Chapter Summaries

Moody used Veritaserum to uncover Death Eater Antonin Dolohov’s assignment and a few Ministry contacts, then Lupin took the names to Dumbledore. At Hogwarts, Will reassured Sylvia that he would return safely after leaving to handle family matters, and they marked their second anniversary together.

• Moody tortured Dolohov for information before giving him Veritaserum, which revealed that he had been sent to find and capture the Appleby family.
• Dolohov named Aldrich and Atwood as Ministry contacts before passing out, and Moody wrote down the names for Lupin to take to Professor Dumbledore.
• After dinner, Will walked with Sylvia and confirmed that he planned to leave after Christmas to take care of personal business.
• Sylvia reminded Will that it was their second anniversary and told him she loved him, while Will promised to return soon with an anniversary present.
• Will and Sylvia decided to spend more time together in the Room of Requirement.

Will visited the old duke at Aldren Castle to discuss a planned gathering of Wizard God believers in Louisiana, then reunited with his uncle Hobart. After catching up, Will agreed to go to London with him for lunch.

• Will met with the old duke and learned that Rodney Sinclair had organized a Louisiana gathering for January 1, 1997, where believers would worship the Wizard God.
• Will agreed to attend the gathering and witness a miracle, then stayed at the castle after learning Hobart was there.
• Hobart greeted Will warmly and teased him about romance, while the old duke worried at his casual address to Will.
• Will explained that his classes, extra lessons, experiments, and papers kept him busy, and Hobart praised the strategy map Will had sent him.
• Will declined Hobart's offer to see a striptease show, and Hobart went to get ready so they could have lunch in London.

Will caught up with Hobart in London before visiting Malfoy Manor for Christmas, where Voldemort praised his recruitment efforts and gave him a powerful Portkey. The chapter ended with Will examining the mysterious silver snake sculpture.

• Will shared a meal with Hobart at Le Gavroche and reassured him that Hogwarts was safe.
• Will returned Hobart to Aldren Castle, then went to Malfoy Manor, where Lucius led him to Voldemort.
• Voldemort praised Will for recruiting Hogwarts students and urged him to win over more before next summer.
• Will told Voldemort that he had learned Apparition and credited his progress to Voldemort's teaching.
• Lucius brought a silver snake sculpture, and Voldemort revealed that it was a powerful Portkey.

Will learned that Voldemort planned to use a Portkey to abduct Hogwarts students, while privately considering how to turn the plan to his own advantage. After dinner at Malfoy Manor, Will left with Lucius, who stopped him at the gates.

• Voldemort told Will to use a Portkey to transport Hogwarts students to a prepared location and instructed him to leave after dinner.
• Will asked Voldemort about Soul Studies and described his experiments, then memorized Voldemort's lessons.
• Will noticed the Resurrection Stone Ring on Voldemort's hand and suspected Voldemort intended to use the students to threaten Dumbledore.
• Will dined with Voldemort, Lucius, Narcissa, and several senior Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor.
• Will promised to carry out Voldemort's task, then Lucius escorted him to the gates and stopped him before he left.

Will confronted Lucius about trying to involve him in Draco’s task, then visited Knockturn Alley to assess how it had changed under Voldemort’s control. He left the increasingly orderly trading hub and entered a darker, more chaotic alley where he could capture Dark Wizards.

• Will accused Lucius of trying to use him to protect Draco from the consequences of his task, but promised not to tell the professor and said he valued Draco as a friend.
• Will left Lucius and planned to check on the Magical University, capture test subjects, and visit the believers’ gathering in Louisiana.
• Will visited Knockturn Alley and noticed its repaired shops, Death Eater guard posts, and regular patrols.
• Will concluded that Knockturn Alley had become a trading hub and rival center of power within Voldemort’s territory.
• Will entered a darker, narrower alley where he expected it would be easier to capture Dark Wizards.

