Recaps

Quirrell used Herman as a target in a practical defense lesson, and Herman survived by using nearby objects and Transfiguration to block the attacks. After class, Quirrell gave him a combat manual and advice on adapting his defenses, then warned him to prepare for the next lesson.

• Quirrell attacked Herman with beams and flying books, and Herman blocked them with a broom and a transfigured board until time ran out.
• Quirrell explained to the class that Herman had used obstacles and movement well but needed to develop greater awareness of magical combat.
• Draco and Harry checked on Herman, and Harry praised his use of the Levitation Charm while teasing him about looking battered.
• Quirrell gave Herman a personal combat manual as his performance fee and advised him to redirect stronger attacks rather than block them head-on.
• Herman asked about using Transfiguration to block attacks, and Quirrell told him to plan possible responses and prepare for the next lesson in chapter seven.

Herman received the ingredients needed to brew a potion for his injured shoulder and arranged with Harry to make it that afternoon. Snape heard rumors of Herman’s beating in Quirrell’s class and privately considered Lucius Malfoy’s request about several young wizards.

• Herman returned to the dormitory, used the ointment Harry sent, and read a practical handwritten book while waiting for the ingredients.
• Snape learned from a Prefect that Quirrell had badly beaten Herman during a Dark Magic Defence demonstration, then put Lucius Malfoy’s letter aside without deciding what to do about its recommendations.
• A parcel of ingredients arrived for Herman, and he read Kramer’s note explaining that the full budget had been spent.
• Herman told Harry they would brew the potion that afternoon, while Draco declined to join them and planned to visit the kitchens with Crabbe and Goyle.

Herman and Harry prepared a potion in the Room of Requirement to treat Herman’s worsening shoulder wound. After Harry clarified that the potion was for external use, Herman applied it and his wound quickly improved, but Harry continued staring at his shoulder.

• Herman brought Harry to the Room of Requirement to make a healing potion for his injured shoulder.
• Harry brewed the potion and explained that its Ashwinder ingredients made it dangerous to drink.
• Herman poured the potion onto his shoulder, and the swelling and pain rapidly subsided.
• Herman thanked Harry, but she kept staring at his shoulder, prompting him to ask if something was wrong.

After the potion set Herman’s arm ablaze without hurting him, Harry helped him discover that he could control the flames with his magic. The treatment left strange markings on his shoulder and apparently gave him a new ability.

• Harry pointed out that Herman’s arm was on fire, and he realized the flames did not hurt him.
• Harry suggested the fire was fueled by magic, and Herman extinguished it by cutting off its supply.
• Herman saw that the flames had blackened his face and scorched his hair.
• Herman noticed dark red markings on his shoulder and reignited the flames by directing magic toward them.
• Harry recognized the flames as a new ability, and Herman learned to make them contract and spread at will.

Herman learned to control the flames spreading across his right arm, a potion effect Harry said resembled a Fantastic Beast ability and warned was forbidden bodily modification. After his arm healed, Herman found he could no longer cast safely with his right hand and began struggling to use his wand with his left.

• Harry explained that Herman's flaming arm resembled an Ashwinders' ability and warned that bodily modification had been banned by the Ministry of Magic.
• Herman practiced controlling the flames, shaped them along his hand, and scorched a dummy with a burst of fire.
• Herman found Harry asleep, then returned with her to the Slytherin Common Room, where Draco laughed at his partly burned hair.
• After his arm healed, Herman discovered that using his right hand to cast activated the flames and burned his clothes.
• Herman practiced casting with his wand in his left hand in the Room of Requirement, but his Levitation Charms went awry and he nearly dropped his wand.

Herman struggled to cast with his left hand after Quirrell made him face another swarm of creatures, then decided to study alchemy materials so he could dismantle discarded objects from the Room of Requirement. At Potions Class, Snape left Herman alone as he brewed a standard potion.

