The true power of the Master Illusionist is to trick you to focus on what he has not done and to control the chaos he creates. During the GoF Harry and Hermione work out the headmaster's trick of the Age-Line and that changes everything. Ronald has another bad experience due to his greed, fears and jealousies.
HHr NLLL MOF Dumbledore 2 Secret Dark Lords (SS & NM). Character deaths.
Unfortunately, the author overdid… everything, and then some, told instead of showing, repeated things to death and once more, had a very weak grasp of both language and storytelling, and his use of american vernacular killed what was left to kill.