Chapter Summaries

Peeves explained that the Basilisk, named Basilis, was an intelligent guardian of Hogwarts who had been kept beneath the school and periodically put into hibernation. He revealed that the Basilisk had awakened early and lunged at Jon, leaving the cause of the collision explained but the reason for the sudden awakening unknown.

• Jon asked Peeves why Slytherin's Basilisk had been kept beneath Hogwarts, and Peeves warned him not to call Basilis by the creature's kind.
• Peeves described how Hogwarts became the last stronghold of the wizarding faction after the Papacy's war devastated the wizarding alliance, prompting the Founders to reinforce the school's defenses and build its prisons.
• Peeves explained that Basilis guarded the Slytherin family's property and was kept alive through feeding and a Magic array that replayed Parseltongue to induce hibernation.
• Peeves said that fifty years earlier, the young Dark Lord had opened the Chamber of Secrets and used Parseltongue to control Basilis, causing years of trouble at Hogwarts.
• Peeves explained that Basilis had woken early again, and Hogwarts' recovering consciousness suppressed him as he lunged at Jon.

Jon remained frustrated by the mystery of the Basilisk’s early awakening, and Peeves admitted he had no answers. Professor Lockhart and Stephen visited Jon, but Lockhart’s advice did not ease his worries, leaving them to hope the Founder could help him.

• Jon questioned Peeves about the irritable Basilisk, but Peeves said he did not know why it had awakened so early.
• Peeves left, and Jon decided he needed someone’s help with the tangled problems on his mind.
• Lockhart and Stephen arrived to visit Jon, and Lockhart said Harry Potter had seemed preoccupied in class.
• Lockhart advised Jon to go with the flow, but Jon said he could no longer absorb grand lessons about life.
• Lockhart and Stephen discussed Jon’s troubles and hoped he could meet the Founder, while acknowledging they did not understand his difficulties well enough to help.

Jon decided to visit Helga and sleep in the Room of Requirement while his soul entered her realm. He found himself at the sealed entrance to the Magic Fairy Castle and began searching the maze for a gate he could open.

• Jon told Peeves to watch things and bring Mr. Grindelwald to Headmaster Dumbledore if Jon had not awakened when Grindelwald arrived.
• Jon made a bed in Ravenclaw's Study and entered the pendant's realm.
• Jon arrived before the Taurus gate of Helga's Magic Fairy Castle, but could not open it and heard an enraged howl.
• Jon turned into a gust of wind, navigated the maze, and found the Leo gate, which he sensed led to the floating island.

Jon arrived on Helga’s divine kingdom through a malfunctioning transfer system and settled in the garden while the Hall of Light was being repaired. As he reflected on the world he knew and the one he now inhabited, he questioned whether they were truly different.

• Jon passed through a seemingly endless corridor of rooms before reaching the dazzling Hall of Light on Helga’s floating island.
• Deler apologized to Jon for the transfer system’s error and explained that it had not been fully repaired.
• Jon followed Deler out of the hall and saw the familiar garden and the now larger, more powerful World Tree.
• Jon asked Deler to return to work, then sat alone on a swing bench and reflected on the divine kingdom and the nature of thought.
• Jon compared the world in his memories with the world he had experienced, wondering whether they were truly separate.

Jon questioned why the world seemed identical to another despite its apparent rationality, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione attended Professor Sprout’s lesson on Mandrakes. Lockhart annoyed Snape with chatter about his appearance and reputation, and Snape told him to focus on teaching.

• Jon sat on a swing and wondered whether one world could be exactly the same as another.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined Professor Sprout’s Herbology class, where she taught the students about Mandrakes and their dangerous cries.
• Lockhart visited Snape’s office, complained that its contents looked horrifying, and offered him a potion to improve his complexion.
• Lockhart told Snape that the students’ stories had contributed to his reputation, but Snape said it was none of his business and told him to consider how to teach his students.

