Chapter Summaries

Voldemort shattered the magical energy field protecting Hogwarts, summoned the Dark Mark, and arranged for his forces to join him there. He arrived at Hogwarts to face Dumbledore and a defense force heavily outnumbered by his wizards, Inferi, Trolls, and Dark creatures.

• Voldemort’s Killing Curse pierced and shattered the magical energy field, destroying the new wand in his hand as the Dementors drifted toward Hogwarts.
• Voldemort cast the Dark Mark above Hogwarts and mocked Dumbledore and Wizet, then used Calchas to learn that some people had begun creating obstacles.
• Voldemort cast a timed Portkey Charm on the magical creatures and Inferi, ordered his wizards to follow when the Dark Mark appeared, and Portkeyed himself to Hogwarts.
• Voldemort blocked the defenders’ opening spells with Salvio Hexia and taunted Dumbledore as his wizards and Dark creatures arrived behind him.
• Dumbledore recalled Voldemort’s early days at Hogwarts, but Voldemort interrupted him, angry at the reminder of his past.

Voldemort expected the approaching Dementors to overwhelm Dumbledore and the defenders, but the gathered Aurors, Ministry staff, volunteers, professors, and students cast Patronuses. The Dementors rapidly retreated, leaving Voldemort unsettled and accusing him of being a liar.

• Voldemort mocked Dumbledore and took pleasure in the fear the vast swarm of Dementors inspired in the Ministry staff.
• Voldemort noticed Draco Malfoy behind Snape and decided Draco would be punished after the war.
• Aurors, Ministry staff, Hogwarts defenders, professors, and students cast Patronuses against the Dementors.
• The chill faded as the Dementors fled, confusing the defenders and disrupting Voldemort's expectations.
• Voldemort sensed the Dementors' fear and anger as they called him a liar and urged him to leave.

Luna’s Corporeal Patronus drove the Dementors away, and Hagrid returned with Centaurs and magical creatures to join Hogwarts’ defenders. Draco’s Radiant Illumination destroyed the charging Inferi, prompting Voldemort to target him with the Killing Curse as Dumbledore intervened.

• The Dementors fled after Luna summoned a Corporeal Patronus, alarming Voldemort’s forces.
• Hagrid returned from the Forbidden Forest with Centaurs and other magical creatures ready to fight.
• Voldemort ordered an attack, and the Inferi surged toward Hagrid and the Centaurs.
• Draco cast Radiant Illumination, and its intense light melted the Inferi.
• Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Draco, but Dumbledore conjured armor to intercept it.

Voldemort launched an attack on Dumbledore while the wizards on both sides clashed around them, then removed Hogwarts' magical restrictions. Their duel escalated as Voldemort trapped Dumbledore in a fiery assault and Dumbledore countered with ice needles, leaving Voldemort caught by a chain as he prepared to Apparate.

• Voldemort ordered the dark wizards to attack, and Dumbledore shielded the Centaurs with a magical energy field before the two sides joined battle.
• Voldemort attacked Dumbledore with the Killing Curse, but Dumbledore Apparated away, losing only a few strands of hair and beard.
• Voldemort cast the General Counter-Spell, removing most of Hogwarts' restrictions, and deflected Dumbledore's red beam with the Yew Wand.
• Dumbledore blocked Voldemort's Killing Curse with a stone statue and evaded his Fiendfyre whip and fire serpent.
• Dumbledore turned steam into ice needles that struck Voldemort's shield, but a chain appeared around Voldemort's ankle just as he was about to Apparate.

Voldemort fought Dumbledore and Quirrell, who used the Philosopher’s Stone embedded in his chest to attack him with alchemy. Dumbledore drew Voldemort away from the battlefield by provoking him with the name Tom, while Quirrell flew after them and joined the fight, where Voldemort countered his alchemical spear with Fiendfyre.

• Quirrell attacked Voldemort with alchemical hands and tracking arrows, while Dumbledore concealed his magic among the attacks.
• Voldemort blocked their assault and searched the battlefield for Draco Malfoy.
• Dumbledore called Voldemort Tom and provoked him into focusing his attacks on Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore repeatedly Apparated after Voldemort into the night sky, drawing him away from the battlefield.
• Quirrell used the Philosopher’s Stone to grow metallic wings and flew up to join the fight.
• Quirrell hurled an alchemical spear at Voldemort, who swallowed it with a Fiendfyre serpent.

