Chapter Summaries

Harry and his friends teased Neville about spending the day with Daphne, then realized her joke about brave Gryffindors entering the Forbidden Forest at night might point them toward Gryffindor’s Legacy. Hermione proposed that they try again at night, and they planned to gather everyone the next day.

• Daphne confessed her feelings to Neville, and Harry, Ron, and the others later teased him about spending the day talking with her.
• Neville told Harry and his friends that Daphne had joked about brave Gryffindors entering the Forbidden Forest at night, leaving him wondering what she meant.
• Hermione connected Daphne’s remark to the group’s discoveries of the other Hogwarts legacies and suggested Gryffindor’s Legacy might require demonstrating Gryffindor traits.
• Hermione proposed that they return to the Forbidden Forest at night, and she decided they should gather everyone the following day.

Harry and his friends discovered that Neville and Daphne could claim Gryffindor’s legacy under the full moon, completing their collection of the Founders’ legacies. Meanwhile, Voldemort recovered on Thasos Island and ordered Wormtail to help him destroy Hogwarts.

• Harry and the others returned to the Forbidden Forest at night, where the centaurs attacked them before recognizing Neville’s courage and inviting him to claim Gryffindor’s legacy on the full moon.
• Neville activated the Gryffindor statue under the full moon, but none of his friends could trigger the legacy with him.
• Daphne took Neville’s hand, and the statue blazed with light as they received Gryffindor’s legacy together.
• Harry reflected that the group had obtained all four Founders’ legacies, while Voldemort’s latest Horcrux meant he was probably still alive.
• On Thasos Island, Voldemort finished recovering and told Wormtail they would destroy Hogwarts.

Voldemort tortured Wormtail, then killed Muggles in Kavala and revealed his return through a Dark Mark. At the Dark Council headquarters, Britney Longbottom prepared to return to Britain, while the Jokers discussed Voldemort’s rapid recovery and an undisclosed development.

• Wormtail offered Voldemort his wand, but Voldemort rejected it and punished him with the Cruciatus Curse before leaving.
• Voldemort stole robes from a clothing shop in Kavala, killed eleven Muggles with black flames, and cast a Dark Mark into the sky.
• Britney Longbottom told Red Joker she would return to Britain to see her awakened brother and sister-in-law, and agreed to be cautious around Voldemort.
• Black Joker reported that Voldemort was alive and had recovered his magical power faster than expected after killing Muggles in Kavala.
• After Britney left, Red Joker asked Black Joker what else had happened, and Black Joker said Britney was not resolute enough in certain matters.

Neville shared that his aunt had returned after a long absence, making Harry suspect she was connected to the Dark Council. News then reported that Voldemort had killed people in Greece and looked different, prompting Qiu to suggest that another Horcrux had destabilized his soul.

• Neville told Harry and Ron that his aunt had returned from isolated magical research, and Harry privately suspected she belonged to the Dark Council.
• Harry and the others learned that Voldemort had killed more than a dozen people in Greece and created a Dark Mark visible to Muggles.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione speculated that Voldemort had changed bodies after his previous body was badly injured.
• Qiu argued that Voldemort's immediate return to violence differed from his behavior after his last resurrection and proposed that making another Horcrux had worsened his soul's instability.

Harry and the others tried to understand why Voldemort was causing seemingly random disturbances across Europe as he moved toward Britain. Dobby brought new intelligence from France, and Harry discovered a name in the newspaper that left him asking whether anyone had heard of Seleus.

• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Cedric debated whether Voldemort's attacks were random, aimed at the Ministry of Magic Alliance, or connected to the Dark Council.
• Harry speculated that Voldemort might have died while in the Dark Council's hands, and Cedric suggested the Council could now be active outside Northern Europe.
• Harry let Dobby through his barrier after the house-elf arrived with fresh intelligence.
• Dobby gave Harry a French newspaper, and Harry read it with growing concern.
• Harry asked whether anyone had heard the name Seleus.

Harry and his friends speculated that Voldemort had abducted the French wandmaker Esmiller Sereus to make him a custom wand after Harry destroyed Voldemort’s wand. In France, Voldemort forced Sereus to agree to craft an exceptionally powerful wand.

