Chapter Summaries

After winning the Triwizard Tournament, Skylar considered the threat posed by Vile Herpo and his likely Horcrux, Jafar Yahya, while reading worldwide coverage of his victory. The chapter left Skylar’s triumph uniting Hogwarts students and establishing him as a revered figure among them.

• Skylar deduced that Jafar Yahya was likely Vile Herpo’s Horcrux and concluded that Jafar’s own strength had probably dwindled with age.
• Skylar reasoned that Jafar’s influence in West Asia and possible allies, including the Cobra organization, could still strengthen the Knights of Walpurgis.
• Skylar read newspapers from around the world celebrating him as the youngest Triwizard Tournament champion and praising his achievements.
• Hogwarts students from Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff joined in celebrating Skylar’s victory, while Gryffindor students split over whether to take part.
• Skylar recognized that the championship had united Hogwarts students and won their admiration for him.

Skylar studied the newspapers to assess how the Ministries of Magic were responding to Voldemort’s return and Grindelwald’s escape, and concluded that the coming conflict was still being delayed. He judged that the Order of the Phoenix was weakened and isolated, while the major forces quietly prepared for the storm ahead.

• Skylar reviewed his titles and examined newspapers from several countries for signs of how their Ministries of Magic were reacting.
• Skylar noted that the press had suppressed Dumbledore and Harry’s claims about Voldemort’s return and had begun publishing reports unfavorable to Harry.
• Skylar assessed that Voldemort was hiding to rebuild his forces and prepare his Horcruxes while Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix needed time to regroup.
• Skylar counted the Order of the Phoenix’s remaining members and judged that only a small number could take part in combat.
• Skylar recalled that Kingsley Shacklebolt had been eliminated under his arrangements and that Mr. Weasley’s diminished Ministry influence had crippled the Order’s recruitment prospects.
• Skylar concluded that Fudge’s Ministry remained powerful but inactive, while the Order faced suppression and the added uncertainty of Grindelwald’s escape.

Dumbledore reflected on the wizarding world’s need for reform and began to suspect that Skylar Malfoy was secretly using his influence to undermine Dumbledore and protect pure-blood interests. He left the conversation convinced that Skylar had hidden plans and was more dangerous than Voldemort or Grindelwald.

• McGonagall told Dumbledore she had joined the Order of the Phoenix after losing faith in the Ministry’s response to the dangers facing the wizarding world.
• Dumbledore told McGonagall that the wizarding world needed reform and asked what she thought of Skylar Malfoy.
• McGonagall praised Skylar’s character, leadership, academic record, and exceptional skill in Transfiguration.
• Dumbledore considered the setbacks to his authority, including Kingsley’s death, the disappearances, and the students’ rejection of his decision to award Harry the championship.
• Dumbledore suspected Skylar had orchestrated events to weaken his influence and had deliberately helped Fudge conceal Voldemort’s return for his own purposes.

Dumbledore assessed Skylar as a potential ally and weighed the threats posed by Voldemort, Grindelwald, and the Ministry of Magic while directing the Order of the Phoenix's response. He finally took a golden object from his desk, leaving his decision unrevealed.

• Dumbledore told McGonagall that Skylar was not their enemy and might be won over as an ally.
• Dumbledore considered the political factions and concluded that Voldemort, Grindelwald, and the Ministry of Magic presented different threats to the Order of the Phoenix.
• Dumbledore used Harry's account to confirm that Voldemort had made multiple Horcruxes and ordered his intelligence network to search for them.
• Dumbledore assigned Order of the Phoenix members missions involving the Giants, goblins, Ministry of Magic, Knockturn Alley, and Muggle government.
• Dumbledore took a golden object from a desk drawer and slammed it onto the desk as McGonagall watched in shock.

Dumbledore used the Phoenix Summoning book to call the First Order of the Phoenix, an old international circle of influential witches and wizards, to prepare for threats beyond Voldemort. The gathered members arrived at Hogwarts, including an unexpected visitor, Mr. Potter, and his two sons.

• Dumbledore invoked the Phoenix Summoning book and told the portraits that he was calling the First Order of the Phoenix, not the group he had met the previous day.
• Dumbledore explained that the First Order began as a secretive academic circle and that he had recruited powerful figures to fight Grindelwald.
• Dumbledore warned Phineas Black that Grindelwald’s escape and other hidden developments meant the danger was greater than it appeared.
• Several hours later, the Scamander brothers, the Goldstein sisters, Eulalie Hicks, Bunty Broadacre, Yusuf Kama, and other members arrived at the Headmaster’s Office.
• Mr. Potter arrived with two middle-aged men, and Dumbledore learned that one was his eldest son Rehn, a former Auror and international bounty hunter.

