Recaps

Will studied Durmstrang spells and chose a new cooking ability, Taste Memory, after reaching Cooking LV4. While eating, he found that his watch had started responding again, suggesting time’s retaliation against him had ended or weakened.

• Will read about Durmstrang’s practical War Magic, unusual alcohol spells, and other spells such as Snow Blade and War Stomp.
• Will decided to postpone his research into creating artificial Werewolves until he returned to the proper time.
• After reaching Cooking LV4, Will chose Taste Memory, which let him perceive and reproduce the flavors of food he had tasted.
• Will noticed his watch clicking as he handled it and realized its renewed response might mean time’s retaliation had eased.

Will traveled back to 1890 to investigate incidents involving Ancient Magic and Emotion Magic during Phineas Nigellus Black's time as Headmaster, but found no useful clues at Hogwarts. He left for the Scottish Highlands to study magic, remaining there until September 1980.

• Will adjusted his watch and traveled to 1890, arriving without suffering any distortion to his body.
• Will entered Hogwarts under a Disillusionment Charm and observed students from different houses practicing magic together.
• Will explored Hogwarts and found the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom's dragon skeleton and a potion brewing in the empty Potions classroom.
• Will searched the Room of Requirement for information on Ancient Magic and Emotion Magic but found only basic books and no useful clues.
• Will left Hogwarts for the Scottish Highlands and studied magic there for several months, until September 1980.

Will followed a Dragon attacking Professor Fig and Depty’s carriage, then was transported with them by an Ancient Magic Portkey to coastal Ruins. As Fig and Depty began exploring the site, Will recognized its traces of Ancient Magic and learned more about Depty’s unusual late awakening as a wizard.

• Will followed a collared Norwegian Ridgeback and saw it attack Professor Fig and Depty’s Hogwarts carriage.
• Will slowed the fall of an Ancient Magic key, and Professor Fig summoned it, activating a Portkey that carried Will, Fig, and Depty to a Cave beside Ruins.
• Will recognized the Ruins’ traces of Ancient Magic, while Professor Fig suspected Miriam’s Portkey had brought them to the place she and George had died seeking.
• Will learned that Depty Winston had only become a wizard that summer and had entered Hogwarts as a fifth-year transfer.
• Professor Fig and Depty broke a magical barrier, and Fig prepared to repair a path leading toward the Ruins in the water.

Will followed Professor Fig and Depty into Gringotts, but the Thief's Downfall exposed him and forced him to incapacitate them and erase their memories. The group reached a Gringotts Guard with no one remembering Will's presence.

• Professor Fig repaired a stone bridge, and he and Depty entered the ruins, where touching a magical crystal transported them to Gringotts.
• A goblin recognized Professor Fig's key and led him and Depty onto a minecart headed for Vault Twelve, while Will secretly rode with them.
• The Thief's Downfall dispelled Will's Disillusionment Charm, exposing him to Professor Fig, Depty, and the goblin.
• Will stunned Professor Fig and Depty, put the goblin to sleep, and erased all three of their memories of him.
• Will woke the others, and the minecart stopped before a Gringotts Guard.

Will, Depty, and Professor Fig entered Vault Twelve and discovered that Depty’s unusual gift could reveal a hidden doorway. After Depty activated it, they were transported to a dark, strange place where he uncovered the outline of armor beneath a translucent floor.

• A goblin escorted Will, Depty, and Professor Fig to Vault Twelve and locked them inside its small stone chamber.
• Professor Fig tried Specialis Revelio on the blank wall, but it did not work, so he taught Depty the spell.
• Depty cast Specialis Revelio and revealed a door-shaped outline matching the key, then touched its center.
• Darkness engulfed the group, and Depty followed a silvery-blue light that transported him, Will, and Professor Fig to an open space.
• Depty spotted a suit of armor beneath the translucent floor and cast Specialis Revelio, revealing another suit whose movement matched the one below.

