Chapter Summaries

Dumbledore introduced the Triwizard Tournament, explained its tasks and binding entry rules, and presented the Goblet of Fire as the impartial selector. Linley saw that alchemical restrictions in the goblet—not the Age Line—would prevent underage students from entering, while Fred believed an Ageing Potion could fool it.

• Dumbledore introduced Barty Crouch Sr. and Ludo as judges and explained that three Champions would compete in three tasks for the Triwizard Cup.
• Filch brought out the Goblet of Fire, and Linley used Flamel's technique to see its alchemical formations and recent restrictions added by Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore told students to submit their names within twenty-four hours and warned that selection created a binding Magical Contract.
• Linley recognized that the Age Line was a decoy and that the goblet's alchemical restrictions were the true safeguard.
• Fred said an Ageing Potion could fool the Age Line, and Linley chose not to warn him.

Linley reassured Irina that he had no romantic feelings for Fleur, then confessed that Irina was the one who had attracted him at first sight. That night, Irina guarded him while he began removing the Goblet of Fire’s alchemical restrictions, leaving the delicate work underway.

• Fleur left Linley at the entrance hall, and Irina confronted him about his relationship with her.
• Linley explained that he had met Fleur only once to discuss alchemy and told Irina she was the one who had attracted him at first sight.
• Irina blushed and ran away, while Linley returned to the Slytherin dormitory to rest before his attempt to tamper with the Goblet of Fire.
• Linley returned to the empty entrance hall at night, but Irina appeared and said she had come to guard him from Barty Crouch Jr.
• Irina set up ice-blue lights around the hall as Linley used reverse analysis to begin dismantling the Goblet of Fire’s alchemical restrictions.

Linley dismantled Dumbledore’s ward on the Goblet of Fire, entered his name in the Triwizard Tournament, and restored the ward while Irina guarded him. Barty Crouch Jr. failed to reach the Goblet, and Linley and Irina left to rest as dawn broke.

• Linley patiently dismantled the Goblet of Fire’s interconnected alchemy ward, starting over twice after choosing the wrong sequence.
• Irina detected Professor Moody approaching and confronted him, recognizing that he intended to tamper with the Goblet.
• Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Moody, tried to use his authority against Irina, but she showed him Dumbledore’s permission note.
• Moody took the note and left without reaching the Goblet, while Irina continued guarding Linley.
• After finishing the dismantling near dawn, Linley submitted his name to the Goblet and rebuilt its ward.
• Linley saw Irina’s exhaustion and told her they could return to rest.

Professor Moody tampered with the Goblet of Fire and entered Harry Potter as the Champion of a nonexistent fourth school. At the Halloween feast, the Goblet chose Viktor Krum and Fleur Delacour, while Harry's selection had yet to be announced.

• Linley escorted the exhausted Irina to the Gryffindor Common Room before returning to rest in Slytherin.
• After Linley and Irina left, Professor Moody Confunded the Goblet of Fire and submitted Harry Potter's name without a school affiliation.
• Fred and George tried to cross the age line with Ageing Potion, but the alchemical restriction blasted them back and gave them long white beards.
• Linley and Irina slept through the day and arrived at the Halloween feast that evening, where the Goblet of Fire had been moved to the Great Hall.
• Dumbledore announced Viktor Krum as Durmstrang's Champion, and Krum went into the adjoining room.
• The Goblet chose Fleur Delacour as Beauxbatons' Champion, and Fleur smiled at Linley before approaching Dumbledore.

The Goblet of Fire selected Linley Roll as Hogwarts’s Champion, and he defended his eligibility by arguing that breaking Dumbledore’s age line was within the rules. After Linley joined Fleur and Krum, the Goblet unexpectedly chose Harry Potter as another Champion.

• Fleur was chosen as Beauxbatons’s Champion, leaving several students from her school in tears.
• Dumbledore announced Linley Roll as Hogwarts’s Champion, prompting students to protest that he was under seventeen.
• Linley told the protesting students that breaking Dumbledore’s age line was allowed and that the Goblet had chosen him because he was more skilled.
• Linley joined Fleur and Krum in the next room, where he explained that his alchemy knowledge had let him break the age line.
• The Goblet of Fire produced another parchment, and Dumbledore announced Harry Potter’s name.
• Harry stumbled into the next room looking dazed.

