Chapter Summaries

Skylar secured the Hohenheim Family’s withdrawal from the world and traveled through Germany to Denmark to learn Apparition before the coming battle. The chapter ended with him seeking out Denmark’s Apparition examiner.

• Skylar became the Secret-Keeper for Hohenheim Manor, and the family concealed their home with the Fidelius Charm.
• Skylar asked Gregorovitch to craft him a private backup wand before leaving Hohenheim Manor.
• Skylar used the German Ministry of Magic’s international Floo Network to travel to Denmark.
• Skylar registered his wand at the Danish Ministry of Magic and asked to meet its Apparition examiner.
• Skylar sought supervised Apparition lessons and an examination because he needed the skill for travel and combat before the enemy’s imminent attack.

Skylar learned Apparition in one attempt, earned an internationally recognized qualification, and practiced until he could Apparate hundreds of miles in seconds. Professor Jackson reported his impossible feat to Director Alstron, who became alarmed when he learned Skylar had Apparated without making a sound.

• Professor Jackson taught Skylar the three Ds of Apparition, and Skylar successfully Apparated into the wooden hoop on his first try.
• Skylar explained that he had only experienced Side-Along Apparition before, while Professor Jackson suspected he might be a wizard who did not belong to this world.
• Professor Jackson gave Skylar his Apparition certificate, and Skylar practiced precise short-distance Apparition before traveling more than three hundred and eighty miles to the German Ministry of Magic and back in six seconds.
• Professor Jackson told Alstron that Skylar had mastered Apparition immediately and suggested he matched a Danish legend about a demon reincarnated.
• Alstron asked whether Skylar had made a sound while Apparating, and Professor Jackson realized that Skylar had made none.

The chapter reviewed Skylar’s gains during the first half of summer and how Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Pansy, Daphne, Astoria, Morrie, and Luna spent their holidays. It then followed Skylar as he boarded Durmstrang’s Ghost Ship, where a suspicious prefect attacked him before a woman named Savannah arrived to investigate.

• Skylar’s summer accomplishments included forging alliances, gaining control over Percy Weasley, and securing Grindelwald’s promise to fight the Death God Sect with him.
• Harry remained isolated at Number 4 Privet Drive, while Ron and Hermione helped clean 12 Grimmauld Place; Draco and Pansy trained for Quidditch, and Daphne, Astoria, Morrie, and Luna practiced combat at Greengrass Manor.
• Skylar reached an abandoned harbor in Aalborg and boarded Durmstrang’s Ghost Ship among students returning early for extra study.
• Kristof challenged Skylar’s identity and led him into a room, where he launched a surprise attack that Skylar effortlessly defeated.
• Skylar revealed the Durmstrang crest plaque given to him by Karkaroff, and Kristof’s group hesitated over how to verify it.
• Savannah arrived, rebuked Kristof and the other prefects, and asked what had happened.

Skylar revealed himself as a guest invited by Karkaroff after Durmstrang students challenged him, and Savannah escorted him to the guest reception room. After two days at sea, the Ghost Ship approached an uncharted island in the northern North Sea, where a strange fog appeared and left Skylar surprised by what happened next.

• Skylar told Savannah he was a Malfoy invited by Karkaroff and warned the students not to provoke him.
• Skylar’s overwhelming magical pressure forced the boys who had confronted him to their knees, and the students recognized him as the Triwizard Tournament champion.
• Savannah shielded the students, accepted Skylar’s plaque as genuine, and escorted him to the guest reception room.
• Skylar spent two days reading in his private guest room while the Ghost Ship stopped at ports in Sweden and Norway to take on students.
• The Ghost Ship approached an uncharted island in the northern North Sea, and a strange fog appeared around it.

Skylar arrived at Durmstrang after the Ghost Ship crossed a magical mirror barrier beneath the sea and emerged through the ice of a frozen lake. Karkaroff welcomed him nervously, promised to discipline the students who had offended him, and offered to show him the school.

• The Ghost Ship sank beneath the sea and crossed a magical barrier where sky and seabed appeared to exchange places.
• The vessel emerged through the ice of a frozen lake, and Skylar saw Durmstrang Castle in the surrounding mountains.
• Dwarves secured the Ghost Ship at the harbor as the students disembarked and Skylar followed at the end.
• Karkaroff hurried to the harbor to meet Skylar, anxious about the students' earlier near-conflict with him.
• Skylar remarked that the students lacked proper etiquette, and Karkaroff promised to discipline them.
• Skylar asked whether Durmstrang could show its true splendor, and Karkaroff offered him access to everything.

