Chapter Summaries

A Silver Spear wizard explained that the club had imprisoned its former workers after trouble at several Breeding Parks, then declared them property who would be forced to work again. The prisoners split into former Park Patrol Team associates and Civilian Wizards and Muggles, and the chapter ended as the Silver Spear wizard punished a groveling associate.

• A prisoner transformed an iron bar into paper with Wandless Spellcasting, but a Silver Spear wizard appeared and blasted him back into the cell.
• The Silver Spear wizard restored the bar and told the prisoners they had been detained because several Breeding Parks were in danger.
• He declared the prisoners the club's property and threatened forced labor and memory modification.
• A former associate revealed that he had helped the East Germany Progressive Labor Union provoke conflict and begged to join the Silver Spear, prompting former Park Patrol Team members to plead for loyalty while others protested.
• The prisoners divided into hostile camps, and the Silver Spear wizard silenced them, warned the former associates that a traitor was among them, and cast Heart-Digging Bone-Drilling on the man who had begged for mercy.

Nathans and the other prisoners endured the Silver Spear’s harsh rules while Bob urged Nathans to help him escape. The chapter ended with Bob suspecting the sealed warehouse had a hidden magical passage, possibly a fireplace.

• A Silver Spear member punished a prisoner with the Cruciatus Curse, then invisible guards distributed boiled potatoes and warned everyone to stay quiet.
• Jimmy nearly confronted a former Patrol Team member, but Nathans restrained him and explained that the man was trying to provoke him into trouble with the guards.
• Nathans spoke with Bob, who thanked him for standing up for the prisoners and asked whether he would risk trying to escape.
• Nathans cautioned that the guards could be invisible and an impulsive escape attempt could be fatal, but Bob insisted they could not remain prisoners indefinitely.
• Bob told Nathans that the warehouse seemed completely sealed and suggested they search for a hidden magical passage, perhaps like a fireplace.

Bob and Nathans planned to escape the stronghold by practicing Wandless Spellcasting, unaware that Moody overheard them. At the Safe House, Moody reported to Anduin and Andre that the prisoners had split into two groups and remained under control.

• Bob persuaded Nathans to lie low, secretly practice Wandless Spellcasting, and wait for a chance to escape.
• Nathans suggested including the other prisoners, but Bob argued they should contact the Ministry's Aurors to rescue them after escaping.
• Moody overheard Bob and Nathans's plan but kept it secret until he could discuss it with Anduin.
• Anduin, Moody, and Andre met at the Safe House to exchange updates on the stronghold.
• Moody told Anduin that former Patrol Team members cooperated with the Silver Spears, while the remaining Civilian Wizards and Muggles complained and sometimes clashed with them.

Anduin, Moody, and Andre planned to use two prisoners’ escape to expose the Silver Spear’s compound and bring hundreds of wizards into the open. They also prepared to weaken Pitt’s power by approaching the Schmidt family, while Anduin began the Blind Snake Operation.

• Moody reported that Clement was acting withdrawn in prison, and Anduin concluded that he was pretending to be harmless because he still wanted to live.
• Moody told Anduin about Bob and Nathans, who were practicing Wandless Spellcasting and planning to escape through an underground fireplace.
• Anduin proposed allowing Bob and Nathans to escape so Andre’s Aurors could rescue them and gain an excuse to raid the Silver Spear’s compound; he gave Moody tracking devices and planned to alter the fireplace route.
• Anduin and Andre arranged for Moody and the others to escape during the staged raid by disabling the Anti-Apparition array, while Andre planned to transfer Virgil away from Berlin.
• Anduin urged Andre to move against Pitt and use Clement’s memories to persuade the Schmidt family to switch sides, offering them information about the Phoenix and help with revenge.

Anduin prepared Andre and Moody for the Blind Snake Operation, giving Andre trackers and a timed publicity campaign to help bring down Pitt. Two days later, Anduin disguised himself as Thunderbird and headed to the Silver Spear headquarters for the Long Blade Meeting, hoping to track the Golden Flyer.

