Recaps

Jon confronted questions about his world and welcomed Seshatri Thoth, who sought his help resisting the returning Egyptian pantheon. As Jon considered his path and Hogwarts’s magical traditions, Seshatri warned that Osiris had noticed him and could focus his attention on him again.

• Peeves explained the Basilisk’s history and its premature awakening, while Jon entered Helga’s Magic Fairy Castle and pondered the nature of the world he inhabited.
• Deler showed Jon Helga’s created world and gave him a tiny vine, then Jon returned to Hogwarts and waited for Grindelwald.
• Seshatri killed Old Raven after he fled, joined Grindelwald, and Dumbledore later showed Fudge evidence of a divine magical imprint answering a call from the deep sea.
• Jon met Seshatri at Hogwarts, where she revealed that the Crystal Pyramid held Osiris’s head and explained that the Egyptian pantheon was preparing to return.
• Seshatri agreed to cooperate with Jon against the gods’ revival, warning that they might act within two years and seek a vessel for a god’s birth.
• Lockhart told Jon that Harry had spoken Parseltongue, and Jon explained that a fragment of Voldemort’s soul inside Harry linked them and shaped Dumbledore’s plan for him.
• Seshatri and Peeves described Hogwarts’s traditional magical specializations, and Jon recognized that his broad studies did not fit neatly into them.
• Seshatri warned Jon that Osiris had noticed him in the illusion connected to the gloves and that studying Osiris could draw the god’s attention back to him.

Jon pursued greater strength and explored the secrets behind Ravenclaw’s Spectacles, the Magic Net, and the wizarding world’s hidden history. As he weighed the future of his company and the danger of Hogwarts’s Basilisk, Grindelwald returned to the castle and Seshatri probed his soul for a stable prophecy.

• Seshatri explained that Jon’s attempt to trace the relics had strengthened his connection to Osiris, so Jon resolved to master the gloves and grow stronger before leaving.
• Jon broke through at dawn and discovered the [Legendary Witch's Blessing] within Ravenclaw's Spectacles, then worked with Seshatri to modify their circuits and create a tiny Magic Net node.
• Jon returned to Hogwarts and told Dumbledore that Grindelwald wanted to see him, while Peeves and Jon discussed Voldemort, the snake he had taken from Albania, and the unexplained Basilisk attack.
• Jon and Seshatri uncovered records linking the Papacy, divine relics, and old research that might have produced the Magic Net, and they suspected the Ministry held the missing results.
• Lockhart told Jon that Moaning Myrtle had mentioned something terrifying in her bathroom, and Jon identified the Chamber of Secrets while refusing to confront the Basilisk himself.
• Jon considered moving his company’s operations to Britain and using its capital to support Hogwarts, but he agreed with Seshatri to wait before risking his employees’ livelihoods in America.
• Jon and Seshatri revised their Magic Net plans, discussed the invitation to Lockhart’s deathday party, and summoned Peeves after suspecting the invitation had an ulterior motive.
• Grindelwald returned to Hogwarts and waited in Jon’s office while Dumbledore planned to tell Abufus that Ariana’s soul had been preserved in a portrait, and Seshatri searched Grindelwald’s soul for a stable prophecy.

Jon and Seshatri joined Grindelwald and Dumbledore in planning a way to sustain Ariana’s soul while protecting themselves through a Magic Net. As they tested methods for transmitting souls and creating false bodies, Jon proposed implanting an illusory vessel into Aragog to make the network work more easily.

• Jon learned from Grindelwald that Ariana had died during the fight between Albus and Grindelwald, and that Albus had hoped to restore her through the Resurrection Stone.
• Seshatri told Jon that her prophecy foresaw Dumbledore’s death and that Jon’s involvement could change the outcome, so Jon chose to help.
• Jon and Seshatri discovered that Helga’s absorption of power had weakened Hogwarts’s protective array, allowing Ginny to release the Basilisk, which petrified Mrs. Norris.
• Jon, Seshatri, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald agreed to build a Magic Net that could sustain Ariana’s soul, while Dumbledore took charge of Harry and Hogwarts’s security.
• Grindelwald established the Magic Net’s initial framework through Aragog and the Acromantula colony, while Jon and Seshatri studied how its nodes could connect and transmit information.
• Jon and Seshatri experimented with sending souls through temporary bodies, and Jon linked a water-vapor duplicate to his original body through the Magic Net.
• Seshatri said she planned to leave after their coming journey to see her mother, and Jon proposed implanting an illusory Magic Net vessel into Aragog so it could function on the soul level.

Jon and Seshatri built the Magic Net while confronting its dangerous absorption of negative emotions, and Jon prepared a soul-transfer passage with Helga’s help. As the Basilisk crisis unfolded at Hogwarts, Jon gathered healing formulas and agreed to help Filch become a wizard, then returned to adjust the fragile network.

• Jon and Seshatri designed the Magic Net in stages, and Jon began building its foundation in the Black Lake using water, light, and shadow.
• The Magic Net absorbed negative emotions from Shadow of Hogwarts, injuring Jon’s soul, while Seshatri stabilized it by drawing the impurities into fish and shrimp.
• A vine rooted in the World Tree pierced Jon and drank his blood, and Seshatri proposed moving the Magic Net’s foundation beyond Hogwarts.
• After Colin Creevey was petrified and the Basilisk returned, Jon rejected Peeves’s plan to move it and argued that it should nourish the Magic Net.
• Jon visited Helga, who agreed to create a passage using the World Tree roots so they could experiment with transferring the souls of the Basilisk’s victims.
• Jon obtained ancient restorative potion formulas from Phineas Black in exchange for promising to help Sirius leave Azkaban, then asked Snape to identify them.
• Jon offered Filch a chance to use magic through the Magic Net, and Filch accepted despite the prospect of years at Hogwarts learning late in life.
• As a blizzard approached, Jon returned to his cottage to adjust the infant Magic Net in the Black Lake and planned an early Christmas barbecue for Stephen and the others.