Chapter Summaries

Skylar secured Selwyn’s allegiance and ordered him to transfer the Selwyn and Lestrange inheritances, recruit Bletchley, and find a French relative to inherit the British House of Lestrange. With Selwyn and Yaxley under his control, Skylar gained influence over the Ministry, Hogwarts’ hiring committee, and the Wizengamot, leaving his former enemies’ alliance shattered.

• Skylar told Selwyn to deliver the Selwyn and Lestrange possessions he controlled and recruit Bletchley to swear allegiance in exchange for a Ministry post.
• Selwyn explained that descendants of House of Lestrange’s French branch could inherit the British branch, and Skylar tasked him with finding a suitable heir.
• Skylar gave Selwyn a Portkey bracelet and told him to contact his French allies if he needed help; Selwyn departed for Hogsmeade.
• The system registered House of Selwyn, House of Bletchley, and House of Lestrange as Skylar’s vassal families.
• Skylar calculated that Selwyn and Yaxley’s allegiance gave him considerable influence over Hogwarts’ hiring committee and the Wizengamot.
• Skylar recognized that his former enemies’ alliance of seven great families had collapsed, fulfilling the revenge he had vowed to take.

Skylar recovered from using Absolute Dominion on Travers Selwyn, then questioned Peter Pettigrew about Voldemort’s Horcrux and the Magic-Devouring Vortex. After learning the spell, Skylar decided to send Peter to the Bounty Hunters Guild to gain combat experience and adapt to the Evil Hand.

• Skylar reflected on the strain Absolute Dominion placed on his mind and eyes after using it to make Travers Selwyn his devoted follower.
• Skylar asked Peter Pettigrew what Voldemort’s Horcrux was, and Peter revealed that it was Voldemort’s yew wand.
• Skylar asked Peter about the Magic-Devouring Vortex, and Peter explained the Avalon School’s secret ultimate art to him.
• Skylar learned the Magic-Devouring Vortex and considered how Peter’s Animagus abilities and Evil Hand could suit dangerous work.
• Skylar decided to contact Silver Spear so Peter could join the Bounty Hunters Guild, then led him out of the Coiling Dragon Dungeon.

Skylar sent Peter Pettigrew to Silver Spear’s office, then met Karkaroff and Daphne in Slytherin’s Chamber to address Karkaroff’s fear that Voldemort had returned. After showing Karkaroff a memory of the encounter, Skylar sealed his Dark Mark and gave him a Sleeping Dragon Mark, leaving him confident that Skylar could protect him.

• Skylar wrote a letter and sent Peter Pettigrew through the Secret Passage to Silver Spear’s office in Diagon Alley.
• Skylar arrived at Slytherin’s Chamber, where Karkaroff showed him his burned Dark Mark and admitted he was afraid of Voldemort’s return.
• Skylar told Karkaroff he had faced Voldemort and nearly defeated him, then used a Pensieve memory to show him what had happened.
• After viewing the memory, Karkaroff looked at Skylar with awe.
• Skylar sealed Karkaroff’s Dark Mark, gave him a Sleeping Dragon Mark, and told him to return to his post as headmaster without fearing Voldemort.

Karkaroff offered Skylar a Durmstrang iron token and used his connections and influence to prove his value as a potential ally. Skylar accepted the token and agreed to visit Durmstrang during the summer, where Karkaroff planned to introduce him to professors and allies.

• Karkaroff reflected on his expulsion from Durmstrang, his years among the Death Eaters, and his determination to reform the school in favor of pure-blood students.
• Karkaroff presented Skylar with a black iron token that allowed its holder to enter and leave Durmstrang freely.
• Karkaroff explained that he had built connections among influential families in Germany, Denmark, and Norway, and offered to introduce Skylar to his professors and allies.
• Skylar asked whether Durmstrang's location was secret and whether visitors had their memories altered; Karkaroff confirmed the rules but said Skylar was exempt.
• Skylar accepted the token and agreed to arrange a summer visit through a House Elf.

Skylar secured Karkaroff’s cooperation and gave him a limited-use invisibility bracelet, then met with Eleanor and told her about the graveyard conspiracy and the battle with three Archmages. The chapter ended with Skylar apologizing for the destruction of Eleanor’s human puppets.

• Skylar gave Karkaroff a Durmstrang badge and a prototype invisibility bracelet that could conceal him three times.
• Skylar sent Daphne to escort Karkaroff out of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, whose entrance he had secured with a changed password.
• Dobby brought Eleanor to Skylar, and she asked whether he was all right after the events at Little Hangleton.
• Skylar explained that Barty Crouch Jr. had diverted the Goblet of Fire Portkey as part of a scheme involving Voldemort and Shadow of the Magic Dragon.
• Skylar told Eleanor that he had escaped a fight with three Archmages, then apologized because the human puppets she had lent him were destroyed.

