Recaps

Shawn observed British Wizarding Police arrest Indian Deputy Minister Tuka Tiwari for assaulting a witch, then visited Barty Crouch Sr. to discuss the approaching conference. After seeing the clerk Locke’s fervent devotion to him, Shawn asked Crouch how foreign countries planned to act and whether anyone intended to cause trouble.

• Shawn watched Tuka Tiwari beat a witch who refused to surrender the potions she had bought for her sick daughter.
• The Wizarding Police disarmed Tiwari, rejected his claim of legal immunity, and took him and several witnesses to face an investigation.
• Shawn approved of the police’s impartial enforcement and noted that foreign pure-bloods seemed dismissive while ordinary visitors admired England.
• At the Hogsmeade Ministry office, Locke excitedly recognized disguised Shawn, who praised him before sending him away.
• Shawn asked Barty Crouch Sr. about foreign countries’ positions ahead of the conference and whether anyone had come to cause trouble.

Shawn reviewed the conference delegates’ positions with Barty, then attended Moody’s Defense Against Dark Magic lesson, where Moody demonstrated extraordinary control over Fiendfyre. The display made Shawn suspect again that Moody was an impostor and wonder whether Dumbledore had noticed.

• Barty told Shawn which Ministries supported England’s changes, which opposed them, and how they viewed the threat of Herpo the Foul.
• Shawn told Barty to build relationships and identify potential allies and opponents while he and the Headmaster dealt with Herpo the Foul.
• Shawn checked Carrow-er's preparations for war at the Ministry of Magic before returning to Hogwarts.
• Moody used Fiendfyre in class to strip a Red Cap of its senses, showing precise control that astonished Shawn.
• Shawn reconsidered his earlier doubts about Moody and wondered who he really was and whether Dumbledore had noticed.

Shawn suspected Moody was an impostor and sent Purple Shadow to Austria to investigate, then went to the champions’ wand inspection. There, he confronted Rita after finding her pressuring Harry with fabricated interview notes.

• Moody drew Fiendfyre out of a Red Cap and challenged Shawn to demonstrate his own control before an older student summoned Shawn, Harry, and Draco for wand inspections.
• Shawn noticed Moody no longer seemed wary of him and suspected the professor was an impostor.
• Shawn sent Purple Shadow to Austria with a letter inviting Pailier Rouge to visit and instructions to check whether an old man was in Nurmengard.
• Shawn reached the third-floor balcony and saw Harry flee Rita’s interview as Dumbledore spoke with her.
• Rita panicked when she saw Shawn, and he caught her notes, which showed her coaching Harry with provocative and fabricated questions.

Ollivander inspected the Champions’ wands and, at his own request, examined Shawn’s Kunikuzushi. He declared that it had grown to rival the legendary Elder Wand, leaving Rita with a sensational story as the group prepared for photographs.

• Shawn dismissed Rita’s flattering draft and told her to leave Hogwarts and see Lucius, but Dumbledore asked her to stay and record the wand inspection.
• Ollivander inspected Pheobe’s, Gais’s, Boris’s, Draco’s, Harry’s, and Krum’s wands, finding them in good condition and remarking on Harry’s brother wand and Gregorovitch’s work.
• Ollivander asked to examine Shawn’s Kunikuzushi and watched it summon storm clouds and lightning.
• Ollivander said Kunikuzushi, made by his grandfather, had become as powerful as the legendary Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore called everyone together for photographs while Rita struggled to contain her excitement over Ollivander’s revelation.

Harry told Shawn about a dream in which Voldemort ordered a young man to bring Harry to him, and Shawn suspected the vision came through Harry’s connection to Voldemort. Shawn weighed whether it was genuine or a trap, while Draco waited for an answer about the Parkinson family’s return to England’s pure-blood community.

• Shawn dismissed Harry’s plea to help find Sirius, saying Sirius could look after himself.
• Draco asked whether the Parkinson family could atone and return to the pure-blood community, and Shawn said he would consider it.
• Harry described his dream of an ivy-covered house, where Voldemort praised a young man and ordered him to bring Harry in amid chaos.
• Harry suffered a sharp pain in his scar, and Draco moved to support him.
• Shawn suspected the dream showed Voldemort, Barty Crouch Jr., and Nagini, and considered whether Voldemort had planted a trap.

Shawn dismissed the idea of confronting Voldemort before his Horcruxes were dealt with, then watched Neville's team break up a fight between visiting students. After stopping Pheobe Delacour from using Veela Charm Magic on the Slytherins, Shawn left the Great Hall and encountered a drunken Trelawney.