• Harry told his friends that Voldemort had abducted Esmiller Sereus, and they discussed whether he wanted a custom-made wand.
• Harry recounted how he had destroyed Voldemort’s wand and an arm during the battle beneath the Lestrange family tomb.
• Harry encouraged his friends by reminding them that they had defeated Voldemort before, then asked Neville about his work on Gryffindor’s Legacy.
• Voldemort killed everyone at a French manor and had Wormtail remove the bodies while he ate.
• Voldemort threatened Sereus and his family until Sereus agreed to make him an incomparably powerful wand.

Voldemort forced wandmaker Selerus to explain the legendary Elder Wand and chose to have a wand made from elder wood with a Thestral tail hair core. Before they could seek the rare materials, You Weier Xilieikesi arrived with wizards to rescue Selerus and confront Voldemort.

• Voldemort asked Selerus about Thestral tail hair and learned the legend of the wand wielded by the eldest of the Three Brothers.
• Selerus explained that the legendary wand was made from elder wood with a Thestral tail hair core, and Voldemort chose that combination despite Selerus's reservations.
• Selerus told Voldemort that he knew where suitable elder trees grew, while Voldemort would have to obtain the Thestral hair himself.
• Voldemort heard Apparition sounds, and Wormtail was hurled through the wall as several wizards stormed into the room.
• You Weier Xilieikesi identified himself, promised to take Selerus to safety, and warned Voldemort that he would be sent to Inyashadibasta.

You Weier Xilieikesi confronted Voldemort to rescue his maternal uncle, Selerus, and the two powerful wizards traded increasingly dangerous spells. The chapter ended with Voldemort’s invisible attack cracking You Weier’s golden protective barrier.

• You Weier Xilieikesi intercepted Voldemort’s Killing Curse with a spell that began suppressing it.
• Voldemort detonated the clash of magic, collapsing the cottage and sending You Weier’s companions, Wormtail, and Selerus into the dust.
• You Weier destroyed Voldemort’s black serpents and escaped the deadly net they became by Apparition.
• You Weier revealed Voldemort, Wormtail, and Selerus, then attacked Voldemort with a spell that fragmented the space around him.
• Voldemort reversed the spatial collapse, then unleashed an invisible attack that cracked You Weier’s golden barrier.

You Weier and six wizards fought Voldemort, whose unstable emotions drove him to borrow the Evil God's power. Voldemort's wand exploded before he could unleash it, allowing him to escape with Selerus and Wormtail; You Weier then decided to go to the United Kingdom.

• Voldemort gained the upper hand against You Weier, while his damaged soul and a newly created Horcrux worsened his emotional instability.
• Voldemort began borrowing the Evil God's power to attack, and You Weier ordered the other six wizards to strike together.
• The seven wizards' spells struck Voldemort's blood-red shield, but the last spell caused his wand to explode and disrupted the Evil God Projection.
• Voldemort Apparated away with Selerus, and Wormtail escaped after revealing that he had been playing dead.
• You Weier and the others could not track the escape because Confundus Charms concealed the Apparitions, so You Weier ordered them to restore the manor before heading to the United Kingdom.

As Harry and the students finished their first day of exams, Voldemort attacked Hogwarts and shattered its defensive barrier. Dumbledore blocked his assault while the school began evacuating students, and Harry and R.B.’s remaining core members stayed behind.

• Harry followed news of Voldemort’s escape from France and the Order of the Phoenix’s fruitless search for his new Horcrux.
• After the first day of the Wizarding exams, Harry and Qiu felt Hogwarts shake and discovered its golden defensive barrier was cracking under attack.
• Voldemort destroyed the barrier with Black Lightning and then unleashed a barrage on the Castle and the students outside.
• Dumbledore appeared and raised a Silver Shield that blocked Voldemort’s lightning while Professor McGonagall ordered the students back inside.
• The professors began evacuating the students to the Ministry of Magic, but Harry and R.B.’s remaining core members stayed at Hogwarts.

Voldemort launched an unrestrained attack on Dumbledore, revealing powerful defenses and strange abilities as the two fought across the sky. Dumbledore endured Voldemort’s poisonous mist, while Ron shielded Harry and the others from its falling droplets; Voldemort then spat another cloud at Dumbledore.

