Chapter Summaries

Liam Graves learned from Paul Smith’s report that Wizet Lovegood had been instrumental in capturing Joseph Bonanno and uncovering the goblin contract. Graves recognized that goblin collusion might extend beyond this case and decided to report the matter to the Chairman and the International Confederation of Wizards.

• Paul Smith told Liam Graves that Joseph Bonanno had used goblin-made potions, protective devices, and a Magical Contract to evade capture and rally other No-Maj Mafia members.
• Liam Graves read Paul Smith’s analysis of the goblin Magical Contract and praised its explanation of how Godric Gryffindor’s weapon related to the contract.
• Paul Smith clarified that he and his patrol team had only witnessed the discoveries and breakthroughs described in the report, prompting Liam Graves to realize Wizet Lovegood had been responsible.
• Liam Graves accepted that Wizet Lovegood had enabled Bonanno’s capture and reviewed the full report before declaring its evidence sufficient to proceed.
• Paul Smith asked what would happen to the goblins, and Liam Graves said he would report their collusion and leave the response to the Chairman and the International Confederation of Wizards.

Paul Smith explained why he and the other Aurors had reported only their limited role in the previous night's events, while Liam Graves reviewed the investigation's statements and procedures. The chapter ended with Wizet returning to meet Liam after the report reached the section about Appaloosa Manor.

• Paul Smith told Liam Graves that he and his colleagues had declined to claim credit they did not deserve and hoped only for a bonus.
• Liam Graves sent Paul Smith to check on Will and the others and return home to rest.
• Liam Graves reminded Charles Graves to follow proper procedures and avoid letting personal interest affect his questioning.
• Liam Graves reviewed Wizet's signed statement and regretted that Wizet had not attended Ilvermorny.
• Wizet returned as Liam Graves read the section about Appaloosa Manor, and Liam greeted him at the door.

Liam Graves thanked Wizet for protecting the night patrol and stopping the No-Maj Mafia, then asked him to help promote the Averte Telum spell. Wizet had already sent its instructions to Dumbledore, and the chapter ended with Graves promising MACUSA's support for Wizet that night.

• Liam Graves thanked Wizet for protecting the night patrol team and foiling Joseph Bonanno's plot.
• Graves asked Wizet to cooperate with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in promoting Averte Telum.
• Wizet told Graves he had already sent the spell's principles, incantation, and practice method to Headmaster Dumbledore.
• Graves accepted that the spell had been given to Dumbledore and thanked Wizet for sharing it.
• Graves promised MACUSA would provide support and protection for Wizet that night, and Wizet shook his hand.

An Undetectable Extension Charm failure caused the expanded space holding the suspects to collapse, but Wizet stabilized it and healed the injured. Elmer traced the accident to magical energy leaking from repeated General Counter-Spells and weakening the charm.

• After Wizet left the interview room, the expanded space began shrinking and its iron bars twisted, injuring suspects.
• Liam Graves and the Aurors used Shrinking Charms and Undetectable Extension Charms to stop the collapse from worsening.
• Wizet returned and restored the expanded space, then healed the injured suspects with Episkey.
• Wizet asked Liam Graves to let him stay for the investigation, and Liam agreed.
• Elmer inspected the space and determined that leaked magical energy from repeated General Counter-Spells had gradually weakened the Undetectable Extension Charm until it failed.

Elmer investigated a series of accidents affecting the suspects and discovered that their unusually quick interrogations had disrupted the Undetectable Extension Charm. As Liam Graves and Wizet arrived at the MACUSA lobby, a faulty lift carrying suspects crashed, and Elmer treated their minor injuries while noting the old lift could finally be replaced.

• Elmer explained to Liam Graves that the suspects’ cooperative answers had shortened interrogations enough for magical fluctuations to nullify the Undetectable Extension Charm, and Liam agreed to have Elias reinforce it periodically.
• A Hit Wizard told Elmer that the cells holding the suspects had collapsed, so Elmer left Elias behind and went to inspect them.
• Liam Graves brought Wizet to the MACUSA lobby, where Elmer reported that Grimm had triggered a lift malfunction and that the suspects had also been caught in other minor accidents.
• Mara located the lift on the third floor, but it suddenly plunged and crashed, trapping the suspects inside.
• Elmer healed the suspects’ minor injuries and said the obsolete, damaged lift could finally be replaced.