• Anduin told Andre about the Phoenix’s connection to the Silver Spear and gave him three trackers to plant on Pitt’s allied directors.
• Anduin handed Andre a schedule of newspaper stories to publish after the prison rescue, promoting Andre and exposing Pitt’s schemes.
• Anduin warned Andre and Moody that the operation had to swiftly rescue prisoners, gather evidence, hold a trial, and arrest Pitt’s faction before it could revolt.
• Anduin told Moody to hide after the warehouse raid and explained that Director Amelia was gathering people for the coming fight with the Silver Spears.
• Anduin prepared several concealed trackers to use on the Golden Flyer at the Long Blade Meeting.
• Anduin disguised himself as Thunderbird and returned to the Silver Spear headquarters.

Anduin, posing as the Thunderbird, attended the Long Blade Meeting to explain why the Silver Spear club’s plan to establish a British transit station had failed. He revealed that the club had misjudged the British Ministry of Magic’s commitment to stopping smuggling.

• The Thunderbird refused to enter the headquarters until the Ashwinder came out of the doorway, then asked which Silver Spears had attended.
• The Ashwinder said the Sphinx and Black Dragon were absent, and the Thunderbird learned that the Black Dragon had asked him to represent his views.
• The Thunderbird entered the meeting room and took his seat among the Silver Spears, where the Golden Flyer began the meeting and the Phoenix challenged him over the failed British mission.
• The Thunderbird said the club had misjudged two forces in Britain and clarified that Dumbledore was not the main obstacle.
• The Thunderbird explained that Minister Bagnold had committed nearly half the Auror Headquarters’ forces to cracking down on smuggling.

The Thunderbird reported that British Ministry of Magic tracking tools and Newt Scamander had repeatedly disrupted the club’s transport operations, causing heavy losses and forcing him to abandon the British Transit Station plan. The Spears learned that Newt had twice held off the Thunderbird, while Anduin’s role in supplying the Ministry’s equipment was discussed.

• The Thunderbird explained that the Ministry tracked the club’s collaborators with Anduin’s Tracking Glasses and other Silver Flash Merchant combat tools, costing them several Peruvian Vipertooth Dragons and many American collaborators.
• Golden Flyer described the Silver Flash Merchant’s business and Anduin’s reputation as an award-winning alchemy genius, while noting that the club’s purchased tools were deployed in the Breeding Park rather than with the Silver Spear.
• The Thunderbird reported that Newt had silently defeated the Stealth Squad and later helped the Ministry ambush a large transfer, where more than half of the club’s collaborators were lost.
• The Thunderbird said Newt had held him off even when he used Blue Fierce Fire, forcing him to escape by Portkey, and that a later rematch also ended without his victory.
• Golden Flyer concluded that the Thunderbird had abandoned plans for a British Transit Station after failing to gain the upper hand in both encounters.

The Silver Spears voted to delay punishing Thunderbird for the failed British Transit Station and debated where to establish a new route for transporting Magical Creatures. With southern and eastern routes unsuitable, Golden Flyer assigned the Evil Mother-in-law Bird to open a temporary transit route in Northern Europe, with Thunderbird promising to help.

• Golden Flyer proposed postponing Thunderbird's punishment, and the attending Silver Spears voted in favor.
• The Eight-Eyed Giant Spider and Phoenix urged the club to establish another transit station, but Manticore, the Eight-Eyed Giant Spider, and Phoenix ruled out southern Europe because of strict anti-smuggling controls.
• Thunderbird and the Long-Horned Water Snake argued over the club's failed shipments until Golden Flyer stopped them and the Long-Horned Water Snake warned that an eastern European branch would take three to five years to stabilize.
• Golden Flyer chose Northern Europe for a temporary transport route and ordered the reluctant Evil Mother-in-law Bird to establish it before winter.
• Thunderbird backed the plan and offered to help the Evil Mother-in-law Bird in Northern Europe, and she accepted the assignment.

