Chapter Summaries

Irina freed the fire dragon and lured it into her suitcase while Green, Linley, and Dumbledore opened the Lestrange Vault. The group prepared to remove the vault’s protective enchantments with a Vanishment Charm.

• Irina fed the shackled fire dragon Magic Rice Balls, broke its restraints with a silent Diffindo, and coaxed it into her suitcase.
• Newt followed Irina inside, while Linley revealed the vault’s Alchemy Formations and Green began deciphering them.
• Irina and Newt emerged with Little Swooping Evil and the Occamy Ruyi, which Irina asked to guard the passage from goblins.
• Green installed the secret-key Alchemy Formation template in the group’s Goblin gloves and opened the Lestrange Vault.
• Linley warned that the treasures carried Fire Charms and Replicate Charms, and the group cast the Vanishment Charm to remove them.

Linley and his companions destroyed the Horcrux in Hufflepuff's Cup and decided to rob the other Death Eater vaults before leaving Gringotts. Meanwhile, Harry and nine companions reached the Department of Mysteries and entered its eerie circular room.

• Linley found Hufflepuff's Cup in the Lestrange Vault, and Dumbledore recognized it as a Horcrux.
• Linley destroyed the Horcrux with Fiendfyre and gave the cup's remains to Dumbledore to return to its rightful owner.
• Linley and Irina urged Dumbledore to seize the other Death Eater vaults, and Green argued that leaving their treasures would help Voldemort.
• Dumbledore agreed to rob the vaults, and Linley assigned one vault to each of the group, taking the Roll Family vault himself.
• Harry led nine companions through the Ministry of Magic to the Department of Mysteries, where they entered a vast circular room lined with identical black doors.

Sirius Black discovered that Harry and nine D.A. members had entered the Ministry, and Linley realized Voldemort had likely deceived them into going to the Department of Mysteries. As Linley and Dumbledore arranged separate rescue and reinforcement efforts, Kingsley and Tonks were left behind to help reach Harry.

• Sirius Black saw Harry and nine Hogwarts students emerge from the Ministry's fireplace and disappear into the lifts.
• Linley concluded Voldemort had used a false vision to lure Harry to the Department of Mysteries for the Prophecy Crystal Ball, while Dumbledore ordered Sirius Black to alert the Order of the Phoenix.
• Irina explained that Gringotts' defenses prevented her from using the Apparition Key until they forced their way out of the underground vaults.
• Linley told Sirius Black to have the Aurors reinforce Gringotts and send Barty Crouch Sr. and Scrimgeour to rescue Harry instead of dispatching all the Aurors to the Department of Mysteries.
• Scrimgeour ordered the Aurors to Gringotts, and Barty Crouch Sr. called Kingsley and Tonks to stay behind.

Harry led his friends into the Department of Mysteries after believing Sirius was in danger, but they found no sign of him and realized the warning had been a trap. Harry discovered a prophecy bearing his name and ignored Irvin’s warning, only to be confronted by Rodolphus Lestrange.

• Barty Crouch Sr. secretly sent an alert to the Order of the Phoenix and led Scrimgeour, Kingsley, and Tonks toward the Department of Mysteries.
• Harry and his companions searched the Prophecy Room for Sirius but found no one at row ninety-seven.
• Irvin told Harry that Voldemort had tricked him and that he had put the group in danger.
• Ron spotted a prophecy label naming Harry and the Dark Lord, and Harry took the crystal ball despite Irvin’s warning.
• Rodolphus Lestrange appeared behind Harry and ordered him to turn around and hand over the prophecy.

Harry broke free of the soul fragment’s influence and joined the D.A. Army in a battle against more than forty Death Eaters seeking the Prophecy Crystal Ball. Irvin’s lightning and a barricade of flying shelves blocked the Killing Curses, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Harry realized Voldemort’s soul fragment had deepened its influence over him, then evaded Rodolphus’s curse and struck him with Sectumsempra.
• Rodolphus summoned dozens of Death Eaters and ordered them to seize the Prophecy Crystal Ball.
• Irvin divided the D.A. Army into attackers and defenders as both groups prepared for the assault.
• Harry and Astoria coordinated their Sectumsempra attacks, and Irvin killed the disarmed Rodolphus with lightning.
• The Death Eaters fired Killing Curses, but Irvin’s Lightning Wabi-sabi shattered the shelves and sent them flying to block the spells.

Irvin and the D.A. fought the Death Eaters among the shelves, but Astoria shattered the Prophecy Crystal Ball Voldemort had ordered them to retrieve. As the Death Eaters destroyed their cover and the D.A. faced being overwhelmed, six figures burst through the room’s entrance and attacked.

