Chapter Summaries

Skylar reviewed the growth of his intelligence network and learned that Silver Fang had taken control of most of the Forbidden Forest. He ordered Susan to investigate the Order of the Phoenix and planned to explore ancient ruins the wolves had discovered, which might be Gryffindor's Chamber.

• Susan reported that Silver Fang had united the Forbidden Forest's wolf packs and subdued the remaining Acromantulas, controlling nearly all the forest outside Centaur territory.
• Susan said Dumbledore had sent Silvanus Kettleburn to monitor the forest, and Skylar decided to deal with him.
• Susan revealed that migrating wolves had found ancient ruins in a hidden cave, and Skylar recognized them as a possible clue to Gryffindor's Chamber.
• Skylar told Susan to focus on gathering intelligence about the Order of the Phoenix, especially Lupin, Mundungus, and its unknown members.
• Susan reported that Night Cat, with Borgin's help, had gathered at least thirty independent operators in Knockturn Alley.

Skylar learned about Knockturn Alley’s factions and ordered a trap to capture Mundungus Fletcher and extract the Order of the Phoenix’s intelligence. He decided to spare Mundungus’s life, erase his memories, and send him to his relatives in North America.

• Susan reported that Knockturn Alley was divided among Borgin’s shopkeepers, Fenrir’s werewolves, and scattered dark wizards and creatures, while Night Cat had gathered thirty people.
• Skylar wondered why Knockturn Alley had shown no major changes since Black Sin Square’s destruction and questioned where Herpo was hiding.
• Susan explained Mundungus Fletcher’s background and said he had no known relatives or close connections in Great Britain.
• Skylar ordered Susan to have Night Cat spread a discreet rumor about cheap unregistered cauldrons so Mundungus would discover the deal through his own channels.
• Skylar instructed Night Cat, Bathory, and Annis to capture Mundungus and use nightmare magic to obtain the Order’s intelligence.
• Skylar decided to erase Mundungus’s memories and send him to the Fletcher relatives in North America rather than kill him.

Skylar considered how to expand the Sleeping Dragon Society’s intelligence network into St. Mungo’s and learned that Karkaroff wanted to meet him. He decided to seek information through long-term patients and planned to remove Karkaroff’s Dark Mark so he could recruit him rather than hide him away.

• Skylar asked Joanna Derwent to persuade Headmistress Derwent to provide information from St. Mungo’s, but Joanna explained that the headmistress could not get involved between Skylar and Dumbledore.
• Skylar decided to seek a way into St. Mungo’s through long-term patients and thought of Neville Longbottom as a possible source.
• Daphne told Skylar that the International Confederation of Wizards expected to unlock the alchemical lock within one to two months.
• Daphne reported that Karkaroff and Miss Hohenheim had repeatedly asked to meet Skylar privately.
• Skylar concluded that he could remove Karkaroff’s Dark Mark and recruit him as an ally instead of placing him in hiding.

Skylar reflected on his debts to Eleanor and the Hohenheim Family, then planned to meet Karkaroff and Eleanor that night. He also reviewed the Dragon Wing and Dragon Soul Teams’ work, with research into portable ways to grow magical plants still far from completion.

• Skylar recalled the Hohenheim Family’s defensive bracelets, aid to the Sleeping Dragon Society, and Eleanor’s gift of one hundred human puppets, which he had ruined in Little Hangleton.
• Skylar decided to tell Eleanor what had happened and compensate her, then asked Daphne to arrange a meeting with Karkaroff first and Eleanor afterward in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.
• Skylar spoke with Morrie, Cho Chang, and Luna about the Dragon Wing Team’s work cultivating Fantastic Beasts and magical plants for combat.
• Skylar discussed the Dragon Soul Team’s research into spells and Potions that could rapidly grow magical plants from seeds in battle.
• Morrie told Skylar that the team had found promising leads but still needed considerable time to achieve its research goals.

Skylar oversaw the Sleeping Dragon Society’s ongoing magical research and took Sha'erfu into a secret section of the Suitcase Space. There, he revealed the Coiling Dragon Dungeon, his private prison for interrogating and torturing enemies.

