Recaps

The system gave Allen Vane a wand made from Jianmu and Zhulong Whisker, materials suited to his soul’s passage across worlds and timelines. Its first resonance unleashed a pillar of light over London, but Allen learned that his home was hidden in a subspace and went to sleep with the wand beside him.

• The system analyzed Allen’s essence and chose Jianmu wood and a Zhulong Whisker core for his wand.
• Allen took hold of the wand and felt it resonate with his magic.
• Allen lost control of his magic, sending a silvery-white pillar of light through his apartment and into the London sky.
• People near Baker Street saw the light vanish and speculated about its cause.
• The system told Allen that his building occupied a hidden subspace that neither Muggle technology nor wizard detection spells could locate.
• Allen praised the wand, placed it beside his pillow, and went to sleep.

Readers and newspapers across Britain praised the wisdom and emotional depth of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, focusing on memorable lines about dreams, death, truth, courage, and love. Meanwhile, a wizard noticed that Muggles had reported a mysterious pillar of light over London and wondered who had performed the magic.

• Arthur Pendleton wrote to Literary Review, reflecting on Dumbledore's warning to Harry not to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
• Richard Halloran praised Dumbledore's description of death as the next great adventure, and newspapers highlighted other memorable lines from the book.
• James Harper discussed the dangers and value of truth, while The Independent examined the courage it took to stand up to friends.
• The Sunday Times explored the protection Lily Potter's love gave Harry, and a counselor described how the book helped her reassure clients.
• Newspapers widely covered Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, while tabloids reported a mysterious pillar of light over London.
• A man in an ill-fitting overcoat picked up a tabloid near Baker Street and wondered who had performed the magic.

Elias Hunt returned to the Ministry of Magic and learned that Minister Fudge had banned Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, ordering confiscated copies transferred to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. As Hunt and his colleagues began moving the books, they decided to secretly read them instead, leaving the transfer delayed.

• Hunt discussed the unexplained pillar of light and the popular Harry Potter book with Tom at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Hunt and Martha learned that Fudge had banned the book and that the Ministry was considering stricter penalties for possessing it.
• Hunt’s colleagues described the disruption caused by Muggles searching for the wizarding world and revealed they had confiscated thousands of copies.
• Silas Quildon ordered the department to transfer all confiscated books to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement before evening.
• Hunt, Brown, Lillian, and their colleagues chose to pause the work and secretly read the confiscated books.

A massive thunderstorm disrupted Bloomsbury Publishing’s overseas shipment of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, scattering copies from the sky. Books began falling into the wizarding world, where Hagrid and Blotts found them, and Rita Skeeter spotted one at her window.

• Christopher felt uneasy despite Barry’s report that the book’s overseas publishing plans were going smoothly, as a severe storm gathered over Britain.
• Pilot Jack steered the cargo plane carrying more than a hundred thousand copies beneath the storm clouds, but turbulence caused the left engine to fail.
• Hagrid found a copy of the book outside his hut and went inside to read it by the fire.
• Blotts was struck by a falling copy in Diagon Alley, then saw countless books raining down and hurried toward Flourish and Blotts.
• Rita Skeeter saw a copy of the complete edition strike her window and land on the windowsill.

Lucius Malfoy, Tom, Molly Weasley, and Ministry workers read the complete book about Harry Potter and discovered what happened during Harry’s first year at Hogwarts. Hunt reached the revelation that Professor Quirrell was serving You-Know-Who, whose face was hidden on the back of Quirrell’s head.

• Lucius Malfoy found the complete book and realized it revealed Draco’s midnight-duel trick to the Wizarding World.
• Tom read about Ron defeating a troll with the Levitation Charm and praised the first-year Weasley to patrons at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Molly Weasley read about Harry seeing his parents in the Mirror of Erised and felt sympathy for him, then smiled at Ron’s ambitions.
• Hunt, Brown, and Lillian read that Quirrell was the real villain and that Snape had secretly protected Harry.
• Hunt saw the face on the back of Quirrell’s head and recognized it as You-Know-Who.

Dumbledore realized the book accurately described events at Hogwarts and feared his plan to kill Voldemort would fail. After Hagrid reported that Voldemort had returned, Dumbledore explained that the book was not a prophecy and considered using its details to stop him.