Harry was revealed as the Triwizard Tournament’s fourth Champion, prompting Madame Maxime and Karkaroff to challenge Hogwarts having two representatives. Linley argued that Harry’s name must have been placed in the Goblet through a different method, and Madame Maxime asked him to explain how.

• Fleur mistook Harry for a messenger, while Linley made room for him and reflected that Barty Crouch Jr. had used a Confundus Charm to make the Goblet select Harry.
• Ludo Bagman introduced Harry as the fourth Champion, and Fleur objected that he was too young to compete.
• Dumbledore, Barty Crouch Sr., Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, McGonagall, and Snape entered, and Karkaroff and Madame Maxime challenged Hogwarts having two Champions.
• Dumbledore defended Linley’s participation by explaining that Linley had broken the Age Line restriction himself.
• Linley told Karkaroff that Harry could not have become the fourth Champion simply by breaking Dumbledore’s restriction, and Madame Maxime asked Linley how Harry had done it.

Linley explained that someone had used a powerful Confundus Charm to enter Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire and force him into the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore and the judges insisted that Harry compete, while Linley noticed Barty Crouch Sr. acting strangely and suspected he was under the Imperius Curse.

• Linley told the others that a powerful wizard had likely used the Confundus Charm to place Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire and intended to kill him through the tournament.
• Dumbledore said Harry had to compete, and Barty Crouch Sr. confirmed that the rules bound everyone whose name came out of the Goblet.
• Karkaroff demanded that the Goblet be set up again, then threatened to withdraw Durmstrang Institute from the next tournament.
• Professor Moody entered and declared that Harry had been entered so someone could kill him, but Karkaroff pointed out that Linley had already explained the scheme.
• Dumbledore maintained that Harry and Linley had to compete, and Ludo asked Barty Crouch Sr. to brief the Champions.
• Linley noticed Barty Crouch Sr. sway and suspected that Barty Crouch Jr. had placed him under the Imperius Curse.

Barty Crouch Sr. announced the Triwizard Tournament’s first task and its rules, while Dumbledore reminded Linley that he still had to take his O.W.L. examinations. Harry returned to a raucous Gryffindor celebration, where Irina used an ice wall to quiet the crowd and asked whether he had entered his own name in the Goblet of Fire.

• Barty Crouch Sr. announced that the first task would test the Champions’ courage, take place on November twenty-fourth, and allow them only their own Wands, with no teacher assistance.
• Dumbledore told Linley that he still had to take the O.W.L. examinations despite being a Champion, and Linley showed little concern about passing them.
• Linley urged Harry to stay vigilant and then left for the Slytherin common room.
• Gryffindor students seized Harry and celebrated his becoming a Champion, ignoring his pleas to be left alone.
• Irina amplified her voice and raised an ice wall to separate Harry from the celebrating students, then asked him whether he had put his own name into the Goblet of Fire.

Irina persuaded Gryffindor that Harry had not entered himself in the Triwizard Tournament and that Voldemort was likely trying to kill him. After the students organized protection for Harry, he returned to the dormitory and erupted at Ron, who still accused him of selfishly taking the Champion title.

• Harry admitted he had not put his name into the Goblet of Fire, and Irina argued that Dumbledore's restriction made that impossible.
• Irina suggested Voldemort had entered Harry to kill him and cause chaos, prompting Gryffindor students to organize shifts protecting Harry outside the common room.
• Harry returned to the dormitory, where Ron mocked him without knowing what had happened in the common room.
• Harry shouted that Voldemort wanted to murder him, but Ron remained angry about the Champion title, and Harry grabbed his shoulders in fury.

After the Triwizard Champions were chosen, Harry and Ron reconciled, while tensions between Gryffindor and Slytherin increased. At the wand inspection, Rita Skeeter pulled Harry aside for an interview, and Dumbledore arrived to find him missing.

• Harry told Ron that Voldemort wanted to murder him, and Ron apologized for doubting him.
• Malfoy distributed badges praising Linley as Hogwarts’s true Champion and declaring that Potter stank, worsening the rivalry between the houses.
• Gryffindors protected Harry from the Slytherins, while Irina secretly met Linley at night by the Black Lake.
• Linley attended the Champions’ wand inspection and recognized Rita Skeeter as a reporter who had previously written about the Roll family’s efforts to clear Sirius Black’s name.
• Rita took the reluctant Harry into a broom cupboard for an interview while Linley watched with sympathy.
• Dumbledore arrived with Ollivander and asked Linley where Harry was.

