Recaps

Shawn visited Dumbledore and asked to borrow Fawkes, offering the discovery of another Horcrux as leverage. After Shawn produced the Notebook, Dumbledore agreed, and Fawkes protested as Shawn prepared to take him.

• Shawn reached the Seventh Floor and encountered Snape, who hinted that dangerous potion ingredients could injure him even through Dragonhide Gloves.
• Shawn inferred that Snape was gathering information independently of Dumbledore, then went to the Headmaster's Office.
• Dumbledore made milk tea for Shawn, who added pudding pearls, and they silently considered their differing approaches to changing the wizarding world.
• Shawn asked to borrow Fawkes and offered to find another Horcrux in exchange.
• Shawn handed Dumbledore the Notebook, then went to Fawkes while Dumbledore agreed to let him take the phoenix.
• Fawkes called out in protest, but Dumbledore waved Shawn on, assuring Fawkes that Shawn had a potential friend and plenty of food.

At Nurmengard, Grindelwald explained that prophecy only described possibilities and prepared Vita to replace Hogwarts’ next Defense Against Dark Magic teacher while warning her not to shape Shawn’s politics. At Malfoy Manor, Tom studied curses and received an encrypted message on his communication card.

• Vinda Rosier reported on Grindelwald’s political operations in Poland, Russia, and the United States, then asked whether they would intervene in Britain after Voldemort’s apparent return.
• Grindelwald told Vita to let Shawn handle Voldemort and approved her plan to impersonate Hogwarts’ next Defense Against Dark Magic teacher, while forbidding her from influencing Shawn’s political views.
• After Vita left, Grindelwald reflected that prophecy showed only possible futures and that he had restarted his campaign to pursue a chance of victory and a future with Albus.
• At Malfoy Manor, Lucius learned that Tom wanted curse books gathered from major pure-blood families, and Lucius set out to collect them and seek atonement money.
• Tom studied curses to prepare for capturing the main soul and breaking the curse on the Horcrux ring, and discovered that a Dragon Pox curse might have been used in Nobby Leach’s assassination.
• Tom received an encrypted message on his flashing communication card and hesitated before reading it.

Harry and Terence Higgs raced for the Golden Snitch as Gryffindor and Slytherin fought to decide the Quidditch Cup. While Draco reported that Slytherin had lost, Shawn learned that influential Pure-blood Association elders were likely behind rumors targeting him and ordered Alice to find their hidden residences.

• Lee Jordan commentated as Gryffindor and Slytherin traded goals, leaving Slytherin ahead by twenty points.
• Harry spotted the Golden Snitch, and both teams sent players to support their Seekers as they fought for it.
• Alice told Shawn that powerful Pure-blood Association elders might have ordered rumors against him, and Shawn instructed her to have Mr. Fawley locate them.
• Theodore proposed capturing Cormac McLaggen and interrogating him, but Shawn rejected the plan and decided to target the elders' safe houses instead.
• Draco announced that Slytherin had lost after Harry beat Terence Higgs to the Snitch.

After Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup, Snape held Shawn accountable for Slytherin’s loss, and Shawn set Draco’s chance of joining the team next term behind perfect exam results. Shawn then returned to the Common Room, spent time with Purple Shadow and Fawkes, and sent letters and a message to Tom as he waited for events outside Hogwarts to develop.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch and celebrated Gryffindor’s Quidditch Cup victory while McGonagall joined the cheering students.
• Snape confronted Shawn over Slytherin’s loss, and Shawn agreed to crush Gryffindor next term.
• Draco asked Shawn for a place as Seeker, and Shawn said he would consider it only if Draco earned all O’s in his finals.
• Shawn doubled the Slytherins’ self-study time and redirected their spell practice toward Shield Charms and Petrificus Totalus.
• Shawn found Fawkes chasing Purple Shadow in the Common Room, and Fawkes knocked Shawn off balance before disappearing in sparks.
• Shawn wrote to Lucius and Grindelwald, contacted Tom about his assignment, and invited him to a Throne meeting before term ended.

Shawn protected Slytherin’s House points, then organized a celebration and convened the Throne’s final meeting of the term. The meeting introduced a mysterious Duke of Spades whose identity left the members speculating.

• Shawn and Snape’s point deductions and safeguards put Slytherin a hundred points ahead of Gryffindor.
• The students completed their exams, and Shawn expected strong results apart from Potions.
• Shawn hosted a banquet for Hogwarts’ outstanding students and announced that there would be no rules for the feast.
• The Throne met in the Pentagram Hall, where Percy, Neville, Hermione, Penelope, Alice, Draco, and Theodore represented their Houses.
• A silver-cloaked Duke of Spades appeared in Slytherin’s section, and the members wondered who he was.
• Alice felt unsettled by the Chief’s regard for the duke, while Draco wondered if he had misunderstood Theodore before.

