Recaps

Silan flew Norbert to a clear coastal mountaintop and completed the second step of the Animagus ritual, burying the sealed mixture to await a thunderstorm. Along the way, two wizards mistook Norbert for an attacking dragon and fled, noticing someone riding on its back.

• Silan released Norbert and flew northeast toward the coastal mountains to perform the next Animagus ritual step.
• Luo Qi and Zhuotaer discussed the events at the Hog's Head while flying home, then panicked when they saw Norbert emerge from the clouds.
• Silan told Norbert to ignore the fleeing wizards and fly past them, leaving Luo Qi and Zhuotaer unharmed but convinced they had seen a rider on the dragon.
• Silan reached a clear mountaintop near the coast and placed the Mandrake, hair, dew, and death's-head hawkmoth pupa in a sealed Crystal vial.
• Silan buried the vial beneath a marked tree and waited for a thunderstorm.

At the Halloween Feast, the professors learned that Silan Prewett had helped Snape improve Wolfsbane Potion and would be presented to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers. In Diagon Alley, Sirius Black distributed leaflets recounting his innocence before escaping the Aurors, while Draco confirmed that a meeting would still take place after the feast.

• Professor McGonagall praised Silan, and Snape revealed that Silan had helped improve Lupin’s Wolfsbane Potion and would be named the paper’s second author.
• Snape said he planned to take Silan to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers to seek his registration as a potioneer.
• Sirius Black disguised himself as a wizard in Diagon Alley, scattered leaflets detailing Peter’s betrayal and his wrongful imprisonment, and drew the attention of the Aurors.
• Sirius escaped the Aurors by transforming into a large black dog and disappearing into the crowd.
• After the Halloween Feast, Goyle asked Draco whether they would still hold a meeting, and Draco confirmed that they would.

Draco gathered the Glorious Tower members and concealed his continued rivalry with Silan, while Silan crafted a pocket watch with a stable magical storage space. After reviewing the flaws in his work, Silan headed to see Professor Snape.

• Draco assembled Goyle, Crabbe, Parkinson, and Borgin for the Glorious Tower's first meeting, leaving Theodore Nott out.
• Draco told Borgin that rumors of a wizard's duel with Prewett were false and said he and Silan were brothers, while privately resolving to compete with Silan in secret.
• Silan used his growing potion-making skills and improved schedule before turning to his alchemy project.
• Silan shaped the smelted materials into a silver pocket watch and used runes modeled on Nicolas Flamel's Storage Ring to create and stabilize a magical space inside it.
• Silan expanded the space with the Undetectable Extension Charm, recorded problems with his rune work, and set off to see Professor Snape.

Snape took Silan to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers to submit their improved Wolfsbane Potion paper and register Silan as a potioneer. They entered the society, where Snape pointed out the Potions Masters’ statues and suggested Silan might one day join them.

• Snape told Silan that trials of the improved Wolfsbane Potion had gone well and explained that he would submit the paper to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers.
• Snape and Silan traveled by Floo Powder to Diagon Alley, where witches and wizards discussed Sirius Black’s escape and the Ministry’s failure to catch him.
• Snape led Silan to the doorless Extraordinary Society of Potioneers and explained its registration standards.
• Kira and his companions recognized Snape and nervously watched as he brought Silan into the society.
• Snape showed Silan the statues of Potions Masters, including his own, and said Silan might one day have a statue beside it.

Snape brought his improved Wolfsbane Potion paper to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers and introduced Silan, who wanted Potioneer certification, to its president, Roland Charlemagne. Charlemagne ordered an urgent review of the paper, and Snape began to raise another matter.

• Miss Mary told Roland Charlemagne that Snape had arrived with an improved Wolfsbane Potion paper and a student seeking certification.
• Snape and Silan waited in the reception room while Snape warned Silan that Charlemagne was rigorous and meticulous.
• Charlemagne straightened Silan’s clothes and used cleaning potion to wash Snape’s greasy hair, then criticized Snape’s casual appearance.
• Snape presented his improved Wolfsbane Potion manuscript, and Charlemagne praised it and sent it to the Review Committee for immediate review.
• Snape told Charlemagne that he had another matter to discuss.

