Recaps

Tom threatened Old Parkinson into finding Voldemort, then watched Asgard pass overhead before flying to Italy. At Hogwarts, Harry and Draco watched the national-team hopefuls train, and Draco was left thinking about his father’s week-long trip to Ilvermorny.

• Tom ordered Old Parkinson to find Voldemort and threatened the Parkinson family with the same fate as the Selwyns if he refused.
• Old Parkinson realized Tom had killed the Selwyn family and hurried off to seek Lucius.
• Tom watched Asgard fly over the English highlands, handled the real and fake Slytherin’s Lockets, then set off for Italy.
• Cedric coached Hogwarts’s Quidditch players as Harry and Draco watched from the stands, and Harry envied Cedric’s closeness with Cho Chang.
• Harry told Draco that Sirius still refused treatment but had visited Regulus’s grave and seemed less fixated on the past.
• Harry asked when Lucius would return from Ilvermorny, and Draco became distracted.

Hermione left Hogwarts to guide Muggle officials visiting Hogsmeade, while Harry and Draco hurried back to avoid Snape’s punishment. As the Ministry prepared for Asgard to appear over the city, the chapter highlighted Hogsmeade’s rapid growth and the need for lasting solutions to its economic and administrative problems.

• Draco worried that his father’s secret mission in the United States might put him in danger, and Harry tried to reassure him.
• Harry and Draco caught up with Hermione as she left Hogwarts; she said she had been assigned to guide Muggle officials visiting Hogsmeade, but kept Asgard’s arrival secret.
• Hermione continued through bustling Hogsmeade, where rapid growth had strained the city’s management, employment, and financial systems.
• The chapter described how the Ministry relied on seized Gringotts assets and supermarket deposits while Shawn sought advanced Muggle management methods and comprehensive employment and financial systems.
• Fudge prepared to welcome the Muggle guests and learned that Tom Gaunt was away on an assignment from the Leader.
• Fudge looked forward to seeing Asgard appear over Hogsmeade in ten minutes and hoped to make up for his earlier mistakes.

Fudge waited for Shawn and the Muggle guests to arrive in Hogsmeade, but Barty Crouch Sr. announced that they would visit the next morning. On the Floating Island, Shawn uncovered a spy targeting his plans, while Alice wondered why Shawn had entrusted Lucius with a mission in the United States instead of her.

• Fudge prepared a grand welcome in Hogsmeade, but Barty Crouch Sr. said the guests would stay on the Floating Island and tour the village the next morning.
• Hermione chose not to use her Playing Card to visit the Floating Island and went to the young wizards' lodgings, where Professor Lupin had been teaching traumatized children.
• Shawn used Legilimency on Albert's supposed business partner and discovered he was a Double Serpent Society spy with no accomplices or larger objective.
• Shawn reassured Albert and discussed arrangements for his holiday Magic Touring Performances, which Albert had begun promoting in twenty major cities.
• Alice read that Lucius had visited Ilvermorny to repair its House Sorting Statues and worried that Shawn no longer trusted her with important tasks.
• Old Fawley recognized that the statues' repair involved faith and wondered what Shawn's objective was.

Alice learned from Old Fawley that Shawn’s plans would spare her from building political connections herself, and he urged her to remain utterly loyal to Shawn. In Italy, Edward pushed Awen toward a more aggressive campaign against Shawn and proposed using Voldemort to cause unrest before sending people to Albania.

• Old Fawley told Alice that she mattered greatly to Shawn and urged her to follow him loyally, then took her to the secret chamber to continue her lessons.
• Tom reached the Church's imperial city and began sneaking toward it while carrying the Locket.
• Edward pressed Awen to unite the Double Serpent Society against Shawn, arguing that Asgard’s reactivation and the Energy Ball gave Shawn time to grow stronger.
• An archbishop reported that the Rothschilds’ spy on Asgard's Floating Island had been exposed, and Edward and Awen discussed their next moves.
• Edward proposed continuing the Legendary Arena Tournament plan while reducing the number of Legendary figures on Shawn’s side and giving Shawn a new problem to handle.
• Edward told Awen to have Voldemort stir up unrest and send people to Albania to release someone, but the chapter ended before he named them.

Hunter worked through the night at the Broken Stone Tavern to save for his younger brother, while Hogsmeade residents gathered to watch a mysterious bank of clouds. At sunrise, the clouds revealed the enormous Floating Island of Asgard overhead, and the crowd panicked.

