Recaps

Dumbledore investigated an empty house in Hogsmeade for evidence of a conspiracy tied to Mo Fei’s plans and Grindelwald’s influence. He used a Time-Turner to strengthen Prior Incantato and began retracing what had happened there.

• Aberforth ended his magical conversation with Dumbledore and warned him not to return.
• Dumbledore left the pub and went to the house Aberforth had mentioned.
• Dumbledore bypassed the house’s weak protections and found signs of recent use, including a room where Mr Hill had practiced Dark Magic.
• Dumbledore decided to retrace events in the living room with Prior Incantato, using his Time-Turner to reinforce the spell.
• The past began rewinding before Dumbledore’s eyes.

Dumbledore used a damaged Time-Turner to discover that Mr. Hill’s father had given him a Dark Magic mirror, then reported the danger to Headmaster Dippet. Dippet acted against the Hill family, while the growing threat from Grindelwald remained unresolved.

• Dumbledore rewound time and saw Mr. Hill receive a cloth-covered mirror from his father, who instructed him how to use it.
• Dumbledore ended the spell, damaging the seer-made Time-Turner, and concluded that the mirror could store an Imperius Curse.
• Dumbledore reported his findings to Headmaster Dippet, who recognized the Hill family’s actions as part of the wider danger posed by Grindelwald’s followers.
• Dippet summoned Young Mr. Hill to his office and decided to deal with the Hill family while buying time before a possible battle with Grindelwald.
• Hill left Britain, and his family later disappeared from the British Wizarding World; Madam Merrythought acquired the mirror.

As Hogwarts’ first-year exams approached, Tom remained unfazed while other students worried about both the exams and the unexplained tensions among Slytherin families. He performed exceptionally in every exam, earning an “O” in all subjects, though his Flying Class mark was somewhat inflated.

• Slytherin students wrote to their parents about changes at Hogwarts, and investigating families learned why the Hill family had left Britain in disgrace.
• As final exams approached, Tom stayed calm because Mo Fei had trained him with written and practical tests at the orphanage.
• Tom transformed a stone into an ornate tea set in Transfiguration and moved a stone block smoothly with the Levitation Charm, earning an “O” in both exams.
• Tom completed the Potions and Herbology exams with ease, while Professor Herbert already knew his ability from his regular work.
• Madam Merrythought gave a difficult Defence Against Dark Magic written exam full of tricky questions, but Tom adapted well and earned an “O.”
• Tom received an “O” in every subject when the final results came out, including an inflated mark in Flying Class.

Tom and the other students celebrated Slytherin’s House Cup victory before leaving Hogwarts for the summer holidays. On the train, Tom accepted Malfoy’s offer of friendship and received two books to help him study Phosphorus Fire Burn.

• Headmaster Dippet announced that Slytherin had won the House Cup, and the students celebrated as the summer holidays began.
• On the journey back to London, Tom felt isolated because the other students saw him as an imposing chief, and his friendship with Owen had faded.
• Malfoy approached Tom and offered to become his friend, proposing an alliance between Tom as leader of the younger Slytherins and himself as an incoming Prefect.
• Tom accepted Malfoy’s offer, hoping their connection would give him access to valuable magical knowledge from noble families.
• Malfoy gave Tom The Value of Corpses and Lost Memorial Rituals, advising him to practice Phosphorus Fire Burn cautiously.

After Malfoy sent Qiqi to investigate Tom, she was forced to flee when Mo Fei sensed and struck at her, leaving Malfoy to suspect Tom came from a powerful family. Tom returned to the orphanage, where a warm welcome reminded him that it was the place he truly felt at home, and Mo Fei prepared to talk with him.

• Malfoy ordered Qiqi to follow Tom through the barrier and discover where he lived.
• Mo Fei's attack drove Qiqi to Apparate back to Malfoy, who questioned her and concluded that Tom's family was likely powerful.
• Mo Fei asked Tom about magic that could conceal someone, and Tom explained the Disillusionment Charm before using the Horned Serpent to check their surroundings.
• Mo Fei took Tom back to the orphanage, where the residents welcomed him home and shared a celebratory dinner.
• After the others left and the table was cleared, Mo Fei and Tom settled down for a private conversation.