Silan accompanied Snape to the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, where Charlemagne offered him a chance to prove his skill by participating in the Improved Wolfsbane Potion’s reproducibility review. The review began after the paper passed its theoretical assessment, and Charlemagne revealed that he would be the other brewer.

• Snape praised Silan’s Potions talent and asked Charlemagne to let him register as a Potioneer despite the assessment having ended.
• Charlemagne proposed that Silan participate in the paper’s reproducibility review, warning that failure would end any discussion of his registration.
• Snape explained that reviewers would brew the potion by following the paper’s instructions, and Silan said he knew the Improved Wolfsbane Potion procedure well.
• The reviewers approved the paper’s theoretical assessment and gathered to begin the reproducibility review, praising Snape’s work.
• Charlemagne introduced Silan as the paper’s second author, and the reviewers reacted with surprise at his age.
• Charlemagne announced that he would be the other participant brewing the potion.

Silan took part in a reproduction review against Master Charlemagne, brewing the Improved Wolfsbane Potion for a chance to earn Senior Potioneer qualification. As the cauldrons reached the dangerous finishing stage, Silan’s potion became unstable, and he activated Wizard’s Eye.

• Charlemagne announced that Silan would earn Senior Potioneer qualification if he successfully brewed the Improved Wolfsbane Potion.
• Charlemagne and Silan began brewing, with Charlemagne displaying exceptionally precise and unconventional ingredient preparation.
• Silan abandoned the written procedure and accelerated his brewing until he caught up with Charlemagne, who then matched his pace.
• The two brewers raced through the potion’s early stages, leaving their cauldrons increasingly unstable as they approached the finish.
• Silan paused instead of immediately correcting his violently boiling potion, then activated Wizard’s Eye.

Silan Prewett impressed the examiners by brewing Wolfsbane Potion alongside Charlemagne, and both potions passed assessment. Charlemagne offered to train Silan, but Silan remained loyal to Snape and was sent to register as a senior Potioneer.

• Silan used Wizard's Eye to control the cauldron precisely and kept pace with Charlemagne during the Wolfsbane Potion's finishing stage.
• Charlemagne finished first, then Silan completed his potion successfully, astonishing the examiners with his skill as a third-year wizard.
• The examiners tasted both potions, confirmed their quality, and praised Silan's talent.
• Charlemagne offered to train Silan to become a Potions Master before adulthood and suggested he could become president of the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers.
• Snape confronted Charlemagne for trying to recruit Silan, but Silan thanked Charlemagne and said he would stay with Snape and claim the presidency himself if he wanted it.
• Charlemagne accepted Silan's decision and instructed Miss Mary to take him to the third floor to register as a senior Potioneer.

Silan registered as a Senior Potioneer, and Snape explained that the rank was only the beginning for someone aspiring to become a Potions Master. Snape’s Improved Wolfsbane Potion paper was published to widespread acclaim, prompting Lucius to rush into planning a Sale Event; Dumbledore held a celebratory dinner for Snape at Hogwarts.

• Snape escorted Silan from the society hall after Silan registered as a Potioneer and received his silver badge.
• Snape explained the society’s three ranks and their ingredient discounts, and Silan resolved to keep advancing toward Potions Master.
• The society’s reviewers worked overnight to prepare Snape’s paper on the Improved Wolfsbane Potion, which was then published and drew attention from the academic community and The Daily Prophet.
• Lucius saw the newspaper headline about Snape and Prewett, then decided to hold the Malfoy family’s Sale Event immediately to capitalize on the publicity.
• Dumbledore held a celebratory dinner for Snape at Hogwarts, where he gave a speech.

Snape and Silan received Orders of Merlin for their work improving the Wolfsbane Potion, and the chapter ended with Silan and Hermione slipping away from the feast together. The author’s note afterward questioned the rumor that Merlin had been a Slytherin student.

• Dumbledore praised Snape and Silan’s improvement to the Wolfsbane Potion and invited them to receive recognition.
• Charlemagne arrived with two Wizengamot wizards and announced that Snape would receive the Order of Merlin, Second Class, and Hilan Prewett the Order of Merlin, Third Class.
• The wizards pinned the medals on Snape and Silan, and Dumbledore led the Great Hall in celebrating them.
• Silan and Hermione exchanged silent messages and slipped out of the Great Hall together.

