Chapter Summaries

Sean read reports about Umbridge’s appointment as High Inquisitor and six escaped Fire Dragons, then learned that Umbridge had challenged his exemption from Transfiguration classes. She announced she would assess his privilege and speak with him, leaving her first confrontation at Hogwarts directed at Sean.

• Sean read The Daily Prophet’s report praising Umbridge’s appointment as High Inquisitor and attacking Hogwarts and Marchbanks.
• Janson pointed out an article claiming six Fire Dragons had escaped and were heading toward Hogwarts to confront a Triwizard Tournament competitor.
• Sean recognized the dragons as the six he had faced in the tournament and said the Ministry should handle them while he worried about Umbridge.
• Umbridge interrupted Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration lesson and questioned Sean’s absence from class.
• McGonagall explained that Dumbledore and she had excused Sean because of his exceptional ability, but Umbridge said she would assess the privilege and speak with him.

Sean agreed to resume attending Transfiguration after Umbridge confronted him, then attended Fleur’s first Alchemy lesson and explained the Ministry’s campaign against those warning of Voldemort’s return. Umbridge inspected Hogwarts classes over the following week and arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom just as class began.

• Umbridge confronted Sean about skipping Transfiguration, and Sean agreed to attend the next class without challenging her.
• Sean attended Fleur’s introductory Alchemy lesson, which impressed the students, and praised Fleur’s teaching afterward.
• Fleur asked Sean why Umbridge was targeting him and Hogwarts professors, and Sean explained the Ministry’s denial of Voldemort’s return.
• Fleur condemned the British Ministry for persecuting people who warned of Voldemort, and Sean suggested the enemy might be inside the Ministry itself.
• Umbridge inspected nearly every teacher’s classroom over the week, and Sean watched her aggressively question Trelawney during Divination.
• Sean entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and Umbridge arrived as the bell rang.

Gavin Jopkins demonstrated the importance of practical Defense Against the Dark Arts by cursing Umbridge after she tried to stop his students from practicing. Umbridge retaliated by suspending Gellert Grindelwald’s classes, prompting Hogwarts students to rally their parents against the Ministry.

• Umbridge objected when Gavin Jopkins told his class to practice Expelliarmus and the Stunning Spell in pairs, arguing that practical Defense Against the Dark Arts was unnecessary.
• Gavin cast Cramping of Limbs and Muzzling on Umbridge, then lifted the curses and told her the experience showed why practical training mattered.
• Umbridge left the classroom in anger and later posted a notice suspending Gellert Grindelwald’s Defense Against the Dark Arts classes until the Ministry appointed a replacement.
• Hogwarts students began writing to their families to protest Umbridge’s interference, and Howlers from parents poured toward the Ministry and Fudge’s office at midnight.

Students and their parents forced the Ministry to reverse its announcement dismissing Gellert Grindelwald, undermining Umbridge’s authority. Harry warned Sean that Voldemort was growing stronger and planned to target something at the Ministry, so Sean agreed to train Harry, Hermione, and Ron twice a week.

• Howlers from furious parents overwhelmed the Ministry, and Fudge ordered a subordinate to investigate the complaints involving Hogwarts and Umbridge.
• Filch replaced the notice dismissing Gellert Grindelwald, declaring that the announcement had been a misunderstanding, and Umbridge disappeared from Hogwarts for the day.
• Gavin praised Sean and Harry’s use of students’ letters and parents’ Howlers to pressure Fudge, while Sean noted that Umbridge would seek a way to regain her authority.
• Harry told Sean that Voldemort had more Death Eaters, was growing stronger, and planned to seize something from the Ministry, possibly after using Sturgis to test its security.
• Sean agreed to train Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the Room of Requirement on Wednesday and Friday evenings.

Sean realized the six dragons were searching for him and left Hogwarts to meet them, while the Ministry's wizards continued hunting the dragons. The chapter ended with the Chinese Fireball fighting to protect the group after the wizards trapped them inside a magical barrier.

