Ch. 921Bloodline power would use the soul as its anchor

Wizet explained that bloodline magic could be understood through the soul, blood, and body, with the heart serving as an observable link to the soul. He connected this theory to healing spells and Animagus magic, leaving the Champions with a clearer account of how his research began.

  • Wizet recognized that the Champions’ specialized knowledge of bloodline magic offered insights that complemented his research into the soul.
  • Wizet concluded that the soul was the best anchor for bloodline power, but suggested studying the heart when the soul could not be observed directly.
  • Victor Krum summarized how bloodline power could help repair severed limbs and proposed casting Episkey toward the heart to imitate essence of dittany.
  • Wizet cautioned Victor Krum to treat his findings as provisional and encouraged him to pursue any new discoveries.
  • Ayo Oduwale and Zuri Nkrumah connected Wizet’s explanation to his research on Animagus magic and its use of hair as an anchor.
  • Wizet revealed that a second heartbeat after drinking the Animagus potion during a lightning strike had inspired his research into the heart’s role in bloodline magic.

Ch. 922Wanga Doll

Kwame Mensah explained how Wanga Dolls used herbs, earth, honey, and blood to remove Dark magic, and Wizet quickly devised a formula for countering the Stinging Jinx. After learning that Uagadou's professors kept the dolls' principles secret, Wizet connected their use of blood to the link between soul and body and began explaining how they worked.

  • Kwame Mensah demonstrated how to make a Wanga Doll and explained that its ability to remove hexes or some curses depended on the maker's skill and materials.
  • Victor Krum asked about the doll's limits, and Kwame Mensah confirmed it could not remove the Unforgivable Curses.
  • Wizet asked about a formula for the Stinging Jinx and proposed using lion's tail, South African devil's claw, and aloe.
  • Kwame Mensah revealed that Uagadou's professors taught students to memorize Wanga Doll formulas without explaining their principles.
  • Wizet reasoned that the dolls involved research related to the soul and suggested using bloodline magic to understand them.
  • Wizet explained that blood connected the soul and body, then pointed to the blood placed on the honey over the Wanga Doll's heart.

Ch. 923The benefits of studying everything

Wizet explained how the principles of similarity and contact in sympathetic magic appeared in Animagus forms, Patronuses, Voldemort’s blood magic, and the Dark Marks. He used those principles to explain how a Wanga Doll could help heal a soul, and Harry left the exchange meeting with a new idea about the warmth produced by his underwater Patronus.

  • Wizet connected Animagus forms and corporeal Patronuses to the similarity principle, and Voldemort’s use of Harry’s blood and the Death Eaters’ Dark Marks to the contact principle.
  • Wizet helped Kwame Mensah understand sympathetic magic and explained that blood placed in a Wanga Doll’s chest connected the soul to the doll so its herbs could heal soul damage.
  • Victor Krum reasoned that blood from the heart acted as a bridge between the soul and the Wanga Doll, and Wizet confirmed his explanation.
  • Cedric, Draco, and Harry left the exchange meeting, and Harry said it had given him ideas about why an underwater Patronus warmed the body from the chest.

Ch. 924Voodoo Doll

Wizet asked Uagadou’s Champions about Voodoo dolls after learning they could control Haitian Inferi. Zuri Nkrumah explained that Uagadou used school-provided dolls to repair failed Animagus transformations, and Wizet went to Headmaster Kamba to learn more.

  • Harry and Draco discussed sympathetic magic, and Draco speculated that Wizet wanted the Uagadou Champions to seek advice from their professors.
  • Wizet told Zuri Nkrumah, Ayo Oduwale, and Kwame Mensah that a book had linked Voodoo dolls to Haitian Inferi.
  • Zuri Nkrumah explained that Uagadou’s school-provided Voodoo dolls could restore body parts altered by failed Animagus transformations, while a student’s homemade doll had trapped his soul.
  • Ayo Oduwale and the others directed Wizet to Headmaster Kamba’s treehouse in the Forbidden Forest.
  • Headmaster Kamba agreed to explain Voodoo dolls to Wizet while they waited for the relevant books to be brought over.