Voldemort’s Fiendfyre pressured Quirrell until Fawkes rescued him, while Dumbledore revealed his Phoenix Animagus abilities and fought back. Voldemort then redirected a powerful spell toward the fighters below, forcing Dumbledore and Quirrell to react.

• Voldemort sent a Fiendfyre serpent after Quirrell, but Fawkes swallowed it and carried Quirrell clear of a Killing Curse.
• Quirrell cast an Impediment Jinx at Voldemort as Voldemort redirected a Killing Curse toward Dumbledore, who flew out of its path.
• Dumbledore conjured armor to attack Voldemort, who turned it into Fiendfyre serpents and realized Dumbledore was a Phoenix Animagus inspired by Wizet’s papers.
• Dumbledore transformed into flame, extinguished the serpents with water prisons, and sent water arrows at Voldemort.
• Dumbledore admitted he had deceived Wizet, while Voldemort angrily aimed a powerful red spell at the fighters on the ground.

Draco and Lucius Malfoy fought off Dark wizards and a Chimaera, with an owl’s lightning saving them before Draco killed the beast. As the father and son caught their breath, they saw Hagrid charge a Troll that had attacked Ministry employees.

• A Dark wizard injured Draco, so Lucius Malfoy cursed the attacker and Draco stunned him and broke his wand.
• Draco and Lucius Malfoy fought another Dark wizard, reflecting a spell back at him before stunning him and destroying his wand.
• A Chimaera charged the Malfoys, and Lucius moved to shield Draco from its tail.
• An owl summoned lightning that struck the Chimaera, and Draco killed it with the Killing Curse.
• A Troll hurled Ministry employees through the air, and Hagrid charged it, knocked away its tree, and drove its head into its chest.

Hagrid used Wizet’s magical items to defeat a Troll and rushed to Ron and Hermione’s aid. He rescued Ron from the Quintapeds, leaving Hagrid to confront the dangerous creatures.

• Hagrid smashed the Troll, and Lucius Malfoy and Draco realized Wizet’s magical items had compensated for Hagrid’s lack of speed.
• Ron and Hermione struggled against dark wizards and four Quintapeds while Ron’s repeated use of the Fear Manifestation Charm left him dizzy and hallucinating.
• Hermione restrained one dark wizard and shielded Ron as he narrowly dodged another wizard’s Killing Curse.
• Three Quintapeds leaped at Ron, but Hagrid hurled a tree trunk at them and knocked them aside.
• Hagrid charged into the remaining Quintaped, knocked it away from Ron, and caught it before it hit the ground.

Hagrid rescued Hermione and Ron from the Quintapeds, then learned that Harry, Ginny, Neville, and Hannah had drawn a Troll away. He carried Hermione and Ron toward them and arrived just as Neville killed the Troll.

• Hagrid defeated the Quintapeds by bending their legs and striking their joints while Hermione and Ron subdued nearby Dark wizards.
• Hermione explained that treating a Quintaped’s leg as its head gave it a human weakness, and Hagrid said Madame Maxime had taught him the method.
• Hagrid asked where Harry was, and Hermione and Ron realized they had left him with Ginny, Neville, and Hannah to lure away a Troll.
• Hagrid carried Hermione and Ron toward the Troll while the Acromantulas followed and helped Ministry staff they encountered.
• Hagrid, Hermione, and Ron found Neville standing on the Troll’s shoulders after driving a longsword into its head and killing it.

Hannah, Ginny, Harry, and Neville fought Trolls with coordinated spells and sword strikes until Luna arrived and killed a Snallygaster with lightning. Luna then flew off to help elsewhere while Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid joined the battle.

• Hannah bound the Trolls with Devil's Snare, Harry disarmed them, Ginny sent their trees crashing into them, and Neville finished them with his sword.
• A Troll broke free and swung its tree at Harry, but Harry disarmed it while Harry and Ron shielded Ginny from a surprise spell.
• A Snallygaster charged through the battlefield, and Hermione identified it as a dangerous creature before Hagrid prepared to stop it.
• Luna struck the Snallygaster with lightning, killing it, then transformed into an owl and flew off to find another place to help.
• Ron sent Acromantulas to ensnare the bound Trolls, while Hagrid grappled with them and Hermione shielded him.

