Recaps

Shawn returned from seclusion and checked on his people and projects, then ordered Wenge to expand England’s armed forces without limit. He learned that Tom was staying at Wenge Castle and went to see him.

• Dumbledore sent Harry and Moody to the Hospital Wing with Sirius and told Harry to remain on the school grounds.
• Shawn asked Hermione to accelerate the investigation into the missing young wizards, then received Theodore’s assurance that his resolve had not changed.
• Shawn inspected the transformed Hogsmeade and the disciplined wizard forces training at Wenge Castle.
• Wenge told Shawn about the attack in Diagon Alley and opposition to Anti-Apparition Jinx restrictions, and Shawn ordered him to enforce the restrictions.
• Shawn ordered Wenge to expand England’s armed forces without limit and approved reimbursement through Lucius.
• Wenge told Shawn that Tom was staying at the castle, and Shawn went to see him.

Tom shared a memory showing that the Double Serpent Society operated a vast magical research facility beneath the Greek Ministry of Magic, where he was attacked by powerful obscuruses. Shawn and Tom discussed the threat and their plans to unite their forces before Shawn went to meet Wenge, Lucius, and Snape.

• Tom told Shawn that Dumbledore had subdued the mutated red snake and showed him a memory of the Greek Ministry of Magic’s hidden research facility.
• Shawn saw that the Double Serpent Society was experimenting on wizards and magical creatures, and that Tom had been ambushed by seven or eight obscuruses.
• Tom warned Shawn that the organization had many powerful forces and that its facility was only one base.
• Shawn told Tom that they needed to unite their strength and shared Dumbledore’s plans and Voldemort’s interest in Harry.
• Tom refused to join Shawn in the study and said he would research a curse against Voldemort, while Shawn gave him Snape’s healing potions and went downstairs.

Shawn reviewed the Ministry’s army expansion and other affairs before sending Lucius to bring Barty Crouch into his fold. When Barty learned Voldemort had returned and his son was alive, he was overcome with terror and asked to see Shawn to swear allegiance.

• Snape reported that potion production had advanced, while Lucius updated Shawn on army recruitment, pure-blood support, and Rookwood and Bellatrix’s failed attempt to access the Lestrange vault.
• Shawn gave Lucius an encrypted note for Barty Crouch and told him it was time to bring Barty into the fold.
• After Lucius left, Snape urgently asked Shawn why Voldemort wanted to capture Harry Potter, and Shawn began explaining an ancient resurrection spell requiring an enemy’s blood.
• Lucius delivered Shawn’s note to Barty at the Department of International Magic Cooperation.
• Barty read that Voldemort had returned and his son, Barty Crouch Jr., was alive, then asked to meet Shawn and swear allegiance.

Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald about his views on Muggles and whether he would return to political action. Grindelwald revealed that Shawn would inherit Grindelwald’s Army, and Dumbledore invited him to England for the wizarding conference while warning that he could not appear under his current identity.

• Dumbledore asked Grindelwald whether he still viewed Muggles as useful beasts of burden, and Grindelwald criticized Dumbledore’s cautious approach to reform.
• Grindelwald guessed that Shawn wanted him and Grindelwald’s Army to return, and he declared Shawn his successor.
• Dumbledore realized Grindelwald had already been in contact with Shawn and trusted his ideals.
• Dumbledore invited Grindelwald to the wizarding conference in England at the end of October, warning that Grindelwald and his Army would need new identities.
• After Dumbledore Disapparated, Grindelwald transformed his robe, cast a beam into the sky, and led his wizards in raising black veils as they cried, “For the greater good!”

Shawn tested Barty Crouch Sr. with the Pentagram Fire Escape, then recruited him after Barty proved willing to risk himself for power. Shawn assigned him to coordinate the International Confederation of Wizards meeting and headed to meet Barty Crouch Jr., promising to spare his life.

• Snape confronted Shawn about Harry's safety, and Shawn told him Harry would be safe at Hogwarts and urged him to focus on Lily Evans's soul.
• Barty Crouch Sr. passed the second layer of Shawn's fire trial, hesitated at the third, then entered after Shawn offered him a chance to become Minister for Magic.
• Shawn received a unit of wish-based faith from Barty and gave him the Nine of Clubs after he emerged from the flames.
• Shawn tasked Barty with coordinating the International Confederation of Wizards meeting and making England the center of the wizarding world.
• Shawn set off with Barty to meet Barty Crouch Jr. and promised not to kill him.