• Skylar’s research teams continued projects to develop an anti-aging Cosmetic Potion and learn how to use the Homonculous Charm on a magical map.
• Skylar sent the Sleeping Dragon Society members back to their duties and left the hidden fifth-floor room with Sha'erfu.
• Skylar and Sha'erfu entered Ravenclaw's Chamber and then climbed into Scamander's Suitcase, where the Dragon Wing Team had expanded its facilities and collected magical creatures and plants.
• Skylar used the secret incantations "Ink Becomes Dragon" and "Ink Dragon Eyes" to open a concealed tunnel beneath an old locust tree.
• Skylar revealed the Coiling Dragon Dungeon, a secret prison for imprisoning, interrogating, and torturing his enemies.

Skylar visited the Coiling Dragon Dungeon, where Sarf had tortured and bound eight Death Eaters captured during Voldemort’s resurrection. After Sarf identified the prisoners, Skylar confirmed that his plan to expose the remaining loyal Death Eaters had succeeded.

• Skylar entered the dungeon, and his oppressive aura terrified the prisoners, causing Peter Pettigrew to wet himself.
• Skylar saw that Sarf’s Myriad Serpent Net Formation had left the eight Death Eaters covered in wounds and paralyzed by venomous serpents.
• Sarf identified the prisoners as Travers Selwyn, Corban Yaxley, Claude Fawley, Squire Slughorn, Walden Macnair, Andrei Inov, Bahaza Bole, and Peter Pettigrew.
• Skylar reflected that Voldemort’s resurrection had given him the chance to capture the Death Eaters still loyal to Voldemort and learn their identities.

Skylar questioned Peter Pettigrew about Voldemort’s resurrection and revealed that he had sabotaged two of its ingredients. He replaced Pettigrew’s artificial hand with the dangerous Evil Hand and named him Hidden Rat, the fourth member of his Seven Dragon Fangs.

• Peter Pettigrew recognized Skylar and revealed that he had helped resurrect Voldemort according to Skylar’s plan, shocking the other captured Death Eaters.
• Skylar healed Pettigrew and ordered him to recount Voldemort’s resurrection, learning that Harry had been lured to the graveyard by a trap involving a dodo feather.
• Skylar suspected Morganton had arranged the trap and considered the threat posed by Morganton, Madam Zabini, and the Dark Soulers.
• Skylar destroyed the artificial hand Voldemort had given Pettigrew and replaced it with the Hohenheim Family’s Evil Hand, which absorbed the souls and power of those Pettigrew killed.
• Skylar named Pettigrew Hidden Rat, gave him back his wand, and identified him as the fourth member of the Seven Dragon Fangs.

Skylar rejected Walden Macnair's offer of loyalty until Macnair revealed the Beast Extermination Execution Squad and proposed a way to control it. Skylar ordered Macnair to use a staged mutant Nogtail rampage to cripple Amos Diggory without killing him.

• Walden Macnair offered to pledge his allegiance to Skylar, but Skylar demanded proof of his value.
• Macnair revealed that he served in the Beast Extermination Execution Squad and identified its captain as Amos Diggory.
• Macnair suggested exploiting Amos's vanity and pride in his son Cedric to bring him under control and seize the squad.
• Skylar tasked Macnair with following a plan for a mutant Nogtail rampage and ordered him to cripple Amos without killing him.
• Macnair accepted the mission, and Skylar reflected that sparing Amos's life was the most kindness he could offer Cedric.

Skylar rejected Yaxley’s offer to ally the House of Yaxley with the Malfoys, arguing that Yaxley’s family had neither earned his trust nor had the standing to negotiate with him. The prisoners remained at Skylar’s mercy as he contrasted Yaxley’s proposal with the loyalty of families that had supported him earlier.

• Skylar healed Macnair, returned his wand, and ordered him to stand aside before addressing Selwyn and Yaxley.
• Yaxley calmly offered the House of Yaxley’s resources and manpower in exchange for an alliance with the Malfoys.
• Skylar laughed, unleashing soul magic that overwhelmed Yaxley and the other prisoners with fear and physical distress.
• Skylar told Yaxley that he had no right to propose an alliance and named the families whose longstanding loyalty he valued.
• Skylar condemned Yaxley for once opposing the Malfoys, joining the Death Eaters, and becoming his prisoner before making the absurd proposal.

Skylar tried to force Selwyn and Yaxley to swear that their families would serve House of Malfoy, then used Avery’s corpse and soul to demonstrate the fate awaiting them if they refused. The chapter ended with Skylar forcing Avery’s soul into a boar-like creature.

• Skylar demanded that Selwyn and Yaxley bind their families to House of Malfoy as vassals, but both refused and warned that refusal meant war.
• Sha'erfu brought Avery’s corpse into the cell, and Skylar animated it as an Inferius to terrify the prisoners.
• Skylar dispelled the animation, then used the Soul-Sealing Curse to tear Avery’s spirit from his corpse.
• Skylar used Soul Return to force Avery’s soul into the boar-like creature Sha'erfu had brought in.

