Recaps

Buddy secretly demonstrated exceptional skill with a Wand, stealing beef jerky while hiding his abilities from Lynn. Meanwhile, nearly three hundred Aurors prepared to attack Vought International’s secret biopharmaceutical plant, believing they were fighting a righteous battle.

• Buddy quietly cast Protego and used a precise Expelliarmus to knock beef jerky from a cabinet, then caught and ate it.
• Buddy hid the empty bag, returned the Wand to the coffee table with slobber on it, and settled back to sleep after remembering Benjamin’s open bedroom door.
• Nearly three hundred North American Aurors gathered under concealment spells near Vought International’s secret plant.
• A young Auror urged the group to avenge fallen colleagues and rescue tortured magical creatures, while the assembled Aurors revered the Ministry officials leading them.

The Ministry of Magic officials prepared a night raid on Vought International, driven by lost profits and the chance to steal Compound V technology rather than concern for Fantastic Beasts. The director sent hundreds of Aurors charging toward the pharmaceutical plant while he returned to his tent to wait for the spoils.

• The director and other Ministry officials admitted that Vought International's hunting had threatened their families' businesses and profits.
• The director revealed that they also wanted Compound V's formula and purification techniques to gain wealth and political power.
• The officials dismissed the Aurors as expendable tools, while the Aurors outside waited unaware of their leaders' motives.
• The director signaled the attack and urged the Aurors to charge at Vought International's pharmaceutical plant.
• The Aurors rushed toward the plant as the director returned to his tent, expecting them to bring back the formula.

More than three hundred Aurors attacked the Vought pharmaceutical plant, only to find a thousand mutant soldiers armed with heavy firearms waiting inside. The Aurors’ defenses collapsed under the combined gunfire and magic-resistant mutants, and a bloodied survivor warned Ministry officials just as the soldiers surrounded their command tent.

• The Aurors blasted through the plant’s fence and advanced toward its main factory building.
• A thousand armed mutant soldiers emerged from the factory and opened fire on the Aurors at a Vought executive’s command.
• The Aurors raised magical shields and counterattacked, but the mutants’ resistance to magic and overwhelming numbers wore down their defenses.
• Massive mutants charged into the broken Auror formation, turning the fight into a massacre.
• Ministry officials celebrated in their command tent until a wounded Auror reported the defeat and warned them about the army.
• Heavy bootsteps closed in around the tent as the officials stared at the survivor.

Vought International’s mutant soldiers defeated a wizard raid, and Edgar ordered the captured survivors killed despite being told to release them. The chapter left Edgar determined to keep Vought’s mass-produced super-soldier program secret.

• The mutant soldiers killed the corrupt officials in the command tent after one official’s Avada Kedavra killed a single soldier.
• Duke reported to Edgar that the wizards had been defeated, with over two hundred killed and several dozen captured.
• An unnamed elderly man called Edgar and ordered him to release the survivors so their memories could be altered and the raid covered up.
• Edgar agreed politely over the phone but decided that releasing the survivors would expose Vought’s mutant army to the supernatural world.
• Edgar ordered Duke to send the prisoners to the port and ensure no breathing survivors remained at the pharmaceutical plant.

After more than three hundred North American wizards vanished during a mission, the old Minister addressed the panicked Ministry, blamed illegal poachers and Dark Magic mercenaries, and vowed to find them. His speech rallied the crowd, who left the hall ready to support him.

• Ministry staff discovered that the magical life signatures of more than three hundred Aurors and officials had gone out overnight, and panic spread through the hall.
• The old Minister arrived and calmed the crowd by acknowledging their grief and fears.
• The old Minister claimed illegal poachers and Dark Magic mercenaries had ambushed the Aurors while targeting magical creatures.
• The old Minister vowed to uncover the villains and seek justice for the fallen, rousing the wizards into a show of support.
• The old Minister bowed deeply to the crowd.

Joseph read that Vought International had killed three hundred Aurors and grieved for the Wizarding World’s losses. The old minister’s defiant speech gave Joseph hope, while Lynn questioned why the minister had concealed Vought’s role and the scale of its forces.