• Dumbledore reviewed his plan to lure Voldemort to Hogwarts and noticed the book described Harry’s progress and the midnight duel accurately.
• Dumbledore questioned Filch, who confirmed that someone had warned him about students going to the Trophy Room at midnight.
• Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort would escape and wondered whether Grindelwald was connected to the mysterious book’s author.
• Hagrid arrived with a copy of the book and told Dumbledore that You-Know-Who was back and possessing Professor Quirrell.
• Dumbledore refused to inform the Ministry without evidence and promised Hagrid he would protect Harry.
• Dumbledore told Hagrid the book was too detailed to be a prophecy, and Hagrid asked whether they could use it to capture or destroy Voldemort.

Dumbledore decided Voldemort’s weakened state was an opportunity to act, so he planned to assemble the Order of the Phoenix while Hagrid watched Quirrell and informed Harry. At the Ministry, Quildon reported the book’s warning to Fudge, who struggled to accept that Voldemort was possessing Professor Quirrell at Hogwarts.

• Dumbledore told Hagrid that Voldemort was possessing Quirrell and that they needed to act before Voldemort regained strength.
• Dumbledore planned to summon former members of the Order of the Phoenix and ordered Hagrid to watch Quirrell, keep the matter secret, and inform Harry.
• Dumbledore left by Floo Powder to gather the Order, while Hagrid went to watch the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher’s office.
• Hunt, Brown, and Lillian reported to Quildon that the book’s second half said Voldemort was possessing Professor Quirrell.
• Quildon told Hunt, Brown, and Lillian to keep quiet, then took the book to Minister Fudge and warned him that Voldemort was at Hogwarts.

Fudge called an emergency Ministry meeting after learning that the book claimed Voldemort was alive at Hogwarts, then ordered Aurors to capture Quirrell before Dumbledore could act. At Malfoy Manor, Lucius decided to distance himself from Voldemort and rallied pure-blood families to support Dumbledore.

• Fudge rejected the book's claims at first, but Quildon urged him to act after Department of Mysteries experts confirmed its accuracy.
• Fudge summoned department heads, and Quildon told them that Voldemort had possessed a Hogwarts professor and sought the Philosopher's Stone.
• Hector Barlow reported that Dumbledore was making frequent visits to members of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Fudge ordered Rufus Scrimgeour to mobilize the Aurors and arrest Quirrell before Dumbledore arrived.
• Lucius Malfoy read the book, judged that Voldemort was too weak to back, and wrote to pure-blood family heads urging them to support Dumbledore.

After learning that he had transmigrated into the Harry Potter world, Allen received rewards for his book’s impact, including greater magic power and Flitwick’s duelling skills. The system then sent him on a mandatory emergency quest at St Margaret’s Bay, and he teleported there.

• Allen learned that the Wizarding World existed and that his book had become widely read despite being banned by the Ministry of Magic.
• The system reassured Allen that no magical means could locate his subspace and awarded him a Quirrell character card and a third-tier magic power enhancement.
• Allen drew Filius Flitwick’s max-level magical combat techniques and absorbed his duelling knowledge.
• The system triggered a nonrefusable quest to eliminate the effects of an unforeseen incident at St Margaret’s Bay in Kent.
• Allen accepted the quest and used the system’s temporary teleportation service to leave his apartment.

Voldemort escaped the Aurors at Hogwarts and fled to St Margaret’s Bay, where a mysterious newcomer stopped him from killing a fisherman. The newcomer introduced himself as “a hero for fun.”

• Voldemort took control of Quirrell’s body and escaped through the office window, evading the Aurors with a Flight Spell, black mist, and an enchanted incense burner.
• The Aurors found Quirrell’s office empty, while Dumbledore freed Hagrid and blamed Fudge’s unauthorized raid for alerting Voldemort.
• Voldemort fled Hogwarts, exhausted himself with successive spells, and eventually reached St Margaret’s Bay.
• Voldemort ordered a fisherman to take him out to sea and fired a Killing Curse when the man refused.
• A trench-coated stranger deflected Voldemort’s curse and called himself “a hero for fun.”

Allen encountered Voldemort on a beach at St Margaret's Bay and stopped him from killing a fisherman, using the Quirrell character card. After the fisherman escaped, Voldemort handed control of his body to Quirrell, who prepared to fight Allen.

