Chapter Summaries

Wizet survived Voldemort’s Fiendfyre attack and took control of the flames, shaping them into a soaring silver-blue eagle. As the spectators marveled, Voldemort realized Wizet understood Fiendfyre better than he did.

• Voldemort’s Fiendfyre serpent swallowed Wizet and scorched the ground and rocks across Azkaban.
• Wizet reappeared unharmed and redirected the Fiendfyre, shaping it into a silver-blue fire eagle.
• The Flamel couple and Quirinus Quirrell watched Wizet’s display, and Nicolas Flamel recalled Grindelwald’s Fiendfyre attack at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
• Nicolas Flamel joked about writing Albus a letter to ask what he would think of Wizet shaping Fiendfyre into an eagle rather than a lion.
• Voldemort sensed Wizet take control of the Fiendfyre and admitted that Wizet’s understanding of it surpassed his own.

Voldemort blamed Dumbledore for treating Wizet more leniently than he had treated him and tried to kill Wizet in a furious attack. Dumbledore trapped Voldemort in a water prison and signaled for Wizet to destroy his body, while Voldemort struggled to escape.

• Voldemort recalled how Dumbledore had distrusted him while tolerating Wizet's dark magic and concluded that Dumbledore had applied a complete double standard.
• Voldemort used a costly burst of ghostly magic to drive back Wizet's flaming eagle and began casting the Killing Curse at Wizet.
• Dumbledore flooded Voldemort's mouth with seawater and confined him in a water prison before he could finish the curse.
• Dumbledore maintained the water prison and signaled Wizet to destroy Voldemort's body, knowing Voldemort could return while any Horcrux remained.
• Wizet recognized that Voldemort's rage and new resources meant he could attempt another comeback if he escaped.

Wizet and Dumbledore’s attack appeared to defeat Voldemort, while Aurors subdued Bellatrix Lestrange and began securing the remaining prisoners. Wizet remained suspicious that Voldemort had concealed himself again and set out to search for him.

• Bellatrix Lestrange defended Voldemort from a boulder, but Aurors hit her with Stunning Spells and sent her tumbling down.
• Wizet sent a flaming eagle into Voldemort’s water prison, and the resulting explosion swallowed the battlefield in steam as the green light vanished.
• President Bill questioned Benjamin Graves about Hogwarts producing powerful wizards, and Benjamin left to handle the Dark Mark’s exposure to No-Majs.
• Savage said Voldemort’s disappearance and the restored Azkaban suggested the battle was over, but Rufus Scrimgeour ordered the Aurors to secure the prisoners.
• Wizet searched for Voldemort with the Dark Mark, found no trace, and recalled that Voldemort had previously hidden from conventional detection.

Wizet asked Fawkes to heal the injured while he prepared to use his new Pain Howl Resonance Curse to expose Voldemort’s condition. Voldemort remained hidden inside Antonin Dolohov and waited for a chance to attack Wizet as he approached Gilderoy Lockhart.

• Wizet asked Fawkes to heal the Aurors and prisoners, and Dumbledore conjured a cloud to follow the phoenix.
• Wizet explained that Phoenix Tears could heal bodily injuries but not soul damage, and reasoned that Voldemort’s soul remained incomplete because a fragment was inside Harry.
• Wizet told Dumbledore that he had invented the Pain Howl Resonance Curse, which made a person’s displayed pain reflect how difficult their injuries were to heal.
• Voldemort stayed hidden inside Antonin Dolohov, using the Dark Mark and a transformed Fake Wand to evade suspicion.
• Fawkes’s healing song restored Voldemort’s strength, and Voldemort mistook Dumbledore’s actions for hypocrisy.
• Voldemort saw Wizet and Dumbledore approach Gilderoy Lockhart, gripped his wand, and prepared to cast the Killing Curse when Wizet came closer.

Wizet used the Pain Howl Resonance Curse and an altered Dark Mark to tear at Voldemort’s soul while he was hidden inside Antonin Dolohov. Voldemort cast the Killing Curse on Dolohov to escape, then fled Azkaban to protect the Tom Riddle soul fragment he had devoured.

• Voldemort hid inside Antonin Dolohov and waited for Wizet to let down his guard.
• Wizet’s Pain Howl Resonance Curse caused Voldemort and the Azkaban prisoners to suffer, while Dumbledore shielded the Aurors with the Silent Wound Curse.
• Voldemort emerged from Dolohov as black smoke, revealing a face split between his snake-like features and Tom Riddle’s face.
• Wizet altered the Dark Mark to reflect only the Dark Mark, intensifying Voldemort’s pain and making his soul begin to tear apart.
• Voldemort pointed Dolohov’s wand at Dolohov and cast Avada Kedavra, then escaped Azkaban as black smoke.