• Joseph read the New York Ghost’s report that three hundred Aurors and other North American Wizarding World officials had been killed.
• Joseph was moved by the old minister’s promise to pursue justice and took his speech as proof that the Wizarding World still had hope.
• Lynn brought Joseph tea and examined the newspaper while Joseph praised the minister’s resolve.
• Lynn wondered why the minister had described the attackers as illegal poachers and Dark Magic mercenaries instead of naming Vought International.

Lynn privately questioned whether the North American minister’s stirring speech concealed the enemy’s strength or political compromises, but spared Joseph his doubts. Meanwhile, Minister Bones offered British support after hearing that three hundred North American Aurors had been killed, while the old minister publicly refused help and privately maintained his sorrowful image before mourners.

• Lynn told Joseph the minister’s speech was moving, keeping his suspicions to himself.
• Madam Bones reviewed intelligence that three hundred North American Aurors had been wiped out and contacted the North American minister through a Two-Way Mirror.
• The old minister thanked Madam Bones for Britain’s offer but said North America would handle the crisis and seek justice for its dead.
• The old minister said he had written to Dumbledore and asked him to curb Europe’s black markets and block the poachers’ escape routes.
• Madam Bones declined to send investigators, respecting North America’s wishes while promising support if needed.
• The old minister put on a sorrowful, resolute expression and went out to comfort mourners gathered in his name.

Edgar confronted a powerful political leader over Vought International’s killing of survivors and the secrets behind Compound V. He left the leader cowed and promised to keep supplying materials from fantastic beasts as long as the man stayed out of his way.

• Edgar answered the leader’s call and defended his decision to kill the survivors, saying it had protected Vought International’s secrets.
• The leader threatened to expose Vought International’s use of wizards in Compound V and its mutation experiments.
• Edgar revealed that the leader had long helped supply wizard bodies and erase records of missing people, making him complicit in Vought’s crimes.
• Edgar reminded the leader that he had provided information used to target Joseph and his family, silencing the leader’s objections.
• Edgar ended the call after warning the leader to keep quiet and promising Vought would continue searching for materials from fantastic beasts.

Joseph decided to leave Lynn’s estate and return to the wizarding world to warn the Ministry about Vought International, despite Lynn suggesting that the old minister might be complicit. Joseph clung to his faith in his former mentor and went to meet him, while Lynn and John watched him leave, expecting danger.

• Joseph packed his belongings and told Lynn he planned to expose Vought International’s mutants and New Compound V to the old minister.
• Lynn warned Joseph that the minister might already know about Vought International and have agreed to the deaths of the Aurors.
• Joseph rejected the suspicion, explaining that the minister had mentored and protected him for decades and insisting he might have been deceived.
• Lynn stopped trying to dissuade Joseph, and Joseph thanked him before leaving the estate for the Ministry.
• John predicted that Joseph was walking into a trap, and Lynn said people in despair clung to those who had once treated them kindly.
• Lynn smacked John for imitating his biological father’s rude manner.

Lynn sent Buddy after Joseph, hoping the dog would save the old wizard and earn a chance to learn Dark Magic. At the North American Ministry of Magic, Joseph was attacked as a traitor before the Minister took him to his office, where Joseph confessed that he had given Vought International the coordinates.

• Lynn exposed Buddy’s secret interest in Dark Magic and told him to follow Joseph and save his life if the chance arose.
• Buddy dropped his act, agreed to help, and hurried out to track Joseph by scent.
• Joseph entered the North American Ministry of Magic, where the furious crowd attacked him as a traitor.
• The old Minister stopped the crowd and brought Joseph to his office, where he greeted him with relief and concern.
• Joseph broke down before his mentor and confessed that he had given Vought International the coordinates to protect his family.

Joseph told the old minister that Vought International had created a mutant army resistant to magic and urged an alliance with Lynn’s group at the Long Island Estate. The old minister promised to hide Joseph in his office while publicly claiming he had been imprisoned, and Joseph trusted him completely.