• Shawn decided they would need to trap Voldemort's main soul or sever his connection to Tom before they could deal with him.
• Shawn told Harry to ask Dumbledore why Harry and Voldemort could see through the same eyes, then went to the Great Hall.
• Neville's team escorted fighting Koldovstoretz and Ilvermorny students through the Great Hall, and Lupin urged them to cultivate good character while respecting differences.
• Pheobe Delacour sat in Draco's reserved seat and used Veela Charm Magic on nearby Slytherins, but Shawn's magic dispelled it.
• Pheobe invited Shawn to afternoon tea the next day, and Shawn left the Great Hall before seeing a drunken Trelawney carrying bottles toward her tower.

Shawn learned that a masked person had tortured Sybill Trelawney to extract her prophecy about him, and he suspected Dumbledore knew more than he admitted. Dumbledore promised to handle the matter and replace Sybill as Divination professor, while the two continued to conceal information from each other.

• Sybill told Shawn that a person in black had tortured her to uncover the exact prophecy, though she had shared it only with Dumbledore.
• Shawn healed Sybill, left her to rest, and promised to treat her curse when his research advanced.
• Dumbledore told Shawn that Snape would teach Harry Occlumency and reassured him that England could handle its threats.
• Shawn asked whether the fake Moody worked for Dumbledore, and Dumbledore admitted he had invited an expert but avoided giving details.
• After Shawn asked about the leaked prophecy and Sybill's torture, Dumbledore accepted responsibility and said he would find a centaur to replace her as Divination professor.
• Shawn cut Dumbledore off before he could raise Sirius's disappearance, saying there was no need to discuss Sirius.

The Double Serpent Society met in Hogsmeade to plan sabotage of England’s tournament and Wizards’ Conference, while Vita defended her decision to shift Grindelwald’s Army’s resources to England and support Shawn Black. The meeting was interrupted by an unexpected arrival, and Soya ordered that it be stopped from leaving.

• Soya blasted Tuka Tiwari for challenging him, then had Obscuruses drag Tiwari out of the meeting.
• Jarvis reported that the Dark Lord wanted another Obscurus and urged the Society to create chaos, but Soya agreed only to provide the Obscurus and continue at his own pace.
• The Double Serpent Society discussed English preparations and its plans to make the Triwizard Tournament and Wizards’ Conference a worldwide laughingstock.
• When a guard shouted outside the meeting house, Soya ordered that the visitor not be allowed to leave.
• Abernathy confronted Vita over moving Grindelwald’s Army’s supplies and personnel to England to support Shawn Black.
• Vita told Abernathy that she had Grindelwald’s knowledge and had only accelerated his plans to nurture Shawn.

Abernathy received a secret summons from Grindelwald while Hogwarts students reacted to newspaper stories about the Triwizard Champions and the upcoming Wizard United Conference. Shawn tried to uncover Fake Moody’s identity, but found the real Moody instead and sent him toward Dumbledore’s office with a fabricated summons.

• Vita’s words shook Abernathy, who tried to contact Grindelwald and received a secret message on the back of his Hallows pendant.
• Hogwarts students mocked Harry over his interview, teased Hermione after Krum’s confession, and discussed the Wizard United Conference’s December 1 opening.
• Draco asked Shawn about the first task, and Shawn hinted that someone close to Harry might show them what it involved.
• Shawn visited the Defense Against the Dark Arts Office, mistook the absent Grindelwald for a runaway fan, and met the real Moody.
• Shawn falsely told Moody that Dumbledore had summoned him, leaving Moody confused about why he had to return to the Headmaster’s Office.

On November 30, Hogwarts students and guests gathered at the Champion Arena to watch the Triwizard Tournament’s dragon task. As the champions prepared in a tent beside the arena, Shawn descended from above the stands.

• Professors sent the students to Hogsmeade for the first task, and they learned it involved facing dragons.
• Cedric and Cho Chang walked to the arena together, where Cho asked whether Cedric would pursue promotion into the Throne ranks.
• The spectators saw six adult dragons being restrained by teams of handlers across the arena’s varied terrain.
• Narcissa worried about Draco facing a dragon, and Lucius reassured her that Shawn would protect him.
• Old Fawley told Alice that Shawn had the bearing of a leader and promised to support her and Shawn.
• Shawn flew down toward the champions’ tent beside the arena.

The six champions drew models of the dragons they would face and learned they had to compete together, with each retrieving the golden egg beneath their own dragon. The champions awaited the signal to enter the arena, while Shawn watched for signs of interference.