Dumbledore rescued Harry from a broom cupboard and began the Champions’ Wand inspection ceremony. Mr. Ollivander discovered that Linley’s Redwood grafted with Parasol Tree Wood Wand had been neglected and could have grown more powerful if Linley had regularly used it for fire magic.

• Dumbledore interrupted Rita Skeeter and helped Harry leave the broom cupboard before the ceremony began.
• Dumbledore introduced Mr. Ollivander, who began inspecting the Champions’ Wands.
• Mr. Ollivander examined Fleur’s Wand, identified its Veela hair core, and confirmed that it was in good condition.
• Mr. Ollivander recognized Linley’s Wand and noticed that its Parasol Tree Wood grain was dim because Linley rarely used it for fire magic.
• Mr. Ollivander explained that the Wand could absorb flames cast through it and grow stronger, then lamented that Linley had wasted its potential.

During the wand inspection, Ollivander explained that magical forces could nourish wands and increase their spell power, prompting Linley to test his Redwood grafted with Parasol Tree Wood wand in Goblet Immortal Fire. He and Irina later discovered that both their wands could grow stronger, and Linley measured a roughly two percent increase in his spells.

• Ollivander explained that magical flames could nourish wands, and Linley realized Goblet Immortal Fire could do so without draining his magical power.
• Ollivander inspected Krum's hornbeam wand and Harry's wand, then Dumbledore ended the inspection ceremony and Ludo took a group photograph.
• Over the following two weeks, Linley left his wand in Goblet Immortal Fire and asked Irina to test her Ice Crystal Wood wand with ice.
• Irina found that her wand's icy-blue patterns glowed after being frozen and that spells cast through it had grown somewhat stronger.
• Linley tested his wand with an alchemical measuring device and found that his spell power had increased by around two percent.

Linley and Irina went to Hogsmeade Village to shop, then shared a couples’ drink at Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop. The chapter left them enjoying their time together as their feelings grew closer.

• Linley and Irina went to Hogsmeade Village to buy alchemical materials and creature supplies.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to Hogsmeade, where Harry planned to meet Sirius about Voldemort’s plot.
• Linley and Irina finished shopping and met outside Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop.
• Linley took Irina’s hand, and Irina accepted Madam Puddifoot’s couples’ set without letting Linley finish saying they were not a couple.
• Linley and Irina shared their drinks, and Linley murmured that meeting Irina had been wonderful.
• Linley drank his cranberry mojito in one gulp, prompting Irina to scold him for not savoring it.

Sirius urged Harry to trust Linley and Irina, comparing his faith in Linley to James’s trust in Sirius. After a visit from Hagrid and Professor Moody, Harry learned that Hagrid wanted him to come to his hut at midnight, and Sirius warned that Moody seemed off.

• Sirius listened as Harry explained that Voldemort wanted to murder him and told Harry to trust Linley and Irina.
• Sirius explained that meeting Linley’s father, Hendry Rowle, had changed his view of Slytherins, and said Linley would not hurt Harry.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Sirius drank Butterbeer and discussed the Triwizard Tournament at The Three Broomsticks.
• Hagrid and Professor Moody entered the pub, and Moody secretly watched Harry while drinking from his flask.
• Hagrid quietly told Harry to come to his hut at midnight wearing his Invisibility Cloak, then left with Moody.
• Harry told Hermione and Sirius what Hagrid had said, and Sirius remarked that Moody seemed suspicious.

Harry left Hogwarts with Hagrid and Madame Maxime to see what Hagrid had promised him. He discovered four adult dragons being restrained for the Triwizard Tournament, while Hagrid admired the black dragon.

• Sirius warned Harry to stay alert around Moody but said Hagrid could be trusted.
• Harry sneaked out of Gryffindor Tower under the Invisibility Cloak and met Hagrid at his hut.
• Hagrid led Harry, hidden beneath the cloak, to Beauxbatons’ carriage and escorted Madame Maxime toward the Forbidden Forest.
• Harry followed Hagrid and Madame Maxime to an enclosure where wizards struggled to restrain four adult dragons.
• Hagrid called the black dragon beautiful as a wizard warned him to keep his distance.

