Chapter Summaries

Steve and Tony’s factions clashed at the airport while the Miracle Six entered the fight and waited for an opening. As the confrontation escalated, Vision arrived to strengthen Tony’s side, and Darren secretly targeted Scott.

• Tony, Steve, and their allies began fighting at the airport, while Peter joined Tony’s side and helped confront Steve’s group.
• Guardian directed the Miracle Six to the airport, where Gentleman and Delfi fought Sam and Bucky as they tried to escape.
• Steve’s group fought Tony’s allies, including Rhodey, Black Panther, and Natasha, while Wanda and Barton also faced Tony.
• Two men fleeing the airport ran into Steve’s group, and the Miracle Six gathered with Gentleman and Delfi to watch the factions prepare for another clash.
• Guardian decided the Miracle Six would wait until both sides were distracted, while explosives remained on apron five.
• Darren used his shrinking suit to move across the battlefield and locked onto Scott.

Darren and the Avengers fought at the airport as Steve and Bucky tried to escape, but Maniac detonated an explosion at Landing Pad Five. The Miracle Six claimed responsibility and announced their authority to arrest Steve, while the Avengers reacted in rage and a new sound came from the ruins.

• Darren attacked Scott while Peter, Steve, Bucky, T'Challa, Wanda, Natasha, and Barton fought at the airport.
• Scott grew giant to help Steve and Bucky escape, while Wanda tried to stop the collapsing landing pad and Natasha turned against T'Challa to help Steve.
• Steve and Bucky entered the plane and found Maniac waiting inside; he detonated an explosion that flattened Landing Pad Five.
• Maniac emerged from the wreckage as Guardian introduced the Miracle Six and claimed they had authority to arrest Steve and Barnes.
• Sam and Barton reacted furiously, Tony stared at Maniac in shock, and a new sound came from the ruins.

Steve and Bucky survived the explosion, but Tony’s team confronted them at the airport and a three-way battle erupted among the Avengers and the Children of Miracle. As the fighting turned against Steve’s side, Night Ghost appeared and struck at Steve.

• Bucky and Steve climbed from the rubble alive, while Natasha and T’Challa also survived after the Witch rescued them.
• Tony demanded that Steve surrender and cooperate with the investigation, but Steve refused, and the airport battle began again.
• Cowboy and Barton fought a sharpshooter duel, which ended with Barton pinning Cowboy beneath a falling lamppost.
• Darren severed Bucky’s metal arm, while Natasha struggled against T’Challa and Gentleman and Maniac attacked Sam.
• Tony blasted Steve away and drove Guardian back, but a throwing knife struck Steve’s shield before Night Ghost appeared with a blade.

The battle at the airport left both superhero teams battered, while Zemo realized a fifth party was exploiting the conflict to destroy the Avengers and target the Wizarding Kingdom. John reunited with Martha and protected her as five mysterious figures emerged to attack the exhausted heroes.

• Night Ghost, Guardian, and the other fighters clashed with Tony and Steve's teams, leaving members of all three groups injured or incapacitated.
• Darren and T'Challa captured Bucky and Natasha, and Steve called for Bucky and Natasha to be freed while Tony urged him to surrender.
• Zemo concluded that the Winter Soldiers were a distraction and suspected a fifth party intended to destroy the age of superheroes.
• John found Martha, learned she had stayed to care for the school and its students, and gave her a protective necklace.
• Five people appeared at the airport as the exhausted superheroes watched, and a white-haired man declared that chaos lasted longer than order.

Darren and Guardian’s forces pushed Steve’s team toward surrender, but Pietro freed Bucky and Natasha before an unknown attacker sent an explosive passenger plane toward the airport. Tony, Vision, and Sam rushed to save its 150 sleeping passengers as the attacker gave them three minutes to stop the plane.

• Darren revealed that he was working on a military superhuman project, while Night Ghost rejected Steve’s authority and claimed to fight for justice.
• Steve assessed his team’s injuries and planned to seize a fighter jet, but he refused to surrender and began a third round of fighting.
• Night Ghost overwhelmed Barton until Pietro arrived, rescued Bucky and Natasha, and freed them from their restraints.
• Guardian called Tailor, only to learn from an unknown voice that Tailor had been incapacitated and that the attacker wanted a world without superheroes.
• A passenger plane flew toward the airport, and Tony, Vision, and Sam discovered 150 sleeping passengers aboard before the attacker announced that explosives would detonate on touchdown in three minutes.