• Harry struggled with nerves over the tournament and Rita Skeeter's article, while Draco looked frightened and Harry tried to comfort him.
• Shawn arrived with Hermione, checked the champions for signs of tampering, and noticed Krum acting strangely when Hermione entered.
• Bagman announced that the champions would face dragons and had to retrieve the golden eggs beneath them.
• Pheobe drew a Wales Green Dragon, Gais a Swedish Short-Snout, Krum a China Lion Dragon, and Boris a Hebridean Black Dragon.
• Harry and Draco drew together, receiving a Hungarian Horntail for Harry and an Antipodean Opaleye for Draco.
• Bagman revealed that all six champions would compete at once, then left to announce the opening as the champions waited for the whistle.

Shawn appeared as the sole referee for the Five-Wizard Tournament’s first task, where six champions had to retrieve golden eggs guarded by dragons. As the dragons broke into a violent frenzy, Harry and Draco and the other champions prepared to carry out their plans.

• Shawn reassured Harry and Draco before leaving them and Apparating above the arena’s central pillar.
• Bagman introduced Shawn as the arena’s referee and final defense while spectators cheered his arrival.
• The six champions entered as the dragon handlers woke the dragons, and the Hungarian Horntail’s outburst provoked the others into roaring, breathing fire, and straining at their chains.
• Harry and Draco agreed that Draco would use Transfiguration to distract an Antipodean Opaleye while Harry went for its egg under a Disillusionment Charm.
• Pheobe told Gais she would use Charm Magic to lull a Wales Green Dragon to sleep while Gais retrieved its egg.
• The two remaining northern champions advanced toward their chosen dragons.

The Champions began their fire-dragon challenges as Pheobe and Gais tried to hypnotize the Wales Green Dragon and Draco distracted the Antipodean Opaleye with roast lamb chops. Harry stole the golden egg, but the Opaleye spotted the theft and rushed after him.

• Pheobe began hypnotizing the Wales Green Dragon while Gais hid nearby, but a fireball from the China Lion Dragon woke it.
• Gais raised a curtain of green mist and conjured Horned Serpents to block outside sounds, allowing Pheobe to resume her dance.
• Draco transfigured sheep into roast lamb chops, enticing the Antipodean Opaleye away from its eggs.
• Harry slipped past the distracted dragon and took the golden egg, but its protective restriction repelled his Disillusionment Charm.
• Draco shouted for Harry to run as the Opaleye charged after the apparently floating egg.

Harry and Draco escaped the Antipodean Opaleye, while the champions struggled against dragons and the chaos in the arena grew. After Pheobe secured her golden egg, she teamed up with Gais, who began transforming into her Animagus form to retrieve another egg.

• Draco distracted the Antipodean Opaleye long enough to pull Harry out of the crater, and they ran toward the Hungarian Horntail with the dragon pursuing them.
• The Wales Green Dragon chased Pheobe, while the Black Dragon and Dragon Lion pursued Boris and Krum after their golden eggs were crushed.
• Dumbledore announced that champions with broken eggs could retrieve a fragment and exchange it for an intact egg, but would lose five points.
• Pheobe continued toward the Swedish Short-Snout instead of retreating, and found Gais hiding behind a boulder.
• Gais asked Pheobe to keep the Wales Green Dragon occupied while she retrieved the Swedish Short-Snout’s egg, and Pheobe agreed.
• Pheobe provoked the green dragon and led it away, while Gais began her Animagus transformation.

Gais transformed into a Wampus Cat and seized a Golden Egg while Harry and Draco used a flock of birds to turn the Opaleye against the Hungarian Horntail and steal another egg. As Shawn watched for a brewing crisis, the Horntail fell into a pit, giving Harry and Draco a chance to race for the gate.

• Gais transformed into her Wampus Cat form and charged the blue Swedish Short-Snout while Shawn monitored the Champions from the air.
• Harry and Draco used the Bird Charm to block the Hungarian Horntail's sight, causing its flames to scorch the Opaleye and spark a fight between the dragons.
• Harry and Draco used the distraction to retrieve a Golden Egg, but the enraged Horntail resumed chasing them.
• Shawn saw that Gais had taken a Golden Egg, Pheobe was limping, and Boris and Krum remained trapped with their dragons.
• The Hungarian Horntail stepped into a large pit and fell, allowing Harry and Draco to sprint toward the gate with their eggs.

