Vol. 18The New Path of Magic

Wizet investigated Voldemort’s plans while using Ritual Magic to reveal that some Muggles could access magic and to give hope to Squibs and families affected by magical conditions. The volume ended with Professor Flitwick encouraging Wizet to explore and name a new form of magic without committing to a fixed profession.

  • Wizet reunited with Dumbledore in Limbo and helped him escape, while Voldemort learned they had destroyed his Resurrection Stone Horcrux.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. endured Voldemort’s potion ordeal, discovered through a Pensieve that his father had cared for him, and lost his old purpose.
  • Wizet brought Aberforth and Xenophilius into Limbo, where they reunited with loved ones and learned Pandora had died.
  • Wizet prepared safe Limbo-travel anchors as Voldemort and Herpo planned to use Circe to exploit Snape’s feelings for Lily.
  • Wizet used Ritual Magic to transform Filch and Arabella Figg into wizards at St. Mungo’s.
  • Wizet demonstrated the ritual to Muggle officials, awakening magic in some while others could no longer cast spells.
  • Wizet explained the ritual’s limits to Muggle leaders as political fallout followed and Toivo Koskinen’s magic faded again.
  • Wizet showed Professor Flitwick a new magic guided by Muggle scientific consensus, and Flitwick encouraged him to pursue it freely.
Chapters 1701–1800 Read from ch. 1701

Arc 69The Lake and the Distant Friend

Wizet and Dumbledore escaped Limbo, while Voldemort’s allies investigated the Deathly Hallows and searched for a lost Horcrux. Barty Crouch Jr. confronted his memories of his father, Herpo revealed a new scheme against Wizet, and Selina brought Grindelwald a gift from Wizet.

  • Wizet reunited with Dumbledore after exploring Limbo’s lakes, and Dumbledore left with him, convinced that his family had truly existed there.
  • Voldemort had Herpo use Calchas’s Eye of Heaven to spy on Wizet and Dumbledore, then realized they had destroyed his Resurrection Stone Horcrux.
  • Voldemort took Barty Crouch Jr. to the seaside cave, where Barty drank the basin’s potion while reliving his painful memories of his father.
  • Barty endured the potion, but Voldemort found no Horcrux and hurled him into the lake.
  • Barty awoke in the Durmstrang Headmaster’s Office and used a Pensieve to confirm that his father had cared for him, leaving his old hatred and purpose shattered.
  • Herpo told Calchas that a Hogwarts Potions professor might help send Wizet into turbulent time currents by destroying a place connected to a Time-Turner.
  • Selina visited Grindelwald at Nurmengard, where he praised Wizet and urged her to investigate the Isaiah Society.
  • Selina gave Grindelwald a parcel from Wizet, and Grindelwald found a letter and a wrapped gift inside.
Chapters 1701–1725 Summaries Read

Arc 70Limbo and the Goblins

Wizet helped Dumbledore bring Aberforth and Xenophilius into Limbo, where they reunited with loved ones, while Dumbledore and Wizet uncovered more of Voldemort’s plans. As Wizet prepared safer Limbo travel and a way to manage Muggle-goblin tensions, Voldemort plotted to exploit Snape’s feelings and Gringotts faced a public scandal.

  • Grindelwald received Wizet’s Phoenix Tears and letter but refused Selina’s suggestion that he change his plans and visit Dumbledore.
  • Dumbledore told Aberforth that their family lived in Limbo, then Wizet brought Aberforth and Xenophilius there, where they reunited with their loved ones and learned Pandora had died.
  • Dumbledore and Wizet discussed Herpo and Calchas’s surveillance, Voldemort’s Horcruxes, and the growing conflict among wizards, goblins, and Muggles.
  • Wizet proposed offering Muggles his Magical Forging technique under a Magical Contract, while Dumbledore planned to negotiate with Gringotts over Hufflepuff’s Cup.
  • Voldemort ordered Calchas to monitor Wizet, then reconsidered and sent him to find Dumbledore as Dumbledore pursued the goblins and the cup.
  • Wizet told Snape about Limbo, but Snape rejected it and remembered Lily, and Voldemort and Herpo then planned to use Circe to imitate her and secure Snape’s obedience.
  • Wizet created magical parchment anchors for safe Limbo travel and gave them to Dumbledore as Hogwarts students returned to exam revision.
  • Anthony Goldstein read a Daily Prophet report accusing Gringotts of betraying its customers and announcing that the Lestrange family vault had been emptied.
Chapters 1726–1750 Summaries Read

Arc 71The Ritual of Magic

Wizet used Ritual Magic to turn Filch and Mrs. Figg into wizards, then demonstrated that Muggles could also gain access to magic. The experiment awakened magic in some Muggle leaders but left others unable to cast spells, and Wizet explained that they had not all found their footing on the path.

  • Wizet gave Filch a Fake Wand and a potion that connected him magically to Mrs Norris, then Filch went to St. Mungo’s for the ritual.
  • Filch and Arabella Figg joined the crowded gathering at St. Mungo’s, where Wizet explained how his ritual could ignite their magic.
  • Wizet activated the ritual array, and Filch and Mrs. Figg underwent magical outbursts before casting Lumos and proving they had become wizards.
  • When Muggle officials challenged the unfairness of giving Squibs magic while excluding Muggles, Wizet showed Toivo Koskinen how to use a Fake Wand.
  • Carl Gustafsson proposed a committee to control access to magic, but Wizet activated a modified ritual array that drew the officials’ negative emotions into gray-black mists.
  • The mists triggered transformations and magical outbursts among some Muggle leaders, while Wizet’s Golden Eagle Patronus ended the transformations and Prime Minister Major and President Jacques discovered they could use magic.
  • Wizet helped Muggle leaders practice spells, but Carl Gustafsson accused him of manipulating their magic and challenged the apparent reality of the demonstration.
  • After Wizet dismissed and resummoned the Golden Eagle Patronus, Carl Gustafsson and several others could no longer cast the Illumination Spell, while Prime Minister Major and President Jacques still could.
Chapters 1751–1775 Summaries Read

Arc 72A Pioneer’s Path

Wizet’s Ritual Magic exposed a new connection between Muggles and magic, prompting political fallout and fresh hope for Squibs and magically gifted Muggles. As he explored a new way to cast spells, Professor Flitwick encouraged Wizet to follow his curiosity rather than choose a fixed profession.

  • Schmidt and other former fence-sitters rejected Carl Gustafsson’s accusations, and Toivo Koskinen apologized before revealing that his brief return to magic had faded again.
  • Wizet described the experiment’s limits and possibilities, while President Jacques visited Morel’s Wand Shop and Madame Morel learned that Wizet was a student whose wandmaking surpassed her own.
  • Herpo proposed using goblins to forge an artifact that could trap and banish Wizet, while Barty Crouch Jr. realized he might still be able to act against the plan.
  • Wizet told his roommates that the Ritual Magic had awakened existing magical talent in some Muggle officials, and they connected their resignations to the shock and political danger of discovering their limits.
  • Wizet explained his work on Astoria Greengrass’s hereditary curse and hoped Lucius Malfoy would help establish a mutual aid society to gather cases and support affected families.
  • During his career consultation, Wizet told Professor Flitwick that he wanted to explore strange phenomena and expand the world’s possibilities, then demonstrated a new magic guided by Muggle scientific consensus.
  • Professor Flitwick encouraged Wizet to name and pursue the new magic, telling him he did not need to choose a fixed profession, and later offered to handle the letters and gifts sent to Wizet.
Chapters 1776–1800 Summaries Read
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