Chapter Summaries

Luke organized an investigation into who had linked him to Voldemort, while Dumbledore enlisted him to help welcome the visiting schools and urged him to take on more responsibility. The Beauxbatons carriage and Durmstrang ship arrived at Hogwarts, and Luke and Dumbledore escorted their guests toward the castle.

• Luke told his faction to investigate who had connected him to Voldemort and promised they would demonstrate their strength.
• Dumbledore made Luke help welcome the visiting schools and asked him to shoulder more work, even suggesting he become Hogwarts's headmaster.
• Luke refused the headmaster position for now, saying he would pursue his dream before considering education.
• Hermione and Taylor watched as the Beauxbatons carriage arrived, followed by Durmstrang's ship rising from the lake.
• Luke and Dumbledore welcomed the visitors and led them toward Hogwarts Castle.

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts, where Dumbledore and Luke welcomed their delegations before everyone gathered in the Great Hall. As the students settled in and met one another, Luke sensed someone watching him but saw no one suspicious.

• Gabrielle asked Fleur to compare Hogwarts and Beauxbatons, and Fleur explained how their teaching systems differed.
• Madame Maxime and the Beauxbatons students arrived, and Dumbledore and Luke welcomed them.
• Karkaroff brought the Durmstrang delegation ashore, and Luke greeted Viktor Krum.
• Fleur led the Beauxbatons students to sit near Taylor, Hermione, and Luna, while Krum followed Luke to a table.
• The students began talking together in the Great Hall, and Luke felt someone watching him but found no suspicious person.

Luke entered the Triwizard Tournament and was named Hogwarts Champion alongside Viktor Krum and Fleur Delacour. The Goblet of Fire then unexpectedly selected Harry Potter as a fourth Champion, leaving the Great Hall in stunned silence.

• Fred asked Luke to get Barty Crouch to dismiss Percy, and Luke agreed to speak with Crouch.
• Dumbledore introduced the Goblet of Fire and announced that only students aged seventeen or older could enter the tournament.
• Fred and George tried to cross Dumbledore's Age Line with Ageing Potion but were rejected, while Luke crossed it easily and submitted his name.
• The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum for Durmstrang, Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons, and Luke Gaunt for Hogwarts.
• After announcing the three Champions, the Goblet of Fire produced another name, and Dumbledore read out Harry Potter to a silent Great Hall.

Harry was named a fourth Triwizard Tournament Champion, despite insisting that he had never entered the Goblet of Fire. The judges bound him to compete, and Luke forced Karkaroff to accept the decision before the Champions learned the rules for the first task.

• Harry denied putting his name into the Goblet of Fire and hurried to the small room after Taylor urged him to ask Luke for help.
• Fred, Hermione, and the others suspected that someone had tampered with the Goblet and considered Karkaroff, Ludo Bagman, and Moody possible culprits.
• Bagman introduced Harry as the fourth Champion, and Dumbledore questioned him about entering his name.
• Barty Crouch ruled that Harry had to compete under the Goblet's rules, while Karkaroff demanded that the Goblet be reignited to select more Champions.
• Luke threatened to replace Durmstrang with Ilvermorny and challenged Karkaroff's claim of unfairness, prompting Karkaroff to yield.
• Crouch announced that the first task would take place on November 24th, forbid Champions from receiving help, and exempt them from end-of-year examinations.

After Harry became a Triwizard Champion, Luke argued that competing would keep him safer and help them control the plot to restore Voldemort. The next day, Luke and Harry joined the other Champions for wand testing, where Ollivander was waiting.

• Snape gave Harry a blue potion and told him to drink it before bed, while Dumbledore reflected on Snape's growing closeness to Harry.
• Luke persuaded Harry and the others that competing would be safer than withdrawing, and promised to protect Harry during the events.
• Taylor challenged Luke's reasoning, and he admitted that he wanted their enemies to proceed with Voldemort's revival plan under their control.
• In the woods, two conspirators discussed Harry becoming a Champion, considered recruiting Snape, and confirmed they were preparing to restore Voldemort while keeping a way to protect themselves.
• The next day, Karkaroff brought Luke and Harry to a small classroom with the other Champions, where Ollivander was ready to test their wands.