Tony and the other heroes rescued passengers from a hacked plane carrying explosives, but Mr. Lies turned the rescue into another trap. As five Winter Soldiers attacked and an electric arrow disabled Vision, the heroes faced a new fight with Sam's fate unknown.

• Tony, Vision, Wanda, Delfi, and the other heroes evacuated passengers from the plane while Wanda and Delfi raised a barrier against the explosives.
• Vision cut away the plane section holding the explosives, and Guardian helped shield the heroes from the blast; Tony reported that the plane had landed safely.
• Mr. Lies called the heroes, shot Sam out of the sky, and announced a hostage contest with fifty passengers in the heroes' hands and a hundred in his.
• Five Winter Soldiers arrived, and Bucky recognized them as Hydra's former weapons.
• Mr. Lies urged Tony to abandon the fight, then had a Winter Soldier strike Vision with an electric arrow that disrupted his body.

The Silencers joined the battle and defeated the Winter Soldiers, but Lies exposed Bucky as the killer of Tony’s parents and Steve as someone who had concealed the truth. Tony and Steve fought until Steve shattered Tony’s armor reactor, while Lies left the scene and pressed a detonator.

• Wanda defeated the Winter Soldier attacking Vision, but the Silencers soon entered the battlefield and killed the remaining Winter Soldiers.
• Zemo told Steve he would be arrested, then heard Lies claim that the hostages were safe and receive an address from him.
• Lies sent Tony a video showing Bucky killing Howard and Maria Stark, and Tony confronted Steve, who admitted he had known Bucky was responsible.
• Tony attacked Bucky, and Steve fought Tony to protect him; with Bucky’s help, Steve broke Tony’s chest reactor and disabled his armor.
• Lies watched the heroes turn against one another, left through a shop doorway, and pressed a detonator, declaring that they could all die.

John confronted Lies in the Mirror Dimension, learned that Lies claimed to serve fate by restoring balance, and then tracked him through MOSS. John returned to the airport, stopped Bucky and Steve, and helped the authorities surround the superheroes.

• John questioned Lies in the Mirror Dimension, but Lies claimed fate had brought him there to correct changes and preserve balance between good and evil.
• John tested Lies's claim of immortality with his wand, and Lies fled into the abyss before John closed the Mirror Dimension and crushed the Detonator.
• John asked MOSS to locate Lies, then used the network to track him despite Lies shutting off his devices.
• John returned to the airport and struck Bucky and Steve with a bolt of red light to stop them from leaving.
• John told Zemo that Lies was nowhere near his house, then faced T'Challa and noted that special forces and the Bomb Squad had arrived.
• Heavily armed special forces surrounded the superheroes, while Tony told John he should have announced his arrival.

After the Avengers split over Steve Rogers and Bucky, John visited the imprisoned heroes and challenged their choices, while the political fallout continued. He healed Peter, promised to send him home, and left to help with the airport damage and medical response.

• Thaddeus Ross faced pressure over the Avengers’ defections, while Percy’s backing kept Wanda and Pietro out of detention and rescued superheroes received treatment.
• John visited Steve, Barton, Scott, and the other prisoners, arguing that they had acted without backing and that Bucky should answer for his crimes.
• John confronted Natasha about whether she was Natalie or Natasha, then left the Raft Prison with Percy.
• John found Peter trying to hide his superhero identity from May, healed him, and told him to prepare an excuse before going home.
• John left to help wizards respond to the destroyed airport and provide medical treatment.

After the Civil War fallout, the Wizarding Kingdom gained a formal role in supervising superheroes while John considered the danger posed by Lies and other variants. The chapter ended with Sam, Wanda, and Pietro appearing at the Raft to help Steve escape.

• Tony asked John about Lies, and John described him as a scheming man who claimed to be Fate’s emissary and carried a Key that could open any door.
• The United Nations passed the Sokovia Accords, and the Children of Miracle signed them as the Avengers faced public distrust and Steve’s team awaited trial.
• John found Godslayer among the international fugitives and worried that multiple dangerous variants were converging under Fate’s influence.
• John visited his school, appointed Martha deputy headmistress, and arranged for Dax to train the superhuman students.
• The Wizarding Kingdom secured a place on the superhero oversight committee, while Bucky was handed over to Wakanda and T’Challa prepared to inherit the throne.
• Sam arrived at the Raft with Wanda and Pietro, and Steve smiled when he heard Sam call out to him.