Skylar toured Durmstrang with Karkaroff, learning about the castle and its dueling culture while investigating its history. Karkaroff led him to the Headmaster’s office after Skylar ordered him not to seriously injure the students who had offended him.

• Karkaroff showed Skylar Durmstrang’s enchanted lawn and arranged for Kristof and his companions to be taken away for punishment.
• Skylar examined the statues of Nerida Vulchanova and Hafang Monte, noting that investigating Nerida’s suspicious death was one reason he had come to Durmstrang.
• Karkaroff showed Skylar the gloomy Great Hall and explained its combat rankings, where Sephiris Ludkia ranked first and Kristof ranked third.
• Skylar and Karkaroff took the floating stone passage toward the Headmaster’s office, and Skylar told Karkaroff not to let the punishment of the students go too far.
• Karkaroff promised to send the punished students to the school hospital, then led Skylar through a hidden staircase and into the Headmaster’s office.

Skylar met Durmstrang’s trusted staff, settled into the castle, and explored its distinctive food, surroundings, and magical creatures. Karkaroff gave him the unfinished Ghost Ship, which Skylar named the Sleeping Dragon.

• Karkaroff introduced Skylar to Professor Helmut and Bath, who pledged their loyalty, and Skylar accepted Karkaroff’s toast to their cooperation.
• Skylar moved into a guest room and spent the following days exploring Durmstrang and sampling its food and drink.
• Karkaroff explained the history and abilities of Durmstrang’s unfinished Ghost Ship, then gave it to Skylar, who named it the Sleeping Dragon.
• Skylar spotted the guardian Selma sea serpent beneath the ice lake.
• Skylar visited the hunting grounds and learned about its Leucrottas, double-headed eagles, and Bicorns.

Skylar copied every Dark Arts book in Durmstrang’s Restricted Section and continued exploring the castle and its grounds. He discovered Grindelwald’s enduring mark by the library, then relaxed aboard the Sleeping Dragon before flying it over the northern mountains.

• Skylar used enchanted automatic quills and specially made ink to copy the Restricted Section’s Dark Arts books and add them to his private collection.
• Skylar investigated Durmstrang’s history and noticed Grindelwald’s Deathly Hallows mark, whose ancient magic remained fused to the library wall.
• Skylar fished from the Sleeping Dragon on the icy lake, spotted a Golden Salmon, and reflected on making more time for his girlfriends.
• Skylar lifted the Sleeping Dragon into the air and flew north over Durmstrang’s snowy forests, valleys, and mountains.

During his stay at Durmstrang, Skylar advanced his Dark Arts studies while monitoring upheaval in Britain. Dumbledore lost his influential posts, Arthur Weasley was convicted and dismissed, and Ministry reforms strengthened Albert Runcorn’s control over evidence while secretly benefiting Skylar.

• Skylar spent three days exploring Durmstrang and studying the Dark Arts with Professor Helmut, though he made no progress on Nerida Vulchanova’s Chamber of Secrets.
• Dumbledore was stripped of his Wizengamot and International Confederation of Wizards positions, while he began secretly preparing a passage between the Hog’s Head Inn and Hogwarts.
• Arthur Weasley was convicted of abusing his office, fined ten thousand Galleons, and dismissed from the Ministry; Percy Weasley reported him and confiscated the family heirlooms, which were secretly transferred to Skylar.
• Amelia Bones reorganized law enforcement and created the Forbidden Magical Products Identification Department under Albert Runcorn, giving Skylar a route to obtain confiscated Dark Arts items.
• Willy Widdershins and Willy Wagstaff were arrested for separate crimes and each received a six-month sentence in Azkaban.

Skylar deciphered the clues to Nerida Vulchanova’s Chamber and found Nerida’s soul imprisoned in a cursed mirror. Nerida revealed that her successor, Hafang Monte, had cursed and trapped her, leaving Skylar to face the truth behind the chamber’s secret.

• Skylar followed the Black Knight to an abandoned classroom and found the warning, “The path to wisdom requires abandoning convention,” carved into a statue’s scepter.
• Skylar searched the entrance hall at midnight, discovered the “Vanishing Staircase” clue on the seventh step, and entered a hidden passage by imagining the stairs descending.
• Skylar followed the passage to Nerida Vulchanova’s Chamber and passed its protective barrier by dispelling his Dark Arts aura.
• Skylar approached the chamber’s ancient mirror and met Nerida Vulchanova’s weakened soul.
• Nerida told Skylar that Hafang Monte, her successor and Durmstrang’s second headmaster, had cursed her soul and imprisoned it in the mirror.