Theodore challenged the mysterious Duke of Spades to prove his strength, but Tom defeated him and offered to train him. Shawn ended the confrontation and began the meeting.

• Theodore stepped forward and challenged Tom to a duel, demanding that he prove he deserved the Duke of Spades' rank.
• Tom accepted Shawn's warning not to go too far, and the two exchanged dueling salutes.
• Theodore opened with the Killing Curse, but Tom blocked it with a Necromantic Shield and attacked with chains of black mist.
• Theodore charged through Tom's shields and used his Sequence Playing Cards to unleash another Killing Curse, but Tom deflected it with Spell Reversal and bound him with chains.
• Theodore admitted defeat, and Tom asked Shawn to let him train Theodore into a top Auror within two years.
• Shawn refused to hand Theodore over and called everyone back to their seats so the meeting could begin.

Shawn assigned tasks at the Throne meeting, then distributed special cards to his young followers and reinforced his authority. When Katherine asked him to demonstrate a Level Six Disarming Charm, he admitted he did not know it and summoned a terrifying magical halberd instead, leaving her to hail him as Chief.

• Tom rejected Shawn’s offer and unsettled the young wizards, while Shawn encouraged Theodore and assigned Alice, Draco, and the others their tasks.
• Harry left the luncheon feeling isolated, spotted a red-haired student heading toward the Fourth-Floor Restricted Area, and followed with his wand drawn.
• Shawn distributed specially made cards to over thirty young wizards and gave a ceremonial speech that prompted them to hail him as Chief.
• Katherine asked Shawn to demonstrate the Level Six Disarming Charm, and Alice tried to stop her from challenging the Chief.
• Shawn admitted he did not know the Level Six Disarming Charm, then summoned a lightning-wreathed halberd with Kunikuzushi and explained its power.
• Katherine backed away in terror and declared, “All hail the Chief!”

After Harry was absent from the end-of-term feast, Dumbledore awarded the House Cup to Slytherin instead of giving Gryffindor extra points. Shawn left Hogwarts by Apparition after receiving a message from Tom, but arrived at Malfoy Manor rather than the Black family home.

• Susan told Shawn that her aunt wanted her to spy on him, then asked whether the students would get to eat giant snake meat next term.
• Shawn teased Neville about Susan, and Draco put an arm around Neville to offer him advice.
• At the end-of-term feast, Dumbledore noticed Harry was missing and announced Slytherin as the House Cup winner.
• Shawn worried about Tom, Alice, and Percy, then received a message from Tom after returning to the Slytherin Common Room.
• Shawn summoned Purple Shadow and Apparated away, accidentally shocking the students nearby.
• Shawn appeared at Malfoy Manor, where Lucius stared at him in astonishment.

Shawn met with Tom and Lucius Malfoy to discuss securing Hogwarts governor seats and consolidating Death Eater family businesses. He proposed magical production lines and a joint chamber of commerce, leaving Lucius to organize the next steps.

• Shawn arrived at the Malfoy manor and joined Tom in the study, where Lucius reported that their faction controlled six Hogwarts governor seats and described the remaining families.
• Shawn considered how to approach the Longbottom, Bones, Shafiq, Ollivander, Fawley, and Rowle families, then asked Lucius to continue reporting on their businesses.
• Lucius said Death Eater families controlled about forty-five percent of the British Wizarding economy, but their holdings were fragmented.
• Shawn gave Lucius designs for machine tools and production lines and asked him to have alchemists and potion makers develop magical versions.
• Tom threatened to kill anyone who resisted, but Shawn reassured Lucius that the families would accept the changes once they saw increased output.
• Shawn proposed a joint chamber of commerce in which he and Tom would hold seventy percent of the shares, and Lucius accepted the arrangement.

Shawn returned Slytherin's Locket to Tom, then left Malfoy Manor with Purple Shadow, while Tom took Lucius to confront Borgin and Burkes over the locket's sale. Dumbledore visited Grindelwald to ask about the prophecy, but Grindelwald withheld its details, leaving Dumbledore to infer that Shawn was involved.

