Chapter Summaries

Selina Pendragon and her friends discussed their unease as the destruction of the Isaiah Society drew closer, then Wizet arrived with a newly transformed werewolf. He explained how his Ritual Magic had redefined werewolves and made Lycanthropy curable, while Ominis Gaunt warned him to be cautious about the Otherworld.

• Annie Saru, Sebastian Saru, Ominis Gaunt, and Selina Pendragon discussed Selina’s anxiety about what would come after their mission against the Isaiah Society.
• Annie Saru suggested Selina find hobbies, and Selina nearly spoke hopefully about life after the conflict before Sebastian Saru warned her against tempting fate.
• Selina Pendragon tapped the notebook with her wand, and Wizet arrived with a little Thunderbird and a frightened werewolf.
• Selina Pendragon examined the werewolf, and Wizet explained that his Ritual Magic had given werewolves a new definition.
• Wizet told Annie Saru and the others that the Moonstone Totem could draw magic from the Otherworld to adapt Lycanthropy and ensure it could be cured.
• Ominis Gaunt cautioned Wizet to be careful regarding the Otherworld.

Ominis Gaunt warned Wizet that the Isaiah Society might still awaken “My Lord,” and that Wizet’s frequent visits to the Otherworld could put him at risk. After Wizet shared his spell for deflecting Muggle firepower, he and Sebastian Saru went to a basement filled with werewolf wizards, where Wizet suspected the Isaiah Society had deliberately created them.

• Ominis Gaunt warned that the Isaiah Society’s remaining members could be nearing the final stage of awakening “My Lord,” and Wizet said he had stayed in his original location during his latest visit to the Otherworld.
• Wizet explained that he had come to New York early to learn the area, while Ominis Gaunt and Sebastian Saru discussed how the Isaiah Society had become harder to track.
• Wizet recalled how Rita Skeeter’s book had damaged Durmstrang’s reputation and hindered Voldemort’s plans to use the school as a base.
• Selina Pendragon asked about Wizet’s latest invention, and Wizet gave her copies of his spell for deflecting Muggle firepower.
• Selina Pendragon sent Sebastian Saru and Wizet to the basement, where Wizet saw a mountain of werewolf wizards and suspected the Isaiah Society had created them using Lycanthropy.

Wizet investigated the werewolf wizards and concluded they were Squibs transformed into magical creatures to unlock their ability to cast spells. Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt realized that someone had deliberately exploited the vast population of Squib descendants, leaving them to face the threat behind the transformation.

• Sebastian Saru told Wizet that the Isaiah Society had shifted to covert operations in the Middle East, where Muggle assault squads with weak wandless magic attacked wizards.
• Wizet realized that the Muggles’ wandless Fire-Making made Muggle-repelling magic useless against them.
• Ominis Gaunt urged Sebastian Saru to hurry before the werewolves reverted, then asked Wizet to examine the werewolf wizards.
• Wizet found that the werewolf wizards had unusually tough fur and could cast spells when not restricted by Lycanthropy.
• Wizet concluded that the werewolf wizards had likely been created in groups from Squibs who could cast magic before the full moon.
• Ominis Gaunt and Sebastian Saru realized someone had found a way to exploit the many Squib descendants and give them spellcasting ability.

Wizet transformed the captive werewolf wizards back into human-shaped bodies and discovered that they bore scales from bloodline magic. Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt discussed Wizet’s precise, restrained magic and recalled Selina’s smug reaction to demonstrating her green lightning chain, while Wizet continued examining the captives.

• Wizet used vines and magic to restrain the werewolf wizards and force their bodies to return to human form.
• The transformed captives regained consciousness and remained hostile, while the werewolf reacted to the Moonstone Totem.
• Wizet noticed scales on one captive and concluded that bloodline magic had affected the werewolf wizards.
• Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt praised Wizet’s caution and discussed how quietly and precisely he controlled his magic.
• Sebastian Saru recalled Selina showing him a green lightning chain and acting smug about it.
• Wizet told Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt that the werewolf wizards were even more fascinating than he had expected.

Wizet discovered that the Werewolf Wizards carried fragments of Voldemort’s soul and deduced that Voldemort had used them in a ritual involving murder. He began explaining that the ritual completed only the first step of creating a Horcrux.

• Wizet showed Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt a soul fragment he had found inside the Werewolf Wizards.
• Wizet identified the fragment as part of Voldemort’s soul, and Sebastian and Ominis realized that many people might each carry one.
• Wizet explained that Voldemort’s unstable soul may have shed countless fragments after he created multiple Horcruxes.
• Wizet deduced that the Squibs gained their magical abilities by participating in multiple murders, while Voldemort erased their memories.
• Wizet revealed that Voldemort had designed a ritual that let the Werewolf Wizards complete the first step of creating a Horcrux.

