Chapter Summaries

At the Halloween Feast, a Troll was reported in the dungeon, and the staff initially mistook the incident for Anduin’s unannounced Safety Drill. Anduin took command and sent trained students to search for the Troll, ordering them to capture it alive.

• Harry and his friends discussed their recent training and worried about how much they had improved.
• The students attended a lavish Halloween Feast, where Celestina Warbeck performed and Anduin teased Snape about his treatment of Gryffindors.
• Professor Quirrell burst into the Great Hall and announced that a twelve-foot Troll had entered the castle before collapsing.
• Dumbledore and the other professors looked to Anduin, assuming the Troll report was part of his planned Safety Drill, but Anduin denied involvement.
• Anduin ordered sixth- and seventh-year Tactical Training Studies students to search the dungeons in squads and capture the Troll alive, then led the remaining students toward the scene.

Anduin took the students to observe the capture of a Troll, turning the emergency into a practical lesson. After Ron and Hermione stopped the Troll’s club from hitting George, Anduin condemned the older students’ handling of the operation and began evaluating their mistakes.

• Anduin dismissed Snape’s concerns and led the students toward the Troll, ordering the older students to handle its capture and secure the area.
• Anduin discovered that the older students had not checked the Girls' Washroom, then used the Echoing Charm to confirm no one was trapped.
• Four teams of older students surrounded the Troll and made it slip on ice, but the creature threw its club toward George and the watching students.
• Ron and Hermione simultaneously cast Wingardium Leviosa and stopped the club before it struck the crowd.
• The older students put the Troll to sleep, and Anduin gathered everyone around it to critique the operation, beginning with their failure to check the washroom.

Anduin reprimanded the students for their poor performance against the Troll and announced surprise tests to improve their reactions to danger. After the students left, he and Dumbledore discussed Quirrell’s failed attempt to reach the Philosopher’s Stone and disagreed over using him to learn about the Dark Lord and Harry’s possible role as the Chosen One.

• Anduin punished the students who took part in the mission with twelve-foot self-criticisms, deducted twenty points from George, and awarded twenty points to Ron and Hermione.
• Anduin announced that he would give students surprise attacks based on lessons they had already learned, with their reactions affecting their final grades.
• After dismissing the students, Anduin called Dumbledore out of hiding and defended his harsh training as preparation for a possible return of the Dark Lord.
• Dumbledore told Anduin that Quirrell had tried to sneak onto the fourth floor but had been stopped by Fluffy, and said he wanted to keep Quirrell as bait.
• Anduin urged Dumbledore to arrest and interrogate Quirrell, then criticized his interest in whether Harry was the Chosen One.

After dealing with the Troll, Anduin reviewed Hog’s student records to identify promising candidates for the Tactics Club. He left Hog to keep screening the students, with special attention to the first-years’ potential and shortcomings.

• Anduin transported the Troll to Instance One and returned to the Leona through his [Any Door].
• Hog showed Anduin his files on students being considered for the Tactics Club and summarized the older candidates, including Oliver Wood, Percy Weasley, Cedric, Cho Chang, and Terence Higgs.
• Anduin rejected Marcus Flint as a candidate and agreed that Cedric needed more challenges to temper his kindness.
• Hog assessed the first-year Gryffindors, and Anduin asked him to note Hermione Granger’s pride and impulsiveness while prioritizing Harry, Ron, and Neville for development.
• Hog listed promising Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin students, including Susan Bones, Ernie Macmillan, Daphne Greengrass, Pansy Parkinson, and Draco Malfoy.
• Hog asked Anduin to reconsider Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy because their personalities might be an issue.

Anduin chose Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy as Tactics Club candidates despite their families’ beliefs, and planned to bring them to his ranch for special training. The next day, Harry and the others found sixth-year Gryffindor Kevin convulsing from suspected Poison Hemlock poisoning, and the chapter ended as Kevin suddenly went limp.

• Anduin asked Hog to assess Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy, then added both to the Tactics Club candidate list and planned to summon them to his office.
• Anduin decided to take the selected candidates to his suitcase ranch for thorough special training.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed the possibility of Professor Wilson’s surprise tests as they walked toward the Great Hall.
• Kevin collapsed and began convulsing, and Hermione recognized his symptoms as possible Poison Hemlock poisoning.
• Hermione recalled emergency treatment using a Bezoar and bleeding, but Kevin suddenly went limp before the students could act.

