Chapter Summaries

Luna proposed using Pioneering Magic against My Lord, and Selina Pendragon planned to stop him from moving while he fused with the moon. Gellert Grindelwald added Muggle weapons as a backup, and the group prepared to act knowing they might have only one chance.

• Luna suggested Pioneering Magic, and Selina Pendragon chose the Full Body-Bind Curse to stop My Lord from moving during the fusion.
• Professor Flitwick explained that the Full Body-Bind Curse halted movement by affecting molecular motion, while the professors admitted they knew only that spell and the Dancing Feet Spell.
• Gellert Grindelwald proposed using Muggle weapons if My Lord destroyed their wands, and Selina Pendragon produced a pile of weapons from her dragon-hide pouch.
• Selina Pendragon demonstrated a grenade by pulling its ring and throwing it, then distributed grenades to the group.
• Gellert Grindelwald urged everyone to move, warning that they likely had only one chance to injure or interfere with My Lord.

Selina Pendragon took control of Voldemort’s Squib Army and led the attack that shattered the invisible barrier around My Lord. The barrage failed to stop him, and he began rebuilding his skeletal protection as the attackers realized something was wrong.

• Selina Pendragon used Wizet’s method to take control of Voldemort’s Squib Army without difficulty.
• Selina Pendragon’s enhanced Blazing Meteor Rush struck My Lord’s invisible barrier and caused it to crack.
• The others joined the attack with spells and grenades, and Selina Pendragon’s repeated blasts shattered the barrier.
• The professors used Pioneering Magic to bind My Lord and Voldemort while the group continued attacking with spells and grenades.
• The smoke vanished, revealing My Lord with a humanoid upper body and an intact skeletal lower body, while the attacks began disappearing again.
• My Lord spoke directly into everyone’s minds and beckoned bones back into place to form skeletal protection.

My Lord immobilized everyone with Petrificus Totalus and inspected them as helpless captives, while Voldemort realized Selina Pendragon had taken control of the Squib Army. My Lord recognized that Wizet Lovegood had drawn the attention of several opponents and wondered what made them persist in following him.

• My Lord cast Petrificus Totalus, freezing Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, Neville, and the others in place.
• Voldemort noticed Selina Pendragon switching wands and concluded that she had stolen control of his Squib Army with Wizet's help.
• Voldemort began drawing blood toward himself to restore his injured body while My Lord ignored him and walked among the immobilized fighters.
• My Lord stopped before Neville, mocked the weakness of his spiritual-awareness protection, and considered keeping the most interesting captives for amusement.
• My Lord sensed Wizet Lovegood's presence in Neville and recalled that Odin, Xochitlicutli, Hades, and Hecate had also mentioned him.
• My Lord asked what was so charming about Wizet Lovegood that made his opponents persist.

My Lord erased Wizet Lovegood’s connections and imprints, destroying the wands and crushing everyone’s hope that Wizet could return. After a distant flash drew My Lord’s attention toward Xenophilius Lovegood’s home, Selina Pendragon, Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald broke free and attacked him.

• My Lord decided to erase the connections linking the gathered people to Wizet, and Neville felt the Longbottom family’s Magical Contract with Wizet vanish.
• Dumbledore realized My Lord was uprooting Wizet’s imprints to disrupt his return through time.
• My Lord turned the gathered people’s wands into powder, and they feared he had erased every wand in the world.
• My Lord declared that everyone should share in the world’s despair, and their despair vanished as a distant light flashed near Xenophilius Lovegood’s home.
• Xenophilius feared My Lord would attack his home, and Selina Pendragon, Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald broke free and attacked My Lord.

Selina Pendragon, Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald attacked My Lord, but he effortlessly repelled them and stripped Selina of her Ancient Magic Power. Selina then attacked with Muggle weapons as explosions engulfed My Lord.

• Selina Pendragon, Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald launched a coordinated attack on My Lord, while Voldemort watched in fear.
• My Lord stopped Selina’s punch with one finger and sent her flying backward, then appeared in front of her as she recovered.
• My Lord blocked Dumbledore’s and Grindelwald’s attacks and stripped Selina of her silver-blue power, declaring that it belonged to him.
• My Lord tried to remove Dumbledore’s ability to fly, but Dumbledore remained airborne, leading Voldemort to suspect Wizet had taught him the Flight Charm.
• Selina attacked My Lord with flashbangs, stun grenades, and fragmentation grenades, engulfing him in smoke and fire.