Mo Fei apologized for not asking sooner about Tom’s life at Hogwarts, and Tom explained the Slytherin rumors surrounding his Gaunt ancestry. Mo Fei then asked whether Tom wanted to meet his remaining relatives, and Tom was tempted by the possibility that they might accept him.

• Mo Fei asked Tom how life at Hogwarts had been and apologized for overlooking the difficulties he might have faced.
• Tom reassured Mo Fei that Hogwarts was manageable and described how Slytherins had mistaken him for a pure-blood aristocrat while he investigated the Gaunt family.
• Tom suspected that the person who followed him had been sent by the Malfoy family to learn about his background.
• Mo Fei wondered whether someone at Hogwarts had concealed Tom’s ancestry and considered Dumbledore as a possible protector.
• Mo Fei asked whether Tom wanted to visit his Gaunt relatives, and Tom considered whether his grandfather and uncle might accept him.

Tom eagerly agreed to meet his Gaunt relatives in Little Hangleton, and Mo Fei promised to plan the journey for later that week. As Mo Fei recounted his time with Grindelwald and Nicolas Flamel, Tom learned how wizarding strength was judged and began to imagine becoming a magic master himself.

• Tom agreed to meet his grandfather and told Mo Fei that the Gaunt family lived in Little Hangleton.
• Mo Fei promised to ask about the route the next day and try to meet Tom's blood relatives that week.
• Tom asked Mo Fei about his travels, and Mo Fei described his experiences with Grindelwald and Nicolas Flamel.
• Mo Fei explained the different ways wizards' combat strength and magical skill were classified.
• Tom accepted Grindelwald as his teacher despite learning he was the Dark Lord, and wondered whether he could become a magic master someday.

Tom worked in the orphanage backyard to prepare soil for cultivating Glimmer Daisies, drawing on a year of Herbology lessons with Professor Herbert. Kyle returned, praised Tom’s dedication, and asked whether he had promoted the clothes Kyle planned to sell in Hogsmeade.

• Mo Fei set out to research how to reach Little Hangleton while Tom worked on the orphanage backyard.
• Tom recalled Professor Herbert’s lessons about tailoring soil nutrients and conditions to each plant’s needs.
• Tom prepared special soil for Glimmer Daisies by mixing magical ingredients and turning it over on a weekly schedule.
• Kyle found Tom turning the backyard soil and praised his Herbology skills, while Tom insisted he still had much to learn.
• Kyle asked whether Tom had promoted his planned Hogsmeade shop, and Tom said Slytherin students had admired the clothes Kyle made.

Mo Fei and Tom traveled to Little Hangleton to visit Tom’s relatives, while Kyle stayed behind to prepare his clothing shop. After settling at the village inn, Mo Fei took the restless Tom toward the outskirts to find the Gaunt family’s old house.

• Tom fled to his room when Kyle tried to ask him about the wizard robes he had worn at the Dream Tea Party.
• Mo Fei learned the route to Little Hangleton and invited Kyle, but Kyle declined because he needed to prepare his shop and learn to run it.
• Mo Fei and Tom rode by carriage to Little Hangleton and booked rooms at the village’s only inn.
• Villagers mistook Mo Fei and Tom for London aristocrats visiting the Riddles, and Tom put away his few belongings upstairs.
• Mo Fei took the anxious Tom toward the outskirts to look for the Gaunt family’s old house, after declining the innkeeper’s offer to guide them.

Mo Fei and Tom found the decaying Gaunt home, where Tom discovered that his uncle Morfin had no affection for his mother, Merope. Tom was left shocked and disillusioned after hearing Morfin curse her.

• Mo Fei and Tom followed the Horned Serpent's guidance to the Gaunt family's home outside Little Hangleton.
• Tom saw the ruinous house and asked Mo Fei to accompany him to investigate.
• After no one answered their knocks, Mo Fei suggested they return the next day.
• Morfin arrived with a barrel of beer and demanded to know why they were at his door.
• Mo Fei asked Morfin about Merope, and Morfin angrily called her a disgrace and blamed her for their father's death.
• Tom heard Morfin's abuse of his mother and lost any remaining affection for the Gaunt family.

Mo Fei and Tom learned how the Gaunt family had driven Merope away and heard Morfin reject the child she had carried. Tom recovered enough to continue their journey, and Mo Fei and Tom met Old Riddle after he mistook them for grain traders from London.

