Chapter Summaries

Wizet discussed the judges’ meeting and Voldemort’s movements with Dumbledore, who confirmed that Barty Crouch Jr. had met Voldemort on September first. They suspected Voldemort was pursuing control of Durmstrang and considered how its traditions might constrain him, leaving Wizet recalling rumors about the school’s violent succession customs.

• Wizet met Dumbledore in the corridor and asked about the judges’ meeting and its decision.
• Wizet told Dumbledore that he had found no sign of Voldemort, Barty Crouch Jr., or the listed Death Eaters on the Marauder’s Map.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Barty Crouch Jr. had met Voldemort on September first.
• Wizet suggested Voldemort might have gone to Durmstrang, and he and Dumbledore discussed whether its Ministry would support him and how the school might limit his rule.
• Wizet recalled that Durmstrang’s headmasters were rumored to succeed one another through duels and murder.

Wizet explored Dumbledore’s memory of Barty Crouch Jr. teaching at Durmstrang and discovered that Voldemort had him drafting a new vision of wizarding families. The chapter ended with Wizet and Dumbledore considering how willingly Barty was carrying out Voldemort’s plans.

• Wizet asked whether Voldemort had already claimed Durmstrang’s headmaster position through a duel, and Dumbledore said the succession had not yet reached that point.
• Dumbledore placed a memory in the Pensieve, and Wizet entered Barty Crouch Jr.’s memories at a lesson on the Blood-Draining Spell.
• Barty Crouch Jr. taught practical applications of the spell and showed a detailed understanding of how it could affect both blood and the soul.
• After dinner, Barty Crouch Jr. worked on a document about wizarding families that rejected the pure-blood label and emphasized wizards’ inherent power.
• Wizet returned from the Pensieve and told Dumbledore that Barty seemed to enjoy his work and showed no fear or resistance while following Voldemort’s orders.

Wizet and Dumbledore discussed Voldemort’s plans to resurrect himself, and Wizet deduced that Voldemort intended to use Harry’s blood to overcome the protection that kept him from harming Harry. Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort would become bound by the magical contract protecting Harry, which Voldemort had overlooked because he could not understand love.

• Dumbledore told Wizet that Voldemort was likely focusing on his resurrection and avoiding former Death Eaters until he regained his strength.
• Wizet pieced together clues about Voldemort’s plans and suspected he would use Harry’s blood in a resurrection ritual.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Sirius Black had told Wizet about the magical protection on Harry, which would fail when Harry came of age.
• Wizet explained that the protection included a magical contract and that Voldemort would become bound by it if he took Harry’s blood.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had overlooked the contract because he did not understand love and could not obtain knowledge related to it.

Wizet and Dumbledore discussed how Voldemort’s rebirth through Harry’s blood made him part of Harry’s magical contract, extending Harry’s protection until Voldemort came of age. They also concluded that Voldemort had targeted Wizet’s blood to strengthen himself, though they could no longer learn more through Barty Crouch Jr.

• Wizet reasoned that Voldemort had entered Harry’s magical contract when he used Harry’s blood to be reborn, becoming part of the protection rather than gaining the ability to kill Harry.
• Wizet explained that Voldemort’s closer connection to the contract reset its expiration, extending Harry’s magical protection for at least seventeen years.
• Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort had also targeted Wizet, intending to use his blood to become stronger.
• Wizet and Dumbledore acknowledged that they could not obtain more information from Barty Crouch Jr. but had learned Voldemort’s recent objective.

Harry, Draco, and Cedric gathered information about dangerous creatures and reasoned that the first task might involve dragons. They agreed that flying broomsticks would be their best defense and realized their Quidditch experience could give them an advantage.

• Harry, Draco, and Cedric felt pressure from their new popularity as Hogwarts Champions, while Ron and Hermione reassured Harry about the upcoming task.
• Cedric brought detailed information on XXXXX-class creatures that his father had helped him collect.
• The group narrowed down possible task creatures to dragons associated with the schools’ regions, including the Hungarian Horntail and the Hebridean Black.
• Harry, Draco, and Cedric agreed that using flying broomsticks would be the best way to evade a dragon.
• Harry realized that all three champions were Quidditch players and could use their broom-flying experience to their advantage.

Wizet, Harry, Draco, and Cedric prepared for the Triwizard task by assessing dangerous creatures and discussing ways to fight them. They focused on dragons and other XXXXX-level creatures, then considered using magical plants against their likely opponents.

