Chapter Summaries

Ethan continued through the goblin fortress and reached the giant furnace containing the Ancient Magic he sought, where he confronted goblin leader Lanlot. As Lanlot boasted that the fortress was impregnable, Ethan’s wizard troops attacked from outside, shaking the stronghold and overwhelming its surveillance.

• Ethan left Henry Weasley and the other prisoners with a Three-Headed Dog to escort them out, then continued deeper into the fortress.
• Ethan followed the fortress map through the heated underground passages and reached the enormous furnace at the fortress’s heart.
• Ethan sensed that the furnace held the Ancient Magic capable of defeating the guardian on the path to ascension, though it was still incomplete.
• Lanlot confronted Ethan and bragged that the fortress’s technology made the goblins invincible.
• A tremor revealed that Ethan’s forces were attacking outside; a strange cabbage and spell-resistant Devil Vine disrupted Lanlot’s surveillance, and wizard troops swooped down on the goblins.

Ethan attacked Lanlot inside the Goblin fortress while the Hogwarts reinforcements turned the battle outside in the wizards’ favor. As the Goblins retreated into their supposedly impregnable stronghold, Ethan’s strike triggered a massive explosion that shattered it.

• Ethan blindsided Lanlot with a spell, then transformed with the Bird of Death and attacked him with a silver-white staff.
• Harry, Neville, the Weasley Twins, and the other wizards fought the Goblins as the Hippogriff riders disabled the fortress’s monitoring eyes and damaged its defenses.
• Eve Black recognized Wright among the aerial reinforcements, while Snape joined the fight with devastating Dark Magic.
• As the Goblins withdrew into the fortress, Snape revealed that Ethan was already inside, and the other wizards feared he would be killed.
• A surge of magic shook the battlefield, and an enormous blast erupted from within, shattering the Goblin fortress.

Ethan battled Lanlot after the Goblin leader transformed into a dragon with the power of Ancient Magic. As Lanlot unleashed a devastating attack, Ethan awakened his Sleeping Wolf painting, which transformed into Splitting Wolf and brought a calamity over the land.

• The Goblin fortress exploded, and Lanlot emerged from the ruins transformed into a dragon after absorbing Ancient Magic.
• Ethan flew out of the collapse, confirmed his allies were safe, and attacked Lanlot with his Warhammer to refine the unstable Ancient Magic.
• Lanlot healed from Ethan’s blows and prepared a cage of crimson lightning to kill him, while Eve Black felt something stirring within her.
• Ethan revealed Luna above the battlefield, riding a black Hippogriff and using the Sleeping Wolf painting to absorb energy.
• Ethan awakened the painting; its eyes opened, the crimson magic froze, and the warning announced that Sleeping Wolf had become Splitting Wolf as a vast wolf-shaped shadow descended.

Ethan unleashed the Splitting Wolf, which devoured the sun and nullified life and magic, allowing him to defeat Lanlot and end the Goblin Rebellion. He obtained the primordial rune Sowelu, the Sun, but it burned his palm and could not safely remain in his mortal body.

• Ethan summoned the Splitting Wolf, which consumed the sun and extinguished magic and life across the area.
• With Ancient Magic suppressed, Ethan struck Lanlot with his Warhammer until the Goblin leader's dragon body shattered.
• Ethan received the rewards for defeating Lanlot, including replenished magic and a rise in Soul Fusion Degree to 74%.
• Ethan tried to touch the primordial rune Sowelu, the Sun, and learned that his body could not safely contain it.
• The rune imprinted itself temporarily on Ethan's palm, leaving a spreading burn mark.

After defeating Lanlot, Ethan recovered the Ancient Magic and discovered that Miss Eve Black had become a Werewolf. He left the battle determined to find a way to cure her, hoping the Book of the Dead would reveal more secrets.

• Ethan tested the Sun Brand's ability to imbue his magic with light energy, then recalled the Splitting Wolves into their card.
• Luna reunited with Ethan and healed the burn around his Sun Brand with her moonlike magic.
• A Splitting Wolf killed the dying Lanlot before Ethan recognized the Werewolf as Miss Eve Black.
• Eve Black lunged at Ethan after he guessed that her father had studied Ancient Magic to cure Werewolves, and Luna knocked her out with a Stunning Spell.
• Professor Lupin mourned that Werewolves had no cure, while Ethan resolved to seek one by continuing to study the Book of the Dead.

