Chapter Summaries

Greyback exposed Lupin as an Order spy and confined him, while Mormont asserted her authority over the French werewolves. After leaving Greyback’s den, Mormont found William waiting in her room and submitted affectionately to him.

• Greyback’s men seized Lupin, and Greyback revealed that a spy within the Order had exposed him; Lupin suspected Snape and was locked in a cage.
• Greyback tried to assert control over Mormont and the French werewolves, but Mormont’s subordinate challenged her authority on his behalf.
• Mormont transformed into a snow wolf, killed the dwarf who had insulted her, and left with her followers while Greyback watched.
• Mormont sensed William in her room and approached him in wolf form, rubbing against him as he stroked her fur.

William revealed that he had secretly built Mormont’s French Werewolf force and arranged for Greyback to lead his army into a trap at a hidden St Mungo’s branch. As Greyback’s Werewolves entered the canyon, William appeared and rode Mormont into a charge.

• William recalled how he had helped Mormont build her Werewolf force and arranged for her to cross into Britain and infiltrate the Death Eaters.
• Mormont showed William the Goblin Gem that let her transform outside the full moon, and he told her to keep it and warned that he had come to deal with Greyback.
• Greyback led his Werewolf army toward the hidden valley branch of St Mungo’s, confident that his forces could overwhelm the hospital.
• The French Werewolves blocked the canyon exit, and William appeared among the trapped army.
• William mounted Mormont in her direwolf form, drew his sword, and charged Greyback’s forces.

William led Mormont and the French Werewolves in a battle against Greyback’s forces, killing Greyback after thwarting his attempt to escape and launch a surprise attack. Lupin arrived at the canyon and found William resting beside Mormont amid the aftermath.

• William and Mormont charged into Greyback’s forces, killing Werewolves as Greyback tried to escape through the canyon.
• William’s goblin sword pierced Greyback, but Greyback pretended to be dead and fired an Avada Kedavra at him.
• William blocked the curse with a severed Werewolf head, then killed Greyback with his sword.
• William returned to the battle while the surviving French Werewolves cleared the battlefield.
• Lupin arrived at the canyon and found William resting beside Mormont, who was guarding him.
• William told Lupin that he had wiped out Greyback and all the Werewolves under his command.

William Stark wiped out Greyback and his Werewolves, then told Lupin that the victory had ended his need to remain undercover. The chapter ended with William ordering a mound of Werewolf heads displayed as a warning and news of his triumph spreading through the United Kingdom.

• William Stark reassured Lupin that he was unharmed and showed him Greyback's severed head.
• Lupin told William how Greyback had bitten him as a child and thanked him for killing Greyback.
• William said the Wizarding World needed sweeping reform, and Lupin pledged to help him win the war.
• William explained that Snape had exposed Lupin to Voldemort as part of the plan to lure the Werewolves into an attack.
• William ordered Mormont to make a mound from the Werewolves' heads and have the Daily Prophet publicize it as a warning to Death Eaters.
• At the end of July, news of William's victory spread, and his fame surpassed Dumbledore's.

William’s hard line against Voldemort’s supporters strengthened the Order of the Phoenix’s position as the war briefly quieted. William and Hermione secretly left England and arrived in Massachusetts, where they traveled toward Mount Greylock.

• William ordered the French Werewolves who had sided with the Death Eaters buried in a corpse mound, warning others that joining Voldemort meant death.
• The Ministry appointed William a full Auror and Hermione an assistant in Bones’s office, signaling its understanding with the Order of the Phoenix and boosting Bones’s approval rating.
• Voldemort learned that the French Werewolves he had recruited had been Stark’s people, and his setbacks made him increasingly furious, though he did not act rashly.
• While the war entered a lull, William and Hermione slipped away from England and traveled to Massachusetts under the identity Darren Targaryen.
• William and Hermione left Boston in a carriage drawn by four Aethonans and headed west toward Mount Greylock.

William and Hermione arrived at Ilvermorny under assumed identities, with Professor Babbling revealing that she had used William’s appearance to approach Miss Picquery. They reached the castle and saw the statues of its founders, Isolt Sayre and James Steward, as they began searching for the Slytherin Snakewood Wand.

