Chapter Summaries

After defeating Surtur, Sean absorbed the Flame Magic Rule and claimed the Sword of the Flame Demon, then left the Frost Giants to pursue the two wizards who had turned them against him. Meanwhile, Zals tried to persuade Diggs to flee with him, but Diggs remained torn over whether to stay loyal to Sean.

• Sean absorbed Surtur's humanoid flames, gained the Flame Magic Rule, and merged the Sword of the Flame Demon into his arm as a tattoo.
• Sean led Laufey and the Frost Giants out of the mountain hollow and sealed the passage behind them.
• Sean gave Laufey a badge-like object and asked the Frost Giant Clan to fight for him if it reacted.
• Sean left to confront the two wizards who had stirred up trouble, and Laufey warned him that they were cunning former followers of Grindelwald.
• Zals urged Diggs to leave for South Africa, but Diggs hesitated because of his admiration for Sean's lord and uncertainty about Sean's attitude toward him.

Sean defeated Zals after Zals and Diggs attacked him, then spared Diggs and warned him to keep the others away. At Hogwarts, Diana apologized for her followers’ actions and asked Sean to lead her organization of old-timers.

• Zals attacked Sean with the Killing Curse and Fiendfyre, while Diggs tried to stop him.
• Sean absorbed Zals’s Fiendfyre, burned him to charcoal, and sealed his remains in an ice stele.
• Sean spared Diggs out of respect for Grindelwald and warned him not to send anyone after him again.
• Sean met Diana at the Forbidden Forest cottage after delivering a tree heart to Ollivander for a new Wand.
• Diana apologized for Zals’s actions and asked Sean to lead her organization.

Sean accepted Grindelwald’s followers as a force under his command and postponed his final Magic Awakening while preparing to confront Voldemort. Meanwhile, Malfoy’s Slytherin gathering ended, and Sandra fled Snape toward the abandoned girls’ lavatory, hoping to escape through the rumored passage.

• Dumbledore explained to Sean that Grindelwald had intended to place his followers under Sean’s command, and Sean returned to Hogwarts after speaking with him.
• Sean considered the last Horcrux in his possession, Hufflepuff’s Goblet, but decided to delay his seventh Magic Awakening until after Voldemort was defeated.
• Malfoy left a Room of Requirement meeting attended by Death Eater children and interested Slytherin students, reflecting on Voldemort’s task and the Head of House’s role.
• Sandra fled Snape and rushed toward the abandoned girls’ lavatory, hoping to use the rumored passage to escape.

Sean used Sandra to reveal the repaired Vanishing Cabinet to Voldemort, who planned to test it with a sabotage mission before attacking Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, Antonius read Sean’s completed alchemy paper and thanked him as his time drew near.

• Sean let Sandra discover that the Vanishing Cabinet could be used to invade Hogwarts, then erased memories of the cabinet’s Borgin & Burkes half and arranged for Sandra to return it to Hogwarts.
• Sandra told his Death Eater parents about the cabinet, and they brought him to Voldemort, who ordered them to retrieve it.
• Voldemort agreed with Bellatrix that the cabinet offered a chance to seize Hogwarts, but decided to send a team to sabotage the school first in case Sean and Dumbledore had set a trap.
• Antonius and Nicholas examined the Sword of the Flame Demon and marveled at its ancient alchemy.
• Antonius asked Sean to show him his paper in Magic Stone, revealed he had known Sean had finished it, and thanked him before he disappeared.

Sean completed the enormous Hogwarts magic circle, intending to use the Resurrection Stone to preserve Master Antonius's soul rather than resurrect him. He and Dumbledore agreed to proceed with the riskier Second Plan, and Snape told Malfoy to begin carrying it out while keeping himself safe.

• Sean finished the final node of the magic circle and told Dumbledore that the Resurrection Stone was its core item.
• Sean explained that he wanted to preserve Master Antonius's soul from dissipating, since he knew Antonius could not be resurrected.
• Sean and Dumbledore agreed to the Second Plan, with Dumbledore trusting Sean's Life Alchemy to withstand Voldemort's Dark Magic.
• Snape deducted points from Harry and Hermione, then gave Malfoy detention after Malfoy collided with him while rushing from class.
• Snape told Malfoy that Sean wanted him to begin the Second Plan and focus on staying safe.

