Recaps

Douglas and Dumbledore used the magazine and Magic Radar to anticipate Voldemort’s return to Britain, while Wormtail led Voldemort to Little Hangleton and a trap at the Gaunt home. After the Godric’s Hollow memorial, Douglas began developing magical film technology, and Hogwarts resumed classes with new projects and training underway.

• Wormtail read The Quibbler’s article about John Prince, leading Voldemort to connect its stolen heirlooms and seven soul-seals to his Horcruxes and suspect Xenophilius Lovegood had crafted a message for him.
• Sirius and Lupin met by the River Kennet while the Hogwarts students began their Muggle study trip, which included a factory tour where Snape examined pharmaceutical machinery.
• Douglas and Dumbledore tracked Wormtail toward Britain and concluded that the magazine was intended to draw Voldemort into investigating his Horcruxes, while Douglas denied Phineas Black’s accusation that he had attacked Scottish Seeker Lamont.
• At the Godric’s Hollow memorial, Harry honored his parents and urged the students to face hardship bravely, while Voldemort and Wormtail traveled from Croatia toward Britain after learning of the gathering.
• After reaching Britain, Voldemort changed course for Little Hangleton, where a hidden watcher observed him and a magical net at Riddle Manor marked his skin before he escaped with Wormtail and Nagini.
• Voldemort found traces of magic and snake scales at the Gaunt family home, feared his Horcrux had been discovered, and went to his father’s grave to begin preparing the Resurrection Potion.
• Douglas delivered the memorial address, then used Dumbledore’s Pensieve to realize memories could be turned into films, and recruited Dumbledore and Sirius for a Magical Imaging Technology Research Group.
• Douglas, Dumbledore, Sirius, and Dobby discussed using crystal balls and discs to preserve memories, while Hogwarts resumed term with student training and tutoring sessions underway.

Douglas’s improved Wolfsbane Potion and Lupin’s decision to reveal his werewolf identity drew the Ministry to Hogwarts. Sirius used the resulting gathering to arrange an Auror-student demonstration, while news of the potion spread beyond the school.

• Dumbledore announced the new examination system, and Douglas helped establish the Academic Affairs Office with Sirius as its secret first director.
• Sirius introduced the office by setting out rules for points and discipline, then organized a school-rules lecture and game for the students.
• Lupin revealed that he was a werewolf during his lecture and explained how Douglas’s new Wolfsbane Potion had helped him remain himself through a full moon.
• Fudge summoned Ministry officials and Aurors to Hogwarts, where Lupin showed Scrimgeour the five new potion formulas and Sirius presented his magical devices.
• Sirius persuaded Scrimgeour to stage a friendly Auror-student match, and Scrimgeour led the Aurors in an oath that left him with an ominous feeling.
• Sirius explained the demonstration to Fudge as a way to teach students about Auror work and identify recruits, and Fudge approved it as a Ministry inspection.
• The Daily Prophet reported Lupin’s revelation and Douglas’s potion, prompting Augustus Pye to bring the news to Hippocrates Smethwyck at St Mungo’s.
• Fenrir Greyback vowed to confront Lupin, while Douglas served Hogwarts staff food and tea as they discussed criticism of his potion.

Douglas and Lupin confronted Britain’s plans for werewolf registration while Douglas prepared to take Lupin to Italy to help its werewolves. In Rome, they learned that the Ministry’s invitation concealed a request from a secretive tribe and that the mission involved political and religious risks.

• Douglas and Sirius staged a student-versus-Auror competition, where Hogwarts students used teamwork and enchanted equipment to defeat the Aurors.
• Douglas proposed a Ministry-backed werewolf registration system and an international relief foundation, then demanded official support and resources before agreeing to take Lupin to Italy.
• Hermione organized summer study and restoration plans for Harry, while Sirius approved Harry’s trip to repair his family home in Godric’s Hollow.
• Lupin recruited werewolves for Douglas’s company and its Silvermane Academy training program, while Douglas declined Bill’s offer to help hunt Greyback and prepared to travel to Italy.
• Douglas and Lupin flew to Rome, where Isabella Rossi guided them through a concealed route into the Italian Ministry of Magic.
• Lorenzo Dino explained that Italy’s Werewolf Segregation Act restricted werewolves and that the Ministry supplied harmful Grade C Wolfsbane Potion as a compromise with the Church.
• Lorenzo revealed that a secretive werewolf tribe in the Apennine Mountains had requested Douglas’s help, while the Ministry’s invitation served as cover.

Douglas and Lupin uncovered the Church’s Adam Project and followed the trail of a staged attack to the surviving Ashen Claw Tribe. Marco revealed Isabella was his sister and asked Douglas to help save the tribe with his improved Wolfsbane Potion.

• Douglas learned from Lorenzo and Isabella that the Church’s Adam Project involved experiments on werewolves, and Minister Alberti agreed to leave their expedition unofficial.
• Antonio Vivaldi supplied maps and provisions, while Piero led an escort that Douglas refused before he and Lupin traveled toward the Apennines.
• Douglas and Lupin found a hidden Holy Cage containing evidence of werewolf experiments, and Piero secured the site as leverage against the Church.
• Agnese Vieri and the knights ambushed Douglas and Lupin, but Douglas escaped with Lupin and Piero confronted the Church over its violations.
• Douglas and Lupin discovered that the cleaned mine and ambush had been staged, then found the wounded Aldo hidden below the mine.
• Aldo recounted the attack on the Ashen Claw Tribe, and Douglas treated his injuries before following the tribe’s trail through its abandoned shelters.
• Douglas, Lupin, and Aldo reached the tribe’s deepest refuge, where Marco welcomed them and revealed that Isabella was his sister.
• Marco explained that Isabella had secretly helped him and the tribe, then asked Douglas to save the Ashen Claw with his improved Wolfsbane Potion.