Chapter Summaries

Anduin watched Clement use a Vanishing Cabinet to enter the Breeding Base and inspect the Core Hub, revealing how Silver Spear maintained its supplies and Protective Shield. The cabinet could be a powerful smuggling tool, but Anduin and Hog learned little about the shield’s runes before the footage ended.

• Clement packed supplies from the black market and used a hidden fireplace to reach a warehouse full of junk.
• Clement entered a Vanishing Cabinet in the warehouse and emerged inside the Breeding Base, and Anduin recognized the rare alchemical device.
• Anduin suspected Clement had kept the cabinet for himself, possibly hoping to use it to advance within Silver Spear, and he explained its potential for smuggling.
• Clement entered the Core Hub and inspected its central stone pillar, while Anduin concluded that Clement likely did not understand the Protective Shield’s floor runes.
• Anduin and Hog reasoned that Silver Spear had invested heavily in the Core Hub, and Anduin acknowledged that their route inside had been fortunate.

Anduin investigated Clement’s black market and used the Vanishing Cabinet to infiltrate the park. He contacted Shalltear from inside and confirmed that the operation had not yet begun.

• Anduin sent Hog to watch Clement and Golden Flyer while he went to scout the black market route into the park.
• Anduin broke into Clement’s Secret Room, examined the Black Mirror, and wondered whether Golden Flyer used a duplication spell.
• Anduin traveled through the fireplace to the underground warehouse, marked its location, and inspected the Vanishing Cabinet.
• Anduin entered the park through the Vanishing Cabinet without triggering alarms.
• Anduin contacted Shalltear, who reported that she was safe with Little Thunderbird but wanted to be rescued and take a bath.

Anduin prepared to raid the Breeding Park by gathering intelligence, studying its magic array, and organizing supplies and personnel. Six days after infiltrating the park, he traveled to a remote forest in Wales and waited for an elderly man to appear.

• Anduin instructed Shalltear to map the wizards’ dormitories, and she gathered the numbers and layouts within three days.
• Anduin explored the spire, inspected its security measures, and studied the main magic array before leaving without a trace.
• Anduin reported his findings to Hog, requested supplies and personnel from Newt, and spent the following days preparing for the operation.
• Hog tracked Clement, Pitt, Ashwinder, and Golden Flyer, while Anduin became more cautious after learning that Pitt and Golden Flyer could appear in two places at once.
• Six days after infiltrating the Breeding Park, Anduin left the Duden Building and traveled to a remote forest in Wales.
• After Anduin waited nearly an hour, an elderly man carrying a suitcase appeared in the clearing.

Anduin assembled British Ministry officials, Aurors, and creature-care specialists for an operation against magical-creature smugglers, then led them into his Space Suitcase for a briefing. Andre questioned Anduin’s authority but followed the group inside, where a dog wearing glasses sat at the head of the meeting table.

• Newt arrived with Moody, Amelia, the Hit Wizards, Aurors, Hagrid, Professor Kettleburn, and Acelia, who joined to help with the operation and care for the captured creatures.
• Andre arrived with more than a dozen people on Flying Broomsticks after Anduin switched off the Jamming Interferer.
• Andre doubted that Anduin should lead the operation, but Moody defended Anduin’s plan and Andre accepted the arrangement.
• Anduin opened his Space Suitcase and led everyone into its temporary meeting room for a briefing.
• Andre and his subordinates found a dog wearing glasses at the head of the table as Anduin invited them to sit.

Hog briefed German and British Aurors on Operation Concentric Circle, which aimed to destroy three Silver Spear creature-breeding bases and capture those inside. After the first base’s scale and population raised doubts about the operation’s legality, Anduin stood to explain the people’s roles.

• Hog opened the joint German-British briefing, and the German Aurors were startled when they saw that he could talk.
• Everyone signed a confidentiality agreement before Hog presented a model of Zone 1, the first target, and described its layout and creatures.
• Hog reported that Zone 1 held roughly 300 to 350 Magical Creatures, including dangerous species, and 213 people, among them wizards and Muggles.
• The Aurors questioned whether they had legal grounds and enough people to raid a base with so many occupants.
• Anduin stood and said he would explain why so many people were at the park and what roles they served.

Anduin presented evidence to explain why the Aurors had to target everyone in Zone 1, revealing that Minister for Magic Dario Pitt was the Silver Spear. He then cited restricted British equipment found at the base and asked Amelia to identify its German importers, leaving the German Ministry of Magic implicated.