• The old minister welcomed Joseph, said Pist had confessed to forging documents for Vought International, and explained that the warrant against Joseph was meant to protect him.
• Joseph warned the old minister that Vought’s mutant army had slaughtered the Aurors and could withstand magic using New Compound V made with Fantastic Beasts’ blood.
• Joseph described Lynn, John, Benjamin, and the Long Island Estate, urging the Ministry to ally with them against Stan Edgar.
• The old minister praised Joseph’s intelligence but said clearing his name or publicly seeking an alliance would provoke riots among the grieving Wizards.
• The old minister said he would claim Joseph was imprisoned while secretly keeping him safe in his private quarters, where Joseph could record what he knew.
• Joseph accepted the plan, forgot Lynn’s warning, and resolved to repay the old minister’s apparent kindness by sharing everything.

Buddy found Joseph hiding in the Minister’s Office and discovered that the old wizard was safe and believed the minister was protecting him. After Joseph doubted Buddy could use magic, Buddy revealed his skill with a wand and demanded that Joseph teach him spells.

• Buddy followed Joseph’s scent into the Minister’s Office and found him drinking tea in a hidden sitting room.
• Joseph mistook Buddy’s arrival for a rescue attempt, but Buddy explained that Lynn had sent him to keep watch.
• Buddy accused the old minister of intending to exploit and kill Joseph, while Joseph insisted the minister was protecting him.
• Buddy asked Joseph to teach him practical spells, and Joseph said he could not learn magic just because he could speak.
• Buddy cast a shield and nonverbal Expelliarmus with a wand in his mouth, stunning Joseph with his magical ability.

Buddy learned several combat spells from Joseph but failed to get him to teach Dark Magic, so he decided to infiltrate the old minister’s household instead. He left the Long Island Estate to learn the Unforgivable Curses, stunning everyone with his plan to master Avada Kedavra.

• Buddy forced Joseph to teach him the Aurors’ combat spells, but Joseph refused to reveal Dark Magic or the Unforgivable Curses.
• Buddy suspected the old minister knew Dark Magic and decided to become his dog to learn it undercover.
• Buddy returned to the Long Island Estate and told Lynn that Joseph was secretly helping the old minister gather information about Lynn and the Manor.
• Buddy announced that he was leaving to infiltrate the old minister’s household and learn Avada Kedavra.
• Buddy ran into the night, leaving Benjamin, Leonardo, and Raphael stunned.

Buddy staged a dramatic collapse in the North American Ministry of Magic lobby to make the old minister publicly adopt him. The minister agreed, winning the crowd’s admiration, while Buddy planned to outlive him.

• Buddy dirtied his coat, smeared grime and blood on himself, and prepared to pretend he was near death.
• The old minister gave a tearful interview about the Ministry’s compassion as reporters and mourners filled the lobby.
• Buddy limped into the lobby, collapsed at the old minister’s feet, and pretended to lose consciousness.
• The old minister claimed Buddy was a wounded Auror’s faithful companion searching for his fallen master.
• The old minister promised to care for Buddy in the Ministry’s safest sanctuary, and the crowd applauded his kindness.

Edgar secured the military’s growing reliance on compound V while Vought’s forces devastated North American wizarding communities. The old minister feared that seeking help would expose his collusion with Vought, and Buddy narrowly escaped when the minister nearly cast Avada Kedavra at him.

• At the Pentagon, a general celebrated the thousands of soldiers injected with compound V, and Edgar discussed another Mutant Serum delivery.
• Vought’s Society Organization units and Military Special Forces attacked magical habitats, killing or capturing fantastic beasts and wizards for serum production.
• The old minister refused to request European or Dumbledore’s help because an investigation would expose his secret dealings with Vought.
• Desperate for a way to defeat Vought’s mutant forces, the old minister considered using Unforgivable Curses.
• The old minister began to cast Avada Kedavra at Buddy, who leapt behind the curtains and hid in terror.

Buddy discovered that the old minister knew Dark magic and deliberately made the minister’s wand cast Expelliarmus so he would believe Buddy was magically gifted. The minister decided to train Buddy as an assassin, while Buddy concealed his own motives.

