Recaps

Su Er infiltrated Malfoy Manor during Dumbledore’s battle with Voldemort, blasting through the house’s protective enchantments to reach its dungeon entrance. He descended the dark stairs under magical protection, continuing toward the mission’s target.

• Sirius brought Su Er to a moonlit London alley, where a white-robed wizard greeted them.
• Su Er approached Malfoy Manor under the Invisibility Cloak while Dumbledore and Voldemort fought outside.
• Su Er blasted through the manor’s protective enchantments, alerting the fighters and prompting the Order of the Phoenix to hold back the Death Eaters.
• Voldemort challenged Dumbledore to a duel and cast Avada Kedavra as Su Er entered the manor through the breach.
• Su Er found the hidden dungeon entrance marked with the Malfoy family crest and descended its dark staircase behind a Shield Charm.

Su Er rescued Ollivander from the dungeon and discovered that Snape was guarding him. Su Er and Snape fought to convince Voldemort’s forces that Snape had stopped the rescue, then Su Er escaped with Ollivander as Death Eaters arrived.

• Su Er used a blinding flash and Stunning Spells to incapacitate the guards, then found Ollivander in the dungeon.
• Snape confronted Su Er and stunned Ollivander, but Su Er refused to leave and challenged his professor to a fight.
• Snape attacked Su Er with a Killing Curse and Sectumsempra, warning him not to lower his guard even against an ally.
• When Death Eaters hurried into the dungeon, Su Er blasted the room, grabbed the Portkey, and vanished with Ollivander in a flash of blue light.

Su Er rescued Ollivander from Malfoy Manor, then returned to Hogwarts to take up the Defence Against Dark Magic post under the alias Aibo Nokhan. At the professors’ welcome tea, Snape reacted sourly to Su Er getting the position, and McGonagall challenged Snape’s views on student discipline.

• Su Er used a Portkey to escape Malfoy Manor with Ollivander and sent up the agreed signal that the rescue was complete.
• Hermione left for Hogwarts without finding Su Er, who had spent the night drinking with Sirius at the Hog’s Head after settling Ollivander at Hogwarts.
• Su Er cleaned Umbridge’s old decorations out of the Defence Against Dark Magic office and filled its bookshelf with books from the Room of Requirement.
• McGonagall invited Su Er to a professors’ tea, where she welcomed him as the new Defence Against Dark Magic professor and recognized his true identity.
• Flitwick shared teaching advice while Snape sourly learned Su Er had taken the post; McGonagall disagreed with Snape’s preference for detentions and deducted points.

After Harry was reported missing from the train, Su Er went to find him and brought him back to Hogwarts. Su Er confirmed he was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but a sinister voice confronted Harry as they arrived.

• The Aurors reported that Harry had not gotten off the train, and Su Er volunteered to search for him.
• Su Er found Tonks at the station with Harry, learned that Lupin was recovering at St. Mungo's, and took Harry in her place.
• Harry told Su Er that Draco Malfoy had used Petrificus Totalus on him, and Su Er healed his crooked nose and cleaned his face.
• Su Er and Harry walked toward Hogwarts, where Su Er confirmed that Dumbledore had invited him to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
• A sinister voice asked Harry whether he was pleased to be late.

Su Er escorted Harry into Hogwarts after Snape repeatedly threatened to deduct Gryffindor points, then joined the feast and missed Hermione’s attempts to catch his attention. Dumbledore welcomed the students and introduced Su Er as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, drawing loud applause and Snape’s displeasure.

• Snape threatened to deduct more Gryffindor points from Harry for arguing, allegedly slandering Malfoy, and arriving in Muggle clothes, while Su Er tried to rein him in.
• Su Er transformed Harry’s clothes into wizard robes and led him into the Great Hall, where he ate beside Professor Flitwick and failed to notice Hermione glaring at him.
• Su Er realized Hermione was upset, but she turned away after he smiled at her, and he distracted Professor Flitwick with a fabricated story about a disagreement with his girlfriend.
• Dumbledore announced that students could not use joke products from the Weasley Trick Workshop and introduced Su Er as Hogwarts’ new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• The students applauded Su Er’s appointment, while Snape snorted in displeasure.

Aibo Nokhan began teaching first-years and sixth-years practical defense against dark magic, providing wandless first-years with temporary substitutes from the Castle’s old stores. He left his sixth-year class with the announcement that they would study dark magic.