Shawn visited Barty Crouch Sr.'s home and confronted Barty Crouch Jr., who had secretly remained devoted to Voldemort. After experimenting on him, Shawn left Barty Crouch Sr. with the claim that his son would eventually become an undercover agent and repay him with valuable intelligence.

• Barty Crouch Sr. told Shawn that he had kept Barty Crouch Jr. confined under the Imperius Curse after his son had contacted Voldemort through the Dark Mark.
• Shawn questioned why Barty Crouch Jr. worshipped Voldemort, and Barty Crouch Sr. could only guess that Voldemort's power and ideals had swayed his son.
• After Barty Crouch Sr. left the chamber, Barty Crouch Jr. dropped his polite act and demanded that Shawn free him and give him a wand.
• Shawn revealed that he knew Barty Crouch Jr. planned to kill him and his father, then knocked him unconscious and conducted an experiment using alchemy materials and purple faith.
• Shawn told Barty Crouch Sr. that his son would eventually recognize his good intentions and serve as an undercover agent, then left the house.

After returning to Hogwarts, Shawn’s advanced knowledge baffled his professors and made the other students laugh at them. McGonagall asked Dumbledore whether Shawn should take his N.E.W.T.s early and graduate, while Dumbledore considered the proposal and Grindelwald watched.

• Shawn impressed Flitwick, McGonagall, and Sprout in class, then asked questions that left each professor stumped.
• Moody failed to place Shawn under the Imperius Curse, and Shawn’s questions later silenced Snape; after a week, he had challenged every professor outside the electives.
• McGonagall entered Dumbledore’s office and found him sharing hot pot with a disguised Grindelwald.
• McGonagall told Dumbledore that Shawn’s knowledge far exceeded classroom requirements and that students were laughing at the professors.
• McGonagall proposed that Shawn take his N.E.W.T.s early and graduate, and Dumbledore began considering her request as Grindelwald continued eating.

Dumbledore appointed Shawn professor of a new magic technology elective, which would begin the following year. Shawn received the appointment while evaluating Hogwarts Quidditch players for the National Team, and Cedric won another Snitch contest as Harry focused on Cho Chang.

• Dumbledore and McGonagall agreed Shawn could attend classes freely and teach a magic technology elective starting next year.
• Grindelwald cooked for Dumbledore, who wrote Shawn an appointment letter while Grindelwald wrote him a fan letter.
• Shawn watched the house players compete in brutal Quidditch training as he assessed candidates for the National Team.
• Fawkes delivered Shawn his appointment, and Shawn resolved to prepare lessons for the following term.
• Cedric caught the Golden Snitch again, while Draco scolded Harry for focusing on Cho Chang and Draco saw the Chief vanish in purple lightning.

Harry visited the withdrawn Sirius and invited him to watch the visiting academies arrive at Hogwarts. Sirius left the Hospital Wing in Animagus form to do something for Harry, while the Hogwarts students waited for the guests, and Dumbledore announced Beauxbatons’ arrival.

• Harry brought Sirius clean clothes and food, spoke to him about Hogwarts, and invited him to the welcome gathering.
• After Harry left, Sirius turned into a three-legged black dog and limped out of the Hospital Wing toward Hogsmeade.
• At the school gates, Professor McGonagall corrected the twins and Parvati, while Snape asked Shawn about the visiting schools’ late arrival and Sirius.
• As the students grew cold waiting, Dumbledore sensed magic and announced that the representatives from Beauxbatons had arrived.

Madame Maxime arrived at Hogwarts with the Beauxbatons delegation in a gigantic flying carriage, then the Durmstrang party emerged from the Black Lake aboard a ghostly ship. The two visiting schools reached the castle, where the welcoming ceremony was still underway.

• A gigantic powder-blue carriage drawn by twelve Abraxans landed at Hogwarts, and Madame Maxime stepped out to greet Dumbledore.
• Madame Maxime asked Hagrid to care for her horses, then led her shivering Beauxbatons students into the castle.
• The Hogwarts crowd waited for Durmstrang as strange rumbling sounds rose from the Black Lake.
• A battered ship emerged from the lake and docked, and Durmstrang students began filing ashore.

