Chapter Summaries

Harry’s apparent death in the film gave way to a renewed battle when he leapt from Hagrid’s arms, revealing he was alive. As Hogwarts fought Voldemort, the wavering Death Eaters fled, including Narcissa, Draco, and Lucius.

• Voldemort tortured Harry’s apparently lifeless body with the Cruciatus Curse, while Hermione suggested the Elder Wand might have protected him.
• Hagrid carried Harry’s body toward Hogwarts as its defenders grieved, and Voldemort laughed at their despair.
• Lucius and Narcissa called Draco to join the Death Eaters, and Draco stepped toward them.
• Neville rallied Hogwarts to attack Voldemort, giving Harry the chance to jump from Hagrid’s arms and put on the Invisibility Cloak.
• The Death Eaters panicked when they realized Harry was alive and Apparated away, including Narcissa and Draco, followed by Lucius.

After Neville destroyed Nagini, Voldemort fled into Hogwarts, where the battle grew more chaotic. Molly Weasley killed Bellatrix, and Harry revealed himself to Voldemort after shielding Molly from his attack.

• Neville drew the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and killed Nagini, destroying Voldemort's final Horcrux.
• Voldemort fled into Hogwarts as centaurs, hippogriffs, and House-elves joined the battle, with Kreacher leading the elves against the Death Eaters.
• Harry found Voldemort fighting Professor McGonagall, Professor Slughorn, and Kingsley, but turned toward Hermione, Ginny, and Luna as they battled Bellatrix.
• Molly Weasley joined the fight and killed Bellatrix after Bellatrix threatened her children.
• Voldemort blasted Professor McGonagall, Professor Slughorn, and Kingsley away, then attacked Molly, but Harry blocked the spell and faced Voldemort.

Voldemort recounted how Harry had repeatedly thwarted him, destroyed his Horcruxes, and undermined his control of the Elder Wand. After Voldemort believed he had killed Harry, he learned Harry was still alive and wondered whether Harry had Horcruxes of his own.

• Voldemort remembered how Harry had survived their earlier encounters and escaped his attempts to kill him.
• Voldemort obtained the Elder Wand after tracing it from Dumbledore through its previous owners.
• Voldemort learned Harry’s group had stolen the Golden Cup and discovered that several of his Horcruxes were missing.
• Voldemort rushed to Hogwarts, sensed more Horcruxes being destroyed, and found that the Elder Wand rejected his power.
• Voldemort realized Harry was one of his Horcruxes after believing he had killed him, then learned Harry had survived the Killing Curse.
• Voldemort wondered whether Harry had made Horcruxes of his own.

Harry confronted Voldemort alone and used taunts to expose how Voldemort had lost ownership of the Elder Wand. The chapter ended as Voldemort, enraged by Harry's revelation, cast the Killing Curse at him.

• Harry stopped his allies from joining the duel and taunted Voldemort to provoke him.
• Harry unsettled Voldemort by revealing that Snape had been Dumbledore's agent and that Voldemort's actions had disrupted Dumbledore's plan for the Elder Wand.
• Harry explained that Draco Malfoy had disarmed Dumbledore before Snape killed him, making Draco the Elder Wand's master.
• Harry revealed that he had taken the Elder Wand from Draco and was now its true master.
• Voldemort rejected Harry's claim and cast Avada Kedavra at him.

The final film showed Voldemort’s defeat and Harry’s peaceful life nineteen years later, moving the audience as The Boy Who Lived concluded. After leaving early to work on Grindelwald’s memoir, Adam summoned Amon to hear gossip about Grindelwald and Dumbledore, and Amon began his story with the Halloween feast.

• Harry’s Disarming Spell overpowered Voldemort’s Killing Curse, and the Elder Wand returned to Harry before Voldemort died.
• Ollivander explained that the Elder Wand had resisted Voldemort because Harry was its true master, causing Voldemort’s curse to rebound.
• The film ended with Harry’s scar no longer hurting and the next generation boarding the Hogwarts Express, and the audience applauded.
• Adam left before the film finished to organize Professor Grindelwald’s memories into a memoir and sent his Patronus to summon an informant.
• Amon arrived at Adam’s office, claimed to know about the two professors’ relationship, and began recounting events from the Halloween feast.