• Dumbledore asked Sean to teach Harry Legilimency because Harry's connection with Voldemort was growing stronger.
• Sean concluded that the six dragons were trying to find him and decided he could raise them.
• Kulkan insisted on joining Sean, but Sean left Hogwarts alone to meet the dragons.
• The Chinese Fireball and the other dragons ate stolen cattle while discussing their search for Sean and the pursuing wizards.
• The Ministry's wizards trapped all six dragons beneath a barrier, and the Chinese Fireball attacked it while keeping the wizards at bay.
• The Department director ordered the wizards to move in after the Chinese Fireball's fireball singed his eyebrows.

The Ministry of Magic captured six Fire Dragons, but Sean arrived in a storm and rescued them. He escaped on Kulkan after leaving the officials beneath a Dark Mark, claiming the Dark Lord had returned.

• The Director and the Aurors subdued the six Fire Dragons and began preparing to hand them over to Romania.
• A violent storm gathered, and the dragons recognized the approaching presence as their boss.
• The Director's weather-dispersal spells failed, revealing Kulkan's enormous form in the clouds with Sean riding atop him.
• Sean refused Kulkan's request to eat the dragons, then disguised himself and freed them, shrinking all six and putting them in his pocket.
• Sean blocked the officials' spells, disrupted their footing, and escaped on Kulkan after announcing the Dark Lord's return and leaving a Dark Mark behind.

Sean housed six fire dragons beneath the orphanage and learned that suspected Dark Wizards had been nearing it. He planned to trigger two Horcruxes to gain the strength to face Voldemort as rumors of the Dark Lord’s return stirred conflict within the Ministry.

• Kulkan told Sean that six fire dragons wanted to follow him, and Sean agreed to take them in after making sure they would behave.
• Sean brought the dragons to a hidden space beneath the orphanage and asked Aldrich to keep them there.
• Aldrich told Sean that suspected Death Eaters or Dark Wizards had twice approached the orphanage, and Sean promised to address the danger.
• Sean returned to Hogwarts and decided to trigger two Horcruxes so he could face Voldemort without fleeing.
• As Fudge blamed the latest disturbances on Death Eaters or Dark Wizards, Scrimgeour and Marchbanks began coordinating their moves within the Ministry.

Scrimgeour gathered young Aurors to oppose the Ministry’s denial of Voldemort’s return while coordinating covertly with the Order of the Phoenix. At Malfoy Manor, Voldemort questioned his followers about recruiting Dementors and giants, then punished Old Goyle and Old Crabbe for lying before Lucius urged him to give them another chance.

• Scrimgeour welcomed a young Auror into his effort to prepare for Voldemort’s return and told his assistant to help Madam Marchbanks’s group only if they asked.
• Scrimgeour’s allies and the Order of the Phoenix shared intelligence and captured newly recruited Death Eaters, but learned little about Voldemort’s plans or whereabouts.
• Barty Crouch Jr. told Voldemort that the Dementors of Azkaban were open to an alliance but still negotiating for future benefits.
• Old Goyle and Old Crabbe claimed the giants were willing to cooperate, and Voldemort accused them of lying and tortured them.
• Lucius asked Voldemort to let Old Goyle and Old Crabbe redeem themselves through their knowledge of the giants.

Voldemort tasked Borel with backing Dolores Umbridge as a future Minister of Magic to undermine Hogwarts and Dumbledore. Meanwhile, Sean destroyed Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, gained stronger abilities, and began his fifth Magic Awakening by drawing in a thicker, longer thread from the void.

• Voldemort postponed Old Goyle and Old Crabbe's punishments, ordering them to win the Giants over or face worse consequences.
• Borel proposed supporting Dolores Umbridge as Minister of Magic and using Fudge as a stepping stone, and Voldemort assigned him the task.
• Sean cut open Marvolo Gaunt's Ring and gained Cruciatus Curse LV5, Apparition LV5, Stunning Spell LV4, and progress toward Magic Awakening.
• Sean endured his fifth Magic Awakening while conscious and pulled a thicker, longer thread from the void into his body.

After Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring triggered Sean’s fifth Magic Awakening and raised his Spiritual Vision to LV3, Dumbledore sent him to investigate the Giant Settlement and find Hagrid and Madame Maxime. Sean left Hogwarts through the Headmaster’s fireplace, heading to Diagon Alley before continuing toward the giants.

