Recaps

At Hogwarts’ end-of-year feast, Dumbledore’s points for Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley let Gryffindor take the House Cup from Hufflepuff. Ian comforted Susan and promised her and Amelia a view of the moon, while Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel discussed Ian’s ambitions and the danger he might pose if he lost his restraints.

• Susan’s efforts helped Hufflepuff lead the House Cup standings, but Dumbledore awarded Gryffindor 240 points for Harry, Hermione, and Ron’s actions, pushing Hufflepuff out of first place.
• Professor Sprout watched Hufflepuff’s victory slip away and briefly considered poisoning Dumbledore’s lemon drops, while Ian sensed her thoughts and was relieved she did not act on them.
• Ian spoke to the disappointed Susan through their mental connection, told her Dumbledore would never be fair, and urged her to become someone capable of changing the rules.
• Ian promised Susan and Amelia a worthwhile sight—the moon—which gave Susan something to anticipate.
• Dumbledore asked Nicolas Flamel about Ian’s proposal to use Emotional Energy instead of Soul Energy in the Philosopher’s Stone and its potential to power technological progress.
• Flamel warned that Ian could become extremely dangerous if he lost everyone he cared about, and Dumbledore said Ian still seemed to be on the side of the light.

Ian secluded himself to develop his Life Rewrite experiment, tested the procedure on captured dark wizards, and then used it on himself in a protected lunar laboratory. He awoke with a reconstructed body and greatly increased magic, but discovered that he had not broken through the Second Limitation.

• Ian took Amelia and Susan to the Moon before withdrawing from contact to pursue his research.
• Ian tested the Life Code Reconstruction Technique on captured dark wizards, refining the process and killing the surviving subjects.
• Ian entered the Regeneration Chamber, drank Felix Felicis, and injected himself with his modified werewolf-virus vector.
• After seven days of transformation, Ian awoke with a new body and broke through the First Limitation, though he suspected a higher-order constraint had blocked the Second.
• Ian tested his Phoenix-derived Flame Apparition and enhanced defenses with Siri, then found that Siri could not calculate the strength of a wizard beyond the Second Limitation.

Ian tested the abilities granted by his fused Phoenix Bloodline and completed a series of physical, defensive, and soul-level assessments. Satisfied with the results, he left the laboratory to begin an experiment to create the Philosopher's Stone.

• Ian severed his arm with Sectumsempra and confirmed that phoenix flames regenerated it through the Flame Dimension.
• Ian lifted and threw a gravity-enhanced cube, recording a maximum load-bearing capacity of 1,263.89 kilograms, then tested his speed and reflexes.
• Ian withstood pistol and machine-gun fire, healing the shallow wounds caused by the heavier weapons.
• Ian dodged a sniper round using Thunderbird precognition, then let another strike the Soul Guardian shield embedded in his soul.
• Ian neutralized several mind-affecting spells during a soul-level self-check and noted that the Soul Anchor could not be replicated.
• Ian left the laboratory to begin his experiment to create the Philosopher's Stone.

Ian met Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel at their French manor and used a Mind Palace created with a replica of Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem to exchange knowledge with Nicolas. Their exchange continued as both alchemists absorbed each other's accumulated experience and theories.

• Ian returned to Earth and received a letter from Nicolas Flamel inviting him to meet.
• Ian traveled by Floo Powder to the Flamel manor and discussed Dumbledore's distrust and hopes for him with Nicolas.
• Perenelle thanked Ian for the Youth Potion, then Ian proposed a more efficient method of sharing knowledge with Nicolas.
• Ian used the diadem replica and a linking spell to bring Nicolas into his Mind Palace, where he explained that memories could also be present.
• Ian and Nicolas exchanged books from their respective collections, sharing knowledge and insights through the Mind Palace.

Ian and Flamel completed their exchange of knowledge, leaving Flamel shaken by Ian’s vast research and convinced his thinking surpassed the era. Flamel later told Dumbledore about Ian’s blueprint for Atlantia, a floating city designed to become an interstellar ark, and Dumbledore began to believe Ian might lead wizardkind to the stars.

• Flamel exhausted his knowledge during the exchange, while Ian’s vast library of research left him in awe.
• Flamel suffered severe pain after the exchange, but Ian gave him a Soul-Calming Potion that eased his symptoms.
• Flamel told Perenelle that Ian had shown him the future before Ian departed.
• Flamel told Dumbledore that Ian’s worldview unified magic, technology, life, and the laws of the universe.
• Flamel described Atlantia, a floating city powered by a Philosopher’s Stone that could travel between star systems, and said Ian would eventually succeed in building it.
• Dumbledore recalled Ian’s promise to lead Wizarding Civilization toward the stars, while Flamel hoped Ian would remember his original purpose.