Amon explained that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had reacted uneasily to a tango that recalled their past, while Adam focused on quickly producing merchandise about their romance. After the Wizarding World condemned Adam for the tragic ending of The Boy Who Lived films, Adam visited Fred and George with new props, leaving the twins wondering whether he had brought another hellish product for them to authorize.

• Amon told Adam that Dumbledore and Grindelwald seemed emotional after watching a tango that reminded them of their former relationship.
• Readers criticized Adam for the deaths and heartbreak in The Boy Who Lived films, while Harry suspected Adam enjoyed provoking their outrage.
• Adam arrived at Fred and George's home, where enchanted wind chimes shouted for them and then entered their soundproofed laboratory.
• Fred and George emerged with ringing ears, argued over their wind chimes' conflicting features, and asked Adam whether he had brought another product for authorization.

Adam visited Fred and George and gave them a pair of linked magical items called Guardian Sweethearts. After several failed attempts to activate them, the twins followed Adam’s instructions and spoke the required phrase.

• Adam reassured Fred and George that he had come to check on them, not to demand they return to work.
• Adam gave Fred and George a pair of silver magical eggs and had each twin place a drop of blood on one.
• Fred and George discovered the eggs had formed a deep connection with them, and Adam explained how to activate the Guardian Sweethearts.
• Fred and George failed to activate the items while trying different ways of saying the password, as Adam recorded their attempts.
• Fred and George finally said, “Moon Prism Power, Make Up!”

Adam demonstrated the Dual-Phase Aegis, a defensive magical item that transformed between a magpie and protective silver fluid. He explained that its true power connected Fred and George’s souls and life forces, and left them contemplating a bond built from Horcrux magic and Harry’s Passive Resistance Charm.

• Adam revealed that Fred and George’s Guardian Sweethearts transformed into magpies and introduced them as the Dual-Phase Aegis.
• Adam blasted Fred with Kaboom Blast, and the Aegis automatically shielded him from the explosion.
• Adam fired a pistol at George, and the Aegis blocked the bullet before Adam repaired the damaged floor and window.
• Adam explained that the Aegis’s automatic defense was only a minor feature and that its full power depended on the twins’ complete trust in each other.
• Adam said the Aegis linked Fred and George’s life force and soul power so that either could draw on the other to recover from any injury that was not instantly fatal.
• Adam revealed that the Aegis’s deeper protection used Horcrux magic and a modified version of the Passive Resistance Charm, which could endure through the twins’ bond.

Adam prepared for the premiere of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and noticed that a worldwide martial arts tournament was also approaching. The film’s ticket rush overwhelmed Dreamscape Cinema’s staff, and Harry asked a ticket buyer to trade tickets with him.

• Adam explained the Dual-Phase Aegis to Fred and George, then left them to study it and reminded them to return to work.
• Adam checked his memo, recalled the upcoming World's First Martial Arts Tournament, and anticipated Hogwarts opening its higher education program afterward.
• News of the "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" film spread through the British Wizarding World, and reports about Newt, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald drove up audience expectations.
• Adam hired extra help from Eugene, and Harry, Ron, Aurors, and young wizard graduates helped manage the crowds on ticket-sales day.
• After order stabilized, Harry approached a wizard who had bought two tickets and asked whether he would trade them.

Harry traded for premiere tickets, while Newt, Tina, Rolf, Luna, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald gathered to watch Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The film began with a dark scene of wizards advancing through a storm, and Grindelwald guessed that his silhouette marked him as the protagonist.

• Harry offered a wizard fifty Galleons in addition to his tickets, and the wizard agreed to trade his premiere tickets.
• Newt and Tina attended the premiere after Adam invited them to watch the film based on their younger days.
• Rolf and Luna returned with bags of food and merchandise bought using Adam's exchange vouchers, and Luna shared snacks with the group.
• The theater lights dimmed, and the film opened with a stormy scene of wizards advancing with their wands raised.
• Grindelwald recognized his silhouette on screen and joked that he might be the protagonist, while Dumbledore ate popcorn.