• Sean underwent his fifth Magic Awakening, and his Spiritual Vision Ability advanced from LV1 to LV3.
• Blaise told Sean that Dumbledore wanted to see him, and Sean learned the headmaster had gone missing while Hagrid and Madame Maxime were investigating giants.
• Phineas Black told Sean that Hagrid and Madame Maxime had lost contact and that Death Eaters were also trying to contact the giants.
• Sean learned the Giant Settlement’s location and used Dumbledore’s authority to leave Hogwarts through the Headmaster’s Office fireplace.
• Sean disguised himself with a hooded cloak and Flooed to Diagon Alley.

Sean infiltrated the Giant Settlement and learned that the giants had allied with Voldemort’s Death Eaters and imprisoned Hagrid and Maxime. He controlled a giant to reach the settlement, then found the two captives locked in a bone cell.

• Sean used Parseltongue to lead a snake to a sleeping giant and read the giant’s memories, discovering that Goyle’s and Crabbe’s fathers had visited the tribe and that Hagrid and Maxime were prisoners.
• Sean used the Imperius Curse to control the giant and rode on his shoulder toward the Giant Settlement.
• Sean concealed himself when another giant approached, then entered the settlement alone while remaining invisible.
• Sean found Hagrid and Maxime imprisoned in a cell made from the bones of a Fire Dragon-like Magical Creature.

Sean rescued Hagrid and Madame Maxime from the Giants’ prison, but Hagrid charged into a fight to protect his younger brother Grawp. Grawp shielded the injured Hagrid as the Giants closed in, while Sean prepared to intervene.

• Sean cut through the dragon-bone cell’s lock with Fiendfyre and used a Disillusionment Charm to lead Hagrid and Madame Maxime out.
• Hagrid accidentally knocked over a jar, but the Giants did not notice the noise, and the three continued toward the edge of the tribe.
• They saw two Giants bullying Grawp, and Hagrid charged in to defend his younger brother.
• Sean agreed to help Hagrid while Madame Maxime went to retrieve their Wands.
• The Giants battered Hagrid until he fell, but Grawp knocked down one attacker and shielded him as the others charged.

Sean intervened when Giants attacked Hagrid and Grawp, helping them escape before facing the tribe alone. He fought off several Giants but was suddenly struck by a beam of dim yellow light and blasted into the ground.

• Sean restrained the attacking Giants with massive hands of earth and stone, then told Hagrid to escape with Grawp.
• Grawp carried the injured Hagrid away, and Madame Maxime followed while Sean stayed behind to fight.
• Sean blinded and electrocuted an armored Giant, froze another, and smashed two Giants together with smoky hands.
• Sean used Disillusionment and Sectumsempra to kill a Giant and moved to attack another.
• A dim yellow beam struck Sean and blasted him into the ground.

Sean faced three aberrant Giants and discovered that defeating other Giants had granted him abilities that greatly strengthened his body. After the many-eyed Giant exposed his invisibility and the Giant King knocked him down, Sean charged the king bare-handed.

• Sean recognized the three unusual Giants as a Cyclops, a five-armed Giant King, and a many-eyed Giant, while six Death Eaters stood with them.
• Sean checked his panel and gained Giant Combat Style, Troll Strength, and Giant Physique from the Giants he had defeated.
• The many-eyed Giant detected Sean through his Disillusionment Charm and guided the Cyclops's attacks by sharing his observations.
• The many-eyed Giant dispelled Sean's invisibility, and a nearby Giant struck him through a wall.
• Sean charged the many-eyed Giant, but the Giant King struck him into the ground after Sean drove back surrounding Giants.
• Sean tore off his clothes, put his Wand in his boot, and charged the Giant King bare-handed.

Sean fought the Giants in their settlement, gaining a stronger Giant Physique before a Death Eater blasted him with an Explosion Charm. He used Herbivicus and an illusion to throw the Giants and Death Eaters into confusion, then appeared behind the many-eyed giant as it tried to warn the others.

• Sean killed two Giants and fought an axe-wielding giant, gaining Giant Physique LV3 after the deaths.
• A Death Eater struck Sean with an Explosion Charm, but his injuries began healing quickly.
• Sean recognized a young Death Eater from Slytherin and used Herbivicus to make the settlement’s plants grow into a vast forest.
• An illusion made the Giants and Death Eaters see Ministry Aurors and attack one another.
• The many-eyed giant realized the others were under an illusion and tried to warn them, but Sean silently appeared behind him.