Harry and Draco finished first and second in the Triwizard Tournament’s dragon task, but the celebration was cut short when a dragon handler’s covert action sent the dragons into a rampage. Shawn saved Pheobe from the Hungarian Horntail as Dumbledore and the authorities prepared for a wider attack.

• Harry and Draco crossed the finish line first and second, while the crowd cheered and Lucius and Narcissa reacted to Draco’s victory.
• Shawn noticed Pheobe was in danger as Boris struggled with the black dragon, Krum led the Lion Dragon toward her, and Gais tried to help her escape the Opaleye.
• After dragon handlers drove back the Hungarian Horntail, one of them caused a black film to spread over its eyes, and the blinded dragon charged at Pheobe.
• Shawn summoned two Purple Rainbow Greatswords, deflected the Horntail’s flames, and struck the dragon down before playing the Thunder Harp.
• Dumbledore watched the spectator stands while the Purple-Robed Wizarding Police and Wizarding Army prepared for trouble, as dragon handlers at several gates covertly triggered a rampage.

Shawn protected the spectators from six rampaging dragons, then trapped and subdued them with powerful magic. A black-flame explosion in Hogsmeade revealed that the attackers had targeted the Ministry of Magic office there, and Shawn vanished from the arena as Dumbledore resumed the tournament judging.

• The dragons abandoned their targets and attacked the spectators, while Shawn raised an electricity net to protect the stands.
• Shawn maintained the barrier as Daniel and Carrow-er helped subdue the troublemakers, but he waited for a larger threat to appear.
• A black-flame explosion erupted near Hogsmeade, and Shawn realized the Ministry of Magic office was the attackers' primary target.
• Shawn used the Thunder Harp to form purple-black cages from Water Prison and thunderbolts, trapping all six dragons.
• The spectators and reporters praised Shawn, who had disappeared by the time they looked for him.
• Dumbledore turned back to the judges and called for a fair discussion of the champions' scores.

After the Triwizard champions received treatment, Harry slipped away from the arena, worried that his dreams meant Sirius was in danger in Hogsmeade. Shawn arrived to find the town devastated after an attack on his potion production facilities, and the chapter ended with him discovering Barty Crouch was critically injured and near death.

• Snape treated Harry and Draco with potions while their families and McGonagall checked on them, and Harry slipped backstage to head toward Hogsmeade.
• Shawn arrived in Hogsmeade as cloaked attackers Disapparated or attempted to self-detonate, and he used the Thunder Harp to suppress their magic.
• Tom told Shawn that the attackers were likely from the Double Serpent Society and had targeted the potion Production Line and Alchemy Headquarters, while Grindelwald had intercepted their high-level Legendary Wizard.
• Shawn warned Snape, then accepted Daniel's casualty and damage report and sent him back to oversee the aftermath.
• Tom left to warn England's pure-bloods, and Shawn froze when he saw that Barty Crouch was critically injured and near death.

Shawn gathered the Purple-Robed Wizarding Police in the Forbidden Forest, praised their bravery, and used the Acromantulas’ life force to heal the gravely wounded. The patients recovered, but at least a thousand spiders died, revealing that Shawn’s healing technique was a powerful Dark Magic spell.

• Daniel led more than a hundred Purple-Robed Wizarding Police and wounded patients into the Forbidden Forest, where Shawn greeted them from atop Aragog.
• Shawn praised the officers for defending England and rallied them to continue fighting.
• Shawn floated the wounded, including Barty Crouch, before the Acromantulas and took responsibility for their injuries.
• Shawn performed an esoteric spell that drew vitality from the spiders and sent green mist into the patients.
• The wounded rapidly healed and regrew missing limbs as at least a thousand Acromantulas withered into dust.
• The wizards realized that Shawn’s miraculous healing technique was an enormous Dark Magic spell that stole life.

Shawn used a staged display of exhaustion after healing his wounded subordinates, while Barty defended him against Sirius’s accusations and won over the watching Wizards. Sirius left with Harry, and Shawn sent Daniel to follow them and discover what they had come to tell him.

• Sirius limped into the gathering and angrily barked at Shawn, while Harry tried to stop him and apologized to the Wizarding Army.
• Shawn finished casting the spell, pretended to be exhausted, and checked the Magical Energy Storage Cards he had collected from the Acromantulas.
• Barty Crouch argued with Sirius, defending Shawn’s use of dark magic by citing its healing effects and the danger posed by Acromantulas.
• Sirius fell silent and left, and Harry hurried after him before he could tell Shawn what he and his godfather had discovered.
• Shawn dismissed his subordinates after urging them to rest and stay on guard for the Wizards' Conference, then Daniel followed Harry and Sirius on Shawn’s orders.
• Aragog retreated into the shadows, and a figure suddenly appeared.