Selina Pendragon, Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald attacked My Lord, but he immobilized them and tested the Sword of Gryffindor's ability to reform after being destroyed. He returned to Voldemort and remembered Herpo had asked him to deal with him first.

• Selina Pendragon, Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald attacked My Lord with weapons and magic, but he overpowered them.
• My Lord used Petrificus Totalus to bind all three, including Dumbledore as he wielded the Sword of Gryffindor.
• My Lord shattered the Sword of Gryffindor twice, and it reformed each time.
• My Lord returned to Voldemort, called him an interesting collectible, and recalled that Herpo had asked him to deal with Voldemort first.

“My Lord” began his complete descent, drawing the moon toward the earth and transforming the Forbidden Forest and Black Lake. He prepared to destroy Hogwarts and collect the gathered wizards, but an unexpected voice interrupted him.

• “My Lord” taunted Voldemort and the others, then pulled the moon terrifyingly close to the earth.
• The descending moon warped the land, tilted the Forbidden Forest’s trees, and lifted the Black Lake’s waters into a waterfall.
• “My Lord” said his body had returned and chose Hogwarts Castle as a meaningful welcome for his descent.
• “My Lord” forced everyone to face Hogwarts and trapped them inside a transparent magical field as he accelerated the moon’s descent.
• An unidentified voice told “My Lord” that no one would enjoy the destruction and that it was not a good choice.

Wizet returned to face “My Lord,” restoring hope among the gathered wizards as Xenophilius heard his wife call out. “My Lord” attacked Wizet with a force that seemed to erase its target, and Wizet revealed a wand filled with drifting starlight.

• Wizet appeared before the gathered wizards in a dark blue formal robe, and Harry, Neville, Dumbledore, and others felt relief at his return.
• Voldemort accepted that Wizet might defeat “My Lord” and considered Harry a possible target if he survived.
• Xenophilius heard his wife call to him and realized Wizet might have brought her back, but he remained restrained.
• Wizet walked toward “My Lord,” who attacked him with a strange, nearly imperceptible trajectory that Selina, Grindelwald, and Dumbledore recognized as terrifyingly powerful.
• Wizet held up an unfamiliar wand that shimmered with colors and contained drifting strands of starlight.

Wizet protected Hogwarts and its prisoners from Mr. Mictlantecuhtli’s devastating attack, then freed those he had restrained. As students and families reunited and celebrated Wizet’s return, Mr. Mictlantecuhtli remained before Wizet’s shield, studying his wand.

• Wizet cast Salvio Hexia, shielding Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest, the Black Lake, and the prisoners from Mr. Mictlantecuhtli’s attack.
• Wizet challenged Mr. Mictlantecuhtli over his sudden change of plans, and Mr. Mictlantecuhtli inspected Wizet’s wand instead of attacking again.
• Wizet cast Finite Incantatem and freed most of the people Mr. Mictlantecuhtli had restrained.
• Jupiter landed affectionately on Wizet’s arm, while Fawkes circled to Dumbledore and pecked Gellert Grindelwald.
• Pandora Lovegood embraced Xenophilius and Luna, who had just been freed, and the family wept together.
• Fred and George fired Magic Fireworks at Mr. Mictlantecuhtli to celebrate Wizet’s return, and Mrs. Weasley stopped them from launching more.

Wizet faced My Lord and explained how he escaped the river of time after My Lord severed the connection marked on him. He revealed that the obvious break left by the severance had guided him back to the present.

• Wizet told My Lord that the craft and material of his wand came from My Lord's people, and credited My Lord's actions with helping the seed of hope grow.
• Luna explained that the seed had come from a lake filled with Inferi, while Xenophilius recognized it as the sapling that became Wizet's wand.
• My Lord recalled seeing a flash of light and realized Wizet had caused it, then asked whether Wizet would explain what had happened.
• Wizet mocked My Lord and said the connection had been severed rather than erased, leaving a break that he could follow back to the present.