Luke, Harry, and the other Triwizard Champions had their wands inspected while Daily Prophet reporter Jenssen prepared to interview them. After an easy interview with Luke, Jenssen confronted Harry with a sharp question about how he had become the fourth participant.

• Jenssen greeted Luke enthusiastically and said he had come to interview the four Triwizard Champions.
• Luke asked Jenssen to wait until the wand inspections were finished, and Ollivander examined Fleur's wand and learned its core contained her grandmother's Veela hair.
• Ollivander inspected Krum's wand and Harry's wand, then examined Luke's wand and praised its unusual White River Monster spinal-thorn core.
• Jenssen interviewed Luke with mild questions, then asked Harry what methods he had used to become the Triwizard Tournament's special fourth participant.

Luke learned that a rival media network backed by old wizarding families had challenged his allies, while French Ministry newspapers and the Followers unexpectedly supported them. As the Triwizard Tournament approached, Luke prepared to use its first task—facing Fire Dragons—to demonstrate his strength, and Harry arrived to warn him about the dragons.

• Luke interrupted Jenssen's interview with Harry, then agreed to a separate private meeting with the reporter.
• Jenssen told Luke that House Jemal controlled a dozen newspapers and that French Ministry papers and the Followers had helped Luke's media allies.
• Luke ordered Jenssen to investigate why the Followers had joined them and decided to use the Triwizard Tournament to display his strength.
• Hagrid asked Luke to come to his hut that night with Harry and the Invisibility Cloak, while Taylor told Luke the first task involved Fire Dragons.
• Luke received Old Barty's letter detailing the first task, and Harry came to warn him that dragons were involved.

Harry sought advice on facing a Fire Dragon and decided to summon his Firebolt with Accio so he could evade its attacks. The Champions gathered for the first task, where Harry drew the Hungarian Horntail and Luke drew a Norwegian Ridgeback.

• Harry asked his friends how to deal with a Fire Dragon, and Luna suggested he rely on what he did best.
• Hermione connected Harry’s Quidditch skills to dodging the dragon, and Harry settled on using Accio to summon his Firebolt.
• Luke considered the motives of Peeves, the badger, and Owl while reflecting on how his organization and allies supported his plans.
• Professor McGonagall escorted Luke and Harry to the Champions’ tent, where Ludo Bagman explained that each Champion had to retrieve a Golden Egg from a Fire Dragon.
• Fleur drew a Welsh Green, Krum drew a Chinese Fireball, Harry drew a Hungarian Horntail and was assigned to go first, and Luke drew a Norwegian Ridgeback.

Harry, Fleur, and Krum completed the Triwizard Tournament’s first task by retrieving the golden eggs, and Luke entered the arena last to face a Fire Dragon he recognized as Norbert. The chapter ended as Norbert attacked Luke with a torrent of dragon fire.

• Lucius and Old Lans criticized the tournament’s poor organization, and Barty Crouch agreed to take over planning for its later stages.
• Harry summoned his Firebolt, used his Quidditch flying skills to evade the Hungarian Horntail, and retrieved the golden egg.
• Luke reassured Fleur before her task, and she completed it successfully; Krum also finished his task after leaving the tent.
• Luke entered the arena and recognized his Fire Dragon as Norbert, who forgot his eggs and prepared to fight him.
• Norbert unleashed a torrent of dragon fire at Luke as the spectators cried out.

Luke Gaunt defeated Norbert in the Triwizard Tournament and displayed power that made the Wizarding world compare him to Dumbledore. Elsewhere, Orson investigated the Deathly Hallows while secretly preparing for Grindelwald’s return, and his ally revealed clues about an ageless figure and an island from Muggle legend.

• Luke used Aguamenti to overwhelm Norbert with a powerful water attack, then cornered the dragon and took the golden egg.
• Luke collected dragon blood from Norbert before raising the golden egg, prompting Ludo Bagman to announce his victory and the crowd to cheer.
• Dumbledore regarded Luke more seriously, while Luke realized he needed to show the Wizarding world his strength and reconsider his plan.
• Orson’s subordinate reported that Dumbledore likely possessed the Elder Wand and that Luke might have the Resurrection Stone, so Orson ordered an investigation.
• Orson told a hidden ally to let their enemies’ efforts meet resistance while they awaited Grindelwald’s return, and the ally reported clues about an ageless figure and an island from Muggle legend.

