Chapter Summaries

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.

Shawn kept up the pretense that Tom was present while addressing Lucius’s report about stalled alchemical machine-tool research. On the way back to Hogwarts, Neville defied his grandmother Augusta and chose to follow Shawn, who said he would try to cure Neville’s parents.

• Lucius told Shawn that Borgin and Burkes needed a Potions Master to help their stalled alchemical machine-tool project, and Shawn promised to resolve the problem within a month.
• Shawn returned to the old house and spent the remainder of the holiday studying ancient scripts and practicing spells before September 1 arrived.
• Shawn traveled to King’s Cross with Purple Shadow and entered the crowded platform, where Augusta Longbottom stopped him to discuss Neville.
• Augusta accused Shawn of deceiving Neville and demanded that Neville stay away from him, but Shawn asked Neville whether he wanted to live with purpose.
• Neville stood up to Augusta, declared his faith in Shawn, and said he wanted to follow him; Shawn defended Neville’s right to choose before walking to the train, with Neville following.

Lucius chaired a Death Eater meeting, assigning tasks and managing demands while Voldemort remained in hiding. In the Albanian Forest, Voldemort evaded searching forces as Tom arrived to hunt for him after their connection was severed.

• Lucius reviewed Death Eater plans, including gaining control of the Floo Network and recruiting werewolves and the Greengrass family.
• Fenrir Greyback asked to meet Voldemort, and Borgin and Burkes demanded access to the Potions Master, but Lucius sent them away without granting either request.
• Voldemort possessed a viper in the Albanian Forest and spotted an approaching Auror squad as several groups searched the area.
• Voldemort considered abandoning his hiding place and sought help from his active soul fragment, while remaining wary of it.
• Tom Apparated to the edge of the forest after losing his connection to the main soul, then entered the forest to find Voldemort.

Shawn returned to Hogwarts with his friends, rode a Thestral-drawn carriage to the Castle, and captured Peeves after the poltergeist tried to pelt him with water. He carried Peeves toward the Great Hall, saying he needed him to do something, while Purple Shadow pecked at his hair in protest.

• Shawn boarded the Hogwarts Express with Neville and reunited with his companions, while Theodore's sister Gloria's eagerness to become a Death Eater amused him.
• Hermione, Draco, Harry, and the others shared holiday stories, and Shawn and Harry signed autographs for Ginny at the Twins' request.
• At Hogwarts Station, Shawn and his friends rode in carriages pulled by Thestrals, and Hermione explained that only people who had witnessed death could see them.
• Peeves threw a ball of water at Shawn near the Castle entrance, but Shawn suspended it, transformed it into an electrified cage, and trapped him.
• Shawn carried the protesting Peeves toward the Great Hall and told him he needed him to do something, while he reassured the angry Purple Shadow on his shoulder.

At the start-of-term feast, Shawn tried to reach the Grey Lady and recruited Peeves to help find her in exchange for permission and supplies to prank rule-breaking students. The sorting ceremony placed Luna in Ravenclaw and Ginny in Gryffindor, and Dumbledore introduced Gilderoy Lockhart as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

• Shawn followed the ghosts hoping to find the Grey Lady, but the Baron blocked him and she soon drifted away.
• Shawn offered Peeves a communication card and the chance to prank rule-breakers in exchange for help locating the Grey Lady, and Peeves agreed.
• Shawn released Peeves, who flew off excitedly and briefly disrupted the sorting ceremony.
• Luna Lovegood was sorted into Ravenclaw, where Hermione helped her find a place, and Ginny Weasley was sorted into Gryffindor.
• Dumbledore warned students to stay out of the Forbidden Forest and off the Fourth Floor, then introduced Gilderoy Lockhart as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

At the start of the school year, Shawn suspected Dumbledore had reopened the fourth-floor challenge to lure someone toward the Philosopher’s Stone, while he made new promises to the Hufflepuffs. He ended the evening learning that Astoria Greengrass had enrolled early because Draco’s father hoped Shawn could cure her blood curse.

• Gilderoy Lockhart gave a humble speech at the feast, and Dumbledore announced that the fourth-floor challenge was open again.
• The Twins turned the school song into a chaotic performance, and Theodore carried away Colin Creevey after he tried to photograph Shawn.
• Cedric asked Shawn when he would deliver the promised basilisk, so Shawn offered the Hufflepuffs Acromantula meat and hot pot instead.
• Shawn returned to the Slytherin Common Room and learned that Astoria Greengrass had been chosen as the first-years’ Invisible Prefect.
• Draco explained that Astoria had enrolled early because his father hoped Shawn would help lift her blood curse.

Daphne and Astoria Greengrass asked Shawn to help cure Astoria’s blood curse, but he refused to act without a worthwhile bargain. Back in his dormitory, Shawn continued his research and weighed how the Greengrass family and Astoria might benefit him, while Draco took Shawn’s dedication to study as a cue to train harder.