After an elevator accident at MACUSA, Liam Graves and Elmer found no evidence of a curse, but Graves suspected goblin magic might be behind a series of incidents involving captured No-Maj Mafia members. Wizet left the Woolworth Building unharmed and met Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Harry, and Sirius Black, who urged him to rest and discuss the arrests later.

• Liam Graves inspected the malfunctioning elevator with detection spells and found no magical traces, while Elmer planned to examine the building for further problems.
• Liam Graves suspected that No-Maj Mafia groups or their goblin partners might have caused the accidents involving suspects captured in the operation against M.S.C.
• Liam Graves warned Wizet to report any unusual events and promised MACUSA would protect him.
• Wizet left the Woolworth Building and reassured Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Harry, and Sirius Black that he was unharmed.
• Lupin suggested they discuss the arrests after returning and said Wizet needed proper rest.

Wizet and the others arrived in Hunts Point, where a magical mishap and a series of strange accidents disrupted the neighborhood. Parker told them that misfortunes had suddenly begun affecting both wizards and No-Majs, leaving the cause unclear.

• Lupin led Wizet and the others through Hunts Point and described the wizarding inn where the M.S.C. staff were staying.
• A Cadillac and truck blocked an intersection, and flames erupted from the Cadillac, knocking out four men before Wizet extinguished the fire and Harry recognized the Confundus Charm’s effects.
• Tonks healed the burned men, while Wizet levitated them and their car out of the way at Parker’s request.
• Parker greeted Wizet and said the neighborhood had suddenly been plagued by accidents that day.
• Parker recounted how a wizard from the Luces Family had fallen down the stairs and how several black No-Majs had been injured after tripping over stray cats.

Wizet and the others arrived at Parker’s Place just as a failed potion caused an explosion across the street. Wizet identified Gregory’s Unctuous Unction and used the General Counter-Spell to stop its effects, leaving the brewer unconscious outside the inn.

• Parker led Wizet, Sirius Black, Nymphadora Tonks, and Harry to his inn, where an explosion destroyed part of the building across the street.
• A dust-covered brewer crashed into Parker’s sign and treated Wizet as a long-lost close friend, while Wizet identified the failed potion as Gregory’s Unctuous Unction.
• Wizet explained that the potion’s failure caused intense flattery and revealed its ingredients through their scents.
• The brewer offered Wizet jewels from Gringotts, then mistook Sirius Black for an old friend and smeared his shoulder with soot.
• Sirius Black asked Wizet for help, and Wizet used the General Counter-Spell to remove the potion’s effects and knock the brewer unconscious.

Wizet reviewed Remus Lupin’s werewolf materials before joining the M.S.C. employees for lunch, where they discussed a series of accidents involving No-Maj Mafia members. After a car crash outside the inn, Wizet assured everyone the Mafia could no longer interfere with their plans, and the employees volunteered to gather more information.

• Wizet examined the werewolf records and illustrations Lupin had organized in a guest room.
• Parker served lunch, and M.S.C. employees shared reports of accidents involving No-Maj Mafia members.
• The employees speculated about why injured Muggles feared being taken to hospitals by ambulance.
• A black sedan overturned outside the inn, and Parker recognized the driver as a No-Maj Mafia boss.
• Lupin wondered whether a major incident was approaching, and the M.S.C. employees looked to Wizet for reassurance.
• Wizet explained that the Mafia’s ambush plan had been stopped and its participants were being questioned by MACUSA, then M.S.C. employees offered to investigate further.

The M.S.C. employees had gathered information for Wizet’s plan to cure their Lycanthropy, but with the full moon less than ten hours away, they struggled with fear and hope as they waited. Wizet told them to eat and rest, leaving their cure still uncertain.

• Wizet praised the M.S.C. employees for gathering comprehensive information and told them to eat lunch and rest.
• Remus Lupin urged the employees to trust Wizet, but they remained tense and worried.
• Sirius Black noticed the silence, prompting an employee to ask whether they would really do nothing but wait that afternoon.
• The employees remembered how Remus Lupin had given them work, Wolfsbane Potion, and hope that Wizet could cure their Lycanthropy.
• With the full moon less than ten hours away, the employees imagined life after a cure but feared that it might never come.

