Chapter Summaries

Shawn asserted control over the Death Eaters, captured Fudge, and made him an ally by promising to support his position as Minister. He then gathered the followers and deserters in the hall, where they acknowledged him as their Dark Lord.

• Shawn threatened the Death Eaters with his Lightning Sword and ordered Lucius and Wenge to bring back the deserters for a meeting.
• Shawn flew to the hall with Fudge, then told him that Dumbledore would want him removed as Minister and offered to support him.
• Shawn branded Fudge with a Pentagram mark combining the Dark Mark and Soul Shackles, then ordered him to work with Lucius and the others.
• Lucius and Wenge returned with the deserters, and the gathered Death Eaters bowed to Shawn and greeted him as their lord.
• Shawn welcomed the Death Eaters and told them to sit.

Shawn revealed that he was Slytherin's heir to establish his authority over the Death Eaters, then stopped Fenrir Greyback's attempted attack and chose to keep him alive for questioning. He ended by summoning Pierce, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

• Shawn summoned more than a hundred venomous snakes and spoke to them in Parseltongue, revealing himself as Slytherin's heir to the Death Eaters.
• Shawn arranged the snakes behind his throne, then offered the deserters a choice of death, while Fenrir Greyback begged for mercy and claimed he could find the other Dark Lord.
• Fenrir Greyback began transforming and lunged at Shawn, but Shawn trapped him in an electrified Water Prison.
• Shawn moved the prison aside and decided to interrogate Greyback rather than kill him, then called for Pierce.

Shawn Black asserted control over the Death Eaters and announced that the organization would judge members by ability rather than blood purity. Nearly everyone pledged loyalty, while Snape remained standing as Shawn ended the meeting.

• Pierce pledged himself to Shawn, who ordered him to punish and interrogate the captured traitors before sending them to Azkaban.
• Shawn declared blood supremacy outdated and promised fair advancement, new jobs, and restricted equality for werewolves and vampires, threatening death for anyone who obstructed reform.
• Shawn blasted through Lucius's ceiling with a green beam, frightening the pure-blood supremacists and exciting many lower-ranking Death Eaters.
• Wenge Greengrass and Lucius knelt to pledge loyalty, followed by nearly two hundred others; Kingsley forced Tonks to kneel so they would not be exposed.
• Shawn told the remaining holdouts they could step back and keep their Chamber of Commerce dividends, but they interpreted it as a threat and promptly pledged loyalty.
• Snape remained standing as Shawn smiled at him, unbothered.

Shawn divided the Death Eaters into five departments and assigned their leaders, then spoke privately with Snape about the Resurrection Stone. Snape suspected Shawn had misled everyone about his clash with Dumbledore, leaving Shawn to answer his accusation.

• Shawn established the Combat, Administration, Enforcement, Inspection, and Research Departments and appointed Wenge Greengrass, Lucius Malfoy, Pierce, Yaxley, and Snape to lead them.
• Shawn gave Wenge a combat manual and ended the meeting, while Kingsley explained to Tonks that Shawn’s plans did not make him a Dark Wizard and Lucius urged the others to support Lord Black.
• Shawn released the snakes and went to Tom’s attic, where he found Greyback barely alive and asked Snape why he had followed him.
• Snape demanded to know where the Resurrection Stone was so he could see Lily, but Shawn said he did not know its location and warned that Tom was the only one who could sense another Horcrux.
• Snape challenged Shawn, asking whether he feared Snape would die or pitied him, then accused him of staging his earlier confrontation with Dumbledore.

Shawn convinced Snape that Harry was a Horcrux and promised to find a way to save him and bring Lily Evans back. Snape swore an Unbreakable Vow to serve Shawn, while agreeing to continue Dumbledore’s tasks and Harry’s training.

• Shawn explained that Harry carried a fragment of Voldemort’s soul, leaving Snape horrified and desperate to protect him.
• Shawn promised he was close to finding a way to save Harry and might one day retrieve Lily Evans’s soul from the Realm of the Dead.
• Snape asked to make an Unbreakable Vow, and Lucius witnessed Shawn vow to save Harry and retrieve Lily once his magic rivaled Death’s.
• Snape vowed to acknowledge Shawn as his master and obey his commands, though Shawn told him to remain teacher and student in everyday life.
• Shawn told Snape to continue Dumbledore’s tasks and Harry’s training, then gave him another blood sample to analyze.