After Hermione worried that Silan’s honors were putting distance between them, the two reaffirmed their closeness during a moonlit walk. Charlemagne tried to recruit Silan into the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, but Snape intervened, leaving the gathered Hogwarts students watching the Potions Masters trade insults over Prewett.

• Silan put away his Order of Merlin, and Hermione admitted that his achievements made her feel he was drifting away from her.
• Silan and Hermione reassured each other that they were simply Silan and Hermione, and Hermione’s anxiety eased.
• Charlemagne offered to cover Silan’s expenses if he joined the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, but Silan declined and chose to remain at Hogwarts.
• Charlemagne suggested Hermione could come with Silan, prompting Snape to rush in and separate him from the pair.
• Students gathered as Snape and Charlemagne argued over Silan, trading insults about their hair and Charlemagne’s failure to develop an Improved Wolfsbane Potion.

After Percy Weasley reported that Professor Snape and Charlemagne were about to fight, Dumbledore and several professors hurried to the courtyard. They discovered that the two Potions Masters were arguing because Charlemagne wanted to guide Prewett, a Hogwarts student in Snape’s house.

• After the feast, Percy Weasley rushed to the staff table and reported that Professor Snape and Master Charlemagne were about to fight in the courtyard.
• Percy told Dumbledore that students said Snape and Charlemagne planned to join forces against him, but could not explain why they were fighting.
• Dumbledore went to the courtyard, where Snape and Charlemagne were trading insults in front of a crowd of students.
• Snape accused Charlemagne of trying to poach Prewett, while Charlemagne said he had a right to guide the student as president of the Extraordinary Society of Potioneers.

Snape and Charlemagne argued over Prewett, prompting Dumbledore to stop them and bring them to his office. There, Charlemagne praised Prewett’s potion talent and renewed his offer to train him, while Snape refused to yield.

• Snape and Charlemagne nearly came to blows over Prewett until Dumbledore used magic to stop them.
• Dumbledore took Snape and Charlemagne to his office, while McGonagall and Lupin dispersed the watching students.
• Clovis and Chuck discussed Prewett’s talent and the Prewett family after the others had left.
• Charlemagne told Dumbledore that Prewett had brewed an improved Wolfsbane Potion as a third-year and could become a Potions Master before adulthood.
• Charlemagne offered to train Prewett and provide Hogwarts with potions, but Snape objected that the school already had a Potions professor.

Charlemagne failed to persuade Dumbledore to let Silan leave Hogwarts for Potions training, leaving Snape to reconsider whether keeping him at school was best. After seeing Silan and Hermione together, Snape resolved to keep both at Hogwarts and teach them Potions himself, while Hermione realized she kept choosing Silan just as he chose her.

• Charlemagne argued that Silan could become a Potions Master sooner under his tutelage, but Dumbledore and McGonagall refused to let him leave Hogwarts.
• Charlemagne urged Snape to train Silan well and departed, leaving Snape questioning whether Hogwarts was holding back Silan's potential.
• Snape saw Silan and Hermione walking together in the courtyard and decided they must stay at Hogwarts.
• Snape resolved to teach Silan and Hermione Potions together and help Silan become a Potions Master before coming of age.
• Silan told Hermione he did not want to leave her, and Hermione realized they had both chosen each other repeatedly.

Snape and Dumbledore arranged a heavily funded Potions Club to persuade Silan and Hermione to remain at Hogwarts. Snape enrolled the pair and gave them their first grant, leaving Silan suspicious that the club had been created specifically for them.

• Snape accepted Lucius Malfoy's invitation to a potions sale at Malfoy Manor, intending to give Silan a chance to meet prominent wizards.
• Dumbledore worried about Silan's exceptional abilities and resolved to keep him at Hogwarts by offering legitimate opportunities and honors.
• Snape proposed creating a Potions Club and funding Silan's research, and Dumbledore approved a yearly grant of twelve thousand Galleons, expecting the Board of Governors to pay.
• Snape invited Silan and Hermione to join the Potions Club and handed each of them five hundred Galleons as the first month's grant.
• Silan asked whether the club had other members, and Snape said the two of them filled it.

