Recaps

Linley and Irina uncovered Regulus Black’s sacrifice, recovered and destroyed Voldemort’s locket, and helped bring Regulus home. Meanwhile, Barty Crouch Sr. exposed and killed a Death Eater inside the Ministry, while Linley prepared the D.A. Army for dangerous Illusion Trials.

• Linley discovered that Alice Longbottom’s soul was badly damaged, then Irina spotted Devil’s Snare beside Broderick Bode and suspected an assassination attempt.
• Dumbledore investigated Bode’s attack and secured his ward, while Linley and Irina searched the Black home for Voldemort’s locket and learned from Kreacher that Regulus had taken it to a cave.
• Kreacher revealed that Regulus had switched Voldemort’s locket for a replica and escaped with the real one alongside Hendry Rowle, leading Linley to search Roer Castle.
• Linley found the locket sealed on Roer Castle’s fifth floor, and Rowena destroyed its Horcrux with Fiendfyre as Linley and Irina studied the family’s Elemental Magic books.
• Linley, Irina, Dumbledore, and Sirius Black entered Voldemort’s cave, where Sirius drank the basin’s poison and recovered Regulus’s locket while Linley destroyed the Inferi guarding it.
• Dumbledore lifted Regulus’s Inferi state, and Sirius and Kreacher buried him before Sirius entrusted the locket to Kreacher.
• Scrimgeour and Corun confronted Ministry employee Michael Landry over the Devil’s Snare, but Barty Crouch Sr. ambushed and killed Landry after discovering his Dark Mark.
• Barty worked to undermine Fudge’s standing as Umbridge’s restrictions stirred Hogwarts students against the Ministry, while Linley and Irina prepared high-difficulty Illusion Trials for the D.A. Army and Irvin entered the first trial.

Linley and his allies prepared Hogwarts for a renewed D.A. Army as Umbridge tightened her rule and Dumbledore went into hiding. Linley captured Bellatrix’s memories, revealing that Hufflepuff’s Cup was hidden in the Lestrange vault and setting up a break-in at Gringotts.

• Irvin fought through the Death Eaters in Knockturn Alley and defeated Dolohov in the trial, after which Linley adjusted the Illusion Trials and continued Harry’s Occlumency training.
• Umbridge dismissed Trelawney, but Dumbledore kept her at Hogwarts and introduced Firenze as the new Divination professor, and Linley later asked Firenze about his prophecy.
• Marietta betrayed the D.A. Army under Umbridge’s pressure, but Linley’s contract penalty suppressed her magic, and Dumbledore claimed responsibility for organizing the group before escaping Hogwarts.
• Fudge made Umbridge Headmistress, and Fred and George retaliated with enchanted fireworks before escaping Hogwarts to study with Professor Green.
• Linley and Irvin excelled in their first Apparition lesson as Umbridge imposed harsher restrictions, and Linley and Irina planned to restart the D.A. Army while arranging for Dumbledore to pursue a Horcrux.
• Linley attacked Lestrange Manor, killed its Death Eaters, captured Bellatrix, extracted her memories, and killed her before burning the manor.
• Linley showed Dumbledore Bellatrix’s memories, which revealed that Voldemort had hidden Hufflepuff’s Cup in the Lestrange vault at Gringotts.

Linley and Dumbledore organized the D.A. Army, brought down Umbridge and Fudge, and began their public effort to recover Voldemort’s Horcrux from Gringotts. The group fought through the bank’s defenses and reached the Thief’s Downfall, while Harry woke from a vision of Voldemort torturing Sirius Black.

• Linley and Irina resumed D.A. Army meetings, trained the students in Illusion Trials, and prepared a plan with Dumbledore to rob Gringotts for Hufflepuff’s Cup.
• Linley and the D.A. Army attacked Umbridge and five Aurors after Umbridge’s forces stunned Professor McGonagall, then Linley killed Umbridge by blowing up Hagrid’s Hut.
• The Wizengamot imprisoned Fudge, cleared the thirty-nine students, and elected Barty Crouch Sr. as Minister for Magic.
• Linley, Irina, Dumbledore, Green, and Newt arrived at Gringotts, where Dumbledore announced their purpose before the crowd and led the attack inside.
• Linley suppressed goblin weapons as the group fought through Gringotts, while Barty Crouch Sr. delayed the Ministry’s response and supporters gathered outside.
• Dumbledore and Linley broke through the goblins’ defenses, and Green drove their group deeper underground in the Alchemy Minecart after disabling a powerful shell with the Mana Suppression Scepter.
• Harry dreamed that Voldemort tortured Sirius Black for the prophecy, then woke screaming with his scar burning.
• Green stopped the minecart before the Thief’s Downfall and began cracking its changing Alchemy Formation while Linley and Irina prepared their magic.

Linley and Irina destroyed a Horcrux at Gringotts before Harry’s false vision led the D.A. to a battle with Voldemort, where Irina advanced to Demon King level. After the battle, Draco sought protection for the Malfoy Family, and Linley tasked him with finding Ravenclaw’s Diadem.

• Linley and Irina reached the Lestrange Vault, destroyed Hufflepuff’s Cup, and joined Dumbledore in robbing Death Eater vaults while Harry led a rescue party into the Department of Mysteries.
• Linley recognized Voldemort’s trap and sent Sirius to alert the Order, but Harry’s group found the Prophecy Crystal Ball and fought Rodolphus Lestrange and the Death Eaters.
• Scrimgeour, Moody, and other allies joined the battle, while Linley and Irina escaped Gringotts after goblin cannons blasted a hole through the bank.
• Voldemort appeared in the Hall of Prophecy, and Linley arrived in time to intercept his Killing Curse aimed at Harry.
• Irina fought Voldemort, reached Demon King level, and froze him, while Linley’s Ziwei Heavenly Fire protected the defenders and trapped Death Eaters.
• Voldemort escaped through the ceiling, and Linley rebuked Harry for endangering the D.A. before sending the students back to Hogwarts.
• Barty Crouch Sr. secured Ministry support for stationing Aurors at the Department of Mysteries and reinstating the death penalty, while the Daily Prophet reported the battle and Irina’s victory.
• Draco asked Linley to protect the Malfoy Family, and Linley demanded that Draco find Ravenclaw’s Diadem as proof of sincerity before making a temporary protection pact with him.