Recaps

Harry and Draco discussed the next task before Hermione sent them to the Headmaster, while Shawn gathered Grindelwald's Army and the Northern European Pure Land Society in Asgard to reopen its Divine Kingdom. After Shawn activated the altar, the basin began collapsing in a catastrophic upheaval, leaving the gathered wizards in danger.

• Krum passed Harry and Draco with a hostile look, and Draco warned Harry that Krum resented them over Hermione.
• Hermione told Harry and Draco that the Headmaster wanted to question them about the next task, so they hurried to his office.
• Shawn gathered Grindelwald's Army and the Northern European Pure Land Society at Asgard to reactivate the Divine Kingdom and consolidate his authority.
• Shawn placed the Spear of Eternity and Helga Hufflepuff's Crystal Skull in the altar, and Purple Shadow set its claw on the final recess.
• The altar's activation shook the frozen basin, opening fissures and unleashing avalanches and flying ice shards while the wizards struggled to escape in the Anti-Magic Zone.

Shawn and the wizards escaped the avalanche as Asgard rose into the sky, revealing the ruined Divine Kingdom and its intact golden palace. The island vanished behind a protective barrier, and Shawn summoned everyone up to explore the newly revealed realm.

• Shawn ordered the wizards onto the Rainbow Bridge as the ice plain rose and Grindelwald carried members of his Army to safety in his animagus form.
• Asgard emerged as a floating island, revealing its ruined settlements, damaged statues, and intact golden palace.
• Grindelwald claimed a ruined palace for himself and Albus, while Purple Shadow patrolled the island.
• A protective barrier enveloped Asgard, and the island vanished from the view of the wizards below.
• Shawn called everyone up the Rainbow Bridge, and Vita led the Acolytes and Pure Land Society members toward the island.
• The rising island exposed ruined homes and paths on the surrounding peaks, while seawater poured into the sinkhole below.

Shawn explored the floating island’s Golden Temple and discovered a powerful energy orb whose origins traced back to an alchemical treasure found at Mount Kailash. After searching Odin and Slytherin’s hidden laboratory, he emerged to find a crowd of wizards gathered below the palace.

• Shawn entered the Golden Temple, but Purple Shadow teleported him to the chamber housing the island’s enormous energy orb.
• Shawn failed to examine the orb with his Detection Charms and suspected it came from an ancient ruin coveted by the Double Serpent Society.
• Shawn climbed the palace’s winding stairs and found a concealed laboratory that still smelled of blood.
• Shawn read the book Northern Europe Divine Kingdom and learned that Búri had obtained an alchemical treasure at Mount Kailash that might be the orb’s source.
• Shawn left the palace and saw a dense crowd of wizards gathered in the square below.

Grindelwald publicly acknowledged his failures and named Shawn Black as his worthy successor, then relinquished leadership of Grindelwald's Army. He left for the Second Great Peak in high spirits while Shawn stood ready to lead the Acolytes.

• The Pure Land Society hailed Shawn as God King as Grindelwald arrived before the gathered Acolytes.
• Vinda Rosier and Abernathy asked Grindelwald to give his followers his final instructions.
• Grindelwald recalled the movement's defeat and admitted that his narrow-mindedness, arrogance, and cruelty had made him an unworthy leader.
• Grindelwald declared Shawn his rightful successor and praised him as the leader who could usher in a new era.
• Grindelwald reassured the Acolytes that he would keep fighting beside them, then walked toward the Second Great Peak to inspect his future home.

Shawn ordered the Acolytes to rebuild the Floating Island as their headquarters, while the Second Task of the Five-Wizard Tournament began at Hogwarts. He appeared before the cheering crowd to officially open the task, leaving Helena still waiting for a chance to confront him about Ilvermorny.

• Shawn named the Floating Island the Acolytes’ headquarters and ordered them to establish camps beneath the Giant Peaks and rebuild it.
• By mid-February, crowds gathered at the Black Lake for the Second Task of the Five-Wizard Tournament.
• Percy gave Harry a single-use Magical Energy Storage Card containing a powerful Healing Spell as a reward from the Chief.
• Helena pressed Percy for a meeting with Shawn, hoping to address the destruction of Ilvermorny, while Fontana urged her to stay cautious.
• Shawn arrived atop a Water Python, and the crowd cheered as he officially began the Second Task.