• Hunter told Julian he was working hard to buy his younger brother a top-quality broomstick and discussed the boy's possible enrollment in the Magical Science Branch School.
• Ivanov arrived after his patrol shift and told Hunter that Hogsmeade was about to see a surprise, pointing out the crowds watching the sky.
• As the sun rose, the dark clouds churned and revealed Asgard's vast inverted triangular base hanging over Hogsmeade.
• The sight of the Floating Island terrified the onlookers, and some fled town despite the Anti-Apparition Jinx.

Asgard’s arrival united England’s wizards behind Shawn, while Muggle experts began researching the Wizarding World and its communities. In May, Shawn completed the transformation of Kunikuzushi into a powerful wand and Wish-Power Collector, then learned that Voldemort had launched another terrorist attack.

• Asgard moved above Hogsmeade and Hogwarts, astonishing wizards and Muggle guests as Barty led the guests on a tour with Hermione and Fudge stayed behind.
• The Daily Prophet explained Asgard’s appearance, and wizards across England celebrated Shawn and the planned stationing of the Fire Dragon Legion there.
• Muggle experts and equipment arrived in Hogsmeade to conduct research, while urban redevelopment and administrative changes continued across the Wizarding World.
• Shawn finished refining Kunikuzushi into his weapon and personal Wish-Power Collector, and turned his remaining alchemy materials into Alchemy Cards.
• Shawn received a message announcing Voldemort’s new terrorist attack and wondered why he had acted before the third task.

Hunter and Julian’s date on Brockdale Bridge was interrupted when Death Eaters attacked and began destroying the bridge. Julian and Hunter fell into the Thames, and the chapter ended as Purple-Robed Wizarding Police confronted the attackers and froze the river.

• Hunter’s boss sent him off to spend the afternoon with Julian, and Hunter brought his Ministry-issued Alert Badge.
• Hunter and Julian went on a date at Brockdale Bridge, where the Dark Mark appeared above London.
• More than a dozen Death Eaters attacked the bridge, and Hunter reinforced a pier while Julian comforted a frightened Muggle girl.
• Bellatrix struck Julian with Petrificus Totalus, and Julian fell from the bridge; Hunter jumped after her.
• The Death Eaters demolished the center of Brockdale Bridge, sending people, vehicles, and debris into the Thames.
• Purple-Robed Wizarding Police arrived, and the river froze as the Death Eaters tried to retreat.

Shawn punished the Death Eaters who attacked Brockdale Bridge, restored the damage and helped cover up the disaster before confronting Voldemort at the burning Riddle House. Voldemort escaped, Dumbledore refused to use Harry as bait, and Shawn and Dumbledore wondered where Tom had gone.

• Shawn arrived at Brockdale Bridge, where his purple Rainbow Swords killed the surrendered Death Eaters while Rodolphus and Bellatrix escaped by Apparition.
• Shawn restored the broken bridge, rescued survivors, and ordered the Wizarding Police and Disaster Department to manage the cleanup and erase Muggle memories.
• Shawn realized Voldemort’s attack had exposed the wizarding world and suspected the Double Serpent Society had helped recruit the Death Eaters.
• Shawn reached the burning Riddle House and joined Dumbledore in attacking Voldemort, but Voldemort escaped after leaving the area of disrupted magical energy.
• Shawn suggested using Harry as bait, but Dumbledore rejected the idea and insisted they follow their existing plan to defeat Voldemort.
• Dumbledore asked where Tom had gone, and Shawn noted that Tom had been missing for over a month while their soul connection remained intact.

Shawn trusted Dumbledore to handle the Double Serpent Society and Voldemort’s threats, then handed him responsibility for England’s complaints and turned to matchmaking at Hogwarts. The chapter left Harry and Draco with new tutors chosen by Shawn: Ginny and Astoria.

• Shawn told Dumbledore that Tom was investigating the Church’s connection to Herpo the Foul, and Dumbledore revealed that he had been guarding Herpo’s Temple in Albania.
• Shawn agreed to let Dumbledore and Grindelwald handle the Double Serpent Society while he focused on growing stronger, then transferred some Ministry authority to Dumbledore.
• Shawn sent Prime Minister Major to Dumbledore with his complaints about Voldemort and hurried away, leaving Dumbledore to greet the grateful Prime Minister.
• Shawn visited Hogwarts and listened as Harry and Draco complained about Moody’s and Snape’s harsh training.
• Shawn separated Harry and Draco, summoned Ginny to teach Harry the Bat-Bogey Hex, and advised Draco to ask Astoria for help with snakes.

Shawn learned that Snape suspected Ron was Voldemort’s spy, Barty Crouch Jr., and told Snape to wait until the third task before acting. The chapter ended with Theodore teaching the rescued young wizards at the Magical Science School and looking up at Asgard with a smile.