• Su Er introduced himself to the first-years and gave each student an old wand to use until they received their own at Christmas.
• Su Er told McGonagall and Flitwick that he had found the usable wands among the Castle’s accumulated possessions.
• Su Er began his sixth-year defense class by explaining that he favored practical lessons over relying on books.
• Su Er awarded Gryffindor a point after Hermione asked what the class would study, then announced that they would study dark magic.

Professor Nockhan taught the students to use the Shield Charm and practise casting spells nonverbally. After Hermione and Neville demonstrated their skill, he appointed Hermione as his teaching assistant.

• Professor Nockhan explained that flexible defence was essential against Dark Magic and demonstrated nonverbal Shield Charms while Harry attacked him.
• Professor Nockhan assigned students random partners to practise nonverbal spells and defend themselves using only the Shield Charm, pairing Defence Against Dark Magic Group members together.
• Harry saw that he had been paired with Draco Malfoy, while Hermione noticed how Professor Nockhan had arranged the matchups.
• Hermione and Neville successfully blocked each other's nonverbal spells, earning twenty points for Gryffindor.
• Professor Nockhan asked Hermione to help teach the class and promised Gryffindor another twenty points, and Hermione accepted.

Su Er saw Harry receive the Half-Blood Prince’s Advanced Potions Guide and realized Snape had hidden it for him to use. He then offered Hermione a way to see her parents and revealed a newly made mirror.

• Su Er penalized Draco Malfoy fifteen points for breaking the rules during his duel with Harry, then gave Harry Dumbledore’s note about private lessons.
• Hermione told Su Er that Snape had forced Harry to attend Potions and repeatedly taken points from him.
• Harry and Ginny brought the Advanced Potions Guide to Su Er, who found it harmless and recognized Lily Evans’s handwriting among its notes.
• Su Er concluded that Snape had deliberately left the book for Harry to help him prepare for the coming battle.
• Hermione asked about seeing her parents, and Su Er showed her an alchemical mirror he had received from Dumbledore.

On Hogwarts’ first Hogsmeade weekend, Katie Bell was cursed after opening a parcel containing a dangerous Opal Necklace. Su Er and Professor Flitwick brought her and the necklace to Hogwarts, where Professor McGonagall took the necklace to Snape for examination.

• Su Er and Professor Flitwick went to the Three Broomsticks as students headed to Hogsmeade in bad weather.
• Neville rushed to the pub and told Su Er that Katie Bell had been cursed.
• Su Er and Flitwick found Katie writhing on the ground beside an opened parcel while Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Leanne tried to restrain her.
• Su Er bound Katie in a blanket, and Flitwick magically contained the parcel before they returned to Hogwarts.
• Su Er examined the Opal Necklace and warned that touching it could trigger its curse; Professor McGonagall told the students to get checked by Madam Pomfrey.
• Professor McGonagall took the Opal Necklace to Snape.

Su Er kept the black gemstone Dumbledore entrusted to him and spent Christmas in France with Hermione and their families. After the holiday, Dumbledore summoned him and asked him to witness a meeting with someone who was expected to arrive.

• Harry accused Draco Malfoy of giving Katie the cursed necklace, but Su Er told him he had no evidence and said Malfoy was serving detention with Professor McGonagall.
• Hermione returned to ask Su Er whether Malfoy was responsible, and Su Er confirmed it before turning to their scheduled call with the Two-Way Mirror Plus.
• Fawkes delivered Dumbledore's letter and a box containing a pitch-black gemstone, with instructions for Su Er to keep it safe and follow Fawkes when the time came.
• Su Er and Hermione spent Christmas in France with their families, hosted by Madam Olympe and Nicolas Flamel's grand-apprentice.
• After the holiday, Dumbledore thanked Su Er for the sun-warmed woollen socks and asked whether the gemstone was safe.
• Su Er said he understood Dumbledore's plan, and Dumbledore asked him to witness a meeting with someone who was due to arrive.

Dumbledore, Snape, and Su Er planned to exploit Draco’s attempt on Dumbledore and Snape’s Unbreakable Vow to make Dumbledore appear dead and draw Voldemort into a final battle. As the plan advanced through March, Hermione visited Su Er, and Ginny arrived at his office.

