Recaps

Will delivered Origin Spells to the Ministry, treated Frank and Alice Longbottom, and learned that Voldemort had given both him and Snape one year to complete dangerous tasks. As Dumbledore enlisted Will to search for Horcruxes, Death Eaters seized Knockturn Alley, leaving Will to prepare for the coming school year.

• Dumbledore welcomed Hagrid back to teaching, while Will delivered the first Origin Spells compilation to Scrimgeour and rested after days of work.
• At Malfoy Manor, Voldemort tasked Will with recruiting Hogwarts pure-blood students and let him choose hundreds of rare books from the Hidden Chamber library.
• Snape told Will that Voldemort had ordered him to kill Dumbledore within a year, and Will revealed that Voldemort had given him a one-year deadline too.
• Will saved Kingsley from a fatal injury, then examined Frank and Alice Longbottom and took them home after discovering St. Mungo’s could not heal them.
• Will repaired the Longbottoms’ damaged memories and Magic structures, restoring them to consciousness, and asked the family to keep his identity and role secret.
• Dumbledore asked Will to use Nicolas’s Alchemical Locator to search for Horcruxes, and Will agreed while asking Dumbledore to take credit for curing Frank and Alice.
• At Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Will reunited with his friends before explosions drew him into Knockturn Alley, where Death Eaters killed Gilbert and declared their takeover.
• Will returned to the shop, finished shopping with his friends, took Sylvia to Lestrange Manor, and left to check on the recovering Longbottoms before Hogwarts began.

Will helped Dumbledore manage Draco’s secret mission while pursuing his own magical research and responsibilities at Hogwarts. The arc ended with Will preparing to investigate a missing Howard family operative in America as Dumbledore learned that Death Eaters were targeting Invisibility Cloak makers.

• Will returned to Hogwarts, met Slughorn, and learned that Snape would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts while Aurors guarded the school.
• Draco told Will that Voldemort had ordered him to watch Snape, and Will brought Draco and the Surveillance Device to Dumbledore.
• Will began studying nonverbal spells and potions, helped Draco win Felix Felicis, and later promised to help restore the Malfoy family’s reputation.
• Will told the High Tower that Draco was forbidden to enter, while secretly directing Draco to pose as an outcast and identify students sympathetic to Voldemort.
• Dumbledore asked Will to guard Hogwarts and continue working on Horcruxes, while Will agreed to share his potion-derived spells with the Order of the Phoenix.
• Will accepted the Head Boy position for Slytherin, then Dumbledore appointed Draco Head Boy and Hermione Head Girl.
• Will gave Draco Origin Spell materials and urged him to master them and use duels to earn respect among Slytherins.
• Will investigated photographs of a missing Howard family operative in Connecticut, while Moody reported that Death Eaters were attacking Invisibility Cloak makers and seeking permanent cloaks.

Will advanced his plans to gain influence in the American Wizarding World while helping Dumbledore and Snape mislead Voldemort about the Origin Spells and Deathly Hallows. The arc ended with foreign Dark Wizards attacking Hogsmeade as Will and Professor Flitwick arrived in the burning village.

• Dumbledore enlisted Moody to impersonate him, while Will’s Cold Spell research earned Slughorn’s praise and drew his interest in Felix Felicis Transmutation.
• Will infiltrated the home of Jeffrey Rich, learned of his abuse of Simon’s grandparents, and delivered him to the old duke after condemning him to an experience of Hell.
• Dumbledore rescued the Appleby family from Death Eaters and used the attack to plant a false lead about the Invisibility Cloak, while Will began infiltrating the American Magical Congress.
• Snape told Will that Voldemort had ordered him to obtain the [Origin Spells] and kill Dumbledore, and Will proposed faking Dumbledore and Snape’s deaths to secure Voldemort’s trust.
• Dumbledore revealed that Voldemort sought the Deathly Hallows and that Harry had the Peverell Invisibility Cloak, then discussed the Resurrection Stone and Horcruxes with Will and Grindelwald.
• Will developed plans to establish a Magical University and expand his influence in America, then punished executives he judged guilty and altered the memories of survivors he intended to use.
• Voldemort studied the Origin Spells, tested a Confringo variant, and grew suspicious that the materials were incomplete, while Will used Legilimency to alter Samuel G. Cohog’s memories.
• Foreign Dark Wizards attacked Hogsmeade as part of Yaxley’s selection trial, and Will and Professor Flitwick arrived to find the village under assault.

Will helped prepare a plan against Voldemort while pursuing research, supporting his friends, and organizing the High Tower. The arc ended with Will giving its members study notes and Tower Medals, setting rules for the group, and receiving their pledge of loyalty.

• Professor Flitwick and Will fought the Dark Wizards attacking Hogsmeade, then helped the Aurors and villagers defeat them and rescue residents.
• Scrimgeour considered the Magical Congress of the United States of America’s proposal for a Magical University, and Will persuaded him to support building it in Austria.
• Draco recruited Slytherins to help bring “that lord” back, while Will studied Alchemy and gave Dumbledore Ravenclaw’s Diadem, which proved to be a Horcrux.
• Dumbledore, Snape, and Will discussed Voldemort’s Horcruxes and plans to deceive him, while Will proposed using the Werewolf Reversal procedure to remove the soul fragment inside Harry.
• Dumbledore destroyed Nagini and sent Alice and Moody to confront extremist werewolves, where Lupin secured the group’s cooperation through the Werewolf Mutual Aid Association.
• Will studied the Water-Conjuring Ritual with Professor Flitwick, producing a steady stream of clear water and recording its magical structure.
• Will gave Ron Felix Felicis after Gryffindor lost to Slytherin, then hosted the High Tower’s first all-member dinner and distributed his study notes and Tower Medals.
• Will announced that the High Tower would stop recruiting, conceal itself after his graduation, and punish members who harmed one another, and the members pledged to follow him.