• Voldemort unleashed a barrage of unconventional spells, and Dumbledore countered them above the Castle.
• Dumbledore’s Sword Beam Barrage failed to pierce Voldemort’s skin, and Voldemort engulfed him in blood-red mist.
• Jacob Covenas Apparated to the Quidditch pitch and checked that Hermione was safe.
• Dumbledore emerged from the mist within a golden-red phoenix apparition and drove off Voldemort’s attacks with flames.
• Voldemort spat poisonous mist that ate through Dumbledore’s phoenix and corroded part of the Castle.
• Ron spread his magic puppet’s metal wings to shield the students from the poisonous droplets, as Voldemort spat another cloud at Dumbledore.

Voldemort unleashed hundreds of Inferi from the Forbidden Forest while battling Dumbledore, and Harry used Fiendfyre to burn them. The Inferi’s controller sacrificed some of them to create a gray-green mist that rapidly drained Harry’s magic, leaving the danger unresolved.

• Voldemort attacked Dumbledore with poisonous mist that corroded Dumbledore’s flames and Ron’s metal wings.
• Hundreds of Inferi emerged from the Forbidden Forest and charged toward the Castle, prompting Harry to step forward and destroy them.
• Harry cast Fiendfyre, which burned the first Inferi to ashes, but the others stopped as if someone were controlling them.
• Harry directed the Fiendfyre at the Inferi, and a dozen of them exploded into gray-green mist that consumed his magic.
• Harry pulled the Fiendfyre back into a pair of black wings, but some of the mist remained and continued spreading.

Harry, Lupin, and the others fought Voldemort’s Inferi as deathly aura resisted ordinary attacks and monstrous undead creatures joined the assault. The battle worsened when venomous flying worms emerged, and Ron discovered that the antidote potion was not working on Lavender.

• Harry and Lupin used Patronus and protective white-flame magic to dissolve the deathly aura left by the Inferi.
• More Inferi charged toward the Castle, including an undead Runespoor, while the defenders blasted them apart without stopping their advance.
• Enormous worms burst from beneath the Quidditch pitch, biting Lavender and Professor Vector and disrupting the defenders’ attacks.
• Ron carried the injured Lavender into the air as Harry protected Qiu, while the Inferi and worms pressed their attack despite being set on fire.
• Ron warned everyone that the worms were venomous, but the antidote potion he gave Lavender had no effect.

Harry used Lightning Storm to decimate the Inferi attacking the Hogwarts group, but when reinforcements arrived and he feared Hagrid had been caught in the attack, he began summoning a terrifying creature. The chapter left Ginny and Black Ginny identifying it as Shantak itself as Harry prepared to unleash it.

• Ron discovered that Harry's potion had no effect on Lavender's wound, while Professor Vector's injury worsened and Professor McGonagall warned everyone to avoid being hurt.
• Inferi overwhelmed the Hogwarts group, injuring Madam Hooch, Professor Sinistra, Cedric, and others until Harry summoned Lightning Storm and precisely destroyed dozens of enemies without harming allies.
• Ron brought Lavender and the other wounded to Madam Pomfrey, while Sirius, Moody, Tonks, Digo, and Frank Longbottom and his wife arrived as reinforcements.
• Harry noticed strange-eyed giants among the attackers and feared that Hagrid might have been caught in the Inferi's path through the Forbidden Forest.
• Harry returned to the ground and began chanting a powerful Runes Spell as Qiu shielded him; Ginny and Black Ginny saw an enormous, shifting creature form in the air and recognized it as Shantak itself.

Harry summoned Shantak to devour the Inferi, while Dumbledore and Voldemort continued their duel above the Quidditch pitch. After Ginny helped cut down more Inferi, Harry ended the Contract to protect Hogwarts’ side, recovered with a Restorative Potion, and prepared to face the remaining Inferi and Giants.

• Harry directed Shantak to attack and devour the Inferi, while Voldemort taunted Dumbledore about Harry’s magic and the two continued fighting.
• Dumbledore turned Voldemort’s Fiendfyre into a firebird and held his own against Voldemort’s stronger body and resistance to magic.
• As Shantak devoured more than half the Inferi, Qiu and Ginny worried about Harry’s pallor and the strain of controlling the creature.
• Ginny used black blades to immobilize more Inferi, and Hogwarts’ Corporeal Patronuses cleared the deathly aura released when they exploded.
• Harry ended the Contract to keep Shantak away from the Patronuses, nearly collapsed, then drank a Restorative Potion and declared that the battle was not over.