Ch. 925Let the Soul Enter the Inferius

Wizet discussed sympathetic magic and Haitian voodoo dolls with Headmaster Kamba, deducing that dark wizards used the dolls to send their souls into Inferi. Kamba explained why that practice drove its practitioners mad, then began contrasting it with Uagadou’s methods.

  • Headmaster Kamba explained that Uagadou’s magical research focused on the body, and Wizet connected magical tattoos to the contagion aspect of sympathetic magic.
  • Wizet cited Animagus transformation and the Patronus Charm as examples of similarity, and Apparition and Polyjuice Potion as examples of contagion.
  • Kamba praised Wizet’s grasp of sympathetic magic and introduced voodoo dolls used by Haitian wizards to control Inferi.
  • Wizet deduced that Haitian dark wizards used voodoo dolls to send their souls into Inferi, and Kamba confirmed his theory.
  • Wizet reasoned that the Inferi’s magic and memories remained in their bodies, causing their controllers to lose track of their own identities.
  • Kamba called the Haitian method extreme and began explaining how Uagadou’s use of voodoo dolls differed.

Ch. 926Materials for Making Voodoo Dolls

Headmaster Kamba taught Wizet about the materials and principles behind making a Voodoo Doll, including the dangerous properties of Nundu mane and Sphinx fur. Wizet reasoned that Streeler mucus produced during a color change was the most suitable filling material, and Kamba responded with surprise.

  • Headmaster Kamba explained that making a Voodoo Doll required Nundu mane for its needle and Sphinx fur for its fabric.
  • Wizet sensed that Nundu mane could threaten the soul and asked whether its poison-bearing side had to be used with a doll.
  • Headmaster Kamba described the use of Sympathetic Magic and asked Wizet what material should fill the doll as blood.
  • Wizet chose Streeler mucus released during a color change, reasoning that its transformative and poisonous properties suited the doll's materials and Ritual Magic.

Ch. 927Wolfsbane Potion and Voodoo Doll

Wizet used a Voodoo Doll to sense how its magic worked and connected that experience to the missing ingredients in the Wolfsbane Potion formula. He began explaining that the potion’s effects resembled the doll’s ability to bind and tune a soul, while Headmaster Kamba listened.

  • Headmaster Kamba showed Wizet a Voodoo Doll and asked him to study it by adding a drop of blood.
  • Wizet enhanced his senses, placed blood and soul power on the doll, and felt his soul tune itself to it as though he were looking into a mirror and trapped in darkness.
  • Wizet realized that the Voodoo Doll’s principles explained ingredients he had been unable to account for in the Wolfsbane Potion formula.
  • Headmaster Kamba recalled that Damocles Belby had visited Uagadou, exchanged potion knowledge for knowledge of Voodoo Dolls, and later invented Wolfsbane Potion.
  • Headmaster Kamba connected the exchange to ingredients such as African Tree Snake skin and Abyssinian Shrivelfig, then asked Wizet what he had learned.
  • Wizet said a man with Lycanthropy had described feeling immobilized in a pitch-black place after taking Wolfsbane Potion on the full moon.

Ch. 928The All-Encompassing Wizard

Wizet investigated why the Voodoo Doll could undo failed Animagus transformations and concluded that it removed negative traits associated with Dark Magic by separating them from the wizard. Headmaster Kamba confirmed Wizet’s theory, though the recovered student could no longer transform into an Animagus.

  • Wizet discussed his Wolfsbane Potion research with Headmaster Kamba, then explained his understanding of the Voodoo Doll as a second body.
  • Wizet considered examples of failed Animagus transformations and concluded that their animal traits were more than superficial similarities.
  • Wizet linked the negative traits left by failed transformations to Dark Magic and proposed that the Voodoo Doll dispelled them.
  • Headmaster Kamba described a student whose failed transformation left him covered in snake scales and who recovered with a Voodoo Doll.
  • Wizet learned that the student became generous but could no longer transform into an Animagus, and Headmaster Kamba confirmed Wizet’s explanation.