Wizet explained how Voldemort planned to create magical Muggles by tearing Squibs’ souls apart through ritual murders, infecting them with lycanthropy, and using Fire Salamander blood to affect their souls. He described the resulting abilities and transformations, then noted that his redefinition of werewolves let them stay calm when transformed.

• Wizet explained that Voldemort’s simplified Horcrux ritual would use repeated murders to tear participants’ souls apart, with Squibs kept alive as the intended survivors.
• Sebastian Saru asked whether Voldemort would use Muggles as well, and Wizet confirmed that Voldemort treated them as expendable compared with magical materials.
• Wizet said Voldemort would infect the damaged Squibs with lycanthropy to keep their souls torn, and credited Fenrir Greyback with helping him research the curse.
• Wizet explained that Voldemort’s final step was to inject Fire Salamander blood, using bloodline magic to make the Squibs’ bodies and souls take on the creatures’ influence.
• Wizet described the results: the transformed people could cast a weak wandless Fire-Making Spell, developed scales, and became werewolves at the full moon.
• Wizet said his own redefinition of werewolves and lycanthropy allowed werewolf wizards to remain calm after transforming.

Wizet, Sebastian Saru, and Ominis Gaunt discussed Voldemort’s cooperation with Herpo and concluded that Voldemort was using soul particles to build a wizard army powered by war magic. The chapter ended with Wizet explaining that Voldemort could not sense when his Horcruxes were destroyed or his soul particles removed.

• Ominis Gaunt and Sebastian Saru considered whether Herpo controlled Voldemort, but Wizet argued that Voldemort would not submit to anyone without his own benefit.
• Sebastian Saru suggested Voldemort’s many Horcruxes could account for the soul particles found in people, and Wizet agreed that Voldemort had developed Horcrux magic beyond Herpo’s invention.
• Wizet proposed that Voldemort was placing soul particles in people to create an army of wizards who would obey him alone.
• Wizet explained that Voldemort intended to combine the army’s malice with war magic to amplify his own power, and Ominis Gaunt inferred that Voldemort trusted no one.
• Sebastian Saru asked whether Voldemort would notice the extracted soul particles, and Wizet said Voldemort could not sense destroyed Horcruxes or removed fragments.

Wizet developed an improved Wolfsbane Potion to isolate Voldemort’s soul particles inside the werewolf wizards and prepared a way to destroy them through a Voodoo Doll. He demonstrated the method by piercing the doll’s chest, showing Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt how they could undermine Voldemort’s plan before facing him.

• Sebastian Saru warned Wizet to stay vigilant and show no mercy until Voldemort’s Horcruxes were destroyed and he was truly dead.
• Wizet told Ominis Gaunt and Sebastian Saru that he wanted to use potions to isolate Voldemort’s soul particles inside the werewolf wizards.
• Sebastian Saru and Ominis Gaunt watched as Wizet rapidly improved a silver potion while maintaining control of the formation.
• Wizet used the improved Wolfsbane Potion to reveal a werewolf wizard’s Voldemort soul particle and transferred a hair-based likeness of the wizard onto a clay Voodoo Doll.
• Wizet revealed that piercing the matching bulge in the Voodoo Doll would destroy the soul particle, then summoned a spike and pierced it.

Wizet explained how his Voodoo Dolls could destroy Voldemort's soul particles and revealed that he had also used an improved Wolfsbane Potion and Sympathetic Magic to place his memories in Voldemort's wizard army. He gave Sebastian Saru a Notebook containing the potion recipe and doll-making instructions, leaving Sebastian to remark that Selina would have a headache.

• Wizet demonstrated that piercing a Voodoo Doll destroyed the corresponding soul particles and explained how the dolls could be made more efficiently.
• Sebastian Gaunt realized the dolls could destroy many of Voldemort's soul particles at once, while Wizet warned that they only affected those particles and asked the others to report any problems.
• Wizet cast Incendio, and the werewolf wizard copied his motion and produced a slightly enhanced magical effect.
• Wizet revealed that he had used Sympathetic Magic and an improved Wolfsbane Potion to place some of his memories in the souls of Voldemort's wizard army.
• Wizet gave Sebastian Saru a Notebook with instructions for brewing the improved Wolfsbane Potion and making Voodoo Dolls, and confirmed that he had improved the original potion recipe.

Wizet explained how Voldemort's use of soul fragments inspired his idea to replace Voldemort's soul particles with memories. After returning to the living room, the group discussed the transformed Squibs and the suspicious links between Voldemort's methods and Wizet's research, leaving Wizet to deal privately with the person who may have informed Voldemort.