• Draco warned that Karkaroff and Picquery might know about the task and could act against them, while the group considered what Karkaroff might do if Krum's interests were involved.
• Wizet conjured a Swedish Short-Snout from mist to show its size and offered to share dragon memories; Draco volunteered to have his father send a Pensieve, and Wizet entrusted him with a memory.
• Harry and Draco read about North American and African XXXXX-level creatures, including the Wampus Cat and Nundu, and the group judged a dragon or Wampus Cat more likely to appear in the first task.
• Draco shared his research on Venomous Tentacula, Chomping Cabbage, and Man-Eating Thorn, proposing that they use potions and magic to make the plants grow rapidly and attack dangerous creatures.

Draco, Harry, Cedric, and Wizet planned ways to use summoned magical plants and spells against the dragons and other dangers in the arena. Wizet ended by stressing that using war magic together required deep trust, and the group had begun building it by sharing ideas and solving problems openly.

• Draco explained that Champions could bring only their wands into the arena and proposed summoning Venomous Tentacula seeds, then using Flying Broomsticks to get them into a dragon’s mouth.
• Harry questioned whether organizers might ban summoned items such as Flying Broomsticks, and Cedric said he could not brew an Animagus Second Form potion.
• Wizet suggested transfiguring a seed container so it could fly into a dragon’s mouth, and Cedric developed a plan to make the seeds germinate inside it.
• Harry shared a list of useful spells and supplies, including the Summoning Charm, protective charms, healing magic, and potions.
• Wizet demonstrated spell applications and explained that war magic required emotional trust as well as coordination.

Harry met Sirius in Hogsmeade and told him about preparing for the Five-Wizard Tournament, including the possibility that the first task involved dragons. Sirius offered to help with the Pensieve issue and suggested a spell for fighting dragons.

• Harry reflected on Wizet’s advice about trusting Cedric and Draco, then answered Sirius through the two-way mirror and hurried to meet him.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron met Sirius at the Three Broomsticks, where Sirius noticed that Harry seemed less worried than before.
• Harry explained their preparations for the tournament and said Draco had wanted a Pensieve; Sirius offered to buy one, but accepted Harry and Hermione’s view that they should avoid needless conflict.
• Harry spoke about Regulus and said a Slytherin’s actions mattered more than their House, and Sirius agreed while advising him to stay alert.
• Sirius examined Harry’s detailed notes and recommended the Conjunctivitis Curse as a potentially effective spell against dragons.

Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Sirius discussed tournament preparations before Sirius took them to the Shrieking Shack to practice and share stories about his school days. Meanwhile, Ollivander summoned Wizet and the other tournament officials to inspect the champions’ wands, where Wizet rebuffed Rita Skeeter’s attempt to get information about the other schools.

• Hermione copied Harry’s spell notes, and Sirius said the group would need to practice casting Shield Charms while moving and protecting teammates.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron discussed the delay in news about the tournament’s first event, and Sirius offered to teach Harry the Eye Disease Curse at the Shrieking Shack.
• Sirius left the Three Broomsticks with Harry and the others, promising to tell them how he and his friends had studied at school.
• After Charms class, Wizet met Ollivander, who explained that the champions’ wands needed inspection before the tournament.
• Wizet followed Ollivander to a classroom where Dumbledore, the other headmasters, Bagman, Crouch, and Rita Skeeter had gathered.
• Rita Skeeter pressed Wizet for an interview and information about the other schools, but he refused to disrupt the exchange between them.

Wizet commissioned Rita Skeeter to write a book about Durmstrang, offering her sources and written materials while allowing her to use her own style. Rita accepted, and the commission would begin in earnest after the Five-Wizard Tournament, though Wizet said everyone would soon be eager to learn about the school.

• Wizet asked Rita Skeeter what she knew about Durmstrang, and she described its Dark Arts studies, exclusion of Muggle-borns, history, and headmaster succession rumors.
• Wizet praised Rita’s sharp writing and speed, noting that she had published her biography of Armando Dippet two months after his death.
• Wizet commissioned Rita to write a book about Durmstrang and offered informed sources and written materials.
• Rita asked whether she could write in her own style, and Wizet agreed without restrictions.
• Wizet said the deadline would come after the Five-Wizard Tournament and offered to pay an advance, with the remaining share arranged like her biographies.
• Rita accepted the commission, believing it offered extra income and a chance to write about a school that would soon attract widespread interest.

The contestants gathered for wand inspections and learned that the first task would take place on December first, with cooperation as new guidance. Afterward, Wizet shared his research on Uagadou wands with Ollivander, who found inspiration in the notes and said their current state suited them better.