Ian spent time with his family and old friends before returning to research and beginning the creation of his own Philosopher's Stone. After gathering souls in diamonds and devising a way to counter their resentment with Emotional Energy, he started the experiment.

• Ian told Amelia he planned to make a potion that would let her break through the First Limitation safely, and he helped Susan practice magic.
• Ian visited Solair, recognized that her marriage had become an empty facade, and left after she asked whether they might meet in another life.
• Ian exchanged letters with researchers around the world about magical ecology, spatial dimensions, souls, and other fields of study.
• Ian concluded that Leyline Nodes concentrated magic underground and chose the strongest node beneath his Moon laboratory as the basis for his Philosopher's Stone.
• Ian gathered souls from battlefields between 1985 and 1991, sealed them in diamonds, and excluded children from his collection.
• Ian planned to purify the souls' resentment and balance it with his Emotional Energy, then began the experiment with tens of thousands of souls.

Ian created a pure blue Philosopher’s Stone by combining liquefied magic with souls stripped of their thoughts and emotions, then used it to transmute lead into gold and achieve physiological immortality. After testing the stone’s immense power in a rebuilt Room of Requirement, he declared it complete and turned to creating a civilization.

• Ian forged a crystal for his second Philosopher’s Stone and discovered that he could purify souls only by stripping away their will, memories, and emotions.
• Ian processed one hundred thousand souls and fused them with liquefied magic inside the crystal, completing the blue Philosopher’s Stone.
• Ian used the stone to permanently transmute lead into gold and drank an Elixir of Immortality that broke his cells’ division limit.
• Ian had Siri rebuild a Hogwarts model in a fortified laboratory connected to Leyline Nodes, then tested the stone’s power by destroying it with an Exploding Charm.
• Ian concluded that the Blue Stone was complete and announced that his next step was to create civilization.

Ian activated the World Gate and confirmed that it could send him into the past while keeping him anchored to the Moon’s location. He arrived in 1926, located Newt Scamander in New York, and began planning how to add spatial travel to the gate.

• Ian entered the World Gate, updated its security system to recognize his transformed body, and repaired irregularities in its rune array.
• Ian activated the World Gate and watched it reverse time around Moon Base until the base vanished beneath the lunar surface, confirming the gate could cross time but not space.
• Ian recorded the gate’s energy and spacetime data, took its remote-control ring, and Apparated from the Moon to Diagon Alley in London.
• Ian learned he had arrived in 1926, used the Global Marauder's Map to locate Newt Scamander, and Apparated to New York.
• Ian stole a merchant’s wallet to pay for a hotel and resolved to develop spatial anchoring and cross-world coordinates.

Ian Bones visited Newt Scamander and debated him about magical creatures, then secretly read a memory revealing Newt had witnessed an Obscurus being separated from a boy. Back at his hotel, Ian began researching the Obscurus as a source of power.

• Ian used a Trust Charm to gain Tina Goldstein's confidence and entered Newt Scamander's home.
• Ian introduced himself to Newt and argued that some magical creatures had to be tamed, while Newt believed no creature was inherently evil.
• Ian discussed Grindelwald's rise with Tina and argued that the Wizarding World's structure was responsible for his growing support.
• During the conversation, Ian used soul sensing to capture a memory in which Newt had witnessed an Obscurus being separated from a Sudanese boy.
• Ian returned to his hotel, recorded a new direction for his research, and described Dark Parasite as the cry of an oppressed soul.

Ian visited Credence Barebone and offered to teach him magic in exchange for signing a contract, while warning him that Percival Graves was manipulating him. Ian left after placing a Memory Lock on Credence, intending to study the dark parasite when Credence eventually lost control.

• Ian entered Credence's room and claimed that Credence's mother hated magic out of envy.
• Ian offered to teach Credence to control his power and use True Magic if he signed a contract.
• Credence refused to agree without knowing the contract's terms, so Ian warned him that Percival Graves was exploiting him.
• Ian placed a Memory Lock on Credence to prevent him from telling anyone about their meeting.
• Ian left, planning to study Credence's dark parasite when Graves's betrayal drove Credence into a loss of control.