• Irvin ordered the D.A. to spread out and use the mist and shelves for cover while they fought the Death Eaters separately.
• Andy drew the Death Eaters toward himself, allowing the others to attack from behind the shelves, but Luke Wood redirected the search toward Harry and the Prophecy Crystal Ball.
• Harry threw the Prophecy Crystal Ball toward Luke Wood, and Astoria shattered it with a silent Sectumsempra before Luke could catch it.
• Luke Wood blasted Astoria, and Irvin caught her; Astoria then attacked the Death Eaters with repeated Sectumsempra spells, severing Luke’s left hand and killing or wounding others.
• The Death Eaters blasted apart the remaining shelves, but six figures rushed through the blown-open entrance and attacked them.

Andy killed Goyle Sr. and Crabbe Sr. after Scrimgeour and Moody rescued him from their attack, while Linley and Irina fought off goblins in Gringotts as Dumbledore prepared to break through the ceiling. The chapter left the Gringotts group battling a growing goblin force amid the vaults.

• Scrimgeour and Moody stunned Goyle Sr. and Crabbe Sr. before they could reach Andy.
• Andy killed the unconscious Goyle Sr. and Crabbe Sr. with Bombarda.
• Linley and Irina planned to hold off the goblins while Dumbledore attacked the ceiling and removed the protective magic.
• Irina unleashed blade-like snowflakes against the goblins as Linley and she defended themselves from crossbow bolts and melee attackers.
• The Little Swooping Evil intercepted the bolts, Occamy Ruyi swept goblins aside, and Irina sent Chinese Mangle-Snappers into the advancing force.

Linley, Irina, and their allies escaped Gringotts as three Alchemy Redcoat Cannons exploded in the underground vault, blasting a huge hole through the bank. Linley left the arriving Aurors to deal with the destruction before he and Irina vanished.

• Dumbledore, Green, and Newt used Vanishment Charms to excavate an escape route while goblins attacked and loaded three Alchemy Redcoat Cannons.
• Linley and Irina used Killing Curses to kill goblins loading the cannons, but the goblins soon finished preparing all three.
• Linley raised a Mana Suppression Flame barrier as Irina gathered the creatures and Occamy Ruyi, and the group escaped through the opening with help from Fawkes and Little Swooping Evil.
• The three cannons fired inside the vault, causing an explosion that shook Diagon Alley and blasted a huge hole through Gringotts.
• Aurors arrived and flew toward Gringotts, where Linley and Irina emerged before disappearing with Little Swooping Evil after Linley told the Aurors to clean up the mess.

After the battle at Gringotts, Linley, Irina, and Sirius Black went to the Ministry of Magic to support Harry and the others, while Dumbledore stayed behind to pursue a Horcrux clue. The Ministry, Order of the Phoenix, and D.A. forces mounted a counterattack against the Death Eaters as Voldemort remained a possible threat.

• Aurors discussed cleaning up the aftermath at Gringotts and following Minister Crouch's lead.
• Dumbledore, Green, Newt, Linley, and Irina returned to 12 Grimmauld Place, where Green credited Linley with planning the performance and said Fred and George were studying with him in France.
• Green and Newt left by Portkey, and Dumbledore said he would search for a Horcrux clue instead of joining the battle, leaving Linley and Irina to face Voldemort if he appeared.
• Linley, Irina, and Sirius Black used an Apparition Key to reach the Tenth Trial Chamber and hurried into the Department of Mysteries.
• Barty Crouch Sr. and five allies broke through the Death Eaters and joined Harry's group, allowing the Ministry, Order of the Phoenix, and D.A. forces to launch a counterattack.

The Order of the Phoenix, Ministry of Magic, and D.A. Army battled the Death Eaters, with the students inflicting heavy losses before Voldemort appeared. Voldemort attacked Harry, but Irvin and then Linley blocked his Killing Curse as Linley, Irina, and Sirius Black arrived.

• Lupin, Kingsley, and Neville fell during the battle, while Irvin rescued the unconscious Kingsley and Neville was gravely wounded protecting Luna.
• Scrimgeour, Moody, Tonks, Barty Crouch Sr., and the D.A. Army struck back, killing sixteen Death Eaters, ten of them at the students' hands.
• Voldemort appeared in the Hall of Prophecy, rebuked the surviving Death Eaters, and targeted Harry for destroying the Prophecy Crystal Ball.
• Voldemort fired a Killing Curse at Harry, and Irvin tried to stop it with a sphere of lightning.
• Linley arrived with Irina and Sirius Black and used Mana Suppression Flame to intercept Voldemort's curse.