Shawn questioned why Dumbledore had exposed his identity to the Death Eaters, then discovered that Greyback had been sent to infiltrate them by a mysterious faction. Back at Hogwarts, Shawn heard Vita’s theory about Dumbledore’s motives and continued preparing for the approaching Christmas season.

• Shawn interrogated Greyback, found no Ouroboros mark, and used Veritaserum and Legilimency to learn that a cloaked old man in Knockturn Alley had recruited him to infiltrate the Death Eaters and pass information outside.
• Shawn discovered that a protective enchantment had destroyed part of Greyback’s mind, then sent his subordinates to investigate several factions and suspects, including the Fawley family.
• Shawn told Lucius to dispose of Greyback and advised him that excessive action could be unwise before Disapparating from the manor.
• At Hogwarts, Shawn asked Vita why Dumbledore had put him in the spotlight, and she suggested Dumbledore was using him to wage a proxy war against Tom and the Ministry.
• As December arrived, Narcissa sent Shawn warm clothes through Draco, while Draco repeatedly invited Shawn home and Harry eagerly anticipated Christmas.

At an Order of the Phoenix meeting, Lupin and Tonks reported on the Death Eaters’ growing influence and training, while Moody clashed with Tonks over her loyalties. The meeting continued after Moody left, with the Order reviewing its surveillance and noting that pure-bloods had moved their overseas dragon farms back to England.

• Lupin reported that Soro Verdon had taken control of the werewolves and that Fudge’s policies and relief fund had won their support.
• Tonks described the Death Eaters Combat Office’s squad training, and Arthur warned that Hogwarts students were receiving similar combat training.
• Moody accused Shawn and the Death Eaters of plotting a war, but Tonks defended Shawn and challenged Moody when he accused her of kneeling to him.
• Lupin calmed Tonks by sharing his undercover experiences, and she sat beside him to hear more.
• Moody left the meeting to confront Dumbledore, and Kingsley continued chairing as the Order discussed dark beings and the return of pure-bloods’ dragon farms to England.

Wenge managed the newly formed Combat Department at Wenge Castle while balancing training needs against pure-blood political demands and Shawn’s oversight. He and Montague agreed that the squads needed an experienced chief instructor, but had not yet found one.

• Wenge declined to give Marcus Flint a squad leader position after learning that Marcus had failed all twelve of his fifth-year Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations.
• Wenge and Montague reviewed training reports, and Wenge defended keeping some unqualified pure-blood squad leaders to appease their families with Lord Black’s approval.
• Wenge explained that Montague’s role was to check his authority, while reflecting on his daughter’s hope that Shawn might make progress against her blood curse.
• Wenge and Montague surveyed the poorly coordinated squads and discussed the Death Eaters’ lax discipline and Shawn’s plan to gradually replace the worst offenders.
• Wenge and Montague agreed that the Combat Department needed an experienced chief instructor, though Moody was unavailable because he was an enemy.

Alice delivered Shawn an encrypted letter from Quinoffi Fawley, who revealed the Fawley family's deep ties to Grindelwald's Army and reaffirmed its loyalty to Shawn. Shawn reassured Alice about her reduced responsibilities and promised to introduce her to a teacher after the holidays, leaving her ready to train for work involving the Death Eaters.

• Alice brought Shawn a letter from her grandfather, Quinoffi Fawley, and was told that Shawn alone should open it.
• Quinoffi's letter affirmed the Fawley family's loyalty, described his help against the Pure-blood Association, and revealed that Vinda Rosier and Abernathy were positioned to bring Grindelwald's Army under Black's control.
• Shawn was shocked by the revelations, while Alice worried that he and her grandfather might fall out.
• Shawn reassured Alice that he had reassigned some of her duties only to give others experience and said he would introduce her to a teacher after the holidays.
• Alice agreed to study under the teacher, and Shawn asked her to tell the young Slytherin wizards to stop flattering him so much.

Shawn learned from Old Fawley’s letter that Abernathy had long been one of the old man’s agents, leaving him wary of Fawley’s schemes and prompting him to order Tom to capture an operative from a mysterious faction. After watching Peeves torment the Weasley Twins and other students, Shawn followed Snape to the Potions Office, where Snape warned that the Greengrass girl’s soul would turn into a snake if her blood curse progressed.

• Shawn reread Old Fawley’s letter, realized Abernathy had been working for him for years, and burned the letter while resolving to keep Fawley in check.
• Shawn sent Tom a message asking him to capture an agent from the other mysterious faction and investigate their mind defenses.
• Shawn watched Peeves emerge from the punishment room as the Weasley Twins and several other students sat battered and despondent inside.
• Shawn encountered Snape, who took him to the Potions Office and showed him the preserved blood sample.
• Snape explained that the Greengrass girl’s blood curse came from an interaction between her soul and blood, and warned Shawn that her soul would turn into a snake unless he acted quickly.

