Chapter Summaries

MOSS relayed that Wanda and Hulk had been taken away by magic while Thor and Vision remained in Sokovia, as the Wizard King’s Silencers arrived to escort Ariana. In the city, John destroyed the Mind Stone’s cross-dimensional coordinates, and Fiona announced that the Wizarding Kingdom would formally join the United Nations.

• Little Bear gestured to MOSS, who told the Avengers that Wanda was safe, Hulk had also been taken, and Thor and Vision were in the city; Tony went to look for Thor.
• Bakerley Raddus arrived to escort Ariana, and ten Silencers appeared and confronted the Avengers; Fury identified them as the Wizard King’s royal guard.
• A Golden Little Man grew into an armored, dragon-scaled creature and repaired Sokovia’s damaged streets as Fiona and the Aurors helped the residents emerge.
• John destroyed the Mind Stone’s cross-dimensional coordinates, then examined Thor and ordered Martha to carry him back while he prepared to leave with her.
• John and Martha departed in a rainbow pillar of light, and Fiona announced that the Wizarding Kingdom would take its place at the United Nations as a nation.

John confronted Dreamwalker in the Dreamscape and learned that his double had orchestrated events to test whether John would take his place or let him continue watching. After John passed the trial, Thor woke in Wizard City and saw its bustling streets.

• John deduced that he had been behind the events and met Dreamwalker, the Runespoor head who shared his appearance.
• Dreamwalker explained that he had watched countless lives across universes and had staged a trial because he wanted to escape his role as an observer.
• John chose to continue fulfilling his role as Wizard King, and Dreamwalker agreed to remain in the Dreamscape.
• Thor woke beside Wanda, found Mjolnir missing, and went onto the balcony to see a busy Wizard City.
• A woman in professional Wizard attire welcomed Thor to Wizard City.

Thor and Wanda explored Wizard City with Miss Borgin, received Wanda’s Magic Card, and learned that Hulk had been taken to Knockturn Alley after being invited there. They left the Hit Wizards’ base to find him.

• Hannah Longbottom served Thor and Wanda food at the Leaky Cauldron and revealed that her husband, the Lion of Longbottom, was coming to Wizard City.
• Miss Borgin led Thor and Wanda through Diagon Alley toward the First Magic Savings Bank, but they insisted on finding Hulk after learning he was being watched by the Hit Wizards.
• Wanda received a replacement Magic Card as a Lost Wizard, and the bank clerk advised Miss Borgin to help her get a wand from Ollivander.
• Miss Borgin took Thor and Wanda to the Hit Wizards’ base, where they found Grawp in a giant cell instead of Hulk.
• Wanda used her magic to communicate with Grawp, who told them Hulk had gone to Knockturn Alley because he was invited.

John returned to Wizard City and proclaimed the Wizard King’s return, prompting a citywide celebration. As the wizards welcomed him, Daphne Greengrass heard his call and stepped onto the ship’s deck.

• Neville Longbottom returned to Hannah, and they planned a feast to celebrate his homecoming.
• Nagini told Fury that the wizards had invited the Avengers and ordered him to prevent intelligence agencies from interfering with magic’s arrival.
• Fleur Delacour secured the support of a wealthy French nobleman and received John’s letter from Riddle, rejoicing that her king was finally willing to return.
• Thor and Wanda met Hagrid and his Zouwu in Knockturn Alley while Thor failed to summon Mjolnir.
• John returned to the Central Magic Tower, declared that the world must change, and led Wizard City in celebrating the Wizard King’s return.
• Daphne Greengrass heard John’s words aboard a ship in the harbor and stepped onto the deck.

John reunited with Hagrid, Lockhart, and the Zouwu before bringing Thor and the others to a palace to introduce them to the Wizarding Kingdom. The chapter ended as Percy Weasley and Penelope Weasley arrived at the banquet.

• Lockhart tried to recruit Thor for a film and claimed he and John had shared adventures, but John corrected him.
• Hagrid embraced John, and the Zouwu happily rubbed against him.
• John offered Lockhart a task and promised him a gold statue at Wizard University if he succeeded.
• John transported Thor, Wanda, and the others to a palace, welcomed Thor to the Wizarding Kingdom, and changed his clothes with magic.
• Percy Weasley and Penelope Weasley arrived at the banquet.