• Herman tried to fend off Quirrell's swarm of small flying creatures with his left hand, but they tore his robes before Quirrell called a halt.
• Herman practiced left-handed spells in the Room of Requirement and considered making a portable container for his weapons and other items.
• Herman decided to study alchemical materials and planned to find books in the library before searching the Room of Requirement's clutter for objects to dismantle.
• Herman brewed a standard potion in Snape's class, and Snape passed by without criticizing him or deducting points.

Herman went to the library to research alchemy materials and found Neville, Hugo, and Ron secretly investigating Nicolas Flamel and the three-headed dog. Neville explained they hoped to uncover what Flamel’s guarded object was and prove Quirrell was acting suspiciously, while Herman knew their search would be difficult because Flamel was still alive and had long kept out of public view.

• Herman brewed a clear potion, and Snape awarded Harry ten points to Slytherin, though Draco believed her father had secured the points for Harry.
• Herman went to the library to find introductory books on alchemy materials and noticed Neville, Hugo, and Ron huddled around books and notes.
• Ron, Neville, and Hugo reacted awkwardly when Herman approached, and Hugo claimed they were using a book of wizard anecdotes as Transfiguration reference material.
• Neville asked Herman about the three-headed dog guarding something belonging to Nicolas Flamel and said they had seen Quirrell trying to enter the forbidden corridor.
• Hugo told Herman that they had searched biographies and historical records for information about Nicolas Flamel without finding a lead.

Herman declined to join Neville, Ron, and Hugo in investigating Quirrell, then went to the library to study alchemy. He found the Disassembly Charm could recover materials from alchemical items, but its wand movements appeared exceptionally difficult.

• Neville and Ron urged Herman to suspect Quirrell, but Herman defended Quirrell and pointed out that Snape seemed more suspicious.
• Herman left the others to investigate the third-floor corridor and went to the library to find alchemy books.
• Herman considered recommending Neville and Hugo to Professor Malin as apprentices.
• Herman read about beginner alchemical items and became interested in making an automatic note-taking quill and a temperature-regulating coaster.
• Herman found the Disassembly Charm, which could break alchemical items down into reusable materials.
• Herman studied the charm’s complicated wand movements and struggled with the book’s vague instructions.

Herman botched a spell while experimenting in the library, then cleaned up the debris and borrowed several rare books. Back in the common room, Draco gathered Herman and Harry to announce good news, but the chapter ended before she revealed it.

• Herman practiced a complex wand gesture and accidentally transformed an empty stool into scattered remains.
• Herman used magic to gather and burn the debris, then opened a window to disperse the ashes outside.
• Herman borrowed three books from Madam Pince and decided to copy them and consult Professor Malin about them.
• Draco waited in the common room with Pumpkin Juice and called Herman and Harry together to announce good news.
• Herman joked about taking the Malfoy or Potter surname to get a family vault, prompting Draco to try to punch him.

Draco told Herman that Head of House Snape had agreed to let Harry join the Quidditch team as Seeker, then invited him to visit Hagrid with her. The next day, while Harry was missing, Draco asked Herman to help carry a heavy bundle from her room and questioned whether he had seen her clothes.

• Draco said Harry could join the Quidditch team as Seeker, and Herman congratulated her.
• Draco told Herman she planned to visit Hagrid after exchanging letters with him about keeping pets, and Herman agreed to go.
• The next day, Harry was absent, so Draco stopped waiting and asked Herman to help carry something from her room.
• Herman noticed Draco's clothes and other belongings while she searched beneath her bed and pulled out a heavy bundle.
• Draco walked backward in front of Herman in the corridor and asked whether he had seen the clothes on her chair.

Herman and Draco encountered George and Fred near the school grounds, where they learned that Hogsmeade had been declared off-limits after Percy reported suspicious people in the village. As they continued toward Hagrid's Hut, Herman suspected the appearance of vampires and werewolves might be connected to him.