After the Champions began the Second Task, Shawn created a giant Lake Mirror that showed the underwater competition to the spectators. The Champions explored the Black Lake, with Harry and Draco advancing together and Krum searching the depths in shark form for something other than his hostage.

• Krum transformed his upper body into a shark, while the other Champions cast Bubble-Head Charms before entering the Black Lake.
• The spectators complained that they could not see the underwater task, and Bagman asked Dumbledore to address the problem.
• Shawn raised an enormous ring-shaped Lake Mirror with six live views of the Champions beneath the lake.
• Gais swam freely without her Bubble-Head Charm, Pheobe explored cautiously, and Boris swam comfortably through the cold water.
• Krum charged through the depths as Grindylows followed him, while Harry and Draco continued together, with Draco leading by wandlight.

Harry and Draco searched the Black Lake, fought off its creatures, and followed Moaning Myrtle’s directions to the merpeople’s village. They found the Champions’ hostages bound to a statue, and Harry and Draco realized the person each loved most was among them.

• Draco and Harry hid as Krum fought grindylows near the unconscious Pheobe, whom a Water Python carried away.
• Harry and Draco fought off grindylows and lake fish, then declined to use gillyweed.
• Moaning Myrtle directed the boys toward the merpeople’s village.
• Harry and Draco followed the merpeople’s song past their homes and into the village square.
• The boys saw six people bound to the Mermaid Statue and realized they were the Champions’ loved ones.

Shawn used a ring of Lake Mirrors to broadcast the underwater task as Harry, Draco, and Krum reached the merpeople’s village and found their hostages. Harry and Draco freed Cho Chang and Astoria, and Harry chose to risk staying behind to rescue Gabrielle as well.

• Shawn used faith and Projection Orb principles to create a ring of Lake Mirrors, while considering how to free himself from the system’s limits on faith.
• Krum ambushed Pheobe and knocked her unconscious, then Shawn’s water python carried her ashore as Maxime and Karkaroff argued over Krum’s tactics.
• Harry and Draco reached the merpeople’s village first and found six hostages, including Cho Chang, Astoria, Hermione, and Gabrielle.
• Krum burst out in his shark transformation, knocked Harry and Draco into the mud, then freed Hermione and carried her toward the surface.
• Harry and Draco used Severing Charms to free Cho Chang and Astoria, but Harry headed toward Gabrielle, and Draco tried to hurry him away.

Harry and Draco fought through the merpeople and grindylows to rescue their hostages, with Hermione and Krum returning to help them. After everyone surfaced, the judges began deliberating over the task’s scores while Shawn remained suspicious that nothing had gone wrong.

• Draco and Harry freed Gabrielle and carried her, Cho Chang, and Astoria through the attacking merpeople, suffering injuries as grindylows joined the struggle.
• After Krum surfaced with Hermione, Hermione jumped back into the lake to help Harry and Draco, and Krum followed her.
• Harry and Draco emerged with all three hostages after Krum and Hermione helped them, drawing cheers from the spectators.
• Pheobe thanked Draco for saving Gabrielle and kissed him, then kissed Harry after Draco credited him; Madam Pomfrey gave Harry a foul Cold Potion.
• Gais and Boris surfaced with their hostages, and Dumbledore spoke with the Merpeople Leader before the judges withdrew to debate their scores.
• Shawn dismissed the Lake Mirror and vanished from above the Black Lake, leaving Helena stamping her feet on the Floating Platform.

Barty Crouch Jr. continued impersonating Ron Weasley while gathering information, and Shawn strengthened the defenses around the Veil of Death. Death spoke to Shawn about his past-life memories and promised not to aid the Double Serpent Society, leaving Shawn uncertain about Death’s motives.

• Barty Crouch Jr. rejected the Twins’ invitation to Hogsmeade and overheard Fudge arguing with Ilvermorny’s head about meeting Shawn over compensation.
• Shawn went to the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries to reinforce the Hall of Death against the Double Serpent Society.
• Shawn created a stronger magic array around the Veil of Death, adding first-tier faith to its defenses.
• Death questioned Shawn about his fear of death and revealed an interest in how Shawn had retained memories from his previous life.
• Death promised not to cooperate with the Double Serpent Society or interfere with Shawn, and Shawn left the Hall of Death wary of trusting him.

After leaving the Department of Mysteries, Shawn learned that Ilvermorny's leaders had returned to seek England's help and considered how the American wizarding world could be brought under his control. He visited Lucius's office as England's growing influence faced the hidden threat of the Double Serpent Society.