Voldemort believed Dumbledore had been struck by the cursed letter and ordered his followers to prepare to seize Hogwarts on Halloween. At Bulstrode Manor, Cesar revealed his newly awakened magic to Sean, who flew with him above the manor.

• Bellatrix told Voldemort that Draco had delivered the cursed letter to Dumbledore, and Voldemort ordered his followers to prepare to take Hogwarts on Halloween.
• Sean told Gavin that his preparations were complete and invited him to attend a Halloween celebration at Hogwarts.
• Cesar showed Sean that he could make unopened flowers bloom with magic, and Sean took him flying above Bulstrode Manor.
• Gavin told Yad that he would love Cesar whether or not the child could use magic.

Snape helped Dumbledore conceal his plan to use his apparent curse as bait for Voldemort and learned that Harry might have to face Voldemort to remove the Horcrux inside him. At the Halloween feast, Sandra watched Dumbledore’s weakened appearance and prepared to carry out the Dark Lord’s command.

• Snape gave Dumbledore a potion and questioned his plan to lure Voldemort by appearing cursed.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Harry might have to face Voldemort so Voldemort could remove the Soul fragment, despite the danger to Harry.
• Snape became furious at the risk to Lily’s child, but trusted Sean’s preparations to protect Harry.
• Snape and Professor McGonagall helped Dumbledore into the Great Hall for the Halloween feast, where students saw his frail condition.
• Sandra admired Malfoy’s role in cursing Dumbledore and waited for the feast to begin before carrying out the Dark Lord’s command.

During the Halloween feast, Sandra helped Lucius Malfoy and a group of Dark Wizards enter Hogwarts through the Chamber of Secrets to attack the school and kill Dumbledore. Lucius said Voldemort had already arranged for Sean Bulstrode to be kept from interfering with their mission.

• Snape told Professor McGonagall that he was still researching a way to lift Dumbledore's curse, and he rebuked Sirius for suggesting they search Slytherin students' memories.
• Sandra left the feast and used Parseltongue to open the Chamber of Secrets, where he brought out a Vanishing Cabinet.
• Lucius Malfoy, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabbastan Lestrange, and other Dark Wizards emerged from the cabinet and assembled in the chamber.
• Lucius announced that the group would occupy Hogwarts and kill Dumbledore to welcome Voldemort.
• When a German Dark Wizard asked whether Sean Bulstrode was at Hogwarts, Lucius said Voldemort had sent someone to keep Sean from reaching the school.

Sean left Bulstrode Manor to confront Voldemort’s forces in London, reassuring his family and leaving Gavin to guard the manor. Trapped by a barrier that sealed London, Sean defeated the Dark Wizards and Werewolves who attacked him.

• Sean reassured Yad and Martha that he would return by breakfast, while Yad acknowledged that the object Sean had given Martha could let Squibs use magic again.
• Sean told Gavin to protect the people at Bulstrode Manor, and Gavin agreed to guard them while Sean left for the operation.
• Sean emerged into a London alley and sensed Voldemort’s Dark Wizards and Werewolves closing in on him.
• Sean discovered that space-time around London had been sealed, preventing him from Apparating away, and he repelled the first attacker with his Wand.
• Sean summoned storm clouds that consumed the Dark Wizards attacking him, then concealed the magical battle from ordinary people with a force field.
• Sean plunged to the ground and raised pillars of fire beneath the remaining Werewolves and Dark Wizards, engulfing them.

Sean discovered that Voldemort’s seal grew stronger by absorbing the souls of the Dark Wizards and Werewolves it killed, then traced its source to a magical item hidden in the sewers. Using his new Wand to connect to the Magic Web, he found the Rule behind Sectumsempra and split the seal and its item apart.

• Sean found himself trapped inside a seal strengthened by the souls of the Dark Wizards and Werewolves it had killed.
• Sean searched the area with Black Smoke, found Voldemort’s magical item in the sewers, and failed to break its barrier with Diffindo.
• Sean used his new Wand to strike the barrier, but stopped when the clash threatened to damage the street and endanger its people.
• Sean connected to the Magic Web and recognized that Sectumsempra embodied the Rule of Separation.
• Sean invoked Separation, splitting the magical item’s barrier and the seal over the street into left and right halves.