• Tom wrote that he could not yet remove the curse from the Horcrux ring and suggested finding someone else to die in their place.
• Shawn decided to keep the ring under observation as a possible weapon and gave Tom Slytherin's Locket, which Tom accepted with gratitude.
• Shawn took Purple Shadow home, and Tom later brought Lucius to Knockturn Alley to confront Borgin and Burkes about selling Merope Gaunt's locket.
• Shawn returned to the Black family home, learned Dumbledore had not come back, and went to bed after preparing for his holiday.
• Dumbledore visited Grindelwald at Nurmengard and demanded to know what he had seen in the prophecy.
• Grindelwald refused to reveal the prophecy's details, and Dumbledore left after concluding that Shawn was the child of prophecy.

Lucius Malfoy and Yaxley intervened at the Ministry to stop Fudge’s attempt to arrest Shawn Black, whose innocence Scrimgeour had defended. Lucius secured Fudge’s cooperation with political promises and a bribe, leaving Fudge pleased to regain some influence.

• Pius Thicknesse and Yaxley arrived at the Ministry, where they encountered Lucius Malfoy and agreed to confront Fudge over Shawn Black’s arrest warrant.
• Fudge argued with Scrimgeour, who refused to arrest Shawn without evidence and left the Minister’s Office.
• Lucius told Fudge that the Black family was essential to the pure-blood community and hinted that Shawn’s apparent ties to Dumbledore were misleading.
• Lucius gave Fudge three thousand Galleons and instructed Pius to follow the Minister’s orders.
• Fudge accepted the arrangement, withdrew his order against Shawn, and went to fetch his treasured red wine.

Shawn interrupted his spell training to join Tom’s ambush on two powerful Pure-blood Association elders, but their wind shield deflected his Rainbow Swords. He held back from charging in and prepared to use his Alchemy Cards against them.

• Shawn practiced his Thunder Shadow Severing Charm and dark magic in the Black family’s underground training room.
• After receiving Lucius’s message, Shawn disguised himself and Apparated to the valley, where Tom was battling two elders behind an Anti-Apparition Jinx.
• Shawn sensed Tom through the Soul Shackles and launched three Rainbow Swords into the mist while preparing a Thunderlight Floating Ring.
• Shawn saw Tom fighting the silver-haired and brown-haired elders, who used a wind shield, a Fiendfyre Three-Headed Dog, and five Magma Giants.
• The silver-haired elder mocked Shawn after the wind shield deflected his swords, and Shawn summoned more than ten Alchemy Cards instead of rushing into the fight.

Shawn and Tom overwhelmed two elderly Pure-blood Association members in a fierce battle, forcing them to surrender. The old men demanded to be released so they could negotiate, but Shawn remained furious.

• Shawn unleashed Water Pythons, Rainbow Swords, and Killing Curses against the silver-haired elder’s wind shield.
• Lucius watched the fight from the valley entrance and wondered why the Dark Lord had joined forces with Shawn.
• Tom absorbed the pooled water into his serpentine chains, which strangled the Fiendfyre Three-Headed Dog, the magma giant, and Old Rowle’s summoned creatures.
• Shawn charged the exposed elders and battered the silver-haired elder’s Shield Charms with his Lightning Long Halberd.
• The two elders discarded their staffs and surrendered, then warned Shawn and Tom that the Pure-blood Association was not to be underestimated.

Shawn and Tom captured two elders of the Pure-blood Association, and Tom interrogated them for information. Shawn learned that the association extended beyond Britain and faced him with a larger, divided alliance of pure-blood groups.

• Tom bound the silver-haired and brown-haired elders after Shawn planned to question them, and Shawn ordered Tom to interrogate them while he spoke with Lucius.
• Shawn reminded Lucius to choose his side and asked about Draco, whose spell practice and friendships had helped bring talented people into the Throne’s Outer Circle.
• Tom returned alone and gave Shawn a parchment containing the elders’ identities, backgrounds, and news that three other similar elders lived in England.
• Shawn learned that Lucius’s father, Abu, had once led the British Pure-blood Association, which had split after Voldemort’s rise.
• Shawn discovered that many countries had Pure-blood Associations linked by a loose alliance, resolved to write to Grindelwald, and left the valley.

Grindelwald suspected Shawn had already run into the Pure-blood Associations and began writing to warn him away from them. Meanwhile, Dumbledore analyzed Shawn’s abilities, relationships, and ambitions but could not decide how to handle him, until a letter brought news of trouble in the north.

• Grindelwald read Shawn’s letter, suspected he had clashed with the Pure-blood Associations, and began composing a cautious reply.
• Dumbledore assembled intelligence and memories into a detailed assessment of Shawn’s powers, connections, family, and career.
• Dumbledore considered whether Shawn was a new Chosen One and rejected killing, imprisoning, or supporting him as clear solutions.
• Dumbledore recalled that Harry and Ron had fought in the trap chamber, and concluded that Shawn had influenced Harry’s development.
• Fawkes delivered Dumbledore a letter, and Dumbledore learned that trouble had arisen in the north again.