Wizet understood the M.S.C. staff’s anxiety about hoping for a cure and gave them practical tasks to help prepare the Ritual Magic. He then assigned Remus Lupin and the remaining staff to use Emotion Collectors while recalling their memories of Fenrir Greyback.

• Wizet recalled how he had overcome his own despair by relying on himself and pursuing a clear goal.
• Wizet copied his notes with a Doubling Charm and sent M.S.C. staff members to adjust the Ritual Magic circle and gather materials.
• Wizet assigned Remus Lupin and the remaining staff a separate task, prompting them to express their hatred of Fenrir Greyback.
• Wizet showed them Emotion Collectors and asked them to recall their memories of Fenrir Greyback.

Wizet told the M.S.C. staff that Fenrir Greyback had been captured and would be the target of a ritual to turn him into a true werewolf. He explained that the staff’s collected emotions toward Greyback would keep the ritual from failing if Greyback resisted or regretted it.

• An M.S.C. staff member named Andrew recalled how Greyback had destroyed his family and said the memories still haunted him.
• Lupin guessed that Wizet had captured Greyback, and Wizet confirmed it.
• Wizet revealed that the ritual would transform Greyback from a werewolf wizard into a magical creature called a werewolf.
• An M.S.C. staff member described Greyback’s plans for a Werewolf Legion and his belief that werewolf wizards should rule the world.
• Wizet explained that the ritual had to take place while Greyback was conscious and that the staff’s emotions stored in their Emotion Collectors would stop him from making it fail.

Wizet explained that the Ritual Magic required the M.S.C. employees to remain unaware of its full process so Fenrir Greyback would be more likely to become its target. He compared the magic to cooking a standard recipe, leaving the employees hopeful that it could cure their Lycanthropy.

• Andrew begged Wizet to tell the employees how they could help, saying he would risk his life to be remembered by his family as an ordinary wizard.
• Wizet explained that people inside the Ritual Magic could become part of it, so he had withheld its process from the employees to keep the ritual's target from changing.
• Wizet confirmed to Lupin that he would reveal the full process to Fenrir Greyback to increase the likelihood that Greyback became the target.
• Sirius Black urged the employees to hear Wizet's explanation, and Wizet compared the Ritual Magic to a cooking process.
• Wizet described werewolf lore as different versions of a recipe and werewolf wizards as flawed semi-finished products, explaining that his standard recipe could make the process controllable.

Wizet assured the M.S.C. staff that his power of definition could make the recipe controllable and help remedy flawed semi-finished products, then prepared the ritual to collect their emotions about Fenrir Greyback. As the full moon approached, Greyback felt certain he would stop being a spectator during his transformations and become the predator he desired to be.

• Wizet told the M.S.C. staff he could use his power of definition to make the recipe controllable and address the flawed semi-finished products.
• Andrew worried that the staff’s excitement might affect the Emotion Collectors, but Wizet explained that emotions tied to Fenrir Greyback would help the ritual.
• The M.S.C. staff returned to their rooms to recall Greyback and fill their Emotion Collectors, then went to their assigned locations to help.
• Wizet refined the Ritual Magic until Lupin’s Patronus told him everything was ready, and he took out the cube laboratory meant to imprison Greyback.
• Fenrir Greyback anticipated that the approaching full moon would end his severed consciousness and let him personally hunt and devour humans.

Fenrir Greyback waited anxiously for the full moon, convinced it would let him escape Wizet’s laboratory. When Wizet sent him a feast of fresh meat, Fenrir devoured it but vowed to take revenge once he was free.

• Fenrir Greyback sensed the full moon approaching and grew impatient to transform and break out of the laboratory.
• Food traveled through Wizet’s feeding apparatus, and Fenrir recognized the scent of fresh blood.
• Fenrir found a deer liver and then feasted on the lamb, beef, berries, and trout Wizet had prepared.
• Fenrir dismissed any gratitude for the meal and imagined escaping, capturing Wizet, and making him suffer in a laboratory of his own.