Depty learned to use Lumos to guide the armor, triggering a fight with six Guardians that he and Professor Fig defeated with help from Will in the shadows. The darkness then led Will to another hall, where Depty faced the Guardians alone and was wounded, forcing Will to intervene again.

• Professor Fig taught Depty to control Lumos, and Depty used the light to guide the armor on the ice.
• The armor struck the ice and summoned six Guardians, which attacked Depty and Professor Fig.
• Will secretly tripped, slowed, and disrupted the Guardians while Professor Fig and Depty fought them off.
• Darkness separated Will from Depty, and Will followed faint lights to another hall.
• Depty activated the Guardians alone, was wounded in the fight, and Will decided to help him from the shadows.

Depty and Professor Fig discovered a Pensieve memory explaining the Ancient Magic trials, but Ranrok confronted them and demanded what they had found. Ranrok killed a goblin who objected, then attacked Professor Fig as Will watched from the shadows.

• Depty followed the lights into a hidden hall, where he and Professor Fig viewed a memory of Percival and Charles Rookwood creating the trials for people who could see Ancient Magic.
• Professor Fig realized Depty could see traces of Ancient Magic and suspected Miriam and George had sought the same knowledge.
• Ranrok entered with two goblins and demanded that Depty and Professor Fig hand over what they held.
• A goblin defended Depty and Professor Fig’s right to enter their vault, but Ranrok killed him with a beam from his glowing bracer.
• Professor Fig and Ranrok locked spells in a beam struggle while Will noticed the bracer on Ranrok’s other arm flash red.

Ranrok destroyed the Guardian and attacked Will, who emerged from hiding and countered the Goblins’ spells with Transfiguration. Ranrok’s dark magic appeared to tear Will apart, but Will spoke from behind him, leaving Ranrok chilled.

• The Guardian attacked Ranrok and his men, killing one Goblin before Ranrok and his surviving man destroyed it with repeated spells.
• Depty pulled Professor Fig away from the Guardian and escaped through a portal.
• Will emerged from the shadows, and Ranrok attacked him alongside his remaining man.
• Will transfigured stone fragments into feathered serpents that blocked the Goblins’ spells.
• Ranrok struck Will with dark magic and believed he had killed him, but Will’s voice sounded behind Ranrok.

Will revealed that he had hidden while a transfigured double fought Ranrok, then attacked the goblin with transfigured creatures and shifting stone. Ranrok countered Will’s spells with the goblin magic in his rune-enchanted gear, and the chapter ended with Will lowering his wand as Ranrok taunted him.

• Will appeared behind Ranrok, revealing that his real body had stayed hidden while a transfigured decoy fought.
• Will transfigured stones and dust into werewolves and trapped Ranrok’s remaining subordinate in liquid stone.
• Ranrok used the runes on his bracers to create a barrier and dissolve the werewolves with a red shockwave.
• Ranrok fired needle-like rays at Will, but Will raised a thick stone wall to block them.
• Will sent stone spikes at Ranrok and turned the ground beneath him to quicksand, but Ranrok’s enchanted gear shattered the attacks and hardened the ground.
• Will lowered his wand, and Ranrok laughed and asked if he was giving up.

Will defeated Ranrok using a transfigured puppet while remaining hidden, then incapacitated him with Legilimency and erased his memories. He planned to manipulate the struggle over ancient Magic from behind the scenes.

• Ranrok broke free of the stone trapping him and attacked Will, but Will used Transfiguration to create obstacles and traps that weakened him.
• A stone cage trapped Ranrok, who detonated his Bracers and destroyed the apparent Will, only to discover the figure had been a puppet.
• Will revealed he had stayed hidden throughout the fight and used Legilimency to search Ranrok’s memories.
• Will’s brutal Legilimency left Ranrok unconscious, and Will cast Obliviate on him.

Will learned that Ranrok had found the Rookwood family’s Repository and was using Victor Rookwood to reach it, while Will planned to exploit Ranrok’s search for Ancient Magic. After Ranrok returned to Rookwood Castle with Victor, Will followed them inside, eager to carry out his own plan.