Shawn used a dramatic display of magic to bring the delayed delegations from Koldovstoretz and Ilvermorny to Hogwarts, where Dumbledore welcomed them. The guests were left cowed by Shawn’s power as Dumbledore smoothed over the rough arrival.

• Karkaroff introduced Viktor Krum to Dumbledore and bragged that he would become Durmstrang’s Champion before hurrying his delegation inside.
• Shawn suspected Karkaroff might pose a threat to Harry and quietly instructed Snape to keep an eye on him.
• Dumbledore asked Shawn to bring the delayed guests down from the sky, and Shawn conjured a violent storm and waterspout around them.
• Shawn swept the Koldovstoretz and Ilvermorny delegations onto the Lawn, then stopped the storm with another graceful wand movement.
• Dumbledore went forward to greet the furious arrivals and smooth things over.

The Russian and American delegations arrived at Hogwarts, where their leaders and students repeatedly competed for precedence. After Shawn and Dumbledore demonstrated Hogwarts’ strength, the delegations fell into line and the Five-Wizard Tournament officially began.

• The Koldovstoretz students arrived on giant broom-sized trees, while the Ilvermorny students landed on a giant bald eagle.
• Dumbledore welcomed Niekosov and Helena, and Niekosov praised Shawn as Dumbledore’s successor.
• Niekosov and Helena led their students in a contest to be first, but Dumbledore used magic to push the two groups apart.
• Niekosov and Helena recognized that Dumbledore and Shawn were both Legendary Wizards, and their students stopped competing.
• The Hogwarts students led the delegations into the castle, where the Five-Wizard Tournament officially began.

Hogsmeade filled with international delegates who flocked to its shops and attractions, while Barty Crouch Sr. struggled to manage the crowds and the growing number of mysterious arrivals. After Alice offered to help with a secret assignment and was turned down, Barty began reconsidering the families’ standing under Shawn before spotting a lame black dog.

• Foreign wizards and their families crowded Hogsmeade’s shops, pubs, and restaurants, buying discounted potions and goods in bulk.
• Barty Crouch Sr. dealt with disputes and worried about an unknown group that had arrived through Dumbledore’s connections, as well as elusive people outside town.
• Alice asked Barty whether she could help with the special assignment given to his son, but he declined.
• Alice left disappointed, and Barty wondered whether the Fawley family’s position under Shawn might have changed.
• Barty went out to patrol and saw a lame black dog dart past.

Hogwarts welcomed the four visiting schools to the Five-Wizard Tournament, and Dumbledore opened the feast with a new dish: hot pot. Shawn watched the students enjoy the meal and calmly let Fleur Delacour try his fiery broth, which left her reaching for water.

• The visiting schools chose seats at the Hogwarts house tables, and Shawn invited Nekosov and Koldovstoretz to sit with Slytherin, prompting Helena to lead Ilvermorny to Hufflepuff.
• Dumbledore welcomed the guests, announced that the tournament would begin after the feast, and introduced Hogwarts's new dish.
• The students tried hot pot, while the Hufflepuffs explained how to cook food in the broth and praised Cedric's contribution.
• Fleur Delacour removed her scarf, revealed her Veela beauty, and asked Shawn to try his bright red broth.
• Fleur dipped vegetables into Shawn's chaotian chili broth, then hurriedly called for water after tasting its spice.

Dumbledore introduced the Five-Wizard Tournament, explained its dangers and rules, and unveiled the Goblet of Fire to choose the five champions. After he set an age restriction, Hogwarts students questioned him about compensation for Shawn, who was absent, and Dumbledore began to reassure them.

• At the feast, Dumbledore introduced the visiting school headmasters, Cornelius Fudge, and Ludo Bagman as tournament judges.
• Dumbledore explained the three tasks, the scoring, and the Goblet of Fire’s role in selecting five champions.
• Dumbledore opened the chest, displayed the Goblet of Fire, and invited students aged seventeen or older to submit their names before Halloween night.
• Dumbledore drew an Age Line around the Goblet, and Fred and George considered using Ageing Potion to get past it.
• Hogwarts students asked Dumbledore what compensation Shawn had received for being barred from the tournament, and Dumbledore began to reassure them.

Shawn learned he would serve as the on-site referee for the Five-Wizard Tournament and ordered Draco to secretly track everyone who entered their names in the Goblet of Fire. The visiting schools compared themselves with Hogwarts at breakfast, while students began submitting names and Fred and George announced they would become champions.

