Chapter Summaries

Ethan prepared to promote his new club while Gilderoy Lockhart introduced himself as Hogwarts’ new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and boasted about protecting Ethan. The next morning, Lockhart offered to inspect Ethan’s poster, unaware that Ethan had a plan for him.

• Ethan reflected that his future undertaking would require supporters and prepared to promote his new club with a poster he had designed over the summer.
• Dumbledore introduced Gilderoy Lockhart as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and Lockhart was rattled when students compared his looks unfavorably with Ethan’s.
• Lockhart claimed he had protected Ethan during their encounter with Mr. Lamp in Knockturn Alley, while Ethan and Luna dismissed his boast.
• After the feast, Ethan used a Portal to take himself and Luna to the Ravenclaw Common Room, impressing the new students.
• Ethan found the notice board crowded with posters placed by Prefects, then encountered Lockhart, who demanded to inspect his club poster.
• Ethan handed Lockhart the poster as a dark glint appeared in his eyes, and Penelope quietly moved away.

Ethan used a magical poster to promote the Enlightenment Lamp Society, making Lockhart repeat its slogan and filling the Great Hall with blinding light. He drew in Hogwarts students and planned an even bigger surprise for them during the Ancient City of Thane trials.

• Lockhart mocked Ethan’s black poster, but it cracked open and caused him severe pain until it revealed a white interior.
• The poster entranced Lockhart and made him repeat the Enlightenment Lamp Society’s slogan; Ethan explained that it could compel people who saw it to spread the message.
• Ethan put the poster back on the notice board, then revealed that it also emitted an intense light visible throughout the Great Hall.
• Students flocked to Ethan’s glowing display, while the other clubs’ posters disappeared behind its radiance.
• Ethan invited students to join the society and planned a bigger surprise for them during the Ancient City of Thane trials.

Ethan’s magical poster for the Enlightenment Lamp Society dazzled the Great Hall, earning Ravenclaw points and spreading the society’s influence. As the poster’s power grew and Ethan’s soul fusion reached its limit, Wallace decided to recruit members from Ethan’s society for the Gobstones Club.

• Ethan used an enchanted poster to overwhelm the Great Hall with light and compel students to chant the Enlightenment Lamp Society’s welcome.
• Dumbledore suppressed the poster’s magic, praised Ethan’s Ancient Runes and artwork, and awarded Ravenclaw ten points; the poster’s progress rose to 15% and Ethan’s soul fusion reached 50%.
• Lockhart woke and tried to claim he had intentionally helped Ethan, despite his humiliation and losses in Knockturn Alley.
• The poster was confiscated, but Hermione vowed to join the society, the Weasley twins kept a copy, and the display drew attention away from the Gobstones Club poster.
• Wallace resented Ethan’s success and considered poaching members from the Enlightenment Lamp Society for the Gobstones Club.

Ethan received a flood of letters from Fleur and later opened the Chamber of Secrets, where he encountered the Basilisk. He entered blindfolded to avoid its deadly gaze but realized he could not understand what it was saying.

• Hundreds of owls delivered Fleur Delacour’s letters to Ethan, and he found that she had been writing to him almost daily since the Challenge Tournament.
• Gemma Farley scattered the letters with a gust of magic, while Luna left breakfast early and Ron watched Ethan’s good fortune enviously.
• Ethan used the Snake Flute to open the hidden passage in the Second-Floor Girls’ Bathroom and descended past the bones to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Ethan opened the Chamber’s iron door, blindfolded himself to guard against the Basilisk’s gaze, and called for it to come out.
• The Basilisk answered in Parseltongue, but Ethan realized he could not understand it.

Ethan used Tom Riddle to translate the Basilisk’s message and learned that it was shedding its skin and would be unable to move for two months. After discovering magical Serpent’s Saliva in the Chamber of Secrets, Ethan planned to use its Cycle attribute to create a harmless chase in the Ancient City of Thane for new club members.

• Ethan summoned Tom Riddle from the diary and asked him to translate the Basilisk’s speech.
• Tom discovered Ethan was in the Chamber of Secrets, then agreed to help after Ethan threatened him and mocked his half-blood heritage.
• Tom told Ethan that the Basilisk was shedding its skin and wanted him to return in two months, and that the Basilisk had to guide anyone into Slytherin’s true Chamber.
• Ethan found Serpent’s Saliva beneath a stone statue and learned that it could give artworks the Cycle attribute.
• Ethan decided to use the material to create a frightening but harmless parkour chase in the Ancient City of Thane for the club’s new members.