• Allen spotted Voldemort threatening a fisherman and learned from the system that Voldemort had escaped Hogwarts because of the Ministry of Magic's early operation, triggered by Allen's book.
• As Voldemort fired the Killing Curse at the fisherman, Allen instinctively used the Quirrell character card and deflected the curse with a red beam.
• Allen told Voldemort he was protecting the fisherman, then urged the terrified man to run; the fisherman fled toward the village.
• Voldemort chose not to pursue the fisherman and, low on magic, gave control of his body to Quirrell and ordered him to deal with Allen.
• Quirrell pointed his wand at Allen and was surprised to see that Allen's opening stance resembled his own.

Allen defeated Quirrell in a duel, but Quirrell chose to die on Allen’s wand, allowing Voldemort’s remnant soul to escape. Allen erased the fisherman’s memories and left the beach, where Ministry investigators soon discovered Quirrell’s body.

• Allen and Quirrell exchanged spells on the beach, and Allen dodged Quirrell’s silent Killing Curse before disarming him.
• Quirrell reflected on his past and his crimes, then lunged onto the tip of Allen’s wand and died.
• Voldemort’s remnant soul emerged from Quirrell and escaped after Allen’s spells passed through it.
• Allen erased the fisherman’s memories of the incident and Apparated away from the beach.
• Hunt, Brown, and Lillian arrived to investigate the magical disturbance, and Hunt recognized Quirrell’s body.

Scrimgeour investigated Quirrell’s death and used a Time-Turner to observe the events at St Margaret’s Bay, hoping to identify Quirrell’s killer. When he focused on the stranger’s wand, a mysterious eye overwhelmed him, shattering the hourglass and leaving him injured.

• Scrimgeour examined Quirrell’s body, found signs that You-Know-Who had left it, and learned that a fisherman’s memory had been charmed.
• Scrimgeour reported his findings to Amelia Bones, who lent him a Time-Turner so he could observe the scene without interfering.
• Scrimgeour traveled back an hour and watched You-Know-Who threaten the fisherman before a man in a black trench coat approached.
• Scrimgeour became fixated on the stranger’s wand and saw a vast, time-filled eye that looked down at him with contempt.
• The vision shattered, and Scrimgeour returned to the fishing village with bleeding eyes as the broken Time-Turner and its spilled sand lay at his feet.

Scrimgeour reported that a mysterious wizard with a slit pupil had thrown him back to his original time, but the crucial moment was missing from his memory. At St. Mungo’s, Dumbledore and the others watched the fisherman’s restored memories and saw the trench-coated wizard effortlessly defeat Quirrell, leaving Dumbledore wondering whether the stranger was a “champion of justice for fun.”

• Scrimgeour returned to the Ministry and told Dumbledore and Fudge that a mysterious wizard had intervened on the beach, shown him a divine-looking slit pupil, and shattered his Time-Turner.
• Dumbledore examined Scrimgeour’s memory in the Pensieve but found the encounter missing, so he arranged for the Department of Mysteries to investigate.
• A Ministry messenger reported that the fisherman’s memories had mostly been restored, and Dumbledore and Scrimgeour went to St. Mungo’s while Fudge stayed behind.
• Dumbledore drew the fisherman’s memory into a Pensieve, and the assembled Order members and Ministry wizards watched Voldemort threaten the fisherman before the trench-coated stranger intervened.
• The trench-coated stranger overwhelmed Quirrell with a relentless barrage of spells, disarmed him, and watched him take his own life as Voldemort’s remnant fled.
• Dumbledore replayed the duel as the group marveled at the stranger’s skill, then wondered aloud whether he was a champion of justice for fun.

After Allen returned from Kent and completed an emergency mission, a Daily Prophet article about Voldemort possessing Quirrell triggered panic across the Wizarding World. Dumbledore assured Hogwarts that the castle was safe but refused to explain Quirrell’s absence, while the Ministry faced growing public demands for answers.

• Allen used Apparition six times to return to London, completed his mission, gained Quirrell’s nonverbal spellcasting techniques, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• A veteran Daily Prophet editor published an article suggesting Voldemort had possessed Quirrell, and rumors spread through Diagon Alley.
• Parents sent Howlers urging students to leave Hogwarts, but Dumbledore told the Great Hall that the castle was safe and said Quirrell was unwell.
• Harry and Hermione questioned Dumbledore’s explanation while students speculated about Quirrell and Snape.
• Reporters confronted Dumbledore outside Hogwarts, but he refused to reveal where Quirrell was recuperating, intensifying rumors about Quirrell’s death and Voldemort’s return.
• Crowds gathered outside the Ministry of Magic and demanded that Minister Fudge explain what had happened.