• Anduin explained that Zone 1 housed more than two hundred people, mostly Civilian Wizards, but showed that its patrolmen and secretary Gale were Silver Spear associates.
• After Andre authorized him to reveal the secret, Anduin showed photographs identifying Clement as Zone 1’s actual manager and played a recording of Clement meeting the Silver Spear.
• The Aurors heard the masked Silver Spear incite Clement to stir up trouble and recognized his voice; Anduin revealed that he was Minister for Magic Dario Pitt.
• Anduin reported finding prohibited XXX-grade equipment from the Silver Flash Merchant at the base and asked Amelia about German import records.
• Amelia stated that Germany’s importers were German Gringotts, the D-division of the Moriarty Book Company, and the German Ministry of Magic.

Anduin revealed that senior German Ministry officials, including Pitt, were tied to the Silver Spear and explained how their plans threatened the Ministry. He reassured the group that he had supplies and a secure location ready for the civilian wizards at the Breeding Parks, then moved the meeting on to the tactical briefing.

• Amelia explained that the German Ministry of Magic had spent more than 10,000 Galleons on equipment, but Andre said the Department of Magical Law Enforcement had received very little of it.
• Andre realized Pitt had diverted Ministry funds to arm the Silver Spear, and Anduin said Pitt might be the club's leader, Golden Flyer, while three other department directors were also members.
• Andre argued that the Silver Spear planned to divide Germany, use the resulting government to build its power, and had offered to make him Minister of East Germany.
• Anduin said destroying the three Breeding Parks would cut off the Silver Spear's money and manpower, and warned that the civilian wizards working there could be used as hostages.
• Newt confirmed he had prepared supplies for six hundred people, and Anduin said he had a secluded underground warehouse ready to shelter them.
• After Amelia accepted Anduin's assurance that the civilians would be safe, Anduin asked Hog to begin the tactical briefing.

Anduin briefed Andre and the others on the Breeding Base’s security and planned an inside assault on Zone 1, then demonstrated the silent entry and room-clearing tactics with a full-scale dormitory replica. The training exercise began with Anduin silently stunning a pop-up target.

• Hog outlined the Breeding Base’s daily schedule, patrol shifts, alarms, and magical barriers.
• Anduin revealed that Shalltear had infiltrated the park and helped him find an internal route and crack its Magic Shield.
• Anduin described a nighttime plan to take out the patrols and capture the dormitory residents, but Andre questioned whether two wizards could safely handle each dormitory.
• Anduin unveiled a full-scale dormitory replica and explained Silent Door Breach and Standardized Route procedures using Silent Amulets.
• Anduin entered the replica, spotted a pop-up cardboard target, and silently struck it with a Stunning Spell.

Anduin trained the Aurors in tactics and specialized amulets for silently clearing a wizard dormitory. He ended the briefing by ordering practical drills and exams before the operation could begin.

• Anduin explained Corner Observation, Rapid Maneuver, and how to use Silent Amulets to clear rooms quietly.
• Anduin demonstrated a Hypnosis Amulet that put two volunteer Aurors to sleep within seconds, then revived them with an antidote.
• Anduin said his standard procedure could secure a dormitory in five minutes and stressed the need to prepare for unexpected situations.
• Anduin announced that the Aurors would practice in the simulated dormitory until they passed a practical exam overseen by Hog.

Anduin equipped the Aurors and explained his Blind Snake plan to disguise them as Silver Spears during the raid, turning the rescue of captured Civilian Wizards into a political blow against the Silver Spear Club and Pitt. Andre and Amelia supported the plan, and the group began live drills.

• Anduin prepared Tactical Vests, boots, amulets, supplies, Tracking Glasses, and Communication Earphones for the operation.
• Anduin revealed that the Aurors would wear Silver Spear uniforms so the Civilian Wizards at the Breeding Bases would blame the Silver Spear Club for their abduction.
• Anduin proposed persuading or coercing facility managers such as Clement to cooperate, then having Andre lead a public rescue and protect the wizards from retaliation.
• Andre and Amelia backed Anduin's second-stage plan, codenamed Blind Snake, as a way to undermine the Silver Spear Club and potentially expose Pitt.
• Andre ordered the Aurors to gear up and begin live drills.