• William and Hermione reached Ilvermorny by carriage while William posed as Professor Targaryen and Hermione posed as Katherine.
• Roger told William that Miss Picquery had come looking for him.
• William confronted Professor Babbling through his Safety Watch, and she admitted she had impersonated him to gather information from Picquery.
• William and Hermione walked from the parking area toward Ilvermorny’s castle and admired its imposing architecture.
• William and Hermione saw the statues of Isolt Sayre and James Steward and came to Ilvermorny seeking Isolt’s Slytherin Snakewood Wand.

William arrived at Ilvermorny and learned about Babbling’s history with Professor Fontana and Tom’s progress among the Scourers. He received an address where Tom might be, and planned to find him.

• William met Professor Fontana, who resented him because Babbling had dated and dumped his daughter and was competing with him for the headmaster position.
• In the Ancient Runes office, Babbling explained that the Snakewood Wand had become the snakewood tree and that Tom had awakened it with Parseltongue.
• Babbling told William that Tom had risen to the Scourers’ thirty-second rank and was seeking an invitation to their thirty-third rank.
• Babbling gave William an address where Tom might be, and William decided to look for him.

William and Hermione traveled to New York to find Tom, arriving at the Woolworth Building, headquarters of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. They entered the Congress and headed for the Department of Major Crimes Investigation, where Red recognized William and asked if they were looking for Miss Picquery.

• Babbling returned to the United Kingdom through a Vanishing Cabinet, leaving William able to maintain his public identity in the United States.
• William and Hermione explored Ilvermorny, then prepared to travel to New York to find Tom.
• William and Hermione arrived at the Woolworth Building and entered the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
• Hermione saw the Congress’s grand hall, its Magical Exposure Threat Level dial, and wizards having their wands checked by a house-elf.
• Red greeted William in the elevator and guessed that he and Hermione were looking for Miss Picquery.

Mera Picquery learned that six Muggle children had gone missing while attending a Magical Security meeting, but her attention was distracted by news of William Stark and the war in Britain. After Professor Targaryen arrived with a girl to see her, Tesla Graves stayed behind, studying Stark’s photograph and thinking.

• Mera Picquery secretly read a newspaper about William Stark during a meeting on six missing Muggle children.
• Tesla Graves corrected Mera when she mistakenly answered a question about the missing children with her opinion on joining the war in Britain.
• Tesla asked Mera about Stark, and she described him as an exceptionally powerful wizard before admitting she could not predict who would win the war.
• Tesla told Mera that the Magical Congress was debating the war, while the Scourers, Third Salem, and missing children were also causing trouble.
• A witch told Mera that Professor Targaryen had arrived with a pretty girl to see her, and Mera hurried out to meet them.
• Tesla watched Mera leave and studied Stark’s photograph in thought.

William and Hermione visited Mera Picquery, where Hermione sparred with Mera over her closeness to William. Mera revealed that missing children and a group called Third Salem were linked to suspicious magical activity, and William left with Hermione to investigate their speeches on Liberty Island.

• Mera welcomed William and Hermione into her Auror cubicle and asked Hermione who she was.
• Hermione introduced herself as Katherine, claimed to be William’s old friend, and competed with Mera for his attention.
• William asked Mera about the Scourers, and she explained that six children from Muggle families had recently gone missing after magical activity was detected in their neighborhood.
• Mera told William that Third Salem, an organization connected to the Scourers, was under Magical Congress surveillance and had been giving speeches around the area.
• Mera identified Liberty Island as a location for Third Salem’s speeches, and William hurried away with Hermione to investigate.

William and Hermione attended a Salem Association gathering inside the Statue of Liberty, where Tom Riddle addressed hundreds of wizards under the name Osiris. Tom urged them to reject the Statute of Secrecy and rule Muggles, leaving the crowd fired up by his call to restore wizards’ supposed godhood.