Sean killed Argos, whose final act freed the giants from Shadow of the Boggart, then absorbed Argos’s abilities and challenged Olanides. Their fight began with Sean transforming into his White Snake King form and hurling Olanides into a mountainside.

• Sean used Shadow of the Boggart to make the giants and Death Eaters attack one another, then killed Argos with Sectumsempra.
• Before dying, Argos freed Olanides from the illusion, and Olanides’s roar helped the giants regain their senses.
• Sean extracted Argos’s Giant Combat Style, Troll Strength, and Titan Vision, which merged with his Spiritual Vision.
• Sean declared that he would destroy Olanides’s tribe for siding with Voldemort, and Olanides vowed the Descendants of Titans would never be slaves.
• Sean transformed into his White Snake King form, coiled around Olanides, and flung him into a mountainside.

Sean defeated Olanides and destroyed the Giant Tribe to prevent the Giants from joining The Dark Lord. After reuniting with Hagrid and Madame Maxime, he suggested dealing with Werewolves and Dementors as well.

• Sean escaped the Giants’ restraints, used Cyclops’ eyebeam against them, and killed Cyclops after binding him.
• Sean wounded Olanides, cut off his jaw, declared the Giant Tribe erased from the giant race’s records, and killed the remaining Giants.
• Sean destroyed the settlement with Fiendfyre, then returned to Hagrid and Madame Maxime.
• Sean told Madame Maxime the Giants would no longer threaten them and suggested dealing with Werewolves and Dementors before The Dark Lord recruited them.

Sean settled Grawp in a hidden cave in the Forbidden Forest, while tensions grew between Umbridge and Fudge over her authority at Hogwarts. The chapter ended with Harry waking from a vision that Voldemort’s snake had badly injured Arthur Weasley.

• Sean, Hagrid, and Madame Maxime brought Grawp into the Forbidden Forest and concealed his new home.
• Sean told Hagrid that the Ministry had replaced him as Care of Magical Creatures professor, then returned to Hogwarts after asking him to remain as gamekeeper.
• Sean gained modified abilities from Cyclops and Olanides, including Spiritual Vision Beams and Titan Hand.
• Hagrid secretly visited Grawp, while Umbridge grew resentful after Fudge refused to expand her authority at Hogwarts.
• Umbridge met with Mr. Bulstrode before returning to Hogwarts.
• Harry woke in a panic and told Ron that Voldemort’s giant snake had bitten Arthur Weasley and left him badly injured.

After Arthur Weasley was attacked, Sean warned Harry that Voldemort might be exploiting their connection to feed him misleading visions. Sean then received an urgent report that Death Eaters were near the Orphanage and three children had gone missing, and he arrived to investigate.

• Sean visited Arthur Weasley at St Mungo's and found Molly, the Weasley children, Harry, and Hermione with him.
• Sean confronted Harry about abandoning Legilimency practice and warned that Voldemort might know Harry was watching through his eyes and could use the connection to mislead them.
• Harry realized Voldemort might have attacked Arthur to test the connection, while Sean decided Dumbledore needed to know but could not locate him.
• An owl delivered Aldrich's letter reporting Death Eaters near the Orphanage and three missing children, so Sean left St Mungo's.
• Sean arrived near the Orphanage, sensed suspicious figures nearby, cast the Disillusionment Charm, and moved toward them.

Sean learned from a Death Eater that Avery and Yaxley were leading the operation and that they had captured three children. He rescued the children, then confronted the Death Eaters, whose reactions to him left him puzzled.

• Sean used Legilimency on a Death Eater near the Orphanage and learned that Avery and Yaxley were leading the operation and had captured three children.
• Avery and Yaxley discussed forcing the children to reveal the location protected by the Fidelius Charm and considered using the Cruciatus Curse.
• Sean found the unconscious children, transformed them into hamsters, and tucked them into his robe.
• Yaxley recognized Sean and tried to Apparate, but Sean's Anti-Apparition Charm trapped him inside the house.
• Sean reflected the spells of two Death Eaters and watched Avery kneel and beg for forgiveness after Yaxley identified him as the Master's other half.