Chapter Summaries

Skylar revived a woman whose memories were lost, bound her to him in a ten-year master-servant contract, and named her Sarf. Her awakened snake abilities could also be shared with Skylar, leaving him with Parseltongue and Snake Animagus talents and access to her magical power.

• Skylar explained that he had saved the woman from a curse and offered her a ten-year master-servant contract in exchange for serving as his assistant.
• The woman accepted, and Skylar formed the contract with her and named her Sarf.
• Sarf’s bloodline magic awakened, raising her power to nearly Auror level.
• Skylar explained that the contract let him track Sarf, read her thoughts, communicate with her, and share her magical power and talents.
• Sarf transformed into a giant snake and demonstrated that she possessed Snake Animagus and Parseltongue abilities.
• Skylar revealed that he could draw on Sarf’s power and use her abilities, gaining Parseltongue and Snake Animagus.

Skylar arranged a wand for Sarf and tasked Ali Bashir with acquiring rare Snakewood and securing European rights to Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder. At Hogwarts, Slytherin’s prefects swore allegiance to Skylar, who bound them to his growing organization with the Sleeping Dragon Mark and ordered them to recruit older students.

• Skylar sent Ali Bashir to North America to procure dark-gold-veined Snakewood and to Peru to secure exclusive European distribution of Instant Darkness Powder.
• Daphne reported that most of Slytherin had accepted Skylar as their leader after the Ghosts Society’s leaders and other students disappeared and Draco withdrew from public life.
• Six Slytherin prefects—Gulie Pisgood, Vinia Piersworth, Narelle Wakanda, Cassius Warrington, Terence Higgs, and Therona Osbert—met Skylar and represented their families’ support.
• Skylar had the six prefects swear allegiance and branded them with the Sleeping Dragon Mark, which let him track and summon them and threaten them with forced beastification.
• Skylar enrolled the prefects in the Sleeping Dragon Society and ordered them to recruit upper-year students for future positions in his business and political network.

Skylar read Rita Skeeter’s article exposing Harry’s supposed romantic history and watched Snape humiliate Harry, Ron, and Hermione with it in Potions class. As the lesson continued, Karkaroff confronted Snape and insisted on speaking with him immediately.

• Pansy showed Skylar the Witch Weekly article claiming Harry had dated Hermione and Parvati before secretly falling in love with Ron.
• Snape caught Harry, Ron, and Hermione reading the magazine, deducted points, and read the article aloud to the laughing Slytherins.
• Snape separated the trio, while Skylar helped Daphne brew the Wit-Sharpening Potion.
• Karkaroff entered the classroom and demanded to talk to Snape, who told him to wait until class ended.

Skylar explained to Karkaroff that The Mysterious Man was preparing to return, using intelligence about missing people in Britain and Albania. Karkaroff realized that Harry Potter’s blood was the final ingredient in the resurrection ritual.

• Harry knocked over anteater bile so he could stay behind after class and listen to Karkaroff speak with Snape.
• Skylar sent Harry away, then insisted to Karkaroff and Snape that he had the right to hear their conversation.
• Karkaroff showed Snape and Skylar his Dark Mark, which had grown more distinct, and Skylar declared that The Mysterious Man was about to return.
• Skylar linked Bryce’s disappearance in Little Hangleton and the deaths or disappearances of Peter Pettigrew and Bertha Jorkins in Albania to a plan to resurrect The Mysterious Man.
• Skylar explained the Flesh-and-Blood Sacrifice Ritual, and Karkaroff realized that Harry Potter’s blood was the remaining ingredient.

Skylar explained how Voldemort’s subordinate could use the Triwizard Tournament’s final task to transport Harry, then offered Karkaroff protection in exchange for his service. Karkaroff, unable to prove his innocence and fearing Dumbledore’s suspicions, faced a choice with few alternatives.

• Skylar told Karkaroff and Snape that Harry had been targeted because the Tournament could draw him away from Hogwarts’s protections.
• Skylar deduced that someone could alter the Goblet of Fire’s Portkey destination with a Confundus Charm during the final task.
• Snape warned Karkaroff that Dumbledore and Moody would suspect him of entering Harry’s name in the Goblet.
• Snape said he would speak to Dumbledore but advised Karkaroff to prepare for the worst, since he could not prove his innocence.
• Skylar offered Karkaroff personal safety if he agreed to serve him, and Karkaroff realized he had few other options.

