Chapter Summaries

Ethan convinced Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid to let a mother dragon raise Hagrid’s Dragon Calf in the Forbidden Forest. He made Malfoy promise to find an adult female Norwegian Ridgeback and planned to bring in Ron’s brother Charlie and other dragon experts to help capture it for a Canvas Prison.

• Hermione proposed placing the Dragon Calf and its mother in the Forbidden Forest, and Ethan agreed with her explanation.
• Hagrid spotted Malfoy spying on the hut, and Ethan opened a Jet-Black Door that dropped Malfoy inside.
• Hermione immobilized Malfoy, and Ethan ordered him to obtain an adult female Norwegian Ridgeback for the Forbidden Forest.
• Ethan freed Malfoy and threatened to trap him in a painting with his Hellhound if he leaked their plan.
• Ethan told Ron to write to Charlie and ask him to bring dragon experts to help with a dragon in the Forbidden Forest.
• Ethan planned to use Star's Hue to make a Second-Order Painting capable of imprisoning a living dragon.

Ethan and the others entered the Forbidden Forest to reunite the Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon Calf with its mother, but a unicorn attack sent the mother dragon into a rage. Ethan used his Second-Order Sealing Painting to bind her and told the wizards to stun her.

• Hagrid brought Norbert in a crate to the meeting outside his hut, and Ethan revealed his new painting, Universe in the Wardrobe, which could seal living creatures.
• The group found unicorn blood in the Forbidden Forest and continued onward until they discovered the sleeping mother dragon.
• Charlie’s companions and Malfoy family wizards brought the calf to its mother, who woke and began to recognize it.
• Ethan sensed danger and sent Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Malfoy away just before a unicorn burst into the clearing and provoked the mother dragon.
• The mother dragon struck at Hagrid as he shielded the calf, and Ethan bound her with his Second-Order Sealing Painting before urging the wizards to use the Stunning Spell.

Ethan and the dragon handlers weakened the rampaging mother dragon, allowing Ethan to seal her inside his magical wardrobe. After Norbert joined his mother, Ethan planned to take the dragon beneath the Trapdoor, while Quirrell decided to steal the Philosopher’s Stone sooner than planned.

• Tusky and the dragon handlers freed Hagrid, then helped him wound and exhaust the mother dragon while Ethan held her in place.
• Ethan used his magical wardrobe to pull the mother dragon inside and seal her in a card, though the strain rapidly drained his magic.
• The handlers mistook Ethan for an exceptionally trained, centuries-old wizard, and Malfoy gave him a potion as he recovered.
• Norbert climbed into the wardrobe to reunite with his mother, and Ethan planned to take them beneath the Trapdoor to his Ancient City of Thane.
• Quirrell treated his wounds after encountering a dragon in the Forbidden Forest and decided to lure Dumbledore away and seek the Philosopher’s Stone immediately.

Ethan used the Portal to reach the Philosopher’s Stone passageway and began painting an elaborate mural obstacle course while Dumbledore watched. The Ancient City of Thane earned a Purple Epic rating, leaving Quirrell’s attempt to reach the Stone facing Ethan’s deadly new challenges.

• Ethan opened a Portal into the room beneath the Fourth Floor Corridor and identified it as part of the Philosopher’s Stone passageway.
• Dumbledore appeared behind Ethan, agreed to watch him paint, and offered to pay for the work.
• Ethan laid out expensive magical pigments and painted an ancient city filled with swinging blades, a rolling boulder, and Living Armor.
• Ethan added a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon and supplies for Quirrell, while Dumbledore worried about Quirrell’s safety.
• Ethan completed the mural, Ancient City of Thane, and it received a Second Order: Purple Epic rating.

Ethan completed the Ancient City of Thane mural, earning a five-thousand-Galleon reward from Dumbledore and bringing his Soul Fusion Degree to 45%. When Quirrell tried to steal the Philosopher’s Stone, the mural trapped him inside the city, where a message promised the Stone lay ahead.

• Ethan finished his Second Order Purple Epic mural, met one requirement for Painting Skill Level 3, and raised his Soul Fusion Degree from 44% to 45%.
• Dumbledore offered Ethan five thousand Galleons for the mural, and Ethan asked him for the Philosopher’s Stone.
• The next day, Ethan gave Fred and George a snowball packed around a stone, and it struck Quirrell in the head; Ethan then revealed that Dumbledore had been called away and suggested a nighttime adventure.
• That night, Quirrell passed the defenses on the Fourth Floor and found the door to the next room had become part of Ethan’s mural.
• Quirrell was sucked into the Ancient City of Thane and found a message saying the Philosopher’s Stone lay ahead.

