Chapter Summaries

Voldemort and the Death Eaters reached Azkaban’s former location and discovered the island and its Dementors had been erased. After seeing Linley sink the island, Voldemort considered seeking other allies, and Yaxley offered to infiltrate Hogwarts’s Forbidden Forest to recruit the Acromantulas.

• Voldemort ordered McNair to free Azkaban’s prisoners and make the Dementors serve the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort and the Death Eaters found only open sea where Azkaban Island had stood, then used magic to witness Linley sink the island and banish the Dementors.
• Voldemort cursed Rory and Lowell for deceiving him and said he would wait for news from Augustus about werewolves and Vampires.
• McNair suggested recruiting the Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, but Voldemort challenged him to do so under Dumbledore’s, Rory’s, and Lowell’s noses.
• Yaxley offered to use his family’s concealment technique to enter the Forbidden Forest and bring the Acromantula colony under Voldemort’s control.

Voldemort strengthened Yaxley and McNair by changing their Dark Marks, then made Avery’s home the Death Eaters’ new base. At Hogwarts, Astoria mastered the technique for suppressing the Crimson Blood Moon Curse just as Irina and the others neared exhaustion, leaving the curse’s power under Astoria’s control.

• Voldemort changed Yaxley’s Dark Mark into a bloody red source of power, greatly increasing his magical ability for the Forbidden Forest mission.
• Voldemort also enhanced McNair’s Dark Mark, then declared Avery’s home the Death Eaters’ base.
• Astoria spent three days and nights mastering the Crimson Blood Moon Curse while Irvin collapsed and was taken to the school hospital.
• Irina continued maintaining Ice Magic on Astoria as another seven days passed, and Linley helped ease Irina’s exhaustion.
• Astoria provoked the Blood Curse into erupting and used the Ancient Magic Blood Curse Kill secret technique to suppress it.
• Astoria stripped the curse of its consciousness, turning its power into bloodline power she could use.

Astoria mastered the Blood Curse’s power through Blood Curse Kill, then used the same art to control the curse erupting in her real body. With Madam Pomfrey and the D.A. Army healing her, Astoria recovered and absorbed the cursed power as strength, while Irina fell asleep against Linley.

• Astoria controlled the Blood Curse in the illusion, formed a Blood Blade, and unleashed a vast Crimson Canopy of blood mist.
• Linley dispelled the Illusion Formation as Irina lifted her Ice Magic, and Irvin and the D.A. Army cast Healing Spells on Astoria.
• Irvin urged Linley to fetch Madam Pomfrey, and Linley Apparated to the school hospital and brought her to the Quidditch pitch.
• Madam Pomfrey and the D.A. Army healed Astoria as her body thawed, but the Blood Curse began spreading through her again.
• Linley woke Astoria, and she used Blood Curse Kill to absorb the curse in her real body and turn it into strength.
• Irina relaxed and fell asleep against Linley, who cast a Silencing Charm to shield her from the Quidditch pitch’s noise.

After Astoria was taken to Hogwarts for treatment, Linley remained on the Quidditch pitch with the sleeping Irina. At Gringotts, Alchemy Master Arnold identified Dumbledore as responsible for the vault robbery and ordered a protest demanding compensation and a public apology.

• Irvin and Madam Pomfrey took Astoria to Hogwarts Castle for an examination, and Harry and the D.A. Army returned to rest after learning she was stable.
• Dumbledore left after asking Linley to visit Irina at the school hospital, while Linley stayed on the Quidditch pitch with Irina.
• A goblin reported to Arnold that robbers had emptied Gringotts' five deepest vaults, taken the fire dragon Guardian, and caused extensive damage.
• Arnold concluded that an alchemist had opened the vaults without force and suspected Dumbledore was responsible for the robbery.
• Arnold ordered Gringotts to protest to the British Ministry of Magic, demand compensation and a public apology, and invoke the threat of another Goblin War.

Arnold ordered the goblins to demand an apology and accountability for the Gringotts Heist, threatening war if their demands were ignored. At Hogwarts, Linley proposed that Astoria research a new counter-curse for bloodline curses, since she had used Blood Curse Kill to break her own Blood Curse.

• Arnold dismissed concerns that Barty Crouch Sr. would refuse the goblins’ demands and instructed them to hold someone responsible for the Gringotts Heist.
• Dumbledore asked Linley whether Astoria’s method of breaking the Blood Curse could be replicated for other patients.
• Irina explained that Astoria’s method required mastering the difficult Ancient Magic Blood Curse Kill, which most Blood Curse patients could not learn in time.
• Linley suggested extracting Blood Curse Kill’s technique for controlling cursed power and refining it into a counter-curse for bloodline curses.
• Linley named Astoria as the best candidate to research the counter-curse because she had used Blood Curse Kill to lift her own Blood Curse.

