Recaps

Manus investigated a disturbance in history, helped Helena and Rowena Ravenclaw prepare their shared grave, and reconciled with Dumbledore over the Mirror of Erised. After deepening his Blood Magic research and helping Hagrid care for Fang, Manus prepared to return Bob to the wild.

• Manus and Lily uncovered contradictory records suggesting Maximilian Crowdy had been inserted into history, and Manus decided to investigate the time disturbance while advising Lily to act as if it had never happened.
• Manus brought Helena to the founders’ tomb, confirmed her remains, and placed her bones in Rowena Ravenclaw’s coffin before sealing the grave and promising to return the Diadem after Voldemort was dealt with.
• Manus found reusable memories among Rowena’s crystal bottles and sealed them, then told Dumbledore he had dismantled the Mirror of Erised before agreeing to make a replacement.
• Dumbledore confessed his past with Grindelwald and his fears about Tom Riddle, and Manus accepted his apology and promised to keep his confidence.
• Manus explored the limits of Blood Magic, strengthened Blood Burning Technique to its limit, and found that blood carried vitality better than souls.
• Manus delivered a replica of the Mirror of Erised to the abandoned classroom, then advised Pandora and Grogan about setting goals and tending to their growth.
• Manus helped Hagrid calm Fang and learned the puppy feared his own weakness, while Hagrid agreed that Fang could stay home rather than enter the Forbidden Forest.
• After Huginn found a suitable population of Common Welsh Greens in Wales, Manus set out with Hagrid to return the adolescent Bob to the wild, using Huginn and Muninn as safeguards for the Portkey journey.

Manus pursued meteorite-based Star Magic while taking precautions against magical influence and avoiding a conflict with the Goblins. Hagrid gave him two defective foals, and Manus began treating them as he considered whether they should remain with him.

• Manus reunited Hagrid with Bob, who flew away with its kin, then returned to Hogwarts and began preparing to study meteorites.
• Manus tested Lily and Severus in a duel, healed Lily after Severus’s Sectumsempra, and discussed magic and divination with the Transfiguration Club.
• Elizabeth supplied Manus with meteorites, but Stargazing exposed him to Earth’s energy and transformed his body into a growing crystal sphere.
• Manus discussed his plans to buy meteorites with Dumbledore, who warned him against provoking the Goblins and directed him to a hidden contact.
• Manus developed a meteorite-based Star Magic framework and built a mental barrier from Righteous Qi and Black Qi to guard against external influence.
• Hagrid gave Manus a Flying Horse and an Eight-Legged Horse, explaining that both had serious congenital defects and that the latter might not live long.
• Manus brought the foals into his creature-raising space and treated the Flying Horse with a potion made with his blood, which began strengthening its weak soul.

Manus uncovered an impostor Defense Against the Dark Arts professor tied to a hired theft ring searching Hogwarts for the Sword of Gryffindor. After the gang was exposed, Manus learned that his uncle Blake had died in a battle between Death Eaters and a civilian resistance group.

• Flitwick punished seven Gryffindors for skipping class, while Manus found Lily after she had retaliated against a Slytherin who called her a Mudblood.
• Lily and Severus discussed their electives and career plans, then joined Manus as research assistants and tried recording changes in his magical models.
• Manus spent the holiday at home, investigated a hidden cottage connected to a meteorite researcher, and recognized Kreigs disguised with Human Transfiguration.
• Manus warned McGonagall and Flitwick that Kreigs was an impostor, and the professors helped him capture the fake before the Ministry took him away.
• Manus discovered letters revealing that Kreigs and three accomplices had been hired to search Hogwarts for the Sword of Gryffindor after their Gringotts robbery failed.
• Manus learned that Dumbledore had caught two fake Kreigs while two accomplices remained fugitives, and he suspected Goblins had secretly hired the gang to recover the sword.
• Manus received Griffin’s letter confirming Blake’s death in a battle that killed dozens, and learned that Frank Longbottom had fought him as part of a civilian organization.

Manus outfitted Ravenclaw with powerful new Broomsticks, made custom models for Bellows and Hagrid, and pursued experiments with memories and the Mental World. He shared his deductions about Voldemort’s Horcruxes with Flitwick, who began preparing him for the Magical Schools Dueling Tournament.

• Manus designed Ravenclaw’s new Broomsticks, and the team tested their speed and stability as Claude Foley recognized their advantage.
• Manus made a wand-compatible Broomstick for Bellows and began crafting a sturdy one for Hagrid while tracking the escaped Kreigs group.
• Manus told Dumbledore that the prisoners had escaped, and Dumbledore discussed the Order’s losses and the threat of leaks before lending Manus a Pensieve.
• Manus brought Tom Riddle’s memory into the Mental World, confined Tiny Tom, and discovered that Mental Particles enabled him to manifest objects.
• Manus used Beast Blood Baptism on the body of a dead Common Welsh Green and studied Godric Gryffindor’s memories in Rowena Ravenclaw’s grave.
• Manus gave Hagrid Oak Fortress, which Hagrid tested in flight and used to cast a silent spell, then accepted the Unicorn tail hair Hagrid had collected.
• Manus reasoned that Horcruxes tethered Voldemort to life but could not resurrect him, and Flitwick agreed to train Manus for the Magical Schools Dueling Tournament.