• Morfin Gaunt explained that Merope had used a Love Potion on Tom Riddle, then was abandoned and disowned, while Morfin and Old Marvolo were imprisoned after attacking Aurors and the Riddle family.
• Mo Fei asked Morfin what he thought of Merope's child, and Morfin called the child a bastard he would have killed with a Killing Curse.
• Tom broke down in tears, and Mo Fei comforted him before they returned to the inn.
• The next morning, Tom chose to meet Old Riddle despite his disappointment and resentment.
• Old Riddle invited Mo Fei and Tom to his manor, mistook them for chamber of commerce agents surveying grain supplies, and Mo Fei used the misunderstanding to start a conversation.

Mo Fei hypnotized Old Riddle to learn how he viewed Merope and Tom, and discovered that the Love Potion had left Old Riddle infertile. Tom struggled with the revelation that his mother had harmed an innocent Muggle and his father had always rejected him, so Mo Fei took him back to the inn.

• Old Riddle offered to show Mo Fei the grain stores and said he would trade grain for supplies rather than money.
• On the way, Mo Fei questioned Old Riddle about his former wife and child, then hypnotized him when he refused to speak openly.
• Under hypnosis, Old Riddle said he believed Merope had bewitched him, called Tom a monster, and claimed the Love Potion had left him unable to father children.
• Mo Fei explained that prolonged Love Potion use had altered Old Riddle's body because he was a Muggle, leaving him without physical desire for others.
• Tom was shaken by what he learned, and Mo Fei ended the visit and took him back to the inn.
• Tom asked Mo Fei whether he should have come on the trip, but Mo Fei could only sigh.

After learning that his Gaunt relatives had rejected him, Tom regained his composure with Mo Fei’s help and asked to revisit the family home. Mo Fei examined the house and considered defenses for his orphanage while Tom entered the graveyard, where he faced an unknown danger.

• Mo Fei helped Tom accept that his blood relatives had never intended to welcome him.
• Tom asked to return to the Gaunt family home to see where his mother had lived and what remained of the declining pure-blood family.
• Mo Fei accompanied Tom to the graveyard behind the house but found himself unable to reach him because of powerful magic.
• Mo Fei examined the Gaunt home’s magical features and drew conclusions about the purposes of it, Nicolas Flamel’s house, and Nurmengard.
• Mo Fei began designing defenses for his orphanage while Tom approached a place close to death.

Tom resisted casting the Killing Curse in the Gaunt family cemetery and left with Mo Fei, while the Horned Serpent absorbed a mysterious power and began transforming. Back at the orphanage, Mo Fei began renovations, and Grindelwald arrived to teach Tom magic as Mo Fei asked whether Tom’s recent emotional changes were caused by magic.

• Tom nearly cast the Killing Curse in the Gaunt cemetery but stopped himself after thinking of Mo Fei and the risks Grindelwald had described.
• The Horned Serpent caught a force that flew toward Tom, apparently receiving a mysterious power before Tom left the cemetery.
• Tom discovered that Mo Fei had been standing in the direction his wand had pointed, then joined him and left the cemetery.
• Tom and Mo Fei returned home the next day; Tom gained new insights into magic, the Horned Serpent began transforming, and Mo Fei started renovating the orphanage.
• Grindelwald arrived to initiate Tom into magic, and Mo Fei asked him whether Tom’s unusual emotional behavior was caused by magic.

Grindelwald explained how emotion and reason could shape spellcasting after identifying that Tom’s emotional breakthrough had changed his magic. Tom chose to combine both approaches, and Grindelwald began teaching him Occlumency to control his emotions.

• Grindelwald told Tom that a light-aligned spell driven by strong emotion had caused the changes in his magic.
• Grindelwald described the Emotion School and the Reason School, and asked Tom which approach he would follow.
• Grindelwald used his Heavenly Eye to examine Mo Fei’s renovations and saw that the orphanage was being transformed into a magical structure with benefits for its inhabitants.
• Tom decided to use emotion for some spells and reason for others.
• Grindelwald approved Tom’s choice and introduced Occlumency as a way to prevent his emotions from continually influencing him.

Grindelwald taught Tom a basic Occlumency technique and warned him about the dangers of magic involving memory. Meanwhile, Mo Fei reviewed the abilities that made his longevity possible and used his skills in the orphanage renovation, which remained underway.