Linley asked Astoria to help reverse-engineer a spell that could lift the Blood Curse, and she eagerly agreed. Meanwhile, after Gringotts protested the robbery, Barty Crouch Sr. prepared to declare Demon King level wizards outside the Ministry’s authority.

• Linley visited Astoria in the school hospital and told her about creating a spell to lift the Blood Curse; she agreed to help develop it.
• Harry brought Linley a Daily Prophet report stating that Gringotts demanded an investigation, compensation, and an apology from the Ministry of Magic.
• Irvin dismissed the goblins’ protest, while Linley trusted Barty Crouch Sr. to handle the dispute.
• Barty Crouch Sr. instructed an employee to argue that the Ministry had confiscated Death Eaters’ wealth and was not responsible for damage caused by Demon King level wizards.
• Barty Crouch Sr. announced plans to establish regulations treating Demon King level wizards as allies, neutral parties, or enemies rather than subjects under Ministry command, and called for a vote.

The Ministry of Magic declared that it would treat Demon King level wizards as allies, neutrals, or enemies rather than as subjects, and wizarding Britain fiercely debated the change. The goblins at Gringotts concluded that the Ministry’s new policy and its response to their protest meant it would not help them pursue the heist’s perpetrators.

• Minister Crouch ordered a Ministry employee to carry out the Ministry’s new approach to Demon King level wizards.
• Wizards across Britain debated the goblins’ compensation demands after the Goblin Protest Declaration, with most rejecting them.
• The Ministry announced that Demon King level wizards within its jurisdiction could be allies, neutrals, or enemies, and the public split over the regulation.
• Wizards argued that the policy either acknowledged the Ministry’s limits or surrendered its authority, while the Ministry’s intended alliance with Linley and others was explained.
• The goblins at Gringotts suspected a conspiracy when the regulation placed Linley and Dumbledore beyond the Ministry’s authority, and Crouch’s response to their protest confirmed their fears.

After the Ministry of Magic refused to intervene against Linley and Dumbledore, Gringotts president Olai ordered the bank to suspend all business and use the wizarding public to pressure them into paying for the Gringotts Heist. The goblins backed his plan after he proposed using Arnold’s Alchemy Redcoat Cannon to deter anyone who tried to storm the bank.

• Olai and the goblins grew furious when the Ministry of Magic said Gringotts should deal with Linley and Dumbledore itself and offered to station Aurors at the bank.
• Olai ordered Gringotts to suspend all business until the Ministry made another statement, despite goblins warning that the closure could provoke angry customers.
• Olai said Gringotts would blame the closure on Linley and Dumbledore and use affected wizards to pressure them and the Ministry into demanding compensation.
• Olai ordered the goblins to bring Arnold’s Alchemy Redcoat Cannon into the Gringotts hall to discourage wizards from storming the bank.
• The goblins accepted Olai’s plan, confident in Arnold’s weapons and the threat they posed.

Gringotts suspended all business after its vaults were robbed, refusing to let wizards withdraw their Galleons until the thieves were caught and the damage compensated. Its armed goblins demonstrated that their alchemical weapons could threaten even Demon King level wizards, and news of their arsenal left the Ministry of Magic in an uproar.

• Wizards flocked to Gringotts after the goblins announced that all business was suspended, demanding access to their money.
• A goblin representative said Gringotts would remain closed until the robbers were caught, stolen goods returned, and the vault defenses repaired.
• When a wizard tried to force his way toward the underground vaults, goblins fired their alchemical weapons and blasted huge holes in the metal floor.
• The goblin representative revealed that Gringotts had two hundred Alchemy Heavy Machine Guns and an Alchemy Redcoat Cannon made by Master Arnold, warning the wizards not to force entry.
• The wizards abandoned plans to storm Gringotts, and some reported the goblins' weapons to the Ministry of Magic.
• An hour later, news that Gringotts possessed weapons capable of contending with Demon King level wizards threw the Ministry of Magic's upper echelon into an uproar.

The Ministry of Magic debated how to respond after Gringotts threatened to halt withdrawals using Alchemy Weapons, then requested help from Linley and Irina. Scrimgeour arrived at Hogwarts Castle to ask them for aid, leaving them startled by the situation.