Ian watched the events in New York return to their original course, then observed Barebone's transformation into an Obscurus and the city's destruction. After the wizards restored the city, Ian found the weakened Barebone and offered him a contract to join his plans for a new world.

• Ian watched Queenie and Jacob grow closer, let go of his feelings for Queenie, and stopped visiting the Goldstein sisters' apartment.
• Ian saw Graves's disguise shatter and Barebone transform into an Obscurus that rampaged across New York.
• Ian studied ways to restrain and exploit Obscurus magic while the American wizards battled Barebone and restored the city.
• Ian reflected on the wizards' collective power and began forming a plan centered on numbers, order, and organization.
• Ian found the weakened Barebone in a dilapidated factory and offered him a contract to control his destiny and help create a new world.

Ian explained Barebone’s Obscurus and offered to research it in exchange for a signed contract, then revealed that Barebone was Aurelius Dumbledore, Albus’s younger brother. Several days later, Ian offered Aberforth a chance to see his dead sister through the Resurrection Stone in exchange for an agreement about the future.

• Ian explained that Barebone was an Obscurial and said his unusual bloodline had helped him survive and control the Obscurus.
• Barebone attacked Ian with his dark power, but Ian’s shield reflected it and knocked him into a wall.
• Barebone signed Ian’s contract after Ian agreed to reveal his origins, and Ian warned that the research might force him to relive painful childhood memories.
• Ian told Barebone that his real name was Aurelius Dumbledore and that he was Albus Dumbledore’s younger brother, then Apparated away.
• Ian visited Aberforth at the Goat Inn and showed him the Resurrection Stone, offering him a chance to see his sister’s apparition in exchange for an agreement about the future.

Ian used a bloodline-bound contract with Aberforth to pressure Albus Dumbledore into surrendering his magical knowledge, promising Aberforth three days with Ariana in return. After summoning Ariana’s soul, Ian was confronted by Death, who warned him that his power could trigger another Cataclysm.

• Ian told Aberforth he wanted Albus Dumbledore’s magical knowledge and offered him a reunion with Ariana in exchange for signing a contract.
• Aberforth signed the contract, which secretly bound the Dumbledore bloodline and gave Ian dominion over their souls if they refused to comply.
• Ian summoned Ariana’s soul with the Resurrection Stone at the Goat Inn, and she reached out to Aberforth as he wept.
• A force pulled Ian into a gray wasteland, where Death warned him that his interference with time could cause a universal Cataclysm.
• Ian asked about the Cataclysm and learned that other beings like Death had once existed before sacrificing their forms; Death then ended their encounter.
• Back in the inn, Ian resolved to honor his promise not to interfere with time and wondered why Death feared the Cataclysm.

Ian broke into Grindelwald’s prison and secured a contract granting him access to Grindelwald’s magical knowledge. After returning Ariana’s soul to reincarnation, Ian studied Barebone’s Obscurus and prepared for an age of reconstruction.

• Ian used a House-elf teleportation technique to enter Grindelwald’s cell at MACUSA without setting off alarms.
• Ian showed Grindelwald a contract for his magical knowledge and surrounded the cell with arrays that sealed his powers and blocked communication.
• Grindelwald signed the contract after Ian rejected his invitation to join his revolution and warned that his cause would decay in prison.
• Ian fulfilled his promise to Aberforth by sending Ariana’s soul back into the cycle of reincarnation.
• Ian recorded Barebone’s memories of releasing an Obscurus and considered whether mastering the power could help him break through the second restriction.

After confirming his contract with Grindelwald, Ian reflected on the Cataclysm, the decline of magic, and his plan to observe the ancient world through the World Gate. Over six months, he studied Barebone’s Obscurus and decided to continue his research after returning to 1992.

• Ian confirmed that his contract with Grindelwald remained active and planned to witness Grindelwald’s 1945 battle with Dumbledore by accessing his memories again.
• Ian connected the Great Cataclysm roughly twelve thousand years ago to the decline of magic and theorized that pyramids stood on Leyline Nodes forming a global magical matrix.
• Ian planned to use the World Gate to observe the ancient era without interfering with its events and investigate the truth behind the Cataclysm.
• Over six months, Ian studied Barebone’s Obscurus and concluded that suppressed magic, trauma, fear, and Wrath created the parasitic entity.
• Ian deduced that Barebone survived because of his Dumbledore family bloodline and split consciousness, and he began planning a forbidden spell to create an Obscurus before postponing further research until his return to 1992.

