Chapter Summaries

As Anduin’s magic spread dark clouds over Hogwarts, the professors sensed unusual Lightning Element Magic Power and linked the disturbance to a student and the flickering Seventh Star of the Big Dipper. Dumbledore hinted that Anduin would create powerful Lightning spells, then told Snape that Sirius was not responsible for Lily’s betrayal.

• McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sinistra examined the strange clouds and discussed the familiar magic and the flickering star.
• Sinistra explained the Seventh Star’s legends, and Flitwick began to suspect the magic belonged to a young wizard.
• Dumbledore told Snape that the clouds carried dense Lightning Element Magic Power and predicted powerful Lightning spells would emerge.
• Snape challenged Dumbledore’s decision to clear Sirius’s name, and Dumbledore said he trusted his judgment that someone else had betrayed Lily.

Snape rejected Dumbledore’s claim that Sirius had not betrayed Lily, while Anduin’s lightning ritual transformed him and completed An Mie. Anduin turned the sword into a walking stick and left the restored mountaintop.

• Snape accused Dumbledore of changing his story about Sirius, and Dumbledore urged him to find Peter Pettigrew, the last Secret Keeper.
• Dumbledore wondered how far Anduin could go, while the Thunderbird sensed Anduin’s lightning and struggled against Newt’s efforts to restrain it.
• As the storm over the Centaur Camp faded, Firenze and Hog spotted Anduin descending from the clouds transformed by lightning.
• Anduin said he felt better than ever, and Brandwain praised the power of An Mie, which Anduin said still had a long way to go before becoming a sacred weapon.
• Anduin let the centaurs and Hog examine An Mie, then changed it into a silver walking stick and helped restore the mountaintop before leaving.

After forging An Mie and absorbing thunder, Anduin gained stronger magic, improved physical abilities, and a lightning-like form of Apparition. He returned to Diagon Alley and prepared for a secret mission against the Silver Spears in Egypt, taking Hog but leaving Shalltear behind.

• Anduin's lightning tempering increased his spellcasting power and improved his strength, stamina, and reaction speed.
• Anduin discovered that Apparition had become faster and easier to control, transforming him into a streak of electricity.
• Anduin startled Shalltear, Qiqi, and Hog when he arrived at the Silver Flash Merchant, and Hog complained about being zapped by Anduin's Accio.
• Anduin told Shalltear and Qiqi that he planned to attend the International Alchemy Conference in Egypt and secretly deal with the Silver Spears.
• Anduin told Hog to train with the New Tactical Vest for the next two months and said he would take him to Egypt, while Shalltear remained behind because of her sunlight sensitivity and the risk of offending the Egyptian Ministry of Magic.

Anduin and a Ministry of Magic delegation traveled to Cairo for the International Alchemy Conference, where his Tracking Glasses had won an award. They arrived safely despite a rough Portkey journey and were welcomed by Anduin’s mentor, Edgar Bones.

• Vanessa eagerly asked Meiweis when Anduin would arrive, while Acelia described her limited travels in France.
• Anduin arrived with Hog and joined Director Bianca, Acelia, Meiweis, Vanessa, and two Ministry alchemists for the trip.
• Bianca gave everyone a Portkey rope, and the delegation traveled from Britain to a narrow alley in Cairo.
• Vanessa vomited after the bumpy journey as the group took in Cairo’s dry air and earth-colored buildings.
• Edgar Bones welcomed the delegation in Cairo, and Anduin was delighted to see his mentor after nearly five years.

Anduin reunited with Bones in Cairo, who led him and the others through Kalak Market, a bustling wizarding district filled with regional goods and alchemical shops. Anduin left eager to return and explore its supplies, especially the Alchemical Carving Knives.

• Bones greeted Anduin and met his husky, Hog, before offering to guide the group to their lodgings.
• Bones introduced Kalak Market as Cairo's busy wizarding district, crowded with visitors for the International Alchemy Conference.
• Anduin and the others explored the market's stalls, Flying Carpets, Weather Blankets, and crooked Goblin bank.
• Anduin spotted the market's many alchemy shops and wanted to buy a new set of Alchemical Carving Knives, but followed the group instead.
• Bones led everyone through a magically protected archway that connected Kalak Market to the Muggle area.

Anduin and the British delegation left Kalak Market for a wizard-friendly pub run by Martin Glenville, where they arranged rooms for the days before the Alchemy Conference. Bones praised Anduin’s success in alchemy, and Anduin credited him with guiding his early studies.