At a Long Blade Meeting, Shapeshifting Lizard reported that all three Breeding Parks had vanished, including their staff and Magical Creatures. The Thunderbird, Golden Flyer, and Phoenix investigated Zone 1 and found no survivors, creatures, or signs of a struggle.

• Golden Flyer assigned the Thunderbird to help the Evil Mother-in-law Bird establish a Northern European transfer route within two months.
• The Thunderbird and Golden Flyer joked about the absent Runic Snake, leaving the other spears unsure how much truth their remarks contained.
• Shapeshifting Lizard burst into the meeting and reported that every person and Magical Creature had disappeared from all three Breeding Parks.
• The Thunderbird rallied Golden Flyer and led the spears to Zone 1 to investigate the disappearance.
• The Thunderbird entered Zone 1 with Golden Flyer and Phoenix, and the three found empty pens, removed Weather Blankets, and no signs of a struggle.

Thunderbird and Phoenix accused Golden Flyer of betraying the Silver Spear after they found the Breeding Park emptied and dismantled, but he cleared himself through a magical standoff. They agreed to search for the missing people and Magical Creatures, while suspicions turned toward a mole or foreign enemies.

• Thunderbird, Phoenix, and Golden Flyer found the Breeding Park's Core Hub destroyed, with its people and Magical Creatures missing and no signs of a battle.
• Thunderbird accused Golden Flyer of arranging the evacuation, and Phoenix joined him in watching Golden Flyer for signs of betrayal.
• Golden Flyer released his Magic Wave and held his ground against Thunderbird and Phoenix, who sensed that he was telling the truth and ended the standoff.
• Thunderbird and Phoenix speculated that the culprit might be Andre, a wizarding family, the Wizengamot, or the Saints in Austria.
• Golden Flyer insisted that finding the missing people and Magical Creatures came first, and Thunderbird proposed searching Germany and tracking witnesses and bulk purchases of supplies.

Anduin, disguised as Thunderbird, pushed Golden Flyer and Phoenix to reveal how the Silver Spears would respond to the loss of their magical-creature stock and the threat to their German strategy. Golden Flyer disclosed that the Elixir of Immortality would last six months, and Thunderbird prepared to seek new supply routes as the club’s leaders agreed to conceal their alarm.

• Phoenix, Thunderbird, and Golden Flyer agreed to investigate the Silver Spears’ associates, park managers, and employees, while Phoenix and Thunderbird offered extra help.
• Golden Flyer explained that the missing park staff could weaken the club’s efforts to stir public support for dividing Germany, putting the Separation Bill at risk.
• Thunderbird urged Golden Flyer to use force to speed up the bill, but Golden Flyer rejected the idea and insisted the club should not act rashly.
• Thunderbird and Phoenix pressed Golden Flyer about the Elixir of Immortality, and he revealed that the club’s stock would last six months.
• Thunderbird agreed to seek a magical-creature transport route in Northern Europe, while Golden Flyer and Phoenix took responsibility for recovering creatures and continuing the German strategy.
• Golden Flyer agreed to let the Spears exchange for a quarter’s supply of the Elixir and told the others to hide their alarm, before Thunderbird asked what they would do if new supplies still fell short.

Thunderbird, Golden Flyer, and Phoenix discussed the Club’s dwindling Elixir of Immortality supplies and considered eliminating other Spears, while Anduin sought to deepen the Club’s internal disorder. Thunderbird sent Evil Mother-in-law Bird to Northern Europe to gather intelligence and recruit temporary allies, whom he planned to discard after using them.

• Thunderbird proposed eliminating Spears to reduce the Club’s Elixir of Immortality expenses, and Golden Flyer and Phoenix agreed that the others might already be organizing against them.
• Golden Flyer briefed the Spears on their plans after the trio left the park, but the others hurried away without objecting, leaving him suspicious that they had secretly been in contact.
• Thunderbird learned from Evil Mother-in-law Bird that the Spears had fallen silent together, suggesting they were using their masks to communicate.
• Thunderbird ordered Evil Mother-in-law Bird to return to Northern Europe, gather information about the Pure Land Society, and avoid exchanging for the Elixir of Immortality for now.
• Evil Mother-in-law Bird offered to recruit exiled Death Eaters and Werewolves, and Thunderbird approved a temporary alliance while planning to dispose of them afterward.