Ch. 929Looks like I'll have to bring over more books

Wizet explained his theory that the animagus transformation explored facets of the soul, using animal instincts and blood as part of a ritual that changed the body. Headmaster Kamba praised his reasoning and planned to bring more books from Uagadou to help support the conjecture.

  • Wizet told Headmaster Kamba that animal instincts in failed animagus transformations reflected the soul, much like the effects of Dark Magic.
  • Wizet explained that an animagus's second form came from resonating with a pet to reveal another facet of the soul.
  • Wizet described how a wizard's will could harness the imbalance created by animal instincts and extend its power from the soul to the body.
  • Wizet proposed that animagus transformation involved Bloodline Magic and Ritual Magic, with blood serving as the ritual's medium.
  • Headmaster Kamba praised Wizet's reasoning and said he would bring more books from Uagadou to find evidence for the theory.

Ch. 930Bloodline magic was like solving a Rubik's Cube

Wizet resumed his bloodline magic research, using the idea that wizards encompassed all things to guide his investigations. As the second task of the Five-Wizard Tournament approached, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black prepared a magical live broadcast, and Harry discovered their crew laying waterweed in the Black Lake.

  • Wizet considered how ancient wizards' joining with fantastic beasts might have unlocked their own bloodline potential and began exploring purification as a form of joining.
  • Wizet compared bloodline magic to solving a Rubik's Cube and decided to study its patterns carefully to avoid dangerous effects such as hereditary family curses.
  • The Daily Prophet reported that Dolores Umbridge had been demoted after disagreeing with Cornelius Fudge, while Anthony Goldstein saw it as a sign of Fudge's weakening position.
  • Remus Lupin and Sirius Black successfully tested their magical live broadcast and gained approval from the Department of Magical Games and Sports, with Gabriel Grimm of the Oakshaft Broom Company expressing interest.
  • Harry went to the Black Lake to practice his magic and found Sirius Black and Professor Lupin preparing a spectator area for the second task by placing aquatic plants in the water.

Ch. 931Revealing Projection Screen

Sirius showed Harry the Revealing Projection Screen, a magical device that used waterweed to broadcast live images, though the underwater setup was not yet complete. On the morning of the second task, students tried the screen’s incantation and saw a clear image of the Black Lake’s bottom.

  • Sirius explained that he and Lupin planned to use Imaging Waterweed and Revealing Projection Screens to broadcast the second task.
  • Harry cast Telespectum and watched a live image of Sirius and Lupin appear on the screen.
  • Sirius told Harry that they still needed to arrange the waterweed on the lakebed and that he and Remus would stay to monitor the task.
  • Prefects handed out Revealing Projection Screens to students seated in the stands beside the Black Lake.
  • Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner, Chris Moen, and Terry Boot read the instructions and recited Telespectum with the other students.
  • The screens displayed a clear image of the Black Lake’s bottom, and Chris Moen eagerly awaited the start of the task.

Ch. 932Pre-competition Preparations for the Second Project

As the champions gathered for the second task, Remus Lupin demonstrated how the Manifestation Projection Screens could synchronize images and discussed plans for improving them. Ludo Bagman began the task by revealing that the champions would lose their wands, leaving them to face the trial without them.

  • Remus Lupin showed Gabriel Grimm how images on the Manifestation Projection Screens differed at first and would synchronize once the second task began.
  • Remus described plans for organizer-controlled large screens and other improvements, prompting Gabriel Grimm to praise M.S.C. and its products.
  • Madame Maxime, Headmaster Kamba, Dumbledore, and Seraphina Picquery examined the screens, while Karkaroff reacted sourly to the suggestion that they show the judges underwater.
  • Minerva McGonagall brought Wizet and the other Hogwarts champions to the tent, where Ludo Bagman introduced the new viewing device to the arriving champions.
  • Ludo Bagman began the second task by singing the Golden Egg clue and announced that the champions would lose their wands.