• Grindelwald explained how Tom could clear his mind through Meditation and cautioned him that memory magic could damage the soul.
• Tom began practicing the technique while Grindelwald watched over him.
• Mo Fei considered how his transcendent Martial Arts, cooking, and Medicine skills supported his health and potential longevity.
• Mo Fei used architecture, civil engineering, advanced Runes Mastery, Herbology, and farming to renovate the orphanage.
• Mo Fei planted symbolically significant plants at key locations to incorporate mystical effects into the renovation.

Mo Fei continued renovating the orphanage with elder trees, a star-based warning array, and components designed to be dismantled and recombined. Meanwhile, Tom advanced in magic under Grindelwald’s guidance and chose to develop Phosphorus Fire Burn along the rational path, leaving Grindelwald impressed by his understanding of death.

• Mo Fei reflected on Grindelwald’s tea-leaf reading, which had accurately predicted what Tom would wear, and focused instead on astrology and the stars.
• Mo Fei built a ritual array throughout the orphanage that would show him images before major events, and designed its rune-inscribed parts to be replaceable.
• Tom quickly learned the basics of his technique with Grindelwald’s guidance and showed him his improved Lumos spell.
• Grindelwald explained how Hogwarts guided young wizards through emotional and rational approaches, but Tom decided to pursue both paths from the start.
• Tom chose Phosphorus Fire Burn for the rational path and described how its ghostly flames foretold death, astonishing Grindelwald.

Tom demonstrated his immature use of Phosphorus Fire Burn, whose deathly nature impressed Grindelwald. Grindelwald warned Tom that studying death was dangerous, but Tom chose to continue for now and received his advice to treat death carefully.

• Tom used Phosphorus Fire Burn, and Grindelwald sensed a grave and remains within its strangely cold flames.
• Grindelwald judged that Tom had a rare affinity for death magic and could become a formidable wizard.
• Grindelwald explained how his own resonance magic and Dumbledore's control magic could make them exceptionally dangerous.
• Grindelwald asked whether Tom had truly considered the risks of pursuing death magic and developing emotion and reason together.
• Tom said he would continue for now because he was still young, and Grindelwald laughed before warning him not to profane death.

Grindelwald proposed that Tom learn magic by helping Director Mo Fei renovate the orphanage into a protective building. He explained how Hogwarts and wizarding homes were magically strengthened, then prepared to teach Tom spells tailored to the orphanage.

• Grindelwald told Tom that he had become proficient with Phosphorus Fire Burn and should study magic related to life, especially Herbology.
• Grindelwald proposed helping renovate the orphanage, confusing Tom, who knew Mo Fei’s construction work had proved too difficult for the children to assist with.
• Grindelwald asked Tom to observe Mo Fei’s work through Magic Perception, and Tom noticed faint traces of magic in the completed sections.
• Grindelwald explained that Mo Fei was turning the orphanage into a protective building, comparing the project with Hogwarts and wizarding family homes.
• Tom became eager to take part, and Grindelwald said they would learn specially tailored spells suited to the orphanage.

Grindelwald explained the magical principles behind Mo Fei’s star-guided runes and described how wizards could protect castles with charms. His suggestion that magic might eventually make a castle come alive left Tom and Mo Fei wondering whether Hogwarts had already reached that state.

• Mo Fei used potions to draw Ancient Runes on a platform outside his room, while Grindelwald explained their purpose to Tom.
• Grindelwald said the runes and the platform’s alignment with Sagittarius could draw in starlight and keep the magic from fading.
• Grindelwald explained that the focused starlight would shine into the quiet room and might strengthen Tom’s Meditation.
• Tom asked how a wizard would improve the design, and Grindelwald described using Starlight and Weather Charms to protect a castle.
• Tom asked whether a castle could come alive through years of magic, and Grindelwald suggested that it might before wondering whether Hogwarts had already done so.

Mo Fei finished renovating the orphanage with help from Grindelwald, who taught Tom about castle magic and reinforced the building. When the completed orphanage was bathed in moonlight and starlight, its protective magic made it imperceptible to many observers.