• Rita Skeeter interviewed the contestants and watched them arrange themselves for a group photograph, with Wizet in the center of the front row.
• Barty Crouch Sr. announced the first task would take place on December first and gave cooperation as the judging panel’s second piece of guidance.
• Dumbledore offered a riddle about scorching breath and whispers, and Harry inferred that the first task would involve fire dragons and Wampus Cats.
• Ollivander inspected the contestants’ wands, including Uagadou’s rough, club-like wands.
• Wizet gave Ollivander a notebook describing Uagadou’s Soul Stone wand medium, and Ollivander praised the research and asked why the notes suited them as they were.

Ollivander showed Wizet a wand that used his memories to improve his spellcasting, then gave him his research notes. The next weekend, Wizet led Cedric, Draco, Harry, and Luna to the Whomping Willow, where Cedric guessed they had come to train.

• Ollivander explained that his new wand combined elder, aspen, and Dementor filaments, and that its design drew on the Elder Wand.
• Wizet pressed the wand to his temple, cast “Perthro,” and used it to cast the Summoning Charm and Knockback Jinx smoothly.
• Ollivander explained that the wand could access Wizet’s memories only once and could enhance only magic he had already mastered, then gave Wizet his research notes.
• The following weekend, Wizet and Luna brought Cedric, Draco, and Harry to the Whomping Willow, and Cedric asked if they were there to train.

Wizet, Luna, Harry, Cedric, and Draco began training with the Whomping Willow to prepare for the first task. Wizet and Luna demonstrated how dodging and timely Shield Charms could help them handle danger while each had other tasks to perform.

• Wizet said Professor Sprout had approved using the Whomping Willow for training, and he cast a Confundus Charm to keep others from disturbing them.
• Wizet and Luna took to their Flying Broomsticks to demonstrate the exercise while Harry, Cedric, and Draco watched.
• Wizet flew into the Whomping Willow's attack range and dodged its branches until Luna's Shield Charm blocked a strike and gave him a chance to escape.
• Wizet passed through the Whomping Willow and high-fived Luna, while Cedric explained how the exercise trained reaction speed, evasion, and timed protection.
• Cedric noted that Luna's flight around the tree simulated managing her own task while reacting quickly enough to help Wizet, and Wizet agreed.

Wizet and Luna demonstrated an advanced Whomping Willow exercise, showing how partners could dodge and attack in coordination without speaking. Harry, Cedric, and Draco tried the basic training method, but their poorly timed Shield Charms left them battered by the tree.

• Wizet explained the advanced exercise, then he and Luna flew into the Whomping Willow’s range and struck the same spots while defending each other without speaking.
• Wizet advised Harry, Cedric, and Draco to practice with one person inside the tree’s range and two others circling outside to cast Shield Charms.
• Cedric entered the Whomping Willow’s range and narrowly escaped its branches after Wizet or Luna blocked a strike that Harry and Draco had failed to stop.
• Harry and Draco admitted they had not reacted in time, and Cedric urged them to continue practicing.
• Draco’s misplaced Shield Charm left Cedric vulnerable to smaller branches, and his later off-target charm made Harry collide with the shield and nearly get caught between two branches.
• Harry, Cedric, and Draco finished their first round bedraggled and sighed as they returned to Wizet and Luna.

Harry, Draco, and Cedric reflected on their first dangerous training session and began practicing again, while Wizet worked to improve the Blood-Draining Spell. The Champions then received a summons to see the fire dragons, and Charlie Weasley led them into a clearing where several breeds awaited.

• Harry, Draco, and Cedric admitted their mistakes during training, and Wizet praised them for taking responsibility and trusting one another as a team.
• Wizet began improving the Blood-Draining Spell while Harry and the others resumed training.
• Wizet and the other Champions received a riddle from Dumbledore and a notice directing them to the grounds on Friday afternoon.
• Harry, Draco, and Wizet speculated that the Champions were being shown the fire dragons because the creatures were difficult to keep secret.
• Hagrid led the Champions toward the Forbidden Forest, where Charlie Weasley took over and brought them into a clearing filled with fire dragons.

Charlie Weasley showed Hagrid and the champions the dragons they would face in the Triwizard Tournament, while the handlers subdued the agitated beasts. Wizet protected the group from the Hungarian Horntail’s fire, and the chapter ended with Charlie leading everyone closer to inspect the unconscious dragons.