As the crowd outside the Ministry grew, Fudge decided to redirect public attention by paying Rita Skeeter to write about Dumbledore. Rita published an article portraying Dumbledore as a calculating manipulator who knowingly put Hogwarts students at risk, leaving the wizarding public with fresh accusations to consider.

• Fudge refused to face the growing crowd outside the Ministry and decided to involve Rita Skeeter.
• Rita received Fudge's payment and a request to write about Dumbledore, then prepared a manuscript she had already been working on.
• The Daily Prophet published Rita's article, which claimed Dumbledore knew Quirrell was possessed by You-Know-Who and had used Harry to destroy him.
• Rita accused Dumbledore of endangering Hogwarts students and exploiting Harry, calling him selfish and unscrupulous.

Rita Skeeter’s Daily Prophet article turned public opinion against Dumbledore, while Cornelius Fudge welcomed the distraction from the Ministry’s failures. Dumbledore entrusted the Philosopher’s Stone to Nicolas Flamel, who warned that the loss of Dumbledore’s reputation could undermine resistance to Voldemort; Grindelwald read the article from Nurmengard and condemned Dumbledore’s methods.

• Wizards across Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, and other places debated Rita Skeeter’s article and questioned Dumbledore’s treatment of Harry Potter.
• Cornelius Fudge celebrated the public criticism of Dumbledore because it diverted attention from the Ministry’s failures in the Quirrell incident.
• Dumbledore gave the Philosopher’s Stone to Nicolas Flamel for safekeeping, and Nicolas agreed to keep it.
• Nicolas urged Dumbledore to defend his reputation so the Wizarding World would trust him if Voldemort returned.
• Grindelwald read Rita Skeeter’s article in Nurmengard and remarked that Dumbledore still believed just causes could excuse any means.

Hogwarts students argued over Rita Skeeter’s accusations against Dumbledore, while Harry defended him and Malfoy insulted Harry and Hermione. Dumbledore denied deliberately endangering students and announced he would take Veritaserum at a public Ministry inquiry in three days.

• Ron and other Gryffindors discussed the Daily Prophet article, while Malfoy told the Slytherins that Dumbledore was a hypocrite and might be replaced as headmaster.
• Harry challenged Malfoy for calling Dumbledore a user and hypocrite, and Hermione joined in to question Malfoy’s claims.
• Malfoy called Hermione a “Mudblood,” and Snape ordered him back to his seat and took twenty points from Slytherin.
• Dumbledore addressed the Great Hall, denied that he had intended to put anyone in danger or treated Harry as a tool, and announced he would take Veritaserum at a public Ministry inquiry in three days.

Fudge rushed to Hogwarts to stop Dumbledore from taking Veritaserum and revealing that Voldemort had returned. Dumbledore admitted he planned to fake the potion’s effects and persuaded Fudge to approve extra funding and a permit for outside security hires.

• Fudge read about Dumbledore’s promise to take Veritaserum, canceled his meetings, and hurried to Hogwarts.
• Snape questioned Dumbledore about how Veritaserum could work through his Occlumency, and Dumbledore revealed he intended only to make people believe he was telling the truth.
• Fudge confronted Dumbledore about the planned inquiry and begged him to soften what he would say about Voldemort’s return.
• Dumbledore claimed he had no choice but to reveal the truth, then proposed Hogwarts receive additional security funding and permission to hire outside personnel.
• Fudge approved the funding and permit, and Snape called Dumbledore a showman after Fudge left.

The Wizarding World reacted to Dumbledore’s plan to answer questions under Veritaserum at a public Ministry inquiry, with opinions divided over whether he was innocent or cornered. As the inquiry drew near, official observers and three respected Potions Masters were appointed, leaving many convinced the proceedings would be difficult to manipulate.

• Wizards across Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, Hogsmeade, and Honeydukes debated Dumbledore’s decision to undergo a public inquiry and whether the books about Harry Potter and Quirrell were true.
• Amelia Bones announced that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement would oversee the inquiry, and the International Confederation of Wizards said it would send an observer.
• The Wizengamot announced that three senior members would attend as independent observers.
• Wizards questioned who would brew and verify the Veritaserum, and the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers announced that Damocles Belby, Horace Slughorn, and Chilli, Madam Plunkett, would handle it.
• Customers at the Leaky Cauldron praised Dumbledore’s willingness to face scrutiny, while one young wizard wondered whether he had chosen the Potions Masters because they would favor him.