Wizet explained how he survived the crisis in the river of time and challenged “My Lord” to reveal what he was waiting for. The confrontation paused as Wizet waited for the Ritual Magic to be completed.

• Wizet explained that he had used the severed break as the most suitable way to return, while Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald recognized the skill behind his method.
• Pandora recalled how Wizet had rescued her from the river of time and prepared six backup plans in case his chosen route failed.
• “My Lord” asked what Wizet had gained by returning to the past, and Wizet described learning techniques from Odin and the others and discussing his uniqueness as a Descender.
• Wizet told “My Lord” that he had misunderstood the meaning of Descender and asked what he was waiting for.
• Wizet revealed that he was waiting for the Ritual Magic to be completed and asked “My Lord” what he was waiting for.

Wizet revealed that he had created a world-spanning Ritual Magic Array by connecting his traces preserved in the Department of Mysteries’ legacy. As golden light spread across the world, he challenged Mictlantecuhtli’s belief that he had erased those traces.

• A strange hum spread worldwide as golden light emerged, calming despair and illuminating landscapes, oceans, deserts, and battlefields.
• Mictlantecuhtli flew into the air and questioned Wizet about the light, while Wizet identified it as a world-sized Ritual Magic Array.
• Mictlantecuhtli sensed Odin’s traces and Wizet’s intertwined with them, and Wizet explained that his return to the past had left memories and imprints with his friends.
• Wizet told Mictlantecuhtli that the ancient Department of Mysteries studied its legacy, which contained Wizet’s traces and helped develop the earliest spells.
• Wizet explained that the legacy was scattered around the world, allowing him to connect its traces and form the Ritual Magic Array quickly.

Wizet confronted My Lord about his motives and deduced that he was waiting for the moon to descend. Wizet revealed that he had stopped its approach by manipulating his connection to the world, leaving My Lord shaken.

• Wizet accused My Lord of arrogance, arguing that he had interfered with the path rather than destroying it because he believed he could control it.
• Wizet suggested My Lord had once treated Herpo humbly to gain a loyal pawn, and My Lord’s silence seemed to confirm the theory.
• Wizet deduced that My Lord was waiting for the moon to fall, prompting everyone to notice that it had stopped growing larger in the sky.
• My Lord demanded to know what Wizet had done to the moon, and Wizet explained that he had put distance between it and the world by using his connection to the world.
• Wizet recalled that My Lord’s erasure of his marks had revealed how his longstanding bond with the world gave him a foothold there.

Wizet explained how he used his connection to the world to widen the distance between the moon and Earth, forcing “My Lord” to abandon his temporary body and return to his true form. As the moon began to transform, enormous bones emerged from it, revealing that it was breaking free of its shell.

• Wizet told “My Lord” that the distance between them was too great for them to ever intersect, and that he had used the same principle to push the moon farther from Earth.
• “My Lord” realized Wizet had disrupted his plan and vanished, abandoning his temporary body to return to his real one.
• Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Hannah, and Neville wondered what Wizet would do as the moon began to contract and glow with blinding white light.
• The moon’s craters and ravines collapsed, and its surface took the shape of a gigantic egg.
• Long bones emerged from the moon and began fitting together, revealing that the moon was breaking free of its restraint.

Wizet explained that he had created Limbo and that My Lord could erode it, while the moon transformed into a colossal skeleton and then vanished. As a tiny figure approached through the darkness, Wizet revealed that his Ritual Magic Array was welcoming Mr. Mictlantecuhtli, and Xochitlicutli appeared beside him to greet Wizet.

• The moon became a colossal skeleton, and Wizet used magic to ease the crowd’s distress.
• Wizet told Selina Pendragon that he had created Limbo and explained My Lord’s power to interfere with death and erode it.
• The skeleton and moon disappeared, leaving a black sky where a faint white speck began approaching.
• Wizet said his Ritual Magic Array would fulfill a promise and welcome Mr. Mictlantecuhtli.
• Xochitlicutli appeared beside Wizet, and the two greeted each other as they met again.

