary family might be at Hogwarts.
• Aurora told Ian that Grindelwald had learned to bury scandals beneath other scandals, and revealed that sixteen Acolytes had taken action.
• Ian rigged the Charms classroom podium with Dungbombs, but Grindelwald removed the Tickling Powder from Aurora's iron objects and ordered her to leave the rigged podium untouched.
• Grindelwald told Aurora that he wanted to plant a seed in the Young Wizards that would eventually help his greater vision, then hurried off to reconstruct the storybook in a young witch's hands.
• Ian hid outside the Owlery and overheard Albus Dumbledore and Aberforth Dumbledore arguing over an alleged theft.