After the battle, Ethan arranged for the Weasleys to search for Moonpetal Flower to help cure Miss Black, while Minister Fudge grew alarmed by Ethan's combat drills and planned to send Aurors into Hogwarts. Ethan then asked Snape to teach him how to brew Liquid Luck so he could reproduce its effects in his paintings.

• Henry Weasley reunited with his sister Amy and praised Light, while the Weasley family agreed to search for and cultivate Moonpetal Flower.
• Minister Fudge learned that Ethan Vincent was leading Hogwarts students in combat drills and ordering armor, then told Derilix to coordinate with Dumbledore, search the school for Sirius, and expose Lupin as a werewolf.
• Snape woke at Hogwarts to find Ethan beside his bed and fell to the floor in fright.
• Ethan asked Snape to teach him how to brew Liquid Luck so he could try to recreate the potion's effects in his paintings.

Ethan mastered brewing Liquid Luck in a month, astonishing Snape, then watched the stormy Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match with Luna. When more than a hundred Dementors appeared over the pitch and Harry was targeted, Ethan stayed confident that Harry could face them.

• Snape agreed to teach Ethan to brew Liquid Luck, and Ethan's Erudition advanced to level three.
• Ethan brewed a bottle of Liquid Luck, leaving Snape stunned; Snape awarded Ravenclaw fifty points and said Ethan had nothing left to learn from him.
• At the first Quidditch match of the year, Ethan sat with Luna behind a screen as she checked the burned skin around his Sun Rune.
• Michael watched Ethan and Luna while regretting that he had missed the chance to travel through history and fight in the Goblin Rebellion.
• More than a hundred Dementors appeared over the pitch, and Ethan remained calm when Michael urged him to help Harry.

Harry caught the Golden Snitch while surrounded by Dementors, summoning a corporeal Patronus before Ethan drove the remaining creatures away with a lightning-wreathed spear. Ethan then used blood from the Goblin chieftain, Red Dragon, to create a new painting called Shrike's Nest, as Hogwarts approached Christmas and the Aurors continued searching for Sirius.

• Harry charged through the Dementors after the Golden Snitch and cast a corporeal Patronus in the shape of a silver stag.
• Harry caught the Snitch, winning the Quidditch match for Gryffindor, before Ethan blasted the Dementors away with a golden lightning spear.
• Harry passed out as students carried him to the Infirmary, while Michael took Ethan's actions as proof of his foresight.
• Ethan gained inspiration from Harry's daring Snitch catch and realized he could manifest Liquid Luck through painting.
• Auror Derilix overheard Ravenclaw students discuss the Ministry's failed search for Sirius, while Ethan completed Shrike's Nest using the Goblin chieftain Red Dragon's blood.

Ethan prepared a magical painting of a shrike that could lead him to hidden treasure, then set out for Hogsmeade hoping to use it. On the snowy trip, he discussed shopping with Hermione and Ron and said he wanted to buy Thunderbird Feathers from the Literati Quill Shop.

• Ethan completed the rare portrait Shrike's Nest, which could guide him toward treasure twice at the cost of a hidden danger.
• Ethan decided to release the shrike during the next Hogsmeade visit before the Christmas holidays.
• Ethan left for Hogsmeade with Hermione and Ron, while Harry remained behind because he lacked permission to go.
• Ethan accidentally startled an Auror with a Portal, causing the Auror to fall onto a Sleeping Whomping Willow and prompting Professor McGonagall to call out.
• During the snowy journey, Ethan told Hermione and Ron that he wanted to visit the Literati Quill Shop for Thunderbird Feathers.

Ethan visited the Three Broomsticks with Hermione and Ron, where Madam Rosmerta asked him to create magical artwork to attract customers. When Harry and Sirius arrived with Professor McGonagall and Minister Fudge, Ethan distracted everyone by beginning a performance called “The Informant's Piercing Hell.”

• Ethan met Madam Rosmerta in Hogsmeade, and she invited him, Hermione, and Ron to the Three Broomsticks for Butterbeer.
• Madam Rosmerta asked Ethan to renovate her pub with magical artwork like the work he had done at the Leaky Cauldron, and Ethan agreed to discuss a price.
• Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Hagrid, and Minister Fudge entered the pub, and Fudge reacted fearfully when he saw Ethan.
• Harry Potter and Sirius entered, so Ethan drew everyone's attention and gave Harry a chance to hide from Professor McGonagall.
• Ethan conjured a golden bird and began his performance, “The Informant's Piercing Hell,” focusing on the gray rat in Ron's hands.