John discussed the Avengers’ divide and international politics with Mycroft, then returned to Hogwarts as exam week began. Hogwarts prepared for its final Quidditch match against Durmstrang while Beauxbatons taunted the team after its earlier loss.

• Mycroft and John discussed the Sokovia Accords, Ross’s political ambitions, Wakanda, and John’s knowledge of the wanted man Lies.
• John warned Mycroft that Lies was dangerous despite having no magic or superpowers, then left the club for Hogwarts.
• John examined a living substance in a bottle sent by his father and watched students sit their exams.
• John saw Stella and Lewis writing confidently, Alice checking her completed work, and Stephens returning to Quidditch training after finishing his exams.
• Hogwarts ranked third behind Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, with its final match against Durmstrang still to come.
• Beauxbatons taunted Hogwarts and told the team to prepare to cry.

Hogwarts prepared to face Durmstrang in a Quidditch match that could determine the Inter-School League standings, while Stella and Lewis remained tense over Professor Wick’s scheme. The match began with Durmstrang scoring first, and Hogwarts tried to stick to Wood’s tactics.

• Wood obsessed over the need to score two hundred points against Durmstrang and nearly handed in a blank exam paper.
• Hagrid worried that Beauxbatons might hand Durmstrang the championship, and John urged him to trust Madame Maxime’s love of Quidditch.
• Alice helped Stella and Lewis, who had not spoken for days, as the three students gathered to watch the match.
• Wood led the Hogwarts team onto the pitch, where a large crowd had gathered after exams ended.
• Durmstrang scored the first goal, but Wood encouraged his players to stay steady and follow their practiced tactics.
• The Hogwarts Chasers fought to regain the Quaffle as the Slytherin Beaters harassed Durmstrang with Bludgers.

Hogwarts battled Durmstrang for hours, with Wood defending and Stephens distracting the opposing Seeker before catching the Golden Snitch. Hogwarts temporarily took first place, but the team faced an uncertain final standing before the Beauxbatons match.

• Wood's saves and Hogwarts's attacks gradually erased Durmstrang's lead as the team cheered him on.
• Stephens used a Wronski Feint to mislead the Durmstrang Seeker and buy Hogwarts more time, though their collision nearly threw him from his broom.
• As Wood's defense weakened in the fourth hour, Stephens chased the Golden Snitch and used a Wick Curve to catch it, ending the match at 430-250.
• Hogwarts moved temporarily into first place by eighty points, but Stephens's broom snapped when he landed and the team worried Beauxbatons could overtake them.
• John applauded the team, and Wood praised his players for their effort as they accepted the crowd's support.

Beauxbatons battled Durmstrang in the final Starry Sky Cup match, resisting Aude Ollie’s Decapitation Tactic and taking a narrow lead despite worsening weather. The Golden Snitch appeared, and Aude spotted it first, leaving the match unresolved.

• Mr. Edgar comforted Durmstrang’s defeated players, while Madame Maxime urged Beauxbatons to crush their arrogant opponents in the final.
• Wood attracted interest from the Chudley Cannons, and scouts also considered Stephens promising but still inexperienced.
• John asked Hulk who he supported, and Hulk chose Beauxbatons because Hagrid hated Beauxbatons.
• Aude Ollie began the match arrogantly, but Beauxbatons resisted her tactic and eventually took a twenty-point lead.
• Stormy weather disrupted the match, but Madam Hooch continued play after a timeout.
• When the Golden Snitch appeared, Aude Ollie spotted it before Beauxbatons’s Seeker.

Hogwarts won the Starry Sky Cup, while Hagrid’s quarrel with Madame Maxime left him heartbroken. John decided to use Obelisk Transit Technology to connect their homes, but first he began helping Hagrid extend his cramped hut.

• Aude Ollie caught the Snitch, but Beauxbatons' Chasers scored a late goal, leaving Hogwarts the Starry Sky Cup champion.
• Draco presented the trophy to Wood, and John photographed Wood celebrating with his teammates as his father watched proudly.
• Madame Maxime stormed out of Hagrid's hut after Hagrid bragged about Hogwarts, leaving Hagrid confused and miserable.
• Pheobe explained to John that Madame Maxime wanted to spend time with Hagrid in person, not just exchange letters.
• John planned to use Obelisk Transit Technology to connect Hagrid's home with Madame Maxime's, but found Hagrid's hut too cramped and began extending it.