Horse Mask asked Fire Dragon for resources after setbacks against Luke Gaunt and the French Ministry, but Fire Dragon required him to identify a third force first. At Hogwarts, the Champions received the date and clue for the next task; Harry heard a scream inside his golden egg, while Luke watched the Black Lake and wondered who would be taken.

• Horse Mask told Fire Dragon that Luke Gaunt, the French Ministry, and an unidentified third force had obstructed his plans, and Fire Dragon made further resources conditional on discovering the third force.
• Rabbit emerged after Horse Mask left, and Fire Dragon assigned him to handle the situation involving Luke Gaunt while acknowledging that their members would not sacrifice themselves for the organization.
• Harry and Ron reconciled, watched the judges score the Champions, and learned that the second task would take place on February 24 the following year.
• At a Hogwarts celebration, Harry opened his golden egg and heard a shrill scream, while his friends speculated about the clue it contained.
• Luke stood on the covered bridge with his golden egg and wondered who the organizers would take.

Karkaroff and the Black Robe argued over continuing their plan to capture Harry, with Karkaroff agreeing to proceed despite his doubts. Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall told Harry and Luke that Champions had to open the Yule Ball with partners, leaving both to find someone to invite.

• The Black Robe wanted to abandon the operation, but his companion insisted they continue and argued that they needed leverage to escape their past.
• Karkaroff complained that Moody and Dumbledore still distrusted him, and the Black Robe accused him of refusing to take responsibility for his choices.
• Karkaroff agreed to carry out his task but threatened to turn the Black Robe in if the operation failed, then left for the Durmstrang ship.
• Professor McGonagall announced the Yule Ball and explained that Champions had to attend with partners and open the dance.
• McGonagall kept Harry and Luke after class and ordered them to find dance partners, while Harry insisted he could not dance and Luke tried to excuse himself.

Salazar Slytherin left his suitcase laboratory in 1955 after renewing his determination to pursue immortality, while Luke dreamed of Slytherin’s departure and suspected someone had found his old notes. Luke then faced Fleur, Taylor, Hermione, and Luna as they pressed him about his dance partner, and he invited them to investigate a possible Hufflepuff Chamber of Secrets after the ball.

• Salazar Slytherin reflected on his experiments with cloned bodies, warned whoever found his notes against pursuing immortality, and left his suitcase laboratory.
• Slytherin departed the Harvard campus in 1955 after speaking with Rory, who had come looking for Bill.
• Luke woke from a dream about his past and wondered whether someone had discovered the notes he had left behind.
• Fleur, Taylor, Hermione, and Luna asked Luke whom he would choose as his dance partner.
• Luke said he had not decided and invited the four girls to explore a possible Hufflepuff Chamber of Secrets after the ball.

Fleur agreed to dance the opening dance with Luke, while Hermione secured a promise that he would dance with her too. Luke invited Fleur and Luna to explore Hufflepuff's soul research, and Harry's hopes of asking Cho Chang to the ball faltered when she invited Luke instead.

• Fleur insisted that she would dance the opening dance with Luke, and Hermione compromised by asking him to dance with her as well.
• Luke explained how the Founders' legacies suited different people and invited Fleur to study Hufflepuff's soul research with him and Luna; Hermione and Taylor declined.
• Harry received several invitations to the ball but refused them, while Ron urged him to be braver about asking someone himself.
• Cho Chang gathered her courage to invite Luke to the ball, but Luke told her he was already partnered with Fleur.
• Harry hurried after Cho Chang as she left, and Luke realized Harry might have watched the exchange.

As the Yule Ball approached, Luke helped Harry with the Golden Egg and learned that Harry had chosen Cho Chang as his partner. On Christmas night, the Champions opened the ball, where Luke and Fleur stood out on the dance floor.

• Harry asked Luke whether he had solved the Golden Egg, and Luke advised him to listen to it underwater after Harry revealed Cho Chang was his dance partner.
• Hermione politely refused Viktor Krum's invitation, while Taylor rejected invitations from Beauxbatons students.
• Harry spent his days preparing for the second task, and the students exchanged presents before changing into formal robes on Christmas Day.
• Luke arrived in dark gray formal robes, met Fleur in silver-gray robes, and escorted her to the Great Hall.
• The Champions began the Yule Ball's opening dance as the Weird Sisters played, and Luke and Fleur shone among the dancers.