Dumbledore met with Charlus Potter and his son Jeffrey, who confronted him over his decision to leave Harry with the Dursleys instead of letting the Potter family adopt him. As the First Order of the Phoenix arrived, Dumbledore promised to explain his choice.

• Charlus introduced his son Jeffrey, a guard captain in Transylvania, to Dumbledore, while Jeffrey refused to return Dumbledore's handshake.
• Charlus accused Dumbledore of betraying the family by placing Harry with Muggles after Harry's parents died, despite their offer to adopt him.
• Jeffrey accused Dumbledore of wanting Harry's inheritance, especially the Cloak of Invisibility.
• Dumbledore recalled that he had returned the Cloak to Harry during Harry's first year at school and suspected the Potters wanted Harry's inheritances.
• As members of the First Order of the Phoenix arrived through the fireplace, Dumbledore said he would explain why he had left Harry with the Dursleys.

Dumbledore explained why he left Harry with the Dursleys: Petunia’s blood relation allowed him to preserve Lily’s Sacrificial Protection through a bloodline contract. Charles accepted his explanation but demanded compensation for answering the Phoenix Summoning Order, offering intelligence about Voldemort and other threats in exchange for James’s Invisibility Cloak.

• Dumbledore admitted that he had knowingly sent Harry to an unhappy home because he believed the Dursleys were the safest option and wanted Harry to grow up away from fame and the wizarding world.
• Jeffrey challenged Dumbledore’s judgment and asked why the Potter family could not have raised Harry instead.
• Dumbledore explained that Lily’s sacrifice created Sacrificial Protection, which could be preserved only through her blood relative, Petunia, by a bloodline contract.
• Dumbledore said Petunia’s choice to take Harry in allowed the protection to continue and kept hostile wizards from finding his home.
• Charles accepted Dumbledore’s explanation about Harry but asked for compensation for the resources his family might need to provide after answering the summons.
• Dumbledore refused to give Charles Harry’s Invisibility Cloak, and Charles offered crucial intelligence about the Dark Lord, the Shadow of the Magic Dragon, and the Knights of Walpurgis.

Charles Potter demanded that Dumbledore let him meet Harry, while Newt Scamander revealed that his family had sent him to Hogwarts to find a student with the Child of Nature power. Dumbledore learned the Scamanders hoped to recruit the student into their family, possibly through a match with Rolf, and considered whether Skylar should lead a reform of the wizarding world.

• Charles told Dumbledore that the Potter Family wanted to meet Harry and threatened to leave Britain if Dumbledore refused.
• Newt defended Dumbledore, but Charles accused him of having another purpose for coming to Hogwarts.
• Theseus explained that the Scamanders had issued a Bluebird Summons after their Hook-billed Bluebird sensed someone who could affect the family’s fortunes at Hogwarts.
• Newt revealed that the Scamanders were searching for a student who had awakened the Child of Nature power and said they meant no harm.
• Newt admitted that his family hoped to bring the student into the Scamander Family, possibly by introducing them to Rolf.
• Dumbledore thought of Skylar and wondered whether the wizarding world needed reform.

Liu Tao arrived at Hogwarts in response to Dumbledore’s Phoenix Summoning Order, but revealed that Zhang He would not come to help the Order of the Phoenix. Dumbledore learned that Zhang He had grown close to Skylar Malfoy, leaving him to reckon with Skylar’s reach among the wizarding world’s most powerful figures.

• Liu Tao stepped out of the fireplace and greeted the gathered wizards, while Dumbledore welcomed his old friend.
• Dumbledore asked Liu Tao what had happened and whether Zhang He would come in response to the Phoenix Summoning Order.
• Liu Tao explained that Zhang He had been absent from Phoenix correspondence and had become close to a young member of House of Malfoy.
• Liu Tao identified that young wizard as Skylar Malfoy, who had recently won the Triwizard Tournament.
• Dumbledore accepted that Zhang He had chosen not to answer his invitation and realized Skylar’s influence reached a Transfiguration master.

Liu Tao told Dumbledore that he had come to arrest the fugitive corpse-raiser Yan Feng, whose activities had become linked to the Knights of Walpurgis. The chapter left Dumbledore and Liu Tao weighing the connection between Yan Feng’s mission and the growing threats in Great Britain.

• Liu Tao explained that Zhang He could not join Dumbledore’s cause, though he remembered their past alliance against the zombie uprising in Western Hunan.
• Liu Tao recalled how Zhang He, Dumbledore, and he had defeated the Dark wizard group led by corpse-raiser Yan Feng, though some fugitives escaped.
• Liu Tao revealed that China’s agents had tracked Yan Feng to the Underground Necromancer Guild in Transylvania and that he had been tasked with arresting him and taking him back to China.
• Liu Tao and Dumbledore discussed the Death Eaters, the Shadow of the Magic Dragon, and the Knights of Walpurgis amid the unrest in Great Britain.
• Liu Tao said Yan Feng had restarted the corpse-raising trade with the Guild’s help and had recently contacted the Knights of Walpurgis.