Will captured wizards and gathered rat test subjects, then visited Samuel G. Cohog to discuss the magical university planned for Salzkammergut. He challenged the university’s reliance on traditional subjects and demonstrated a Felix Charm, leaving Cohog confronted with the potential of new magical disciplines.

• Will captured nearby wizards in Knockturn Alley and collected dozens of rats as test subjects.
• Will tormented Bellatrix in her cell before spending the night studying.
• Will visited Samuel G. Cohog at the Magical Congress of the United States of America and learned that the university would be built in Salzkammergut, with construction due to begin in early January.
• Cohog described plans to invite experts to teach traditional subjects, but Will argued that the university should develop and subdivide new fields of magic.
• Will cast a Felix Charm on Cohog to demonstrate the value of combining potion and charm magic, leaving Cohog speechless.

Will explained how the Magical University could fund and evaluate research, then visited his followers in Louisiana and secretly used magic to heal and bless them. The worshippers praised the Wizard God, while Will noticed a man in the corner of the church.

• Will outlined research assessment criteria and potential funding sources for the Magical University to Cohog.
• Will explained that the university should explore how magic worked and advance it, unlike Hogwarts and Ilvermorny, which taught how to use magic.
• Will Disapparated to Louisiana to check on his followers and watched a congregation praise the Wizard God.
• Will used his Patronus Charm, healed several sick worshippers, and cast the Felix Charm on everyone in the church.
• The worshippers praised the Wizard God after feeling healthier, and Will noticed a man in the corner.

Will discovered that Lugoman and the people at his hideout were Scourers planning to attack a gathering of wizards on January first. He incapacitated them all and stood alone in the room.

• Will followed Lugoman from the church to a hideout where Scourers tracked suspected wizard activity.
• Lugoman told the others that wizards were involved with a new sect and urged them to prepare for a scouring at its January first gathering.
• Will recognized the group as descendants of anti-wizard zealots and considered turning their capture into a political achievement for Cohog.
• Will plunged the room into darkness, and the Scourers screamed and fired their guns.
• When the darkness cleared, every Scourer had lost consciousness, and Will was the only one still standing.

Will rounded up the Scourers who had tried to hunt him and sent them to Cohog, then waited for January 1. At the Black family home, Dumbledore discussed Voldemort’s Horcruxes and the Order’s plans with Moody and Snape before Lupin arrived with news about werewolves willing to help.

• Will searched the Scourers’ memories, gathered the people they identified, and sent Cohog a letter containing a dozen Scourers transformed into paper figures.
• Moody gave Dumbledore the information he had extracted from the captured Death Eaters, and Dumbledore said it would help the Order strike at Tom.
• Dumbledore and Snape discussed Will’s absence, the need to learn how many Horcruxes Voldemort had, and the Death Eaters’ growing suspicions of Snape.
• Snape told Dumbledore that Draco was worried about his parents, and Dumbledore said he would instruct Frank not to put Draco in a difficult position.
• Lupin brought Dumbledore verified information on werewolves in the Werewolf Mutual Aid Association and reported that a third were willing to join the fight.

On January 1, 1997, Will staged a divine manifestation at the First Church of Truth, using magic and emotion-manipulation to convince thousands of believers that the Wizard God had appeared. He left the congregation believing they had received miraculous healing, though the effects were temporary.

• Thousands of believers entered the magically expanded First Church of Truth and gathered in silence for the ceremony.
• A pastor led the congregation in praising the Wizard God while Will hovered above them and used Emotion Weaving and the Patronus Charm to fill them with warmth and happiness.
• Will descended in a glowing, indistinct form and spoke directly into the believers' minds, silencing the church.
• Will gathered the church's light into his hand and showered the congregation with silver motes, temporarily easing their fatigue, ailments, anxiety, and fear.
• Believers cried out that they had been healed as Will watched and reflected that the effects came from the Happiness Charm and Felix Charm.