• Snape delivered Dumbledore a potion, then discussed Draco’s task and Narcissa’s Unbreakable Vow with Dumbledore and Su Er.
• Dumbledore explained that Snape could fulfill the vow by casting a Killing Curse at him after Draco failed, and revealed his plan to let Voldemort learn that his strength had declined.
• Dumbledore and Snape agreed that Draco’s next attempt would help make Dumbledore’s apparent death believable, and Snape promised to reveal Dumbledore’s weakness indirectly.
• Su Er noticed Draco’s nervousness in class as the school year progressed into March, though he did not know how Snape had advanced the plan.
• Hermione told Su Er that she had mastered Apparition on her first try, and he teased her by scratching beneath her chin.
• Ginny entered Su Er’s office, noticed Hermione’s flushed earlobes, and drew her own conclusions about the atmosphere.

Su Er attended an Order of the Phoenix feast at the Shrieking Shack with Hermione and revealed to the Weasley twins that he was alive. The gathering ended with Su Er using Levicorpus to escape George and Fred’s prank.

• Su Er read Dumbledore’s invitation to an Order of the Phoenix feast scheduled for March 23, 1997, and decided to attend with Hermione.
• Su Er and Hermione traveled by Floo Powder to the Shrieking Shack, where Mr. Weasley greeted them and directed them to the others.
• Su Er and Hermione joined Fred, George, Bill, Fleur, and Pheobe as the twins discussed wedding fireworks for Bill and Fleur.
• Su Er removed his disguise and told the shocked Fred and George that the person at St. Mungo’s had been a fake, then disguised himself again and asked them to keep his identity secret.
• When George prepared to prank him, Su Er escaped Fred’s hold and cast Levicorpus.

While the Order of the Phoenix gathered at the Shrieking Shack, Harry and Draco Malfoy fought in a Hogwarts corridor, where Snape arrived and accused Harry of attacking a fellow student. Snape took Harry to his office for Dumbledore and McGonagall to deal with, while Malfoy hid his satisfaction at the outcome.

• Mrs. Weasley served dinner to the Order of the Phoenix at the Shrieking Shack, and Su Er suspected Dumbledore would not arrive.
• At the Hogwarts feast, Dumbledore noticed Harry and Draco Malfoy were absent and signaled Snape to leave the Great Hall.
• Draco Malfoy discovered Harry under the Invisibility Cloak and fought him in a corridor, with both students casting spells at each other.
• Draco let Harry's Disarming Charm hit him, then pretended to Snape that Harry had attacked him.
• Snape accused Harry of trying to kill Draco and took him to his office for Dumbledore and McGonagall to address the matter.

Harry escaped Snape's locked office and raced toward the Astronomy Tower after seeing the Dark Mark, while the Order fought Death Eaters at Hogwarts. Harry reached the tower in time to see a white-robed figure fall after a Killing Curse, and he cried out in horror.

• Snape locked Harry in the Potions Professor's office after leaving with Malfoy, and Harry eventually blasted a hole through the door to escape.
• Harry saw the Dark Mark above the Astronomy Tower and hurried toward it, fearing an attack on Hogwarts.
• The Order members rushed from the Shrieking Shack to Hogwarts and fought the Death Eaters, with Su Er helping protect Hagrid from a Killing Curse.
• A blast tore through the Astronomy Tower wall, and a white-robed figure cast a Killing Curse before falling backward through the opening.
• Harry arrived at the tower, saw the figure fall, and cried, "No!!"

After Snape and the Death Eaters escaped Hogwarts, Su Er and the survivors mourned Dumbledore, whose death marked the end of an era. Dumbledore was laid to rest, while the true war loomed ahead.

• Snape took Malfoy and led the fleeing Death Eaters out of Hogwarts, while Harry and the Order tried to stop them.
• Su Er stood with the crowd as Harry grieved over Dumbledore’s body and accepted that Dumbledore was dead.
• The Minister for Magic, Aurors, and Hogwarts governors arrived, and the survivors dealt with their injuries; Bill had lost an arm but it could be reattached.
• Su Er visited the Headmaster’s Office, where Dumbledore’s portrait had joined the others and the Sorting Hat sang a dirge.
• At Dumbledore’s funeral, Hagrid placed his body in the coffin, and a white marble tomb enclosed it after the mourners said farewell.