• Bones explained that foreign conference delegates stayed outside Kalak Market because its hotels could not accommodate everyone, and Bianca warned that Martin could be dangerous when angered.
• Bones led the delegation to Martin’s pub, where Martin objected to Anduin’s dog before agreeing to provide rooms after Anduin promised to pay for any damage.
• Martin handed the delegation three room keys, and Bianca assigned the rooms and told Anduin to attend the Egyptian Ministry of Magic’s dinner the next night.
• Bones followed Anduin to his room, praised his alchemy work and business, and Anduin thanked him for teaching him about alchemy.

Anduin discussed Egypt’s alchemy trade with Bones and planned to expand his business there. He also directed Acelia to investigate and lure the Thunderbird out of Cairo, then went to Kalakh Market to find another Silver Spear contact.

• Bones offered to introduce Anduin to local Alchemy Masters and explained how Kalakh Market’s stalls and product sales worked.
• Anduin asked Bones about trustworthy distributors and learned that Egyptian merchants would judge his products by their quality.
• Acelia told Anduin she had arranged to meet the Thunderbird that night, and Anduin instructed her to learn his purpose and lure him out of the city.
• Acelia questioned Anduin’s plan to face the Thunderbird alone, but agreed to follow his instructions to keep the matter secret.
• Anduin went to Kalakh Market and used Yiseron's mask to search for a second contact who might lead the Silver Spear’s Egyptian branch.

Anduin followed his tracker to the Alchemy Research Center in Kalakh Market and rented a stall under the pretense of promoting his products. There he identified the man with the Silver Spear as Sebastian, a German researcher and honorary chairman of the Center.

• Anduin followed the tracker to the Alchemy Research Center and was surprised to find an extravagant building resembling an Arab mosque.
• Anduin told Yilixan Heidrich he was with the British delegation and wanted to rent a stall for the Alchemy Conference.
• Yilixan explained the stall options and prices, and Anduin rented a large stall for two days starting immediately.
• Anduin noticed a man wearing a black turban and checked his tracker to confirm the man was his target.
• Yilixan identified the man as Sebastian, a German honorary chairman and senior Runeology researcher who had restored three ancient runes.

Anduin set up a stall at Cairo’s international street market while Hog watched the Silver Spear agent Sebastian. His dazzling display attracted a crowd, and he made a discounted sale to a Romanian vendor in exchange for advertising his stall.

• Anduin identified Sebastian as likely being the Sphinx, leader of the Silver Spear in Egypt, and sent Hog to watch him.
• Anduin rented a stall with Yilixan’s help and planned to monitor Sebastian through Hog while running his business.
• Anduin used his Leather Case to display Magic Lamps, a Magic Gramophone, Humanoid Targets, and charm pendants.
• Anduin’s lights and music drew wizards from the street and nearby market, and a Romanian vendor asked to buy two Ambiance Lamps.
• Anduin offered the vendor a forty-percent discount if he displayed a Silver Flash Merchant sign and directed interested customers to Anduin’s stall.

Anduin used a Romanian meat seller to promote his Ambiance Lamps, drawing crowds and customers to his stall at Kalakh Market. As his sales overwhelmed him, Meiweis and Vanessa joined in to help, while merchants from other countries approached him about cooperation.

• Anduin traded two Ambiance Lamps for six Galleons with a Romanian smoked-meat seller, then offered to buy meat in exchange for the man's help selling more lamps.
• The meat seller promoted the lamps to nearby stalls, and their glowing displays spread through the market, attracting crowds to Anduin's stall.
• Anduin sold lamps, gramophones, and enchanted jewelry as his stall grew busier through the evening.
• Meiweis, Vanessa, Bianca, and the others arrived at the night market and found nearly every stall displaying Anduin's lamps.
• Anduin asked Vanessa and Meiweis to help serve customers, offering them ten Galleons for the night.
• Anduin had sold nearly a hundred lamps and gramophones and dozens of pendants, and several foreign merchants approached him about cooperation.

Anduin ordered Hog to monitor a meeting between Sebastian, Acelia, and the Thunderbird to learn what had happened a year earlier and test Acelia's loyalty. The Monitoring Spider caught Acelia confronting the Thunderbird about his disappearance, while the Sphinx urged them to cooperate as they formed the British Branch.