• Snape ordered Harry, Draco, and Ginny to prepare blast-ended skrewts, but Harry and Draco escaped by claiming Shawn had given them study assignments.
• Snape told Shawn that he suspected Lupin and Ron of spying, explaining that Ron’s composure during detention had made him suspicious.
• Shawn revealed that Lupin worked for him and recognized Ron as likely being Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise.
• Shawn urged Snape not to alert the spy before the third task and asked him to keep Harry from leaving Hogwarts.
• Shawn decided to trust Theodore and returned to Asgard, while Theodore taught rescued young wizards at the Magical Science School and smiled up at Asgard.

After transferring his accumulated faith into Kunikuzushi, Shawn emerged from seclusion with a powerful new wand and a deeper understanding of Asgard’s energy sphere. As the Triwizard Tournament’s final task approached, Harry tried to use an unusual guardian permission form to visit Hogsmeade, but Filch rejected it.

• Shawn transferred the faith stored in the system into Kunikuzushi, strengthening his control over faith and transforming the wand.
• Shawn tested Kunikuzushi’s power, studied the energy sphere, and left his secluded training before the Triwizard Tournament’s final task.
• Shawn greeted the Guardians and asked William to report on what had happened in the wizarding world during his absence.
• At Hogwarts, Filch checked students’ permission forms as they lined up for Hogsmeade.
• Harry presented Filch with a guardian form bearing a dog’s paw print, but Filch denied him permission.

Harry was denied entry to Hogsmeade because Filch rejected Sirius’s paw-print signature, while Draco and Astoria enjoyed a date in the newly modernized village and spotted Tonks with Lupin in disguise. The chapter ended when an unseen person tapped Draco, prompting Astoria to draw her wand and demand that they reveal themselves.

• Filch rejected Harry’s permission slip because Sirius had signed it with a paw print, and Harry left the entrance dejectedly.
• Ginny comforted Harry, and he promised he could find a way to get her into Hogsmeade.
• Draco took Astoria to an ice cream shop, where they discussed the upcoming third task and whether the Chief would attend.
• Draco and Astoria spotted Tonks on a date with Lupin, who was disguised as an unfamiliar wizard.
• An unseen person tapped Draco on the shoulder, and Astoria drew her wand and called for them to show themselves.

Harry sneaked into Hogsmeade with Ginny and met Draco, but Snape caught them and escorted them back to Hogwarts under heavy guard. Shawn secretly followed the procession, keeping danger at bay and signaling that he had emerged from seclusion.

• Harry revealed himself and Ginny beneath the Invisibility Cloak, and Draco warned him about being caught in Hogsmeade.
• Snape confronted Harry, Ginny, and Draco, then sentenced them to two consecutive days of detention and ordered Harry to wear the Invisibility Cloak.
• Snape learned Harry had told Seamus, Ron, and others about his plans, grew furious, and assembled Hogwarts students and Purple-Robed Wizarding Police as guards.
• Neville joined the escort and punched the invisible Harry for ruining his date with Susan.
• Snape brought the group safely back to Hogwarts and hauled Draco and Harry to the Basement.
• Shawn secretly followed the procession and used his intimidating aura to deter potential attackers, revealing that he had emerged from seclusion.

Edward and the Double Serpent Society used the Pilgrimage Assembly’s gathered faith to empower the Snake God Apparition, believing Tom Gaunt had died in the God Pit. After learning that another attempt to kill Nick Flamel had failed, the leaders decided to interfere in Voldemort’s resurrection plan and test Shawn’s strength.

• Edward closed the Pilgrimage Assembly as the believers’ faith flowed into the God Pit and the Two-Headed Energy Serpent consumed it.
• At the God Pit, Edward told Soya, Awen, and the other leaders that the strengthened Snake God Apparition had likely killed Tom Gaunt, who had been thrown into the pit two months earlier.
• The leaders discussed the Double Serpent Society’s history with the God Pit and learned that the latest attempt to assassinate Nick Flamel had failed.
• Hephis argued that Nick had to be stopped from obtaining the Energy Ball formed from the godhead, while Soya noted that Nick was difficult to find and Hogwarts was too dangerous to attack.
• Awen suggested joining Voldemort’s resurrection plan, and Edward agreed, intending to use it to test Shawn, who had emerged from seclusion.