Snape's Potions Club filled its places immediately, while Hermione joined and received a large research allowance. Silan continued his Animagus and Soul Eye practice, reflected on his growing wealth and ambitions, and Hermione returned to her dormitory to find something wrong.

• Filch replaced the Potions Club recruitment notice with one announcing that all student places had been filled, and Draco claimed Snape had recruited Prewett to keep him at Hogwarts.
• Hermione left Snape's office with a large bag of Galleons after joining the Potions Club, and Silan suggested Snape might be trying to keep both of them.
• Silan reminded Hermione to meet Snape the next day to accompany him to a potions sale at Malfoy Manor.
• Silan practiced his Animagus transformation and Soul Eye in the Room of Requirement, then spread more than ten thousand Galleons across his bed and went to sleep.
• Hermione returned to her dormitory and noticed that something was wrong.

Hermione’s roommates staged a mock trial and speculated that Snape had paired her with Prewett on purpose, leaving Hermione flustered. Silan woke refreshed, reviewed his magical entries, and practiced wandless casting before heading to the Rest Room, where he heard George and Fred discussing a sale.

• Parvati and Lavender ambushed Hermione and staged a mock trial with a stuffed lion as chief judge.
• Parvati and Lavender questioned Hermione about joining Snape’s Potions Club with Prewett and suggested Snape had deliberately paired them.
• Hermione blushed, rejected their speculation, and went to bed while Parvati and Lavender decided the idea was impossible.
• Silan woke after three hours of sleep, checked his entries, and chose to focus on improving Wandless Casting.
• Silan practiced Wandless Casting, then headed to the Rest Room and heard George and Fred expect to sell loads of something.

George and Fred showed Silan their detailed Hippogriff battle models and command cards, then unveiled their planned Prewett and Weasley Joint Trading Company. Silan proposed a strategy of randomized models and staggered releases, and began outlining a similar sales approach for command cards.

• George and Fred demonstrated their animated Hippogriff models, battle rules, and spell cards to Silan.
• George and Fred presented a banner naming their business the Prewett and Weasley Joint Trading Company.
• Silan advised George and Fred to mix a rare, powerful Hippogriff model among batches of weaker Magical Creature models and release stronger models later.
• Silan told George and Fred that they should not bundle command cards with the models and hinted at another sales strategy.

Silan explained a card-drawing business system that tied Magical Creature models to special command cards and upgrades, while George and Fred embraced the idea. Sirius sent letters to the Wizengamot, read news about Silan’s Potions work, and regained confidence that he could clear his name; Silan then prepared to meet Professor Snape.

• Silan proposed linking featured Magical Creature models to special command cards and letting duplicate models combine to grow stronger.
• George and Fred realized the system could drive repeated purchases and agreed it was a profitable plan.
• Sirius sent letters explaining his past to the Wizengamot from the Owl Post Office.
• Sirius read that Professor Snape and Prewett had improved the Wolfsbane Potion and heard that Master Charlemagne praised Prewett’s potential.
• Sirius felt more confident that he could clear his name, and Silan set off to see Professor Snape after class.

Silan agreed to speak to Lucius Malfoy about saving Buckbeak, whose trial threatened the Hippogriff model business he planned to promote. Before leaving for Malfoy Manor with Hermione and Snape, he received Dumbledore’s recommendation for Lucius to become a School Governor.

• Hermione told Harry and Ron that the Ministry planned to put Buckbeak on trial, and they asked Silan for help.
• Silan said he would talk to Lucius at Malfoy Manor, and Hermione went with him.
• Harry and Ron wondered whether Silan and Hermione were the only members of Snape’s Potions Club, and Harry briefly imagined Snape was trying to bring them together.
• Silan and Hermione noticed that Snape had washed and combed his hair, apparently after Charlemagne had mocked his greasy appearance.
• Snape gave Silan Dumbledore’s letter recommending Lucius for a School Governor seat and told them to prepare for the banquet.