• Anduin received Hog's report that Sebastian and Acelia had entered the building where the Thunderbird had been tracked.
• Anduin told Hog to send in a Monitoring Spider and ordered him to flee if anything went wrong.
• The Monitoring Spider found Acelia, the Thunderbird, and the Sphinx meeting in a hotel suite.
• Acelia demanded to know why the Thunderbird had vanished a year earlier and blamed him for leaving her unprepared.
• The Thunderbird insulted Acelia, and the Sphinx urged them to set aside their quarrel and work together on the British Branch.

The Thunderbird planned to lure Anduin into a secluded area in Egypt and confront him, blaming him for the Thunderbird’s failed operation in Britain. Sphinx and Acelia agreed to help create an opportunity for the attack, which was set for ten o’clock the night after tomorrow.

• Acelia worried that the Thunderbird’s disaster and Britain’s Portkey monitoring had ruined plans to establish a British Branch.
• The Thunderbird said he had come to Egypt to deal with Anduin and blamed him for disrupting the earlier operation; Acelia linked the Thunderbird’s exposure to Anduin’s Tactical Map.
• Sphinx questioned whether Anduin could be recruited, but the Thunderbird insisted that Anduin had refused and planned to settle their score in a duel.
• The Thunderbird asked Sphinx to distract Anduin’s associates and the Egyptian Ministry of Magic, while Acelia agreed to lure Anduin out with a black-market invitation.
• Sphinx provided Acelia with an invitation and named the Ebshawi Mountain Area as a secluded location, then said a Ministry banquet would keep most Egyptian forces occupied.
• Acelia agreed to bring Anduin to the site at ten o’clock the night after tomorrow, and the Thunderbird prepared to face him.

Anduin prepared to ambush Thunderbird at a Cairo black market while his Alchemical Products sold out at Kalakh Market. Bianca revealed that his production capacity could help Britain revise its restrictive trade policies, leaving Anduin poised to expand the Silver Flash Company’s international business.

• Anduin learned from Acelia that Thunderbird wanted her to lure him to a black market in Ebshawi, so he agreed to the meeting and told her to monitor the Egyptian Ministry and the Alchemy Research Center.
• Anduin secretly flew to Ebshawi to scout the black-market location ahead of the planned meeting.
• Bianca told Anduin that his products had drawn interest from Egyptian officials and alchemists, and explained that Britain restricted imports to protect its domestic economy.
• Anduin assured Bianca that the Silver Flash Company could rapidly increase production if it had enough raw materials.
• Bianca said Britain might revise its international trade agreements and gradually expand trade, with the Silver Flash Company giving it confidence to compete.

Anduin agreed to supply the British Ministry of Magic with international trade goods at a 30% discount, earning Bianca’s praise ahead of new trade negotiations. At the Egyptian Alchemy Research Center’s banquet, he met local Alchemy Masters and concealed his suspicions about Sebastian, who was secretly Silver Spear.

• Bianca offered Ministry-supplied raw materials in exchange for lower prices, inspections, and approved distributors, and Anduin agreed to a 30% discount.
• Bianca praised Anduin’s generosity and said she would tell the Ministry officials negotiating international trade agreements about his offer.
• Bianca led Anduin to the banquet hall, where Bones introduced him to Alchemy Masters Isa, Abdou, and Sebastian.
• Abdou and Isa praised Anduin’s products, and Anduin offered Abdou a Humanoid Target as a gift.
• Sebastian privately considered Anduin’s encounter with the Thunderbird while Anduin recognized him as Silver Spear and suspected he might be plotting to kill him.

Anduin and the influential Egyptian alchemists negotiated distribution rights for his products, with bidders competing fiercely for the most popular items. Madam Abdou secured the Magic Lamp deal, while other products were assigned in turn and military equipment remained restricted to foreign Ministries of Magic through Britain.

• Mr. Isa proposed dividing Anduin’s products among merchants and opened negotiations for distribution rights.
• Mr. Isa secured the Egyptian rights to the Humanoid Target with a 5,000-Galleon order and a 20% deposit.
• Madam Abdou and other alchemists competed for the Magic Lamp, and Madam Abdou won with a 20,000-Galleon order, a 4,000-Galleon distribution fee, and a 30% deposit.
• The alchemists then bid for the Magic Pendant, Magic Gramophone, and Anduin’s other tools, distributing the rights among themselves.
• Anduin kept the Interference Device and tactical equipment restricted to supply through the British Ministry of Magic.