Xenophilius Lovegood joined Harry, Ginny, Hannah, Neville, and Hagrid in the battle and quickly stunned four Trolls with the armor made by Wizet. After learning that Luna had gone in another direction and had defeated a Snallygaster, he set off to keep searching for dangerous creatures.

• Harry disarmed a Troll, Ginny sent a tree flying back into it, and Hannah bound it with Devil's Snare as Neville prepared to strike.
• Xenophilius appeared and stunned the bound Troll, then called Hagrid over and incapacitated the three Trolls pursuing him.
• Ron told Xenophilius that Luna had turned into an owl and flown away, and Xenophilius said she could look after herself unless You-Know-Who had returned.
• Xenophilius explained that Wizet's armor had let him stun groups of dark wizards and that he had focused on attacking Trolls to avoid hurting allies.
• Hermione identified the escaped dragon-sized creature as a Snallygaster, and Ron said Luna had defeated it with a bolt of lightning.
• Xenophilius proudly praised Luna, warned the others to be careful, and went off to search for more dangerous creatures.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Auror Jonathan joined Benjamin Netanyahu’s dark wizard group after Benjamin threatened him, and witnessed them killing Ministry employees while skirting the fiercest fighting. The group was ambushed by opposing wizards, and Benjamin warned Jonathan just as a spell struck another member.

• A Ministry employee watched his colleagues fall to dark wizards and hesitated to fight back before a Blasting Curse drove the attackers into cover.
• Benjamin Netanyahu’s group approached the crater, and Yair killed one of the dark wizards hiding there despite his companion’s protests.
• Benjamin threatened Jonathan with a Killing Curse, and Jonathan chose to join the group rather than risk dying.
• Benjamin led the group around the worst fighting to attack exhausted opponents, and Jonathan’s anger faded as he saw Benjamin’s skill.
• Benjamin warned Jonathan of an attack from the left, and a red beam hit a dark wizard behind him as the group realized they faced at least seven enemies.

Benjamin Netanyahu directed his Dark wizards through an ambush, using their attacks to cover his own retreat. Jonathan realized Benjamin had fled, but a Stunning Spell knocked him unconscious before he could react.

• Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his group to spread out as ambushing wizards opened fire, killing or wounding several of his men.
• Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Dark wizards to fire Blasting Curses while he attacked the ambushers with Killing Curses.
• Jonathan was hit by a Severing Charm that cut off his wand and wounded his shoulder.
• Jonathan counted the six ambushers and realized Benjamin Netanyahu had lied about killing them and had used his group as cover to escape.
• An ambusher struck Jonathan with a Stunning Spell, knocking him unconscious.

Percy healed an injured dark wizard and interrogated Benjamin Netanyahu, learning that Canaan wizards had been sent to help You-Know-Who take Hogwarts. Fred and George admitted they had incapacitated Netanyahu with candy containing one of Wizet’s practice potions, and Fred wondered if Wizet had brewed Veritaserum.

• Percy healed the badly injured dark wizard while Ministry employees guarded the battlefield.
• Fred and George returned on broomsticks with Benjamin Netanyahu, whom they had caught while escaping.
• Percy translated Netanyahu’s name and questioned him in Hebrew, learning that he was a wanted criminal from Canaan.
• Netanyahu revealed that the Canaan group aimed to help You-Know-Who take Hogwarts and had been told not to hold back.
• Percy suspected Fred and George had used Veritaserum, and they explained that a candy containing Wizet’s practice potion had subdued Netanyahu.
• Fred wondered whether Wizet had brewed Veritaserum.

Percy told Fred and George that Herpo’s group planned a sacrifice to summon the Moon Eye, which Benjamin Netanyahu said would descend soon. The brothers joined Percy’s group in a battle where Cho Chang and Cedric were fighting Dark wizards.

• Percy kept the Moon Eye revelation from the Ministry of Magic employees, but Fred and George guessed he was hiding something and asked him about it.
• Percy told Fred and George that Herpo had ordered a sacrifice to welcome the Moon Eye’s descent, which Benjamin Netanyahu said would happen soon.
• George suggested they try to delay the Moon Eye’s arrival, and Percy agreed that this was their only option.
• Percy’s group encountered Cho Chang, Cedric, and several Ministry of Magic employees battling more than ten Dark wizards.
• Fred and George mounted their Flying Broomsticks and attacked the Dark wizards with Magic Fireworks, blasting them off their feet.