Lockhart tried to draw Snape into a friendship, revealing that he could read Snape’s thoughts and understood his loneliness. Snape resisted his warmth but found himself intrigued by Lockhart, deciding that Hogwarts was becoming more interesting.

• Lockhart told Snape that he could read his thoughts, though doing so took effort because Snape was powerful and skilled in Legilimency.
• Lockhart reflected that he wanted to make friends before leaving his current identity behind, and that he and Snape were alike beneath their contrasting reputations.
• Snape rejected Lockhart’s suggestion that they needed to know each other well to work together and urged him to go to bed.
• Lockhart offered Snape liquor, but Snape refused, and Lockhart put the bottles away without drinking either.
• Snape asked whether Lockhart found his popularity annoying, then suggested that inferiority and loneliness could be reasons.
• Snape considered his own feared appearance and circumstances, then smiled faintly and decided that Lockhart made Hogwarts more interesting.

Lockhart and Snape's first night of talks ended without progress, while Jon watched the two worlds and pondered their suspiciously close connection. He suspected the current world had emerged from a fantasy story and accepted that, despite his helplessness, he would have to act.

• Snape grew tired of Lockhart's chatter and threw him out of the office, so Lockhart returned to his room to record his conversations with Harry.
• Jon watched the two worlds and questioned why magic had withdrawn from ordinary society despite continuing to exist.
• Jon considered whether the worlds had once been one or were otherwise connected, then dismissed the image of the past world.
• Jon reasoned that the current world might have originated from J.K. Rowling's fantasy and that gods or fate might explain its creation.
• Jon admitted that he was helpless but had no choice except to do what he must.

Jon received Helga’s advice to act decisively, then let go of his doubts about the past and learned that she was creating life on the Divine Favor Continent. He discovered that the new beings’ souls came from a supreme existence and that they could not leave their world.

• Helga’s phantom told Jon she could not help analyze his situation, directed him to Grindelwald, and urged him to act decisively.
• Jon crushed the phantoms of his past and declared that he would focus only on himself.
• Deler told Jon that the Garden Elves grew as Helga’s power increased and revealed that Helga was creating life elsewhere.
• Deler showed Jon the Divine Favor Continent, where primitive people lived in a world Helga had created.
• Deler explained that a supreme existence supplied the beings’ souls and that they could not leave their world.

Jon left Magic Fairy Castle after Helga gave him a tiny World Tree root, whose purpose he could not determine. Back at Hogwarts, he learned Grindelwald had not arrived yet, and the others waited for him.

• Deler gave Jon a tiny vine on Helga's behalf and explained that the sealed space had no usable passages.
• Jon suspected the vine was a root from the World Tree and wondered whether it could connect the world to something outside it.
• Deler created an authorized passage, and Jon returned to Hogwarts after three days in Magic Fairy Castle.
• Peeves and Lockhart met Jon in his cabin, and Lockhart said Grindelwald had not arrived.
• Jon said they would wait for Mr. Grindelwald's arrival.

Grindelwald returned to Germany and crushed Voldemort’s followers, while Sashatli Thoth confronted her traitorous butler, Raven, as he tried to escape by river. After learning how her powerful divine blood had divided her family, Sashatli faced the prospect of being left alone.

• Grindelwald’s forces arrested dark wizards connected to Voldemort, executing those who resisted and sentencing the guilty after secret trials.
• Jon and Lockhart discussed the purge, while Jon waited for a signal that Grindelwald had arrived at Hogwarts.
• Raven fled Austria by boat after betraying his master’s household, hoping to reach Greece before Grindelwald could catch him.
• Sashatli froze Raven’s boat on the Danube and dismantled its magic arrays with her Red-crowned Crane power.
• Raven accused Sashatli’s mother of seeking to steal the Thoth family’s divine blood, and Sashatli recalled how her inheritance had led to her mother’s departure and her father’s death.
• Sashatli recognized that, at sixteen, the people around her were about to leave her.

Seshatri killed Old Raven after his betrayal, then joined Grindelwald as he prepared to expand his plans. In Britain, Fudge and Dumbledore examined reports of the magical chaos in Austria and learned that the fighting there was already over.