Skylar secured Karkaroff’s cooperation with an Unbreakable Vow and expanded the Sleeping Dragon Society while considering his family’s history and his own wealth. He went to the Black Lake to meet Eleanor, whose knowledge and shared enemy made her a valuable potential ally.

• With Snape as witness, Skylar and Karkaroff made an Unbreakable Vow: Skylar would provide a safe house, and Karkaroff would let him explore every part of Durmstrang.
• Skylar recruited Karkaroff as a subordinate who could handle work outside Hogwarts while continuing to serve as Durmstrang’s headmaster until Voldemort returned.
• On Hogsmeade visitation day, Skylar gave the Sleeping Dragon Society one thousand Galleons and entrusted its prefects and officers with managing its growing membership.
• Skylar reflected on his wealth, the history of House Gaunt’s main and cadet branches, and his decision to remain with House Malfoy and help Draco inherit it.
• Skylar went to the Black Lake to meet Eleanor, seeking an ally against the secret organization that had manipulated two Dark Lords.

Skylar visited Durmstrang’s Ghost Ship to see Eleanor Hohenheim and found her feverish and strangely vulnerable in her room. Suspecting a trap but unable to understand her motive, he stayed at the doorway and questioned her.

• Poliakov welcomed Skylar aboard the Ghost Ship and explained its layout as he led him to Eleanor’s room.
• Poliakov said Eleanor had been isolating herself and implied that she was unusually interested in Skylar.
• Skylar heard Eleanor’s weak voice and entered her pink, dimly lit room, where she lay sweating beneath a quilt.
• Eleanor said she felt hot and thirsty, while Skylar suspected the scene was a trap and weighed whether she could have a reason to harm him.

Skylar deduced that Pirate King Barbarossa had infiltrated Durmstrang’s ship and confronted him, learning that the legendary pirate was a quasi-Grand Sorcerer. The chapter left Skylar facing a dangerous fight in the ship’s confined quarters.

• Skylar ruled out the ship’s students and staff as intruders and concluded that someone with another Ghost Ship could bypass its defenses.
• Skylar identified the intruder as Pirate King Barbarossa, captain of the Flying Dutchman and a leader connected to Walpurgis.
• Barbarossa accused Skylar of learning about his connection to Walpurgis through a traitor and warned that Skylar would not escape the confined room alive.
• Skylar realized Barbarossa’s magic approached the level of a Grand Sorcerer, while his own strength had increased after contracting with Sarf.

Skylar and Barbarossa fought aboard Durmstrang’s Ghost Ship, each trying to end the battle before it drew powerful reinforcements. Skylar broke through Barbarossa’s water defenses with combined wind and fire magic and shouted a Killing Curse as Barbarossa began rebuilding them; afterward, Ludo Bagman privately approached Harry at the bar.

• Skylar and Barbarossa exchanged probing attacks, with Skylar escaping Barbarossa’s water prison using eight tentacles.
• Skylar and Barbarossa recognized that neither could afford a prolonged battle and decided to finish the fight quickly.
• Barbarossa raised water walls to block Skylar while compressing his room to maneuver.
• Skylar summoned Sylph to empower the Fire Salamander, which smashed through four water walls, while his tentacles traced Ancient Runic Magic Symbols.
• Skylar shouted “Avada Kedavra” as Barbarossa began conjuring another water wall.
• Ludo Bagman left a tense conversation with goblins, then quietly spoke with Harry at the bar before departing disappointed and annoyed.

Skylar used Slytherin’s Locket to defeat Barbarossa after his Killing Curse failed, forcing the Pirate King to flee through a porthole. He later explored Secret Wizard Alley with Fleur and reflected on the limits of the locket’s Basilisk phantom.

• Skylar’s Killing Curse missed when Barbarossa transformed into water and reformed nearby.
• Skylar opened Slytherin’s Locket with Parseltongue, and its Basilisk phantom petrified Barbarossa’s shield, armor, right hand, and wand.
• Barbarossa hurled a small sphere at a porthole and escaped through it, while Skylar chose not to pursue him through the Ghost Ship.
• Skylar discovered that the locket also contained a blurry map and that its incomplete Basilisk phantom could not remain manifested for long.
• Fleur led Skylar around Secret Wizard Alley, and they bought snacks and shared pastries and candies in the plaza garden.