As the final task of the Triwizard Tournament approached, Shawn discussed his concerns and plans with his godmother, Vinda Rosier, during afternoon tea on Asgard. They turned to Lucius Malfoy's efforts to establish a Wizard City in the United States, which Shawn intended to use to draw his scattered enemies together before defeating them.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald arrived at the Judges' Stand together, shared milk tea, and left Fudge and the other staff visibly awkward.
• Shawn watched preparations for the maze from Asgard and considered the coming revelation of the prophecy, the missing Tom, and the possibility that Tom was trapped.
• Vinda comforted Shawn and offered to help if he faced difficulties, but Shawn did not reveal his specific worries.
• Vinda told Shawn that Lucius had persuaded the Twelve Auror Families to prepare to establish a Wizard City in the United States.
• Shawn explained that he wanted dissatisfied wizards and enemy groups to gather in the new city so his agents could help bring them down and let his side claim the final gains.

The six champions began the Triwizard Tournament’s third task in a maze broadcast to the audience by Shawn’s magical sky screen. Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter entered first and were still struggling together against Blast-Ended Skrewts as the other champions followed.

• Bagman announced that Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter were tied for first, followed by Viktor Krum, Boris Porskoff, Gais Fontana, and Fleur Delacour.
• Shawn appeared above the maze and created a purple sky screen to broadcast the champions’ progress.
• Draco and Harry entered the maze together, and the audience watched them move through its dark, silent paths while holding hands.
• The other four champions entered the maze, and the screen split into five sections to show the competition.
• Draco and Harry fought a swarm of adult Blast-Ended Skrewts with Protego and Incendio but could not clear a path through them.

Harry and Draco encountered Dementors in the maze, and Draco overcame his fear to drive them off with a powerful Patronus. The other Champions continued through the maze, while Krum advanced under the Imperius Curse.

• Harry and Draco fled a swarm of Blast-Ended Skrewts, lost their way, and encountered a group of Dementors.
• Draco failed to form his Patronus as the Dementors attacked, and Harry collapsed from pain and despair.
• Draco refused to abandon Harry and cast a powerful Patronus in the shape of a white ferret, driving the Dementors away.
• Narcissa watched Draco's feat from the Judges' Stand, while Shawn monitored the other Champions.
• Krum followed a pathfinding charm, Boris progressed with Ice and Snow Magic, and Gais ran into a trap designed to counter agility.
• Krum eliminated Pheobe, then overtook Harry and Draco while showing signs of being under the Imperius Curse; Shawn concealed his condition in the broadcast.

Gais joined Boris in fighting Krum after learning he was controlled by the Imperius Curse, while Harry and Draco faced a Sphinx on the way to the Triwizard Cup. Harry answered its riddle with “a lame black dog,” leaving Sirius speechless.

• Gais escaped the upside-down region, fought creatures in the maze, and joined Boris against the Imperius-controlled Krum.
• Karkaroff and Maxime traded insults as the tournament audience watched Krum's fight, while the Weasley Twins regretted betting on Pheobe.
• Shawn realized Voldemort likely planned to use Barty Crouch Jr. to take Harry away, since the cup was not a Portkey.
• Harry and Draco encountered a Sphinx and tried to avoid answering its riddle, but it gave them an easier one.
• Harry answered the Sphinx's riddle with “a lame black dog,” prompting stunned reactions from the audience and Sirius.

Harry and Draco fought through the maze’s final obstacles together, but Barty Crouch Jr. abducted Harry before they could claim the cup as a pair. Shawn reassured Draco that Harry would be all right, and Draco lifted the trophy while the altered broadcast showed him winning alone.

• The Sphinx let Harry and Draco pass after Harry answered her riddle, and the boys ran toward the Five-Wizard Cup.
• Harry and Draco battled through grasping vines, swarms of spiders and scorpions, and two trolls, helping each other despite their injuries.
• Draco escaped the trolls and turned back to rescue Harry, insisting they would share the glory.
• A troll killed its companion, and Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Ron, emerged from its belly and seized Harry with a Portkey.
• Shawn told Draco that Harry would be all right, and Draco lifted the cup as the crowd cheered while the broadcast concealed Harry’s abduction.

Voldemort used Harry’s blood to complete the resurrection ritual and returned to life in the graveyard. He freed Harry and challenged him to a duel, declaring that he would kill Harry before going after Black.

• Voldemort told Harry that Shawn Black and Dumbledore had supposedly allowed his abduction so Voldemort could be resurrected and defeated for good.
• Bellatrix performed the resurrection ritual, sacrificing her hand and adding Harry’s blood to the potion.
• Voldemort rose from the cauldron in a new body, and the remaining Death Eaters knelt before him.
• Voldemort taunted Harry about their parents and then removed Harry’s bonds and kicked his wand toward him.
• Voldemort challenged Harry to a duel and said he would kill Black after him.