• Seshatri told Old Raven she had intended to take him with her, then cut off his arm when he tried to flee.
• Old Raven ran for a magic array in the cabin, but Seshatri killed him and split the ship in two with her jade pendant.
• Grindelwald destroyed the wreckage and asked Seshatri where she would go; she said she was going with him.
• Grindelwald explained that he had used the Thoth family's influence to advance his plans and said he valued speed.
• At the British Ministry of Magic's Information Processing Office, Fudge pressed Lun'er for reports from Austria as Dumbledore returned with news of a legendary power and violent Dark Magic.
• Dumbledore reassured Fudge that the events in Austria were over and that the magical disturbance was only their lingering aftermath.

Fudge and Dumbledore watched a magical observation platform replay Grindelwald’s battle at the Vienna National Opera House and discussed the threat he posed. As the image became clearer, Dumbledore froze it after spotting something unidentified.

• Ministry employees restored the signal and entered Dumbledore’s intelligence into the observation platform.
• The platform showed Grindelwald overwhelming a group of wizards at the Vienna National Opera House.
• Dumbledore told Fudge that Grindelwald was already a Legendary Wizard but said Britain would not oppose him unless he made war against them.
• Dumbledore and Fudge discussed their approach to power, peace, and the risks posed by Grindelwald.
• Dumbledore froze the increasingly clear replay and asked what they were looking at.

Dumbledore and Fudge examined a newly formed moonlike divine imprint in the Azure Deep Sea and recognized the Austrian newcomer’s extraordinary potential. After Dumbledore left, the moonlight sent a message into the deep sea and received a reply.

• Dumbledore reinforced the projection so Fudge could witness the moon rise into the Azure Deep Sea and form a precise magical imprint.
• Dumbledore identified the imprint as divine and judged that its creator, a young wizard, could become a quasi-Legendary Wizard within about a decade.
• Fudge speculated that Grindelwald might be connected to the Austrian wizard’s unusual magical inheritance, while Dumbledore worried about Britain’s future position.
• Dumbledore replayed the recording, noticed the imprint had transmitted a strange message into the deep sea, and recorded his findings before leaving the Ministry of Magic.
• The moonlight declared, “I am here,” and, after a long silence, someone in the deep sea replied, “I am here.”

After waking, Jon learned from Lockhart about the latest trouble at Hogwarts and asked him to keep Harry in sight during his detention. Peeves then sent word that Dumbledore had returned.

• Jon woke at noon and learned that his awaited visitor had still not arrived.
• Lockhart told Jon about the Quidditch team clash, Malfoy's insult to Hermione, and Ron's failed spell, which had forced Lockhart to reveal his changed face to Hagrid.
• Jon explained that Snape's harshness toward Harry was partly a form of protection and agreed with Dumbledore's plan to let Harry grow at his own pace.
• Jon asked Lockhart to arrange for Harry to remain under his supervision during his detention, and Lockhart agreed.
• Peeves sent Jon a message indicating that Dumbledore had returned.

Jon waited for Grindelwald’s news but received a visit from Reel’s captain instead, whom he brought into Hogwarts. The chapter ended as they reached the training ground and found a crude house there.

• Professor McGonagall assigned Harry and Ron detentions, with Harry tasked to help Lockhart answer fan mail and Ron ordered to polish trophies by hand.
• Jon’s letter to Dumbledore turned to ash as he decided not to interfere with Grindelwald’s planned surprise.
• Reel sent Jon a letter saying her captain wanted to meet him, so he waited for her with Peeves near the secret passage.
• Peeves sensed someone approaching and returned to the castle as Reel’s captain arrived in a black bodysuit.
• Jon cast a Disillusionment Charm on the captain and led her through the secret passage to the training ground, where they found a crude house.

Seshatri Thoth arrived at Hogwarts to meet Jon and discuss a possible collaboration, bringing a suitcase of things with her. Jon arranged for Professor Sprout to attend the meeting, and Seshatri introduced herself as the chapter ended.