Will staged miracles in the cathedral, turning the believers into fervent followers of the Wizard God and promising that devotion could make them wizards. After the congregation left, Will remained behind as his Charisma entered a special state because it had reached the world's limit.

• Will quieted the crowd and promised to favor those who did good and punish those who forsook him.
• Will chose several believers, including the priest, and gave them apparent magic, prompting the congregation to praise the Wizard God.
• Will told the believers that devotion and good deeds could eventually make any of them wizards.
• Will departed in a burst of light, and the priest urged the congregation to spread the Wizard God's gospel.
• After the believers left, Will remained in the cathedral as his Charisma reached its limit and entered a special state.

Will’s Charisma reached its current pinnacle, upgrading his bonus abilities and Magic-Blessed Body.MAX, and he tested his enhanced magical affinity in the Amazon. Back at Hogwarts, everyone was overwhelmed by his irresistible charisma, leaving Will concerned about meeting Dumbledore while unable to control it.

• Will’s Charisma-series abilities reached MAX, and Magic-Blessed Body upgraded to Magic-Blessed Body.MAX before he reached LV7.
• Will traveled to the Amazon Rainforest, where animals gathered around him, and he tested his improved spellcasting and magical affinity.
• After Will left, the gathered animals resumed fighting around the spot where he had stood.
• Will returned to the High Tower lounge at Hogwarts, where Harry, Hermione, and the others were struck by his powerful attraction.
• Will worried that his uncontrolled charisma could cause trouble when he faced Dumbledore.

Will used True Mask MAX to stabilize the effects of his enhanced charisma, then spent the end of the holidays transcribing and studying Voldemort’s Soul Studies research. With term beginning and Dumbledore returning, Will had to pause his experiments that might help save Scrimgeour.

• Will left Harry and the others, then struggled to explain his unusually powerful charisma to Sylvia in the Room of Requirement.
• Will used a Sleeping Charm on Sylvia and experimented with True Mask MAX to conceal some of his charisma, altering the memories of Dark Wizard test subjects along the way.
• After several days of experiments, Will stabilized his condition, and the people in the High Tower began acting more normally around him.
• Will spent the last days of the holidays copying Voldemort’s Soul Studies knowledge into three notebooks and studying its theories about the body, soul, and magic.
• Will realized the research could help save Scrimgeour, but term began and the real Dumbledore returned before he could resume his experiments.

Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts and summoned Will and Snape to discuss the Horcruxes. Will claimed Voldemort had made six, including the Resurrection Stone ring, while Dumbledore insisted they could not delay dealing with Harry’s Horcrux.

• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts with Fawkes and sent Will a message asking him to visit the Headmaster's Office.
• Will told Dumbledore and Snape that Voldemort had made six Horcruxes and identified the ring he wore as the remaining one.
• Will said the ring’s black stone resembled the Resurrection Stone and that Voldemort had shown no interest in Hufflepuff's Cup.
• Snape questioned whether they would act against Harry, but Dumbledore argued that Voldemort would not give Harry more time and that they could not depend on Will’s research.
• Snape apologized for putting too much responsibility on Will, who said he was willing to do what he could to bring peace to the wizarding world.

Dumbledore arranged for Frank Longbottom to impersonate him and make the Wizarding World believe his health was deteriorating. He then discussed Harry’s fear of death with Grindelwald, who suggested giving Harry something he feared losing even more, leaving Dumbledore to consider what Harry would risk his life to protect.

• Will left the Headmaster’s Office after Dumbledore decided his dangerous mission was complete and that he should no longer be put at risk.
• Frank Longbottom arrived disguised as Dumbledore, and Dumbledore instructed him to appear seriously ill so the Wizarding World would believe his health was worsening.
• Snape took Dumbledore’s hair to brew Polyjuice Potion for Frank, then left the office.
• Dumbledore argued with the Sorting Hat about involving Harry in a plan that required him to face death willingly, then went to Nurmengard to consult Grindelwald.
• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that Harry needed a fear stronger than death, prompting Dumbledore to wonder what Harry would risk his life to protect.