Linley and Irina confronted Voldemort, who attacked them with the Killing Curse. Irina’s Ice Chainmail refracted and absorbed most of the curse, and she prepared to counterattack with her Ice Crystal Spear.

• Voldemort attacked Linley with the Killing Curse, but Linley’s Mana Suppression Flame broke it into lightning branches that he intercepted.
• Irina attacked Voldemort with Ziwei Cold Stars while Linley reminded her to seek help if she was in danger.
• Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Irina, who formed mirror-like Ice Chainmail around herself.
• The Ice Chainmail refracted over ninety percent of the curse and absorbed the rest into a snowflake, which Irina threw away and detonated.
• Linley recognized that Irina’s Ice Magic had reached Demon King level mastery, and Irina summoned her Ice Crystal Spear and began Ice Cold Judgment.

Irina used Linley's enhanced Ice Crystal Spear to overwhelm Voldemort in the Hall of Prophecy. As she fought, her Power of Cold Ice transformed, and she advanced to Demon King level.

• Irina struck Voldemort with the Ice Crystal Spear, pierced his Shield Charm, and wounded his abdomen.
• Voldemort unleashed Killing Curses, but Irina evaded or absorbed his attacks while continuing to assault him.
• Linley and the others realized Irina was using the battle to complete her advancement ritual.
• Irina's Power of Cold Ice condensed into tangible ice, freezing everything around her as she became a Demon King level wizard.

Irina advanced to Demon King level, prompting Voldemort to unleash a stronger bloody Dark Mark that weakened her allies and empowered the Death Eaters. Linley arrived to protect the exhausted defenders with Ziwei Heavenly Fire and began turning the battle against the Death Eaters.

• Irina's magic power continued to surge after she advanced to Demon King level, and Voldemort angrily accused her and Linley of using him as a stepping stone.
• Voldemort stabbed his Wand into his chest and summoned the bloody Dark Mark, healing his injuries and casting Cruciatus Bone Gnawing.
• The bloody Dark Mark slowed Harry and his allies, while it made the Death Eaters stronger and more aggressive; Scrimgeour, Moody, Tonks, Kingsley, Barty Crouch Sr., Lupin, and Sirius fought to protect the group.
• Irvin warned that the defenders could not hold out as the Dark Mark weakened their judgment and widened the Death Eaters' advantage.
• Linley appeared before the exhausted D.A. Army members, praised them, and formed a ring of purple flames that intercepted the Death Eaters' spells.
• Linley's Ziwei Heavenly Fire spread through the Hall of Prophecy, shielding his allies from the blood-red light and advancing toward the remaining Death Eaters.

Irina used the star-powered Ziwei Cold Star to devastate Voldemort in the Hall of Prophecy, though he survived and prepared to escape. As Voldemort passed through Linley's Ziwei Heavenly Fire with the Death Eaters, the flames also turned purple-gold beneath the starry sky.

• Irina trapped Voldemort between a violet moon of frost and rising glaciers, then froze him with extreme cold.
• Voldemort unleashed Fiendfyre, which began devouring Irina's violet moon until Ziwei Cold Star turned it purple-gold and froze the flames.
• The purple-gold moonlight cut Voldemort in half and blasted him with ice shards, but the Dark Mark helped him heal and reattach his body.
• Voldemort realized the stars empowered Irina's magic, then transformed into black smoke to flee with more than twenty Death Eaters caught in Linley's Ziwei Heavenly Fire.
• As Voldemort swept through the flames with the Death Eaters, Linley's Ziwei Heavenly Fire blossomed with purple-gold light beneath the starry sky.

Linley and Irina forced Voldemort to flee the Ministry of Magic, and Irina proved herself a Demon King level wizard. As the group prepared to leave, Scrimgeour demanded to know why the D.A. members had come from Hogwarts.

• Linley trapped Voldemort in Ziwei Heavenly Fire, but Voldemort compressed his black smoke and escaped through the ceiling, abandoning fifteen newly recruited Death Eaters to die in the flames.
• Linley and Irina put away their powers, and Linley congratulated Irina on becoming a Demon King level wizard.
• Linley questioned whether Irina had truly been certain she could withstand Voldemort's Killing Curse, and Irina insisted she had been confident.
• Irvin interrupted Linley and Irina as they embraced, and Linley urged the gathered D.A. members, Ministry personnel, and Order of the Phoenix members to leave.
• Scrimgeour stopped the group and demanded that the D.A. members explain why they had come from Hogwarts Castle.