Ethan staged a blood-red illusion in The Three Broomsticks, using Scabbers as the focus of a terrifying spectacle that exposed the rat’s apparent identity as Wormtail. The illusion vanished, leaving Scabbers injured and the patrons horrified.

• Ethan transformed the bar with a blood-red illusion and announced a show, while Professor McGonagall and Madam Rosmerta watched uneasily.
• Scabbers bit Ron and fled toward the door, but Ethan trapped him behind a barrier and began his performance.
• Ethan’s golden shrike sang as thorny vines appeared to impale Scabbers, and a rotting figure resembling James rose from a pool of blood to confront the rat as an informant.
• Harry reacted with an inexplicable urge to approach the figure, but Hermione pulled him back before the professors noticed.
• Ethan ended the illusion and revealed the Call of Erised painting he had combined with Shrike's Nest to create it; Ron then found Scabbers twitching on the floor.

Ethan captured Wormtail in a magical wardrobe, but an Auror soon announced that Sirius had appeared in Hogsmeade. After Hagrid revealed Sirius’s connection to Harry, Harry asked Ethan to help him pursue Sirius, and Ethan agreed to take Harry, Hermione, and Ron after the Aurors.

• Ethan captured Wormtail in a magical wardrobe and told Ron he would examine the rat.
• Hermione asked Ethan to teach her his spell, while Professor Flitwick praised his skill and Professor McGonagall stopped him from awarding Ravenclaw points.
• An Auror announced that Sirius had appeared in Hogsmeade, and Hagrid revealed that Sirius was Harry’s godfather and had allegedly betrayed the Potter family.
• Harry asked Ethan to help him catch Sirius, and Ethan agreed after his shrike flew out in pursuit of the Aurors.
• Ethan cast a Disillusionment Charm on Harry and left the Three Broomsticks with Harry, Hermione, and Ron to follow the Aurors.

Ethan brought Harry, Ron, and Hermione into the Shrieking Shack while Aurors searched outside, where Sirius Black confronted them. As Sirius focused on Ron and declared he would commit the murder he had been accused of, Auror Derilix followed Ethan’s mysterious door into the shack.

• Ethan opened a Jet-Black Door in the Shrieking Shack’s sealed wall and led the others inside after a golden bird flew into the building.
• Derilix spotted the same kind of door outside and followed it, determined to catch Ethan.
• Ethan and the others explored the wrecked shack, and Ethan identified the damage as a werewolf’s work.
• Sirius Black disarmed Harry, Ron, and Hermione, then fixed his attention on Ron.
• Sirius told them he would now commit the murder for which he had been imprisoned.

Ethan stopped Harry and Sirius from fighting by trapping them in a loop of Portals, then an Auror named John Derilix arrived and bound Sirius. As Derilix accused Ethan of past misdeeds and threatened to take him and Sirius to the Ministry, Ethan secretly rolled Sirius’s wand within reach.

• Sirius mistook Ron for Wormtail and attacked, but Harry tackled him and refused to listen to his explanation.
• Ethan created two facing Portals and sent Harry and Sirius falling between them until they were calm, then closed the Portals and dropped them to the floor.
• The commotion knocked over a bookshelf, revealing a pile of junk where a golden shrike perched on a Withered Branch.
• John Derilix sneaked in, bound and gagged Sirius, and accused Ethan of being an accomplice before saying he would take them to the Ministry.
• Ethan challenged Derilix by pointing out that Harry was with him, while secretly using magic to roll Sirius’s wand within reach.

Sirius escaped the Shrieking Shack, while Ethan found a mysterious remnant and led Derilix through the secret passage to the Whomping Willow. Ethan left Derilix unconscious and framed the incident as a brave Auror protecting students, while Harry noticed a Biting Cabbage nearby.

• Sirius grabbed a wand and Apparated away, leaving Derilix furious and Ethan under suspicion.
• Ethan agreed to accompany Derilix and led him and the others toward the Shrieking Shack's secret passage.
• Ethan picked up a withered branch identified as the "Scorching Sun Remnant" and put it away.
• Harry realized the passage led to the Whomping Willow, but Ethan silenced him and continued leading the group.
• Ethan used Portal to move himself, Harry, and the others out of the way as the Whomping Willow struck Derilix unconscious.
• Ethan described Derilix as a brave Auror injured while protecting students, and Harry pointed out a Biting Cabbage.

Ethan left Derilix badly injured after the Whomping Willow attacked him, then took the Auror’s Whispering Flower as he hoped the incident would draw attention to his plans. Luna arrived from the Forbidden Forest on an enormous elk, and the chapter ended with a Biting Cabbage knocking down a first-year who suspected Ethan had injured Derilix.