Will completed his final Transfiguration tutoring session with Professor McGonagall, who praised his skill and gave him her personal notes. With his tutoring sessions ending and more free time ahead, he returned to the Room of Requirement and decided to study her notes.

• Will transformed many objects into animals and then conjured a miniature forest in Professor McGonagall's office.
• Professor McGonagall praised Will's Transfiguration, gave him her personal notes, and told him that his tutoring was over.
• Will thanked Professor McGonagall and left, reflecting on the end of the tutoring sessions that had filled much of his life for nearly six years.
• Back in the Room of Requirement, Will considered how to use his new free time but chose to read Professor McGonagall's notes that night.

Will used a Warm Air Charm to clear the snow and shield the students from the cold during their Apparition lesson. After Wilkie Twycross demonstrated Apparition, Will performed it effortlessly, shocking the gathering.

• Wilkie Twycross introduced himself as the Ministry of Magic's Apparition instructor while the students and Heads of House assembled beside the Black Lake.
• Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape warned the students about the concentration required and the danger of Splinching.
• Will cleared the snow and warmed the area with a charm, earning points from Professors Snape and Flitwick.
• Twycross explained the three Ds and demonstrated Apparition after the Headmaster temporarily lifted Hogwarts' restriction beside the lake.
• Will Apparated to the far end and back in quick succession, leaving the students and Twycross astonished.

Will mastered Apparition during his first Apparition Class and earned Slytherin dozens of points, while the other students struggled and Hawthorne was injured by Splinching. After class, Professor McGonagall told Will that Professor Dumbledore wanted to see him about important matters.

• Twycross was astonished to learn that Will had mastered Apparition in his first class, and Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout awarded Slytherin points for his success.
• Harry wondered whether he could catch up with Will, but Strange reminded him that his priority was preparing for a possible attack from Voldemort.
• The students continued practicing and struggled with Apparition; Harry nearly fell, Neville and Ron collided, and Seamus crashed into several students.
• Hawthorne Splinched himself, leaving his legs behind, and Twycross and the professors rejoined his body.
• Twycross ended the lesson by warning the students not to practice alone and reminding them of the three Ds: destination, determination, and deliberation.
• Flitwick and Snape both asked Will to meet with them, but McGonagall told him that Professor Dumbledore wanted to see him about important matters.

Will confronted Dumbledore about asking him to teach Harry not to fear death and about restricting his soul research. Dumbledore accepted Will’s unchanged stance, and Will arranged to see Grindelwald before Dumbledore left Hogwarts.

• Will met Dumbledore and Frank in the Headmaster’s Office, where Dumbledore asked him to help Harry face death.
• Will objected that teaching Harry not to fear death was effectively asking him to gamble with his life, and insisted Dumbledore speak to Harry directly.
• Will told Dumbledore that his stance had never changed and offered to swear an Unbreakable Vow; Dumbledore said he trusted him without one.
• Will asked to visit Grindelwald the next morning, and Dumbledore agreed before asking Will to summon Harry after lunch.
• Will intercepted Harry and Neville on the way to the dining room and told them to meet him in the High Tower after lunch.

Will asked Neville to become the Secret Keeper for a Fidelius Charm, warning him that the role could put him in danger. Neville eagerly accepted and promised never to reveal the secret, even if it cost him his life.

• Will made two love letters disappear and told Hermione not to bring him any more.
• Will sent Harry to meet Dumbledore and asked Neville to join him in the High Tower study.
• Neville told Will that Professor Sprout was helping him pursue a future as Hogwarts' Herbology professor.
• Will offered to speak with Neville's parents if they opposed his career plans and promised to support him.
• Will asked Neville to become the Secret Keeper for a Fidelius Charm and warned him about the risks.
• Neville accepted the role and swore he would keep the secret even if he died.