In the Chamber of Secrets, Eleanor confronted Skylar about the danger he had faced and confessed how deeply she feared losing him. Skylar admitted his feelings, promised to stay by her side, and said he would visit her family that summer to ask for her hand.

• Eleanor rushed into Skylar's arms and asked whether he was truly all right after facing three magical masters.
• Eleanor tearfully asked Skylar not to face danger alone, and Skylar realized how deeply her concern moved him.
• Skylar apologized for worrying Eleanor and admitted he had already fallen for her but had tried to avoid his feelings.
• Eleanor accepted that Skylar had other lovers and said she only wanted a place in his heart; Skylar promised not to let her leave his life.
• Eleanor teased Skylar about compensating her for the broken Human Alchemy puppets, then kissed him.
• Skylar said he would visit the Hohenheim Family that summer to ask Eleanor's parents for her hand, and Eleanor agreed.

Skylar returned to Hogwarts after the Triwizard Tournament and drew attention from students while considering Rolf Scamander’s guarded interest in him. After classes ended for the term, Skylar slipped away to the Forbidden Forest to handle the tasks he had left before the holidays.

• Skylar arrived at breakfast holding Daphne’s hand and received congratulations from Ravenclaw students and Cedric Diggory’s group.
• Skylar noticed Rolf Scamander’s wariness, learned he was Newt Scamander’s grandson, and suspected his interest might relate to Luna.
• Hagrid held a relaxed Care of Magical Creatures review, and Hermione earned the highest exam score while Daphne placed second.
• Draco restrained Goyle and Crabbe when Ron mocked his low score, keeping his anger to himself.
• Skylar turned invisible on the walk back to the castle and appeared in the Forbidden Forest.

Skylar lured Silvanus Kettleburn into the Forbidden Forest by having a two-headed Runespoor attack a herd of deer, then used the Soul Control Ring to overpower Kettleburn with the Imperius Curse. Kettleburn fell under Skylar’s control after his Bowtruckle detected Skylar’s invisibility.

• Skylar found eight magical surveillance devices around the center of the Forbidden Forest and concealed himself with the Invisible Phantom Charm.
• Skylar released a two-headed Runespoor and directed it to attack a herd of deer to draw out Kettleburn.
• Kettleburn used snake-repelling powder, protective potions, and spells to fight the Runespoor.
• Kettleburn’s Bowtruckle detected Skylar, who revealed himself and overwhelmed the clearing with dark soul magic.
• Skylar used the Soul Control Ring to cast the Imperius Curse and took control of Kettleburn.

Skylar collected Kettleburn’s Alchemical Magic Eyes and captured a Black Bowtruckle before entering a hidden cave in search of ancient ruins. Inside, he encountered an enormous Manticore and began weighing his options as his usual summons failed.

• Skylar removed Kettleburn’s eight Alchemical Magic Eyes and imprisoned the unconscious Black Bowtruckle in an iron box as experimental material.
• Skylar followed Silver Fang’s coordinates through a long, dark cave and reached a stone door bearing a warning in ancient Conrwo Language.
• Skylar opened the door and found a gigantic Manticore, whose roar triggered the protective barrier of his Merlin’s Guardian Ring.
• Skylar completed two protective spells and evaded the Manticore’s first pounce using his Wind-Setting Boots and Walking Like Flying.
• Skylar discovered that he could not summon Aquila or Jormungandr and considered which spells might work against the Manticore in the confined cave.

Skylar defeated a Manticore, collected its valuable remains and some cubs, and discovered Gryffindor's hidden chamber. There, a lion-shaped magical construct welcomed him as Gryffindor's heir and confirmed that he had passed the test.

• Skylar used conjured duplicates to confuse the Manticore, then killed it with a flying silver sword through its mouth.
• Skylar harvested the Manticore's valuable materials and took half its cubs, planning to warn Silver Fang and the wolf pack about the Manticore pack.
• Skylar searched the cave, found the Old Conrwo words “The brave fear nothing,” and spoke them to open a hidden stone door.
• Skylar explored the chamber's accounts of Hogwarts' founders and discovered black-gold bracers bearing carved lion heads on an altar.
• A lion-shaped magical construct greeted Skylar and told him he had passed Godric Gryffindor's test and become the heir of Gryffindor's Chamber.