• The old minister lowered his wand after nearly killing Buddy with Avada Kedavra, and Buddy realized the minister was skilled in Dark magic.
• Buddy pretended to be curious about the minister’s wand, then picked it up in his mouth and accidentally cast Expelliarmus at an inkwell.
• The old minister recognized that Buddy could make a wand resonate and decided the dog could use magic without the laws applying to him.
• The old minister promised to train Buddy as a deadly weapon, and Buddy played along while hiding a crafty gleam in his eyes.

The old minister publicly blamed Vought for the Aurors’ deaths and announced he would seek an alliance with Lynn’s group, secretly hoping to use Homelander to eliminate Stan Edgar and conceal his own collusion. At Lynn’s estate, he made a public appeal for cooperation, but Lynn challenged the sincerity of arriving with reporters to pressure him.

• The old minister revealed that Vought had used stolen Fantastic Beast genes to create a magic-resistant mutant army that killed three hundred Aurors, and he called for war against the company.
• The old minister overcame traditionalists’ objections by claiming he would sacrifice his reputation to seek Muggle superhuman allies, while privately planning to have Homelander kill Edgar.
• The old minister traveled to Long Island with two confidants, wizarding reporters, and Buddy to approach Lynn’s estate.
• Lynn and John received the delegation at the gates, while Buddy pretended to be a loyal dog and secretly watched Lynn.
• The old minister asked Lynn to ally with the wizarding world against Vought, citing its tens of thousands of mutant supersoldiers and offering covert magical support.
• Lynn questioned whether the old minister’s appeal was sincere when he had brought reporters to pressure him.

The Old Minister tried to recruit Lynn by appealing to the Wizarding World’s desperate need for help against Vought, but Lynn exposed the request as an attempt to use his people for the Minister’s own ends. When the Minister knelt outside the estate and pleaded on behalf of innocent lives, Lynn rejected the moral blackmail and walked away.

• The Old Minister told Lynn he had brought reporters to witness the Wizarding World setting aside its pride to seek help, and promised that North American Aurors would serve him.
• Lynn pointed out that Vought had ten thousand Mutant Soldiers while three hundred elite Aurors had been slaughtered, and accused the Minister of wanting John to kill Edgar and cover up his own messes.
• The Old Minister realized his usual appeals would not sway Lynn, then knelt before the estate’s gate and begged him to save innocent magical children and the Supernatural World.
• The reporters recorded the scene as the Old Minister’s subordinates tried to help him up, but he ordered them to stand back.
• John offered to burn the gathered mourners, but Lynn refused and warned the Minister that kneeling would not make his knees heavy enough to use the Long Island Estate for dirty work.

Lynn drew the Old Minister into an illusion and demanded the truth about Compound V, which the minister admitted had wizard involvement. Lynn left him with an order to gather intelligence on Vought International, while the minister awoke still kneeling outside the estate.

• Lynn appeared inside an illusion and condemned the Old Minister’s political scheming.
• The Old Minister admitted that wizards were involved in the core synthesis technology behind Compound V.
• The Old Minister claimed Vought International and Edgar were responsible for abducting wizards and that he had only helped cover up records.
• Lynn ordered the Old Minister to compile locations of Vought’s pharmaceutical plants, Society Organizations, Fantastic Beasts bases, and remaining habitats.
• The illusion collapsed, and the Old Minister awoke outside the Long Island Estate with his aides, reporters, and Buddy beside him.

As the Long Island Estate prepared to attack Vought International, Lynn weighed the consequences of destroying the corporation and killing Stan Edgar. He chose to proceed despite the threat of a global manhunt, then began preparing a hearty meal for the household before the operation.

• The household quietly prepared weapons and trained as they awaited the Old Minister's information about Vought International's secrets and coordinates.
• Lynn considered that destroying Vought and its mutant army could bring the full force of the United States and its allies down on the estate.
• Lynn decided not to spare Stan Edgar or Vought International just to preserve the household's peace, accepting that the world might hunt them.
• John told Lynn his coffee had gone cold, and Lynn replied that he would not drink it cold before sending John to tell Benjamin and the turtles to stop and wash up.
• Lynn took marinated beef from the refrigerator and told the household they would eat well before working the next day.