Anduin began Operation Concentric Circles, bringing more than forty trained Aurors into Zone 1’s Core Hub and coordinating with Shalltear to monitor the park. As the team prepared to strike, Nathans heard that Clement planned to equip the maintenance squads with protective gear.

• The Aurors completed room-clearing drills, learned the Silver Spears’ equipment and code of conduct, and rested before the operation.
• Anduin announced Operation Concentric Circles, entered Clement’s underground warehouse, altered its Floo connection, and made it a base for the wizards.
• Anduin brought the group to Zone 1’s Core Hub, warned them not to disturb its protective barrier, and listened as the Aurors bickered over their codenames.
• Anduin contacted Shalltear and ordered her to watch the employee dormitories and track Clement’s movements.
• Shalltear headed to the residential area as Nathans left a bar and heard fellow wizards discuss Clement’s plan to provide protective gear for maintenance squads.

After Jimmy’s argument with the Patrol Team, Nathan took him to his room to prevent further trouble and fell asleep on the living-room sofa. Masked Aurors raided the compound, stunned Nathan, and secured its occupants, though one squad was embarrassed to finish last.

• Jimmy drunkenly confronted two Patrol Team members over enforcing curfew, but Nathan calmed the situation and led him away.
• Nathan brought Jimmy to his room, then wondered whether the Patrol Team was connected to the Berlin black market before dismissing his suspicions about Lord Clement.
• Two masked Aurors entered Nathan’s home, silenced him, and knocked him unconscious with a Stunning Spell.
• Anduin reprimanded the Aurors over their shared Communication Earphone channel as other squads reported clearing their buildings.
• The Aurors’ squad hurried through its sweep but finished last, leaving the entire inner compound under their control.

After the rapid capture of Zone 1, Anduin and the others planned to seize the remaining breeding bases and decided to bluff Clement for information before moving on. Clement woke to find himself surrounded by four Silver Spears.

• Andre confirmed that all 213 people in Zone 1 had been captured and searched.
• Anduin explained how the team would handle the zone’s supplies and Magical Creatures while keeping the Core Hub running.
• Andre, Amelia, and Moody urged Anduin to attack the other two zones before the captured wizards woke.
• Anduin decided to exploit Clement’s disorientation and bluff him for information about the Silver Spear.
• Clement woke on the floor and saw four Silver Spears surrounding him.

Anduin disguised as Silver Spear accused Clement of leaking the breeding park’s location and interrogated him to uncover his ties to the club. Clement tried to prove his loyalty by recounting decades of the club’s covert operations, leaving Anduin with revelations about Pitt’s identity and the club’s political manipulation in Germany.

• Anduin, posing as Silver Spear, confronted Clement about the leaked park information and claimed Andre was preparing to attack.
• Clement denied betraying the club and mentioned Virgil, prompting Andre to react while Anduin signaled him to stay calm.
• Anduin removed his mask and revealed Pitt’s face, then ordered Clement to recount their history while he used Lie Detection.
• Clement described meeting Pitt thirty years earlier, entering the smuggling business, and transporting and guarding Magical Creatures for the club.
• Clement said Pitt had ordered him to infiltrate and lead civilian groups in East and West Germany, including the West Germany Advancement Association and the Munich Federation.
• Clement revealed that Lord Phoenix had manipulated the East Germany Progressive Labor Union and public opinion after an East German wizard killed the Schmidt family’s eldest son, helping advance the Separation Bill.

Anduin, disguised as Pitt, interrogated Clement about his loyalty and uncovered his role in the Silver Spear’s schemes and his concealment of Vanishing Cabinets. Clement confessed that he had secretly preserved memories of meetings with the club, leaving Anduin with evidence of what those memories might reveal.

• Clement claimed he had helped the Silver Spear manipulate wizarding families and government officials, including engineering the feud that crippled Andre’s son.
• Andre grew furious when he learned the Silver Spear had arranged his son’s duel, but Anduin stopped him from attacking Clement.
• Anduin accused Clement of leaking information and hiding Vanishing Cabinets, prompting Clement to admit he had concealed them to advance within the club.
• Clement revealed that memories formed within six hours could be extracted before the Obliviation Charm erased them.
• Clement confessed that he had hidden memories of every meeting with Anduin and the other club members over the past dozen years.