Skylar learned that the Manticore had grown dangerously powerful after the former gamekeeper fed it potent Potion ingredients, then prepared to face Gryffindor’s final trial. Aslan revealed that passing would make Skylar Gryffindor’s heir and earn him the Lion’s Roar Bracers, and Skylar declared that he would face the trial without fear.

• Aslan told Skylar that he had one final trial to complete and introduced himself as the Lion Emperor Aslan, while Aquila arrived and argued with him.
• Aquila explained that Gryffindor’s anti-summoning ward had prevented Skylar from calling for help, and Aslan revealed that a former gamekeeper had fed the Manticore powerful ingredients.
• Aquila identified the treats as ingredients that could strengthen and enlarge the Manticore, and Aslan admitted he had not known they could make the trial more dangerous.
• Aslan explained that passing the trial would make Skylar Gryffindor’s official heir and give him Aslan’s loyalty, and that he had to put on Gryffindor’s Lion’s Roar Bracers.
• After Aquila warned him that Gryffindor might have sealed dangerous magic in the bracers, Skylar declared that he would face the trial without fear.

Skylar touched the Lion's Roar Bracers and found himself immersed in a realistic illusion of an ancient wizarding village, where Gryffindor tested his judgment. After identifying the setting as tenth-century Woodcroft near the Wyvern of Wye, Skylar realized the illusion drew on one of Gryffindor's youthful adventures.

• Skylar seized the Lion's Roar Bracers and was transported into a vivid illusion populated by ancient wizards and Muggles.
• Skylar scattered Galleons to draw out information, then inferred that the village was isolated and unusually lacking in signs of livestock.
• Godric Gryffindor approached Skylar, warned him that a battle was imminent, and tried to take his money for safekeeping.
• Skylar challenged Gryffindor, gave him a gold coin, and asked where and when they were.
• Gryffindor identified the place as Woodcroft in the early tenth century, near the Wyvern of Wye, and Skylar recognized the scene as an adventure from Gryffindor's youth.

Skylar learned that the Parseltongue School and the Sacred Remains School were about to fight a decisive battle, and grew eager to explore the era alongside famous young wizards. Gryffindor explained his ambition to unite wizarding schools, while the chapter ended before the battle began.

• Skylar recalled the ancient wizarding traditions led by Queen Maeve and Cliodna, then realized that Merlin, Morgan le Fay, and other future legends were around his age.
• Skylar reconsidered leaving the illusory world quickly and asked Gryffindor why the people nearby feared him and what battle was coming.
• Gryffindor identified Invincible Andros and Vile Herpo, then told Skylar that the Parseltongue School and the Sacred Remains School would fight to settle their grievances.
• Gryffindor said he wanted to end divisions between wizarding schools and create a place where they could coexist and share magical knowledge.

After returning from the Middle Ages, Skylar completed Gryffindor’s inheritance trial and gained a powerful fighting technique and Aslan as his summoned beast. He stayed away from dinner, leaving the other students to assume he was recovering.

• Skylar bid farewell to Helena Ravenclaw, Merlin, and the others as he vanished from the Middle Ages and returned to Gryffindor's Chamber of Secrets.
• Skylar reflected on Avalon, the Death God Sect, and Emeric the Evil before putting on the Lion's Roar Bracers and discovering a surge in his magical power.
• Skylar tested his enhanced spells, then learned from Aslan that the bracers contained Gryffindor's Heart of Valor and taught him Soaring Battle Intent.
• Aslan declared Skylar Gryffindor's heir, pledged to follow him, and became a summoned beast marked on Skylar's neck.
• Skylar missed dinner, while Daphne and Astoria stayed quiet and the students assumed he needed time to recover.

Skylar secretly entered St. Mungo's Hospital to visit the Janus Thickey Ward, where he used memory and control magic on Alice and Frank Longbottom to make them covert agents. He left Agnes untouched because controlling her might expose him.

• Skylar sneaked into St. Mungo's and reached the Janus Thickey Ward without alerting the staff.
• Skylar examined Alice and Frank Longbottom and concluded that their minds could not be restored through magical medicine.
• Skylar used Obliviate to erase the Longbottoms' past memories, then placed them under the Imperius Curse to use them for gathering intelligence.
• Skylar planted a mental trap that would force the Longbottoms into endless sleep if they resisted his control.
• Skylar considered controlling Agnes but decided the risk was too high and left the hospital.

After the school exams, Skylar learned that Susan had excelled academically and welcomed Dobby and Winky, who had captured Ludo Bagman. Skylar put Bagman into the Suitcase Space and searched his belongings, suspecting the Bagman family had ties to pure-blood supremacists.