• Wizards crowded the Ministry of Magic after learning Gringotts had Alchemy Weapons and was suspected of targeting wizard assets.
• Barty Crouch Sr. rejected demands to order Dumbledore and Roll to return the assets and proposed seeking help from allied Demon King level wizards Linley and Irina.
• The Ministry of Magic warned Gringotts to reopen withdrawals, but the goblins ignored the warning.
• Scrimgeour arrived at Hogwarts Castle to request aid from Linley and Irina against Gringotts.

Linley and Irina agreed to raid Gringotts and destroy the goblins’ Alchemy Weapons, planning to suppress magic so the battle would not devastate Diagon Alley. Linley revealed that his teacher had given him a Type 69 RPG, and the chapter ended with the pair preparing to destroy the weapons within the Mana Suppression Scepter’s one-minute limit.

• Irina accepted the Ministry of Magic’s request for help raiding Gringotts, and Scrimgeour promised Auror support.
• Linley asked Scrimgeour to clear Diagon Alley near Gringotts, then announce when withdrawals resumed and contain the weapon wreckage.
• Linley explained that a Mana Suppression Scepter could disable the goblins’ Alchemy Weapons but would also prevent him and Irina from using magic for about a minute.
• Irina questioned how they could fight without magic, and Linley revealed that his teacher had given him a Type 69 RPG and ten rocket grenades for Christmas.
• Linley planned to use the RPG against the alchemical heavy machine guns while Irina stopped the goblins from operating the Alchemy Redcoat Cannon.

Linley and Irina began their operation against Gringotts, aiming to destroy its Alchemy Weapons and negotiate with the Demon King level goblin before a Third Goblin Rebellions could erupt. They suppressed the weapons’ magic and launched a surprise attack, leaving the goblins in the main hall scrambling to respond.

• Linley explained to Irina that they needed to confront Gringotts' hidden Demon King level goblin and destroy its Alchemy Weapons to prevent a wider goblin uprising.
• Linley and Irina arrived at Diagon Alley at night, where Aurors had cleared the street and goblins stood ready inside Gringotts.
• Linley activated the Mana Suppression Scepter, disabling the Alchemy Formations in the weapons inside the main hall.
• Linley shot the two goblin guards at the entrance with his suppressed Desert Eagle as Irina entered Gringotts.
• Irina fired a Type 69 RPG at forty alchemical heavy machine guns, destroying them and killing their goblin operators.
• The goblins recognized Rory and shouted for the Alchemy Redcoat Cannons to open fire.

Linley and Irina destroyed the goblins’ Alchemy Weapons and wiped out every goblin in the Gringotts hall. After the Mana Suppression Scepter lost its effect, Irina warned Linley that the goblins’ decline was inevitable and they needed to prepare.

• Linley and Irina used gunfire and rockets against the goblins’ Alchemy Weapons while the Mana Suppression Power blocked the attacks aimed at them.
• Linley unleashed pure Star Origin, which was unaffected by the suppression, and destroyed all two hundred Alchemy Heavy Machine Guns.
• Irina fired a rocket at the Alchemy Redcoat Cannon as Linley’s star struck it, triggering an explosion that killed every goblin in the hall.
• Linley used flames to incinerate the goblins’ corpses after the Mana Suppression Scepter stopped working.
• Irina told Linley that Gringotts and the goblins were bound to decline and urged him to prepare early.

Linley and Irina used the Imperius Curse to take control of Gringotts president Olai and followed him through the bank’s hidden defenses. They reached the ancient door to Master Arnold’s residence, where Irina opened it.

• Linley cast the Imperius Curse on the richly dressed goblin riding a mithril minecart.
• Olai revealed that he was Gringotts’ president and that his identity badge was the only key to Master Arnold’s residence.
• Linley and Irina rode with Olai through the vaults, using Confundus Charms to avoid suspicion from passing goblins.
• Olai’s badge opened a concealed passage protected by darkness that could impair even a Demon King level wizard’s senses.
• The minecart carried them to an ancient door, and Irina opened it with magic.

Linley and Irina confronted Arnold, the goblin leader, in a chamber stocked with Alchemy Weapons and demanded that he prevent another Goblin Rebellion. Linley warned that if Arnold chose war, the wizards would eventually exterminate the goblins, leaving Arnold to decide whether to risk his people’s destruction.