Skylar showed the captured Death Eaters Avery’s fate as a mutated Nogtail called a Poo-Eater, then explained the monster’s horrific suffering. Andrei Inov died of fright, while the surviving Death Eaters begged Skylar to spare them and submitted to him.

• Skylar revealed that Avery’s soul inhabited a rotting Poo-Eater, and Sha'erfu explained how the monster had been created and what it ate.
• Sha'erfu described the Poo-Eater’s painful curse and gruesome final fate, causing the Death Eaters to faint.
• Sha'erfu revived the Death Eaters, but Andrei Inov remained unresponsive and had died of fright.
• Claude Fawley begged Skylar to spare him and offered his submission, followed by Squire Slughorn, Bahaza Bole, and the other Death Eaters.
• Yaxley abandoned his defiance, lowered his head, and pleaded for Skylar’s forgiveness.

Skylar secured House of Yaxley as a vassal while letting it retain its wealth and titles in exchange for its assets, inheritances, and subordinate houses. Yaxley agreed to bring House of Quigley and House of Cadwaladr under Skylar’s direct rule, and both became vassals.

• Peter Pettigrew and Macnair watched the wounded Death Eaters submit to Skylar, while Travers Selwyn refused to surrender because he blamed Skylar for his wife’s death and daughter’s disappearance.
• Skylar promised Corban Yaxley, Claude, Squall, and Bahaza rewards for loyal service and protection from Voldemort’s retaliation.
• Skylar declared House of Yaxley a vassal of House of Malfoy alongside House of Goyle and House of Crabbe, and allowed it to keep its wealth, titles, and honors.
• Skylar demanded House of Yaxley’s other assets, magical knowledge, collections, and subordinate houses, and Yaxley agreed to have House of Quigley and House of Cadwaladr swear allegiance to Skylar.
• Skylar placed House of Quigley and House of Cadwaladr beneath House of Yaxley in status, and the system recognized all three houses as vassals.

Skylar distinguished his equal allies and strategic partners from the vassal families under his command, then began planning how to organize the growing group. He left the details to discuss with Daphne and recognized that he needed a trusted steward of his own.

• Skylar categorized his core allies, strategic partners, and special allies, noting that their relationships with him remained relatively equal and depended on mutual interests.
• Skylar regarded Goyle, Crabbe, and Osbert as loyal to House of Malfoy rather than to him, and planned to leave them as Draco's power base if Draco became patriarch.
• Skylar added the Yaxley, Quigley, and Cadwallader families to his existing vassals, bringing his total to six families.
• Skylar decided to establish high, middle, and low ranks for his vassal families, placing Yaxley in the high rank and Higgs, Warrington, Montague, Quigley, and Cadwallader in the middle rank.
• Skylar planned to discuss the system's details with Daphne and concluded he needed a trusted steward, since Daphne already had too many responsibilities.

Skylar secured Yaxley’s submission and discovered that the Soul Control Ring could activate a teleportation array. The array delivered an unexpected object, leaving Skylar surprised.

• Yaxley agreed to surrender House of Yaxley’s books, magical collections, inheritances, and vassal families to Skylar.
• Skylar told Yaxley he would erase the House Elf’s memories, while secretly planning to make it spy on the Yaxley family.
• Yaxley offered Skylar the Soul Control Ring, claiming it amplified the Imperius Curse.
• Skylar touched the ring and activated a teleportation array that appeared on the cell floor.
• The array glowed and then revealed something Skylar had never expected.

Skylar learned that Latifa, a cursed adult whose body and mind had regressed to childhood, possessed exceptionally powerful and pure magic. Yaxley revealed that Latifa had mastered the rare Holy Light Spell and Mystic Light Spell, and Skylar recognized her extraordinary potential.

• Latifa greeted Yaxley, who introduced her as Skylar’s new servant and future Ring Master’s attendant.
• Skylar suspected Yaxley of trafficking Latifa, but Yaxley explained that she had been abducted, experimented on, and later sold by Rowle.
• Yaxley revealed that Latifa was twenty-one and had been afflicted by a Blood Curse that halted her growth and regressed her body and mind.
• Skylar examined Latifa’s magic and discovered that it was nearly as powerful as Sarf’s while remaining remarkably pure.
• Yaxley said he had secretly trained Latifa for seven years, enabling her to master the Holy Light Spell and Mystic Light Spell.