• Wizet told Ominis Gaunt how Voldemort's attempt to absorb Tom Riddle's soul fragment inspired his memory-replacement idea.
• Sebastian Saru noticed a possible issue in Wizet's notes and said he would explain after they returned upstairs.
• Selina Pendragon practiced concealing the golden light around herself as Wizet, Ominis, and Sebastian entered the living room.
• Sebastian told Selina that the werewolf wizards were Squibs transformed by Voldemort and that the notebook contained the improved Wolfsbane Potion formula and Voodoo Doll-making method.
• Wizet and Sebastian agreed that Voldemort's use of magic resembling Wizet's research suggested deliberate planning or that someone had informed him.
• Wizet asked the others not to question him about the suspected informant, then said goodbye and left to return home.

Sebastian Saru and the others discussed Wizet’s improvements to the Wolfsbane Potion and how his research had left Sebastian feeling overwhelmed. Selina Pendragon compared Sebastian’s experience with the pressure she felt while witnessing Wizet outmaneuver Morgana le Fay in the Paris Region, and the chapter ended with Sebastian hoping to rest.

• Sebastian Saru handed Selina Pendragon Wizet’s Notebook, and she examined the improved Wolfsbane Potion formula.
• Ominis Gaunt and Annie Saru explained that the changes to Lycanthropy meant werewolf wizards no longer posed a real risk on full-moon nights.
• Ominis Gaunt described researching werewolf wizards with Wizet as feeling like the pressure of studying under a professor, and Sebastian agreed.
• Selina Pendragon told Sebastian that his experience with Wizet resembled her own time beside him in the Paris Region, where he had prepared for Morgana le Fay’s every move.
• Sebastian asked Annie Saru for tea and said he hoped to sleep, while Selina joked that she could use Stupefy on him.

At a temporary International Confederation of Wizards meeting in a monastery beneath Mount Pilatus, Dumbledore heard reports of Dark wizards cooperating with armed Muggles and summarized the growing threat to magical law enforcement. The meeting turned toward the need for shared, standardized responses as firearms and explosives caused rising casualties and disrupted spellcasting.

• Dumbledore and Jacob Kowalski enjoyed breakfast before joining the department heads in the conference chamber.
• Department heads reported incidents in Naples, Strasbourg, São Paulo, and other regions where Muggle weapons, alchemical bullets, rockets, and spell-disrupting bombs harmed magical forces or enabled attacks.
• Dumbledore reviewed the cases and identified severe casualties, advancing Muggle weaponry, and a lack of standardized international response measures.
• A department head described a colleague being killed by a Muggle sniper before he could finish casting a spell, prompting others to share their grief.

At a meeting about Auror casualties caused by firearms and magical bullets, Dumbledore argued that the wizarding world needed to abandon old approaches and hinted that a Hogwarts student had found a new defense. He began describing Wizet’s response to a hail of bullets, leaving the directors questioning whether the student had truly invented a spell.

• Director Dubois reported the Auror casualties, leaving the Department of International Magical Cooperation directors in despair.
• Jacob Kowalski and Dumbledore urged the directors to mourn the dead while finding ways to protect the living.
• The directors proposed disrupting Muggle aiming devices and issuing anti-jinx gear, but others explained those measures would be impractical or ineffective against specially made bullets.
• Dumbledore warned that dark wizards and dark Muggles were adapting faster than the wizarding world and that clinging to old methods endangered everyone.
• Jacob Kowalski prompted Dumbledore to reveal that he had received inspiration from a young Hogwarts student who faced bullets in New York and cast a new spell.
• A director questioned whether a student could really have invented an entirely new spell.

Dumbledore demonstrated the Projectile Deflection Charm to the department heads, using Jacob Kowalski as its target and Fernandez as the shooter. The spell deflected every bullet, leaving the department heads stunned by its apparent effectiveness.

• Dumbledore proposed a practical demonstration after Nkrumah questioned whether the spell had been adopted too hastily.
• Jacob Kowalski volunteered to test the spell, and Fernandez agreed to fire a rifle at him.
• Dumbledore cast the Projectile Deflection Charm, and its golden field followed Jacob as he walked around.
• Fernandez fired the rifle, but the spell diverted every bullet into Dumbledore's separate magical energy field.
• Fernandez emptied the magazine, and the conference hall fell silent as the department heads stared in disbelief.

Dumbledore demonstrated a spell invented by Wizet Lovegood that redirected bullets, including alchemical bullets capable of piercing Shield Charms, and promised to distribute instructions to the gathered department heads. Over lunch, Dumbledore explained to Jacob Kowalski that he had delayed revealing the spell so the meeting could first allow its participants to absorb the grim situation.