• Ethan found Derilix alive but badly injured, moved the Biting Cabbage away from him, and took the Auror’s Whispering Flower.
• Professor Lupin treated Derilix enough to keep him alive, woke him, and levitated him away after hearing the story.
• Ethan hoped the commotion would attract powerful people and planned to use the Whispering Flower to spread his voice while he improved his painting skills.
• Luna arrived on an enormous elk, told Ethan about visiting unicorns, and happily accepted Butterbeer bottle caps for her necklace.
• A Gryffindor first-year suggested Ethan had seriously injured Derilix, and a Biting Cabbage knocked him into the snow.

Ethan appraised the Withered Branch as a remnant of the higher being Scorching Sun and gained Spiritual Vision Lv1. He discovered he could see the Disturbing Rainbows Luna had described and wondered what other hidden things the world contained.

• Ethan and Luna returned to the Chamber of Secrets while Hermione, Ginny, and Ron watched them leave.
• Harry saw Sirius Black moving toward him on the Marauder's Map, then watched Spotty Dog run up and flee; the name disappeared, leaving Harry with doubts about the dog.
• Ethan examined the Withered Branch and passed a historical appraisal, learning it was the Scorching Sun Remnant from the Battle of Covering Stones.
• Ethan gained Spiritual Vision Lv1 and saw clusters of white specks around himself and Luna.
• Luna explained that the specks were Disturbing Rainbows and said she was investigating why Crabbe and Goyle never had any around their heads.
• Ethan glimpsed a wisp of mist in the sky and reflected on the many hidden things he still could not see.

Ethan restored the Withered Branch with his Sun Rune, used its power to defeat Gribby and cross the Stag Gate, and advanced from Mortal to Knower and his Painting skill to Level 3. He gained new inspiration connected to Lily and collected Gribby's judgment-infused remains, which reminded him of Wormtail.

• Ethan used the Sun Rune to restore the Withered Branch, renaming it Instant Sunrise and gaining a weapon that could fatally strike any non-divine being once.
• Ethan used Instant Sunrise to sever Gribby's head and defeat the guardian before the Gate of Advancement.
• Ethan crossed the Stag Gate, endured the remaking of his body and soul, and advanced from Mortal to Knower.
• Ethan advanced Freewheeling Imagination Lv. 2 to Enraptured Imagination Lv. 3 and received inspiration called Lily - A History.
• Ethan collected Gribby's broken antler, blood, and Soul Fragment, then thought of Wormtail when he noticed their judgment element.

After using the Withered Branch in the Hidden Land, Ethan fell asleep while the guardian mourned his departure. Back at Hogwarts, Derilix accepted Rita Skeeter’s offer to tell his side of the story, and Ethan returned to school to find The Daily Prophet accusing him of helping Sirius and trying to revive Voldemort.

• Ethan’s Withered Branch shattered into the Scorching Sun Remnant, and he fell asleep after pondering the fragments’ promised power to slay gods.
• The guardian watched the sun’s image linger in its eyes and cried over the legend who had left it behind.
• Derilix read Cornelius Fudge’s Howling Letter suspending him, then received a letter from Rita Skeeter offering to publicize his account and resolved to cooperate.
• Ethan returned to Hogwarts aboard the Hogwarts Express, where a frightened younger student screamed at the sight of him.
• Michael showed Ethan The Daily Prophet’s story, which cited Derilix and accused Ethan of helping Sirius escape and trying to resurrect Voldemort.
• Ethan’s aura terrified Michael into kneeling and calling him master, while Penelope watched from outside the compartment and wondered about Ravenclaw’s future.

Ethan returned to Hogwarts amid rumors that he had joined forces with Sirius, while Dumbledore urged students to judge the claims for themselves. Harry struggled to decide what to believe, and the chapter ended when Sirius appeared during Care of Magical Creatures.

• Ethan and Luna left the train, where frightened students cleared a path for Ethan, and Penelope said she trusted him.
• Dumbledore addressed the rumors in the Great Hall and urged students to make their own judgments.
• Malfoy said the Ministry was using the Daily Prophet report to build momentum, while Harry wondered whether Sirius could be exonerated.
• Hermione and Ron discussed Ethan's busy schedule, strange nighttime rumblings at Hogwarts, and the Weasley twins' mysterious seeds as Harry settled back into routine.
• Sirius appeared unexpectedly during Care of Magical Creatures.