A black-robed man led three Death Eaters in planning to kidnap Hogwarts students and use Harry Potter as leverage to force Dumbledore to surrender the Philosopher's Stone. They prepared to enter the castle through Borgin and Burkes' Vanishing Cabinet after Dumbledore left for the Ministry, while the man’s silver pendant revealed a symbol resembling the Deathly Hallows.

• The black-robed man told the Death Eaters that Dumbledore and several Hogwarts professors would leave for a Ministry inquiry the day after tomorrow.
• He explained that Voldemort needed the Philosopher's Stone and proposed taking students hostage, especially Harry Potter, to make Dumbledore hand it over.
• The black-robed man revealed Borgin and Burkes' Vanishing Cabinet and said it connected to Hogwarts through an unblocked passage.
• He ordered the Death Eaters to gather reinforcements by dark the next day and to take the students alive once Dumbledore left Hogwarts.
• As the black-robed man left, the wind exposed a silver pendant bearing a triangle, circle, and vertical line, and the remaining Death Eaters discussed his hatred of Dumbledore.

Allen accepted a system quest to tour Hogwarts, while Grindelwald foresaw a coming Death Eater attack and feared his old Vanishing Cabinets could help them breach the castle. At Hogwarts, Trelawney prophesied the invasion to Harry, then glimpsed a mysterious figure bringing hope amid the danger.

• Allen accepted a half-day Hogwarts tour quest scheduled for the morning after tomorrow and planned to conceal his face.
• Grindelwald foresaw Hogwarts under attack and suspected the Death Eaters could use one of his Vanishing Cabinets to enter the castle.
• Grindelwald saw a black-coated figure and a silver-white eagle-shaped light in his vision, then concluded there was still time to act.
• Harry encountered Trelawney after getting lost in a corridor, and she foretold that Death Eaters would attack an isolated Hogwarts.
• Trelawney pushed her vision further and saw a black-coated figure with a shining eagle, prompting her to declare that she saw hope.

After Professor Trelawney collapsed from making a prophecy, Harry rushed to get her treated and tried to warn the professors that Death Eaters would attack Hogwarts from within the next day. Filch dismissed Harry’s warning and dragged him away before he could reach Dumbledore.

• Harry carried the unconscious Professor Trelawney to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey diagnosed mental exhaustion and gave her a potion.
• Harry hurried to Professor McGonagall’s office, but a portrait told him she had gone to a meeting in the Headmaster’s Office.
• Harry encountered Filch and warned him that Death Eaters planned to invade Hogwarts from within the next day.
• Filch rejected Harry’s warning, seized him, and dragged him away from the Headmaster’s Office.

The Ministry Atrium filled with reporters and representatives from the International Confederation of Wizards, the Wizengamot, the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, and the Ministry for a gathering with Dumbledore. After Fudge and the Hogwarts professors arrived, Dumbledore opened the event, leaving its proceedings about to begin.

• Rita boasted to reporters about her article, “Dumbledore's True Face,” while the press gathered in the Ministry Atrium.
• Representatives of the International Confederation of Wizards and the Wizengamot took their seats in the guest area.
• Damocles Belby, Horace Slughorn, and Gilly Plunkett arrived for the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, and Slughorn searched the crowd for someone.
• Amelia Bones and Ministry officials arrived, followed by Fudge, who took the central guest seat.
• Dumbledore entered with Professor McGonagall, Flitwick, and Snape, then stepped onto the platform and began the gathering.

A group of seventeen Death Eaters used a Vanishing Cabinet to enter Hogwarts and began their planned raid, aiming to seize Harry Potter and other students as leverage. After disabling the school’s Floo Network, they headed toward the Great Hall.

• The Death Eater leader briefed the group on entering Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet and capturing Harry Potter and other students.
• The Death Eaters traveled through the cabinet into a ground-floor corridor at Hogwarts.
• The leader put a dozing portrait to sleep as the group moved quietly through the corridors.
• The leader poured Grey Smoke Powder into a fireplace, disabling Hogwarts’ Floo Network.
• The Death Eaters prepared to raid the Great Hall.