Percy and the Ministry of Magic employees defeated the remaining Dark wizards, while a dark-red Phoenix healed Cho Chang and the other victims of Dark Magic. The chapter ended with a recovering Dark wizard seeing the Phoenix’s healing, despairing over his lost wand, and passing out again.

• Percy and the Ministry employees stunned the Dark wizards with repeated volleys, then dispersed the smoke and confirmed that all the attackers were unconscious.
• The employees confiscated the Dark wizards’ wands and searched them for spares while Percy checked on Cedric and Cho Chang.
• Two Phoenixes arrived, and the dark-red Phoenix healed Cho Chang’s wound with a tear.
• Fred joked about the other Phoenix’s dry eyes, and the Phoenix pecked him before returning to the sky.
• The dark-red Phoenix healed the other injured Ministry employees, and a Dark wizard briefly woke, despaired at the healing and his missing wand, then lost consciousness again.

As the war continued, Dark wizards discovered that the Hogwarts professors were far more dangerous than the Ministry employees and Hit Wizards they had expected to face. The chapter left them fleeing from battlefield to battlefield, only to encounter professors whose spells, Transfiguration, traps, and curses steadily overwhelmed them.

• Dark wizards expected to defeat the Ministry forces, eliminate the Aurors, and eventually help Voldemort kill Dumbledore.
• Dark wizards encountered a Hogwarts professor whose precise spellwork quickly felled attackers and piled up incapacitated opponents.
• Dark wizards fled to another battlefield, where a professor transformed scraps and plants into creatures that attacked them while animated suits of armor pursued them.
• Dark wizards who crossed a professor's battlefield were poisoned by young Venomous Tentacula shoots, then bound by Devil's Snare and dragged into a pit.
• Dark wizards who attacked the disheveled professor heard the professor cast Sectumsempra, losing their wands and arms before the professor stopped their bleeding and left them in agonizing weakness.

Snape defeated the dark wizards and was joined by the identical twins, who teased him before flying off. The newly arrived dark wizards argued with the defeated group, then recalled how students with a Swooping Evil had overwhelmed them in battle.

• Snape cast Sectumsempra on the dark wizards who had just arrived, and they screamed in pain.
• The Weasley twins landed on their Flying Broomsticks, joked with Snape, and received his scolding about fighting in the air.
• The twins flew away after saying they would soon graduate and Snape would no longer be able to take points from them.
• The dark wizards who had been defeated first mocked the newcomers for losing to students, while the newcomers insisted the students were monsters.
• The newcomers recalled how a student coordinated with a Swooping Evil and Ministry of Magic employees to defeat several of their companions, forcing the rest to withdraw.

Dark wizards fleeing across the battlefield were repeatedly overwhelmed by students using unexpectedly powerful spells, enchanted weapons, and creatures, until they reached Snape. The exhausted wizards pinned their hopes on Voldemort as his duel with Dumbledore appeared to reach its climax.

• Dark wizards met companions who warned them about a red-haired student and five coordinated Acromantulas, then a rumbling figure attacked and they abandoned the injured.
• The Dark wizards attacked a bespectacled student and a round-faced student, but the former's Disarming Charm knocked them unconscious and the latter's enchanted longsword struck them down and broke their wands.
• Devil's Snare trapped the fleeing wizards despite their attempts to use light and fire, and a lightning-summoning owl and explosive Magic Fireworks attacked the few who escaped.
• The surviving Dark wizards reached Snape, while those across the battlefield hoped Voldemort would defeat Dumbledore and return to lead them.
• The flashes of magic above grew brighter and more spectacular as Voldemort and Dumbledore's duel seemed to approach its decisive moment.

Voldemort bombarded Dumbledore with crimson meteors, but Dumbledore held them back long enough to recover and counterattack. Voldemort renewed his assault, and Dumbledore met the next meteors with crystalline ice shields.

• Voldemort sent crimson meteors toward the battlefield, forcing Dumbledore to intercept them with a spherical magical energy field.
• Voldemort launched more meteors, and Dumbledore's field withstood the bombardment but left him exhausted and weakened.
• Voldemort tried to attack Dumbledore while he recovered, but Quirrell and Fawkes intervened and bought Dumbledore time.
• Dumbledore trapped Voldemort in a water prison, which Voldemort dispelled with a new wand.
• Voldemort sent another volley of crimson meteors, and Dumbledore answered by forming crystalline ice shields that collided with them.