Anduin staged Kevin’s apparent death as a surprise test of the older Gryffindors’ ability to respond to ambushes and poisoning. He declared the sixth-years had failed and warned that future inspections would be random.

• The wizards found Kevin apparently dead from poison hemlock, while Hermione identified the poisoning and the others panicked.
• Anduin appeared with Hog, praised Hermione, and revealed that Kevin was a Substitute Doll rather than a real victim.
• Hog explained that he had knocked out the real Kevin and that Anduin had used the doll to test both Kevin’s vigilance and his companions’ emergency response.
• Anduin blamed the sixth-years’ failure to act on their stupidity and recorded that Kevin had “died” once on October 1, 1991.
• Anduin and Hog discussed using non-lethal poison in a future test, and Anduin warned the sixth-years that the surprise inspections would continue.
• Anduin left after declaring the sixth-years’ result a failure, while they pleaded for another chance.

Harry and his friends learned that they had been selected for Professor Wilson’s Tactics Club and heard about a wave of surprise attacks across Hogwarts. At the club’s first meeting, Hog gathered the students and had them sign confidentiality agreements before taking them to Anduin’s Alchemy World.

• Hog told Harry and his friends they had been selected for the Tactics Club and sent them to Professor Wilson’s office before dinner.
• Harry and his friends heard that Anduin had launched numerous sudden attacks around Hogwarts, including poisonings that had been treated by Jemma Farley’s Legendary Item.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, George, and Fred cautiously made their way to the office and met the other selected students there.
• Hog told the assembled students they had to sign a Confidentiality Agreement to join, explaining that Anduin’s secret projects included matters of national security.
• Percy signed first, and the other students, including Malfoy and Parkinson, followed before Hog announced they would enter Anduin’s Alchemy World.

Anduin welcomed twenty young wizards to the Tactics Club with dinner at his expanded magical manor. The guests marveled at his ranch, enchanted home, and companions before the extraordinary meal left them eagerly eating.

• Hog led the group through the [Any Door] to Anduin's ranch, where Neville explained that the dangerous Magical Creatures were raised for food.
• The young wizards toured Anduin's vast, lavish manor and spotted magical artifacts, a living knight statue, and Shalltear, Thor, and Eileen playing Mahjong.
• Hog brought all twenty guests to the dining room, where Anduin welcomed them to the Tactics Club with dinner.
• The guests tasted Anduin's food, were amazed by its flavor, and began eating enthusiastically.

Anduin hosted a feast for the Tactics Club, then introduced advanced Silver Flash Amulets that could track each member’s attributes and levels. He began a Bloodline Ritual to bind the amulets to the young wizards, with Percy starting first.

• Neville and Ron told Hermione that Anduin had cooked the feast using food magic and ingredients from Uncle Wilson's ranch.
• Anduin promised the Tactics Club a weekly feast, then warned its members that their training would be harder and its standards higher.
• Anduin admitted he had already chosen the club members and explained that he wanted to update their system data as their attributes and levels improved.
• Anduin unveiled advanced Silver Flash Amulets, explaining that they were costly Legendary Items bound to their owners through a Bloodline Ritual.
• Anduin instructed the young wizards to prick their fingers and place blood on their amulets; Percy began the ritual, and the runes in his tray lit up.

The students completed the Bloodline Ritual and inspected the new attributes displayed by their upgraded amulets. Anduin explained Stamina Value and Magic Value, then made clear that he expected them to train until their stamina nearly reached its danger threshold.

• Percy displayed his upgraded amulet’s new attributes, including Stamina Value, Combat Power Evaluation, and Dungeon Evaluation.
• Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione completed their rituals and compared their attributes, while Harry celebrated his improved status and Ron reacted to Hermione’s higher scores.
• Draco Malfoy checked his attributes and was satisfied with the results of his secret training.
• Anduin explained how Stamina Value decreased and recovered, warned the students to stop below 30, and implied that he expected them to reach that threshold during training.
• Anduin added that spent Magic Value would appear on the amulet display in real time.

Anduin explained the new training system and distributed Restrictors that suppressed magic and increased bodily strain. The students tested the devices, and Anduin revealed that he wore a string of them himself, leaving Penelope stunned.

