Recaps

William and his friends resisted Umbridge’s attempt to control Hogwarts, using clever countermeasures and a Halloween trap to undermine her authority. The arc ended with Umbridge trapped in a bathroom and drenched in sewage as students returned from the feast.

• William received twelve O.W.L. grades of O, while Neville learned he was Gryffindor Prefect and pinned his badge to his mother’s nightdress.
• William and Hermione investigated Sturgis Podmore’s arrest, while William turned Trevor into a temporary Prefect badge for Neville.
• Snape’s new Defence Against Dark Magic course taught nonverbal spells and stressed protecting others, while William impressed the class in a duel.
• Ginny began dating Michael Corner, and she scored ten goals at Chaser tryouts as Ron struggled to accept her choice.
• Umbridge returned to Hogwarts as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, and William publicly challenged her textbook and teaching methods.
• Umbridge punished Harry with a cursed quill, but William and Hermione turned its effects against her and William created Anti-Jinx Badges to protect students.
• Umbridge became High Inquisitor and tried to punish students with enchanted objects, but their countermeasures repeatedly rebounded on her.
• Cedric lured Umbridge into Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom, where William stunned her and planned to alter her memory.
• During the Halloween Feast, Umbridge woke locked in a bathroom stall and was drenched in sewage as students returned.

William’s clash with Umbridge escalated as he fought Voldemort during the Azkaban breakout and survived the island’s destruction. The aftermath left Fudge refusing to acknowledge Voldemort’s return, while Dumbledore appointed William Hogwarts’ Ancient Runes professor and Voldemort turned his attention to Harry and the Prophecy Orb.

• William led Ravenclaw to victory over Gryffindor, then secured Umbridge’s approval for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
• Hagrid revealed that William had fought the Giants in the Alps, and Hermione realized Voldemort meant to raise dead Giants as Inferi.
• Umbridge’s inspection of Hagrid’s lesson ended with an Erumpent impaling her, and Peeves and the twins later drove her to St Mungo’s.
• William and his allies expanded the Defence Association, then William and Hermione entered Azkaban to confront the prison’s escapees.
• William killed Rodolphus and fought Voldemort, whose attack split Azkaban island apart before he escaped with the Death Eaters.
• Hermione protected the Ministry Aurors, and Amelia Bones found William injured but alive among the captured escapees.
• Fudge admitted Voldemort had returned to William, then refused to support him publicly, while Dumbledore hired William as Hogwarts’ Ancient Runes professor.
• Voldemort learned the Prophecy Orb concerned him and Harry, while William supplied Mrs. Weasley with an antidote for Arthur.

William returned to Hogwarts as a professor, rescued Firenze, and helped expose Umbridge and bring down Fudge. With Voldemort searching for Sirius and Harry vulnerable to their connection, William and Hermione left for Durmstrang.

• William returned to Hogwarts as Professor Stark, and Dumbledore arranged for Snape to teach Harry Occlumency.
• William helped Ronan defeat Bane’s attempt to kill Firenze, and Firenze agreed to teach Divination at Hogwarts.
• William and the students drove Umbridge out of Hogwarts after she dismissed Trelawney, while Fudge’s decrees and restrictions continued to affect the school.
• William recruited Rita Skeeter to gather intelligence and helped Marietta resist Umbridge’s pressure to inform on the D.A.
• Marietta and Cedric testified against Umbridge, Percy exposed Fudge’s orders, and Dumbledore announced that the Wizengamot had impeached Fudge.
• Umbridge was arrested, Fudge left office, and Dumbledore and William backed Bones as the next Minister while warning the wizarding world that Voldemort had returned.
• Voldemort used his connection with Harry to lure him toward the Hall of Prophecy, then set out for Durmstrang to kill Karkaroff.
• William regained his Hogwarts student status, repaired the Vanishing Cabinet, and sent it to Sirius before he and Hermione left for Durmstrang.

William and Hermione searched for Grindelwald, who left to seek Death, while the school year ended with Ravenclaw winning the Quidditch Cup. When Voldemort lured Harry toward the Department of Mysteries, William stayed behind to repair Ravenclaw’s Diadem with time magic, transforming it into a flowering branch of Elder Wood.

• Sirius found a Dementor in the Vanishing Cabinet William sent him, and William and Hermione arrived at Durmstrang to protect him from Voldemort.
• William accepted Voldemort’s challenge and fought him outside Durmstrang, then claimed to be Grindelwald’s agent to secure Voldemort’s demand for a meeting.
• William and Hermione followed clues from Andersen’s Fairy Tales to the Snow Queen’s palace, where they found Grindelwald inside the North Sea Kraken.
• Grindelwald explained his plans to seek Death, received Davi Rosier’s letters from William, and later left with the Kraken as the polar day began.
• William and Hermione returned to Hogwarts, where Sirius became trapped in the cabinet and Harry struggled with his discovery of James’s treatment of Snape.
• Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff to win the Quidditch Cup after Cho let Cedric catch the Snitch, and Fudge’s trial was moved to Merlin Memorial Hall.
• Voldemort planned to draw Harry to the Department of Mysteries while key Order members were away, but Anne gathered Harry’s friends and led them there through the Floo Network.
• William, disguised as Anne, told Luna that Sirius was safe and Harry was walking into a trap, then used Fawkes and time magic to transform Ravenclaw’s Diadem into a flowering Elder Wood branch.