Anduin planned to intensify the Silver Spear club’s troubles by targeting its Nordic operations while concealing his role as the Thunderbird. After sending out several letters, he tracked the Golden Flyer to the Ministry of Magic and suspected that Pitt used a second Silver Spear outfit to impersonate him.

• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird warned Anduin that attacking the Pure Land Society could endanger the Silver Spear, but agreed to return to the Nordic countries and confirmed that Acelia’s sister was safe.
• Anduin returned to the monitoring room, where Shalltear and Hog celebrated the empty Breeding Park, and said the club’s supply crisis could spark internal conflict.
• Anduin said he would stir up hostility toward the Silver Spear in the Nordic countries and sabotage its shipment without implicating the Thunderbird.
• Anduin wrote to Newt for the Vanishing Cabinet, asked Acelia to return as an inside agent, told the Black Dragon to prepare Magical Creatures for transport, and urged Karkaroff to support plans for a Nordic branch.
• Anduin used a tracker to locate the Golden Flyer at the Ministry of Magic, where he was in the same place as Pitt, and concluded that Pitt might use another Silver Spear outfit to impersonate the Golden Flyer.

Anduin tracked the Silver Spear’s investigation into the missing Magical Creatures while Andre secured the Schmidt family’s cooperation, conditional on dealing with Phoenix. In Norway, a cloaked wizard waited in a bar until another cloaked figure arrived and apologized for the delay.

• Andre reached an understanding with the Schmidt family, who demanded that Phoenix be captured or eliminated before they would fully trust him.
• Anduin agreed to the Schmidt family’s condition but delayed action against Phoenix, who was in France, and secretly planted surveillance devices in her German stronghold.
• Golden Flyer investigated the missing Magical Creatures, discovered that Clement was a traitor, and grew increasingly restless as the search produced no answers.
• Golden Flyer investigated Andre’s brief disappearance with a group of Aurors but did not make him the prime suspect.
• In a bar near Durmstrang in Norway, a cloaked wizard waited for someone, and another cloaked figure arrived and apologized for the delay.

Anduin met Karkaroff to learn about Northern Europe’s wizarding authorities, the Pure Land Society, and the people he was monitoring at Durmstrang. After hearing that Acia had stayed at school while preparing a transport operation, Anduin gave Karkaroff 3,000 Galleons and ordered him to buy land for a company branch.

• Karkaroff told Anduin that Northern Europe’s four countries shared a largely centralized Ministry of Magic and that the Pure Land Society was an alliance of influential Pure-blood families.
• Karkaroff explained that the Pure Land Society cooperated with the Ministry locally but persecuted Muggle-born and other outsider wizards, and had nearly destroyed the Silver Spear in the region.
• Karkaroff reported that Acia Donnelly taught Potions at Durmstrang, cared for the sickly Third-year Anais Rohl, and had stayed at school for the past two days.
• Anduin gave Karkaroff 3,000 Galleons and told him to buy land in a major Northern European wizarding community for a branch of his company.

Anduin gave Karkaroff 2,000 Galleons and instructed him to remain at Durmstrang, hinting that he might soon have a chance to become headmaster. Anduin then met the Evil Mother-in-law Bird at her Safe House to review the Silver Spear’s planned route through Norway and Russia.

• Anduin learned that Yaxley, the Carrow siblings, and other Death Eaters operated in Northern Europe, and promised to deal with them himself.
• Anduin asked Karkaroff whether he could become Durmstrang headmaster if something happened to Seth Jacobson, then gave him 2,000 Galleons for an emergency.
• Anduin told Karkaroff to wait at Durmstrang and pass along information about the Silver Spear to Jacobson when contacted.
• Anduin disguised himself as the Thunderbird, entered the Evil Mother-in-law Bird’s warded Safe House, and asked about the Silver Spear’s planned landing time, location, and route.
• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird said the group would land near Trondheim late the night after tomorrow and travel north through Finnmark before entering Russia; Anduin questioned whether the route would draw suspicion.