• Anduin explained that students should use up their Magic Value each day and described how Combat Power Evaluation and Dungeon Evaluation related to training.
• Anduin gave the students Restrictors, explaining that higher settings increasingly suppressed spellcasting and added weight.
• Harry tried the first setting, while George and Fred raised George's Restrictor to five and had to switch it off when he was pinned to the table.
• Hermione explained that the Restrictor likely increased gravity across the whole body, and George and Fred began plotting possible uses for it.
• Penelope questioned whether Restrictors improved attributes, and Anduin showed the students the many Restrictors he wore on his left arm.

Anduin assigned the young wizards to train with Restrictors and challenged them to use up their Stamina, prompting Hermione to lead Harry, Ron, and Neville into exhausting stance practice. As Anduin assessed the children’s abilities, he remained puzzled by Harry’s extraordinary Magic Sensitivity and ordinary progress in learning spells.

• Anduin told the Tactics Club members to activate at least the first Restrictor level during their nightly Delayed Training Method and dismissed them with a warning about the next class.
• Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione discovered that their morning workout barely reduced their Stamina, so Hermione asked Neville for a more exhausting training method.
• Neville agreed to teach them the Zama Stance, while Malfoy secretly listened and decided to follow them to avoid falling behind.
• The group practiced the stance in the exercise room; Harry and Ron lasted less than five minutes, Hermione managed eight minutes, and Neville held it for ten before Hermione pushed them to continue until she was exhausted.
• Hog told Anduin about the practice, and Anduin reviewed the children’s strengths, deciding Neville was suited to become a Melee Wizard and wondering why Harry’s exceptional Magic Sensitivity had not led to better spell-learning progress.

Anduin watched the first-years’ training and considered how to develop Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco while keeping his plans for Quirrell under observation. He intensified the students’ combat training and continued pushing the Tactics Club, leaving the young wizards struggling through their new regimen.

• Anduin assessed Harry’s talent for Lightning Magic, Ron’s balance, and Hermione’s exceptional determination and growing spell skill, and he considered training them further.
• Hog told Anduin that Draco had secretly watched Harry and the others train and copied their Zama Stance; Anduin also admitted he was monitoring Quirrell for Dumbledore and planned to send a warning.
• Anduin secretly placed coordinates on Harry and the others so he could respond to danger, then told Hog to prepare for a plan involving Quirrell.
• Harry and the others found that Zama Stance quickly exhausted them, and Anduin added Standing Meditation to the first-years’ Tactics Training Class.
• Anduin had students spar in protective gear and allowed Gryffindor and Slytherin to fight for a while, believing the bouts would build resilience and help them become familiar with one another.
• At weekly Tactics Club sessions, Anduin taught members Barnaby Finkley’s 7 Major Spellcasting Techniques and expected them to master the principles through persistent practice.

Anduin taught the Tactics Club how to use Concealed Spell, then reprimanded members who had neglected their training. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville decided to tell Anduin about their suspicions concerning Snape and the guarded room, but were assigned an essay before they could speak to him.

• Anduin demonstrated basic Concealed Spell and an advanced technique that concealed Summon Swarm of Birds inside a Water-Making Spell.
• Harry told Ron, Hermione, and Neville that he feared Snape had tried to harm him during the Quidditch Match, and they reviewed the events that had made them suspect Snape wanted to enter the room guarded by the Three-Headed Dog.
• Ron speculated that the room might contain Anduin's treasure, and Harry agreed with Hermione that they should warn Anduin after the meeting.
• Anduin caught Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville whispering and assigned them an essay on Concealed Spell.
• Anduin corrected club members' spell practice and scolded those who had failed to keep up with their daily training.

Anduin recruited Percy, George, Fred, Harry, and their friends to help at his ranch, where they discovered the work meant shoveling Magical Creatures’ droppings. After Harry warned him that Snape might be after the hidden treasure on the fourth floor, Anduin said the secret belonged to Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel and told them not to investigate further.

• Anduin asked Percy, George, and Fred to help at his ranch in exchange for dinner and offered Percy additional work around Hogwarts.
• Ron asked to join the ranch work, and Anduin agreed after deciding the extra food would be safe for Harry and the other young wizards.
• Anduin introduced the group to Thor, who escorted them to the ranch, where they spent over half an hour moving Magical Creatures’ droppings to his greenhouse.
• After Percy and the Weasley twins left, Harry told Anduin that he and his friends suspected Snape wanted the treasure hidden at the end of the fourth floor.
• Anduin said the hidden secret belonged to Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel, not him, and advised Harry and his friends not to learn more about it.