Penelope and Percy welcomed guests to a gathering in the wizarding city, where Wanda struggled to feel at home and John revealed that the Vision Thor had seen was not him. Meanwhile, the Avengers monitored the sleeping Vision and searched for Thor, until Tony learned that Mjolnir had been detected in the North Atlantic.

• Penelope worried that the Wizard King would think she and Percy had failed, and Percy reassured her that he trusted them.
• Draco Malfoy arrived with Astoria, encountered his disapproving father-in-law Mr. Greengrass, and Pheobe joined the gathering.
• Wanda felt like an impostor among the wizards, and John told her the city could be her home if she wanted it to be.
• Thor told John he had seen Vision, and John showed him a golden heart and explained that the figure had succeeded but was not him or Vision.
• Tony and the Avengers discussed Thor's disappearance and the altered Vision, who remained asleep while they monitored him.
• Friday detected an anomalous magnetic field in the North Atlantic, and Tony identified its source as Mjolnir.

Thor and Hagrid drank together while Mjolnir caused chaos at Dragon Castle, and Wanda entered the Stars Society, where she reunited with John and met his old friends. The gathering left the members together again after fifteen years of change.

• Mjolnir flew into Dragon Castle and struck a sleeping black dragon, waking the dragons and provoking a furious fight.
• Thor and Hagrid drank together, while Hulk danced with the wizards and felt accepted for the first time.
• Fleur invited Wanda through the door to the Stars Society, where Percy and Draco confronted her for using her mind-reading ability.
• John arrived and explained that Wanda's magic was crude, then greeted the Society members, including Daphne Greengrass.
• Daphne reunited with John, and the Stars Society gathered again after fifteen years apart.

Cross successfully shrank a living sheep and told Hope he would soon surpass Hank Pym, while Scott Lang began a burglary under Hank Pym’s surveillance. At the Stars Society, John proposed bringing the Wizarding Kingdom into the outside world and named Wanda as one of the two people needed to begin.

• Cross used his machine to shrink a sheep, which remained alive inside the glass chamber.
• Cross told Hope he had achieved living-organism shrinking technology and suggested they could remove Hank Pym from the picture.
• Hope realized Cross had begun breaking into Hank Pym’s field, while Hank Pym began watching Scott Lang after his release from prison.
• Scott struggled to find legitimate work, then accepted his friend’s suggestion to rob a house with a safe; Hank Pym monitored him through a flying ant.
• John told the Stars Society that the Wizards could claim a place in the outside world and named Wanda as one of the two people needed for their opening.

John selected Wanda Maximoff as a spokesperson and offered to teach her ancient magic so she could control her abilities, then chose Gilderoy Lockhart as another spokesperson. After the Stars Society reunited for a toast, skeletal riders appeared over the Jovanovich Estate, signaling a new threat.

• John explained that superheroes would reshape relations between nations and told Wanda her abilities had existed since birth.
• John showed Wanda a magical library and promised to teach her knowledge and spells, and she was drawn to the ancient magic that resonated with her Chaos Magic.
• John named Gilderoy Lockhart as the other spokesperson, and the Stars Society members agreed he was a suitable choice.
• John and his friends toasted their reunion with the words, "To eternal glory."
• At the Jovanovich Estate, a bearded man sensed something unclean entering the Wolf Pack's territory as riders on skeletal horses appeared across the grounds.
• An elderly headmaster at a nearby ancient school looked toward a stone gargoyle while the students continued their lessons unaware.

Wraithlike elven knights appeared across the world, while John struggled with whether he was truly the same person his friends remembered. John sent Thor beyond the Wizarding Kingdom’s mist to retrieve Mjolnir, and the Wild Hunt’s arrival showed that the Conjunction of the Spheres’ troubles continued.

• Robert disarmed a would-be robber, but a wraith-knight appeared and pierced the fleeing man before pursuing Robert.
• The Ancient One identified a captured frost-bearing wraith as an elf and worried that the Wild Hunt’s arrival had disrupted the futures she had seen.
• Pheobe reassured John that he was himself and that the people who loved him would be happy for him.
• Thor woke beside Hulk, then decided to leave after John told him the Avengers were being condemned for Sokovia.
• John banished Thor toward the Wizarding Kingdom’s border, where Mjolnir flew to him through the mist and Thor escaped as the mist dissipated.