Su Er and Hermione attended Remus Lupin and Tonks’s wedding at 12 Grimmauld Place, where the Order later discussed moving Harry before his protective charm expired. The chapter ended with Su Er and several others volunteering for the dangerous operation to protect Harry.

• Su Er and Hermione talked about Lupin and Tonks’s upcoming wedding and their own future marriage at home on Lily Street.
• Su Er and Hermione arrived at 12 Grimmauld Place on July 20 and joined the small gathering for Lupin and Tonks’s wedding.
• Lupin and Tonks exchanged rings in a brief ceremony attended by their friends and family, then celebrated with a lavish lunch.
• Moody explained that Harry had to be moved before his protection ended on his birthday, and that Voldemort would likely attack during the operation.
• Kingsley, Fred, George, Lupin, Tonks, Sirius, and Su Er agreed to take part in the dangerous mission.

Su Er arranged for the Dursleys to leave Britain before the Order of the Phoenix arrived to move Harry. As Moody explained the altered escape plan, Sirius prepared Polyjuice Potion and asked for hair.

• Su Er told the Dursleys that Harry’s protection would expire and persuaded them to leave for France.
• The Dursleys drove away, and Su Er told Harry to pack and release Hedwig to Hogwarts.
• Hagrid arrived with Sirius and the Order members, and Harry greeted them.
• Hagrid told Su Er that someone had broken into Hogwarts, and they agreed the intruders had not spotted him.
• Moody explained that Pius Thicknesse’s betrayal forced them to use nonmagical transport to move Harry.
• Sirius produced bottles of potion and asked everyone for a few hairs.

Su Er joined the Order’s plan to escort Harry from the Dursley residence, disguised as one of the seven Potters. The Death Eaters ambushed the group as they took off, and Su Er and Moody fought off their pursuers while the other Potters scattered.

• Su Er drank the Polyjuice Potion, revealed his disguise device to Harry, and joined Moody’s broom group while Harry rode with Hagrid.
• The seven Potters and their escorts left the Dursley residence together, but Death Eaters attacked them with Killing Curses as they rose into the night.
• Su Er used an Exploding Charm and a forked Stunning Spell to knock Death Eaters from their brooms while Moody evaded the curses.
• After the Potters scattered, four Death Eaters pursued Su Er and Moody, and Su Er killed one with Sectumsempra.
• Moody led their three remaining pursuers into a cloud and then above it, where Su Er and Moody stunned all three and sent them falling into the darkness.

Su Er and Moody escaped an ambush at their destination, where Mundungus Fletcher betrayed them and Moody narrowly avoided several Killing Curses. The Order reunited at the safe house, but George had lost an ear and Sirius was gravely wounded after Snape and Bellatrix attacked them.

• Su Er recognized Mundungus Fletcher’s betrayal and warned Moody as Mundungus prepared to attack, but Death Eaters burst in and fired Killing Curses.
• Moody grabbed the Portkey, and Su Er helped him escape to the safe house, where Hermione verified Su Er’s identity and welcomed him back.
• Moody told the others that someone had betrayed their plan, while Lupin reported that George and Sirius had not returned yet.
• George and Sirius arrived covered in blood, and George revealed that Snape and Bellatrix had ambushed them on their brooms.
• Lupin examined Sirius’s deep chest wound, whose black vapor showed it had been caused by an unusual spell.

Harry identified Snape’s Sectumsempra as the spell that wounded Sirius and George, and his countercurse healed them. Su Er learned Voldemort had attacked the Austrian Ministry archives and suspected he was seeking Grindelwald and the Elder Wand, while Bill and Pheobe’s wedding approached.

• Harry found Snape’s Advanced Potion-Making book and used the listed countercurse to heal George and Sirius.
• Sirius recovered after a night of sleep, and Su Er learned Voldemort had not appeared because the Austrian Ministry archives had been attacked.
• Su Er suspected Voldemort had gone after Grindelwald and the Elder Wand, and considered the possibility that Grindelwald and Dumbledore might stand against him.
• Fred and George showed Su Er their wedding clothes, while George remained unable to regrow his ear.
• Bill and Pheobe’s wedding took place on August first, and Fawkes appeared in Su Er and Hermione’s tent the night before.