Harry and his friends learned that the object hidden beneath the fourth-floor room was connected to Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel, while Anduin decided to act against Quirrell. The next day, a Dark Mark appeared over Hogwarts, terrifying the students and making Malfoy wonder whether Voldemort had returned.

• Hermione proposed that she, Harry, Ron, and Neville search the library for information about Nicolas Flamel so they could understand Snape's plans.
• Anduin learned that Quirrell had tried to jinx Harry's broom and ordered Hog to put their plan into motion the next day as a warning to Dumbledore.
• Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Neville headed toward the Main Tower after Herbology and noticed the unusually cold, dark weather.
• A sinister spell shot into the sky and formed a huge green skull with a serpent above Hogwarts.
• Malfoy identified the apparition as the Dark Mark, explained its connection to Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and feared that the Dark Lord might have returned.

A Dark Mark appeared over Hogwarts, alarming the staff and prompting them to secure the students. Dumbledore revealed that Anduin had staged the threat as a safety drill, and Snape rushed to protect first-years approaching the fake attackers.

• Quirrell asked Voldemort about the Dark Mark, and Voldemort denied causing it before ordering Quirrell to remain undercover and pursue the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter.
• Professor McGonagall gathered students in the Great Hall, sent professors to search the castle, and summoned her Patronus to alert Amelia.
• Snape hurried to Dumbledore's office and urged him to respond to the Dark Mark, but Dumbledore said Anduin was behind the staged attack.
• Snape saw dozens of masked, black-cloaked wizards approaching Hogwarts and learned that Dumbledore planned not to interfere with Anduin's drill.
• Dumbledore pointed out three attackers nearing first-year Gryffindor and Slytherin students, and Snape rushed out to help them.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy, and other students fled three masked Dark Wizards who attacked them near the cliffs. As the pursuers closed in, Harry and Hermione tried to find a way to fight back, but the group had few useful spells.

• Harry and his companions watched the Dark Mark and argued with Malfoy about their dueling records.
• Three Skull Mask-wearing Dark Wizards appeared near the cliff steps, and the students ran from them along the outdoor paths.
• The Dark Wizards chased the students and began firing spells at those who fell behind, knocking them down and leaving them unconscious.
• Harry agreed with Hermione that they had to stop the attackers, while Malfoy insisted they should keep running.
• Hermione asked the group to name their Self-Defense Spells, and Harry, Malfoy, and Ron revealed they knew only a few limited spells.

Hermione led the young wizards in an ambush against the three pursuing Dark Wizards, using a Levitation Charm to hide Harry, Ron, and Neville above the path. The attack revealed that the masked pursuers were unnaturally tough and skilled, and the young wizards were quickly overwhelmed.

• Hermione proposed lifting Harry, Ron, and Neville onto a ledge so they could ambush the Dark Wizards while she, Malfoy, Pansy, and Daphne drew them in.
• Hermione levitated the three boys onto the narrow ledge, and Malfoy and Hermione attacked the approaching pursuers with wind and sand.
• Neville, Ron, and Harry jumped down to grapple the Dark Wizards, but their opponents felt unnaturally hard and Neville realized they were not ordinary people.
• Malfoy, Daphne, Pansy, and Hermione fired spells at the Dark Wizards, but one hurled Ron into a curse while another blocked spells with a Shield Charm.
• Neville kicked a Dark Wizard, injured his leg, and was knocked unconscious by a counterattack.
• A Dark Wizard grabbed Harry and threw him toward Hermione's oncoming flames.

Harry, Hermione, Malfoy, Daphne, and Pansy were overwhelmed by Dark Wizards whose metal bodies resisted their spells, and the Gryffindor and Slytherin First Years were wiped out. Elsewhere, Tonks rescued Jemma Farley and Percy from two attackers, leaving them to ask whether the Ministry had sent reinforcements.

• Harry's Shining Spirit repeatedly saved him as the Dark Wizards' spells knocked Daphne and Pansy unconscious and Malfoy down.
• Hermione discovered that the attackers had bodies made of Dark Metal before a spell knocked her unconscious.
• Harry's Shining Spirit failed, and the Hogwarts Gryffindor and Slytherin First Years were wiped out.
• Jemma Farley and Percy held a corridor against two Dark Wizards while wondering why the attackers were keeping them trapped.
• Tonks arrived, defeated both Dark Wizards with a series of spells, and told Jemma and Percy she would protect them.
• Percy asked Tonks whether her arrival meant the Ministry of Magic had sent reinforcements.