• Undead armored soldiers emerged from the Veil of Death, but the magic array destroyed them without triggering its warnings.
• Shawn left the Department of Mysteries and decided to meet Lupin after recalling Grindelwald's praise of the school's ideological education.
• Fudge told Helena and Fontana to take their concerns to Barty Crouch, and Shawn realized their dispute over Ilvermorny concerned him.
• Shawn assessed England's expanding influence and recognized that Ilvermorny could offer a path to gaining influence over the American wizarding world.
• Shawn entered Lucius's office and found him overwhelmed by the paperwork of running England's expanding administration.

Shawn secretly visited Lucius, used Legilimency to check his thoughts, and assigned him a confidential task concerning Ilvermorny. After boosting Lucius’s energy so he could keep working, Shawn returned to Hogwarts, wary of entrusting sensitive duties to the Pure Land Society.

• Lucius dismissed the clerks, welcomed Shawn, and lowered his mental defenses when Shawn commanded him to drop his Occlumency.
• Shawn read Lucius’s thoughts, found no serious disloyalty, and warned him before ordering him to spend more time with Draco at Hogwarts.
• Shawn gave Lucius a secret assignment and used a Mending Charm infused with faith to restore his energy.
• Lucius began carrying out the assignment while wondering why Shawn had not entrusted it to Alice.
• Shawn kept the assignment from the Pure Land Society because he still suspected Old Fawley had concealed information and might have loyalists within it.
• Shawn Apparated back to Hogwarts and walked invisibly toward Lupin’s office.

Shawn reflected on Hogwarts’ innocence and gained a small breakthrough in his cultivation before visiting Lupin’s office. There he met Nicolas Flamel, who praised Shawn’s alchemical talent and offered to teach him alchemy.

• As families and students enjoyed Hogwarts during the day off, Shawn felt nostalgic and reconsidered his plans to involve students in political schemes.
• Shawn’s reflections clarified his outlook and slightly loosened the bottleneck in his legendary cultivation.
• Shawn went to Lupin’s office and found Fleur Delacour blocking the door because Lupin was meeting a guest.
• Shawn entered and discovered that the guest was Nicolas Flamel, who said Dumbledore had expected him to be there.
• Nicolas Flamel told Shawn he would not demand the Philosopher’s Stone back and offered to teach him alchemy.

Shawn declined Nicolas Flamel’s offer to teach him alchemy, then questioned the ancient wizard about threats to the Wizarding World. Nicolas admitted that, despite his six centuries of life, he knew little more than Shawn about the Double Serpent Society, Herpo the Foul, and the Northern Europe Divine Kingdom.

• Nicolas Flamel offered to pass his alchemical knowledge to Shawn, but Shawn declined because he could not spare the time.
• Nicolas told Shawn that Albus had brought him to England to observe its changes and help keep certain people in check.
• Shawn spoke of the threats facing young wizards, drawing different reactions from Lupin and Pheobe.
• Nicolas teased Shawn about his seriousness and suggested that Albus might be less willing to die than before.
• Shawn asked Nicolas about the Double Serpent Society, Herpo the Foul, and the Northern Europe Divine Kingdom, and Nicolas said he knew little about them.

Nick told Shawn that the Church may have benefited from the Black Death and advised him to win people’s hearts against his enemies. Shawn grew suspicious that Lupin was Theodore, exposed his disguise, and pursued him after he escaped as a giant red snake.

• Nick suggested Shawn ask the Pure Land Society about the Northern Europe Divine Kingdom, pointed to the Church as a beneficiary of the Black Death, and advised him to compete for people’s hearts.
• While reflecting on Nick’s advice, Shawn remembered Kirk’s words about winning people’s hearts and wondered whether they referred to faith.
• Shawn saw Lupin polishing his wand and called him Theodore, prompting Lupin to drop the wand before calmly denying the identity.
• Shawn attacked Lupin with Finite Incantatem, but Lupin blocked it with two powerful Shield Charms and claimed he wanted to train fighters willing to die for Shawn.
• Lupin transformed into a giant red snake and broke through the door, but Shawn punched it into a wall, surrounded it with spells, and sealed off the floor.
• Trapped in the crater, Lupin stopped resisting and sighed that Shawn had exposed him too soon.

An explosion at Hogwarts prompted the students to organize an orderly response, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald discussed the impostor posing as Lupin and chose to trust Shawn. On the sealed fourth floor, Shawn recognized the fake Lupin as Theodore, the trusted friend who had disappeared long ago.