Ch. 933The second project's test has already begun from this very moment!

The Champions began the second task by surrendering their wands and preparing to enter the lake. Wizet realized that identifying the Ministry employees who took their wands was part of the test, and the Champions hurried to follow the correct employees.

  • Ludo Bagman announced that the second task had begun and gave the Champions one minute to cast spells before handing over their wands.
  • Draco, Cedric, and Harry used underwater charms, while Wizet explained his improved Bubble-Head Charm to Harry.
  • The Champions surrendered their wands to Ministry employees, and Wizet urged Harry and the others to remember their appearances.
  • Ludo Bagman explained that the employees would lead the Champions to the lake, and Wizet's group followed the employees who had taken their wands.
  • Fleur Delacour realized the Champions needed to find the employees who took their wands, while Charles Graves's group failed to reunite with theirs and set off anyway.

Ch. 934The Easy Way? The Hard Way?

The Champions began the second task in the lakebed without their wands, but Wizet used wandless magic to retrieve his. Harry followed a muddy path to his wand, fought off a giant Sila Fish, and the task continued as the Champions searched for their treasures.

  • The Ministry employees led the Champions into the lakebed, where Wizet used a wandless Summoning Charm to retrieve his wand.
  • Ludo Bagman explained the challenge to the audience, while Dumbledore noted that the organizers had forgotten to cast an Anti-Summoning Charm.
  • Harry followed a muddy path and encountered a giant Sila Fish, narrowly evading its attacks.
  • Zuri Nkrumah transformed into an elephant, collided with the Sila Fish, then returned to human form and retrieved his wand.
  • Harry found his wand inside a glass bottle, used the Extraction Charm to drive off the Sila Fish, and impressed Ludo Bagman.

Ch. 935He Encountered a Sila Fish Swarm! Froze the Sila Fish Swarm! Obtained Light Spots!

Harry learned that Champions had to collect light points from magical creatures before the hourglass ran out, while Wizet quickly froze a school of Sila Fish and collected its light. Wizet then entered the Shadow World and sensed that the audience's desire to watch the task was influencing him through the 'consensus' magic.

  • Harry discovered that his wand's glass bottle had become a bracelet containing a light point, and he guessed it came from the Sila Fish.
  • Ludo Bagman explained that Champions had to collect enough light points to return to shore before the hourglass ran out.
  • Wizet froze an approaching school of Sila Fish with a flick of his wand, and its light points flowed into his bracelet.
  • Ludo Bagman announced Wizet's success as the audience and Wizet's dormmates laughed at his brief commentary.
  • Wizet used the frozen Sila Fish to investigate the Shadow World and sensed that the audience's anticipation was affecting him through 'consensus' magic.

Ch. 936You'd Better Rest a Little Longer

Wizet reflected on how to study and steer “consensus” magic while resting after freezing a school of Sila Fish. The other Champions struggled underwater, and Ayo Oduwale was captured and taken to the Merpeople village as a hostage.

  • Wizet considered how collective desire shaped “consensus” magic and concluded he would need to find a trigger and learn to guide it.
  • Ludo Bagman and the other spectators saw Wizet resting, while Dumbledore suggested he might be researching magic and warned that he could surprise them.
  • Wizet's roommates speculated that he was studying the oversized Sila Fish, and Terry pointed out that he had already taken the lights from an entire school by himself.
  • Potter, Diggory, and Malfoy worked together to drive off four Sila Fish, while Malfoy appeared protected from injury by magic.
  • Graves held off five Sila Fish as Johnson rescued Smith after a Sila Fish pierced him through a weak Shield Charm.
  • Merpeople carried the injured Ayo Oduwale to their village, treated him, and tied him to a stone pillar as a hostage.