• Daphne asked Shawn to help Astoria, but he refused to research a countercurse merely because Astoria was suffering.
• Astoria offered everything she could give without harming her family, but Shawn said it was not enough and left; Alice hinted that Astoria’s family would need to offer something of value.
• Daphne promised Astoria that their father would agree to Shawn’s terms, while Theodore blasted Daphne aside when she tried to stop Shawn.
• Shawn reviewed his knowledge of blood curses and considered using Astoria and Nagini as research subjects while gaining the Greengrass family’s support.
• Shawn ignored Draco’s attempts to speak and kept studying, prompting Draco to take his lackeys to the Charms Training Room to practice.

Lockhart introduced a practical Defense Against Dark Magic curriculum, using a Projection Orb to show students his encounter with Acromantulas. Shawn suspected the violent demonstration was a warning aimed at him and left the lesson more wary of Lockhart.

• Shawn led Draco, Theodore, and the others to Lockhart’s Defense Against Dark Magic classroom, where Lockhart had rearranged and decorated the room.
• Lockhart explained that students would learn through practical lessons and used a Projection Orb to show his past experiences with dark creatures.
• Lockhart’s projection showed Acromantulas feeding on a corpse, making many students retch before Lockhart’s orchid fragrance suppressed their nausea.
• Shawn resisted the fragrance with his magical energy, then cast a Bubble-Head Charm and realized he needed to stay alert around Lockhart.
• Lockhart used the Dancing Charm, the Impediment Jinx, and Petrificus Totalus to defeat the Acromantulas, while Shawn suspected the demonstration was a veiled warning to him.

Lockhart taught the students how to fight Acromantulas with precise footwork and efficient spells, while Shawn grew wary of the professor’s extraordinary skill and unfamiliar methods. Back in the Slytherin Common Room, Shawn found no tracking spells and remained unsure why Lockhart seemed to know so much about him.

• Lockhart explained Acromantulas’ weaknesses and demonstrated how to use footwork and familiar spells to defeat them efficiently.
• Lockhart made students follow the glowing steps under his control, and Shawn judged that the professor might be close to Legendary strength.
• Lockhart assigned the students to find implausible details in Break with a Banshee, and Shawn noticed that the projection sphere used modern runes and was newly made.
• Shawn left for the Slytherin Common Room, ignoring Draco’s invitation to practice flying with Harry, while Theodore and Alice followed him.
• Shawn searched himself and his belongings for tracking spells but found none, then asked Alice and Theodore what they thought of Lockhart.
• Theodore offered to kill Lockhart, but Shawn continued wondering whether the professor was a transmigrator whose guidance toward him was well-intentioned.

Shawn postponed his plan involving the Chamber of Secrets after Lockhart’s popularity and spider-fighting lessons disrupted it, and he let Theodore choose to keep sacrificing his vitality for greater magical power. The next day, Shawn learned that Ravenclaw students were sleeping in the corridor because their Door Knocker had become more demanding, and he began to understand why.

• Shawn asked Theodore whether he wanted his body rejuvenated, but Theodore refused because he wanted to keep growing stronger.
• Theodore demonstrated his powerful Killing Curse, and Shawn accepted his choice before leading him to the acromantula nest.
• Theodore killed acromantulas while Shawn stood guard, then Shawn went deeper into the nest to gather meat and warn Aragog to lie low.
• Shawn returned to Hogwarts with Theodore after butchering around a hundred giant spiders, then found he could not source the Sichuan chili he needed for hot pot.
• Shawn met Hermione at the Great Hall and learned the Ravenclaw Door Knocker had made its questions harder, forcing students to carry bedding in case they had to sleep in the corridor.
• Hermione told Shawn that Ravenclaw students had nearly finished the available mathematics, physics, and chemistry textbooks, and Shawn realized this might explain the Door Knocker’s behavior.

Shawn visited Ravenclaw with Hermione and persuaded the door knocker to stop using deliberately tormenting questions while keeping its year-based challenges. While Hermione went to find Cho Chang, Shawn explored the Common Room and noticed a strange, unseen radiance around Rowena Ravenclaw’s statue.

• Shawn asked Hermione about Cho Chang and invited her to visit Ravenclaw with him.
• Shawn found Ravenclaws camping in the corridor and listened as the door knocker challenged students with questions of varying difficulty.
• Hermione pretended to be ill so Shawn could speak privately with the door knocker, then Shawn convinced it to drop its malicious questions.
• Shawn led Hermione into the Common Room, where Ravenclaws began copying her feigned illness to try to get inside without answering.
• Hermione went to find Cho Chang while Shawn explored the Common Room and noticed an unusual, invisible radiance around Rowena Ravenclaw’s statue.