Chapter Summaries

Silvan showed Garrick Ollivander a living wand that devoured other wand cores, and Garrick warned him that it was dangerously powerful. Later, Silvan met Harry and the others before the third task and saw his parents arrive with Professor Sprout and Madame Maxime.

• Garrick tested Silvan's green wand and felt it surge violently when he began casting Avada Kedavra.
• Garrick warned Silvan that the wand could let even a young child kill an adult wizard, and advised him not to use it.
• Garrick returned the wand to Silvan, said it might have a future purpose, and left to attend to other business.
• Silvan met Harry and the others after their exams and answered Harry's questions about his parents attending the competition.
• Professor Sprout arrived with Garian, Lila, and Madame Maxime, who chatted with Silvan's parents like old friends.
• Harry joked with Silvan that they could have split the Triwizard Tournament prize if Harry had been Champion.

A Witch Weekly article by Rita Skeeter accused Ludo Bagman of conspiring with Karkaroff and Krum, then claimed Karkaroff had plotted an attack on another Triwizard judge. Karkaroff angrily denied the allegations in Dumbledore’s office as the final task approached.

• Lavender Brown showed Silvan and the others Rita Skeeter’s article and photograph of Ludo Bagman meeting Karkaroff and Krum at the Hog’s Head Inn.
• Students debated whether Bagman had favored Krum, while Hermione found another report alleging Karkaroff had sent a Durmstrang professor to target a Ministry judge.
• Karkaroff furiously called the article slander and threatened to duel Rita Skeeter and complain to the Ministry.
• Dumbledore told Karkaroff to discuss the matter with Minister Fudge, who was due to arrive soon.

As the final task approached, Silvan and the other Champions prepared to leave for the Quidditch pitch while the judges faced scrutiny over the tournament’s recent scandal. The chapter ended with Fleur asking Silvan if he was nervous, interrupting Bagman as he tried to speak to him.

• Fudge arrived at Hogwarts with Percy and Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, then went to Dumbledore’s office while Fred and George tried unsuccessfully to spy on them.
• Hermione explained that the magical contract meant the Triwizard Tournament would continue, and the students began their final exams.
• Silvan saw the Weasley twins sell their remaining Omnioculars to Slytherins, including Malfoy, who passed his pair to Crabbe and Goyle.
• Dumbledore announced that the Champions would go with Bagman to the grounds, and the Gryffindors applauded Silvan as he left with Fleur Delacour and Krum.
• Fleur ignored Bagman’s attempts to explain himself, then turned to ask Silvan whether he was nervous.

Silvan, Fleur, and Krum discussed Bagman’s attempted assistance before entering the third task’s maze. After Krum destroyed Bagman’s map and Silvan said it showed a fake route, the Champions took their positions as the professors prepared to patrol outside.

• Fleur asked Silvan why he had chosen Hogwarts, and he said his grandfather had attended and he wanted to find wand-making materials.
• Krum insisted he had refused Bagman’s help, then revealed and burned a map Bagman had given him without opening it.
• Silvan said Bagman’s map showed a fake maze route, but he was interrupted when the students arrived.
• The Champions entered the maze entrance as Fudge sat in the judges’ stand and Bagman took over commentary.
• McGonagall told the Champions to fire red sparks if they needed rescue, then she and the other professors spread out to patrol the maze.

Silvan entered the third Triwizard task and used a glowing unicorn to light his way through the maze. When a Boggart approached him, the unicorn passed through it and made it vanish.

• Ludo Bagman announced that Silvan Ollivander led with 78 points, ahead of Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum, and Silvan entered the maze first.
• Silvan summoned a blue-glowing unicorn that lit the maze and helped him scout as he navigated its paths.
• After more than ten minutes without reaching the maze’s center or meeting an obstacle, Silvan sensed something behind him and turned around.
• Hermione identified the approaching black mist as a Boggart while Ron and the Gryffindors tried to warn Silvan from the stands.
• The unicorn moved in front of the Boggart and passed through it, causing the creature to melt away.

Silvan made his way through the maze, easily defeating a Blast-Ended Skrewt and discovering that it contained increasingly difficult magical traps. After the unicorn soul led him through a mirror illusion, he escaped and continued deeper into the maze.