• Grindelwald explained castle magic and its protective charms to Tom while Mo Fei continued renovating the orphanage.
• Grindelwald helped Mo Fei refine the runes and complete the renovations in one month instead of two.
• Mo Fei expanded the orphanage, converted the stable into greenhouses, planted crops, and added unusual decorations and protective features.
• Grindelwald and Tom reinforced the orphanage's walls, and Grindelwald taught Tom the Hardening Charm.
• Mo Fei rearranged the interior and, with Grindelwald's help, added a basement where Tom established a laboratory.
• On the night the renovations were completed, many people could no longer perceive the orphanage beneath the moonlight and starlight.

Mo Fei's transformation of the orphanage awakened the part of his soul bound to it, revealing that his system drew on belief and inspiration. The orphanage's changes unsettled seers and blocked Dumbledore's protections, and he arrived to witness its final transformation.

• Grindelwald sensed the orphanage's change and suspected Mo Fei could alter fate.
• Tom felt a close connection to the orphanage as he slept beside the Horned Serpent, while their shared power flowed into it and nourished the elder tree.
• Mo Fei sensed magic passing between Tom and the orphanage, and the exchange seemed to purify Tom's aura.
• Mo Fei learned that his system was a manifestation of his divided soul and that trust and skills came from human belief, while the Light of Spirituality came from inspiration.
• Diviners across the world sensed a mysterious change, and the centaur seer in Hogwarts' Forbidden Forest looked up at the stars and made a decision.
• Dumbledore lost his ability to sense his protections around the Mo Orphanage, Apparated there, and watched the transformation's final stages in silence.

After the orphanage mysteriously transformed, Dumbledore visited Mo Fei to investigate, suspecting that another wizard might be behind the changes. Mo Fei revealed that he had caused them himself and challenged Dumbledore’s assumptions about Muggles, leaving Dumbledore stunned by the mention of Nicolas Flamel.

• Dumbledore watched the orphanage’s transformation disappear and wondered whether Grindelwald was using Mo Fei to make plans in London.
• Mo Fei and Tom exercised the next morning before Dumbledore arrived and asked Mo Fei to explain the orphanage’s changes.
• Dumbledore sensed the orphanage’s new magical atmosphere and told Mo Fei that the Ministry of Magic had been busy, while concealing that he had removed records of the changes.
• Mo Fei said he had transformed the orphanage himself and accused Dumbledore of underestimating Muggles while claiming to believe in equality.
• Mo Fei compared Dumbledore’s assumptions with Nicolas Flamel, leaving Dumbledore speechless.

Mo Fei explained to Dumbledore why he wanted to reshape the orphanage and build a parallel world for wizards who could not adapt, challenging Dumbledore’s cautious approach to the Acolytes and the future of wizarding society. Dumbledore considered the proposal before Tom asked him how to study Permanent Transfiguration, and he began outlining Hogwarts’ Transfiguration curriculum.

• Dumbledore questioned how Mo Fei had met Nicolas Flamel, and Mo Fei said Nicolas had taught him without revealing how they were introduced.
• Dumbledore asked whether Mo Fei had designs on the wizarding world, and Mo Fei restated his vision for creating a parallel world.
• Mo Fei challenged Dumbledore to consider how the wizarding world would address the Acolytes’ ideology and the ambitions it inspired after Grindelwald was defeated.
• Dumbledore argued that stronger confrontation could worsen the conflict, then fell silent to consider Mo Fei’s criticism.
• Tom asked Dumbledore how to learn Permanent Transfiguration, and Dumbledore explained the stages of Hogwarts’ Transfiguration studies and the skill’s prerequisites.

Dumbledore taught Tom and Mo Fei how Transfiguration alters reality and explained that Permanent Transfiguration creates lasting results by rebuilding an object from its smallest particles. The lesson ended with Tom having heard the explanation, though he had not fully grasped the underlying ideas.

• Dumbledore expanded the classroom to demonstrate how Transfiguration could alter space, then explained that the Undetectable Extension Charm was a limited application of the same principle.
• Dumbledore described Transfiguration as using magic to redirect natural processes and said that transformations required ongoing magic because reality resisted changes that contradicted its logic.
• Dumbledore used the example of turning iron into a biscuit to explain how conflicting properties could intensify reality's correction and drain the caster's magic.
• Mo Fei understood Transfiguration as a way of opposing reality and connected Dumbledore's control as a Magic Master to his ability to create things that differed from it.
• Dumbledore explained that Permanent Transfiguration pulverized an object into particles and recombined them into a new form, which could endure because its creation followed reality's logic.