Foreword: Death and Rebirth

Today is Tuesday, November 1st, 1981.

Gloomy and overcast, with thick clouds hanging low—the weather was far from pleasant.

Yet today marked a grand occasion rarely seen in the magical world for over a decade, perhaps even a century.

Wizards and goblins alike gathered in celebration, staying up all night just to commemorate this historic moment.

A newborn had not only survived an encounter with the infamous and fearsome Voldemort but had also stripped that dreaded dark wizard of all his power, forcing him into a hasty retreat.

This miracle shook every wizard across Britain, as if a long-hanging shadow had finally lifted from above their heads.

Everyone raised their glasses in cheer, and countless secret gatherings sang out: "Bless the boy who lived—Harry Potter!"

For a time, wizards from all over even proposed establishing today as "Harry Potter Day," celebrating this incredible miracle every year.

Compared to the wizards, who were still in the planning stages, the goblins had already taken action, declaring this day an official goblin holiday.

As if they too had feared Voldemort and rejoiced in his disappearance.

But in truth, this was merely a coincidence.

Though Voldemort was an unmentionable figure to other wizards—even uttering his name could inspire dread—

To the goblins, he was at best just another powerful dark wizard.

Would a change in wizard rulers really alter their deep-seated prejudice and discrimination against goblins?

If that were the case, history wouldn't have seen four goblin rebellions.

So whether Voldemort had fled in disgrace or some wizard newborn had survived his attack, they couldn't care less.

What they truly cared about was the death of another wizard.

A fifth-year transfer student from Hogwarts.

A legendary wizard who had once faded from history, existing in the 1890s.

A guardian of the magical world who mastered ancient magic.

A great wizard who single-handedly crushed the Fourth Goblin Rebellion.

A terrifying wizard who, alone, had wiped out the vast majority of poachers, dark wizards, goblins, and dangerous magical creatures across Britain.

If wizards now dared not speak Voldemort's name, calling him "You-Know-Who" instead, Then this legendary wizard's deeds were so fearsome that even history dared not record them, lest he accidentally erase the entire history of British wizardry.

With goblins unwilling to speak and wizards reluctant to ask, nearly a hundred years had passed from the Fourth Goblin Rebellion in 1890 to now, 1980.

Though the Department of Mysteries' secrecy had delayed the news by a year, today they finally received the relieving, earth-shattering news—

This legendary wizard was dead.