Chapter Summaries

The Death Eaters retaliated against the Aurors’ raids by terrorizing Muggles across Britain, confirming Voldemort’s return to the wizarding world. After Voldemort threatened the Ministry to free imprisoned Death Eaters, Bones’s standing rose until she effectively sidelined Fudge.

• Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Theodore Nott, and other Slytherins blamed Harry Potter for their relatives’ imprisonment and were shunned at Hogwarts.
• The Death Eaters caused a week of deadly disasters targeting Muggles across Britain, forcing the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes and the Aurors to cover up the magical evidence.
• Hermione read the Daily Prophet’s report that Voldemort had claimed responsibility for the attacks and threatened further massacres unless the Ministry freed the imprisoned Death Eaters.
• Cornelius Fudge rejected Voldemort’s demand, while Bones gained political support and effectively sidelined him.

After the Ministry’s Aurors foiled many of Voldemort’s attacks and captured dozens of Death Eaters, Ye Ting explained the Dark Lord’s weakened position to Hermione, Cho Chang, and Luna at Hogwarts. He warned them that Voldemort would act again soon, and Luna persuaded Ye Ting to let her join the coming confrontation under his protection.

• Voldemort’s Death Eaters destroyed Brogdale Bridge and sent giants to attack Muggles in southwest Britain, while the Ministry struggled to cover up the damage.
• The Aurors used their surveillance plans to prevent many attacks and arrest dozens of Death Eaters, though some escaped and Aurors were injured.
• Ye Ting’s preparations had helped weaken Voldemort, whose remaining forces included about a hundred Death Eaters, Fenrir Greyback’s werewolves, and Karkus’s giants.
• At breakfast, Ye Ting told Hermione, Cho Chang, and Luna that Voldemort’s arrogance meant he would act again soon.
• Hermione and Cho Chang prepared to fight the Death Eaters, and Luna asked to join them; Ye Ting agreed on condition that she stay beside him or with Hermione and Cho.

Bones secretly prepared Azkaban for a mass breakout by replacing its Aurors with Patronus-casters and hiding an elite force led by Rufus Scrimgeour. With Ye Ting's foresight guiding the trap, Azkaban awaited Voldemort and the Dementors' attack.

• The chapter explained Azkaban's history and how Dementors became its guards.
• After Voldemort returned, the Dementors rebelled and joined his side, while his imprisoned followers awaited rescue.
• Bones secretly replaced Azkaban's Aurors with Patronus-casters and later hid elite Aurors led by Rufus Scrimgeour there.
• Voldemort was forced to attack Azkaban himself to free more than a hundred Death Eaters and their associates.
• Ye Ting used his knowledge of Voldemort's plans to help turn Azkaban into a trap waiting for the Dark Lord.

Azkaban’s Aurors discussed Voldemort’s ultimatum, their recent victories, and the danger that he might recruit the Dementors. Their patrol discovered a crow carrying a Portkey, but the ring activated before they could stop it.

• A young Auror complained about the freezing conditions at Azkaban as his colleagues discussed Voldemort’s threat to the Ministry.
• A middle-aged Auror said Madam Bones had anticipated the Death Eaters’ plan to attack Muggles and had their forces arrested, while another Auror credited Ting Ye.
• The patrol captain warned the Aurors to guard the crowded prison and watch for Dementors switching sides.
• The Aurors saw Dementors gather above the tower, then scatter to reveal a crow clutching an iron ring.
• The Aurors recognized the crow as an Animagus and the ring as a Portkey, but their spells came too late as the ring struck the floor and flashed with white light.

Death Eaters used a Portkey to invade Azkaban, where Aurors tried to stop them from securing a landing ground. The Death Eaters protected the Portkey with Shield Charms, and reinforcements began arriving as the Aurors’ attacks continued.

• Aurors at Azkaban attacked when a Portkey’s arrival became apparent, while the first Death Eaters prepared to secure the landing ground.
• Five Death Eaters raised Shield Charms against the Aurors’ barrage, while one was immobilized by Petrificus Totalus.
• The Auror captain ordered his team to keep attacking and destroy the Portkey before more Death Eaters could arrive.
• The Death Eaters held their defensive line and protected the Portkey, despite the Aurors’ spells weakening their shields.
• White light flashed behind the Death Eaters as another group of reinforcements arrived.