Quirrell endured a succession of deadly traps in the Ancient City of Thane and reached the second-to-last challenge, where he encountered the mother Norwegian Ridgeback after threatening her Dragon Calf. As dragon fire engulfed the city, Ethan sensed the moment had come to enter the Trapdoor.

• Quirrell entered the Trapdoor and fought his way past Living Armor ambushes and other traps.
• Quirrell crossed a blade-swept bridge, where arrows broke his defenses and a blade slashed his back.
• Quirrell reached the top of the tower, found a Dragon Calf in a crate, and raised his wand toward it.
• A mother Norwegian Ridgeback appeared, and Quirrell begged her to believe he meant no harm to her calf.
• The dragon roared and unleashed Dragon Flame across the Ancient City of Thane.
• In the Ravenclaw Common Room, Ethan sensed what was happening and prepared to make his entrance.

Quirrell survived the dragon and the poisoned bezoar checkpoint, only to find Ethan waiting in the final room. Ethan subdued him and prepared to discuss art before Harry awoke from a nightmare about the green light.

• The dragon burned Quirrell and Voldemort as Quirrell struggled down the tower and found an exit platform.
• Quirrell reached a checkpoint with two nearly identical stones and, poisoned and disoriented, ate one before passing through the painted door.
• Quirrell entered the final room and found Ethan standing before an ornate mirror.
• Quirrell repeatedly cast Avada Kedavra at Ethan, but Ethan deflected the curses and knocked him unconscious.
• Ethan bound Quirrell, kept him alive for Harry’s arrival, and brought out his drawings to discuss art.
• Harry awoke in the Gryffindor dormitory after dreaming of the green light.

Harry dreamed that Voldemort was returning and concluded that Snape had lured Hagrid into revealing how to get past Fluffy, so he and Ron and Hermione rushed to save Ethan. Harry found Ethan had already defeated Quirrell and Voldemort, but Ethan asked him to retrieve the Philosopher’s Stone for his ambition to rule the world through art.

• Harry woke from a nightmare with his scar hurting and convinced that Snape planned to steal the Philosopher’s Stone while Dumbledore was away.
• Harry persuaded Ron and Hermione to sneak under the Invisibility Cloak to the room with Fluffy, where they found the dog asleep beside a harp.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione passed the trials; Ron was knocked out at the wizard chessboard, and Hermione went back to find the professors.
• Harry reached the final room and found Ethan beating Quirrell and Voldemort, rather than being threatened by Snape.
• Ethan told Harry he needed the Philosopher’s Stone to advance his plan to rule the world through art, then asked Harry to retrieve it.

Ethan obtained half of the Philosopher’s Stone from Harry and transformed it into magical paint, using it to complete a powerful dragon-flame artwork. Quirrell realized Harry had willingly helped Ethan, while Ethan celebrated the artwork and thanked Quirrell for his contribution.

• Harry took the Philosopher’s Stone from the Mirror of Erised and handed it to Ethan.
• Ethan split the Stone, returned the smaller half to Harry, and used the larger piece as magical paint, gaining 2% Soul Fusion.
• Ethan painted the dragon with the red pigment and completed Artwork Flame, a Second Order Legendary artwork that unleashed Monarch Flame.
• Harry explained to Quirrell that he had trusted Ethan and that Ethan had healed his scar, not Confunded him.
• Ethan showed Quirrell the finished artwork and thanked him for helping earn the Philosopher’s Stone.

Ethan destroyed Quirrell and Voldemort’s remaining soul with a powerful fire spell, then received a Snake Flute that could open Salazar Slytherin’s true Chamber of Secrets. Dumbledore and the others arrived to find the room devastated and learned that Ethan had killed Quirrell.

• Voldemort took control of Quirrell and sent him lunging at Ethan while Harry’s scar flared with pain.
• Ethan used a powerful spell to burn Quirrell to ashes and destroy Voldemort’s lingering soul.
• Ethan received the Snake Flute, learned it could command snakes and serve as the key to Salazar Slytherin’s true Chamber of Secrets, and found that the Basilisk was hibernating.
• Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore, Hermione, Ron, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Snape arrived and found Harry and Ethan unharmed amid the wreckage.
• Ethan told the group that Quirrell was dead and explained that Voldemort had been on the back of Quirrell’s head.