Silan, Hermione, and Snape arrived at the Malfoy banquet by Floo Powder, provoking disapproval from guests who believed it was improper. Once the guests recognized Snape and mistook Silan for the promising young Prewett, their complaints stopped, and Lucius hurried over to greet them.

• Pelar Selwyn arrived by carriage with Mangi Taylor and grumbled that the journey was difficult and that Lucius had barred guests from using Floo Powder.
• Silan and Hermione stepped out of the Malfoy fireplace, and guests criticized them for arriving by Floo Powder.
• Snape appeared, and the guests fell silent and gathered around the celebrated Potions Master.
• Guests assumed Silan was Prewett, a student expected to become a Potions Master before coming of age, and Pelar gave up his plan to challenge Lucius.
• As the banquet neared its start, Lucius called his wife and son and hurried to welcome Snape and the two students.

Silan and Hermione attended a Sale Event at Malfoy Manor with Snape, where the Malfoys welcomed them and Lucius introduced them to the guests. The guests eagerly called for Snape’s potions to be brought out, and the Sale Event was about to begin.

• Lucius greeted Snape and Silan, then insisted Draco address Silan as his uncle.
• Hermione introduced herself as Muggle-born, and the Malfoys welcomed her after Draco praised her Potions talent and her connection to Silan and Snape.
• Lucius and Narcissa left to greet guests while Draco gave Silan and Hermione an enthusiastic tour of the manor.
• Lucius formally introduced Snape, Silan, and Hermione at the Sale Event, drawing applause and excited remarks from the guests.
• A Senior Potioneer urged Lucius to bring out Snape’s potions, and the guests joined in demanding that the sale begin.

Lucius began the Sale Event hoping to promote the Malfoy family's ties to Snape, but Snape publicly named Silan as his representative, undermining Lucius's plans. The guests fought over the fifty potion sets until Snape restored order and yielded the floor to Silan.

• Lucius showed the guests Snape's Authorization Order and invited Snape to speak.
• Snape declared that the order had been issued to his student, Prewett, who would represent him, surprising the guests and unsettling Lucius.
• Lucius displayed fifty sets of potions and announced that each set cost two hundred Galleons.
• Pelar shouted that he would buy all fifty sets, and the guests crowded forward, arguing and shoving.
• Snape cast Silence to quiet the drawing room, then told Silan to speak.

Silan calmed the guests and arranged an auction for Snape’s scarce potions, using Snape’s reputation to persuade them to stay. Lucius began the bidding as Hermione joined Silan, while Narcissa’s teasing remark about Draco made Hermione wary.

• Silan explained the potions were scarce and announced that the fifty portions would be auctioned in lots of five, with a limit of one lot per bidder.
• When guests objected that bidding would drive prices up, Silan set a starting price of seven hundred Galleons per lot and invoked Snape’s future potions to defend the sale.
• Silan asked Lucius to conduct the auction, and Snape silently supported him while Lucius admired his composure.
• Narcissa asked Hermione whether Silan had a girlfriend and joked that it was a shame Draco was not a girl, so Hermione left her and moved to Silan’s side.
• Draco proudly regarded Silan as his family’s business partner, while the guests stayed rather than insult Snape by leaving.
• Lucius announced that the auction had begun at seven hundred Galleons per lot.

Pelar Selwyn used the first potion lot’s auction to secure an introduction to Snape and Silan, prompting the other guests to compete for the remaining lots. After the ten lots sold, Snape brought Silan and Hermione around to meet influential wizards, and Lucius called Silan aside as the event ended.

• When the guests refused to bid, Pelar raised his offer to three thousand Galleons for the first lot, despite Macmillan trying to provoke him.
• Pelar invited Snape and Silan to visit his home, and Snape accepted; realizing Pelar had used the purchase to gain access to them, Macmillan bid aggressively on the second lot and invited them too.
• The guests joined the bidding, and all ten lots sold, with the first lots fetching especially high prices before the later bids settled down.
• Snape introduced Silan and Hermione to pure-blood wizards and senior potioneers, who warmly praised them and invited them to their homes.
• After the introductions, Lucius called Silan aside.