Recaps

Herman investigated his lingering shoulder injury, learned more about the three-headed dog guarding Nicolas Flamel’s secret, and began developing his innate magic with help from Flitwick and Professor Malin. The arc left him practicing for a possible potion cure and injured again during Quirrell’s Defence demonstration.

• Neville, Hugo, and Ron found Snape confronting the bloodied Quirrell, then discovered Professor Malin tending the three-headed dog beside a trapdoor and decided they needed evidence before accusing Quirrell.
• Herman visited Hagrid with Draco, Neville, Hugo, and Ron, where Hagrid revealed that Fluffy guarded Nicolas Flamel’s secret on the third floor and that Dumbledore had borrowed him.
• Herman sought a cure for his worsening shoulder, and Harry obtained Snape’s formula for a potion to treat wounds containing residual magic.
• Herman asked Kramer to find the rare potion ingredients, while Draco urged him to join Slytherin’s Quidditch team and Herman encouraged Harry to become a Seeker.
• Herman showed Flitwick his wandless, wordless magic, and Flitwick identified his ability to cast while transfiguring as twin casting and advised him to build his magical foundation.
• Herman practiced in the Room of Requirement, combining the Levitation Charm, Transfiguration, and Wandless Magic to send sharpened playing cards flying at training dummies.
• Quirrell asked Herman to demonstrate basic defensive techniques, and Herman dodged several beams before one grazed his injured shoulder and he fell into a desk.

Herman gained control of a new fire ability while studying alchemy and visiting Hagrid with Draco. As vampires and werewolves threatened Hogwarts, Gori survived a betrayal by Ulric’s clan but remained trapped in the cave, leaving Quirrell and Hagrid to face the danger.

• Quirrell tested Herman in combat, then gave him a manual and advised him to redirect powerful attacks instead of blocking them.
• Harry helped Herman brew a healing potion, and Herman discovered that dark red markings on his shoulder let him summon and control magical flames.
• Herman struggled to cast left-handed while avoiding burns, studied alchemical materials and the Disassembly Charm, and learned Draco had been made Seeker.
• Herman and Draco visited Hagrid, who told them that strange noises had driven unicorns toward his camp before a bell sent him rushing into the Forbidden Forest.
• Quirrell, Marlene, and Hagrid fought off creatures attacking a dead unicorn, while Hagrid later found Gori wounded and learned someone had betrayed him.
• As vampires gathered near Hogsmeade, McGonagall sealed Hogwarts and Snape searched for Harry, Draco, and Herman, who had gone to Hagrid’s.
• Dormon attacked Gori with the Progenitor Dagger on Ulric’s orders, but Dumbledore’s protective magic intervened and Gori escaped death as the cave’s defenses turned on the attackers.
• Hagrid found Gori amid the aftermath, and Gori explained that Ulric wanted control of the vampire clans and had freed lower-ranking vampires from bloodline control, while Quirrell learned Gori could not escape.

Herman learned that Hagrid was guarding Gori, a vampire elder who had offered Dumbledore information about a prophecy, while the castle remained under lockdown. After helping Ron recover from Draco’s prank and arranging lessons with Professor Malin, Herman joined Draco to watch Quidditch practice, where Harry failed to appear.

• Quirrell found a scorched clearing in the Forbidden Forest after reporting Gori’s injuries, while Hagrid stayed behind to guard him.
• Snape enforced the lockdown and encountered Harry returning through the secret passage beneath the Whomping Willow, but let her go back to the castle.
• Herman learned that Fred and George had entered the forest to gather vampire ashes and Werewolf teeth, then been burned by the lingering magic from Professor Malin’s spells.
• Hagrid told Herman, Harry, and Draco that Gori had killed his attackers and offered to reveal a prophecy to Dumbledore in exchange for being kept under guard.
• Herman inferred that Sirius Black was nearby when Hagrid mentioned seeing a big black dog, while Harry cauterized Crabbe’s wound after Fang bit him.
• Draco offered Ron a Rock Cake as a prank, and Herman found Ron crying by the Black Lake before learning that she and her friends had followed Quirrell.
• Professor Malin sent Herman and the others back to the castle, then explained Dissilio to Herman and agreed to meet him on Wednesday afternoons for questions.
• Draco took Herman to watch Slytherin Quidditch practice, but Harry did not appear on the pitch.

Herman pursued alchemy and learned that Dumbledore was investigating Gori, a vampire elder tied to a prophecy. Dumbledore began privately guiding Herman in his innate magic, while Snape finally addressed him outside the Slytherin Common Room.

• Harry arrived late to Slytherin Quidditch practice, then unwrapped a new Nimbus 2000 and caught the Snitch despite Terence directing Bludgers at her, after Terence attacked her, she conjured dogs that dragged him down.
• Herman studied alchemy with Marlene, who discovered his magically modified arm and offered to teach him the forbidden branch of magical modification.
• Herman read reports that Sirius Black was suspected of breaking into pure-blood homes and kidnapping people, then concluded Harry had gathered information for Sirius and suspected she had arranged the attacks in revenge against Terence's family.
• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts as the school faced fears about vampires and kidnappings, and he met with the Heads of House to explain the prophecy and Gori's presence in the Forbidden Forest.
• Gori offered Dumbledore the complete prophecy in exchange for protection at Hogwarts, then joined the staff as assistant professor for Dark Magic Defence and was identified to the students as a vampire.
• Neville, Hugo, and Ron urged Herman to act against Gori, but Herman cautioned them to trust Dumbledore's arrangements while they watched Gori and Quirrell.
• Dumbledore invited Herman to discuss his innate spellcasting, explained its foundation in natural magical pathways, and gave him private notes on primal magic.
• Herman left Dumbledore's office relieved that the headmaster had not raised Gori, the prophecy, or his arm, and Snape stopped to address him as "Mr. Horace."