Chapter Summaries

Luke visited his clothing shop in France with Chrissie and met Fleur Delacour and her family, while privately wondering why Dumbledore had left him alone. When a black-robed young man entered and attacked, Luke struck first but was knocked unconscious by a sudden Stupefy.

• Fleur recognized Luke and complimented him, while Luke praised her dress and rejected being called cute.
• Luke reassured Ruth that he had only come to look around, then let Chrissie shop with the Delacours.
• Chrissie told Fleur that Luke was the heir of the Gaunt Family and that a magical aftereffect had left him looking younger.
• Luke wondered about Dumbledore's motives and remained wary while sitting in the shop.
• A black-robed young man entered, and Luke blasted him with Aguamenti before attacking with a magical sword.
• The young man stunned Luke with Stupefy before Luke could ask who had sent him.

Luke Gaunt was abducted during a sudden attack on Tobin Avenue, despite the Delacour family’s efforts to protect him. His captor demanded the Philosopher’s Stone Powder, and Luke’s final question suggested he had noticed the old man’s blacksmithing setup.

• A Jester-Masked Wizard attacked Luke, but Madame Delacour shielded him while Fleur and Chrissie prepared to defend the group.
• A short, white-bearded old man stunned the first attacker, pierced Madame Delacour’s shield, and overpowered the family before abducting Luke.
• Fleur and Madame Delacour lamented their defeat, while Chrissie threatened the Aurors who arrived too late to protect Luke.
• A suited man reported the failed mission and demanded extra payment, while a bookstore owner alerted someone that Luke had been abducted.
• In a remote Garnier Avenue alley, the old man bound Luke and demanded the Philosopher’s Stone Powder; Luke asked if the man was blacksmithing.

Luke met Gibson, a human magical blacksmith who wanted Philosopher's Stone Powder to forge a legendary Magic Sword, while Dumbledore tested him and concealed the truth about the Stone. Luke refused to promise the powder without Nicolas LeMay's permission, but Gibson knocked him unconscious and took a tiny amount to use at his forge as Dumbledore watched over Luke.

• Luke recognized that Dumbledore had arranged for Gibson to bring him to a hidden location and demanded an explanation, then learned Dumbledore wanted to avoid drawing attention to Nicolas LeMay.
• Gibson explained that his family forged Magic Swords and hoped to surpass the Sword of Gryffindor by using Philosopher's Stone Powder as a material.
• Luke told Gibson that he would only ask Nicolas LeMay for powder after apologizing for breaking the Stone and receiving LeMay's forgiveness.
• Gibson suddenly struck Luke unconscious, searched his belongings, and took a tiny amount of powder from the pouch on Luke's belt.
• Dumbledore watched Gibson begin forging and decided to let Luke judge Gibson's actions after he woke.

Luke and Dumbledore watched Gibson complete a magical sword that could cut through armor and shields, but its power quickly leaked away. Luke claimed he might know how to improve it, leaving Gibson eager for his solution and Dumbledore wary of what Luke would gain.

• Luke woke beside Dumbledore and watched Gibson finish forging a sword with Philosopher's Stone Powder.
• Gibson successfully activated the sword, and he and Dumbledore were surprised that it worked.
• Gibson demonstrated that the sword cut through an armored dummy and pierced Dumbledore's Magic Shield, while its blue blade could also cleave the shield from a distance.
• The sword's magic power rapidly leaked away, and Gibson found that recharging it with his own magic was inefficient.
• Luke offered to improve the sword, and Gibson urgently demanded to hear his idea.

As Luke was about to negotiate with Gibson, rival factions in France scrambled to find him after he vanished, while Alice ordered Arthur to locate him. Luke offered Gibson a way to solve the sword’s shortage of magical power in exchange for its forging method.

• Auror Office chief Sava Schmidt ordered the Aurors to assemble and lead a search for Luke himself, but regulations required him to obtain two stamps first.
• Alice learned that Luke had disappeared, ordered Arthur and her concealed forces to investigate other factions, and told Arthur to bring Luke to her.
• Kevin Lavens met with ten masked clients, who agreed that Luke must be kept safe, his belongings preserved, and he brought to them once found.
• Gibson begged Luke for help forging the sword, and Luke proposed using a Gaunt spell and Magic Gems to replenish its magical power.
• Luke asked Gibson for the sword’s forging method in return, and Gibson agreed while raising a condition of his own.