Lucius led a group of Dark Wizards into Hogwarts to reach Dumbledore, while students and professors fought to repel the invasion. Harry learned Dumbledore was in danger and headed for the Astronomy Tower, where he confronted Draco.

• Lucius ordered the Dark Wizards to avoid harming students unless necessary, and they charged from the abandoned girls' lavatory toward the Great Hall.
• Sirius, the professors, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other students fought the attackers as the students evacuated the Great Hall.
• Harry learned the invaders were targeting Dumbledore and left to warn him, but McGonagall told him Dumbledore was hiding in the Astronomy Tower.
• Harry insisted on protecting Dumbledore and ran to the Astronomy Tower, where he saw Draco and exchanged spells with him.

Harry pursued Draco to the top of the tower, where Lucius intervened and faced Harry while Draco escaped. Snape continued fighting the Lestrange Brothers as the plan to have Lucius kill Dumbledore and await Voldemort proceeded.

• Harry chased Draco up the tower and forced him into a corner with a Stunning Spell.
• Lucius arrived, ordered Draco to leave, and Draco escaped through a window to a nearby rooftop.
• Harry and Lucius exchanged spells on the stairs while Snape fought the Lestrange Brothers.
• Snape drove Rabbastan into a wall, then resumed his attack on both brothers to create an opportunity for Lucius to kill Dumbledore.
• Snape unleashed Sectumsempra against the Lestrange Brothers.

Snape and Lucius prepared Dumbledore’s staged death to lure Voldemort to Hogwarts. Dumbledore died under Lucius’s Killing Curse, and Voldemort arrived as Harry awoke and met his gaze.

• Snape killed the Lestrange Brothers with Sectumsempra, and Lucius knocked Harry unconscious.
• Snape revealed that Sectumsempra had touched the Annihilation Rule, then criticized Lucius for failing to protect Draco.
• Dumbledore confirmed that his death was meant to draw Voldemort to Hogwarts and help Harry reach the realm of death safely.
• Snape gave Dumbledore potions and placed an enchanted Badge on his chest before Lucius struck him with a Killing Curse.
• Dumbledore’s curse formed the Dark Mark in the sky, and Voldemort emerged from the Chamber of Secrets as Harry woke and met his gaze.

Voldemort overwhelmed Harry at Hogwarts, broke the castle’s Apparition barrier, and summoned his followers. He questioned Lucius about the Lestrange brothers’ deaths, but Draco’s explanation led Voldemort to accept that Lucius had killed Dumbledore.

• Voldemort knocked Harry down, dismissed his Cruciatus Curse, then seized him and carried him to Hogwarts’ plaza.
• Voldemort broke the prohibition against Apparition and used the Dark Mark to summon his Death Eaters and other followers.
• Voldemort asked Lucius where Rodolphus and Rabbastan were, and Lucius said they had died trying to kill Dumbledore.
• Bellatrix accused Lucius of hiding the truth, and Voldemort pressed him to explain how the Lestrange brothers died.
• Draco said Snape had killed the brothers and Lucius had taken the chance to kill Dumbledore; Lucius confirmed the account, and Voldemort accepted it.

Harry challenged Voldemort after Dumbledore’s death, but Voldemort killed him and demanded that Hogwarts submit. Sean Bulstrode appeared and vowed to fight Voldemort rather than let Hogwarts fall under his control.

• Voldemort dismissed Bellatrix’s concerns over the Lestrange Brothers’ deaths, prioritizing Dumbledore’s assassination.
• Harry challenged Voldemort and launched a Killing Curse, but Voldemort’s curse overwhelmed his and killed him.
• Hermione and Ron attacked Voldemort, but Lucius blocked them and blasted them away.
• Voldemort declared that Hogwarts belonged to him and ordered everyone to kneel and submit.
• Sean Bulstrode emerged and vowed to raise his Wand against Voldemort to protect Hogwarts and its students.

Harry encountered Dumbledore at King's Cross, where they trapped and destroyed the Voldemort soul fragment living inside Harry. Dumbledore revealed that Harry was a Horcrux and that he was not dead; he and Sean had planned the events to remove the fragment and prepare for Sean's larger plan.