• Fernandez fired at Jacob Kowalski, and Dumbledore's spell redirected the bullet before it could hurt him.
• Dumbledore pointed out holes left in the magical energy field by alchemical bullets and explained how the spell could deflect them.
• The department heads questioned Dumbledore about the spell, and he identified its inventor as Wizet Lovegood.
• Dumbledore said the International Confederation of Wizards would distribute a booklet about the spell as a Christmas gift.
• At lunch, Jacob asked why Dumbledore had not revealed the spell earlier, and Dumbledore compared the meeting's delay to oats absorbing yogurt.

Dumbledore explained to Jacob Kowalski why he waited until the end of the meeting to reveal a spell that could guide bullets: he wanted the department heads to feel the urgency of the threat and push for the magic to be adopted quickly. He also wanted the losses they had described to become lasting motivation, and the chapter ended with Jacob accepting Dumbledore’s thanks and raising a toast to a better world.

• Jacob Kowalski understood that Dumbledore had waited to reveal the magic so the department heads would first feel the danger and recognize their need for it.
• Jacob recalled his grandfather’s story of starving soldiers who eagerly ate supplies they had once found unappealing, and Dumbledore compared their hunger to the department heads’ growing urgency.
• Jacob explained that the department heads might otherwise have deferred the spell’s evaluation to the Experimental Charms Committee, while Dumbledore said their experiences could prompt them to argue for faster adoption.
• Dumbledore said he wanted the department heads to remember the people who had died and turn their grief and fear into lasting resolve.
• Dumbledore thanked Jacob for his trust and cooperation during the morning’s demonstration, and Jacob clinked cups with him in a toast to a better world.

Dumbledore distributed a booklet explaining Wizet Lovegood’s unnamed spell and invited the international department heads to vote on its name, promising that the winning magical world would be recorded in its archives. He then revealed that goblin-made Thief’s Downfall could disrupt the spell and that goblins had aided Dark Muggles in New York, leaving the department heads alarmed by the threat.

• Dumbledore gave the department heads booklets describing the spell Wizet Lovegood had provided.
• Dumbledore explained that Wizet had left the spell unnamed and proposed that the department heads vote on its name, which would be credited in the spell’s records.
• Dumbledore revealed that a goblin potion used in Thief’s Downfall had disrupted the spell and nearly harmed Wizet in New York.
• Dumbledore said Wizet’s investigation had uncovered goblins working with Dark Muggles and providing them with Thief’s Downfall and goblin Magical Contracts.
• Jacob Kowalski reacted with alarm to the revelation, and Dumbledore said the matter had already been resolved and might appear on the front page of The New York Ghost.

Jacob Kowalski understood how Dumbledore used Wizet’s magic as an appetizer before revealing the danger of goblins cooperating with dark Muggles. After the meeting, Dumbledore told Jacob that Wizet had also completely changed Lycanthropy.

• Jacob Kowalski recognized that Dumbledore had strategically revealed Wizet’s magic first to prepare the directors for more serious news.
• Dumbledore’s information led the directors to see goblins, like dark Muggles, as a threat to wizardkind, especially if the two groups worked together.
• The directors left the afternoon meeting eager to report the situation to their Ministers of Magic.
• Jacob Kowalski stayed for dinner and asked Dumbledore what else he had withheld.
• Dumbledore revealed that Wizet had completely changed Lycanthropy.

Dumbledore told Jacob Kowalski that Wizet’s Ritual Magic had changed Lycanthropy worldwide, making werewolf wizards calm during the full moon and allowing them to turn their transformation into an Animagus form with a simple potion ritual. Back in Ottery St Catchpole, Wizet and Jupiter prepared to surprise her.

• Dumbledore explained that werewolf wizards around the world could no longer deliberately harm others during the full moon, even if they had not taken part in the Ritual Magic.
• Dumbledore told Jacob that Wizet’s potion could turn the werewolf transformation into an Animagus form through a simple Ritual Magic.
• Jacob offered to deliver Dumbledore’s letters about the change to Chairman Graves.
• Wizet returned to Ottery St Catchpole with Jupiter and told the Thunderbird to stay with him so they could surprise her.

Wizet returned from New York after completing his work on curing Lycanthropy and creating the Moonstone Totem in a day, eager to see Luna. As Luna and Ginny talked about missing him, Wizet approached the garden, where Luna suspected he might surprise her.

• Wizet finished his work early with help from Luna’s Christmas gift and the Goblin Magical Contract, then hurried home.
• Luna and Ginny brushed Frigg in the garden and discussed Wizet’s planned absence of two or three days.
• Luna reflected on how much she missed sharing the day’s sunlight and other small moments with Wizet.
• Ginny asked whether Wizet would surprise Luna when he returned, and Luna looked toward the garden entrance, expecting he might.