Percy Weasley reported to Shawn that Durmstrang had likely allied with Grindelwald’s Army and that the Double Serpent Society was trafficking young wizards at multiple sites. A cloaked man knelt to pledge allegiance to Shawn, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald discussed Soya’s escape and Grindelwald’s followers gathering around Shawn.

• Percy Weasley told Shawn that Karkaroff was genuine, Durmstrang had likely allied with Grindelwald’s Army, and the Double Serpent Society had more than a dozen suspected trafficking sites.
• Shawn sent Percy away when a cloaked figure emerged from the Forbidden Forest, then watched as the figure knelt before him to pledge allegiance.
• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that Soya had escaped after obscuruses self-destructed to distract him near the North Sea.
• Dumbledore questioned Grindelwald about his followers gathering in England and suggested that he had steered his secretary toward Shawn.
• Grindelwald admitted that he had underestimated Quinoffi Fawley and his capacity for long-term planning.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald reconciled over a candlelit dinner while magical teams departed England on a mission. The next morning, Shawn heard Draco boast about the competition and reassured Snape that Harry was safe, promising to find a powerful alchemist.

• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that Fawley and Abernathy complicated the shifting loyalties around Shawn, and Dumbledore invited Grindelwald to dinner using his old nickname.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald shared a romantic dinner atop Hogwarts' main tower as wizard teams set out from England for more than a dozen nations.
• Shawn woke to Draco boasting that he and Harry had tied for first in the competition, then led Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle to the Slytherin common room.
• Snape confronted Shawn about leaving Harry with Sirius, and Shawn assured him Harry was safe and warned Snape to stay close because he was a target.
• Shawn promised Snape that he would summon an alchemist on par with Nicolas Flamel.

As Hogwarts students enjoyed the snow, Hermione gave Neville a roster of wizards assigned to assist with defense and went to Hogsmeade to serve as the Chief’s assistant. There, Barty Crouch and Babajide Akingbade welcomed foreign delegations ahead of the Wizards’ Conference, where England planned to stage a grand performance.

• Hogwarts students celebrated the snowfall with snowball fights while the Chief, Headmaster, and strict professors were away.
• Hermione gave Neville the roster of wizards stationed outside to assist with defense, then threw a snowball at him and left for Hogsmeade.
• Hannah teased Neville about Hermione, and he blushed as he tried to explain himself.
• In Hogsmeade, more than ten thousand people gathered outside the Ministry of Magic office building as Wizarding Police guarded the cordoned streets.
• Barty Crouch and Babajide Akingbade greeted Minister Qie Ersi and the Portuguese delegation, then directed them to the VIP lounge.
• Barty returned to welcome other delegations before the conference, whose opening would feature a grand performance by England.

Ministers from around the world gathered at England’s Ministry of Magic, where Dumbledore welcomed them before a special performance. Shawn Black appeared before the crowd as the central figure, drawing the attention of the American and Russian ministers.

• Ministers from smaller Ministries of Magic socialized before the major delegations arrived.
• Howell Tiwis and his son Toga entered in extravagant gold, complained that Dumbledore and Fudge had not welcomed them, and went upstairs.
• Dumbledore and Fudge arrived with delegations from major Ministries, and Dumbledore invited the gathered ministers to the third-floor viewing gallery.
• Shawn Black appeared on the speaking platform, and the crowd below cheered his name.
• Dumbledore welcomed the ministers and seated Candice Picquery and Alosha Yenosov beside him in the front row.
• Alosha asked Dumbledore to introduce Shawn, but Dumbledore said they should wait until after the performance.

England’s military parade stunned foreign dignitaries and spectators when Shawn’s werewolf army marched through the streets, displaying its discipline and magical strength. After Dumbledore explained how England had developed a transformation potion, another astonishing formation appeared at the eastern end of the street.

• A disciplined formation of werewolf wizards led by Soro Verdon marched into the parade, wearing alchemical armor and carrying massive hammers.
• The werewolves performed synchronized hammer swings and howled, frightening spectators before Shawn acknowledged their display from the podium.
• English wizards recognized the werewolves as their own army and answered with enthusiastic applause.
• Alosha Yenosov admired England’s investment in werewolves and hinted that Russia might want the potion, while Dumbledore explained that Shawn and Damocles Belby had helped develop it.
• Another astonishing formation appeared at the eastern end of the street, drawing renewed surprise from Alosha and Candice Picquery.