John finished resolving the Wild Hunt threat, watched Hagrid and Madame Maxime reconcile, and said farewell as Hogwarts's school year ended. He stayed behind instead of boarding the train, intending to find Lies and confirm his suspicions about fate.

• Hagrid, Hulk, and Grawp helped build Hagrid's house, and Pheobe cleaned and decorated it before urging Hagrid to invite Madame Maxime over.
• John created a Scenic Portal linking Hagrid's house to an Obelisk so Madame Maxime could visit, and Hagrid won her back with a candlelit dinner and a small key.
• Hufflepuff won the House Cup, and the students prepared to leave Hogwarts as Dorian chose Auror training and Case earned an O in Transfiguration after becoming an Animagus.
• Madame Maxime said goodbye to Hagrid, while John farewelled his friends and wished Stella a happy holiday.
• John stayed behind rather than board the train and set out to find Lies and confirm his suspicions about fate.

Peter trained with Shang-Chi to improve his fighting skills while trying to hide his activities from May. The next day, he encountered armed robbers wearing superhero masks and moved to stop them.

• Peter escaped May's questions about his loans and slipped out to visit Shang-Chi in his Spider-Man suit.
• Shang-Chi showed Peter a technique his mother had taught him, using Peter's strength against him during their training.
• Peter hurried home, stopped a car thief on the way, and narrowly avoided May discovering he had been out.
• Peter and Ned planned to visit Peter's home to look at new LEGO, but Peter spotted masked robbers using strange weapons to rip open an ATM.
• Peter moved to stop the robbers and protect the scattered money.

Peter stopped robbers wielding an unusual weapon, then Ned discovered that Peter was Spider-Man. Meanwhile, Skrulls flooded New York’s black market with weapons until a blind man calling himself Lies took control of them, while Darcy faced trial for bringing Nick Fury to the Plymouth Settlement and revealed Fury wanted to meet Snake Lady.

• Peter webbed and fought the robbers, whose weapon overheated and nearly burned down the bank, before he wrapped them up for the police.
• Peter returned home in his Spider-Man suit, and Ned recognized him as Spider-Man; May found Peter undressed and misunderstood the situation.
• Black Runner bought a gravity-bullet weapon from two Skrulls selling advanced guns to stir up chaos in New York.
• Lies killed one Skrull, threatened the other, and declared that he was their new boss.
• At the Wizard Supreme Arbitration Court, Darcy defended taking Nick Fury to the Plymouth Settlement and said Fury had wanted to meet Snake Lady.

Darcy was sentenced to ten years in Azkaban after failing to explain the flaw in the anti-Wizard weapons, while John investigated the weapons and his mysterious variants. At Kamar-Taj, John learned that the variants might be part of the world’s fate and decided to stay to uncover their purpose.

• Darcy claimed Nick Fury had told him the anti-Wizard weapons had a fatal flaw, but he could not identify it, and Aldrich sentenced him to ten years in Azkaban.
• Aldrich warned John that criminals in New York were using the weapons to breach magical defenses, and John suspected Hydra might be distributing them.
• John visited Kamar-Taj, where he found Stephen Strange learning magic and discussed the Ancient One’s approaching death and destiny.
• John told the Ancient One about Godslayer, the replacement, and Lies, and they considered whether the variants’ arrivals were part of the world’s fate.
• John decided to stay at Kamar-Taj to investigate the variants and read forbidden books about fate in the library.

John’s visit to Kamar-Taj coincided with Stephen’s rapid magical progress and a dangerous fascination with forbidden books about fate and time. After Stephen’s study of prophecy left him mystically unhinged, he turned his attention to the Eye of Agamotto and took it from the Library.

• John studied books on fate and prophecy in Kamar-Taj’s Library while Stephen secretly used Portal Magic to enter and borrow books.
• John caught Stephen reaching through a Portal for his book and warned him that it concerned prophecy and fate, not what he needed.
• John’s reading triggered precognition, so he put away the fate book and began studying a forbidden book about time.
• Stephen secretly took the fate book and became mystically unhinged, prompting the Ancient One to bury him in snow until he stopped fixating on prophecy.
• Stephen later read the Book of Cagliostro, spotted the Eye of Agamotto in the Library, and took the Time Stone’s vessel.