After defeating Quirrell, Ethan became Hogwarts’ celebrated hero, and Ravenclaw won the House Cup. At the End-of-Year Feast, Ethan announced plans to form a club next term, but set its entrance test as surviving his Ancient City of Thane.

• Snape left after Ethan teased him about the Philosopher’s Stone, then awarded Ravenclaw twenty points.
• Ethan’s Soul Fusion Degree rose to 48%, but he learned he needed to improve his Painting skill before it could rise further.
• Students celebrated Ethan’s victory over Quirrell as he excelled in exams, while Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup.
• Dumbledore awarded Ravenclaw one hundred points for Ethan’s heroism, securing the House Cup for Ravenclaw.
• Ethan announced he would form a club next term and recruit members through a test involving his Ancient City of Thane.

Ethan announced plans to send Hogwarts students through the Ancient City of Thane and use a dragon in lessons, then falsely claimed Harry had already conquered the city to encourage them. As students left for summer, Gilderoy Lockhart wrote to Ethan, hoping to involve him in a dangerous Dark Magic incident.

• Ethan explained that he had made the Ancient City of Thane safer by replacing its armor and blades, and said the dragon had been moved to the Forbidden Forest for Care of Magical Creatures lessons.
• Ethan named Harry as the first student to complete the Ancient City challenge, leaving Harry confused and prompting students to grow excited about trying it themselves.
• The students celebrated Flitwick’s House Cup victory, packed their belongings, crossed the Black Lake with Hagrid, and boarded the Hogwarts Express.
• Ethan considered his summer plans, including finding a place to live and looking for work in the Daily Prophet.
• Gilderoy Lockhart read about Ethan’s growing fame and wrote him an invitation to join him in handling a dangerous Dark Magic incident.

Ethan left Hogwarts with Luna and went to her home for the summer, where he accepted Gilderoy Lockhart’s invitation to investigate a Dark Wizard fraud case in Knockturn Alley. He arrived at the meeting place and encountered a witch before Lockhart appeared and threatened her.

• Gemma Farley invited Ethan to visit the Farley Family, but Luna arrived and led him away to meet her father.
• Ethan reunited with Ron and Hermione at King’s Cross, saw Harry leave with the Dursleys, and resolved to help him escape his misery.
• An owl delivered a letter from Gilderoy Lockhart asking Ethan to handle a Dark Wizard fraud case, and Ethan accepted the job for its payment and possible confiscated contraband.
• Luna told Ethan that Lockhart stole other people’s experiences and memories, and Ethan promised to give the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor a proper welcome.
• Ethan entered Knockturn Alley and cheerfully praised its grim surroundings, unnerving a witch who had grabbed his shoulder.
• Gilderoy Lockhart arrived and shouted at the witch to leave Ethan alone, threatening to teach her a lesson.

Ethan and Gilderoy Lockhart were lured into a dark ritual involving Tom Riddle's Diary, where Ethan turned the Dark Wizards against one another. Lockhart watched in terror as Ethan took control of the room, while Jamie waited outside, expecting a share of the spoils.

• A witch escaped Ethan and Lockhart, and Lockhart tried to lead Ethan toward the thugs he had hired for a staged rescue.
• Ethan steered Lockhart deeper into Knockturn Alley, where Dark Wizards surrounded them and forced them into a hidden room at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Ethan recognized the Black Notebook as Tom Riddle's Diary, while the Dark Wizards began a ritual to drain Lockhart's soul.
• Ethan shattered the room's mirrors, then used the Erised Spell to make the Dark Wizards believe he was a devil demanding sacrifices.
• The Dark Wizards attacked one another under Ethan's influence as Lockhart cowered in terror, and Jamie waited outside, unaware of what was happening.

Ethan lured the Dark Wizards in Knockturn Alley into revealing their murderous nature, then ordered the Three-Headed Dog to kill them. Afterward, he adopted the title Mr. Lamp and gained curse resistance as his soul fusion increased to 49%.

• Jamie kicked open the room and found the Dark Wizards inside had torn one another apart, then recoiled in terror when the blond wizard was revealed to be unconscious.
• Ethan appeared behind Jamie and summoned the Three-Headed Dog to silence a wizard who threatened him.
• Ethan asked the tavern patrons whether they had killed anyone, and the Dark Wizards eagerly bragged about their crimes.
• Ethan declared that none of them would survive, and the Three-Headed Dog attacked the Dark Wizards as they realized he had tricked them.
• Ethan introduced himself as Mr. Lamp, gaining curse resistance and increasing his Soul Fusion Degree from 48% to 49%.