The viewers watched a film about Newt arriving in America with a magical suitcase while newspapers revealed rising tensions between wizards and No-Majs. The chapter ended as witnesses described a mysterious black wind with white eyes that had destroyed a patch of ruins and vanished underground.

• Adam watched the opening newspapers draw Harry's attention to the risk of wizards being exposed and the American wizarding world's contempt for No-Majs.
• Newt arrived in America by ocean liner with his suitcase, which he quietly comforted after it began to open itself.
• Tina recognized Dougal as one of Newt's creatures, while Newt grew unsettled by how accurately the film depicted his private memories.
• Newt used the suitcase's No-Maj Mode to pass through customs without revealing the creature inside.
• Witnesses at a ruined site described a black wind with white eyes that had destroyed the area and plunged underground.

The film showed Newt arriving in New York, where a mysterious burrowing creature escaped and he accidentally switched suitcases with Jacob. Newt and Tina remembered their late friend with affection and grief as the story began to reveal Jacob’s importance.

• A dangerous, unidentified magical creature fled through the ruins in broad daylight, alarming Muggles and leaving a deep trench behind.
• Grindelwald watched his disguise on screen, then grew uneasy when he saw Dumbledore sitting beside him.
• Newt recalled that Tina had been wary of him when they first met after he bumped into her on the street.
• Newt accidentally tripped Jacob, and the two men picked up each other’s suitcases, leaving Jacob with Newt’s magical creatures.
• Newt and Tina mourned Jacob, remembering that he had died more than ten years earlier and that Queenie had died within a year of him.

Newt followed Tina to the Magical Congress of the United States of America after his Niffler caused chaos at a bank, but the officials inspecting his suitcase found Jacob’s bread instead of fantastic beasts. The chapter ended with Jacob taking Newt’s suitcase home, where its clasp opened by itself.

• Newt chased his Niffler through a bank vault, drawing attention and prompting Tina to take him to the Magical Congress.
• President Seraphina Picquery dismissed Tina while discussing the aftermath of a dangerous fantastic beast incident, and Tina’s superior reprimanded her.
• Minister Graves arrived, giving Tina a chance to explain Newt’s situation before officials inspected his suitcase.
• The officials opened the suitcase and found Jacob’s baked bread because Newt and Jacob had taken each other’s luggage.
• Jacob carried Newt’s suitcase home after failing to get a bank loan, and its clasp suddenly opened by itself.

Jacob’s suitcase released a Murtlap and another unseen creature, while the film introduced an anti-wizard organization and showed Credence. Professor Dumbledore worried about Adam’s plans to end the Statute of Secrecy, and Grindelwald’s blunt reassurance only angered him.

• Jacob watched his suitcase open by itself, then caught a pink Murtlap that sprang out and wrestled with it on the floor.
• Another creature escaped, wrecked the room, and fled through a broken window as a small flying figure darted after it.
• The film showed a girl singing a witch-burning rhyme at an anti-wizard organization, drawing the audience’s attention to its role in the story.
• Professor Dumbledore saw gloomy Credence on screen and worried that Adam intended to expose wizards to Muggles and abolish the Statute of Secrecy.
• Professor Grindelwald told Professor Dumbledore that they were no match for Adam, and Dumbledore angrily flung Grindelwald’s hand off his shoulder.

Newt and Tina discovered that several magical creatures had escaped from Newt’s case, and they tried to contain the damage while keeping Jacob from learning too much about magic. The film then revealed an invisible creature stealing food and identified it as a Demiguise.

• Newt found Jacob’s apartment wrecked and repaired it after casting a Confundus Charm on witnesses outside.
• Tina found Newt sitting with his case and learned that it had opened and the Niffler had escaped.
• A Murtlap startled Tina, and Newt caught it and returned it to the case before Jacob woke up.
• Tina stopped Newt from casting Obliviate on Jacob, and they took him away from the apartment.
• The Niffler emerged from behind a photograph, while an invisible creature stole an apple and a child’s lollipop nearby.
• The billboard revealed the invisible creature as a Demiguise, and Newt smiled as the audience recognized it.