• Draco punched Herman after he admitted he had not gotten a proper look, and the two left the castle together with Herman carrying a bundle.
• George and Fred told Herman and Draco that Professor McGonagall had forbidden students from going to Hogsmeade or approaching the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
• George and Fred said Percy had reported pale, hairy unidentified people in Hogsmeade, whom they suspected were vampires and werewolves.
• Professor McGonagall ordered the students to leave and sent George and Fred back to the castle.
• Herman and Draco continued toward Hagrid's Hut as Herman wondered whether the trouble in Hogsmeade was connected to him.

Herman and Draco visited Hagrid, who was delighted by Draco’s new dragonhide apron and served them his rock-hard homemade treats. Hagrid told them that strange noises had disturbed the Forbidden Forest’s animals and driven unicorns near his camp, and the visit was interrupted by a shrill ringing.

• Herman and Draco arrived at Hagrid’s hut, where Hagrid welcomed them and nearly finished cooking a pot of stew.
• Draco gave Hagrid a sturdy dragonhide apron made to replace his hole-riddled one, and Hagrid eagerly put it on.
• Draco and Herman struggled to bite Hagrid’s hard homemade treats, then passed a half-eaten piece back and forth before Herman pocketed it.
• Hagrid chatted with Herman and Draco about school and reported that strange nighttime noises had disturbed the Forbidden Forest’s animals and driven unicorns toward his camp.
• Draco asked Hagrid about unicorns, and Herman listened closely when Hagrid began discussing when they shed their coats.
• A shrill ringing sounded inside Hagrid’s hut.

Herman and Draco waited at Hagrid’s hut after Hagrid hurried into the Forbidden Forest, then learned that Neville, Hugo, and Ron had seen Quirrell heading there as well. Hagrid reached a clearing where gray bats were feeding on something, leaving the cause of the disturbance unknown.

• Hagrid heard a bell, removed Draco’s apron, and hurried into the Forbidden Forest with Fang.
• Herman and Draco stayed in Hagrid’s hut and wrapped the hard snacks to take back for Crabbe and Goyle.
• Neville arrived with Hugo and Ron and told Herman they had seen Quirrell heading toward the Forbidden Forest in dark clothes.
• Herman connected Quirrell’s departure with Hagrid’s warning and told the three visitors to sit and wait.
• Hagrid followed a bloody scent through the forest and found several gray bats tearing at something in a clearing.

Hagrid, Marlene, and Quirrell fought swarms of bats around a dead unicorn and suspected the attack was a diversion connected to the vampires Hagrid had been raising. Hagrid ran to check the cave while Marlene and Quirrell faced the heavier creatures emerging from the forest.

• Marlene and Hagrid destroyed attacking bats near the unicorn’s corpse, and Quirrell joined them from the shadows.
• Marlene observed that the bats’ weak, repeated attacks seemed like harassment and that werewolves and powerful vampires were largely absent.
• Quirrell suspected a higher-ranking vampire had ordered the attacks and asked Hagrid where he kept the vampires he had been raising.
• After a distant howl, Quirrell and Marlene told Hagrid the attack was a feint and urged him to check the cave; Hagrid ran toward it.
• Marlene unleashed a chain of explosions that destroyed many bats, as heavier figures surged from the forest depths.

Marlene fought Greyback’s werewolves while Quirrell went after Hagrid, who found the cave littered with dead creatures and the little vampires safe. Gori revealed that someone had betrayed him, leaving the identity of the traitor unknown.

• Marlene held off the advancing werewolves with barriers, explosions, and fire as Quirrell hurried after Hagrid.
• Hagrid reached the exposed cave and found werewolves and large vampires dead along the path.
• Hagrid counted the little vampires and confirmed that none were missing, though they had all returned to human form.
• Hagrid found Gori wounded by a blade-like hole in his chest, and Gori told him someone had betrayed him.

Gori endured Hagrid’s increasingly unsuitable blood rations while secretly strengthening himself by draining his weakest subordinates. He contacted another vampire and learned that vampires and werewolves had gathered near Hogsmeade, leaving him to wait for them to rescue him and pursue his plan to reach the Child of Prophecy.