After Voldemort vanished as smoke, Dumbledore and the Aurors gathered the prisoners and left Azkaban, while the Ministry leaders discussed how to respond to his likely return. Barty Crouch Sr. warned Cornelius Fudge that Voldemort’s return could not be concealed from England or the other magical worlds.

• Dumbledore identified Antonin Dolohov among the dead, and Rufus Scrimgeour ordered the Aurors to take the prisoners back for judgment.
• Cornelius Fudge emerged from hiding and asked whether Voldemort had been defeated, but John Dawlish and Dumbledore explained that he had vanished as smoke.
• Dumbledore conjured a Magical Ship, and Rufus Scrimgeour led the Aurors and prisoners aboard it.
• Wizet, Dumbledore, Barty Crouch Sr., Amelia Bones, and Cornelius Fudge discussed the Ministry’s next steps while returning from Azkaban.
• Cornelius Fudge proposed concealing Voldemort’s return, but Barty Crouch Sr. said the Dark Marks and scattered Death Eaters would make secrecy impossible.

Wizet confirmed that he had rendered Voldemort’s Dark Mark useless, giving the Ministry a chance to limit the impact of Voldemort’s return. Barty Crouch Sr. proposed contacting other magical communities and taking a hard public stance against Voldemort, leaving Cornelius Fudge uncertain how that would help downplay the crisis.

• Amelia Bones and Barty Crouch Sr. questioned whether Wizet had managed to disable Voldemort’s Dark Mark before Voldemort escaped Antonin Dolohov’s body.
• Wizet confirmed he had rendered the Dark Mark useless, but said Voldemort had escaped too quickly for him to do more.
• Dumbledore said the loss of the Dark Mark as a propaganda channel gave them an opportunity to contain the fallout from Voldemort’s return.
• Barty Crouch Sr. proposed contacting other magical communities, sharing records of Voldemort’s past actions, and demonstrating a firm stance against him.
• Cornelius Fudge questioned how emphasizing Voldemort’s threat could help them downplay the impact of his return.

Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore, and the others discussed how to manage news of Voldemort’s return and keep the other Ministers for Magic from resisting their plans. Dumbledore revealed that Wizet’s Ritual Magic had already given two Squibs the ability to cast spells.

• Cornelius Fudge argued that the other Ministers for Magic would not cooperate until Voldemort had caused real destruction, and admitted he feared becoming Voldemort’s target.
• Barty Crouch Sr. proposed making a hardline demand first so a smaller request would be easier to accept, and Dumbledore illustrated the tactic with Poppy’s threatened curse and his promise to eat fewer sweets.
• Amelia Bones said they would still need to act when Voldemort publicly announced his return, while Fudge warned that news of the night and the destruction at Heroes' Square would be difficult to conceal.
• Dumbledore said he had already restored Heroes' Square and suggested publicizing Wizet’s Ritual Magic, which could give Squibs the ability to cast spells.
• Dumbledore revealed that Argus Filch and Arabella Figg were already successful cases of Squibs gaining the ability to cast spells.

Dumbledore explained how the Dependency Connection Ritual could let Squibs gain magical abilities through loyal magical pets, and the group planned to promote the ritual and prosecute the escapees. After the others returned to the Ministry, Wizet pursued the Dementors at sea, where a voice told him he had a letter.

• Dumbledore told Cornelius Fudge and the others that Argus Filch had gained Mrs Norris's wandless Four-Point Spell through the Dependency Connection Ritual.
• Dumbledore, Barty Crouch Sr., and Amelia Bones agreed on plans to promote the ritual, draft a proposal, and arrange a Wizengamot trial for the prisoners.
• The Aurors used makeshift Portkeys to take the prisoners back to the Ministry of Magic, while Cornelius Fudge followed them.
• Wizet declined Dumbledore's offer to return him to Hogwarts and followed the Dementors across the sea with a seagull he had created.
• Wizet descended onto the sea on the transformed seagull platform, and a voice told him that there was a letter for him.

Wizet and Luna reunited above the sea, where they sent their Patronuses after the Dementors. After the Dementors were destroyed, Wizet and Luna headed back to school with the sleeping Thunderbird.

• Luna descended from the sky and reunited with Wizet, who caught her and wrapped her in a cloak.
• Luna explained that she and Jupiter had come to find Wizet, and the little Thunderbird settled to sleep against him.
• Wizet sent a seagull made of seawater after the Dementors as another punishment letter.
• The Dementors ignored the strange Patronuses until they realized their companions were vanishing with each attack.
• The two Patronuses destroyed every Dementor over the sea.
• Wizet took Luna's hand and set off back to school while carrying the sleeping Thunderbird.