After Mr. Lamp wiped out the Dark Wizards in the Toad Bar, reporter Mike Arthur photographed the unconscious Gilderoy Lockhart and reported the massacre. The Marquess realized Mr. Lamp had completed his commission and panicked, ordering his House-elf to prepare double the expected payment.

• Mike Arthur entered the Toad Bar and found that the Dark Wizards inside had been killed.
• Mike heard someone mention Mr. Lamp, then found Gilderoy Lockhart unconscious and took a photograph of him.
• The Marquess read Mike Arthur's report about the deaths of at least seventeen Dark Wizards and feared Mr. Lamp might be connected to his commission.
• The Marquess found a letter signed by Mr. Lamp confirming the commission was complete and requesting payment.
• The Marquess ordered Mickey to withdraw two thousand Galleons and told him to prepare a careful reply.

Ethan collected his payment and a magical diary, resisted Tom Riddle’s enchantment, and decided to exploit Tom’s knowledge of Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets. He drew Gilderoy Lockhart into the scheme by sending him a threatening letter about teaching at Hogwarts.

• Ethan received two thousand Galleons from his client and found Mermaid’s Chest Skin among the Dark Wizards’ spoils.
• Ethan wrote in Tom Riddle’s diary, resisted its bewitchment, and learned that Tom knew of a hidden Chamber of Secrets beneath Hogwarts.
• Ethan realized Tom’s diary could qualify for an Art Exhibition and chose to keep Tom alive and use his knowledge.
• Ethan told Tom to pursue Slytherin’s true Chamber of Secrets and suggested involving more people.
• Lockhart raged over a newspaper report about his defeat and suspected Mr. Lamp had erased his memory.
• Lockhart received a letter from Mr. Lamp challenging him to teach Hogwarts students something worthwhile.

Lockhart and Lucius Malfoy panicked as they connected Ethan Vincent to the mysterious Mr. Lamp and the missing diary. After receiving worried letters from Ron and Hermione about Harry, Ethan decided to visit him, suspecting Dobby was still keeping him from Hogwarts.

• Lockhart feared Mr. Lamp had uncovered his secret Hogwarts appointment and decided to submit to him rather than seek help from the Aurors.
• Lucius connected Ethan, Mr. Lamp, and his missing diary, then summoned Dobby and considered keeping Draco out of school until Narcissa confronted him.
• Dobby vanished with a pop while Lucius and Narcissa argued about Draco.
• Ethan received letters from Ron and Hermione asking why Harry had not replied and wondering whether the Dursleys were mistreating him.
• Ethan wondered why Dobby was still interfering with Harry despite the diary being sealed away, then decided to visit Harry with Luna and use the Old goblin’s business card on the Dursleys.

Ethan Vincent rescued Harry Potter from the Dursleys on his birthday and took him out of Number Four, Privet Drive. He gave Harry an empty box whose escaped contents caused chaos inside the house, leaving Harry with a memorable but terrifying birthday gift.

• Dobby warned Harry not to return to school and vanished, leaving Harry facing Uncle Vernon's anger after the birthday party disaster.
• Ethan Vincent arrived, intimidated the Dursleys with a business card from the Old goblin, and gave Uncle Vernon a frightening display of his artwork.
• Ethan helped Harry leave with his luggage, and Harry thanked him for rescuing him from the Dursleys.
• Ethan gave Harry a birthday present, but the box was empty because its contents had escaped.
• Screams erupted from the house as a spider frightened the people inside, and Ethan wished Harry a happy birthday.

Ethan reunited Harry with Ron and the Weasley twins, then welcomed Luna into Ravenclaw and hinted at the strange dangers behind Hogwarts’ black doors. Dumbledore announced that club recruitment would begin the following Monday.

• Ethan declined to ride with Harry and the Weasleys, explaining that he was meeting Luna to shop for school supplies, while Harry left Uncle Vernon’s family behind in the flying car.
• On the Hogwarts Express, Hermione searched for Harry and Ron, but Luna distracted her with an enchanted issue of The Quibbler until she spotted the boys flying past in the car.
• Luna was sorted into Ravenclaw, and Ethan warmly welcomed her, impressing the new students with a speech about exploring hidden knowledge and the universe.
• At the welcoming feast, Dumbledore warned students not to enter any jet-black doors, and Ethan described the Sealed Chamber, the Challenge Gauntlet, and the Wardrobe Universe as possible destinations.
• Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts clubs would recruit members the following Monday.