Ethan collected a rare pigment from the Chamber of Secrets and returned to Hogwarts through a Portal, waking Michael with a scare. The next morning, he caught Wallace trying to move the Enlightenment Lamp Society poster and frightened him with a blood-red eyeball.

• Ethan gathered the dark-brown sludge from the Chamber of Secrets and returned to his dormitory through a Portal.
• Michael woke to Ethan's pale face appearing in a jet-black doorway and screamed.
• Ethan got ready for the day and went to the Great Hall before his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
• Ethan saw Wallace picking at the Enlightenment Lamp Society poster and used a Portal to appear behind him.
• Ethan startled Wallace by greeting him in a sweet voice through the frightening visage of a blood-red eyeball.

Ethan moved his poster above the others and Wallace agreed to join his society so he could infiltrate its assessment. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lockhart introduced dangerous creatures in a covered cage, while Ethan prepared an innovation of his own.

• Ethan frightened Wallace, then enlarged the notice board and placed his society poster above every other poster.
• Wallace agreed to join Ethan's society, planning to enter the assessment and get himself eliminated so he could poach members.
• Ethan arrived early at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and molded a modified model of the Ancient City of Thane while Lockhart hummed in his office.
• Ethan met Justin Finch-Fletchley, who wondered what was inside Lockhart's noisy, covered cage.
• Lockhart claimed the creatures in the cage were deadly and more dangerous than Ethan's upcoming club assessment, as Ethan finished sketching an idea.

Ethan used his Fusion Nest card on the Cornish Pixies in Lockhart’s cage, creating a grotesque new magical creature called a Death Bird Fledgling. The cage broke as the creature shrieked, leaving the class facing the unleashed beast.

• Ethan activated the Fusion Nest card on the creatures inside Lockhart’s covered cage.
• Lockhart gave the class a quiz, praised Ravenclaw, and read Ethan’s strange drawing of him aloud.
• Lockhart revealed the cage contained Cornish Pixies, but the class recoiled at the monstrous creature inside.
• Ethan’s fusion created a Death Bird Fledgling from seventeen Blue Pixies, and the creature gained the ability to wield weapons.
• The Death Bird Fledgling shrieked and shattered the unenchanted cage.

Ethan’s Bird of Death attacked Lockhart after Lockhart’s spell enraged it, and Ethan trapped Lockhart in the classroom. After the creature escaped into the Forbidden Forest, Lockhart tried to quit but was magically compelled by Mr. Lamp to oversee Ethan’s club activities.

• Lockhart tried to cast a spell at the Strange Bird, which snapped his wand in half, and Ethan sealed the exits as Lockhart attempted to flee.
• Ethan’s artwork increased his Soul Fusion Degree by 2% and taught him the Soul Shriek spell, while Lockhart faced the Bird of Death.
• The Bird of Death smashed through a window and flew toward the Forbidden Forest, and Justin told Dumbledore that Ethan should teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• Lockhart accused Ethan of being a demon and announced he was quitting, but Dumbledore and Snape discussed assigning someone to monitor Ethan’s club.
• An unsigned letter compelled Lockhart to help Ethan unconditionally, and Lockhart changed his mind and volunteered to oversee the club activities.

Ethan led dozens of students through Hogwarts at night to take the Enlightenment Lamp Society entrance exam in the Ancient City of Thane. With everyone gathered and divided into groups, Ethan revealed a card and began to explain the exam’s new rules.

• Ethan led the students past Percy and Gemma Farley, while Professor Lockhart admitted that he had approved their society exam.
• The group traveled through the Fourth Floor Restricted Section corridor, the Portal, and the Mural to reach the Ancient City of Thane.
• Cedric announced that he had trained hard over the summer and was ready for Ethan’s challenges.
• Ethan unfurled two provocative banners at the city gates and told the students to form groups of ten, placing Harry in the first group.
• Ethan produced a card wreathed in heat and killing intent and began explaining the exam’s new rules.

