
But everyone who sides with him-from Ron and Hermione to looser compatriots (students and professors) at Hogwarts-also risks everything to confront the evil Voldemort personifies.Īnd they do so with full knowledge of the possible repercussions. Harry’s sacrifice is significant, of course. If there’s one virtue that stands out in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, it’s sacrifice. And so he departs, alone, to meet He Who Cannot Be Named in the Forbidden Forest. Armed with the potent Elder Wand (pilfered from Albus Dumbledore’s grave), he and his minions march on Hogwarts to begin the final assault on the forces of good.īut as the story lurches inexorably toward that prophesied close, Harry uncovers a stunning secret-the key to Voldemort’s undoing … as well as his own. And then into a dank room of forgotten treasures beneath Hogwarts itself. It’s a quest that will plunge the threesome into the cavernous heart of Gringotts, a goblin-staffed, dragon-guarded vault. Destroy all the Horcruxes-destroy the Dark Lord. Specifically, the trio’s task involves locating the remaining Horcruxes, objects Voldemort imbued with bits of his soul. It’s a last-ditch race against time as Harry, Ron, Hermione and assorted allies seek to unravel the few final mysteries that might tip the balance in Harry’s favor in a final showdown.

Indeed, as Voldemort’s vise grip tightens, the end is upon everyone Harry holds dear should he fail in his quest to vanquish his adversary. More than once, Harry Potter has pondered the inscrutable meaning of the mysterious words scripted on his enchanted Golden Snitch.