After the Dementor incident, Xenophilius checked that Wizet was unharmed and urged him to be more careful so Luna would not worry. Xenophilius then prepared to meet Dumbledore after receiving a letter, possibly about what had happened the previous night.

• Wizet and Luna ate breakfast in the Great Hall, where Xenophilius joined them and expressed relief that they were both safe.
• Xenophilius asked whether Wizet had been injured or examined, and Wizet assured him he was completely fine.
• Xenophilius scolded Wizet for making Luna worry, then told him to be careful; Wizet promised not to act recklessly.
• Xenophilius revealed that Dumbledore had summoned him to the Headmaster's Office, possibly because of the previous night's events.
• Xenophilius told Luna to relax after exams and advised Wizet to see Madam Pomfrey if he felt unwell.

Wizet met with Rita Skeeter after Voldemort’s return and urged her to help counter his announcement by making even more noise. Rita chose to join the effort, determined to reclaim what she had lost through her reporting.

• Wizet and Luna encountered Rita Skeeter and a group of reporters and photographers at Hogwarts.
• Rita revealed that she had spent the night worrying about Voldemort and had understood that Wizet’s planned book about Durmstrang’s bloody history was connected to him.
• Wizet explained that Voldemort wanted to announce his return, so his opponents needed to drown out his message with their own reports.
• Luna compared the resistance to a Bowtruckle protecting its tree from a dragon, and Rita accepted Wizet’s invitation to help.
• Rita put away one Quick-Quotes Quill, took out another, and asked Wizet to tell her every detail so she could prove herself through her reports.

Michael Corner, Chris Moen, Anthony Goldstein, and Terry Boot read the Daily Prophet’s account of the Azkaban prison break and Wizet Lovegood’s role in stopping it. The article convinced them that Wizet had acted heroically, though Terry thought it left out important details about his work.

• Michael Corner cited the Daily Prophet’s report that Antonin Dolohov had escaped Azkaban and raised the Dark Mark as revenge, while Chris Moen said his father believed Voldemort had returned.
• Anthony Goldstein challenged the newspaper’s credibility by recalling its earlier false claims about Dumbledore.
• Terry Boot pointed out a second article describing how Wizet Lovegood led Aurors to Azkaban and conjured a flaming eagle to suppress the frenzied prisoners.
• Michael Corner admitted he had thought Wizet had gone on a date, then praised him for being bold enough to lead Aurors to Azkaban.
• Chris Moen celebrated the attention Wizet brought to Ravenclaw, while Terry Boot criticized the article for focusing on Quidditch instead of Wizet’s papers.

At Hogwarts, Wizet and his roommates discussed Karkaroff’s flight and the destruction of Azkaban. The Evening Prophet prompted Anthony to speculate that Karkaroff had fled because escaped prisoners might seek revenge, while Wizet and Luna stayed silent about what had really happened.

• Wizet’s roommates discussed rumors that Durmstrang headmaster Karkaroff had run away, and Wizet explained that he had used a Confundus Charm to avoid attention after the Daily Prophet’s report.
• Owls delivered the Evening Prophet, which reported that Azkaban had been completely destroyed and criticized the Ministry of Magic’s security.
• Anthony asked Wizet whether prisoners had begun escaping when he reached Azkaban, and Wizet confirmed that they had been preparing to cross the sea.
• Anthony speculated that Karkaroff fled because escaped prisoners might recognize him as a former Death Eater and seek revenge; Terry agreed, while Wizet and Luna kept the real events to themselves.

Wizet and Luna anticipated that the Ministry’s concealment of Voldemort’s return would be mistaken for another cover-up by Cornelius Fudge. Dumbledore announced the Azkaban prison break and praised Wizet, while students left the feast believing the Ministry was hiding the scale of the escape.

• Anthony and the other Ravenclaws speculated that Karkaroff had fled because Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban and that Fudge was concealing the truth.
• Wizet and Luna predicted that news of Karkaroff’s flight would steer the public toward suspecting another Ministry cover-up rather than Voldemort’s return.
• Dumbledore arrived at the Great Hall without Karkaroff and postponed the Champions’ celebration until that evening.
• Dumbledore announced that a large-scale prison break had occurred at Azkaban and praised Wizet for discovering Dolohov’s scheme.
• Dumbledore warned students to stay vigilant and said the Ministry would send an Emergency Response Guide about Dementors.
• Anthony, Chris, and Michael concluded that Death Eaters had escaped and that the guide would explain how to deal with them.

The Daily Prophet shifted public attention away from rumors of Voldemort’s return by publishing stories about Karkaroff and Wizet’s Quidditch fame. At Nurmengard, Selina Pendragon brought Gellert Grindelwald notes about his improving visions and newspapers about Wizet, which he began reading despite claiming not to care about current events.