• The stands argued over Silvan destroying a Boggart with the unicorn soul, and Silvan continued through the maze.
• Silvan lifted a Blast-Ended Skrewt with Aguamenti, causing it to go limp, while spectators debated whether his knowledge gave him an unfair advantage.
• The stands heard Fleur Delacour scream, but Silvan found no red sparks and continued toward the maze's center.
• Silvan used Point Me to navigate the maze and overcame a golden-mist trap that made the world appear upside down.
• Silvan became trapped among mirrors created by purple mist, then followed the unicorn soul, which the mirrors could not reflect, until the illusion shattered.

Silvan navigated the maze’s mirror trap and fought Red Caps with repeated Stunning Spells, switching wands as he went. In the stands, spectators discussed his unusual wandmaking ability while the foreign judges questioned Dumbledore about it.

• Silvan realized the mirror trap had concealed a circular maze with seven wrong paths, then continued through the maze.
• Silvan encountered Red Caps and used the unicorn’s soul as a light before stunning the creatures with another wand.
• Spectators noticed Silvan changing wands, and Fred and George explained that he could use wands he made himself.
• George said Silvan could make powerful, personally suited wands using a wizard’s hair, prompting discussion among the foreign students.
• Madame Maxime asked Dumbledore about Silvan’s wandmaking, and Dumbledore confirmed his exceptional talent.

The judges debated whether Silvan’s use of self-made wands in the maze counted as cheating, while the spectators watched him outpace the other Champions. Silvan continued toward the Triwizard Cup, and Harry and Ron wondered whether his unicorn spell resembled a Patronus.

• Karkaroff accused Silvan of cheating by using power that was not his, but Dumbledore and Fudge defended Silvan’s use of wands he had made himself.
• Percy supported Fudge’s position and suggested Karkaroff objected because the wands hindered Durmstrang’s chances, prompting Fudge to remind Percy to be courteous to their guest.
• Madame Maxime questioned Dumbledore about Silvan’s wands and learned that McGonagall and Hagrid also used them, while Garrick Ollivander privately worried about the effect on his wandmaking reputation.
• Krum became trapped turning in circles, while Fleur fled two Blast-Ended Skrewts toward Devil’s Snare and risked having to withdraw.
• Silvan used a variety of spells as he steadily found his way toward the maze’s center, drawing most of the audience’s attention.
• Harry and Ron thought Silvan’s unicorn spell resembled the Patronus Charm, but Hermione said magical creatures could not be Patronuses.

Silvan reached the Triwizard Cup but found a Sphinx blocking the path and failed to answer its riddle correctly. After the Sphinx attacked and its roar made him drowsy, a brilliant blue light passed through Silvan and jolted him awake.

• Silvan used the unicorn's guidance to avoid dangers and traps as he neared the center of the maze.
• Silvan spotted the blue Triwizard Cup and encountered a Sphinx guarding the path.
• The Sphinx challenged Silvan to solve its riddle, and Silvan guessed that the answer was water, or a river.
• The Sphinx lunged at Silvan, but he blinded it with Lumos and dodged its attack.
• The Sphinx roared, making Silvan drowsy, before a brilliant blue light passed through him and startled him awake.

Silvan defeated the Sphinx in the maze by trapping it with softened ground and transformed hedges, then collected its tail hairs as he continued toward the Triwizard Cup. Fudge praised the competition and Percy’s devotion to his work, while Silvan’s family celebrated his safe victory over the obstacle.

• Dumbledore told Fudge, Karkaroff, and Maxime that Silvan had invented Unicorn Magic himself, and Maxime watched Fleur withdraw from the maze before McGonagall rescued her.
• Silvan’s Stupefy spell failed against the Sphinx, so he softened the ground beneath it and used transformed hedges to bind it.
• Silvan told the Sphinx that Devil’s Snare was nearby, and the Sphinx allowed him to pass after admitting it could not kill him without dying too.
• Silvan collected five Sphinx tail hairs, while Garrick praised their value for wand-making and Garian and Lila cheered his victory.
• Fudge praised the competition and Percy's work ethic, then joked that people might accuse him of exploiting Ministry employees.

Barty Crouch Sr. arrived at Azkaban with Ministry authorization and requested that three imprisoned Death Eaters be released for retrial. The guard accepted the order and entered the prison to retrieve them, while Crouch waited outside.