• William learned from Picquery that a gathering was being held on Liberty Island and brought Hermione there.
• William and Hermione entered the Statue of Liberty, whose interior had been expanded to hold the crowd of wizards.
• Tom Riddle appeared before the gathering under the name Osiris and began addressing the crowd.
• Tom argued that Muggle scientific progress had erased belief in wizards as gods and blamed the Statute of Secrecy for their decline.
• Tom declared that wizards were born to rule the world and Muggles.

Tom rallied wizards against the International Statute of Secrecy, arguing that Muggle scientific progress threatened the Wizarding World. When Aurors moved to arrest him and the crowd erupted into chaos, Tom appeared beside William and asked him to catch him and hand him over.

• William suspected that Aurors were monitoring Tom’s gathering but stayed to hear what Tom intended.
• Tom argued that Muggle science was advancing rapidly while wizarding magic lagged behind, and warned that the Statute of Secrecy would eventually fail.
• Tom urged the wizards to unite and overthrow the Statute of Secrecy before the Muggles became too powerful.
• An Auror captain ordered Tom seized, but the crowd blocked the Aurors as the hall erupted into fighting and smoke.
• Tom appeared beside William and asked him to catch him and hand him over to the Aurors.

William learned that Tom wanted to be arrested so he could gain influence among the Scourers and enter their inner circle. Tom asked William to stop a secret plan to expose the Wizarding World by magically destroying New York, and the chapter ended with William punching Tom after binding him for the Aurors.

• Tom told William he had planned to let him capture him and hand him over to the Aurors.
• Tom explained that the Scourers planned to expose the Wizarding World during the British wizarding war, and that he opposed the timing and had been punished for speaking against it.
• Tom said imprisonment would make him appear to be a persecuted leader, boost his standing, and help him reach the Scourers’ thirty-third degree.
• Tom asked William to stop the exposure operation, claiming that Slytherin’s Prehistoric Mysteries were hidden in the Magical Congress’s prison and that William could gain the Congress’s trust by helping.
• Tom revealed that an unidentified Scourer planned to wipe out New York with magical power, and William bound Tom before punching him to make the arrest look convincing.

William and Hermione questioned the captured Tom and learned of a plan to use magical power to destroy New York and expose the wizarding world. As Pete Picquery promised to imprison Tom, Mera reported that Lucas had gone missing, while the chapter revealed a hidden workshop where a man transformed captives into magical weapons.

• William told Hermione that Tom had mentioned a plan involving power capable of destroying New York, and William doubted the Scourers had a wizard powerful enough to do it with ordinary magic.
• Pete Picquery thanked William and Hermione, learned Tom was not an Ilvermorny student, and promised to send him to Appalachia Prison.
• Mera rushed in and told Pete that Lucas was missing.
• A man carried a captive into a hidden chamber concealed behind a painting of The Salem Witch Trials and prepared the captive for transformation.
• The man used a black, volatile substance and unicorn blood to create another magical weapon, believing his weapons could destroy the Magical Congress and New York.

After Lucas Picquery vanished on a children’s broomstick, William and Hermione suspected that someone was abducting young wizards rather than targeting Muggle children at random. William realized that Ilvermorny’s records could confirm whether the missing children had magical ability, and the chapter left him ready to investigate.

• Lucas Picquery disappeared when his broomstick suddenly shot into the sky, and searches by the Aurors, staff, William, and Newt’s Niffler found no trace of him.
• William told Hermione that the broomstick’s multiple safety features made a simultaneous failure unlikely, and Hermione suggested it had been cursed.
• William and Hermione connected Lucas’s disappearance to six recent missing children from Muggle families and concluded that the abductors might have been seeking young wizards.
• Hermione worried that the children were too young to have their magical abilities confirmed, but William pointed out that he could consult Ilvermorny’s records as a professor.
• William explained how Hogwarts’s Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance recorded children with magical talent, and noted that Ilvermorny had a similar system.

William and Hermione confirmed that the missing children were young witches and wizards who might be used to create an Obscurial, and William suspected the Scourers planned to use its power against New York. They went to find Newt Scamander for clues, but he was away, and a Niffler gave William a chance to prove his identity to the girl who answered the door.