Harry faced Voldemort in the graveyard, where Barty Crouch Jr. intervened to stop Voldemort from torturing him. After the healing card restored Harry and a mysterious black stone gave him courage, Harry’s spell clashed with Voldemort’s Killing Curse, leaving them apparently evenly matched.

• Voldemort overpowered Harry, forced him to bow, and tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Barty Crouch Jr. shielded Harry and pleaded with Voldemort to grant him a swift death, drawing Bellatrix’s anger.
• Harry hid behind a gravestone as a healing Playing Card restored his injuries and magical energy, while a translucent black stone emerged from the Cards.
• Voldemort cast Avada Kedavra at Harry, who leaped clear and countered with Expelliarmus.
• The wands connected, triggering Prior Incantato and a golden dome filled with the phantoms of Voldemort’s past victims, making the duel appear evenly matched.

Voldemort believed he had killed Harry, but Shawn and Dumbledore arrived with reinforcements, and Sirius realized Harry had survived because Voldemort destroyed his final Horcrux. Dumbledore began fighting Voldemort while Bellatrix attacked Sirius and Harry.

• Voldemort forced his cracked Knucklebone Wand to overpower Harry, and Harry appeared to die in the cemetery.
• Barty Crouch Jr. secretly confirmed Harry was alive, but told Voldemort he was dead, allowing Voldemort to celebrate and rally his Death Eaters.
• Shawn, Dumbledore, and their forces arrived, and Sirius rushed to Harry before attacking Barty Crouch Jr.
• Sirius recognized that Harry was alive, while Dumbledore realized Voldemort had destroyed Harry's final Horcrux.
• Dumbledore transformed into his prime and blocked Voldemort's Killing Curse with a shield-bearing Magma Giant as Shawn guarded against interference and escape.
• Bellatrix saw Harry alive and attacked in a frenzy, beginning a fight with Sirius.

Sirius and Harry fought Bellatrix and Rodolphus while Shawn joined Dumbledore against Voldemort, who eventually fled with the remaining Death Eaters. As Bellatrix escaped, her final Killing Curse flew toward the helpless Harry.

• Sirius and Harry battled Bellatrix, and Rodolphus joined her against them.
• Sirius refused Harry's offer to call for help, insisting he would defend the Black name himself.
• Shawn learned Nicolas Flamel had been attacked, then unleashed a thunder dragon against Voldemort as Dumbledore pressed the assault.
• Voldemort fled with Barty Crouch Jr., the Carrow sisters, Bellatrix, and Rodolphus as the Wizarding Army formed a defensive counterattack.
• Bellatrix fired a final Killing Curse at Sirius, but her swaying aim sent it toward the exhausted Harry.

Sirius sacrificed himself to save Harry, and Shawn and Dumbledore pursued Voldemort until Barty Crouch Jr. killed him from within. After Bellatrix and Rodolphus died in the fighting, Vita comforted Shawn, who vowed never to let her make the same sacrifice for him.

• Sirius shielded Harry from Bellatrix's curse, told him he had kept his promise to Lily and James, and died in his arms.
• Shawn's spell triggered several killing curses inside Voldemort, and the Dark Lord fell among the encircling Wizarding Army.
• Barty Crouch Jr. explained that he had betrayed Voldemort because the Dark Lord had fallen behind the times, and Voldemort dissolved into ash.
• Bellatrix charged at Barty, but Molly killed her with a Household Magic spell; Harry fought Bellatrix, and the army killed Rodolphus when he attacked Molly.
• Vita comforted Shawn over Sirius's death, and Shawn insisted that he would never let her sacrifice herself for him.

A kraken attacked a freighter near Azkaban but was devoured by a gigantic serpent lurking beyond the fog. At Tom Riddle's graveyard, Soya claimed Tom Gaunt was dead before retreating after Nick and Grindelwald drove off the enemy; Shawn then spoke with Harry about Sirius's death.

• A kraken seized Captain Jack's freighter, but a serpentine screech weakened it and a giant black-and-red serpent devoured it near Azkaban.
• Shawn confronted Soya at Tom Riddle's graveyard and questioned his claim that Tom Gaunt was dead, since Shawn's soul connection to Tom remained intact.
• Soya and Shawn received news that Nick had wounded Bose Yidong and protected the competition spectators until Grindelwald's arrival forced Edward and Bose Yidong to retreat.
• Soya withdrew with his followers after threatening Shawn with a future meeting in the Legendary Arena.
• Shawn took Harry to a mountain, apologized for Sirius, and listened as Harry grieved and reflected on the burden carried by the Black family.