The Jovanovic family learned that mysterious wraiths were hunting witchers and possibly magic users, so they set out for New York to find Natasha. In New York, Robert escaped an attack and burned the taxi to erase his identity.

• Seryozha and Valery discussed the strange wraiths, and Old Jovanovic warned them not to involve Yardani before sending them to find Natasha.
• Old Jovanovic ordered Andrei to go with Seryozha and Valery, protect Natasha, and keep an eye on Valery.
• Aleksei reported that Rigg had seen wraiths heading toward a school, where gargoyles destroyed them, suggesting the creatures targeted magic as well as witchers.
• Andrei, Aleksei, Anton, Ulyana, and Valery left the Jovanovic Manor for New York to find Natasha.
• Robert left a wrecked store with gasoline, then set the damaged taxi ablaze to destroy traces of his identity.

Lockhart prepared for an interview about his new book and his loyalty to the Wizard King, while John brought Wanda to a place where she could access any magic. Wanda agreed to join the Avengers and began absorbing the knowledge in a mysterious book before John left her behind.

• A Black Dragon killed a knight outside the Wizarding Kingdom, while Wraiths vanished into the mist.
• Lockhart rejected numerous outfits before telling Rita Skeeter he wanted to serve the country and uphold the Wizard King's trust.
• John found Wanda studying magic in Wizard City's library and led her through a hidden path to a room containing a book of knowledge.
• John told Wanda she would leave the next day to join the Avengers, and she touched the book, receiving a torrent of knowledge.
• John left Wanda studying and encountered a resentful Daphne, who complained that he had merely covered her with a blanket.

Daphne reunited with John but left without addressing their unresolved feelings, while Wanda returned to the Avengers and Hulk stayed in the Wizarding Kingdom. A month later, Professor McGonagall visited John because wraiths had appeared in the Forbidden Forest.

• Daphne spoke with John about Namor and its vibranium, then left to manage the Greengrass fleet without discussing their feelings.
• Wanda returned to New York with her White Bear, and Thor told Steve that Hulk had chosen to remain in the Wizarding Kingdom.
• Wanda agreed to join the Avengers, and Pietro joined her despite his misgivings.
• John found work for Hulk at a fantastic beasts clinic, where Hulk helped heal an Erumpent and later drank with Hagrid and Grawp.
• A month later, Professor McGonagall met John and told him that a student had seen wraiths in the Forbidden Forest.

John traveled to Hogwarts, meeting Percy Weasley’s daughter Stella on the Sea Train and overwhelming her with lessons on magic and potions. At King’s Cross, Stella argued with Draco’s daughter before boarding the Hogwarts Express, while John prepared to follow.

• At the Sea Train station, Stella urged her grandfather Arthur Weasley to board, then realized she had left her luggage behind as the train departed.
• John met Stella on the train and reassured her about her luggage before discussing her schoolwork and teaching her advanced magical concepts.
• The Sea Train crossed through a portal over the ocean and reached London, where Stella hurried away from John after learning he had already graduated.
• John passed through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and saw Stella bickering with Draco’s daughter, who was accompanied by two followers.
• Stella and Draco’s daughter boarded the Hogwarts Express, and John checked his ticket and prepared to board as well.

John returned to Hogwarts as a guest professor, reuniting with the staff and startling students with his power and reputation. The chapter ended with John greeting the school and reflecting on his return.

• John rode to Hogwarts in the staff carriage and met Stella and Alice Malfoy in a Thestral carriage, where he revealed that Professor McGonagall had invited him.
• John surprised Alice and Stella by revealing he had taught Care of Magical Creatures and was now a professor at Hogwarts.
• Peeves drenched students with water balloons until John greeted him, prompting the poltergeist to flee in terror.
• John dried Stella and Alice with wandless magic, then entered the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and Snape welcomed him warmly.
• Hagrid joyfully greeted John, who looked around the Great Hall and said, "Hello, Hogwarts."