Skylar agreed to free Nalida’s soul from the cursed mirror in exchange for the complete contents of Abatair, and began deciphering its runes. Meanwhile, Augusta Longbottom, Muriel Prewett, and Gerlsta discussed the Pure-Blood Enlightenment Faction’s decline and considered how Harry Potter might strengthen it.

• Nalida revealed that she had sealed Abatair inside her soul and offered its complete contents in exchange for Skylar freeing her.
• Skylar accepted Nalida’s offer, claimed the secrets of Abatair for himself, and began deciphering the mirror’s runes.
• Augusta, Muriel, and Gerlsta discussed the Ministry’s growing hostility, the threat of war, and the losses weakening their faction.
• Muriel complained that Arthur Weasley had lost his job and faced a huge fine, and revealed that Percy had reported him.
• The three elders judged the younger generation’s prospects and discussed using Ron’s friendship with Harry and Neville’s connection to him to bring Harry into their camp.

Augusta, Muriel, and Gerlsta agreed on two strategies to revive the Pure-Blood Enlightenment Faction: recruit neutral families and elevate promising members of branch families. Skylar freed Nerida Vulchanova and obtained the fifth volume of Abatair, then learned from Karkaroff that the Black Knight had never existed at Durmstrang.

• Augusta, Muriel, and Gerlsta weighed whether to keep backing Dumbledore as Skylar Malfoy and the Malfoy-aligned families gained strength.
• Augusta proposed recruiting neutral families and bringing capable branch-family members into the Pure-Blood Enlightenment Faction, and Muriel and Gerlsta agreed.
• Muriel, Augusta, and Gerlsta identified Gawain Weasley, Mafalda Prewett, Lancelot Prewett, Doug Longbottom, and Milo Morn as promising candidates.
• Skylar broke the magic on the mirror, freed Nerida Vulchanova, and received the fifth volume of Abatair, titled "Curse Mark."
• Skylar asked Karkaroff about the Black Knight, and Karkaroff said there had never been such a ghost at Durmstrang.

Skylar explored Arendelle and met influential business and military figures from Northern Europe and Germany at the Blizzard Tavern. He secured new allies and investments in two farms, establishing his first foothold in the region.

• Skylar explored Arendelle and rode the Ice Crystal Palace’s ice slide several times.
• Karkaroff introduced Skylar to Agnan, Fleri, Geze Vogel, Carl, Magina, and Ji Lufan at the Blizzard Tavern.
• Skylar impressed the guests with his confidence and discussed his engagement to Eleanor and possible future ventures in the Black Forest.
• Skylar agreed to invest 8,000 Galleons each in Agnan’s Swedish Dragon Breeding Farm and Fleri’s Norwegian Golden Salmon Farm, helping them enter the British and French markets.
• Skylar acquired one-fifth of the Swedish Dragon Breeding Farm and one-quarter of the Norwegian Golden Salmon Farm, gaining allies and influence in Northern Europe.

Harry heard an Apparition crack at the Dursleys’ house and escaped after Mr. Dursley grabbed him. In Knockturn Alley, Night Cat and her allies trapped Mundungus Fletcher, leaving him immobilized and in their power.

• Harry listened to the Muggle news from the flower bed outside Number Four Privet Drive.
• An Apparition crack sounded inside the Dursleys’ sitting room, and Harry escaped after magic blasted Mr. Dursley’s hands away.
• Mundungus arrived in Knockturn Alley to buy cauldrons and learned that Night Cat had taken over the deal from Hebor.
• Bathory and Hag Annis appeared and helped Night Cat spring a trap on Mundungus.
• Bathory used Shadow Binding Technique to immobilize Mundungus and broke his wrist, while Hag Annis forced him to look into her eyes.

After studying Abatair, Skylar received an urgent report detailing Harry’s Ministry trial and the Order of the Phoenix’s members, including a powerful reassembled First Order. With Hagrid’s group nearing contact with the Giants and a summons for August 12, Skylar prepared to return to Great Britain.

• Skylar studied Abatair and discovered curse marks that could enhance the magic of eligible Sleeping Dragon Society members.
• Skylar read that Harry had driven off Dementors on Privet Drive and faced a Ministry trial on August 12 after Dumbledore prevented his expulsion.
• Night Cat reported that Bathory and Annis had captured Mundungus, extracted his memories, erased them, and sent him to North America.
• Skylar learned Mundungus had revealed the Order of the Phoenix roster, including six unfamiliar members and the reassembled First Order led by figures such as Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein.
• Skylar learned that the Order’s ranks also included a low-profile Potter Family branch and the Asian battle mage Liu Tao.
• Skylar received Fleur’s report that Hagrid’s group would contact the Giants the next morning, along with a Ministry summons requiring him to attend Harry’s trial on August 12.