• Will learned from Ranrok’s memories that Bragbor had built five Repositories and that Ranrok had stolen Ancient Magic from the Rookwood family’s Vault.
• Will decided to use Ranrok as his Puppet to obtain Ancient Magic and became interested in finding records about Goblin Magic.
• Ranrok woke Gordon and blamed him for being defeated, unaware that Will had altered his memories with Obliviate.
• At Rookwood Castle, Victor Rookwood demanded a larger share of the Galleons before allowing Ranrok to return to the Repository.
• Ranrok agreed to Victor’s demand without intending to pay, then hurried into the Castle as Will followed him.

Will discovered the Ancient Magic Core beneath Rookwood Castle and stopped Ranrok and Victor Rookwood from taking it. He copied the core’s intricate Magic circuits, finishing a new core that glowed silvery-white.

• Will found the Ancient Magic Core and examined the Magic flowing through its structure.
• Ranrok told Victor Rookwood he wanted to use the core to make new Bracers, angering Will.
• Will used his Wand to immobilize Ranrok and Victor, erased their memories, and put them to sleep.
• Will copied the Ancient Magic Core’s circuits, and after several hours completed a new core with a faint silvery-white glow.

Will obtained Rookwood’s ancient magic and searched the castle before settling into a new underground home near Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Depty began adjusting to life at Hogwarts, where Professor Matilda Weasley gave him a guide to help him catch up with wizarding studies.

• Will absorbed the ancient magic core from Rookwood Castle and felt an instinctive urge to absorb nearby emotions.
• Will searched the basement but found no useful research materials, then confirmed that Ranrok and Victor Rookwood could not remember the night’s events.
• Will traveled to a mountaintop near Hogwarts and Transfigured an underground home for himself.
• Depty reflected on his first day in the magical world before falling asleep in the Ravenclaw Common Room.
• Depty met Professor Matilda Weasley the next morning, and she gave him a Practical Guide to Wizarding to support his studies.

Depty began classes at Hogwarts, learned about the Summoning Charm, and went to Hogsmeade with Sebastian to buy a Wand. Meanwhile, Will studied a magical map that pointed toward the Library's Restricted Section and set out to investigate it.

• Professor Weasley gave Depty a book made for him, and Professor Fig greeted him before class.
• Depty attended Professor Hecat's Defence Against the Dark Arts class and learned about her defeat of a poaching ring.
• Sebastian Sallow invited Depty to the Secret Duelling Club and suggested visiting the Restricted Section at night.
• Depty learned the Summoning Charm in Professor Ronan's Charms class, then went with Sebastian to Hogsmeade to buy a Wand.
• Will examined the magical map in Professor Fig's office, saw traces pointing to the Library's Restricted Section, and left to investigate.

Will entered the Restricted Section without a key and discovered a vast underground palace beneath Hogwarts, guarded by enchanted armor. After defeating the guardians, he found a floating book and a Pensieve, then plunged his head into it.

• Will transformed into an insect and slipped into the Restricted Section, where he found stairs leading deep beneath the Library.
• Will followed ancient magic through a glowing doorway and opened a massive carved door into a palace-sized underground chamber.
• Will flew across a deep fissure and used conjured stone pythons to crush four suits of Golem Armor.
• Will crossed another fissure and passed a second group of Golem Armor as conjured animals fought them.
• Will found a Pensieve and a floating book in a circular hall, then took the book and plunged his head into the Pensieve.

Will watched a memory showing the four Hogwarts professors using Ancient Magic to end a drought, then saw Isidora Morgana join them as a student able to perceive its traces. He suspected Depty was connected to the professors’ hidden Repositories and decided to search a book for clues, while Depty displayed his strength in Hogsmeade.

