Recaps

Regulus entered Slytherin and used his unusual magical control and curiosity to stand out while cautiously building friendships and investigating magic. By the end, he had begun exploring plant magic and was watching Hermes after finding a suspicious map in his schoolbag.

• Walburga and Orion raised Sirius and Regulus in the Black family’s traditions, while Regulus’s remembered former life shaped his plans to gain power and avoid repeating past mistakes.
• Regulus questioned the family’s blood-purity beliefs and studied magic, while Sirius’s defiance widened the rift between the brothers and ultimately led him to Gryffindor.
• After Orion warned Regulus to conceal his unusual abilities, Regulus arrived at Hogwarts, stopped James from attacking Snape, and was sorted into Slytherin.
• Regulus established himself among Slytherin students by outmaneuvering Travers and Alphard, impressing his teachers, and helping his roommates develop their magic.
• Regulus befriended Lily, challenged Snape’s attempt to control her friendships, and used astral meditation to stabilize his Magic Guidance Cycle.
• Regulus studied how Gillyweed and Mandrakes affected living beings, then transferred Magic Power between plants and began planning further research.
• Regulus found a map of Hogwarts locations in Hermes’s schoolbag and saw Hermes return after midnight with scorch marks and a cut, so he decided to keep watching him.

Regulus advanced his magic, built alliances, and managed growing tensions among Hogwarts students while Voldemort’s influence reached further into the Black family. The arc ended with Regulus and Sirius accepting that their paths had diverged.

• Regulus developed Star-track Guidance Meditation by synchronizing his Magic Power with Orion’s Belt, then became Head of New Students after defeating Hermes in a duel.
• Regulus defeated Alger Travers, drew Slughorn’s support, and began working with Lily Evans while secretly researching soul magic and the Forbidden Section.
• Regulus defeated James Potter’s ambush, explained his views on blood status and political power to Lily, and recruited Snape to exchange magical insights.
• Regulus impressed McGonagall with his Transfiguration, learned about a Hogwarts secret from Bloody Baron, and demonstrated his control by making Hermes unable to breathe.
• After the Slytherin-Gryffindor Quidditch match nearly sparked a fight, Regulus stopped both sides and earned a favor from Lucretius Black.
• Regulus persuaded Narcissa to gather information and build the Black family’s influence without choosing exclusively between Voldemort and Dumbledore.
• Regulus learned that Rababstan Lestrange had been watching him and instructed Hermes and Alex to handle the matter before Christmas.
• Regulus told Sirius that he would follow the Black family’s path, and Sirius realized their lives would not cross again.

Regulus strengthened his magic, explored the Black family’s power and businesses, and began shaping his own approach to magic while navigating the family’s ties to Voldemort. The stretch ended with Regulus studying at the Hogwarts Library as an unknown person sat across from him.

• Lily and Regulus arranged to exchange Christmas gifts, while Regulus returned home and convinced Orion that his abilities could serve the Black family.
• Orion tested Regulus in a duel, entrusted him with the family’s affairs, and let him receive Ancestor Eldrin’s memories of Natural Magic.
• At Malfoy Manor, Regulus observed the pure-blood gathering and kept Bellatrix, Lucius, and other guests at a distance while Lily received his enchanted handbag.
• Regulus experimented with Natural Magic, learned Apparition, and began studying how House-elves folded space, while Orion showed him the Black family’s far-reaching businesses.
• Regulus cast a Starry Sky Kite Patronus on Ireland’s coast, and Orion warned him to conceal its unusual nature from Voldemort’s side.
• In Knockturn Alley, Regulus identified four stalkers and incapacitated them during combat practice, then discussed the Black family’s dealings and the possibility of Abraxas Malfoy’s death with Orion.
• Before returning to Hogwarts, Regulus received an ancestor’s memories of the Spatial Anchor Charm and began consolidating his new knowledge.
• At Hogwarts, Regulus considered how emotion and inspiration shaped magic, then went to the Library to read On the Nature of Magic, where someone sat across from him.

Regulus investigated Hermes’s curse and uncovered Daren McNeil’s attempt to open a sealed chamber beneath the Astronomy Tower. The Grey Mist escaped and trapped Regulus as Avery and Alex fled to find help, while Regulus’s Patronus appeared.

• Regulus explored Borgin and Burkes with Lucretius, heard Old Bok’s offer of dangerous artifacts in exchange for Black family support, and later witnessed Aurors arrest Finn in Hogsmeade.
• Regulus visited the injured Hermes and sensed that a curse was consuming his magic, then found a map pointing to a protected entrance beneath the Astronomy Tower.
• Regulus led Avery and Alex to the hidden passage, found signs that Hermes and another student had entered, and decided to watch for the culprit rather than force open the sealed door.
• Regulus set Warning Charms and learned that Daren McNeil had visited Hermes before Abros Mulciber arrived, but he insisted on evidence before accusing anyone.
• Regulus, Avery, and Alex followed Daren into the passage, where Daren used a crystal of Grey Mist to open the stone gate.
• The Grey Mist shattered the barrier and spread through the passage, so Regulus urged Avery and Alex to flee while he held it back with protective and slowing spells.
• Regulus sent Avery and Alex toward safety, then raised a shield strengthened by Starry Sky Imagery and Bellatrix’s protective power as the Grey Mist battered it.
• As Regulus’s Magic Power dwindled and his shield cracked, his silver-white Starry Sky Kite Patronus appeared.