The Aurors’ attempt to stop the Death Eaters’ invasion of Azkaban collapsed when reinforcements arrived and the Dementors turned against them. The Aurors drove the Dementors back with Patronuses, but the Death Eaters recovered and another wave appeared at the Portkey.

• The Auror captain sent Bernadette to call for reinforcements while the rest prepared to defend against the Death Eaters.
• More Death Eaters arrived through the Portkey and attacked the Aurors with powerful spells as Dementors gathered overhead.
• After two Aurors fell, reinforcements collapsed the rooftop and surrounded the stunned Death Eaters on the floor below.
• The Dementors attacked the Aurors and gave several of them their soul-draining kisses.
• An Auror cast Expecto Patronum, and the others followed, forcing the Dementors to retreat or remain above while the Aurors were occupied.
• The Death Eaters recovered from the collapse, and a new wave arrived around the Portkey.

Rufus Scrimgeour led the Aurors as Death Eaters, werewolves, and Dementors overwhelmed their defenses at Azkaban. The Aurors held the line near the prison cells, while Scrimgeour waited for the ambush to begin now that they had drawn in enough enemies.

• Rufus Scrimgeour ordered most Aurors to attack the arriving Death Eaters while a small group maintained their Patronus Charms.
• The Aurors initially struck the Death Eaters hard, but reinforcements and Dementors began turning the battle against them.
• Fenrir Greyback and his werewolves joined the fight, forcing Scrimgeour to drive Greyback back and order a gradual retreat.
• Alecto Carrow and Amycus Carrow commanded the Death Eaters, and Amycus punished a would-be deserter with the Cruciatus Curse.
• The Aurors stopped retreating near the prison cells to prevent the Death Eaters from freeing their allies, while Scrimgeour waited for their ambush to act.

Rufus Scrimgeour judged that Voldemort had committed most of his forces to Azkaban, and the Ministry began the next stage of Ye Ting’s plan. As Kingsley Shacklebolt led the hidden Aurors out of their chamber, Madam Bones mobilized the Ministry’s elite force, and Ye Ting recognized that the final phase had begun.

• Rufus Scrimgeour used Theseus Scamander’s portrait to announce that Voldemort had taken the bait and it was time to close the net.
• Theseus relayed Scrimgeour’s message to Azkaban, the Ministry of Magic, and Hogwarts.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt led the hidden Aurors out of their secret chamber to surprise the Death Eaters in Azkaban.
• Madam Bones received Theseus’s message and ordered the Ministry and Order of the Phoenix members to assemble in the Atrium.
• Ye Ting saw Theseus appear in the photograph at Hogwarts and realized it was time to end the conflict.

Ye Ting arrived at Azkaban and found the Ministry forces and Death Eaters locked in a battle that had turned against the Ministry. Voldemort, eight or nine giants led by Karkus, and more than a hundred Dementors had joined the Death Eaters, leaving the Ministry in a dire position.

• Ye Ting arrived at Azkaban with several girls and surveyed the ruined battlefield, where about a hundred Ministry and Order of the Phoenix fighters faced several dozen surviving Death Eaters.
• Ye Ting recognized that the Death Eaters had been forced into a direct confrontation after his plans had stripped away their usual advantages, and that the Ministry should have been winning.
• Voldemort appeared before the Death Eaters, frightening Ministry fighters who were seeing his resurrected form for the first time.
• Voldemort brought eight or nine giants led by Karkus, whose size and magical resistance made them especially dangerous in Azkaban's cramped halls.
• More than a hundred Dementors stirred overhead as the Ministry faced an increasingly unfavorable battle.

Ye Ting, disguised with Ravenclaw's Diadem, joined the Ministry of Magic’s ranks as Voldemort confronted Amelia Bones and demanded her allegiance. Voldemort threatened the Ministry after revealing Dumbledore was away, but an unidentified speaker challenged his claim to victory and reminded everyone that his forces had recently been defeated.