Ian observed the events of the second Fantastic Beasts incident, returned to 1992, and told Amelia he wanted to reshape the world so magic and the nonmagical world could coexist. Amelia listened and asked how she could help.

• Ian watched Barebone join Grindelwald’s faction and researched the barriers preventing magical breakthroughs.
• Ian witnessed Grindelwald’s speech in Paris and Flamel’s group destroy the Protego Diabolica, then returned to his moon laboratory using the World Gate.
• Ian’s return triggered memories of his time in 1926 in Newt, Tina, Queenie, Barebone, Grindelwald, Aberforth, and others.
• Ian had dinner with Amelia in London and said he wanted to reshape the world by making magic and the world coexist.
• Amelia accepted Ian’s ambition and asked what he needed her to do.

Ian prepared Amelia to take control of the Ministry of Magic and eventually govern the planet, supplying her with a learning aid, advisers, life-extending potions, and a truth-revealing contract. He then arrived at Azkaban, commanded the Dementors, and approached Bellatrix Lestrange’s sealed cell.

• Ian told Amelia she would become the planet’s de facto ruler while he focused on merging magic and technology.
• Ian gave Amelia a replica of Ravenclaw’s Diadem and described the Muggle scholars and strategists gathered to advise her.
• Ian explained that he would resurrect his parents after establishing his new order, then gave Amelia a diluted youth-restoring life potion and a contract to expose false supporters.
• Amelia agreed to begin the plan to take control of the Ministry of Magic in a week.
• Ian used Soul Magic to subdue Azkaban’s Dementors and entered the prison.
• Ian reached Bellatrix Lestrange’s magically sealed cell, where a heavy presence stirred behind the trembling door.

Ian altered Bellatrix’s memories and soul to make her believe he was the master foretold in her prophecy, then replaced her with an alchemical double in Azkaban. He left the prison with Bellatrix as his trusted aide.

• Ian analyzed Bellatrix’s bloodline and soul, concluding that generations of Black family intermarriage had contributed to her madness.
• Ian rewrote Bellatrix’s memories so she believed she had rejected Voldemort after learning he was a half-blood and had waited for Ian, the true master.
• Ian transformed Voldemort’s Dark Mark into a hidden seal that tied Bellatrix to him and could destroy her soul.
• Bellatrix awoke, accepted Ian as her lord, and followed his orders as he cleaned and dressed her.
• Ian summoned Daniela, an alchemical double of Bellatrix, and left her in the cell before taking Bellatrix out of Azkaban.

Ian brought Bellatrix to his lunar laboratory, suppressed her madness with a necklace, and assigned her to create and study Artificial Obscuruses. He gave her temporary access to the facility and ordered Siri to force-feed her Muggle and scientific knowledge before her research began.

• Ian gave Bellatrix a necklace containing a simplified Mechanical Mind Charm and told her to learn the spell herself.
• Ian rejected Bellatrix's pure-blood ideology and warned her to serve as an obedient weapon rather than lose control.
• Ian instructed Bellatrix to create two groups of orphaned children for Obscurus experiments and a third group to test whether collected negative emotions could produce one.
• Ian gave Bellatrix Credence's childhood memories and warned her to avoid harming the experimental subjects.
• Ian asked Siri to grant Bellatrix temporary Level Three authority and use the Mind Palace Charm to implant knowledge of Muggle society and basic science.
• Ian left Bellatrix to begin her preparation, expecting the forced learning to cause her a month of headaches.

Ian announced that he had developed three counter-curses to defend against the Unforgivable Curses and would make them freely available through the Public Magic Library. The crowd celebrated his discovery, while Dumbledore privately worried that Ian resembled Grindelwald.

• Ian addressed the packed international Quidditch stadium and promised that a lucky participant would receive the Sky Dragon—Obelisk card.
• Ian announced counter-curses that could break the Imperius Curse, reverse the Cruciatus Curse, and withstand the Killing Curse.
• Ian said the three counter-curses required sufficient magical power and precise spell rhythms, but could undermine the Dark Arts' power.
• Ian revealed that he would add the counter-curses to the Public Magic Library for wizards of every bloodline and faction to learn.
• Dumbledore watched Ian receive the crowd's acclaim and privately thought that Ian resembled Grindelwald, though his path extended farther.