• Professor Fontana initially refused William access to the Book of Admittance, but Headmaster Eulalie Hicks’s portrait backed William’s authority and Fontana let him check it.
• Hermione matched the missing children to the Book of Admittance and confirmed that all six were magical, bringing the number of abducted young witches and wizards to seven with Lucas.
• William told Hermione that the Scourers might be trying to create an Obscurial and use its Obscurus to destroy New York, then revealed that Newt Scamander had once separated an Obscurus from its host.
• William and Hermione went to Queenie’s home on Brownstone Street to ask Newt for clues, but a blond girl said he was at Jacob’s bakery selling doughnuts.
• A Niffler opened the door, rummaged through Hermione’s pockets, and jumped onto William’s head; William shook Galleons from it and used the coins as proof that he was William Stark.

William and Hermione visited Newt and learned how the United States once planned to mass-produce Obscuruses to create super wizards. The chapter left the investigation focused on the Auror Office and its former director, Sere Fontana.

• Nicole welcomed William and Hermione, tried to borrow William’s wand, and asked him to take her to Hogwarts.
• William tricked the Niffler into signing an IOU for a hundred Galleons in exchange for an enlarged coin.
• Newt returned with Tina and Queenie, greeted William and Hermione, and invited them to stay for dinner.
• William explained their investigation into people creating Obscurials, and Newt said he had not shared his preservation method with anyone.
• Tina said the preserved Obscurus had gone to the Auror Office, where director Sere Fontana proposed studying it to mass-produce Obscuruses and train super wizards.

William realized that Professor Egbert Fontana was probably not the Scourer and identified Tesla Graves as a stronger suspect. He and Hermione searched Graves’s home and uncovered a cursed painting that opened onto a hidden passage.

• Tina explained that Madam Picquery had rejected Sere Fontana’s Obscurus plan and ordered the Obscurus destroyed, while William and the others suspected Professor Egbert Fontana.
• William reconsidered the clues and concluded that Percival Graves had been the first to find the Obscurus, making his son Tesla Graves a possible Scourer.
• William sent Newt to Ilvermorny to investigate Fontana, sent Tina to the Magical Congress, and went with Hermione to Graves’s house.
• Mera followed Graves out of the Office of Magical Security after he promised to ease her grief over her missing brother, Lucas.
• William and Hermione used Newt’s Niffler to find a cursed painting in Graves’s empty house, and Hermione broke the curse to open it.

William searched Graves’s hidden chamber, collected the Obscuruses and rescued the captive children, including Lucas Picquery. At the Magical Congress, Stick Wilkins ordered the Aurors to withdraw as New York faced a potentially fatal Obscurus threat and Graves remained missing with Mera.

• William found Unicorn Blood and separated Obscuruses in the hidden chamber and collected them along with the room’s other useful contents.
• Hermione showed William a hidden room containing many young children and Lucas Picquery, whom they rescued and placed in the Safety Watch.
• William contacted Newt and Tina, and Tina reported that Graves had taken Mera toward the lower floors of the Congress building.
• Stick Wilkins watched Muggles gather outside the Woolworth Building while the Congress’s threat dial displayed a fatal exposure warning.
• Pete Picquery urged Wilkins to withdraw the Aurors, and Wilkins agreed as he feared the Obscuruses could destroy New York.

William entered the Magical Congress building to save Mera and stop Graves from destroying New York, while Hermione stayed outside as his backup. In the execution chamber, Graves began forcing a mass of ten obscuri into Mera and lowered her toward the potion, setting his plan in motion.

• Wilkins mistook William for Stark at first, then agreed to withdraw the Aurors and send them to defend the Atlantic coast after William instructed him to do so.
• William entered the Magical Congress building alone, with Hermione remaining outside to help him escape if needed.
• In the execution chamber, Graves revealed that he had gathered ten obscuri and planned to make them explode inside Mera, destroying New York.
• Graves forced the obscurus mass into Mera and lowered her execution chair toward the potion as he prepared to leave the building.