Anduin secured lucrative alchemy orders and received the International Alchemy Conference’s Pioneering Contribution Gold Award. That night, he ambushed the Thunderbird, then faced him openly with An Mie and powerful sword energy.

• Anduin won domestic agency rights for numerous alchemical products, finalized provisional contracts, and ordered Qiqi to run the Underground Factory at full capacity.
• Anduin received the Pioneering Contribution Gold Award, and reporters spread news of his achievement around the world.
• Anduin immersed himself in the conference lectures while Meiweis, Vanessa, and Acelia endured the talks; Director Bianca left to attend to the trade agreement.
• The Thunderbird entered a clearing in the Ebshawi Mountain Area and triggered Anduin’s explosive trap, which depleted his Protective Shield and caused severe internal injuries.
• Anduin attacked the Thunderbird with enhanced Sectumsempra sword energy, then used An Mie to cleave apart his Blue Fierce Fire tiger and send more sword strikes at him.
• The Thunderbird was shocked by Anduin’s increased strength and the power of his sword.

Anduin pressed Thunderbird in close combat, using water armor and Shoulder Cannons to overcome Thunderbird’s defenses. Thunderbird shattered his shield and activated a Portkey to escape.

• Anduin closed in and drove Thunderbird back with a relentless sword assault, weakening his Crimson Magic Shield.
• Thunderbird trapped An Mie in the shield and unleashed Fiendfyre at Anduin, but Anduin blocked the flames with water armor from his Traveling Kettle.
• Anduin deployed two Shoulder Cannons and fired at the shield while pushing An Mie forward with Savage Thunder.
• Thunderbird struggled to sustain his spells and, facing defeat, shattered his shield and retreated.
• Thunderbird pulled out a rusted iron pocket watch and activated it as a Portkey.

Anduin outmaneuvered Thunderbird by disabling his escape and communications, then defeated and bound him with hidden explosives. Thunderbird’s revelations pointed to a possible conflict within the Saint's Society, while Anduin ordered Hog to carry out their next steps.

• Anduin revealed that Thunderbird’s Portkey, mask, Apparition, and other signals had been blocked, then falsely claimed Sebastian had betrayed him.
• Thunderbird mentioned Sebastian’s opposition to killing Martin Grenville and his hope of restoring the Saint's Society, giving Anduin an unexpected lead.
• Thunderbird offered Anduin wealth and an Unbreakable Vow, but Anduin refused and continued closing in.
• Thunderbird powered up the Infernal Blade, and Anduin detonated an Explosion Spider beneath him.
• Anduin severed Thunderbird’s right arm, bound him with Spirit Binding Snakes, and called Hog over the mined terrain.
• Anduin told Hog to proceed as planned and stock up on more supplies.

Anduin captured Thunderbird, collected his blood, and set up a concealed camp to perform Bloodline Refinement. He tortured Thunderbird until he agreed to talk, then caught him lying when asked for his age.

• Hog treated Thunderbird's wounds and collected 200 cc of uncontaminated blood while Anduin restored the battle site and recovered his traps.
• Anduin chose to camp nearby rather than return to the suspicious inn, and Hog set up their tent.
• Anduin searched Thunderbird's belongings and found a strange crimson potion, Black Market information, and records of Magical Creatures smuggling.
• Anduin restrained Thunderbird in a laboratory tent and tortured him until he agreed to answer questions.
• Thunderbird identified himself as Gerard Stevens, a German bounty hunter, but Anduin sensed that he was lying about his age.

Anduin learned that Thunderbird was born in 1893 and stayed physically young by taking the Snake Slough Potion, also called the Elixir of Immortality. Thunderbird explained its costs and how it forced Silver Spear members to hide their identities and shedding schedules, leaving Anduin to wonder how many Long Spears had taken it.

• Thunderbird admitted that he was born in 1893, and Anduin confirmed he was telling the truth.
• Thunderbird revealed that the Snake Slough Potion restored users to their physical peak and enhanced their bodies while preserving their magical abilities.
• Thunderbird explained that the potion required Magical Creatures as ingredients, had to be taken every three months, and caused death if a user stopped.
• Thunderbird described the monthly Shedding Skin, a painful twelve-hour ordeal that left users helpless before restoring them to peak condition.
• Anduin realized that the Silver Spears concealed their identities and avoided direct contact to hide when they shed their skin.
• Thunderbird said Short Spears knew almost nothing about the potion, while Long Spears knew of it but did not reveal who had taken it.