Shawn learned that treating the blood curse required shielding the soul while replacing the blood and bone marrow, and he considered Harry’s Invisibility Cloak as a possible solution. As Christmas began, Shawn gave Vita an alchemical carousel that moved her to tears, then left Hogwarts with his followers for the holidays.

• Snape advised Shawn to isolate the soul from the body while removing the curse and replacing the blood and bone marrow, and Shawn decided to seek the Invisibility Cloak.
• Shawn refused Snape’s unspoken wish to use a soul-shielding treasure to cross the Veil of Death.
• Harry told McGonagall he would not stay at Hogwarts for Christmas and invited Draco to spend time with him, but Draco said his family would visit the Greengrasses.
• Vita told Shawn she had Christmas plans, and Shawn gave her an alchemical carousel depicting the two of them, which brought tears to her eyes.
• Shawn left Hogwarts for the holidays with his followers carrying his luggage.

Shawn and the other students arrived at King's Cross, where Death Eater parents staged an orderly reception and bowed to him as Lord Black. As the families dispersed for Christmas, Shawn sent Neville and Percy home with their relatives, while Theodore declined Shawn's invitation to visit his father in Azkaban.

• On the Hogwarts Express, Shawn invited Theodore to visit his father in Azkaban over Christmas, but Theodore declined so he could check on Gloria.
• At King's Cross, Wenge and Lucius led the combat squad parents in welcoming Shawn with bows, and Shawn praised Wenge before sending the families home.
• Molly noticed Percy standing reverently with Shawn and worried that her son was becoming one of Shawn's followers.
• Augusta tried to pull Neville away, but Neville apologized to Shawn and then followed his grandmother home.
• Shawn told Percy to go home with his mother and avoid arguing with his parents, and Percy solemnly agreed.

Shawn brought Harry to the Black family home for Christmas, where Harry encountered the household’s intense bloodline prejudice and Kreacher’s sharp tongue. After settling into a comfortable room and falling asleep, Harry woke to a lavish meal prepared by Kreacher.

• Shawn took Harry and Purple Shadow from the Muggle platform to the Black family home by Apparition.
• Walburga’s portrait insulted Harry, and Shawn sent Kreacher to show him to a room while warning the elf to behave.
• Kreacher scolded Harry for touching a dog-head ornament, but Harry stayed calm and reflected on Shawn’s determination to challenge bloodline prejudice.
• Harry settled into a room on the Fourth Floor, fell asleep before starting his homework, and later woke when Kreacher came to fetch him.
• Shawn invited Harry to eat Kreacher’s elaborate Chinese dishes, and Harry quickly enjoyed the meal, especially the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

Shawn told Harry that Sirius had rejected pure-blood supremacy, fought Voldemort alongside Harry’s parents, and betrayed the Potters’ safe house to Voldemort, leading to their deaths. Harry agreed to visit Sirius in Azkaban with Shawn, after handing over his wand so he could not act recklessly.

• Shawn apologized for his grandmother’s portrait and explained that the Black family had cast Sirius out for opposing pure-blood supremacy.
• Shawn recounted how Sirius and James Potter joined the Order of the Phoenix and how Sirius became Harry’s godfather.
• Shawn told Harry that Sirius had been the Secret Keeper for the Potters’ home and had revealed its location to Voldemort, who killed Harry’s parents.
• Harry wounded his knuckles on a table and angrily vowed that Sirius deserved to die, but Shawn healed him and told him Sirius was serving a life sentence in Azkaban.
• Shawn invited Harry to visit Sirius, restrained him when he lunged to go kill him, and agreed to take him after Harry promised to behave and surrendered his wand.

Shawn took Harry to Azkaban to visit Sirius, traveling by Portkey to the island and then by boat through the sea fog. After reaching the shore, Shawn protected Harry from the Dementors’ effects, and they prepared to approach the prison.

• Shawn collected a Portkey and visiting permit from Ministry employee Moss Kirk, while Harry asked whether the rumors about Shawn’s influence were true.
• Shawn explained to Harry that power depended on the morality of the person wielding it, then activated the Portkey and brought Harry to the pier outside Azkaban.
• Shawn and Harry boarded a prisoner transport boat and crossed the bewitched sea fog toward Azkaban, where incoming prisoners panicked at the sight of the Dementors.
• At the island, Harry felt the Dementors’ chill and remembered his mother’s death, so Shawn shielded him with a silver glow.
• Shawn told Harry to go ahead as Dementors flew toward them and Aurors struggled to bring the prisoners ashore.