• Linley and Irina entered Arnold’s chamber and found it filled with Alchemy Weapons.
• Arnold asked Linley to release his attendant, and Linley dispelled the Imperius Curse on Olai.
• Arnold ordered Olai to leave, then asked Linley and Irina why they had come.
• Linley told Arnold he wanted to prevent another Goblin Rebellion for at least ten years.
• Arnold rejected Linley’s demand, arguing that the goblins would receive no benefit from waiting.
• Linley warned Arnold that the goblins would lose a rebellion and be exterminated, as the giants had been.

Linley told Arnold that he had destroyed the Giants and demanded that Gringotts reopen and the Goblins destroy their Alchemy Weapons. When Arnold refused to destroy his creations, Irina attacked the weapons, and Arnold fought back as Linley moved to stop him.

• Arnold realized Linley had destroyed the Giants and understood that the Goblins could be exterminated if war broke out.
• Linley demanded that Arnold resume Gringotts' operations and destroy the Alchemy Weapons.
• Arnold agreed to reopen Gringotts but refused to destroy the weapons, calling them the work of his life.
• Linley accused Arnold of stealing Muggle research and dismissed his claims about the weapons.
• Irina began destroying the Alchemy Weapons with Purple-Gold Moonlight, and Arnold attacked her with alchemical gun barrels.
• Linley weakened Arnold's barrage with Mana Suppression Flame as Irina's strike plunged into the Alchemy Weapons.

Linley and Irina survived the destruction of Arnold’s alchemy weapons, and Linley used the Mana Suppression Scepter to disable Arnold’s weapons and magic. Arnold was left reeling as the power that underpinned his mastery of alchemy shattered his understanding.

• The explosion of the alchemy weapons devastated the Chamber of Secrets, but Arnold, Linley, and Irina survived it.
• Enraged at the destruction, Arnold attacked Linley and Irina with mechanical wings, arms, and alchemical firearms.
• Linley activated the Mana Suppression Scepter, stripping power from Arnold’s weapons and causing him to fall.
• Linley’s Celestial Star smashed Arnold’s remaining machinery into scrap.
• Arnold stared at the Mana Suppression Power and felt his alchemical convictions collapse.

Linley realized Arnold was collapsing because its belief in alchemy had been shattered, and warned Irina that Arnold's death could trigger chaos across the British wizarding world. Linley erased Arnold's memories of Mana Suppression Power, then demanded that it reopen Gringotts and prevent the Goblin Rebellions; Arnold agreed.

• Linley explained to Irina that Arnold's Demon King level depended on its faith in alchemy, and that losing this conviction could kill it.
• Irina concluded that Arnold had to be saved because its death could spark goblin rebellions and destabilize the British wizarding world.
• Linley used Obliviate to erase Arnold's memories of Mana Suppression Power while preserving its other memories.
• Arnold thanked Linley for saving it but said it would not forgive him.
• Linley demanded that Arnold reopen Gringotts' services and keep the goblins from rebelling, and Arnold agreed.

Wizards withdrew most of their money from Gringotts, prompting Arnold to rally the goblins after admitting they had lost to two Demon King level wizards. Meanwhile, Voldemort welcomed new Death Eaters at Avery Castle and declared that his faction was flourishing.

• The Ministry of Magic and Gringotts reopened the bank, and thousands of wizards rushed to withdraw their money.
• Gringotts lost nearly two-thirds of its Galleon reserves as more than half the British wizarding population withdrew their fortunes.
• Arnold told the assembled goblins that two Demon King level wizards had defeated him and destroyed his alchemical weapons.
• Arnold urged the goblins to exploit wizards' desires and vowed that they would make the wizards pay.
• At Avery Castle, Voldemort welcomed new recruits to the Death Eaters and said their growing numbers showed that his faction was flourishing.

Voldemort announced that the Death Eaters would seize Hogwarts in fifteen months and claimed he had found a way to counter Rory’s Mana Suppression Power. He revealed that they would seek power from beyond the world, leaving the Death Eaters awaiting his plan.

• Voldemort declared that he would lead the Death Eaters in capturing Hogwarts in fifteen months, alarming his followers.
• McNair and Mulciber warned Voldemort about Hogwarts’s defenders and ancient protective magic, while Voldemort reasoned that Dumbledore and Rory or Lowell could be drawn away.
• Voldemort acknowledged that Rory’s Mana Suppression Power posed a serious threat but said it could be countered.
• Mulciber suggested using Muggle methods, and Voldemort punished him with a Cruciatus Curse for the suggestion.
• Voldemort explained that Mana Suppression could not stop power from beyond the world, pointing to the special power Lowell had fused into ice, and urged the Death Eaters to obtain that power.