• Will watched Percival Rackham, Charles Rookwood, Niamh Fitzgerald, and San Bakar use Ancient Magic to restore a drought-stricken village and its land.
• Will saw Isidora Morgana arrive at Hogwarts as a fifth-year student and learned she could see traces of Ancient Magic.
• Will connected Isidora and Percival’s fifth-year arrivals to Depty, suspected Depty could lead him to the Repositories, and chose to search the book for clues.
• In Hogsmeade, Depty blasted a Troll apart with a powerful Charm as villagers watched and wondered who he was.

Will discovered Depty Winston investigating the underground Palace and realized Ranrok could lead him to Ancient Magic Repositories. He Imperiused Ranrok at Rookwood Castle, learned what the Goblins knew, and left him with orders to continue the search and study a coded book.

• Will hid in the underground Palace and watched Depty Winston examine the Pensieve, then inferred that Ranrok was another source of information about Ancient Magic.
• Will entered Rookwood Castle under the Disillusionment Charm and found Ranrok studying maps of possible Repository locations.
• Will cast Imperio on Ranrok and learned that Ranrok and Rookwood had identified possible Repositories from Bragbor's notes and Rackham's clues.
• Ranrok told Will that capturing Depty Winston might help locate the Repositories, and Will ordered him to keep searching and avoid drawing the Aurors' attention.
• Will asked Ranrok to arrange a few expendable Dark Wizards for experiments and ordered him to notify Will before opening any Repository.
• Will gave Ranrok the coded book and told him to have his brother look for information in it.

Will used Rookwood's ancient Magic on three Dark Wizards to extract and assimilate their negative emotions. His repeated use advanced his ancient Magic to LV2 and granted him Magic Amplification, an ability that enhanced charms according to the emotions and strength of his ancient Magic.

• Will stayed at Rookwood Castle and waited for Ranrok to deliver Dark Wizards so he could gather ancient Magic without searching for the Repositories.
• Ranrok brought three Dark Wizards, whom Will had confined in a cell in his suite.
• Will drew the Dark Wizards' negative emotions into his Magic Core, leaving them alive but blank and seemingly diminished.
• Will repeated the process, becoming more adept and advancing his ancient Magic to LV2.
• Will gained Magic Amplification, which let his ancient Magic enhance charms, with negative emotions amplifying offensive charms and most dark Magic.

Will tested how Ancient Magic amplified spells, then followed Ranrok’s Goblin subordinates to a ruined Tower near Hogwarts that might contain a Repository. There, he found Depty and Professor Fig confronting the Goblins as both sides prepared to fight.

• Will amplified Stupefy and blasted a Dark Wizard apart, then used an amplified Avada Kedavra that split into two beams and killed two more Dark Wizards.
• Ranrok reported a possible Repository near Hogwarts, while Will ordered him to speed up the search and bring in more test subjects.
• Will recorded his experiments and wondered whether Rookwood’s Ancient Magic could combine with the Joy Core.
• The next day, Will followed Ranrok’s Goblins to an ancient Tower, where he found Depty and Professor Fig already inside.
• The Goblin leader demanded that Depty leave, but Depty objected that the ruins belonged to Hogwarts, and the Goblins raised their weapons.

Depty completed San Bakar's Tower trial and viewed a Pensieve memory showing Isidora's desire to take away her father's pain, which Percival opposed. The memory revealed that Isidora later returned to Hogwarts as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, while Will prepared to follow Depty and Fig to the Map Chamber.

• Depty and Professor Fig defeated the Goblins at San Bakar's Tower, and Depty learned from Percival's portrait that only someone who could see Ancient Magic could enter the trial.
• Depty entered the underground Palace with Will, overcame its obstacles, and defeated the giant Guardian by destroying its knee and then striking its head.
• Depty entered the Pensieve, and Will followed him into Percival's memory of Isidora asking to use Ancient Magic to relieve her father's suffering.
• Percival warned Isidora that tampering with another person's mind was dangerous and wrong, and she left in anger.
• Will saw a later memory in which Isidora had returned to Hogwarts as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, then decided to follow Depty and Fig to the Map Chamber.