• Ye Ting arrived disguised as Ravenclaw's Diadem and joined the Ministry of Magic’s ranks without drawing Voldemort’s attention.
• Voldemort offered Bones and her followers pardon if she pledged allegiance, but Bones refused and urged him to surrender instead.
• Voldemort revealed that he had lured Dumbledore to Nurmengard and threatened to kill the Ministry’s forces and their families if they resisted.
• As Bones waited for her reinforcements, someone in the Ministry’s crowd called Voldemort Tom Riddle and pointed out that his forces had recently been wiped out.
• Voldemort flew into a rage and demanded that the speaker identify themself.

Hermione, Fleur, Penelope, Cho, and Luna confronted Voldemort and exposed his repeated defeats at Ye Ting’s hands. Voldemort threatened to kill them, but Ye Ting’s familiar voice interrupted him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Hermione and four other young witches stepped forward to face Voldemort.
• Voldemort recognized Hermione and Fleur and mocked the girls for appearing without Ye Ting.
• Hermione, Penelope, Fleur, and Cho reminded Voldemort of Ye Ting’s victories and his recent loss of his followers.
• Furious and humiliated, Voldemort threatened to torture and kill the girls before hunting down Ye Ting.
• Ye Ting interrupted Voldemort, declaring that he should first figure out how he would leave the place after being defeated by him.

Ye Ting revealed himself to Voldemort at the Ministry and faced his Killing Curse with a mysterious power called a Stand. He left Voldemort shaken after Silver White Hope blocked the curse and instantly recovered.

• Ye Ting removed his mask and confronted Voldemort, rejecting Voldemort's claim that they were alike.
• Voldemort attacked Ye Ting without warning with a full-power Killing Curse.
• Ye Ting summoned Silver White Hope, which blocked the curse, was damaged, and recovered within seconds.
• Voldemort asked what kind of magic Ye Ting had used, and Ye Ting identified it as his Stand.

Ye Ting held off Voldemort while the Ministry of Magic’s forces struggled against the coordinated assault of giants, werewolves, Dementors, and Death Eaters. Hermione and the other girls helped keep the Ministry’s side from collapsing, but the Death Eaters’ elite fighters turned their attention toward them.

• Voldemort kept Ye Ting occupied with a relentless barrage of attacks, while Ye Ting waited for a chance to reach Nagini.
• Giants broke through the Ministry of Magic’s defensive line, forcing the wizards to concentrate their attacks on them.
• Werewolves flanked the wizards and attacked from the sides and rear while the giants drew their fire.
• The remaining Dementors threatened the wizards, though Bones’s arrangements for Azkaban staff to know the Patronus Charm helped them resist.
• Hermione and several other girls moved across the battlefield to support the Ministry’s forces and prevent a crushing defeat.
• The Death Eaters’ elite fighters turned their attention toward Hermione and the other girls.

While Voldemort boasted that his forces would defeat the Ministry and demanded Ye Ting surrender, Silver White Hope destroyed Nagini, Voldemort’s final Horcrux. Voldemort collapsed in agony as Ye Ting revealed he had never intended to yield.

• Hermione, Penelope Clearwater, Cho Chang, Fleur, and Luna Lovegood fought Voldemort’s followers across the battlefield.
• Voldemort boasted to Ye Ting that his forces would win and offered to spare Ye Ting’s friends if he surrendered.
• Ye Ting pretended to consider the offer, then refused and revealed that Silver White Hope had secretly circled behind Voldemort.
• Silver White Hope battered Nagini to death, destroying Voldemort’s final Horcrux.
• Voldemort collapsed in agony as he felt Nagini’s death from the loss of the Horcrux.

After Nagini's death destroyed the Horcrux within her, Voldemort realized Ye Ting had discovered his secret and feared his immortality was at risk. Ye Ting taunted him while Voldemort concealed his weakened state and tried to recover during their battle.

• Nagini's death destroyed the Horcrux fragment inside her and caused Voldemort intense pain.
• Voldemort suspected Ye Ting had uncovered the secret behind his immortality and tried to hide his panic.
• Ye Ting told Voldemort he had seen through the resurrection rituals and correctly guessed the question on Voldemort's mind.
• Ye Ting mocked Tom Riddle and criticized his ambitions and reliance on immortality.
• Voldemort angrily followed Ye Ting's movements while hoping the taunting would give him time to recover.