• Barty Crouch Sr. arrived at Azkaban, where the guards checked his identity and examined a Ministry notice bearing Cornelius Fudge’s signature.
• A guard read the order naming Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, and Antonin Dolohov, and questioned Crouch’s request to take them away.
• Barty Crouch Sr. explained that the Ministry would retry prisoners who had been sent to Azkaban without trial after Sirius Black’s wrongful imprisonment came to light.
• The guard agreed to retrieve the three prisoners, and Barty Crouch Sr. stayed outside while the guard entered Azkaban.

Silvan Ollivander overcame the maze’s final obstacles and reached the Triwizard Cup, which transported him out of the maze. He emerged on the Quidditch pitch to cheers as Hogwarts was declared the champion.

• Barty Crouch Sr. left Azkaban by boat with three prisoners, watched by two Dementors, while a guard reflected on Sirius Black’s innocence.
• Ludo Bagman announced that Silvan had trapped the Sphinx with Transfiguration and Devil’s Snare and was nearly at the Triwizard Cup.
• An Acromantula charged at Silvan but fled in terror after sensing the Basilisk aura from his [Snake Eye] ring.
• Silvan reached the Triwizard Cup and discovered that it was a Portkey that transported him out of the maze.
• Fireworks lit the Quidditch pitch as the crowd cheered Silvan’s victory and declared Hogwarts the champion.

Silvan Ollivander celebrated winning the Triwizard Tournament while recovering in a temporary infirmary. He explained his encounter with the Sphinx to Hermione, Harry, and Ron as they waited for the other Champion to leave the maze.

• Fudge congratulated Silvan on winning the tournament, and Dumbledore signaled for the remaining Champion to be brought out of the maze.
• Madam Pomfrey took Silvan to the infirmary and treated him despite his insistence that he was uninjured.
• Hermione, Harry, and Ron joined Silvan, and Hermione identified the Sphinx’s riddle answer as time through wordplay involving the letter T.
• Silvan said he had chosen river instead of time, and he credited the Devil's Snare in the maze with helping him defeat the Sphinx.
• Harry recalled that Fleur had failed to use Devil's Snare against the Blast-Ended Skrewt and had become tangled in it herself.

After winning the Triwizard Tournament, Silvan accepted his prize at an elaborate ceremony while Professor McGonagall asked him to keep the Triwizard Cup at Hogwarts. Minister Fudge was interrupted by Scrimgeour, who delivered alarming news that left Fudge panicked and rushing back to the Ministry.

• Harry explained that Fleur had been eliminated after her fire spell enraged Blast-Ended Skrewts, while Ron revealed that Krum had spent the task trapped in brown mist.
• Professor McGonagall led Silvan to the awards platform, where she asked him to leave the Triwizard Cup at Hogwarts if Fudge requested it for the Ministry.
• Silvan agreed to keep the Cup at Hogwarts and accepted the one thousand Galleons prize from Fudge.
• Fudge gave a long speech before handing Silvan the prize and beginning to raise another matter.
• Scrimgeour whispered urgent news to Fudge, who turned pale, nearly collapsed, and hurried back to the Ministry with his Hit Wizards.

Scrimgeour arrested Percy after learning that he had worked as Barty Crouch’s assistant, leaving the Weasleys stunned by the possibility that Percy was a Death Eater. After the ceremony ended, Ron punched Malfoy for insulting his family, and the Gryffindors and Slytherins faced off.

• Percy said he was Barty Crouch’s assistant, so Scrimgeour bound him and took his wand.
• Moody warned the Weasleys that Aurors used the binding spell to escort dangerous criminals, and Mrs. Weasley fainted when he mentioned Death Eaters.
• Scrimgeour left the pitch with Percy, bringing the award ceremony to an abrupt end.
• Karkaroff gloated over the apparent trouble in Britain, while Dumbledore invited everyone back to the castle for the feast.
• Malfoy accused the Weasleys of being Death Eaters, and Ron punched him, knocking out two of his teeth.
• Fred and George stood between Ron and Malfoy as Gryffindor and Slytherin students gathered for a confrontation.

After Snape punished Ron and the twins for their fight with Malfoy, Dumbledore sent Snape to the Ministry to investigate Percy’s arrest. Silvan suspected Barty Crouch Jr. had caused it and went to the Owlery to contact Rita Skeeter.