Ethan turned the Ancient City of Thane challenge into an endless chase course, sending students fleeing from his Hellhound and the city’s traps. Cedric was swallowed after charging the beast, while Harry and Hermione fought their way through the course until a wave knocked Hermione down just before the finish.

• Ethan revealed that he had changed the challenge into an endless chase-and-escape course and introduced his Hellhound.
• Wallace tried to leave but encountered the Hellhound, and the first group began the test with Cedric charging the beast and getting swallowed.
• The Hellhound spat Cedric out after Ethan ordered it to, and Cedric passed out after declaring himself unsatisfied.
• Ron was knocked into an abyss by a wrecking ball as Harry dodged traps and successfully cast a spell that swept away a volley of arrows.
• Hermione used a Severing Charm to collapse a statue behind her and Harry, blocking the Hellhound while they raced toward the finish.
• A tremendous wave surged up behind Hermione and knocked her to the ground.

Hermione passed Ethan’s test and became the second member of the Enlightenment Lamp Society. As the second group began, Luna used her cloak to start an unexpected plan to avoid the Three-Headed Dog.

• The Three-Headed Dog pinned Hermione until Ethan called time and declared that she had passed the test.
• Ethan welcomed Hermione into the Enlightenment Lamp Society, cleaned her with a Scouring Charm, and returned her, Harry, and the Hellhound through a Portal.
• Hermione learned that Ethan had enchanted the test buildings to repair themselves, then noticed Luna watching the old city wall and dismissed her odd behavior.
• Ethan gave Invigoration Potions to the eliminated students and started the second group’s test.
• While the other students ran, Luna stayed at the starting line, transformed her cloak into a rope, and used it to reach a platform jutting from the outer wall.

Ethan completed the Enlightenment Lamp Society’s trials, welcoming an unlikely group of students into the club and punishing Wallace for secretly following them. The Lamp’s progress rose to 22%, and Ethan discovered a lost tool called the “Clothing-Shedding” Shears.

• Luna used “Accio wall” to fly over the barrier, impressing Ethan and leaving Hermione frustrated by her unconventional magic.
• Ethan named the Weasley Twins, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom as successful candidates, then granted Cedric special permission to join.
• Ethan revealed that Wallace had skipped the assessment and sent the Hellhound to drag him into the ancient city, while Professor Lockhart stayed silent.
• The students told Wallace the trial had been frightening but fun, and Ethan watched as the Hellhound dragged him away.
• The Lamp’s brightness and reach increased, its progress rose from 17% to 22%, and Ethan found the “Clothing-Shedding” Shears.

Ethan celebrated the growing power of his Enlightenment Lamp Society and received magical scissors that could peel away even the toughest shell. After Cho Chang reported his activities to the Round Table Council, its members decided to have Slytherin test Ethan’s limits.

• Ethan’s Soul Fusion Degree rose to 5%, connecting him to the club members and steadily replenishing his abilities.
• Ethan obtained the Shedding "Clothes" Scissors and considered using them to help the Basilisk shed its skin.
• Cho Chang asked Ethan about his club, and he declared that the Enlightenment Lamp Society would train its members and expand its influence.
• Hermione suspected Cho was spying for the Round Table Council, but Ethan welcomed the chance to make his club famous by defeating its enemies.
• Cho reported Ethan’s latest test to the Round Table Council, whose members worried he might recruit Ravenclaw’s best students.
• The figure speaking through the Two-Way Mirror decided to let Slytherin test Ethan first.

Ethan visited the Chamber of Secrets, helped the Basilisk shed its skin, and established control over it. He learned that Salazar Slytherin’s true Chamber would open only when Hogwarts faced a crisis threatening its survival, and resolved to create one.

• Ethan walked through the Underground Cave and joked about building a roller coaster route to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Ethan entered the Chamber blindfolded and used golden scissors to peel the Basilisk’s old skin away.
• The Basilisk showed affection toward Ethan, but the Three-Headed Dog restrained it when it got too playful; the Basilisk then submitted to Ethan as its master.
• Ethan asked the Basilisk about Slytherin’s true Chamber, and Tom translated its answer: it would open when Hogwarts faced a crisis threatening its survival.
• The system confirmed the clue, and Ethan concluded that he had to sacrifice Hogwarts to bring about a greater light for the world.