Skylar explained that he saved Eleanor to protect the alliance with the Hohenheim Family and take the rare chance to confront Walpurgis. After learning he had given her his only Phoenix Immortality Potion, Eleanor reacted with interest, while Skylar calmly assessed his standing among the wizarding world’s strongest.

• Eleanor asked Skylar why he had entered the trap and saved her despite knowing the danger.
• Skylar said saving Eleanor protected his interests in the Hohenheim Family alliance and let him investigate Walpurgis, and he trusted his own strength against Barbarossa.
• Eleanor asked how much Phoenix Immortality Potion Skylar had brought, and he revealed he had possessed only one bottle and had given it to her.
• Eleanor asked whether Skylar had given her the potion without hesitation, and he confidently said few people could force him to need one.
• Skylar considered that Walpurgis might have a hidden master who was injured or magically sealed, and judged his own overall combat strength calmly.

Skylar rejected Eleanor’s offer to become his lover but agreed to share the Book of Truth and formed an alliance between House of Malfoy and the Hohenheim Family. Eleanor then confessed that she wanted to pursue him and kissed him before he left.

• Eleanor offered Skylar her family’s inheritance if he would marry her, but Skylar declined because he would not betray the trust of Daphne, Morrie, Astoria, and Meredith.
• Skylar promised to share the Book of Truth with the Hohenheim Family and asked Eleanor to preserve the alliance with House of Malfoy.
• Eleanor and Skylar forged an alchemical alliance, creating a black dragon key mark on Skylar’s hand and a heart-shaped lock mark on Eleanor’s.
• Eleanor thanked Skylar for saving her, then told him she liked him and intended to pursue him.
• Eleanor kissed Skylar and hid under the covers, and Skylar left her room.

Skylar received letters from admirers and contacts, including intelligence about Walpurgis, while Harry was overwhelmed by hostile mail inspired by Rita Skeeter. The chapter ended with Harry heading to the Hospital Wing after Bubotuber pus burned his hands, as Hermione and Ron debated confronting Skeeter.

• Skylar received fan letters and donations urging him to win the Triwizard Tournament’s final task.
• Skylar read updates from his contacts, whose investigations had uncovered traces of Walpurgis in France.
• Harry received a flood of abusive letters, including accusations about his relationships with Parvati and Hermione.
• An envelope sprayed undiluted Bubotuber pus onto Harry’s hands, raising painful sores.
• Hermione blamed Rita Skeeter and wanted to investigate her, while Ron warned against provoking her.

Draco reconsidered his petty rivalry with Harry and resolved to become stronger after recognizing Skylar's power. In Care of Magical Creatures, Hagrid introduced a Niffler coin-digging competition, and Skylar chose two Nifflers for himself and Daphne.

• Draco realized Skylar had defeated a quasi-Archmage and decided he needed to grow stronger instead of focusing on Harry.
• Skylar criticized Hagrid's earlier teaching choices and considered using the Faculty Hiring Committee's authority if Hagrid failed to improve.
• Hagrid introduced Nifflers and explained that the students would compete to dig up buried gold coins.
• A Niffler lunged for Pansy Parkinson's watch, prompting Hagrid to tell students to remove valuables and choose a Niffler.
• Skylar briefly displayed Snake Eyes, sensed qualities in the Nifflers, and picked one for Daphne and another for himself.

Daphne won Hagrid’s Niffler competition while Harry’s scandal continued to spread, and Skylar advanced plans for a safe house and a defensive-items shop. After Ali returned with rare snakewood, Skylar noticed that Sarf showed no traces of age magic from using the Time-Turner and questioned whether she was beyond its effects.

• Daphne’s Niffler collected the most Goblin gold, and she kissed Skylar as the students applauded.
• Harry told Hagrid about the malicious letters, while Hermione remained shaken after a Niffler bit her.
• Harry kept receiving Howlers, and their insults spread the gossip scandal throughout the school.
• Morrie’s group found a way to conceal the Secret Keeper, and Luna’s group succeeded in breeding colorful Pygmy Puffs.
• Skylar made Ella Cottage a safe house with himself as Secret Keeper and planned a shop at 93 Diagon Alley to sell defensive gear and Pygmy Puffs.
• Ali brought Skylar a piece of rare snakewood, and Skylar found no traces of age magic on Sarf after her Time-Turner use.