Ch. 937The Merpeople's Subtle Changes

Students and judges noticed that the merpeople looked healthier, and Kamba suspected Wizet’s influence had changed them. As more injured Durmstrang champions became hostages, the spectators learned that the champions’ swapped wands had made the task especially difficult.

  • Anthony Goldstein and Michael Corner noticed that the merpeople’s hair and scales looked better than before, and Michael challenged Anthony to a duel after Anthony teased him.
  • Headmaster Kamba told Dumbledore that Wizet’s influence might have changed the merpeople as well as improving students’ magic learning.
  • Two groups of merpeople brought the injured Durmstrang champions Franz Schmidt and Maria Wilman to the village as hostages.
  • Karkaroff protested that the champions had been given the wrong wands, while Madame Maxime and Seraphina Picquery pointed out that other champions had also lost their own wands.
  • Ludo Bagman explained that the champions had needed to remember who took their wands, and that several had failed because they were using someone else’s wand.
  • Michael Corner explained to Chris Moen that Victor Krum had his own wand, while Maria Wilman’s wand was with Ayo Oduwale and Fitzgerald Smith’s wand was with Franz Schmidt.

Ch. 938A Challenge from the Merpeople

Krum failed to sneak into the merpeople village to rescue Durmstrang’s hostages, while the other schools made progress in the second task. As Hogwarts approached completion, the merpeople launched a final attack on Harry, Malfoy, and Diggory, and Harry barely escaped three Grindylows.

  • Krum approached the merpeople village but fled when a Grindylow detected him, leaving Durmstrang’s rescue attempt unresolved.
  • Bagman reported that Uagadou planned to rescue Oduwale, Ilvermorny and Beauxbatons were collecting light points, and Hogwarts had accumulated enough to turn its wristbands orange.
  • Harry asked Cedric about their progress, and Cedric said Wizet had deduced that turning the light points red would complete the task.
  • Bagman announced that the orange wristbands triggered a final trial as merpeople, Grindylows, and Lobberworms ambushed Harry, Malfoy, and Diggory.
  • Harry used Relashio and a quick maneuver to escape three attacking Grindylows.

Ch. 939Wanting to be a hero through sacrifice?

Harry, Draco, and Cedric were cornered underwater by Merpeople, Grindylows, and Lobberworms. When Harry offered to draw the creatures away, Draco rejected the sacrifice plan and began a different counterattack.

  • Harry dodged a Merperson’s spear attack, then cast Relashio at the Merpeople pursuing him.
  • The Merpeople and their commanded Grindylows and Lobberworms surrounded Harry, Draco, and Cedric.
  • Harry suggested distracting the creatures so Draco and Cedric could escape, but Draco mocked the plan and proposed his own.
  • Draco told Harry and Cedric to close their eyes, then cast Lumos.

Ch. 940Anomalous Situation with the Curtain

Draco used a powerful version of the Illumination Spell to help Harry and Cedric escape the Merpeople, and the trio planned how to face their next attack. Their preparations were interrupted when Wizet’s magic disrupted the audience’s screens, hinting that Dumbledore’s expected surprise was about to arrive.

  • Draco blinded the Merpeople and Grindylows with the Illumination Spell, letting Harry and Cedric escape their encirclement.
  • Harry, Draco, and Cedric rested in waterweed, discussed the spell and their wristbands, and agreed to fight together while Draco covered their retreat.
  • The trio encountered another Merpeople squad, and Draco outlined their plan to use the Extraction Charm before covering them with the Illumination Spell.
  • The Merpeople and Grindylows abruptly turned away as the audience’s screens switched to Wizet, then began working again.
  • Remus Lupin and Sirius Black reported that all the screens had malfunctioned, while Gabriel Grimm trusted Wizet and Dumbledore suspected he had caused the disruption.
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