Ethan planned to create a vast Living Painting that could swallow Hogwarts, using the Basilisk’s shed skin as canvas and Tom Riddle’s blood as paint. He left Tom wounded in the diary and began painting the first part of his monstrous creation.

• Ethan explained to Tom that fear of the unknown could make people imagine horrors beyond the Basilisk itself.
• Ethan decided to paint a serpent large enough to swallow Hogwarts and found that the Basilisk’s shed skin could serve as an extraordinary canvas.
• Ethan planned to divide the serpent into five paintings that would devour enormous objects when joined together.
• Ethan cut Tom’s diary with golden scissors and collected the black-red blood that poured from the wound.
• Ethan dipped his paintbrush into Tom’s blood and began painting on the shed skin as Tom protested from the diary.

Ithan passed out while beginning a vast painting on Basilisk skin, then recovered and went to find the Enlightenment Lamp Society members at Quidditch practice. There, Ron hexed Marcus Flint after Flint insulted Hermione, and Ithan arrived just as Flint threatened retaliation.

• Ithan painted the Basilisk skin through the night until exhaustion made him collapse, and the Basilisk checked on him before returning to its lair.
• Ithan woke the next morning, drank two Invigoration Potions, and left to hold the Enlightenment Lamp Society's first training session.
• Ithan learned that Harry and the Weasley Twins were at Quidditch practice with Wood, so he and the others went to the pitch.
• Hermione called out the Slytherin team's bribery, and Flint insulted her before Ron hit him with the Tarantella Dance spell.
• Flint broke free and threatened Ron, but Ithan appeared behind him and punched him in the face.

Ethan gained the Vitality trait after confronting Flint, then completed the first section of his Great Serpent portrait, a terrifying living painting. The Pure-blood Glory Club challenged him and the Enlightenment Lamp Society to a Halloween trial whose loser would have to disband.

• Ethan knocked Flint down, traded insults with him, and watched him threaten the Enlightenment Lamp Society before leaving with his Nimbus 2001.
• Ethan began the Society's first training session by forcing its members to survive against him.
• Ethan combined Vitality with Robust Physique and completed the Tier 1 Golden Legendary Serpent Body painting in the Chamber of Secrets.
• Ethan gave the Serpent Body a Spirit Thread, then considered fusing other cards into the Great Serpent portrait.
• Ethan received a letter from the Pure-blood Glory Club challenging his club to a Halloween Courage Trial, with the losing club required to disband.

Ethan Vincent chose to defend the Halloween Courage Trial so he could test his club members and advance his magical progress. The first Slytherin challengers arrived, but the Weasley twins blasted Flint off the steps and began raining spells on the rest of the team.

• Ethan chose the defenders' role and planned to use the trial to test his club members' abilities and push his Breaking Out of the Shell progress higher.
• Slytherin prepared for the trial, relieved that Ethan had agreed not to use his offensive paintings, while Draco Malfoy mocked their confidence.
• On Halloween eve, Professor McGonagall opened the trial as Dumbledore displayed the challengers on a Water Screen.
• Flint, Zabini, Nott, Millicent Bulstrode, and Crabbe entered as Slytherin's first team and encountered George and Fred at the castle steps.
• George and Fred cast Bombarda, blasting Flint away before several more red spells rained down on the Slytherin challengers.

The Slytherin trial participants endured a barrage of spells, terrifying Weasley Twins, and a charging Headless Knight as they fought their way through Hogwarts. Cedric delivered all five to the Second Floor, while Ethan watched from the Third Floor and announced that the real show was about to begin.

• The Weasley Twins bombarded Zabini and the other Slytherins with explosive spells, then crawled after them in a terrifying spider-like pose and frightened the watching students too.
• Professor McGonagall hung the Twins from a tree, while the five Slytherins caught their breath inside the castle and boasted that they could handle whatever came next.
• A Headless Knight attacked the Slytherins with a spinning circular saw, and they fled through a corridor filled with animated armor and threatening paintings.
• The Slytherins reached the stairs to the Second Floor and carried proof that they had cleared the First Floor.
• Cedric revealed that he had followed Vincent's orders to guide all five Slytherins upstairs, while Ethan read Biocrafting on the Third Floor and said the show was about to begin.