Will secretly watched Depty learn about the trials designed to pass on Ancient Magic, then spent months researching and experimenting while tracking Depty’s progress. When Depty and Professor Fig entered Rookwood Castle, Charles Rookwood revealed the hidden passage to the next trial, which Will followed from the shadows.

• Will followed Depty into the Map Chamber and heard Percival and Charles Rookwood explain the trials, their artifacts, and the Ancient Magic inheritance.
• Will continued researching Ancient Magic, testing it on Dark Wizards, developing artificial Werewolves, and checking on Depty at Hogwarts.
• Will saw Depty and Professor Fig sneak into Rookwood Castle and followed them into the basement.
• Charles Rookwood’s portrait recognized Depty and directed him to traces of Ancient Magic beneath the floor.
• Depty touched the Ancient Magic, opening a hidden passage to a door marked with Ancient Magic, and Will realized Charles had to reveal the way.

Will viewed Isidora's memory of extracting her father's pain, then learned from Ranrok that Rohdgok had hidden Bragbor's complete notes. Beneath Hogwarts, Percival revealed the entrance to the Final Repository and sent Depty inside with Professor Fig.

• Will watched Isidora extract the pain from her father and store it in a crystal bottle, while Percival questioned the unknown effects of her magic.
• Ranrok brought Will Bragbor's complete notes and explained that Rohdgok had secretly arranged to give them to Depty.
• Ranrok killed Rohdgok after finding him with Depty and seized the diary; Depty escaped during a fight between Ranrok and Victor Rookwood.
• Will ordered the goblin writing translated so they could find the Repository, then prepared to leave at once.
• Percival revealed the staircase to the Final Repository beneath Hogwarts and urged Depty to proceed.
• Depty entered the Repository with Professor Fig.

Depty and Professor Fig fought through Ranrok's forces in the Underground Cavern while Will reached the final chamber containing another Ancient Magic Core. Will saw that the core held a dark red substance within its magical structure.

• Depty and Professor Fig battled Ranrok's Elite Forces and defeated an Armored Troll after Depty used Avada Kedavra.
• Will destroyed one Guardian and bound another with flowing rock as he approached the enormous stone door.
• Will used the silver Magic Core from Rookwood Castle to open the door and enter the brightly lit cavern.
• Will found a huge Ancient Magic Core above a stone platform and saw dark red material inside it with his Wizard Sight.

Will studied the Ancient Magic Core while Depty and Professor Fig fought Ranrok, whom Will had transformed into a wyvern-like monster. After Ranrok fell, Depty chose to seal the cave and leave the Core behind, but Will stayed to study its structure and plan to replicate it.

• Will examined the Core’s two-layer magical structure and vanished to avoid being disturbed while he studied it.
• Will transformed Ranrok into a wyvern-like monster as Depty and Professor Fig arrived at the cave.
• Ranrok attacked Depty and Professor Fig with Ancient Magic, draining their happiness and forcing them into a desperate fight.
• Depty killed Ranrok with Avada Kedavra, and the monster reverted to a wounded Goblin corpse.
• Depty decided to seal the cave and left with Professor Fig, while Will emerged from hiding to study the Ancient Magic Core.

Will successfully constructed a new Ancient Magic, but the Time-Turner’s effects transformed him into a Phoenix. He hatched from an egg aboard a poachers’ vessel, defeated the men, and discovered he was at sea in July 1901.

• Will formed the inner core and outer seal into a stable sphere, then used Ancient Magic to complete the new construct.
• Will’s body deteriorated as time distorted him, and he fell into an underground cavern before transforming into a Phoenix.
• Will woke inside an egg and overheard poachers planning to sell him in America.
• Will hatched, incapacitated the poachers with silvery-white rays, and returned to human form.
• Will found a July 1901 newspaper and stepped onto the ship’s deck.