Fenrir Greyback anticipated using the full moon to transform and break free, but his excitement turned to terror when he realized Wizet had returned. The chapter ended with Wizet opening the laboratory ceiling and appearing above him.

• Fenrir Greyback feasted on innards and imagined escaping his shackles after his transformation.
• He sensed his werewolf form stirring and waited eagerly for the full moon to rise.
• Fenrir Greyback felt the laboratory rising and feared Wizet had returned, then tried to dismiss the sensation as an illusion.
• He heard movement above him as the ceiling slid open and warm light entered the laboratory.
• Fenrir Greyback saw Wizet's face above him and remembered the terror and humiliation of his imprisonment.

Wizet explained to Remus Lupin how he used the laboratory’s opening to make Fenrir Greyback feel trapped and remember the principles of the planned Ritual Magic. With the laboratory secured and Lupin reassured, they prepared to leave for the ritual site while Wizet returned to speak with Greyback.

• Fenrir Greyback saw Wizet and a furious Remus Lupin appear above him, then lost sight of them and wondered whether the experience had been a hallucination.
• Lupin worried that Wizet’s removal of the laboratory’s roof might weaken it, but Wizet assured him that its structure and defenses could withstand the inspection.
• Wizet explained that making Greyback feel disadvantaged would provoke him to remember and deny the ritual’s magical principles, while silence or calmness would be more concerning.
• Wizet told Lupin that Greyback could not hear their conversation because of the laboratory’s protective spells.
• Lupin accepted the miniature laboratory, and Wizet prepared to speak to Greyback again before they headed to the ritual site.

Wizet returned to Fenrir Greyback after Greyback ate the preserved food, revealing that he had been able to read Greyback’s mind. Wizet told him that despite his defiance, Greyback had already submitted by trying to merge with the werewolf within his soul.

• Fenrir Greyback insisted that Wizet’s enormous appearance had been an illusion and forced himself to eat the remaining food.
• Wizet appeared in the laboratory and explained that he had prepared the food before leaving school and wanted Greyback to eat it.
• Fenrir Greyback demanded to know what Wizet planned to do, while Wizet watched him struggle against his shackles.
• Wizet admitted he could use Legilimency and said Greyback’s mind held many thoughts.
• Wizet told Fenrir Greyback that he had already submitted by trying to dream and merge with the werewolf deep within his soul.

Wizet revealed that the werewolf Fenrir Greyback had seen in his dreams was a manifestation of his own soul, created through Wizet’s experiments. He prepared to use that transformation to help Greyback become a werewolf who could control his body beyond the full moon, and hinted that someone else had inspired his method.

• Wizet told Fenrir Greyback that the werewolf in his dreams was Greyback himself and that his wish to control his Lycanthropy could come true.
• Fenrir Greyback recalled Wizet’s past full-moon dissections and nearly lost consciousness, but Wizet revived him with magic.
• Wizet insisted that he meant to help Fenrir Greyback become a true werewolf who could control his form and escape the full moon’s limits.
• Wizet explained that potions had altered Fenrir Greyback’s soul, making its werewolf traits manifest, and connected the process to bloodline magic and Animagus transformation.
• Fenrir Greyback accused Wizet of using mind magic to copy his research, while Wizet admitted that Greyback’s efforts had helped and hinted that another person had inspired the method.

Wizet revealed that he meant Voldemort when he claimed he could summon someone, then used the Flight Charm and Legilimency to convince Fenrir Greyback that he was preparing a Ritual Magic transformation. The chapter ended with Wizet explaining that Greyback would become the first true magical creature called a werewolf and asking whether it should be named “Greyback” or “Fenrir.”

• Fenrir Greyback accused Wizet of lying about being able to summon Dumbledore, but Wizet clarified that he meant Voldemort.
• Wizet used the Flight Charm and told Fenrir Greyback that he had learned it from a fundamental source rather than directly from Voldemort.
• Wizet revealed that he had used Legilimency to read Fenrir Greyback's thoughts and had bound him in place.
• Wizet explained that the Ritual Magic would use markers from Fenrir Greyback's memories, emotions, and dinner to transform him.
• Wizet told Fenrir Greyback that he would become the world's first true magical creature called a werewolf, then asked whether it should be named “Greyback” or “Fenrir.”