Charles Potter had Jeffrey and Rehn share evidence that the Underground Necromancer Guild was growing more active and that its members had contacted Walpurgis’s allies. Their intelligence identified Jafar Yahya, Yan Feng, and Anubi as figures connected to the threat, leaving the gathered wizards facing the prospect of powerful Dark wizards joining the conflict.

• Charles Potter had Jeffrey disclose the Potter Family’s intelligence after Liu’s revelations made it less exclusive.
• Jeffrey reported that the Underground Necromancer Guild’s activities had increased and that some members had contacted Walpurgis.
• Jeffrey and Rehn identified Cobra’s representative as Jafar Yahya, whom Rehn believed was Cobra’s founder and hidden controller.
• Jeffrey said Yan Feng and the Egyptian Dark wizard Anubi had also made contact with Jafar.
• Newt recognized Anubi as the Beast Priest who controlled Cairo’s underground black market and recalled his crimes and lethal reputation.

The headmasters discussed the Knights of Walpurgis and their powerful allies, while Dumbledore argued that they needed to discover the organization’s true purpose. At the Underground Necromancer Guild, Abaddon ordered his followers to undermine Dumbledore politically and learned that Skylar Malfoy had displayed Mage-level strength.

• Newt, Liu Tao, Rehn, and the headmasters shared intelligence about Anubi, Jafar, Yan Feng, and their forces.
• Dumbledore said the Knights of Walpurgis had likely used Voldemort’s and Grindelwald’s causes as smokescreens for a more obscure goal.
• Liu Tao praised Skylar Malfoy’s victory over older students and said people were calling him the strongest student in the world.
• Abaddon ordered Olihua to have Guluosi support Fudge and help remove Dumbledore from the International Confederation of Wizards.
• Naro reported that Dumbledore had gathered former members of the First Order of the Phoenix, including Liu Tao, while Abaddon ordered continued surveillance of the Liu and Zhang families.
• Amilo told Abaddon that Skylar Malfoy had been transported to the Little Hangleton graveyard during the Triwizard Tournament and had shown Mage-level strength.

Abaddon discussed Malfoy’s extraordinary power and concluded that Voldemort had likely revived, making him a useful force in the Death God Sect’s plan to create chaos. He ordered Olihua to arrange for Voldemort to discover the Elder Wand while explaining that Yan Feng and Anubi’s alliance with the Knights of Walpurgis could also serve the sect’s goals.

• Abaddon warned that Malfoy’s unprecedented talent could make him a future threat, and Amilo reported that Voldemort had likely revived using the flesh-and-blood ritual.
• Abaddon ordered Olihua to leak information about the Elder Wand so Voldemort could find it himself.
• Naro asked whether the sect would act against Yan Feng and Anubi for joining the Knights of Walpurgis, and Abaddon told him to focus on the sect’s goals.
• Abaddon explained that the Death God Sect sought to create chaos and dark vengeful spirits, and that Yan Feng, Anubi, and the Knights of Walpurgis could help advance that plan.

After the Triwizard Tournament, Hogwarts students spread rumors about what happened in the maze, while Harry struggled with distrust and anger and Hermione recovered from a memory charm. Skylar assessed the damage to his magical resources and went to the Sleeping Dragon Society’s base, where noisy activity awaited him.

• Dumbledore asked the students not to question Harry, while students speculated about the absences of Alastor Moody and Ludo Bagman.
• Harry stayed in his dormitory, bitter about the suspicion directed at him, while Hermione awoke with missing memories and remained in the hospital wing for observation.
• Rumors about the maze spread through Hogwarts, and Harry’s distrustful mood led to a serious argument with Seamus and Dean.
• Skylar considered the trump cards he had revealed and the damage to his human puppets and Demon Hunter.
• Skylar left his dormitory and entered the Sleeping Dragon Society’s secret base after hearing noise at the end of the passage.

Skylar watched Daphne and Sarf duel to test their strength and coordination as leaders of the Sleeping Dragon Society’s combat group. Sarf gained the advantage with Parseltongue magic, but Daphne revealed her Druid secret technique, Thousand Needles Like Rain, and sent spikes flying through the mist.

• Skylar arrived as Daphne and Sarf prepared to duel before the Sleeping Dragon Society members.
• Daphne opened with a lightning spell, but Sarf countered with Venom Arrow and drove her back.
• Sarf filled the field with icy mist and moved silently through it to prepare a sneak attack.
• Morrie and Susan protected the watching young wizards with a barrier and a skeletal phantom.
• Daphne’s apparent Severing Curses proved to be Thousand Needles Like Rain, which used Sarf’s attack to launch spikes in every direction.