Shawn arrived at Azkaban with Harry to visit Sirius Black, using his powerful Patronus to drive away the Dementors. He reached Sirius’s cell and introduced himself as Regulus’s son, but Sirius remained motionless.

• Shawn’s Yinglong Patronus scattered the Dementors as he and Harry approached Azkaban.
• Shawn showed the Aurors his Ministry visitation permit and asked to see Sirius Black.
• Tansans escorted Shawn and Harry through the prison to Sirius’s cell.
• Tansans refused to leave them alone, so Shawn knocked him unconscious.
• Shawn cut through the cell bars, entered, and told the unresponsive Sirius that he was Regulus’s son.

Shawn confronted Sirius with Regulus’s note revealing that Regulus had died trying to destroy one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes, but Sirius remained fixated on atoning for his failures. Shawn then let Harry into the cell, where Harry attacked Sirius, while Shawn photographed the encounter.

• Shawn blocked Harry from entering and confronted Sirius, accusing him of neglecting Regulus, the Black family, and Harry.
• Shawn showed Sirius Regulus’s note, and Sirius learned that Regulus had discovered Voldemort’s Horcrux and died trying to destroy it.
• Sirius admitted that he had failed Regulus and Harry, but said he would remain in Azkaban to atone.
• Shawn removed the water curtain, and Harry rushed into the cell and began beating Sirius for betraying his parents.
• Shawn took photographs of Harry attacking Sirius and called the scene a loving father and dutiful son.

Harry and Shawn confronted Sirius in Azkaban, and Sirius revealed that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed Harry’s parents. Harry began to believe Sirius and asked Shawn to help clear his name, while Sirius learned about Shawn’s extraordinary rise to power.

• Harry beat Sirius in his cell while Shawn photographed the scene and used potions to restore Sirius.
• Sirius told Harry that Peter Pettigrew had betrayed James and Lily, and that Sirius had killed Pettigrew afterward.
• Shawn questioned Sirius about his imprisonment, and Sirius admitted he had wrongly trusted Pettigrew and felt he deserved punishment.
• Harry asked Sirius to provide evidence and called him the only family he had left, prompting Sirius to embrace him and ask Shawn to look after Harry.
• Shawn promised to find a way to get Sirius released while they searched for evidence, and Harry explained Shawn’s deeds and influence to Sirius.
• Sirius listened in shock as Harry described Shawn’s power at Hogwarts, among the Death Eaters, and at the Ministry of Magic.

Shawn inspected the High-Security Inmate Block and found the Death Eaters unusually quiet, while Bellatrix remained certain Voldemort would return. After leaving Sirius and Harry, Shawn suspected someone had been revealing information to the prisoners and decided the block’s security needed strengthening.

• Shawn inspected Old Nott’s cell, found no signs of unusual magic, and left him food and healing potions after mentioning Theodore.
• Shawn fed Bellatrix and tried to learn how to access the Lestrange vault, but she refused to help and told him Voldemort would return.
• Bellatrix praised the Black family’s pure-blood status and warned Shawn not to forget the family motto, “Always pure.”
• Rodolphus Lestrange dismissed Shawn as a pure-blood traitor and said he knew nothing.
• Shawn noticed the prisoners seemed too calm, suspected recent visitors had revealed information, and resolved to investigate and strengthen security.
• Shawn called Harry away from Sirius, who warned that he would watch Shawn closely if he ever escaped.

Shawn left Azkaban after reinforcing the Dementors’ watch, while Old Nott received a signal and began freeing the Death Eaters from the High-Security Inmate Block. The prisoners escaped their cells under a concealment charm, and Bellatrix demanded Old Nott’s wand so she could kill Sirius.

• Shawn restrained himself when Sirius insulted him and Bellatrix urged him to kill Sirius, then left with the unconscious Tansans and Harry.
• Shawn used his Yinglong Patronus to frighten several Dementor leaders into guarding the High-Security Inmate Block more closely.
• After Shawn left, Bellatrix warned Old Nott that they had to escape before Shawn closed their opportunity.
• Old Nott received a signal, extracted a Blood Jade Wand from his thigh, and used an alchemical treasure to conceal himself from the Dementors.
• Old Nott broke open the cells and gave the prisoners glowing concealment halos, while Bellatrix asked for his wand to kill Sirius.