• Snape blamed Ron for attacking Malfoy and took two hundred points from Gryffindor, then deducted five hundred more after Fred and George insulted him.
• Dumbledore asked Snape to go to the Ministry to find out what had happened, and Snape agreed before leaving Hogwarts.
• Fred and George warned Malfoy and went to the Hospital Wing to visit Mrs. Weasley, while Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny followed.
• Silvan told Harry and Hermione that Dumbledore had barred other students from visiting Mrs. Weasley to protect her from possible retaliation.
• At dinner, Silvan recalled that Scrimgeour arrested Percy after hearing Barty Crouch’s name and suspected Barty Crouch Jr. was behind it.
• Silvan decided Rita Skeeter might know something about Crouch and left for the Owlery.

Silvan struggled to escape the attention he received as Triwizard Tournament champion, then joined Harry and Hermione to check on Ron and Ginny. They overheard Snape tell Dumbledore that he had been barred from the Ministry of Magic, but Dumbledore revealed that the Weasleys had already gone home.

• Students crowded around Silvan for congratulations and autographs, so Harry and Hermione helped him escape through a secret passage.
• Silvan asked about Ron and learned that neither Ron nor Ginny had returned, so the trio headed for the Hospital Wing with Harry's Invisibility Cloak.
• Harry, Hermione, and Silvan overheard Snape tell Dumbledore that Ministry officials had blocked his access and that Dumbledore had heard of a possible problem at Azkaban.
• Harry accidentally made a noise, and Snape caught the three of them eavesdropping.
• Dumbledore told Harry that Molly and the Weasley children had left for home to learn Percy’s condition, and Harry learned that Ron and the others had gone with them.

Silvan, Harry, and Hermione learned from Rita Skeeter’s article that Barty Crouch had taken three Death Eaters, including Bellatrix Lestrange, from Azkaban. Silvan realized Barty Crouch Jr. had impersonated his father and understood why Percy was in danger of being treated as an accomplice.

• Snape complained that Harry, Hermione, and Silvan had been eavesdropping, but Dumbledore said he could not punish them after the exams had ended.
• Hermione connected Snape’s night outside the Ministry to the crisis affecting Mr. Weasley and Percy.
• Silvan received no letter from his contact, then read Rita Skeeter’s article claiming Barty Crouch had taken three Death Eaters from Azkaban.
• Hermione questioned the legality of moving the prisoners, and Silvan said the situation had gone beyond wizarding law.
• Silvan concluded that Barty Crouch Jr. had impersonated his father to free the Death Eaters and realized Percy could be suspected because of his closeness to Crouch.

Fudge discovered that Barty Crouch had used a document bearing his signature to free three Death Eaters from Azkaban. He decided to blame Crouch publicly and have Rita Skeeter publish the Ministry’s version of events.

• Fudge learned that the news of the prisoners’ escape had reached the newspapers despite his efforts to suppress it.
• Fudge remembered signing a document Barty Crouch had given him and realized it had authorized the Azkaban release.
• Umbridge told Fudge that letters were arriving and that Hit Wizards were watching Rita Skeeter’s home.
• Fudge rejected Umbridge’s suggestion to call the report false and ordered her to tell the Daily Prophet that Crouch had forged his signature and betrayed the Ministry.
• Fudge and Umbridge constructed a story that Crouch freed the Death Eaters to avenge his son’s death, and Fudge instructed her to get Rita Skeeter to publish it, even if she did not write it herself.

After the Daily Prophet reported that Barty Crouch had defected and helped three Death Eaters escape, Hogwarts was shaken by fear and suspicion. Karkaroff panicked about the escaped Death Eaters seeking revenge and dragged Snape away to talk.

• Silvan read the Ministry's wanted notices for Barty Crouch, Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, and Antonin Dolohov in the Daily Prophet.
• Neville was horrified by Bellatrix's photograph while students argued over whether Crouch had betrayed the Ministry or been controlled by the Imperius Curse.
• The teachers and students reacted grimly to news of the escape, and Karkaroff hurried after Snape, fearing the escaped Death Eaters would come for them.
• Snape dismissed Karkaroff's panic and tried to make Harry take a potion, so Silvan helped Harry pretend his foot hurt and leave.
• Silvan caught up with Harry and explained that Karkaroff feared the Death Eaters would seek revenge because he had betrayed them.