The Thunderbird approved the Evil Mother-in-law Bird’s Northern Europe route for the shipment and promised to escort the group. At the Stone House, he attacked Fenrir Greyback and the Werewolves after insulting them, then demanded the name of the wizard leading the remaining recruits.

• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird explained that crossing borders would attract attention and recommended traveling through Finnmark despite the risk of severe weather.
• The Thunderbird agreed to the route, arranged for the Black Dragon to deliver the cargo, and promised to escort the shipment through Northern Europe.
• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird said she had recruited ten Death Eater wizards and six Werewolves, including Fenrir Greyback and Otis Yaxley.
• Fenrir approached the Thunderbird and asked about his Silver Spear codename, but the Thunderbird insulted him as a filthy animal.
• Fenrir and five Werewolves charged, and the Thunderbird sent them flying with powerful magic, leaving the Stone House in ruins.
• The Thunderbird asked the remaining wizard for his name, and Otis Yaxley identified himself as the leader of the wizards and disclaimed any connection to the Werewolves.

Thunderbird attacked the hired Werewolves, then mocked Otis Yaxley and Fenrir while demanding they accept his terms. Fenrir agreed to keep working for the Silver Spears for the sake of his tribe, and the gathered workers returned to Thunderbird as the Evil Mother-in-law Bird urged him to get down to business.

• Otis Yaxley introduced himself as leader of the wizards and disavowed the Werewolves, while the Evil Mother-in-law Bird vouched for him.
• Thunderbird mocked Otis and ordered the Evil Mother-in-law Bird to ask Fenrir whether the Werewolves would keep the job or leave.
• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird and Otis warned Fenrir that he could not defeat Thunderbird and urged him to consider the Werewolves' need for the generous pay.
• Fenrir agreed to continue working under the original terms, though he remained resentful of Thunderbird.
• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird gave Fenrir and Otis potions to treat the injured, then brought the hired workers to Thunderbird.
• Thunderbird mocked the workers for accepting the job, and the Evil Mother-in-law Bird asked him to stop provoking them and discuss the mission.

Thunderbird and Evil Mother-in-law Bird arranged a paid escort for a large shipment of magical creatures arriving on Norway’s freezing coast. After the cargo reached shore, Anduin discovered that it included a Phoenix with unusual teleportation magic.

• Thunderbird paid Otis and Fenrir’s groups in advance and left Evil Mother-in-law Bird in charge of the operation.
• Two days later, Anduin arrived as Thunderbird at a coast outside Trondheim, where Evil Mother-in-law Bird and the hired guards awaited the shipment.
• Eight Kelpies towed two ships toward shore, and Thestral arrived with the cargo from the Americas Branch.
• Evil Mother-in-law Bird provided warm clothes and potions as Thestral began directing the unloading.
• Anduin read the manifest, which listed numerous magical creatures, including a Phoenix that Black Dragon had personally obtained.

Anduin infiltrated a Magical Creature smuggling operation and stole its Phoenix before the shipment departed. He brought the Phoenix to his suitcase, where he asked Thor for help.

• The Evil Mother-in-law Bird and the Thestral prepared three Flying Carpets loaded with Magical Creatures and planned to escort the cargo with their allies.
• The Thestral showed the Thunderbird the Phoenix and explained how its enchanted cage and flame feeding kept it contained.
• The Thunderbird took the Phoenix from the Thestral and flew off alone, leaving the others to escort the shipment.
• Anduin left the shore in disguise, changed clothes, and met Shalltear in a southern forest with the stolen Phoenix.
• Anduin and Shalltear entered the suitcase, where Thor greeted Anduin excitedly.
• Anduin stopped playing with Thor and told him he needed a favor.