Linley and Irina secretly watched the dragon handlers subdue the Hungarian Horntail, and Linley decided to defeat a dragon spectacularly in the Triwizard Tournament to earn influence in the wizarding world. On the morning of the first task, Harry warned Linley that the champions would face dragons, and Linley headed to the gathering tent before the task began.

• Linley and Irina observed the handlers knock out the Hungarian Horntail, and Linley judged that his magic could overpower it at range.
• Linley told Irina that he wanted to defeat the dragon spectacularly so people would take his words seriously when he confronted Voldemort.
• After all four dragons were subdued, Linley and Irina slipped away without being noticed.
• Harry privately warned Linley that the first task involved dragons, and Linley revealed that he had already seen them.
• Professor Moody took Harry away, and Linley recognized that Moody wanted Harry to pass the task.
• On the morning of the first task, Linley received notice to gather at the tent outside the dragon enclosure and left the castle.

Linley and the other Triwizard Tournament champions learned they had to retrieve golden eggs guarded by dragons, then drew their opponents. Linley insisted he could face the Hungarian Horntail without his Wand, while Fleur went out to face her dragon still worried about him.

• Ludo Bagman explained the dragon task and had the champions draw miniature dragon models to determine their opponents and order.
• Fleur drew a Welsh Green Dragon, Krum drew a Chinese Fireball Dragon, Linley drew the Hungarian Horntail, and Harry drew a Swedish Short-Snout Dragon.
• Ludo noticed Linley had no Wand and urged him to fetch it, but Linley said he did not need one.
• Fleur begged Linley to get his Wand because she feared the Hungarian Horntail would kill him, but Linley reassured her he could survive.
• After Harry completed his turn, Ludo called Fleur to the arena, and she left the tent after glaring at Linley.

Linley faced the Hungarian Horntail in the Triwizard Tournament’s first task, protecting the golden egg with Alchemy Formations before confronting the dragon with Wandless Magic. As the Horntail’s fire threatened to engulf him, Linley unleashed a vastly larger pillar of flame toward the dragon.

• Linley entered the arena as the last champion and saw Irina cheering for him from the stands.
• Linley created defensive Alchemy Formations around the golden egg, astonishing Madame Maxime and the Beauxbatons students.
• The Hungarian Horntail charged Linley, and his Wandless Shield Charm repelled it before shattering under the impact.
• The Horntail breathed a massive pillar of fire at Linley, prompting Charlie Weasley and the other dragon handlers to rush toward the arena.
• Linley answered with a pillar of flame more than three times larger than the dragon’s and sent it toward the Horntail.

Linley overwhelmed the Hungarian Horntail with Goblet Immortal Fire concealing Fiendfyre, defeating the dragon in front of the stunned spectators. He left the Horntail alive but badly wounded, with most of its scales burned away.

• Linley countered the Hungarian Horntail’s flames with golden Goblet Immortal Fire, astonishing Charlie Weasley, Madame Maxime, Karkaroff, and the spectators.
• The Horntail poured out more fire until its body overheated and its magic began to run out, but Linley continued pressing his attack.
• Linley concentrated the golden flames into a pillar that concealed a flash of Fiendfyre, which Dumbledore recognized as the cause of the dragon’s anguished cries.
• Linley extinguished the flames after they swallowed the Horntail, revealing its bloodied body, charred throat, and scales burned away.

Linley defeated the Hungarian Horntail with Alchemy Formations and a flaming spear, then retrieved the Golden Egg. The judges awarded him four perfect scores, while Karkaroff gave him only four points.

• Linley created three Alchemy Formations that bombarded the Hungarian Horntail with golden beams and shattered over a hundred of its scales.
• Linley forged a black spear from Goblet Immortal Fire and magic, then used Oppugno to drive it through the Hungarian Horntail and pin it to the ground.
• Linley removed the Alchemy Formation sealing the dragon's nest, took the Golden Egg, and raised it before the stunned crowd.
• Dumbledore applauded Linley, and Ludo Bagman praised his performance before asking the judges to score him.
• Madame Maxime, Barty Crouch Sr., Dumbledore, and Ludo Bagman each gave Linley 10 points, while Karkaroff gave him 4.