Ian publicly demonstrated three counter-curses against the Unforgivable Curses and revealed ways for wizards to obtain practical protection. The chapter ended with him honoring Amelia Bones and Professor Flitwick and announcing that the Bones family would sell protective alchemical tools.

• Ian explained the Imperius Curse countermeasures, demonstrating the Soul Guardian Charm and promising free instructional books.
• Ian demonstrated the Pain-Blocking Charm, which made a volunteer impervious to the Cruciatus Curse’s pain.
• Ian named his Avada Kedavra counter-curse the Soul-Anchoring Charm, and Professor Flitwick cast the Killing Curse at him; Ian survived.
• Ian thanked Amelia Bones for supporting his research and Professor Flitwick for standing by him.
• Ian announced that Bones family alchemy workshops would sell tools and runes to help wizards protect themselves.

Ian redirected the Daily Prophet to promote the Bones family, then retrieved Grindelwald’s contract and absorbed his accumulated knowledge and magical research. Grindelwald gave Ian his and Dumbledore’s blood, and Ian ended the chapter ready to study the completed collection of Dumbledore family bloodlines.

• Ian ordered Barnabas Cuffe to replace the Daily Prophet’s front-page photograph and focus future reports on the Bones family while omitting his cousin.
• Ian met Grindelwald at an ancient castle and reclaimed their contract, absorbing Grindelwald’s knowledge and magical systems.
• Grindelwald gave Ian bottles containing his blood and Dumbledore’s blood, explaining that he had collected them during their 1945 duel.
• Ian revealed that he had already obtained Grindelwald’s blood and said he had collected blood from Credence, Aberforth, and Albus for his research.
• Grindelwald implied he would give Ian everything when Ian’s plan advanced, but Ian recognized that Albus Dumbledore still stood in their way.
• Ian Apparated to a valley with the two bottles and declared that his collection of bloodline power was finally complete.

Ian studied Grindelwald’s memories and began researching how to remove the Second Limitation while continuing to teach at Hogwarts. Dumbledore suspected Ian was advancing a plan through the Bones family and sent Fudge a warning, unaware that Ian’s rune marked the letter.

• Ian learned Grindelwald had foreseen their meeting and had collected Dumbledore’s blood to pass to him, then concluded the prophecy had become a self-fulfilling cycle.
• Ian used a ritual from Grindelwald’s memories to investigate the Second Limitation while teaching at Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore showed McGonagall newspaper reports about Ian and the Bones family and said he feared Ian had begun his plan.
• Dumbledore told McGonagall he suspected Ian was preparing Amelia Bones to become Minister and had attained immortality through the Philosopher’s Stone and Youth Potion.
• Dumbledore sent Fudge a warning letter, and Ian’s hidden rune flickered on its envelope as it left Hogwarts.

Ian and Amelia intercepted and altered Dumbledore’s letter to Fudge, while Ian prepared to advance his plans for the New Order. He put aside a Soul Contract meant to obtain Dumbledore’s memories until Dumbledore’s mind was more vulnerable.

• Alison Robb secretly diverted Dumbledore’s letter during her inspection at the Ministry’s letter-delivery tower.
• Amelia Bones received the intercepted letter and sent it to Ian, who read it and recognized that Dumbledore had noticed something.
• Ian told Amelia not to act against Dumbledore, resealed the letter, and Amelia returned it to its original route.
• Ian said he would return to Hogwarts and make it the first Cornerstone of the New Order.
• Ian examined the Soul Contract intended to obtain Dumbledore’s memories, then decided to wait for a time when Dumbledore was mentally weakened.

Ian investigated why the second Limitation resisted his Life Code alteration and conducted experiments that produced unstable wizards who broke through three Limitations but soon died. He concluded that he needed a new method to break his own second Limitation, then left his laboratory to attend to trouble Amelia had mentioned.

• Ian studied Flamel's records and found that each Limitation required a distinct breakthrough method, with more powerful methods needed for higher layers.
• Ian and Snape tested several methods on captured dark wizards, using the World Gate's Law of Time to accelerate their training.
• Ian created wizards who broke through three Limitations, but their bodies and souls collapsed under their unstable Magic, so Ian ended their lives and recorded the results.
• Ian concluded that he needed a method between Body Modification and the Philosopher's Stone, and considered the Soul Fusion Entity as an intermediary for breaking his second Limitation.
• Ian rejected using the Law of Death because he feared its consciousness could mark his soul, then left the laboratory to deal with the trouble Amelia had mentioned.