Skylar accepted Latifa and the Soul Control Ring from Yaxley, then assigned Latifa to manage his private library. He turned to the remaining prisoners, asking Claude Fawley and Squire Slughorn what value they could offer him.

• Yaxley explained that Latifa had been trained to obey the Soul Control Ring's owner and described the ring's teleportation array.
• Skylar accepted the Soul Control Ring and made Latifa his servant.
• Skylar assigned Latifa to manage his private library, and Sha'erfu led her into Skylar's Private Book Bag.
• Skylar asked Claude Fawley and Squire Slughorn why he should take them in and what value they could bring him.

Skylar questioned Bahaza Bole and learned that Bole was an undercover agent for the Shadow of the Magic Dragon. After Bole revealed the organization’s goals, structure, and spies, Skylar arranged for him to fake his death and secretly work for him.

• Bahaza Bole begged Skylar for a chance to share valuable intelligence, and Skylar cast a sound-blocking barrier around them.
• Bole revealed that he had infiltrated the Death Eaters for the Shadow of the Magic Dragon, which sought to restore Avalon and the Avalon School after Morgan le Fay’s resurrection.
• Bole explained that the Shadow of the Magic Dragon had a Flower Group led by Madam Zabini and an Assassination Group led by Lady Selwyn, and he estimated the Flower Group had more than thirty Dark Soulers.
• Bole told Skylar that the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic both had Shadow of the Magic Dragon moles, one a woman and the other an older man.
• Skylar ordered Bole to fake his death, hide at his Hogsmeade base, and secretly assist Susan with intelligence work.

Skylar assigned Yaxley, Fawley, and Slughorn to destroy the House of Avery and claim its wealth, while requiring them to deliver its magical knowledge and artifacts to him. He sealed the six men’s Dark Marks and placed Sleeping Dragon Marks on them, leaving them bound to serve him under threat of transformation.

• Skylar ordered Yaxley to lead his family, Fawley, and Slughorn in attacking the House of Avery before its members learned their patriarch was dead.
• Skylar promised the three men the Avery family’s wealth but claimed all its books, Dark Arts items, secret magic, and core inheritance for himself.
• Sarf returned, gave the prisoners healing Potions, and returned their wands as Skylar’s takeover of the Death Eaters neared its end.
• Skylar sealed the Dark Marks on the six men, preventing Voldemort from tracking them.
• Skylar placed Sleeping Dragon Marks on the six men and warned that he could activate the curses to turn them into beasts.

Skylar arranged a plan for Macnair to replace Diggory, then faced the defiant Travers Selwyn in the Coiling Dragon Dungeon. After revealing that Irina was alive, Skylar used Absolute Dominion to overwrite Selwyn’s memories and force him to submit.

• Skylar instructed Sarf to escort Yaxley, Fawley, Slughorn, and Macnair out of the dungeon, with Macnair tasked to coordinate a plan with Unctuous Osbert II.
• Skylar planned for Macnair to gain promotion by helping eliminate the Cursed Demon after Amos Diggory’s team underestimated it.
• Travers Selwyn refused to submit, swore revenge, and struck his face against the floor, spilling blood that Skylar absorbed through his wand.
• Skylar told Selwyn that his daughter Irina was alive and had become one of Skylar’s subordinates.
• Skylar used Slytherin’s Absolute Dominion to take in Selwyn’s memories and make him believe Skylar was Malfoy, his returning master.
• Skylar commanded Selwyn to bow and submit, striking his eyes with beams of heat from his burning pupils.

Skylar welcomed Selwyn back and laid out how his allies would help him build power and pursue reforms. Selwyn revealed that he had seized House of Lestrange's remaining treasures, and Skylar realized he already possessed the missing half of their secret magic through his grandmother's inheritance.

• Selwyn reaffirmed his commitment to Skylar's vision and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of Skylar's allies.
• Skylar assigned Yaxley to remove Ministry opponents, Greengrass to expand their economic influence, and Selwyn and Crouch to act as his chief advisers.
• Selwyn promised to secure the loyalty of House of Selwyn's vassal families and send Skylar the family's rare books, secret magic, and magical artifacts.
• Selwyn revealed that he had seized House of Lestrange's estate and collections, but believed that half their books and secret magic had been moved elsewhere.
• Skylar realized that Bellatrix had given the missing Lestrange materials to Druella Black, whose inheritance had passed to him.