• An explosion shook Hogwarts, and young wizards organized groups to protect their parents and approach the Main Building before Dumbledore told everyone to stand down.
• Dumbledore questioned Grindelwald about why he had let Shawn investigate the Lupin impostor, and Grindelwald explained how he had noticed the fake's unusual influence and suspected a connection to Shawn.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald considered who the impostor might be, then decided not to intrude on Shawn's investigation because they had chosen to trust him.
• On the fourth floor, Shawn watched the disguised Lupin remove his appearance and reveal himself as Theodore, who had vanished after Shawn trusted him and promised him the Sword of Judgment.

Shawn confronted Theodore and learned that Theodore had willingly made a bargain with Herpo the Foul to gain strength, believing it would help protect Shawn. Theodore revealed that he knew Shawn’s secret and could help him become a demigod or god, leaving Shawn shocked and torn between saving Theodore and pursuing what he might know.

• Shawn saw the demonic apparition behind Theodore and tried to examine him, believing Herpo the Foul had corrupted him.
• Theodore said he had willingly made a deal with Herpo the Foul after feeling helpless when the Double Serpent Society endangered Shawn, and claimed his strength was nearly Legendary.
• Shawn urged Theodore to let him cure him and offered a safer way to grow stronger, but Theodore refused because of his Contract with Herpo the Foul.
• Theodore said he knew Shawn’s secret and could help him become a demigod or god, triggering the strange apparition again.
• Shawn recognized the apparition as resembling one that had once appeared around him and struggled over whether to save Theodore or pursue the secret he might reveal.

Shawn accepted Theodore’s determination to pursue the demigod shortcut and gave him official authority at Hogwarts under his Lupin disguise. The appointment led to a public romantic confession from Tonks, leaving Theodore panicked because she believed he was the real Lupin.

• Shawn chose to respect Theodore’s decision after Theodore threatened to die rather than abandon his plans.
• Theodore told Shawn that ordinary cultivation could take a century and that the shortcut might require an unknown number of pure believers to sacrifice themselves.
• Shawn appointed Theodore, disguised as Professor Lupin, Gryffindor’s deputy head and announced him as a Heart Earl in the Throne Outer Circle.
• Tonks confronted “Lupin” in the Great Hall with roses and confessed her feelings while students cheered.
• Theodore blushed and panicked as Tonks mistook his silence for self-doubt and continued her confession.

Shawn trained beside Asgard’s energy sphere and returned to the floating island, where the Pure Land Society treated him as their God King. He considered how to reshape the Society’s faith and chose not to confront Old Fawley yet.

• Theodore escaped Tonks’s attention when Dumbledore called him away, while the real Lupin helped rebuild Asgard in secret.
• Shawn discovered that the energy sphere made nearby elements exceptionally active and began using it to study the legendary realm.
• Shawn arrived at Asgard’s Golden Temple, where Guardians led by William Gilbert greeted him as the God King.
• Shawn summoned Remus Lupin to meet him in the side hall and received tea from two Divine Palace maids.
• Shawn weighed ways to restructure Asgard’s faith, suspected Old Fawley was descended from Loki, and decided against confronting him in the United States.

Shawn organized the Divine Palace’s ranks and prepared to welcome the British Prime Minister and European Muggle leaders aboard Asgard. After Shawn challenged Lupin to reconsider his idealism, Lupin wondered whether he had been rigid without realizing it, while the delegation gathered under heavy security at 10 Downing Street.

• Shawn established four ranks in the Divine Palace, placed his own people and selected members of England’s Wizarding Army among them, and renamed the palace the Dragon Kite Divine Palace.
• William reported that Asgard had reached the English Channel and would arrive above London in three hours, with the banquet preparations complete.
• Shawn instructed William to treat the Muggle leaders politely and stressed that Muggles’ strength could not be ignored, prompting William to kneel and ask for punishment after questioning Shawn’s priorities.
• Lupin read a Communication Card containing private gossip, witnessed William’s rigid deference, and heard Shawn argue that change had to proceed step by step rather than through idealistic complaints.
• Shawn told Lupin that he could use the card to contact Tonks, then vanished from the Throne as Lupin wondered whether he was an unwittingly rigid idealist.
• At 10 Downing Street, security was heightened and luxury cars filled the garage as the British Prime Minister’s residence prepared for the visit.