Luke and Dumbledore traveled to Nicolas Flamel’s home, where Dumbledore explained that Nicolas and Perenelle’s long lives had left them exhausted and that Nicolas no longer wished to live. Luke promised to try to give Nicolas a reason to keep going, but Nicolas mistook him for someone named Jess.

• Luke agreed to let Gibson keep his sword-making discovery and refuse to become his retainer, while Luke hoped to develop cheaper ways to make blades that could pierce ordinary Wizards’ defenses.
• Dumbledore took Luke by magical flames to Nicolas Flamel’s courtyard, where they found the elderly alchemist asleep beside a Snowy Owl and an empty fish bucket.
• Dumbledore told Luke that the Philosopher’s Stone had extended Nicolas and Perenelle’s lives but had not stopped their aging, and that they had lost the ability to have children.
• Dumbledore asked Luke to give Nicolas hope if he could, or otherwise let him say farewell without regrets, and Luke promised to do what he could.
• Nicolas woke, teased his owl Dumpling about catching no fish, then looked at Luke and called him Jess.

Luke visited Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel, shared pages from Jess Gaunt’s diaries, and found a blueprint detailing how to create the Philosopher’s Stone. Perenelle revealed to Dumbledore that the Flamels had promised Jess to care for his descendants and had entrusted one of them to them.

• Luke passed Nicolas’s test by identifying Jess’s family tea and gave him pages from Jess’s diaries to read.
• Luke discovered Nicolas’s annotated Philosopher’s Stone creation blueprint and secretly stored it in his System Space.
• Nicolas recognized Luke’s daring move as reminiscent of Jess and happily read the diary pages.
• Perenelle identified Dumbledore’s red powder as Philosopher’s Stone Powder and explained that it could help the sword’s circulation design.
• Perenelle told Dumbledore that the Flamels considered Jess their benefactor, had promised to care for his descendants, and were excited when Luke appeared.

Luke persuaded Nicolas Flamel to abandon his plan to die and explore the modern Muggle world, while Dumbledore pondered Jess Gaunt’s long-term plans and his own wary trust in Luke. When Luke and Dumbledore left the Flamel home, they encountered an unexpected hunk of metal at the door.

• Dumbledore wondered whether Jess Gaunt had foreseen Luke’s existence or arranged events centuries in advance.
• Nicolas Flamel explained that he and Perenelle had planned to die after centuries of travel and alchemical research, which had reached a dead end.
• Luke urged Nicolas to study modern Muggle society and technology as a possible source of inspiration, and Nicolas recognized the familiar persuasion as Jess’s approach.
• Nicolas chose to keep living, and Luke signaled Dumbledore that his persuasion had worked.
• Luke and Dumbledore prepared to return after being missing for a day, but froze when they found a hunk of metal outside the door.

Luke met Kid, the armored leader of Iron Armor, who revealed ties to the Gaunt Family and sought a private conversation. Arthur arrived with a message from Alice, and Luke asked Kid and Arthur to settle their differences before speaking with him, then sought Dumbledore's help protecting Fleur and Fleur's Mom.

• Nicolas Flamel reminded Luke to brew a potion to address the Philosopher's Stone's effects, while Dumbledore promised to provide ingredients and Phoenix Tears.
• Luke recognized that Kid had come for him, and Kid confirmed that he wanted to discuss important matters with Prince Luke.
• Luke refused to speak privately with Kid and questioned whether Kid's group had contacted him before; Dumbledore confirmed that the earlier contact had come from another group.
• Arthur arrived on Alice's behalf and said she still considered Luke her pen pal; Luke accused her letter of leading him into danger from a powerful Dementor.
• Luke asked Kid and Arthur to reach an agreement before either discussed matters with him, then told Dumbledore he feared for Fleur and Fleur's Mom and asked for help.

Luke bought the fierce Osprey Owl Yasen and sent a letter and potion recipe while he and Dumbledore worked to resolve the kidnapping crisis. As French officials debated whom to blame, Gemma questioned the Delacour family and learned that Luke had returned.

• Luke bought the Osprey Owl Yasen and sent it with a letter, a potion recipe, and Dumbledore's token.
• The French Minister of Magic demanded a scapegoat, but the Auror Office Director warned him against targeting Apolline Delacour and her daughters or the Gaunt Family's employee.
• Gemma questioned Apolline, Fleur, and Gabrielle Delacour about the events surrounding the disappearance.
• A paper airplane arrived for Gemma, who smiled and said that Luke had returned.