Sarf and Daphne fought fiercely in the Chamber of Secrets until Skylar arrived and ended their duel. Skylar reassured them after his dangerous encounter and reconsidered his plans after owing Dumbledore a favor.

• Sarf used her serpent transformation and Hydra Manifestation against Daphne's Black Vine Heavenly Lock.
• Sarf's Hydra and Daphne's black vines clashed, damaging the Chamber of Secrets as neither gained a clear advantage.
• Skylar arrived and used Finite Incantatem to dispel both women's magic, ending the fight.
• Daphne and Sarf showed concern for Skylar, who had survived his encounter with Morgan, Voldemort, and the Death Eaters and captured them alive.
• Skylar decided to abandon his plan to work with Umbridge to cause trouble at Hogwarts because he owed Dumbledore a favor.

Skylar weighed Daphne and Sarf’s disagreement over practical combat training and postponed taking the Sleeping Dragon Society into the Forbidden Forest to protect its secrecy and members. He assigned them to prepare the young wizards to master combat spells, leaving practical trials for a later opportunity.

• Sarf proposed training the Sleeping Dragon Society in the Forbidden Forest, while Daphne warned that the danger and Dumbledore’s attention could expose the organization.
• Skylar agreed that the society should remain secret and, with his holiday schedule already full, rejected postponing training until the break as a solution.
• Skylar said practical combat trials could wait until next year, when Ministry interference and changes at Hogwarts might create an opportunity.
• Skylar ordered every member to master at least twenty combat spells and tasked Daphne with tailoring casting instruction to each wizard’s strengths.
• Skylar tasked Sarf with organizing small groups and helping members learn basic and advanced combat spells, while Daphne and Sarf exchanged jealous glares.

Skylar reviewed Dragon Tail’s finances and supply preparations, ordering the group to stockpile battle and healing potions despite shortages of regulated ingredients. He planned to use Barty Crouch Sr.’s return to the Ministry to secure a trading license, then turned to Susan for an update on Dragon Eye.

• Skylar told Morrie, Cho Chang, Susan, and the other girls that he prioritized the development of the groups beyond Dragon Head while warning them not to let competition damage the Society’s cohesion.
• Astoria reported that Dragon Tail had sufficient funding from Miraculous Alchymia and Ali Bashir’s trading company, but faced difficulty obtaining some regulated potion ingredients.
• Skylar ordered Astoria to keep stockpiling supplies and brew battle potions and a year’s worth of healing potions, telling her to borrow ingredients from Snape if necessary.
• Skylar planned to have Barty Crouch Sr. reclaim his Ministry post and help Ali Bashir obtain an A-Class Controlled Item Trading License to secure potion ingredients.
• After concluding the discussion of Dragon Tail, Skylar asked Susan how Dragon Eye’s intelligence network was progressing.

Skylar reviewed the Sleeping Dragon Society’s intelligence network and planned to strengthen its Ministry of Magic presence. Susan warned that Fudge might be conspiring to remove Dumbledore as Chairman of the International Confederation of Wizards, leaving Skylar aware that the move could happen within a month.

• Susan reported that the Dragon Eye network lacked manpower despite coordinating with Rita Skeeter’s Reverse Scale group and Bernie Piersworth’s Auror intelligence network.
• Skylar assigned Gules Pisgood and Vinia Piersworth to intern in the Ministry archives, copy confidential documents, and later join the Department of International Magical Cooperation.
• Susan said Fudge and Umbridge were focused on attacking Dumbledore through the media while the vacant department head position remained contested.
• Susan reported that Fudge had been meeting with Gules Misted and deduced they planned to remove Dumbledore as Britain’s representative to the International Confederation of Wizards.
• Skylar praised Susan’s analysis and recognized that Dumbledore’s removal as chairman could occur within a month.

Skylar discussed Ministry of Magic power struggles with Susan and arranged to investigate Gules Misted while using the Sleeping Dragon Society to secure a Ministry position and recruit graduates for intelligence work. The chapter ended with Gules and Vinia leaving to organize the graduates’ placements.

• Skylar ordered Susan to monitor Gules Misted and have Rita investigate his background.
• Susan reported on Scrimgeour’s Auror restructuring and identified Aurors aligned with Fudge and Umbridge; Skylar told her to share the intelligence with Scrimgeour without alerting them.
• Susan told Skylar that Dirk Cresswell had become head of the Goblin Liaison Office, and Skylar arranged for Slughorn to seek Cresswell’s help in securing a position there for the Sleeping Dragon Society.
• Gules said twelve seventh-year members were graduating, and Skylar tasked him with selecting someone for the Goblin Liaison Office.
• Skylar offered intelligence-work roles at Miraculous Alchymia to graduates without post-school plans, and Gules and Vinia left to make the arrangements.