Shawn visited the Fawley family and asked Old Fawley what it would take to acquire the family’s seat on the Hogwarts school board. Old Fawley urged him to be patient and promised to help him with pure-bloods and Grindelwald’s Army, leaving Shawn to ask Alice about the family’s resources as they departed.

• Alice welcomed Shawn to the Fawley villa, where he met Old Fawley and chatted with him about Hogwarts and wizarding life.
• After Alice left to arrange lunch, Shawn asked Old Fawley what it would take to acquire the Fawley family’s school-board seat.
• Old Fawley said the seat would not be given up unless Shawn obtained the other eleven families’ seats, then advised him to proceed patiently and stay hidden while he grew stronger.
• Old Fawley promised to help Shawn make plans involving pure-bloods and Grindelwald’s Army, and Shawn accepted his advice without pressing further.
• Shawn had lunch with Old Fawley and Alice, then left with Alice to go to Diagon Alley and asked whether the Fawley family had forces that could handle tasks and watch people.

Shawn learned that Old Fawley had relied on black-market hires and longstanding connections, then found Theodore transformed into a young adult after using a costly family technique. The chapter ended with Draco asking Shawn whether he had heard from Harry, who had not replied all holiday.

• Alice told Shawn that the Fawley family had no forces under its direct command and that Old Fawley had used black-market hires and personal connections.
• Shawn and Alice arrived at the Nott manor, where Gloria blamed Shawn for Theodore's condition and revealed her Dark Mark.
• Theodore appeared as a young adult and told Shawn that he had used the Nott family's secret technique, which would cost him thirty years of life.
• Shawn ordered Theodore to rest, promised to provide food and supplies, and told Alice to seek pure-blood methods of extending his lifespan.
• Draco hurried out to Shawn and asked whether he had heard anything about Harry, who had not replied during the holidays.

Harry was trapped at the Dursleys’ house until Kreacher seized Dobby, then Shawn and Draco arrived to take him away. Harry learned that his friends had been unable to contact him and left for Diagon Alley wondering why Draco was being called a young duke.

• Harry stayed in his room, lonely after his birthday passed without letters or gifts from his friends.
• Dobby warned Harry that Hogwarts was dangerous and some of his friends had betrayed him, but he could not explain further.
• Kreacher appeared, bound Dobby, called him a traitor, and vanished with him.
• Uncle Vernon told Harry that friends from a duke’s family had come to see him, and Harry recognized Shawn and Draco downstairs.
• Draco hugged Harry and explained that he had been unable to visit or receive Harry’s letters; Shawn said they should leave for Diagon Alley.
• Shawn refused Vernon’s dinner invitation, and Harry asked Draco outside when he had become a young duke.

Shawn took Harry to Diagon Alley after confronting the Dursleys, and Draco helped shield Harry from the Ministry’s underage-magic warning. The group began shopping, where Shawn spotted Gilderoy Lockhart signing copies of his new book.

• Shawn used his status and wealth to make Vernon treat Harry better, then took Harry and Draco to the Leaky Cauldron.
• An owl delivered Harry a Ministry warning about magic used at Privet Drive, so Shawn told Draco to claim responsibility and asked him to arrange adult supervision near Harry’s home.
• Shawn, Harry, Draco, and Alice entered Diagon Alley and encountered the Weasley family; Draco took Harry to buy broomsticks.
• Shawn and Alice visited Madam Malkin’s Robes and then went to Flourish and Blotts, where crowds gathered for Gilderoy Lockhart’s book release.
• Shawn spotted Lockhart calmly signing autographs and paused in surprise.

Shawn met Gilderoy Lockhart at a bookstore and discovered that the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was more capable and mysterious than expected. After reuniting with Alice, Draco, and Harry, Shawn began explaining Harry’s family ties to the Weasleys and hinted that Harry was more closely connected to him.

• Shawn entered the bookstore and accepted a collector’s edition of Lockhart’s books after Lockhart used silent, wandless magic to summon them.
• Lockhart announced that he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, and Shawn left convinced there was more to him than met the eye.
• Alice told Shawn that Florean Fortescue came from a distinguished family, while Shawn spotted Snape heading toward Knockturn Alley and considered doing business with him.
• Draco and Harry returned with their purchases, and Alice packed them into an enchanted bag before the group drove away from the Leaky Cauldron.
• Harry told Shawn that Mrs. Weasley had invited him to visit the Burrow, and Shawn explained that James Potter had been close to the Weasley family.
• Draco encouraged Harry to befriend him or Percy, but Shawn told Harry that he and Shawn were more closely connected.