John Major and other influential Muggles were invited to visit the Wizarding World, where Shawn’s followers prepared to take them to the Floating Island Palace. The guests were Apparated away from the Prime Minister’s office, while a strange circular cloud appeared over London.

• Barty Crouch reassured John Major that the wizards lived in a hidden area and explained that the Floating Island Palace was their leader’s residence.
• Purple-robed wizards arrived in the Prime Minister’s office, and their bishop announced that the Divine Kingdom was above the residence.
• Major summoned the other invited guests, including heads of state, businessmen, and Albert, Shawn’s representative in the Muggle World.
• The bishop ordered his followers to Apparate with the guests despite several leaders’ protests, while Major took his Browning Pistol and left with Barty.
• A huge isolated circular cloud appeared over London, prompting some citizens to wonder whether it was a UFO.

William and Barty brought Muggle political figures and businessmen to Asgard, where they marveled at the Floating Island and prepared to tour it by dragon. Meanwhile, Shawn organized his priorities around the coming Life-and-Death Arena and his wider plans for the wizarding and Muggle worlds.

• William welcomed the Muggle guests and told them the God King would receive them at a banquet that night.
• A black dragon arrived, and William said the guests would ride it to the Sacred Lake for a Baptism of the Soul.
• Barty reassured Major that the dragon would not harm anyone, while Albert eagerly boarded ahead of the other guests.
• The guests hurried to board the dragon, while the composed businessman Rockfino remained among them.
• Shawn returned to his bedroom and wrote down his plans, including defeating the Twin Serpents, breaking the International Statute of Secrecy, and establishing Faith Form.

Shawn organized his plans to build the Wish-Power Collector, gather support for Muggle-Wizard integration, and defeat Voldemort and the Double Serpent Society. He sent Tom to investigate the Church’s connection to Herpo the Foul, then prepared to meet invited Muggles.

• Shawn decided to prioritize building the Wish-Power Collector and collecting faith through the Magic Tour and Quidditch World Cup, while admitting he had no way yet to remove the system from his body.
• Shawn planned a constitutional Magic Empire and a gradual approach to Muggle-Wizard integration, beginning by inviting Muggles to visit the Wizarding World and considering cooperation with scientists and trade in ordinary potions.
• Shawn questioned whether Pope Edward or the Double Serpent Society had ties to Herpo the Foul and messaged Tom to investigate Edward.
• Shawn reviewed the Five-Wizard Tournament plan with Dumbledore to defeat Voldemort, whose only remaining Horcrux was Harry, and noted that his faith experiment on Barty Crouch Jr. was nearing results.
• Shawn wrote down matters concerning the United States Wizarding World, the Twelve Auror Families, Ilvermorny, Alice, and Old Fawley, then crossed out Alice and Old Fawley before heading to meet the invited Muggles.

Shawn staged a grand appearance as the God King to awe the Muggle guests and reinforce his authority. After demonstrating his power, he allowed the banquet to begin, where the guests discovered that the magical food could improve their health.

• The Muggle guests waited in the lavish dining hall while Major and Barty Crouch sat among them and William stood beside the empty Throne.
• Shawn appeared on the Throne in his Purple-Gold King Robe as William and the others knelt, then he ordered them to rise.
• When the guests stared at him, Shawn unleashed a wave of pressure and conjured storm clouds and lightning before restoring the clear night sky and starting the banquet.
• Magical dishes and drinks appeared, and Barty Crouch explained that the portions were limited because the food contained potent magical energy.
• The guests sampled the food and felt their health improve, with some noticing older guests' hair turning black.

At a banquet, Shawn explained that current research could not make Muggles into Wizards, then offered hope through a joint magic-and-technology laboratory in Hogsmeade. The Muggle elites pledged researchers and funding, and Shawn sensed malice among the guests.

• Simmons Rockefeller thanked Shawn for the banquet and asked whether Muggles could become Wizards.
• Shawn explained that becoming a Wizard depended on magical potential in a person's genes and that current research could not alter it.
• Barty reassured the guests that they could still benefit from magical food and devices without casting spells themselves.
• Shawn proposed investing in a Hogsmeade laboratory to research ways for Muggles to become Wizards, possibly benefiting their descendants.
• Simmons offered Rockefeller research companies and funding, while Major and other guests pledged researchers and resources.
• Shawn left the cooperation arrangements to Barty and sensed malice among the Muggles.