• Skylar attended History of Magic and Alchemy, where Morrie earned an Outstanding in History of Magic and Nott, Draco, Daphne, Morrie, and Susan earned Outstandings in Alchemy.
• Skylar learned that Susan had also received Outstandings in History of Magic and Charms, and reflected on how the Sleeping Dragon Society had helped her flourish.
• Dobby and Winky told Skylar they had followed Bagman after he fled Hogwarts, waited outside his home, and stunned him when he finally came out.
• Skylar gave Bagman Draught of Living Death, bound him, placed him in the Suitcase Space, and searched his suitcase.
• Skylar found mostly Quidditch collectibles and suspected Bagman's father had supported pure-blood supremacy and maintained ties to Augustus Rookwood.

Skylar discovered a parchment listing Ministry officials who had secretly dealt with Death Eaters and resolved to reform the corrupt Ministry. He then traveled with Dobby to Bath to meet leaders of the Goblin Brotherhood, where Cross-eyed Bolrig demanded that he speak plainly.

• Skylar used Aparecium to reveal a list of Ministry officials who had collaborated with Death Eaters, including Bagman.
• Skylar kept the parchment and decided that reforming the Ministry would be the first step toward his larger ambition.
• Dobby told Skylar that he and Winky had arranged the meeting, and Skylar traveled with Dobby to Bath.
• Skylar met Cross-eyed Bolrig, Bowlegged Ragnok, and an unidentified goblin at the Green Goblin Tavern.
• Cross-eyed Bolrig warned Skylar that goblins had lost patience with wizard arrogance and demanded that he state his purpose directly.

Skylar met with goblin leaders Bolige, Ragnok, and Slak, offering them Ludo Bagman and proposing to repay his debt in exchange for friendly relations and business cooperation. He then began to reveal what had happened at Little Hangleton Graveyard, leaving the goblins poised to hear his account.

• Skylar calmly drank a goblin Earthspring Brew and earned the goblins' respect despite their initial pressure.
• Slak introduced himself as leader of the secret Goblin Subversion Group, known to wizards as the Green Demon.
• Skylar handed the goblins the unconscious Ludo Bagman, and Bolige explained Bagman's unpaid debt and their wish to collect it.
• Skylar warned the goblins that Voldemort had returned and asked how they would respond when he rebuilt his forces.
• Skylar offered to pay Bagman's debt and form equal business partnerships with the goblins, including selling magically defensive armor and amulets.
• Skylar asked the goblins whether they knew what had happened at Little Hangleton Graveyard three days earlier.

Skylar completed negotiations with Slak and the other goblins, securing their cooperation against Voldemort in exchange for profit, protection, and help advancing goblin interests. He gained Gringotts vault visitation rights, putting him in a position to retrieve Hufflepuff’s Cup, while planning to use a confidential Ministry list to advance his reforms.

• Slak recognized that Skylar had driven Voldemort away, and Skylar offered the goblins protection in exchange for an additional share of defensive gear profits and fighters for the coming war.
• Skylar asked Slak to help retrieve an object Voldemort had hidden in the Lestrange vault, and Slak promised to use his Gringotts connections and make the bank more accommodating to Skylar.
• Skylar revealed that he possessed a list of Ministry officials who had colluded with Death Eaters, and Slak promised the goblins’ friendship and cooperation in their shared plans.
• Skylar reflected that goblins were motivated by mutual profit rather than promises, and he concluded that his agreements had bound their interests to his own.
• Skylar gained Gringotts vault visitation rights, which would let him pursue Hufflepuff’s Cup before Voldemort could recover it.

After returning to Hogwarts, Skylar learned that Centaurs had killed former professor Kettleburn, sparking public concern and conflict with the school. As the year’s lessons and grades showed Slytherin’s growing academic dominance, Skylar warned his companions to avoid the Forbidden Forest and left Quidditch preparations to Draco.

• Skylar returned to Hogwarts from Bath, ate snacks, and went to sleep after reflecting on the burdens of power and responsibility.
• Daphne told Skylar that Kettleburn had been killed by Centaurs and that Dumbledore had been turned away while investigating; Skylar told their companions to stay away from the Forbidden Forest.
• Professor McGonagall criticized Goyle, Crabbe, and Justin in Transfiguration and praised Draco, Daphne, and Susan, whose progress had impressed Ernie and Zacharias.
• Professor Flitwick taught Charms, while Skylar remained the only student in their year invited to join the Charms Club.
• At lunch, Astoria announced she expected to rank first, the Carrow Sisters reported second and third, and Skylar noted Slytherin’s strong grades across the year groups.
• Skylar left Slytherin’s Quidditch efforts to Draco, whom he trusted to lead the team and whose Wronski Feint he believed could match Krum’s.