John attended Hogwarts’ sorting ceremony and dinner, where the professors welcomed new staff. Professor McGonagall introduced John Wick as the new Guidance Professor, leaving Stella confused about his role and Professor Howlett’s appointment.

• John greeted Professors Sprout and Flitwick, who discussed how little they had taught him during his Hogwarts years.
• Neville led the new students into the Great Hall and sorted Alfred Allen into Gryffindor.
• John avoided the Stargazy Pie and Mapo Tofu Ice Cream as the professors passed the strange dishes around the table.
• Professor McGonagall announced that Professor Howlett would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, surprising Stella.
• Professor McGonagall introduced Mr. Wick as Hogwarts’ new Guidance Professor, and Stella wondered what the unfamiliar position meant.

John investigated the Forbidden Forest after Stephens Diggory was found unconscious and heard that a Skeleton Horse and Red Knight had frightened him. Unicorn princess Weiwei revealed that the creatures had been searching for unicorns, leaving John to wonder whether they wanted unicorn blood.

• Lewis and Stella discussed the new professors, with Stella agreeing that Professor Howlett seemed formidable.
• Hagrid told John that Stephens Diggory had wandered deep into the Forbidden Forest and been found babbling about a Skeleton Horse and a Red Knight.
• John asked Hagrid to keep students out of the forest and set off with him to investigate, leaving Grawp to guard the entrance.
• John found traces where Stephens had been and realized something had tried to follow the boy into Hogwarts, but the evidence had been erased.
• Weiwei told John that armored skeleton creatures had searched for unicorns and that Stephens had lured one away from her.

John visited the unicorns’ home and learned from Clark that the elves hunting them were refugees fleeing the world-ending White Frost. He discovered that the elves had brought the calamity with them and returned from the ancient tree intending to address the threat.

• Weiwei welcomed John and Hagrid to the unicorns’ hidden home, where Clark explained that the elves had been searching for unicorns and people with magic.
• Clark led John into the ancient tree and revealed that elves had once hunted unicorns to use their world-traveling power to conquer other worlds.
• John read the tree’s records and learned that the elves were fleeing the White Frost, a recurring catastrophe that pursued them between worlds.
• John realized that the elves had trapped themselves in this world and that the White Frost had followed him there.
• John concluded that only Weiwei and Clark retained the ancient unicorn bloodline, then headed down the tree as Hagrid came looking for him.

John Wick overwhelmed students with unsolicited Potions knowledge while they struggled with Snape’s essay assignment. In the Hospital Wing, Stephens told John how he had encountered a blood ritual and a pursuing knight in the Forbidden Forest, and the whispers in his mind stopped as they spoke.

• Snape repeatedly deducted points from Lewis and Stella before assigning the students a seven-inch Potions essay.
• Stella and Lewis asked John about Polyjuice Potion, but his torrent of related knowledge left them and a Hufflepuff student bewildered.
• Stephens woke in the Hospital Wing tormented by whispers about the White Wolf, White Frost, and the Supreme Sorcerer.
• John introduced himself to the wary Stephens and invited him to explain what had happened in the Forbidden Forest.
• Stephens recounted touching blood from a ritual gate and fleeing a knight on a skeleton horse until Hagrid found him.
• Stephens noticed that the whispers had stopped while he was talking to John, leaving John wondering why they had disappeared.

Stephens recovered from the hospital and began studying ancient runes to understand the mysterious voice tormenting him. Meanwhile, Lewis, Stella, and Alice planned to investigate Hogwarts’ three great legends, while John gave Stephens even more ancient-language books to study.

• Stephens left the hospital, resolved to study ancient runes and languages to deal with the whisper, and noticed the voice fell silent whenever Professor Wick was nearby.
• Lewis told Stephens and Stella about the Night-Walking Devil, the Golden Thief, and the Wizard King's Treasure, then showed them a blank map he had found.
• Alice took the map and insisted on joining the investigation, and Stephens offered the group his Invisibility Cloak while explaining that it could cover only three people.
• Stella and Alice argued over the plan, and Stephens realized he would have to deliver the Invisibility Cloak to them despite not joining the adventure.
• The whisper returned to torment Stephens but stopped when John came near, and John handed him more books written in ancient languages to study.