Wizet’s magic brought back figures who had sacrificed themselves for the future, allowing them to return and finish what they had left undone. The Hogwarts founders joined them, and the chapter ended with the founders arguing over who had guided Wizet most while Salazar Slytherin condemned Horcruxes.

• Xochitlicutli and other figures stepped forward, sending Wizet messages of gratitude and excitement through magical fluctuations.
• Golden light connected the past and present as the returning figures gathered, and Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, and Selina Pendragon understood their thoughts.
• Neville recognized Godric Gryffindor, and the students identified Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and the Grey Lady among the arrivals.
• Godric Gryffindor appeared beside Wizet and summoned the Sword of Gryffindor, while the founders praised Wizet and disputed who had helped him most.
• Salazar Slytherin argued that Wizet had benefited from his magical knowledge and declared that anyone who made a Horcrux for immortality was stupider than rats.

Wizet eased tensions among the four founders as they reminisced and prepared to finish their work. They renewed the Sorting Hat with new ideas, and Dumbledore took it in his hands, moved by the moment.

• Salazar Slytherin explained that he had researched Horcruxes because they involved life and death, while the founders recalled his earlier interests.
• Wizet apologized for ranking the founders and credited their teachings for his accomplishments, easing the quarrel between Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor.
• The founders agreed to finish their unfinished work and protect the world as shooting stars streaked across the sky in reverse.
• Godric Gryffindor summoned the Sorting Hat, and he and the other founders renewed it and passed new ideas into it.
• Dumbledore took the newly restored Sorting Hat into his hands, visibly moved.

Wizet’s Ritual Magic awakened countless figures who had once rebelled against “My Lord,” and they surged toward the white patch in the sky. As Harry and the others watched their battle begin, the patch grew chaotic, and its light and the sounds of the fighting grew stronger as the conflict seemed to descend toward the ground.

• Figures awakened across the world and charged toward the white patch in response to Wizet’s summons.
• The Hogwarts crowd watched the radiance converge overhead, and Rowena Ravenclaw and the other founders joined the figures in the sky.
• Xochitlicutli’s fiery radiance reached the white patch first, and Harry and Draco saw its edge tremble as the battle began.
• More streaks of light struck the patch, which contracted and shifted as radiance was knocked back or dimmed.
• Harry and Draco noticed the battle’s sounds growing louder and the white patch’s light expanding, suggesting the fighters were descending.

My Lord descended toward Hogwarts as his battle with Wizet filled the sky with destructive aftershocks, which Wizet’s magic kept from harming the grounds. A lightning strike pierced My Lord’s halos and sent him crashing toward Hogwarts, where the impact began to shake and sink the earth.

• My Lord’s aerial battle produced violent changes in the clouds and weather as he continued to fall toward Hogwarts.
• Wizet explained to Dumbledore that he widened the distance between the battle’s aftershocks and the ground, preventing the falling attacks from causing damage.
• Wizet stopped a white pillar of light above the Black Lake and shattered a bone spear above the Forbidden Forest.
• My Lord descended close to Hogwarts as a barrage of aftershocks struck the castle, lake, and forest without damaging them.
• A lightning bolt pierced My Lord’s halos and knocked him into an uncontrolled fall toward Hogwarts.
• My Lord’s landing sent out a gale and caused unprotected ground to crack, tremble, and sink.

A host of powerful figures repeatedly attacked “My Lord,” whose flaming skeletal armor endured their assaults and destroyed them before they reappeared. As the figures renewed their attack, Ron feared aloud that “My Lord” might turn the battle around, and his companions warned him not to tempt fate.

• A lightning-wielding figure pinned “My Lord” while Hermione recognized his strange shouted words as possibly saying “Odin.”
• The gathered figures attacked “My Lord” with fire, ice, wind, and other powers, but his flames repaired his bones and burned away their strikes.
• “My Lord” shattered the lightning and the surrounding attacks, then charged through the figures and engulfed them in fire.
• The figures reappeared and attacked again, trapping “My Lord” in a renewed barrage; he destroyed them, but they returned once more.
• Ron said “My Lord” seemed pitiful and might struggle to turn the battle around, prompting his companions to warn that he could become the next target.