Tina brought Newt and Jacob to her home, where they met Queenie, whose beauty and casual use of Legilimency unsettled the audience. Harry and Ron argued over whether Queenie was a natural Legilimens and made a bet that left Harry agreeing to wear one of Ginny’s dresses and dance in Hogsmeade Square if he lost.

• The audience debated the Demiguise and reflected on how strict law enforcement had become in the British Wizarding World.
• Tina took Newt and Jacob home, where they met Queenie, and an audience member’s whistle prompted Mrs. Tina to grip her wand.
• Queenie changed her outer clothes and demonstrated her ability to conjure food silently, while the audience learned that she used Legilimency routinely.
• Ron argued that Queenie was not a natural Legilimens, and Harry bet him that she was.
• Ron set the loser’s punishment as wearing one of Ginny’s dresses and dancing in Hogsmeade Square, and Harry accepted.
• Adam decided he should give Ginny some dresses and wondered what style to buy.

The audience watched Newt invite Jacob into his enchanted suitcase and reveal a workshop and a vast interior habitat, while Tina and Newt were moved by memories of their friends. The chapter ended with the audience stunned by a storm-filled sky and a Thunderbird inside the suitcase.

• At dinner, Tina and Newt watched Queenie and Jacob grow close while they quietly understood one another.
• After dinner, Newt opened his suitcase and walked inside, then beckoned Jacob to follow.
• Jacob struggled to fit through the suitcase opening before falling inside, making the audience laugh.
• Newt prepared medicine in the suitcase's workshop and startled Jacob and the audience with a Swooping Evil prank.
• Newt led Jacob through a door into a vast stormy space where a Thunderbird flew, leaving the audience astonished.

Newt introduced Jacob to the fantastic beasts inside his case, including an Obscurus, then set out with him to find the escaped creatures. They caught a Niffler and found a female Erumpent, but a monkey stole Newt’s wand before they could capture it.

• Newt showed Jacob and the audience the Thunderbird and other creatures living inside his case, then revealed an Obscurus in an icy enclosure.
• Newt told Jacob that Tina and her sister would Obliviate him once they learned his injuries had healed, and Jacob agreed to help find the missing beasts.
• Newt followed a trail of shiny objects to a Niffler in a jewelry store and chased it through the shop until he caught it.
• Newt and Jacob escaped the arriving police when a lion drew their attention, then found a female Erumpent in Central Park.
• Newt used musk and a courtship dance to approach the Erumpent, but Jacob startled it and a monkey snatched Newt’s wand.

Tina’s report brought Newt and Jacob into the Magical Congress’s crowded investigation, where Graves interrogated Newt about the Obscurus and sentenced him and Tina to death. Newt escaped execution, while Queenie found Newt and Tina’s wands and suitcase in Graves’s office.

• Tina brought Newt and Jacob’s suitcase to the Magical Congress, where President Seraphina questioned her report before the assembled officials.
• Graves asked Newt why Dumbledore thought so highly of him and questioned him about his expulsion from Hogwarts and the Obscurus in his suitcase.
• Newt realized Graves’s remarks suggested he had considered using an Obscurus, but Graves dismissed Newt’s explanation and condemned him and Tina to death.
• Newt used his Bowtruckle to unlock his shackles, fought the executioners, and knocked two of them out.
• Queenie stopped Jacob from being taken for a Memory Charm and found Newt and Tina’s wands and Newt’s suitcase in Graves’s office.

Jacob, Newt, Tina, and Queenie escaped the Magical Congress of the United States of America as Graves was exposed as Grindelwald in disguise. Newt and Tina pursued information about the missing Demiguise, while Credence continued searching for the child Graves wanted.

• Jacob kicked open the locked door, allowing Newt to save Tina, and the group escaped the headquarters inside Newt's suitcase.
• Graves gave Credence a necklace bearing the Deathly Hallows symbol, revealing to the audience that Grindelwald had infiltrated the Magical Congress under Graves's identity.
• The revelation made parents wary of Professor Grindelwald, while Dumbledore reacted coldly to Grindelwald's concern about his teaching work.
• Tina took Newt, Queenie, and Jacob to meet her goblin informant, who betrayed them by alerting the Magical Congress.
• Jacob knocked out the goblin, and the group obtained information about the Demiguise and Apparated to Fifth Avenue.