Skylar prepared to leave Durmstrang after securing books, allies, and other valuable gains, while Karkaroff offered his adopted daughter Savannah as an assistant. Learning of Savannah’s rare language skills and talent as a tactical puppet master, Skylar reconsidered his initial reluctance to take her with him.

• Skylar told Karkaroff that Voldemort’s Death Eaters had been defeated and urged him to strengthen Durmstrang and cultivate loyal students.
• Karkaroff introduced Savannah and asked Skylar to take her as his maid and assistant.
• Karkaroff described Savannah’s administrative expertise, fluency in ten languages, and mastery of several non-human languages.
• Karkaroff revealed that Savannah had won the previous Global International Wizard's Chess tournament and could command three skeletal puppets through Mental Splitting.
• Skylar assessed Savannah’s tactical skill and recognized her abilities as part of the Puppet Master lineage.

Skylar accepted Savannah as his loyal maid and appointed her Maid of Secrets, assigning her to manage intelligence from Germany, Northern Europe, and Eastern Europe. He then arrived at Delacour Manor, where allied forces were assembled and preparing to depart by Portkey.

• Savannah pledged absolute loyalty to Skylar, and Karkaroff offered her to serve him.
• Skylar appointed Savannah Maid of Secrets and assigned her to live at Ella Cottage and handle intelligence and correspondence.
• Skylar and Savannah traveled by fireplace to Delacour Manor in France.
• Skylar joined Sarf, Latifa, the French allied families' guards, and twenty Silver Spear Battle Mages led by Désirée Akahart.
• Mr. Delacour announced that the Portkey would activate in three minutes, and the assembled group touched the glowing Portkeys to depart.

Hagrid, Madame Maxime, and Fleur reached the giants’ hidden valley and offered the Gurg Dumbledore’s Gubraithian Fire, but a rival giant’s challenge sparked a fight and hooded wizards surrounded them. Skylar and the others arrived at their cave, spotted Fleur in danger, and Apparated to help.

• Hagrid, Madame Maxime, and Fleur crossed the Ural Mountains and found the last giant tribe, while Fleur secretly sent a confidential message through a Two-Way Mirror.
• Hagrid presented the Gurg with Dumbledore’s Gubraithian Fire and asked him to meet more envoys the next day.
• A hostile giant confronted the Gurg, and the two giants began fighting as Hagrid, Madame Maxime, and Fleur tried to leave.
• Black-robed wizards surrounded Hagrid’s group while the giants fought nearby.
• Skylar and the others arrived at the cave, saw Fleur surrounded by cloaked wizards, and Apparated to rescue her, leaving Sarf and Latifa behind.

Skylar rescued Fleur and led his forces in an ambush that wiped out the Shadow of the Magic Dragon wizards sent to recruit the giants. He killed Morganton, the man who had abducted Meredith, while Hagrid and Maxime escaped the fighting and the battle between Golgomath and Karkus remained unresolved.

• Fleur was separated from Hagrid and Madame Maxime while four dark wizards pursued her, but Skylar arrived and defeated them.
• Skylar rescued Fleur and Apparated with her to rendezvous with Mr. Delacour.
• Hagrid and Maxime regrouped but, wounded and exhausted, Apparated away as the dark wizards focused on the giants and Golgomath’s fight against Karkus.
• Skylar’s forces ambushed the remaining dark wizards, who used black-mist magic to break through the encirclement.
• Skylar blocked the survivors from Apparating and trapped them in Fiendfyre Blaze, killing Morganton and wiping out all twenty-four members of the Shadow of the Magic Dragon group.

Skylar and his allies defeated the dark wizards, then intervened in the giants’ battle to stop Golgomath from killing Karkus. After Skylar repelled Golgomath’s magical warhammer and his forces subdued the giants, Golgomath surrendered and the surviving giants followed.

• Mr. Delacour reunited with Fleur and thanked Skylar, while Latifa treated the wounded and Sarf supplied potions for the fighters.
• Skylar learned that Karkus was close to defeat and ordered his forces to rest before intervening in the giants’ battle.
• Skylar struck the battlefield with a powerful white fireball, and Savannah demanded in giant language that both sides stop fighting.
• Golgomath argued that wizard oppression had driven the giants into conflict, then hurled a tracking warhammer at Skylar.
• Skylar destroyed the attack’s momentum with his Whirling Wind, Raging Thunder spell as the wizards subdued the giants around him.
• Skylar challenged Golgomath to a duel, but Golgomath knelt in submission, and the remaining giants surrendered.