Su Er left Hermione and followed Fawkes through Hogwarts and Hogsmeade, where Snape and Aberforth helped him escape. Newt Scamander smuggled Su Er into Germany under a false identity and sent him toward Monschau for the next part of Dumbledore’s plan.

• Su Er warned Hermione to stay close to the Order of the Phoenix if danger arose, then left with Fawkes and asked her to keep his departure secret.
• Fawkes brought Su Er to Hogwarts, where Snape showed him a hidden passage after Su Er noticed the Elder Wand.
• Aberforth gave Su Er a Portkey and warned him that Death Eaters were watching Hogsmeade.
• Su Er arrived at a cliff and met Newt Scamander, who prepared a false identity and Polyjuice Potion for him.
• Disguised as Rodolphe Mathil, Su Er passed inspection with Newt and reached the Ministry of Magic in Berlin.
• Newt directed Su Er to travel by Muggle train to Monschau and find its largest church.

Su Er traveled from Berlin to western Germany in search of Monschau and was picked up at the station by McDuff, who had been waiting for him on Rosier’s orders. When Su Er recognized McDuff as one of the Saints, McDuff sped off with his attention still turned toward him.

• Su Er escaped the Ministry of Magic in Berlin by motorcycle, changed into Muggle clothes, and rode a train west without paying.
• After arriving in North Rhine-Westphalia, Su Er asked people for directions to Monschau but could not find anyone who knew the way.
• McDuff waited at the station for someone sent by Rosier, and Su Er accidentally asked him for directions.
• McDuff recognized Su Er as the person he had been sent to collect and led him to an old truck.
• McDuff introduced himself as Old Mac and complained that Rosier’s errand had cost him a drinking session and delayed feeding his animals.
• Su Er realized McDuff belonged to the Saints, and McDuff accelerated while looking back at him, prompting Su Er to warn him about people ahead.

Su Er reached Monschau and met Grindelwald, who explained how he and Dumbledore had escaped death by splitting their souls with the Resurrection Stone and Elder Wand. Grindelwald hinted that Su Er’s own wand could help repeat the process, but left its significance for Su Er to recall.

• McDuff drove Su Er to Monschau and told him that Ms. Rosier had been waiting for him.
• Rosier led Su Er through the church and brought him to Grindelwald, who said he now called himself Walton Gridlerod.
• Grindelwald explained that the body killed by Voldemort had held only part of his soul, while he had escaped death through a ritual arranged with Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald said the ritual used the Resurrection Stone, the Elder Wand, and a modified Horcrux method that spent magic rather than life.
• When Su Er questioned how the ritual could work without the Elder Wand, Grindelwald said Su Er’s wand had the necessary nature and asked him to remember what its seller had said.

Su Er studied Grindelwald’s book on ritual magic and learned the reason for Dumbledore’s weakness before returning to Britain with Rosier and the elderly former Saints. He found the Burrow under Ministry surveillance, while Hermione waited there and glimpsed a black-and-white badger on the nearby hillside.

• Grindelwald told Su Er to study the book, learn its spell, and memorize the ritual because Grindelwald could no longer perform it himself.
• During his stay in Monschau, Su Er learned where the other half of Dumbledore’s soul was and why Dumbledore had been weak.
• On August fifteenth, Su Er arrived at Heathrow with Rosier and a group of former Saints, and they planned to help someone take control of the Ministry when the time was right.
• Su Er went to a hillside overlooking the Burrow and saw that its protections were gone and Ministry figures were watching it.
• Hermione remembered the Ministry’s fall and Su Er’s warning to stay at the Burrow, then glimpsed a black-and-white badger on the hillside.

Su Er secretly visited Hermione at the Burrow and learned that the Order of the Phoenix planned to keep Harry away from Hogwarts. He told Hermione that Snape was still on their side and that Harry had to return to school, then left to persuade the Order.

• Hermione worried about Harry and the others while the Weasleys remained under watch at the Burrow.
• Su Er slipped into the Burrow in his Animagus form and secretly found Hermione in her room.
• Hermione told Su Er that Harry, Ron, and Ginny had left, and that the Order of the Phoenix wanted Harry to take time off school.
• Su Er told Hermione that Snape had killed Dumbledore to gain Voldemort's trust and would not become Headmaster when term began.
• Su Er said he would go to the Order and tell them Dumbledore had left a contingency at Hogwarts, then promised to see Hermione there.