• Harry arrived at a bright King's Cross Station and saw Voldemort's black smoke surge through the windows.
• Dumbledore appeared and used Fawkes and bands of light to subdue the smoke and trap Voldemort's bloodied soul fragment.
• Dumbledore explained that the fragment had been parasitizing Harry and confirmed that Harry was a Horcrux Voldemort had created by chance.
• Harry believed his death had cost Voldemort a Horcrux and would let Sean defeat him, but Dumbledore told him he was not dead.
• Dumbledore revealed that he and Sean had used his apparent death to draw Voldemort out, remove the soul fragment, and set Sean's plan in motion.

The battle for Hogwarts intensified as Snape, Flitwick, and the defenders tried to hold back Voldemort’s forces until Sean returned. Snape confronted Voldemort, then joined Sirius Black and Lupin in attacking him, while a storm advanced toward Hogwarts from London.

• Snape and Flitwick fought off Death Eaters and werewolves as Snape urged the defenders to fall back into Hogwarts and wait for Sean.
• Voldemort appeared behind Snape, who attacked him with Sectumsempra and resisted his fear of his former master.
• Voldemort blasted Snape away and prepared to kill him, but Sirius Black and Lupin intervened and destroyed his curse.
• Snape stood with Lupin and Sirius, and the three attacked Voldemort while he prevented Bellatrix and Barty Crouch Jr. from joining the fight.
• Bellatrix continued fighting McGonagall, Sprout, and Mrs. Weasley as Barty guarded Harry’s corpse, while a storm surged toward Hogwarts from London.

Sirius Black, Lupin, and Snape fought Voldemort together, but Voldemort’s overwhelming magic kept them on the defensive. As Snape and Sirius attacked him inside the black smoke, a Green Giant Serpent appeared and blasted a figure who had shoved Snape out of danger.

• Sirius Black transformed into a dog and used the crowd as cover while closing in on Voldemort, who overwhelmed him, Lupin, and Snape with spells and a blast of black smoke.
• Voldemort fired a Killing Curse at Sirius, but Lupin deflected it with an Explosion Charm, and he and Sirius recovered to resume their attack.
• Snape’s spells weakened Voldemort’s Protego, leading Voldemort to recognize Snape’s progress toward comprehending the Magic Rule and target him with black smoke.
• Sirius broke through the smoke as Snape attacked Voldemort, but a Green Giant Serpent swallowed their spells and fired a blazing breath at Snape.
• An unidentified figure shoved Snape aside and was swallowed by the Green Giant Serpent’s breath.

Sean Bulstrode arrived at Hogwarts just as Voldemort’s powerful Killing Curse was about to kill Snape. He revealed that Dumbledore and Harry were not dead, then activated the Alchemy Arrays surrounding Hogwarts and the beam around Harry’s body.

• Lupin saved Sirius after Sirius transformed into a black dog to survive Voldemort’s attack, while Snape gave Lupin potions for him.
• Snape attacked Voldemort, but Voldemort’s Killing Curse overwhelmed Snape’s own and advanced toward him.
• Sean Bulstrode arrived, deflected Voldemort’s curse, and pulled Snape to safety.
• Voldemort claimed Harry Potter and Dumbledore were dead, but Sean denied it.
• Sean fired a jade-green signal into the sky, activating Alchemy Arrays across Hogwarts and beams around the Astronomy Tower and Harry Potter’s body.

Harry and Dumbledore returned to life through the jade-green doorway, while Dumbledore sent Voldemort’s trapped Soul fragment away on a train to the realm of death. Their resurrection shattered the Death Eaters’ confidence, and Voldemort fixed his gaze on Sean.

• Dumbledore sent Harry through the jade-green doorway, telling him he would follow after settling his loose ends.
• Dumbledore apologized to Voldemort’s Soul fragment and sent it away on the train bound for the realm of death.
• Harry returned to Hogwarts, where Hermione and Ron embraced him and he nodded to Sean.
• Dumbledore returned beside Sean as Fawkes circled the Astronomy Tower.
• Nearly thirty percent of Voldemort’s dark wizards fled, and Voldemort turned his attention to Sean.