• Draco told Shawn that Dumbledore had made him the on-site referee with authority to rule on rule violations, and Slytherin students celebrated.
• Shawn instructed Draco to organize Disillusionment Charm users to record everyone who put their name into the Goblet of Fire, especially before dawn.
• Visiting students saw Hogwarts's morning study and polished etiquette, prompting Durmstrang and Koldovstoretz students to imitate them and Beauxbatons students to compete with them.
• Pheobe charmed Davies into revealing information about Shawn, then watched students gather around the Goblet of Fire and heard that Boris Porskoff was Petrova Porskoff's descendant.
• Koldovstoretz students and Hogwarts students including Angelina and Cedric submitted their names, and Fred and George stepped forward, claiming they would become the first champions under seventeen.

Fred, George, and Ron tried to bypass Dumbledore’s age restriction with an Ageing Potion, but the magic hurled them from the circle and aged them drastically. At the Halloween Feast, Dumbledore prepared to announce the Goblet of Fire’s Champions.

• Fred and George persuaded Ron to drink an Ageing Potion and enter the Champions’ circle with them.
• Dumbledore’s restriction magic knocked the three Weasleys out of the circle and left them looking decades older.
• Dumbledore sent Fred, George, and Ron to the Hospital Wing, warning the students against further attempts.
• Harry, Hermione, and Draco discussed likely Champions and saw Hagrid chatting with the Beauxbatons Headmaster at the feast.
• Dumbledore finished eating, approached the Goblet of Fire, and announced that it was about to choose its Champions.

The Goblet of Fire selected Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Boris Porskoff, Gais Fontana, Draco Malfoy, and then Harry Potter as champions. Draco denied entering his name, while Shawn supported him; Harry’s unexpected selection left the hall in an even greater uproar.

• Dumbledore announced Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Boris Porskoff, and Gais Fontana as champions for their schools.
• The Goblet selected Draco Malfoy as Hogwarts champion, prompting disbelief and accusations that he had cheated.
• Draco told Shawn he had not entered his name, and Shawn assured him that he believed him and would protect him.
• Draco went to the next room with renewed confidence, while Harry felt relieved for his friend and envious of his selection.
• After Dumbledore began addressing the crowd, the Goblet produced another name, and Dumbledore announced Harry Potter as a champion.
• Students and visiting headmasters erupted in even fiercer protests, with some demanding to withdraw from the tournament.

Harry was named a second Hogwarts Champion after Draco, and Shawn investigated the Goblet of Fire while the headmasters argued over the unexpected result. Shawn found suspicious runes and joined the others as Harry and Draco denied entering themselves.

• Harry was named by the Goblet of Fire and, with Moody's help, was led into the next room as onlookers questioned him.
• Shawn examined the Goblet of Fire, identified it as a demigod-level contract artifact, and found suspicious runes in its core.
• Fudge told Shawn the Goblet had been transferred from Durmstrang through the Swedish Ministry of Magic.
• Shawn quieted the young wizards and went with Fudge to the room where the headmasters were confronting Dumbledore over Draco and Harry both becoming Hogwarts Champions.
• Dumbledore asked Draco and Harry whether they or older students had entered their names, and both denied it while Maxime accused them of lying.

Shawn entered the dispute over Harry and Draco being named Champions and removed Moody from the room after Moody accused the others of conspiring against Harry. The headmasters and officials were left stunned as the argument abruptly turned physical.

• Snape blamed Harry for the incident, while Dumbledore thanked him for speaking up.
• Bagman proposed a compromise, but Fudge insisted that everyone chosen by the Goblet of Fire had to compete under its magical contract.
• Karkaroff and Maxime demanded that the Goblet be reopened, and Moody warned that someone might have tried to endanger Harry.
• Moody accused Karkaroff of serving Voldemort, prompting Maxime to demand evidence before Dumbledore stopped him.
• Dumbledore asked Shawn for his conclusion, and Shawn sent Moody flying through the fireplace with magic.

Shawn demonstrated that the Goblet of Fire had been tampered with before it reached Hogwarts, then forced the visiting headmasters to accept a compromise for the tournament. Dumbledore resumed the briefing while the Champions prepared to hear the schedule.