Hagrid arrived at the battle riding an Erumpent, accompanied by Fluffy, a Nundu, and a large pack of Wolf Demons, while Norberta flew overhead. Voldemort watched in surprise as Hagrid sent Norberta to attack the approaching Runespoor Inferius.

• Norberta burst from the Forbidden Forest as Hagrid rode an Erumpent out with several other magical creatures behind him.
• Hagrid told Sirius that dark creatures had harmed and frightened the forest’s inhabitants, then joined the defenders with Fluffy and a pack of Wolf Demons.
• Harry and his friends recognized the creatures and recalled how Hagrid had helped the Wolf Demons take over the Forbidden Forest after the Acromantula colony collapsed.
• Voldemort spotted Hagrid’s forces and Norberta, and envied Hagrid’s ability to command a dragon.
• Hagrid pointed out the approaching Runespoor Inferius, and Norberta dived to attack it with dragon fire.

Hogwarts fought an attack by Inferi and living Acromantulas as Norberta and Ron turned the tide with fire. The giants then emerged from the forest and hurled a sharpened stake at Norberta.

• Norberta attacked the Inferius Runespoor, whose deathly breath blocked her flames, while she burned several other Inferi.
• Ron returned to the front after checking that Lavender was being treated, spotted living Acromantulas flanking the Hogwarts group, and cast Incendio.
• Ron’s flames set the spiders and a wide stretch of meadow alight, then he gathered the ordinary fire with a Fire-Control Charm.
• Hagrid stopped Norberta from fighting the Runespoor at close quarters, and she continued searching for a way to defeat it.
• More than thirty giants emerged from the forest, and one hurled a sharpened wooden stake that Norberta dodged.

Giants attacked the wizards, but Harry restrained them with Transfiguration while Jacob Covenas saved Hagrid from a spear. Harry exposed Wormtail as the hidden controller of the Inferi, but Wormtail broke free of Harry’s magical restraints.

• A giant nearly struck Norberta with a spear, then hurled another at Hagrid, but Jacob Covenas blocked it with a swiftly cast Protego Totalum.
• Harry Apparated beside the giants and bound dozens of them with thick vines, restraining their joints and suspending them above the ground.
• Three black Blade Waves attacked the vines and Harry, but Harry countered them and pulled Wormtail out of the forest shadows.
• Harry revealed that he had restrained the giants to lure out the wizard controlling the Inferi, and recognized Wormtail as the attacker.
• Harry used the Left Hand of Chaos and Calamity to bind Wormtail, but red light flashed over Wormtail and broke the magical chains.

Harry pursued Wormtail into the Forbidden Forest after Wormtail broke free of Harry’s Runes Chain using power Voldemort had given him. Wormtail’s Killing Curse rebounded off Harry’s shield and killed him, while Sirius and Lupin followed after them.

• Wormtail shattered Harry’s Runes Chain with the power Voldemort had bestowed on him, then fled as Harry chased him into the Forbidden Forest.
• The Inferi returned to their usual sluggish state after Wormtail escaped, and Professor Flitwick and Sirius destroyed the Runespoor with Fiendfyre.
• Sirius and Lupin went after Harry, fearing he might be in danger from Wormtail’s tricks.
• Wormtail struggled with a strange presence affecting his mind and could not Apparate, while Harry pursued and dispelled his Fiendfyre.
• Wormtail cast the Killing Curse at Harry, but Harry’s Reversing Charm sent it back and killed Wormtail.

Harry killed Wormtail but was nearly broken by the gaze of an evil god before recovering with a Restorative Potion. He and Sirius and Lupin returned to Hogwarts, where Dumbledore seemed close to defeating Voldemort—until Voldemort released a poison mist that overwhelmed the defenses and killed Professor Sprout’s Miasma-Eater Flowers.

• Harry explained that he had seen only Wormtail, while Lupin collected Wormtail’s body and the three headed back toward Hogwarts.
• Harry, Sirius, and Lupin saw Dumbledore strike Voldemort from the sky with a torrent of golden light.
• Voldemort’s black shield shattered, and Dumbledore’s magic knocked him into a crater in the Quidditch pitch.
• Voldemort released a sickly green poison mist that withered the grass and resisted Professor Flitwick’s counter-curse and Professor McGonagall’s shield.
• Professor Sprout conjured Miasma-Eater Flowers to absorb the mist, but the flowers withered and died.
• Another large cloud of poison mist rose from Voldemort’s crater.