Shawn explained the tangled Black family connections to Harry and arranged for Percy to retrieve Scabbers, while withholding the truth about Sirius. After Tom survived another dangerous attempt to advance toward Legendary, he told Shawn he planned to leave for the Albanian Forest.

• Shawn traced the Black family's marriages and explained to Harry why they could call each other brothers, leaving Harry stunned to learn that Sirius was his godfather.
• Draco told Harry that Sirius was a Death Eater and murderer, and Shawn withheld the truth while telling Harry he could seek answers when he was strong enough.
• Shawn sent Percy a mission to discreetly trade with Ron for Scabbers before the rat could hear that the Dark Lord had returned and disappear.
• Draco escorted Harry to Aunt Petunia's house, where Harry asked why Sirius had betrayed his father, and Shawn urged him to seek the truth when he was stronger.
• Shawn confronted Tom after another dangerous attempt to push toward Legendary, then decided to stop investigating the final suspected Pure-blood Association family for now.
• Tom told Shawn he was preparing to leave for the Albanian Forest.

Shawn staged a magic show at Eton College, drawing a large audience and earning faith value while Ministry observers tolerated his wandless magic. As the performance ended, Tom lured Dumbledore away, leaving Shawn to check his gains and consider where to perform next.

• Shawn agreed to let Tom wait a week before pursuing Voldemort in Albania and offered to prepare protective spell cards.
• Shawn performed his touring magic show at Eton College for students, teachers, wizards, and Ministry observers.
• Shawn used wandless magic to control hundreds of cards and perform levitation and a disappearing-person trick, earning faith value from the audience.
• Shawn spotted Dumbledore watching from a tower, while Tom stirred his magic to lure Dumbledore away and then disappeared.
• Shawn ended the show after his faith value stopped rising and began checking his gains.

After the International Association of Wizards forced Shawn to end his tour early, he checked his earnings and spent faith value on thirty system draws. He received powerful spells and the Book of Abraham, but could not read most of its contents.

• After Shawn's third performance at Oxford, the International Association of Wizards warned him to stop, so he ended the tour and ordered his subordinates to erase witnesses' memories.
• Shawn checked his faith value earnings and found 24,000 level 1 points, 1,020 level 2 points, and 8 level three points.
• Shawn used thirty draws to obtain skill and talent points, several spells, legendary value, and the Book of Abraham.
• The system announced that Shawn could exchange 500 level 1 faith points for 1 level 2 point, but he had already completed his draws.
• Shawn examined the Book of Abraham and discovered that he could not understand its symbols or access its later sections.

Shawn tested and upgraded Fire Escape Shield and Thunderlight Sword, then entered the Forbidden Forest to gather magical energy and hunt Acromantulas. He left a curious unicorn unharmed as he approached the spiders’ lair, where the Acromantulas fled from him.

• Shawn left home, traveled to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and summoned Fire Escape Shield to test it.
• Shawn spent one Legendary Value point to raise Fire Escape Shield to level six, then spent two points to upgrade Thunderlight Sword to level seven and saved the last point.
• Shawn decided he was not yet ready to fight Dumbledore and flew deeper into the Forbidden Forest.
• Shawn killed fantastic beasts and lone Acromantulas for magical energy while leaving a nearby unicorn alone.
• As Shawn neared the main Acromantula lair, the spiders fled from him.

Shawn forced Aragog to submit and made the Acromantula colony his livestock, restoring the spider’s vitality and assigning him a task. After spending three days harvesting in the Forbidden Forest, Shawn met Tom and gave him powerful Alchemy Cards to use against Voldemort.

• Shawn fought his way through the Acromantulas and demanded that Aragog come out to meet him.
• Shawn subdued Aragog with a Thunderlight Sword and ordered the Acromantulas to retreat.
• Shawn used the Life Restoration Spell on Aragog, who regained his strength and accepted Shawn as his master.
• Shawn declared that he would keep the Acromantula colony as livestock, gave Aragog a communication card, and assigned him a task for one month later.
• After three days in the Forbidden Forest, Shawn gave Tom ten Alchemy Cards holding level-seven Thunderlight Swords and warned him not to risk his life fighting Voldemort.
• Tom left through Apparition after learning that Shawn considered himself half a legendary, and Shawn followed.