• Shawn silenced Helena and announced that the Goblet of Fire had been tampered with before it was given to England, clearing Hogwarts of responsibility.
• When Maxime asked for proof, Shawn used advanced alchemy to create a working replica of the Goblet of Fire that lacked its contractual effect.
• Shawn argued that the visiting schools could not detect the tampering and pointed out that Durmstrang had previously been responsible for the Goblet's custody.
• After Helena proposed disqualifying one Hogwarts Champion, Shawn said the two Hogwarts Champions' scores would be averaged and warned that leaving could expose their Champions to the contract's backlash.
• Dumbledore accepted the compromise and told Bagman to continue briefing the Champions on the tournament schedule.

After Harry and Draco were selected as champions, Shawn urged them to train and investigated who had tampered with the Goblet of Fire. He told Vita that Harry’s selection was likely part of Voldemort’s plan and that Draco had been chosen in Shawn’s place, leaving the culprits still to be identified.

• Fudge announced the first task would take place on November 24, that champions could use only their wands, and that they would be exempt from end-of-year exams.
• Harry and Draco asked Shawn who had arranged their selection, and he gave them training notebooks while warning them not to rely on shortcuts.
• Harry returned to Gryffindor and faced suspicion and questions, while Draco was celebrated by the Slytherins.
• Shawn asked Old Fawley whether he had tampered with the Goblet of Fire, and Old Fawley denied doing so.
• Shawn met Vita and explained that a skilled wizard had used a Confundus Charm to ensure Harry’s selection, while the Goblet had chosen Draco because Shawn had not entered.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald, disguised as Moody, discussed the plot behind Harry becoming a Triwizard Champion and the future of Grindelwald's Army. After Snape confronted Dumbledore about Harry's danger, Dumbledore warned him to investigate a skilled infiltrator, leaving Snape suspicious of Moody.

• Dumbledore met Grindelwald, who revealed he had been impersonating Moody at Hogwarts and discussed the day's events.
• Grindelwald suspected a Voldemort mole inside Hogwarts had entered Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire and considered Northern European Pure-blood families or the Double Serpent Society as possible saboteurs.
• Grindelwald said he trusted Shawn to lead Grindelwald's Army but wanted to delay transferring authority until after the wizarding conference.
• Dumbledore warned Grindelwald that Snape was approaching, and Grindelwald transformed back into Moody before Snape entered.
• Snape demanded to know why Harry had become a Champion, and Dumbledore urged him to protect Harry and Draco and investigate a disguised infiltrator.
• Snape left to search for the infiltrator, but grew uneasy when Dumbledore insisted Moody was not a suspect.

Shawn and Vita discussed the investigation into the attempt to tamper with the Triwizard Tournament and the threat to the Wizards' Conference. Vita encouraged Shawn to act boldly, then met Grindelwald and issued cryptic orders before Shawn began the next day at Hogwarts.

• Carrow-er reported that a Swedish Ministry of Magic official had tampered with the Goblet of Fire while under the Imperius Curse, and that the investigation had reached a dead end.
• Shawn reasoned that the plotters wanted to disrupt the Triwizard Tournament and the Wizards' Conference, and Vita praised his assessment.
• Vita embraced Shawn, called herself his mother, and urged him to go boldly with her support.
• Vita met Grindelwald, who told her to guide Shawn, and she later changed clothes and issued puzzling orders at the Army's base in Hogsmeade.
• At dawn, Shawn saw Draco leave for extra training, comforted Purple Shadow, and watched the visiting schools' lodgings and students from the bridge.

Draco asked Shawn to be relieved of his assignment to befriend Ilvermorny students, but Shawn told him to complete it by relying on the confidants he had made. In Hogsmeade, Shawn assessed England’s booming trade and the alliances he needed at the wizarding conference before an argument erupted in a potions shop.

• Draco told Shawn that competing left him too little time to investigate opposition to the International Statute of Secrecy among Ilvermorny students, and Shawn insisted he fulfill the assignment through reliable confidants.
• Snape seized Harry and Draco and took them toward the Forbidden Forest for practical combat training.
• Shawn went to Hogsmeade, where a Russian wizard praised England’s public security and open atmosphere, and Shawn observed the Wizarding Police enforcing the rules impartially.
• Shawn recognized that England’s trade boom depended on securing new suppliers and markets at the wizarding conference, and he weighed which foreign Ministries might become partners or require force.
• A customer in the potions shop shouted that someone should put down goods he had seen first and resell them to him at half price.