• Wizet and Luna’s deductions proved correct as Rita Skeeter’s reports about Karkaroff and the public’s distrust of Cornelius Fudge diverted attention from rumors of Voldemort’s return.
• The Daily Prophet focused its coverage of Wizet on his Quidditch World Cup performance and the nickname “Mr. Clutch,” prompting English Quidditch fans to defend the reports.
• Selina Pendragon visited Gellert Grindelwald at Nurmengard and told him how enthusiastically people at Platform 7 1/2 discussed Wizet.
• Gellert Grindelwald showed Selina Pendragon notes of visions he had seen, including fragments concerning Paris, France, and said his left eye had improved but would not recover fully.
• Selina Pendragon offered Gellert Grindelwald recent newspapers, and after hearing that they covered Wizet and Dumbledore, he took one and began reading.

Selina Pendragon brought Gellert Grindelwald a memory preserved in a skull, which revealed Voldemort preaching ideals that resembled Grindelwald’s. Their discussion left them comparing the two dark wizards’ plans to change the relationship between wizards and Muggles.

• Gellert Grindelwald examined newspapers and magazines and recognized that articles with different styles seemed designed by the same writer to guide readers toward particular conclusions.
• Selina Pendragon brought Grindelwald a package containing a silver memory thread and a battered skull marked “Für das Größere Wohl 1898.”
• Grindelwald breathed in the memory thread through a hose, and its silver smoke formed the Dark Mark and then an image of Voldemort.
• Grindelwald and Selina discussed Voldemort’s altered face and his apparent Slytherin ancestry, noting the irony of his pure-blood beliefs.
• Selina observed that Voldemort’s speech echoed Grindelwald’s ideas about the Statute of Secrecy, wizard-Muggle relations, and a new era for wizards.

Gellert Grindelwald and Selina Pendragon analyzed Voldemort’s rhetoric and watched his battles with Dumbledore and Wizet in the silver mist. Grindelwald concluded that Wizet had helped Dumbledore move forward, and Selina discovered that Wizet was using Grindelwald’s Protego Diabolica.

• Gellert Grindelwald criticized Voldemort’s anti-Muggle rhetoric and warned that his desire for war would appeal to the Isaiah Society.
• Gellert Grindelwald said Dumbledore had deliberately waited before stopping Voldemort and credited Wizet with helping Dumbledore change.
• Selina Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald watched Voldemort trap Dumbledore in Heroes' Square, then attack Azkaban and lead its prisoners across the sea.
• Voldemort targeted Wizet with a Killing Curse, but Wizet narrowly evaded it and conjured a flaming eagle.
• Selina Pendragon recognized Wizet’s magic as Protego Diabolica, and Gellert Grindelwald confirmed it was his own magic.

Gellert Grindelwald and Selina Pendragon discussed how Wizet learned Protego Diabolica, which neither Grindelwald nor Dumbledore had taught him. Grindelwald suspected Wizet had learned the spell from traces he left in Avalon, and Selina confirmed it by contacting Wizet.

• Grindelwald told Selina that he had never taught Wizet Protego Diabolica and explained that Dumbledore would not have taught him the cruel spell either.
• Selina described how she had helped Wizet with crystals and war magic while dealing with the Isaiah Society.
• Grindelwald explained that he called a shared realm where people left traces of their discoveries the Otherworld, while Selina said her family called it Avalon.
• Grindelwald said he had left blood-red wheat and Protego Diabolica in Avalon, and suspected Wizet had learned the spell from those traces.
• Selina contacted Wizet through her notebook and confirmed that he had entered Avalon and learned Grindelwald’s Protego Diabolica.

Selina Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald discussed Wizet’s unusual knowledge of the Otherworld before she left. At Hogwarts, Wizet received formal notice that he had been awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, stunning the students and professors gathered in the Great Hall.

• Selina Pendragon told Gellert Grindelwald that Wizet had shared a method for judging innovative spells by whether they allowed entry into Avalon.
• Selina Pendragon offered to bring Gellert Grindelwald newspapers from the International Confederation of Wizards Conference in Paris, and he accepted.
• Flitwick gave Wizet an envelope from the Wizengamot, and Anthony Goldstein recognized its seal as belonging to the Order of Merlin.
• Wizet opened the envelope, whose letter announced that he had received the Order of Merlin, First Class and invited him to an investiture ceremony on June 29.
• Flitwick declared Wizet the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class, prompting students and professors to crowd around him.
• Michael Corner celebrated being Wizet’s roommate, while Anthony Goldstein and Terry Boot warned him not to misuse Wizet’s name.