Tuesday, July 17, 2007

What are the deathly hallows

Three items that give mastery over death:
1) The elderwand: wins any duel. Stolen from German wand maker guy by Grindlewald. Taken from Grindlewald by Dumbledore. Taken by from Dumbledore's grave by Voldemort. Voldemort mistakenly believes that the wand's rightful owner is Snape, because he killed Dumbledore, which cases Voldemort to murder Snape. Harry declares the rightful owner of the wand is Draco Malfoy, who's wand he stole, and thus the true owner is Harry Potter. Harry uses the wand to repair his own wand and returns it to the grave of Albus Dumbledore.
2) The stone of Marvolo's ring: allows one to commune with the dead. Also enchanted to be one of the horcruxes of Voldemort. Fatally wounds Albus Dumbledore, who tires to use the ring to commune with his dead mother, father and sister. Willed to Harry Potter by Albus Dumbledore, hidden inside a golden snitch to conceal it from the Ministry of Magic.
3) The invisibility cloak: uh you should know what that does by now

Who dies?

This book has a pretty exhaustive body count, but here's what I remember:
1) Professor of Muggle Studies (killed by Volemort / eaten by Nagini)
2) Hedwig (killed by stray Avada Kedrava curse as Harry flees the Dursely's)
3) Mad Eye Moody (killed Avada Kedrava curse as Harry flees the Dursely's)
4) Wormtail (Killed by his own hand for showing mercy to Harry Potter)
5) Bathilda Bagshot (Killed by old age or Nagini, possesd by Nagini)
6) Dobby (Killed by Bellastix's knife)
7) Crabbe (Killed by his own fiendfyre spell that consumes the room of requirement)
8) Bellatrix Lestrange (Killed by Mrs. Weasley)
9) Severus Snape (Killed by Voldemort / Nagini)
10) Harry Potter (* sort of)
11) Tom Riddle / Voldemort (Killed by Harry Potter with the Elder Wand)
12) Fred Weasly (Killed by collapse of part of Hogwarts castle)
13) Colin Creevy (not specified, body turns up at the end)
14) Remus Lupin (not specified, body turns up at the end)
15) Tonks (not specified, body turns up at the end)
16) German wand maker guy (Killed by Voldemort)
17) Grindlewald (Killed by Voldemort after he refuses to tell him that Dumbledore won the Elder Wand from him)
18) Rufus Scrimgour (Killed by Voldemort)