• Jon prepared a nearby house for Seshatri's visit and invited Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, and Filch to be there.
• Seshatri entered the house carrying her suitcase and studied Professor Sprout, who made a strong favorable impression on her.
• Professor Flitwick and Filch left after Jon had used them as actors, leaving Jon, Professor Sprout, and Seshatri together.
• Seshatri considered Grindelwald's suggestion that she and Jon might share interests and decided she wanted to establish a connection with Jon.
• Seshatri introduced herself to Jon and Professor Sprout as Seshatri Thoth.

Seshatri met with Jon Smith and Professor Sprout to discuss her long-term stay at Hogwarts and reveal what she had brought in an iron case. The case opened to expose a crystal pyramid containing something that looked like a face.

• Jon Smith introduced himself and Professor Sprout to Seshatri, and they gathered around the iron case she had brought.
• Seshatri explained that her relatives had died and that she might live at Hogwarts long-term, with Mr. Grindelwald arranging her accommodation.
• Professor Sprout agreed to protect the discussion while Seshatri opened the case using her identity.
• Jon put on his glasses and identified the object inside as an alchemical crystal pyramid, then felt a chilling presence as he examined it.
• Jon saw that the object sealed within the pyramid looked like a face.

Jon saw that Osiris’s head was reviving inside the Crystal Pyramid as the last of the mask’s divine power faded. Seshatri explained the danger to Jon and Professor Sprout, who had nearly touched the crystal.

• Jon sensed that the grotesque face behind Osiris’s mask was alive and saw blood-red threads spreading through the Crystal Pyramid.
• Seshatri told Jon that they had met in a dream and explained that the pyramid held Osiris’s head, preserved by a mask forged to suppress him.
• Seshatri said the mask’s divine power had faded, allowing Osiris’s head to awaken as the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon returned.
• Professor Sprout questioned whether gods could truly be resurrected and stepped toward the Crystal Pyramid.
• Seshatri pulled Professor Sprout back and warned that Osiris’s head would drain her magic and use her as nourishment.

Jon questioned Seshatri about why she wanted to cooperate with him, and she explained that god-descendants were created as vessels for gods to enter the mortal world. Jon realized that her interest in him was connected to Osiris’s importance to the pantheon’s resurrection, but the reason for Thoth’s role remained unresolved.

• Jon accused Seshatri of seeking the support of the Archmages and Legendary Wizards behind him, and she agreed that his own power was not what she valued.
• Professor Sprout left after warning Jon, while Seshatri explained that Grindelwald had asked her to suppress dark wizards and that she suspected he had acted on Jon’s behalf.
• Jon agreed to consider cooperation but demanded honesty, and Seshatri offered to make an oath or Blood Pact.
• Seshatri told Jon that god-descendants were created to serve as vessels for gods, and that Osiris was essential to the primary pantheon’s resurrection.
• Jon connected the pantheon’s faith-gathering efforts to the strange cries he had encountered in an illusion, while Seshatri closed the box and said her Thoth bloodline was not especially significant.
• Jon asked why Seshatri wanted to cooperate if Thoth was unimportant, then realized the likely reason himself.

Jon agreed to cooperate with Seshatri against the God of Wisdom, learning that the pantheon could try to resurrect the god within two years by using people as sustenance and selecting a human vessel. They faced a short deadline to prepare for a god who could wield his full power in the Muggle world.

• Seshatri explained that the God of Wisdom had made her a contingency and that she intended to resist his influence.
• Jon agreed to cooperate with Seshatri and asked how long they had before the pantheon acted.
• Seshatri said the pantheon might make its move within two years, and that Jon’s glove and the box would signal when a summoning began.
• Seshatri warned that the pantheon had spent years gathering believers and resources, and might use conflict to choose a vessel for the god’s birth.
• Jon considered the danger of the resurrected god becoming a terrestrial god able to use his full power in the Muggle world.