Luke and Dumbledore returned to Paris, where Ministry Aurors, the Lestrange Family, and Gemma confronted them about their disappearance. As Luke prepared to explain the trouble he had caused the Delacour family, Alice demanded to know why Kid had tried to approach Luke, and Kid challenged her loyalty to the prince.

• A gloved man approached Luke on behalf of unnamed people, but Luke refused to speak with him, and Dumbledore wondered who was behind the approach.
• Luke told Dumbledore he would consider the man useful only if he proved himself, while warning that he would not simply endure the French Nobles' actions.
• Three Aurors arrived to verify Luke and Dumbledore, but Luke challenged their authority before Vaughn Lestrange and his party arrived.
• Dumbledore told Vaughn that Nicolas Flamel had moved and that the Philosopher's Stone powder had been returned, while Luke and Dumbledore implied that Flamel would no longer lend out the complete Stone.
• Gemma welcomed Luke back and told him to apologize to the three Delacour women, and Luke promised to explain himself once Mr. Delacour arrived.
• Alice questioned Kid about contacting Luke behind her back, and Kid asked whether she truly wanted to be Luke's dog.

Luke returned to the Kane Family villa with Dumbledore and the Delacour family, while Gemma confronted him about his disappearance and learned he would recover from his childlike form in a few days. Meanwhile, Madame Maxime arrived with news that Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel had appointed Luke Beauxbatons's new School Board Member.

• Gemma scolded Luke for vanishing, and he explained that Dumbledore had arranged the kidnapping as part of a secret plan to meet Nicolas Flamel.
• Gemma told Luke that Old Lans had not turned against him during his two-day absence, and Luke advised her to discipline his followers before offering them benefits.
• Snape delivered confirmation that Dumbledore and Luke were safe, then told Professor McGonagall that Gilderoy Lockhart had been chosen as the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Madame Maxime visited Dumbledore and announced that Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel had changed Beauxbatons's Grand School Governor, making Luke a School Board Member there as well as at Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore reassured Madame Maxime that Luke was easy to get along with and might make concessions if her relationship with him was good.

Larko and the Followers debated assassinating Luke Gaunt despite Dumbledore’s protection, while Luke met with Madame Maxime about her position as Beauxbatons’ headmistress. Luke left her uncertain by offering his support only “in principle” and hinting that he had another matter to discuss.

• Larko returned to the Followers’ meeting and reported that two squads of Aurors guarded Luke’s residence and Dumbledore was with him.
• Larko proposed waiting for Dumbledore to leave Luke, then suggested a second plan to lure Dumbledore away, but Jens warned him to consider the risks to their dwindling group.
• Larko argued that the Followers could not afford to wait and revealed the Deathly Hallows symbol before the four reaffirmed their slogan, “For the Greater Good!”
• Luke considered Madame Maxime’s position while Dumbledore and Gemma watched, and the Delacour family observed the headmistress defer to him.
• Luke told Madame Maxime he supported her continued tenure in principle, then said he wanted to discuss another matter with her.

Luke secured Madame Maxime’s agreement to support restarting the Triwizard Tournament, timed so Fleur could compete, while promising not to manipulate the Goblet of Fire. After the Delacour family left, their apartment building exploded into flames.

• Luke proposed restarting the Triwizard Tournament when Fleur and Viktor Krum were old enough, and Dumbledore and Madame Maxime approved the plan.
• Mr. Delacour objected to Fleur risking her life in the tournament, but Luke promised he would not force the Goblet of Fire to select her and would help protect her if she became a Champion.
• Fleur told her parents she wanted the chance to compete and believed she was strong enough to face her peers.
• Gabrielle praised the snacks as the Delacour family left, then they heard an explosion and saw the Apartment Building engulfed in flames.

Dumbledore left Luke and Gemma at the villa after warning that someone might attack, then confronted a man impersonating Grindelwald. Dumbledore overwhelmed the impostor and intended to use him to test Luke’s strength as the apartment building erupted in flames.

• Dumbledore asked Luke whether his ability was Talent Magic, explained the distinction, and warned that attackers might come after he left.
• After Dumbledore vanished, Luke told Gemma to evacuate everyone, then explained why he could not leave and began laying out his plan.
• Dumbledore faced a white-haired man posing as Grindelwald and reflected on his old betrayal and painful memories.
• Dumbledore trapped the impostor in water walls, soaked him, and revealed that he wanted to use him to test Luke’s ability.
• A thunderous explosion engulfed the apartment building in flames.