After Voldemort’s trap nearly killed the D.A. Army, Linley confronted Harry over his reckless decision to enter the Department of Mysteries. The students returned to Hogwarts, while Linley apologized to Scrimgeour and promised to compensate the Ministry for the destroyed prophecies.

• Scrimgeour rebuked Harry for bringing the D.A. Army to the Department of Mysteries based on a dream, and Harry admitted he had led them into danger.
• Linley asked Harry whether his death or the deaths of his friends would have been worth it, and Harry recognized how his choices had endangered Sirius, Lupin, and the D.A. members.
• Harry apologized to everyone, while Hermione and Ron tried to comfort him; Harry accepted responsibility rather than blaming Voldemort’s influence.
• Linley ordered the D.A. Army to return to Hogwarts by Apparition Keys, and all the students departed.
• Linley apologized to Scrimgeour for Harry’s actions and promised to compensate the Ministry for the destroyed Prophecy Crystal Balls.

After the Department of Mysteries battle, Barty Crouch Sr. accepted the Ministry’s responsibility for its security failures and proposed stationing Aurors there. The following day, after the Daily Prophet celebrated Irina’s victory over Voldemort, Barty introduced his second major policy: adding the death penalty for Dark wizards.

• Barty Crouch Sr. blamed the Ministry of Magic’s defenses for the damage to the Hall of Prophecy and ordered Scrimgeour to plan for Aurors to be stationed at the Department of Mysteries.
• Barty thanked Linley and Irina, promised truthful coverage in the Daily Prophet, and Linley and Irina returned to Hogwarts Castle.
• The Daily Prophet reported the battle, and wizards celebrated Irina’s defeat of Voldemort and named her the Chosen One of the New Era.
• Barty presented his plan to station Aurors at the Department of Mysteries to Ministry officials and Wizengamot members.
• Barty argued that Azkaban no longer deterred Death Eaters and proposed adding the death penalty.

Barty Crouch Sr. secured approval to reinstate the death penalty, and the Daily Prophet reported on the Department of Mysteries battle as Hogwarts students reacted to the news. In the Slytherin dormitory, Draco Malfoy approached Linley and asked for protection.

• Barty Crouch Sr. proposed reinstating the death penalty, and more than two-thirds of the officials and Wizengamot members voted in favor.
• The Ministry agreed that resisting Death Eaters could be killed during arrest, captured Death Eaters could be questioned with Veritaserum, and the veil in the Death Hall would serve as the execution method.
• The Daily Prophet reported on the Gringotts heist, destroyed Horcruxes, the Department of Mysteries attack, and Irina's rise to Demon King level, prompting excited discussion among Hogwarts students.
• Harry worried that his decision to follow his dream had put the D.A. in danger, while Ron enjoyed recounting his role in the battle.
• After Goyle and Crabbe fled Hogwarts upon learning their fathers had died, Draco knocked on Linley's energy wall and asked him for protection.

Draco asked Linley to protect the Malfoy Family from Voldemort, offering their loyalty in return. Linley rejected the offer and demanded that Draco find and destroy one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes to prove his sincerity.

• Draco told Linley that the Malfoy Family wanted to leave the Death Eaters and asked for protection until Voldemort was defeated.
• Draco explained that he had inferred Linley was searching for Voldemort’s Horcruxes from reports in the Daily Prophet.
• Linley questioned why he should trust the Malfoy Family and called them opportunists who would switch sides if Voldemort became stronger.
• Draco begged Linley to protect his family and promised to give him anything he wanted.
• Linley ordered Draco to find one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes and destroy it in front of him as proof of sincerity.

Linley gave Draco clues to find Ravenclaw’s Diadem and offered temporary protection for the Malfoy Family, binding their agreement with contract magic and a six-month deadline. He then moved to clear Regulus Black’s name through an official investigation, while the chapter recounted the destruction of several Death Eater families.

• Linley told Draco that a Horcrux was hidden at Hogwarts and identified it as Ravenclaw’s Diadem, hidden in a place revealed by strong desire.
• Draco agreed to find the Diadem before next Christmas in exchange for temporary protection for the Malfoy Family, and Linley sealed their agreement with contract magic.
• Linley asked Barty Crouch Sr. whether the proposal to add the death penalty had passed, and Barty confirmed that it had.
• Linley instructed Barty to arrange an investigation to clear Regulus Black’s name, promising evidence including a replica locket and Regulus’s letter.
• The chapter stated that the Lestrange and Carrow family lines had been wiped out and listed the remaining pureblood families still controlled by Death Eaters.