Luke danced with Fleur, Hermione, and Taylor at the ball before sharing a quiet moment with Luna. Meanwhile, a hooded intruder broke into Luke’s room searching for a ring, but a snake and Book caught him, and Luke realized a rat had entered his room.

• Luke told Fleur their first meeting had been coincidental, and she said she believed he would change his answer someday.
• Luke danced with Hermione and Taylor, then told Luna she had always been special when she chose not to dance.
• A hooded boy entered Luke’s empty Slytherin room and searched his desk and bed for a ring.
• The boy uncovered a snake in Luke’s bed, was immobilized, and heard Book open the door.
• Book meowed to Luke at the ball, and Luke frowned and asked whether there was a rat in his room.

Angell and his fellow Followers sailed through a supernatural storm and reached a strange island where their magic and means of escape failed. After finding a dry pit in a cave and hearing an offer from an unseen voice, Angell apologized and led his men away, leaving their mission unresolved.

• Angell reassured a seasick Follower that he might let him go home, while the Golden Compass guided their ship through the storm.
• The storm stopped abruptly, and Angell suspected they had entered another space after seeing a warning and an island ahead.
• Angell realized the ship was moving without his command, and the crew discovered they could neither fly on brooms nor Apparate.
• Angell led his men onto the island, where an unseen voice warned him not to disturb the host.
• Angell found a dry pit beneath a moss-covered tree in a cave, heard the voice say that the thief had taken everything but it could still produce, and quickly left.

Luke questioned a petrified second-year student who had joined the Followers and uncovered a plot involving the Resurrection Stone and Grindelwald. He and Dumbledore disagreed over how to handle the boy, while Luke revealed that the Followers were divided and their leaders had a larger plan hidden behind the Deathly Hallows.

• Luke found a petrified boy in his room and questioned why he had joined the Followers.
• Dumbledore arrived and stopped Luke from using the Cruciatus Curse, urging him to let the boy speak.
• After Dumbledore left, Luke questioned the boy with a gentler approach and obtained his cooperation.
• Luke told Dumbledore that the Followers had split into factions, with one pursuing wealth and another preparing to welcome Slytherin back.
• Luke revealed that the boy had been manipulated into trying to take the Resurrection Stone ring, while the Deathly Hallows served as a smokescreen for another plan.
• Dumbledore asked why Luke had withheld the information, and Luke replied that Dumbledore had never asked.

Orson rejected Angell’s warnings and committed the Followers to a premature attack, hoping to free Grindelwald and restore his leadership. At Hogwarts, Taylor became the person taken for the second task, and Luke headed to the Black Lake while Hermione went to fetch him food.

• Angell told Orson that the island had terrified him and warned that the Followers were not ready to fight Luke Gaunt and the other factions.
• Orson explained that Grindelwald could no longer foresee the future and declared that he would begin the war to bring Grindelwald out of prison.
• Angell agreed to help Orson, though he said he was doing so only for Orson’s sake, then cut off their connection.
• Luke listened to the Mermaids’ song about their kidnapping challenge and went to sleep before the second task.
• Hermione told Luke that Taylor had gone missing, and Luke reassured her that it was part of the task before heading toward the Black Lake.
• Hermione turned back to the dining hall to get food for Luke before he went underwater.

Luke walked across the Black Lake floor to reach Taylor, while the other Champions entered the water by their own methods. After the Mermaids objected to him taking Gabrielle as well, Luke made them stand aside and left with both girls.

• Luke arrived at the lakeshore, ate breakfast, and joined the other Champions as they prepared to enter the lake.
• Krum transformed into a shark-like form, Fleur used a diving spell, and Harry swallowed Gillyweed before entering the water.
• Luke walked into the lake without changing or casting a visible spell, parting the water around him as he crossed the lakebed.
• Luke reached the Mermaid village and found Taylor waiting at the statue where the hostages were bound.
• Luke sensed that Harry was approaching and that Krum was still on his way, then attempted to take Taylor and Gabrielle with him.
• When the Mermaids said he could take only his own hostage, Luke drew his wand; they yielded, and he left with Taylor and Gabrielle.