Ye Ting psychologically analyzed Voldemort’s childhood and ambitions while the two faced off, provoking Voldemort by arguing that his hatred of Muggles and pursuit of pure-blood supremacy came from insecurity. Voldemort suspected Ye Ting had used Legilimency, then recovered enough to stand and prepare to fight.

• Ye Ting feigned ignorance of Voldemort’s recovery and began provoking him with an explanation of Muggle psychology.
• Ye Ting linked Voldemort’s childhood neglect and lack of security to his need for control, power, and obedience.
• Ye Ting argued that Voldemort embraced pure-blood supremacy to escape shame over his Muggle father and to feel exceptional.
• Ye Ting claimed Voldemort had borrowed Grindelwald’s ideas and title to prove his own greatness, and Voldemort angrily denied it.
• Voldemort concluded Ye Ting had used Legilimency to read his thoughts, then rose as he prepared to show his true strength.

Voldemort erupted into an attack after Ye Ting exposed his weaknesses, but Ye Ting revealed that the surrounding battle was not going as Voldemort had expected. Voldemort noticed that neither side had suffered many casualties, leaving the strange battlefield’s true cause unclear.

• Voldemort lost his composure and attacked Ye Ting, insisting that Ye Ting had missed his chance to defeat him.
• Ye Ting dodged Voldemort’s attacks and challenged him to notice how strange the surrounding battle was.
• Voldemort looked across the battlefield and recalled that the Death Eaters and Dementors were supposed to give his side the advantage.
• Voldemort realized that neither the Death Eaters nor the Ministry of Magic had suffered many casualties, despite their ongoing battle.

Ye Ting revealed that Voldemort’s view of the battle was an illusion prepared while Voldemort was weakened after Nagini’s death. He dispelled it, leaving Voldemort to face the truth of the battlefield.

• Voldemort noticed the battle scenes were repeating in a seamless loop and realized they were an illusion.
• Voldemort asked Ye Ting when and how he had created the illusion, and Ye Ting said he had prepared it in advance.
• Ye Ting explained that he had used their earlier confrontation, while Voldemort was weakened by the destruction of a Horcrux, to set up the illusion magic array.
• Ye Ting predicted Voldemort’s question about why he had not ended the conflict immediately.
• Ye Ting dispelled the illusion, revealing the real battlefield and what it had concealed.

Voldemort saw that the Ministry forces had turned the battle against the Death Eaters, aided by centaurs, Larey, and Ye Ting’s allies. He realized the illusion had hidden another piece of magic that revealed Ye Ting’s true purpose.

• Voldemort saw that the giants had been killed or surrounded, leaving Karkus as the only giant still holding an advantage.
• Margery led centaurs from the Forbidden Forest in helping the wizards kill giants and drive back the werewolves.
• Larey’s silver-white radiance weakened the Dementors and sent them fleeing across the battlefield.
• Hermione, Penelope, Fleur, Luna Lovegood, and Cho Chang protected Larey after defeating their opponents, while Voldemort’s elite subordinates retreated with the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort realized that Ye Ting’s illusion had concealed another piece of magic and that it served a deeper purpose.

Ye Ting revealed that he had sealed the space across the battlefield, preventing Voldemort and the Death Eaters from escaping. As both sides gathered behind their leaders, Ye Ting began explaining his self-created magic to Voldemort.

• Voldemort realized Ye Ting had concealed a spatial seal beneath the illusion magic and demanded to know what he had done to space.
• Ye Ting introduced his self-created magic as the battle between the Ministry wizards and Death Eaters paused around them.
• The Ministry forces gathered behind Ye Ting, while the defeated Death Eaters and dark creatures turned to Voldemort for hope.
• Peter Pettigrew tried to escape with a Portkey, but it failed, and other Death Eaters found they could not Apparate away.
• Ye Ting explained how anti-Apparition magic interfered with spatial passages as Voldemort listened impatiently.