• Hagrid fed the vampires pig’s blood and then bat blood, leaving several of them ill and marked by strange impurities.
• Gori forced his subordinates to drink the bat blood and drew filtered blood from his weakest followers each night to restore his own strength.
• Gori redirected his magical probing toward Hogsmeade and established a two-way mental channel with a vampire outside the cave.
• The other vampire told Gori that enough vampires and werewolves had gathered near Hogsmeade and were following their contingency plan.
• Gori reviewed his failed attempt to seize the Child of Prophecy on the train and decided to wait for the gathered creatures to rescue him from the Forbidden Forest.

Gori’s vampire allies gathered near Hogsmeade while Dumbledore was away, and Madam Rosmerta alerted Flitwick to the suspicious visitors. Flitwick confirmed that vampires were among them and hurried back to Hogwarts, where Percy was already reporting unfamiliar figures to McGonagall.

• Gori sensed that his vampire followers had assembled near Hogsmeade and learned that Dumbledore had left Hogwarts for a Wizengamot meeting.
• Madam Rosmerta noticed the growing number of cloaked strangers in Hogsmeade and told Flitwick that they seemed to be vampires.
• Flitwick warned Rosmerta to close her pub and protect herself, then secretly inspected the strangers and confirmed their pale faces and the scent of blood.
• Flitwick hurried back to Hogwarts and reached McGonagall’s office as Percy reported seeing furtive strangers in Hogsmeade.

After learning that vampires had gathered in Hogsmeade, McGonagall locked the school’s gates and summoned the professors to discuss security. Quirrell revealed that Hagrid was keeping vampires, including an elder, in the Forbidden Forest, prompting McGonagall to seek answers from Dumbledore and Hagrid.

• Flitwick told McGonagall that the people in Hogsmeade were vampires, and she ordered Percy to close the gates and alert the students.
• McGonagall went to Hogsmeade, brought George and Fred back to the castle, and confirmed that the side gates were locked.
• McGonagall told the assembled professors that vampires and possibly werewolves had gathered in Hogsmeade, so the school would be sealed.
• Quirrell warned that vampires could enter through the Forbidden Forest and disclosed that Hagrid was keeping several there, including an elder.
• McGonagall said she would ask Dumbledore and Hagrid about the vampires, while Kettleburn remarked that they were less dangerous than other creatures in the forest.

As Hogwarts tightened security over the vampire incident, Snape ordered a head count of Slytherin students and learned that Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, and Herman Horace were missing. He discovered Draco and Herman had gone to Hagrid’s, but Harry’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Snape reminded the professors that vampires needed human blood, then left to check on the Slytherin students.
• McGonagall sent Quirrell to help Hagrid and check on the vampires he was keeping.
• Snape ordered the Slytherin Prefect to account for every student, especially the first-years.
• The Prefect reported that Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, and Herman Horace could not be found, though two students were believed to have gone to Hagrid’s.
• Crabbe told Snape that Draco and Herman had gone to Hagrid’s, leaving Snape to wonder where Harry was.

Snape searched for a way Harry might have left the castle while Gori’s long-awaited rescue began at the cave. Gori prepared to break Dumbledore’s restrictions and escape with Dormon’s group after an alarm rang.

• Snape suspected Harry might have gone through the passage beneath the Whomping Willow and headed toward Hagrid’s Hut to find Herman and Draco.
• Dormon arrived at Gori’s cave with vampires and werewolves, claiming he had come to rescue Gori according to his plan.
• Gori told Dormon to cut the magically animated vines guarding the entrance.
• A mechanical-sounding ring echoed from deep inside the cave, and Dormon urged Gori to leave before the alarm brought trouble.
• Gori instructed Dormon to channel magic into him so he could break Dumbledore’s restrictions and force his way through the vines.

Dormon betrayed Gori on Elder Ulric Kris’s orders, stabbing him with a werewolf Progenitor Dagger that spread magic-destroying black smoke through his body. Dumbledore’s restrictive magic erupted as golden flames, saving Gori from the smoke, and he prepared to strike back at the conspirators.