Skylar led a ritual in the Chamber of Secrets to use Ravenclaw's wandmaking art to craft a wand for Sarf. The wand bonded with Sarf so completely that their magic merged, and Skylar promised Bathory and Annis that they too would one day be able to possess wands openly.

• Skylar explained that Hogwarts' four Houses corresponded to the four magical elements and that Ravenclaw's wandmaking ritual combined them to imbue a wand with unique properties.
• Skylar, Bathory, Annis, and Sarf gathered in the Chamber of Secrets, where they used creatures associated with water, fire, earth, and air to prepare the ritual.
• Sarf bonded with the Basilisk horn as Skylar's ritual fused it with snakewood, creating a wand whose compatibility with Sarf reached its maximum.
• Sarf's magic merged with her new wand's, bringing her magical power up to an Auror's level.
• Bathory asked Skylar to make a wand for her and Annis, and Skylar promised that his followers would one day be able to possess wands openly.

After Sarf bonded with the Snakewood Basilisk-Horn Wand, it and Skylar’s locket revealed a map pointing to Slytherin’s hidden inheritance in MacGillycuddy's Reeks. Skylar summoned Dobby to take him and Sarf to Coomloughra Valley.

• Bathory and Annis left after deciding there was nothing more they could do.
• Sarf emerged from her bond with the wand changed, and Skylar resisted her magically alluring gaze before asking to examine the wand.
• When Skylar took the wand, it connected with his locket and caused the locket to reveal a map.
• Skylar deciphered the map in Parseltongue and identified its marked location as MacGillycuddy's Reeks.
• Skylar summoned Dobby, who Apparated him and Sarf to Coomloughra Valley.

Skylar, Sarf, and Dobby searched Witch Valley for Slytherin’s inheritance and found a hidden emblem beneath a boulder. After Skylar used his blood and Legilimency to activate it, a magical scepter sent preserved memories into his mind.

• Skylar brought Sarf and Dobby to Witch Valley, believing Slytherin’s inheritance would be near the pure-blood village.
• The group followed the map through a concealed mountain path and a dark cave to an enclosed basin.
• Skylar used Magic Eye to find a magical ripple on a boulder and uncovered an emblem bearing two green pythons and a scepter.
• Sarf tried speaking Parseltongue to the pythons, but they did not respond.
• Skylar cut his palm, let his blood fall on the emblem, and cast Legilimency.
• The emblem absorbed Skylar’s blood, released the scepter as a streak of light, and sent preserved memories into his mind.

Skylar’s attempt to use an intense Parseltongue spell nearly killed him, but Sarf stopped him and confessed her love. Afterward, Skylar discovered that his bloodline had gained powerful magical properties.

• Skylar chanted an ancient Parseltongue prayer as his bloodline surged and his condition deteriorated.
• Sarf tried Langlock and the Silencing Charm, then knocked away Skylar’s wand and stopped his chanting with a kiss.
• Sarf kissed Skylar again, confessed that she loved him, and asked to remain by his side as his maid.
• Skylar accepted that he would need to tell Daphne and the others about Sarf, then examined himself and discovered that his blood had acquired strong magical properties.

Skylar awakened his Snake Eyes, unleashing a bloodline power that could destroy a boulder and overwhelm Dobby. He then used the eyes to place Sarf in a trance and began accessing her memories, realizing the ability was dangerously powerful.

• Skylar activated his Magic Eye, fired a crimson beam that shattered a boulder, and revealed his vertical Snake Eyes.
• Skylar’s bloodline pressure forced Dobby to collapse, and the awakened powers granted him suppression over elves and serpent demons.
• Skylar learned that his bloodline had been refined through Bird Language and that Snake Eyes could impose ancient bloodline dominance.
• Skylar looked at Sarf and sent a heat-ray-like force into her eyes, leaving her in a complete trance.
• Skylar accessed Sarf’s memories as fragmented images and realized the eye technique was terrifyingly powerful.