Anduin impersonated Golden Flyer to make Clement reveal evidence of the Silver Spear’s long-term infiltration of Germany, then knocked him unconscious. The group confirmed a spy inside the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and prepared to continue the raids, with Anduin heading to Clement’s residence to retrieve the stored memories.

• Clement confessed that he had stored memories documenting his dealings with the Silver Spear as a possible bargaining chip with the Ministry of Magic.
• Anduin, still disguised as Golden Flyer, persuaded Clement that the Silver Spear had captured the people outside and would keep him alive, then stunned him.
• Anduin revealed his real appearance, and Andre and Amelia recognized that Clement’s confession exposed the club’s plan to infiltrate Germany’s Ministry and divide the wizarding world.
• Andre identified Virgil as a suspected Silver Spear spy and said he had not shared details of the operation with him.
• Andre restricted future participants to people who had signed secrecy contracts, while Amelia offered to bring more people from Britain.
• Anduin decided to retrieve Clement’s stored memories before helping raid the other two bases.

Anduin and his allies captured all three Silver Spear breeding parks, secured their human captives, and began relocating the enormous number of Magical Creatures. The operation had succeeded, but moving the creatures would take at least three days, while the Club might soon discover the parks had been taken.

• Anduin retrieved Clement’s Memory Threads and transaction ledgers while Newt and Hagrid continued gathering creatures at Zone 1.
• Anduin split the team and led assaults on the other two parks, capturing them with the same coordinated tactics used at Zone 1.
• The operation captured 528 people and 1,231 Magical Creatures, including 227 high-risk creatures and fourteen dragons.
• Anduin moved the captives and supplies to an underground warehouse, assigned Moody to guard them, and warned him not to kill anyone.
• Newt and the others began transporting the creatures with Space Suitcases and Vanishing Cabinets, but Anduin estimated the work would take at least three days.
• Anduin, Newt, Hagrid, Professor Kettleburn, Shalltear, and the others helped relocate the creatures as they raced to finish before the Club investigated.

After completing the transfer of more than a thousand Magical Creatures from Germany, Anduin dismantled the three parks and salvaged their valuable equipment and materials. As he rested, Thor chose to stay with him, prompting Shalltear and Hog to bicker over the Thunderbird’s affection.

• Anduin and the others finished moving the Magical Creatures, with the most dangerous creatures placed in Newt’s park and many others housed near the Forbidden Forest.
• The German Aurors left with Andre, while Amelia and the British Aurors returned to Britain to gather reinforcements; Anduin stayed behind to dismantle the three Core Hubs and strip the parks of equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Anduin recovered valuable goods, including Giant Magic Array Transmitters, then shielded the empty park sites to conceal them temporarily.
• Thor approached Anduin and refused to return to Newt’s park, so Anduin let the Little Thunderbird remain with him.
• Shalltear complained that Thor had abandoned their friendship, while Hog teased her and bragged that Thor liked him better.

Anduin explained how he planned to use the captured evidence and Civilian Wizards to weaken the Silver Spear and the Golden Flyer while staying hidden and pursuing the Runic Snake. Two days earlier, Moody had built crude cells for the captured wizards and Muggles, who began waking up inside them.

• Shalltear and Hog fought over Zizzy Milk until Anduin stopped them and told them to prepare to leave.
• Anduin explained that the secret takeover of the three Breeding Parks and Clement’s evidence could undermine the Silver Spear and the Golden Flyer’s influence in the Ministry.
• Anduin said he would keep his group hidden while Andre led the next stage, and that he hoped to follow the Golden Flyer to the Runic Snake.
• Two days earlier, Moody and the other Silver Spear members built crude cells in the underground warehouse and locked up the captured wizards and Muggles.
• The prisoners woke from the sleeping potion and found themselves crowded into filthy cells, confused about where they were.

Wizards and Muggles from various Magical Creature Breeding Parks woke imprisoned in a warehouse and discovered their employers were connected to the Silver Spear Club. After Clement muttered that the Club had abandoned him, a prisoner urged everyone to focus on escaping.

• The captives woke in crowded cells, recognized employees from different breeding parks, and realized they had all worked at such parks.
• Nathans and other prisoners recalled being attacked by people wearing white masks.
• Mark revealed that Silver Spear built the parks and employed them, prompting panic over their ties to the criminal group.
• Nathans called out to Clement, who sat in a daze and muttered that the Club had abandoned him.
• A burly wizard quieted the prisoners and urged them to concentrate on escaping.