After Vought International’s attack, the Old Minister ordered the North American Ministry of Magic to covertly uncover the company’s operations across America. Before dawn, he sent Lynn a detailed map and a Two-Way Mirror, and Lynn prepared to strike Vought’s targets after breakfast.

• The Old Minister ordered every available trained wizard to investigate Vought International’s pharmaceutical plants, warehouses, and allied gangs without confronting them directly.
• Aurors and witches used magic to infiltrate gang hideouts and warehouses, gathering locations and security details from Vought’s network.
• Before dawn, the Old Minister sorted the intelligence into a map and dossiers, packed them with a Two-Way Mirror, and sent them to Lynn by owl.
• At breakfast, Lynn received the map and mirror and showed the gathered intelligence to Benjamin, Black Noir, and the others.
• Lynn rolled up the map and told the group they would visit Vought’s targets one by one after they finished breakfast.

Lynn armed and divided his allies into teams to destroy Vought International’s operations, rescue captive fantastic beasts, and eliminate its collaborators before Edgar could relocate them. He arranged for the Ministry of Magic to evacuate the rescued creatures while he and John prepared to attack Vought’s core facilities.

• Lynn gave Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo weapons and assigned them to attack the underground gangs with Benjamin.
• Lynn sent Black Noir, Reggie, Tommy, Annie, and Kevin to rescue captives and clear guards at Vought’s transit warehouses and fantastic beast holding sites.
• Lynn assigned himself and John to attack Vought’s three core biopharmaceutical plants and main defensive force.
• Lynn asked the Old Minister to send elite Aurors to the warehouses to transport the rescued fantastic beasts away.

Lynn ordered the Ministry of Magic to find Edgar’s hiding place while he and his family prepared to attack Vought’s criminal network. As Lynn left the Manor, Benjamin and the four turtles began raiding the locations marked on their map.

• Lynn told the Old Minister to mobilize the Ministry of Magic and uncover Edgar’s exact hiding place.
• The Old Minister pledged to oversee the search, and Lynn left the Manor in the rain after telling his family to stay safe and be back before dinner.
• Benjamin and the four turtles attacked the Viper Gang’s underground casino in the Bronx.
• The turtles and Benjamin killed the mutated gangsters and smashed the gang’s safe.
• Benjamin checked the time, noted they had cleared the casino in two minutes and forty seconds, and led the group to the next location.

Kevin and the others overwhelmed Vought’s New Jersey beast-transfer station, while Lynn and John destroyed the defenses around Vought’s Virginia biopharmaceutical plant. Lynn and John walked through the burning battlefield after John complained that his hoodie had gotten dirty.

• Annie blinded the guards at the New Jersey warehouse, while Black Noir and Tommy dismantled their defenses and killed the soldiers.
• Kevin released Charlie into a puddle, and the goldfish mutated into a giant armored beast that swallowed a troop carrier and the guards inside.
• The Aurors entered the warehouse to recover the fantastic beasts after Kevin told them they could begin their work.
• Lynn and John approached Vought’s Virginia plant, where a thousand mutant soldiers opened fire on them.
• John used his heat vision to slice through tanks and soldiers, clearing the factory’s defensive line as Lynn walked onward under his umbrella.
• John noticed mud on his hoodie, and Lynn told him to change into a new one when they got back.

Lynn and John destroyed Vought International’s core assets and headed for the Pentagon, while Madelyn confirmed her deal with Lynn to spare her life. Edgar called Madelyn and asked whether she had revealed his location to Lynn.

• Edgar received reports that Vought International’s assets were being attacked and watched their markers disappear from the map.
• Lynn used Boundary to make mutant soldiers attack one another in Vought International’s biopharmaceutical plant, while John protected him from the survivors.
• Madelyn messaged Lynn to ask whether he would keep his promise, and Lynn replied that he would.
• Lynn and John left for the Pentagon after clearing the factory.
• Edgar told Madelyn that Lynn and John were heading to the Pentagon, then asked whether she had told Lynn where he was.