• Charlie Weasley identified the Swedish Short-Snout, Welsh Green Dragon, Hebridean Black, and Norwegian Ridgeback as the handlers struggled to restrain them.
• Hagrid asked Charlie Weasley about Norberta, and Charlie said she was healthy but fierce.
• The handlers stunned the Hebridean Black and Norwegian Ridgeback after the dragons prepared to breathe fire.
• The Hungarian Horntail breathed fire toward the champions, and Charlie Weasley cast a Shield Charm while Wizet used a Cryo-Preservation Charm to protect everyone from the heat.
• The handlers stunned the Hungarian Horntail, Swedish Short-Snout, and Welsh Green Dragon.
• Charlie Weasley led Hagrid and the champions closer to examine the unconscious dragons.

The Champions examined the dragons, and Rita Skeeter’s Daily Prophet article gave students selective details about the contestants’ magical abilities. As December 1st approached, Harry, Draco, and Cedric continued secretly practicing against the dragons without Wizet’s help.

• Charlie Weasley answered the Champions’ questions about the dragons without revealing much, and Hagrid led them away from the enclosure.
• Rita Skeeter’s article profiled Champions from Durmstrang, Ilvermorny, Beauxbatons, Hogwarts, and Uagadou while omitting many specifics.
• Anthony Goldstein and the other students discussed why Rita’s article was unusually restrained, and Wizet and Luna recognized that Rita feared Uagadou’s Animagus experts.
• Students debated the Champions’ strengths as the Champions worked to prepare for the dragon task.
• Harry, Draco, and Cedric practiced on their Flying Broomsticks at the Whomping Willow and endured Madam Pomfrey’s potions and scolding.
• December 1st arrived as excitement for the first task grew.

On the morning of the first task, Hogwarts students and Champions grew tense as rumors spread that the Champions would face dragons. Ludo Bagman arrived at the Champions’ tent and lightened the oppressive mood with his cheerful chatter as they waited for the task to begin.

• The Creevey brothers and other Hogwarts students offered Vede nervous encouragement, while Vede and his roommates discussed rumors that the task involved taking a dragon egg.
• Vede explained that Cedric had learned about the dragons through his father, Amos Diggory, who worked with magical creatures.
• Dumbledore announced that afternoon classes were canceled and that prefects would lead students to temporary stands to watch the competition.
• Professor McGonagall escorted Vede, Cedric, Draco, and Harry to the Champions’ tent, where they waited alongside Champions from the other schools.
• Ludo Bagman entered the tent and cheerfully praised its armchairs, easing the tense atmosphere as Harry, Draco, and Cedric reacted to his attempt.

The Champions learned that the first task would require them to face two dragons and another XXXXX-level dangerous creature as they competed to obtain a golden egg. Wizet drew a Hungarian Horntail and a Norwegian Ridgeback, then reassured his friends that going last might give him an advantage.

• Fleur Delacour prompted Ludo Bagman to announce the first task after the Champions noticed he had not begun the briefing.
• Barty Crouch Sr. explained that the Champions would face two dragons and a third XXXXX-level creature hinted at in the riddle, then told them to draw dragon models.
• The Champions from Uagadou, Beauxbatons, Ilvermorny, Durmstrang, and Hogwarts drew their dragon pairs in turn.
• Wizet drew a Hungarian Horntail and a Norwegian Ridgeback, and Barty Crouch Sr. reminded the Champions that they could bring only their wands onto the field.
• After Barty Crouch Sr. and Ludo Bagman left for the judges’ stand, Harry, Draco, and Cedric worried about Wizet’s difficult draw, while Wizet said going last might help him.

The Uagadou Champions entered the first Triwizard task, facing a Norwegian Ridgeback and a Hebridean Black while Wizet suspected their Animagus forms concealed a larger plan. The dragons attacked the gyrfalcon and sea eagle, which dodged the fire and continued provoking them as the grey parrot flew low and out of sight.

• Barty Crouch Sr. distributed the dragon matchups, and Dumbledore raised a magical field around the arena.
• Ludo Bagman announced that the Champions would face dangerous creatures and take the golden eggs they guarded.
• Luna identified the caged creature as a Wampus Cat and told Emika Miller that Wizet would have to face three XXXXX-rated creatures.
• Ludo Bagman announced that the Uagadou Champions would face a Norwegian Ridgeback and a Hebridean Black.
• Ayo Oduwale, Kwame Mensah, and Zuri Nkrumah transformed into a gyrfalcon, a sea eagle, and a grey parrot and flew into the arena.
• The gyrfalcon and sea eagle provoked the dragons, dodged their fire, and drew them into spreading their wings while the grey parrot flew low and out of sight.