Jens, Yana, and Bidal launched a coordinated attack on the Aurors guarding Luke Gaunt, then Jens confronted Luke in his apartment and unleashed Fiendfyre. Luke survived by activating Snake Transformation and demanded to know why the Followers were targeting him, while Dumbledore questioned Larko about whether Grindelwald had left a prophecy.

• Jens sent Yana and Bidal to eliminate the Aurors while he went after Luke, and Yana kissed Jens before departing.
• Yana killed three Aurors at a shop, and Bidal killed three more in an alley using green spells and a small magical barrier.
• Jens blasted his way into Luke's apartment and attacked him with Fiendfyre, setting the furnishings alight and forming a massive Fire Snake.
• Luke reappeared in Snake Transformation, revealed his golden snake eyes and scales, and asked Jens why the Followers were after him.
• Jens pointed his wand at Luke again, making clear that he intended to kill him rather than answer his question.
• Dumbledore trapped Larko in a Water Prison and asked whether Grindelwald had left a prophecy; Larko's thoughts led Dumbledore to believe he understood.

The Delacours rushed to the burning building, where Apolline recognized the Follower Bidal Langson and prepared to face him. Nearby, Red Glove Louis Ferres attacked Yana, while Luke used emotional control to overwhelm Jens inside the blaze.

• Fleur took Gabrielle away as Mr. and Madame Delacour headed toward the fire, where they found Bidal Langson waiting outside.
• Bidal recognized Apolline Delacour and taunted her about killing her junior and making her his next hunting target.
• Yana worried that Jens's Fiendfyre was growing beyond his control as Louis Ferres introduced himself as Red Glove and threatened her.
• Luke manipulated Jens's emotions until the confident wizard was left cycling through extreme feelings and suffering their exhaustion.

Luke tested his Emotional Control on Jens, drove him through several emotions, and killed him after the experiment. Dumbledore extinguished the Fiendfyre and Larko died mysteriously, while a beautiful woman appeared behind Luke and aimed her wand at him.

• Jens fled from the advancing Fiendfyre and attacked Luke, but Luke blocked his fireball with a sculpted wall of flame.
• Luke used Emotional Control to make Jens experience fear, joy, sorrow, and other intense emotions, then suppressed them all until Jens became vacant.
• Luke killed Jens with the Killing Curse after confirming his threat and deciding he could not let him live.
• Larko told Dumbledore that Luke was destined to become a sacrifice, then died while trapped in Dumbledore’s Water Prison.
• Dumbledore formed a magical raincloud and used its rain to consume the Fiendfyre as Luke watched from a nearby rooftop.
• A beautiful woman appeared behind Luke, raised her wand, and pointed it at him.

After the Followers attacked Luke because they believed sacrificing the last Gaunt heir would free Grindelwald, Luke questioned the prophecy and Dumbledore’s involvement. Luke and Dumbledore headed toward the Delacours’ ongoing fight, while Luke worried about the secrets surrounding his family and the dangers gathering around him.

• Louis knocked the weakened Yana down and presented her to Luke as a captive.
• Louis identified the attackers as Followers, and Dumbledore explained that they believed sacrificing Luke would release Grindelwald.
• Luke argued that the Followers’ plan made little sense and suspected the prophecy was connected to recent tensions between the Followers and Kid’s people.
• Dumbledore confirmed that a fourth Follower was fighting the Delacours and said Madame Delacour appeared likely to win.
• Luke thanked Dumbledore but remained suspicious that Dumbledore was connected to the troubles surrounding him.
• Luke and Louis moved toward the nearby battle as Dumbledore decided to investigate the secrets of Luke and the Gaunt Family.

Apolline and Mr. Delacour fought Bidal with coordinated spells while Luke and Dumbledore watched, and Luke decided to leave that night rather than remain a target. Old Vaughn accepted that he would have to pursue another path to the immortality potion and hinted that Chrissie’s future was bound by fate.

• Apolline distracted Bidal with her charm while Mr. Delacour attacked from the shadows, and their teamwork eventually struck Bidal with a Sleeping Curse.
• Dumbledore explained the Delacours’ complementary fighting styles, while Luke said he would avoid choosing sides until he understood the forces at work.
• Luke told Dumbledore that they should leave that night, and Dumbledore agreed as the battle ended.
• Old Vaughn told Chrissie that they would make do without the immortality potion for now and suggested she could inherit the extinct British Lestrange family.
• Chrissie left with her questions unanswered, and Old Vaughn remained alone, grieving and saying that her situation was fate.