• Gori began drawing power from the kneeling vampires, but Dormon sprang up and attacked him with a dagger.
• Gori’s blood-red shield cracked, and the dagger pierced his chest after black magic empowered Dormon’s thrust.
• Dormon revealed that Elder Ulric Kris had sent him, while black smoke from the blade began consuming Gori’s magic and body.
• Gori recognized the Progenitor Dagger and learned that Dormon had joined forces with the werewolves to preserve eternal life.
• Dumbledore’s restrictive magic erupted as golden flames, burning away the black smoke and forcing the werewolves to pull the dagger from Gori’s chest.
• Gori steadied himself, looked toward the forest clearing, and warned Dormon and the others that they would pay.

Gori tried to use the Bloodline Curse against Dormon and the vampires, but Ulric had already removed their bloodline restrictions. Dormon overwhelmed Gori with blood-magic attacks, leaving him badly injured as he prepared a fourth strike.

• Gori cast the Bloodline Curse, but it failed to affect Dormon because Ulric had removed the vampires’ restrictions.
• Dormon formed a massive blood-red dagger and shattered Gori’s protective barrier with repeated attacks.
• Gori’s vampire underlings charged to distract Dormon, while the werewolves transformed and drove them back.
• Gori transformed into bats to evade Dormon’s daggers, but Dumbledore’s golden flames ignited and forced him back into human form.
• Dormon’s next attack broke through Gori’s unfinished barrier and sent him crashing into a stone wall, badly injured.
• Dormon formed blood spears for a fourth attack as Gori knelt, believing he would not survive it.

Gori turned Dormon’s attack against him, drained his power, and used the cave’s defenses to overpower the trapped vampires and werewolves. As Gori headed for the exit, the cave’s stone chains began to awaken again.

• The cave’s defenses attacked Dormon and the werewolves with stone chains while leaving Gori and his vampire underlings alone.
• Gori transformed into a giant bat and drained Dormon, recovering his strength before stopping to avoid being consumed by Dumbledore’s golden flames.
• Gori recognized that Ulric had used Blood of Betrayal to remove Dormon’s restrictions and ordered his underlings to feed on the weakened vampires.
• Gori’s underling tried to retrieve the Progenitor Dagger, but it vanished, apparently activating its Portkey when its holder lost consciousness.
• Gori approached the cave entrance through the hacked vines, but the stone chains began emerging from the walls again.

Gori waited in the cave for help after Ulric broke the oath and attacked him. Hagrid arrived, and Gori explained that Ulric wanted to seize control of the vampire clans; another visitor then approached.

• Gori retreated to the cave’s deepest corner and waited, worrying about Ulric’s betrayal and the other clans.
• Hagrid arrived, saw that his pets were safe, and examined the wounded Gori and the bodies scattered around the cave.
• Gori told Hagrid that the Chris Clan had turned against him and tried to kill him.
• Gori explained that Ulric, leader of the Chris Clan, wanted control of the thirteen vampire clans and to become their king.
• As Hagrid prepared to face the newcomer, an unfamiliar voice asked whether everything was all right.

Quirrell arrived at Hagrid’s cave and learned that Ulric had awakened early and was trying to kill Gori. Gori revealed that Ulric had freed lower-ranking vampires from bloodline control, leaving him isolated and unable to escape the magic tracking him.

• Hagrid tried to hide the injured vampires from Quirrell, but Gori recognized Quirrell and explained that they had met before.
• Quirrell recalled fighting Gori on the train with Professor Malin and asked what had caused the bloodied wreckage in the cave.
• Gori said Ulric, the Chris Clan leader, had awakened early and planned to kill him, then claim the role of elder on duty.
• Quirrell questioned why Gori’s clansmen had not helped, and Gori said most had likely joined Ulric or been killed.
• Gori revealed that Ulric had used a forbidden method to free lower-ranking vampires from bloodline control.
• Quirrell guessed Gori wanted to leave to protect Hogwarts, but Gori said Ulric’s magic would prevent him from escaping.