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| + | |conflict = Battle of the Seven Potters |
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| − | |partof=the [[Second Wizarding War]] |
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| − | |date=[[27 July]] [[1997]] |
+ | |date = [[27 July]] [[1997]] |
| − | |location=[[Surrey]] and two more counties, [[England]] |
+ | |location = [[Surrey]] and two more counties, [[England]], [[Great Britain]] |
| + | |cause = [[Harry Potter]]'s magical protection broke at age seventeen, thus he needed to be transported to a safe location (in this case, [[The Burrow]]). |
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| − | |result=Indecisive: Death Eaters kill [[Alastor Moody]] and [[Hedwig]], and [[George Weasley]] loses an ear, but [[Harry Potter]] is successfully moved. Long-term strategic effects favourable to [[Order of the Phoenix]]. |
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| + | |result = *[[Death Eaters]]' short term victory because of the death of [[Alastor Moody]]. |
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| + | *Harry Potter was successfully transported to The Burrow. |
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| + | *Long-term strategic effects favourable to the [[Order of the Phoenix]]. |
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| − | *[[Hermione Granger]] |
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*[[Arthur Weasley]] |
*[[Arthur Weasley]] |
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+ | *[[Fred Weasley]] |
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+ | *[[Remus Lupin]] |
*[[George Weasley]] |
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*[[Kingsley Shacklebolt]] |
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+ | *[[Fleur Delacour]] |
| + | *Two [[Thestral]]s |
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*[[Rubeus Hagrid]] |
*[[Rubeus Hagrid]] |
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+ | *[[Harry Potter]] |
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+ | *[[Hedwig]] † |
| + | *[[Severus Snape]] {{C|secretly}} |
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| − | *[[Hedwig]]† |
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| − | |combatants2=*[[Bellatrix Lestrange]] |
+ | |combatants2 = *[[Bellatrix Lestrange]] |
*[[Rodolphus Lestrange]] |
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*[[Selwyn]] |
*[[Selwyn]] |
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| + | *[[Travers]] |
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| − | *[[Stanley Shunpike]] |
+ | *[[Stanley Shunpike]] {{C|Imperiused}} |
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| + | *[[Corban Yaxley]] |
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| + | *[[Crabbe]] |
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| + | *[[Rabastan Lestrange]] |
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| + | *[[Lucius Malfoy]] |
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| + | *[[Goyle]] |
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*[[Hedwig]] |
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| + | *[[George Weasley]] lost one of his ears |
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| − | |casualties2=Several unnamed Death Eaters |
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| + | |casualties2 = *Several Death Eaters were killed, injured, jinxed, or hexed |
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| + | *[[Lucius Malfoy's wand]] destroyed by [[Harry Potter's wand]] |
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| − | {{Quote|That's him, it's him, it's the real one!|[[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] calling out Harry Potter's location to Voldemort |
+ | {{Quote|That's him, it's him, it's the real one!|A [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] calling out [[Harry Potter]]'s location to [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
| + | The '''Battle of the Seven Potters''',<ref name="PM">Explore the Story: Lucius Malfoy at {{PM}} (archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20190410074552/https://www.pottermore.com/explore-the-story/lucius-malfoy here])</ref> also known as the '''Battle of the Seven Harrys''', the '''Battle over Little Whinging''', or the '''Flight from Little Whinging''', was an aerial battle, or dogfight, of the [[Second Wizarding War]] that took place above the [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] area of [[Little Whinging]]. |
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| − | + | The battle occurred on [[27 July]] [[1997]], when several members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] were ambushed by [[Death Eaters]] while removing [[Harry Potter]] from the home of his only [[Dursley family|relatives]], the Dursley family.<ref name="DH4" /> |
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| + | The battle proved to be one of many attempts on Harry Potter's life by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].<ref name="DH4"/> The Order managed to get Harry to safety, but suffered the loss of their leader, [[Alastor Moody]],<ref name="DH5"/> and Harry's [[owl]], [[Hedwig]], in the process.<ref name="DH4"/> [[George Weasley]] also lost an ear because of a curse sent by [[Severus Snape]],<ref name="DH5"/> who originally sent his ''[[Sectumsempra]]'' curse at a Death Eater's wand arm.<ref name="DH33"/> |
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| − | [[File:Privet drive.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Number 4 Privet Drive.]] |
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| ⚫ | After the murder of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily |
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| + | ==History== |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b|Yaxley|My Lord, I have heard differently. |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b|Yaxley|My Lord, I have heard differently. Dawlish, the Auror, let slip that Potter will not be moved until the thirtieth, the night before the boy turns seventeen.|Severus Snape|My source told me that there are plans to lay a false trail; this must be it. No doubt a Confundus Charm has been placed upon Dawlish… I assure ''you'', Yaxley, the Auror Office will play no further part in the protection of Harry Potter.|Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor during the height of the war|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| ⚫ | After the murder of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily J. Potter|Lily Potter]] at the hands of Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter was left in the care of his maternal aunt, [[Petunia Dursley]]. Although she and her husband [[Vernon Dursley|Vernon]] were reluctant to take Harry in, doing so sealed powerful blood magic that would protect Harry until his seventeenth birthday. Harry lived with the Dursleys at [[4 Privet Drive]] in Little Whinging when he was not at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].<ref name="OOTP37">{{OOTP|B|37}}</ref> |
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| + | [[File:Meeting at Malfoy Manor.jpg|250px|thumb|left|1997 Death Eater meeting where Voldemort learned part of the Order's plan]] |
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| − | Voldemort learned of this protection, and thus sought to find and kill Harry when the [[Order of the Phoenix]] removed him as he came of age. By July |
+ | Voldemort learned of this protection, and thus sought to find and kill Harry when the [[Order of the Phoenix]] removed him as he came of age. By July 1997, there had been another [[Azkaban escapes#1997|break-out]] of Death Eaters from [[Azkaban]] and Voldemort had enough control over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to observe any [[Apparition]], [[Portkey]] use, or [[Floo Network]] activity from the Dursleys' home, but the Order mistrusted the Ministry and made other plans, thus Voldemort was not privy to the whole plan and only part of it (namely, by using untraceable transport).<ref name="DH4">{{DH|B|4}}</ref> |
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+ | ====The seven Potters==== |
| + | {{Dialogue a-b|Harry Potter|But this is mad, there's no need —|Alastor Moody|No need! With You-Know-Who out there and half the Ministry on his side? Potter, if we're lucky he'll have swallowed the fake bait and he'll be planning to ambush you on the thirtieth, but he'd be mad not to have a Death Eater or two keeping an eye out, it's what I'd do. They might not be able to get at you or this house while your mother's charm holds, but it's about to break and they know the rough position of the place. Our only chance is to use decoys. Even You-Know-Who can't split himself into seven. So, Potter — some of your hair, if you please.|Moody explaining the importance of using Polyjuice Potion|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| − | [[File:7-potters.jpg|thumb|left|262px|The Seven Potters]] |
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| + | [[File:7-potters.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The seven Potters left to right: Fred, George, Mundungus, Fleur, Ron and Hermione]] |
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| − | {{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Moody|We'll go in pairs. That way, if there's anyone out there waiting for us--and I reckon there will be--they won't know which Harry Potter is the real one.|Harry|The real one?|I believe you're familiar with [[Polyjuice Potion|this particular brew]]?|No, absolutely not!|Moody informing Harry about the "Seven Potters" scheme|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}} |
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| ⚫ | In order to preserve his position as a trusted Death Eater, [[Severus Snape]] was forced to tell Voldemort the true date at which the Order planned to move Harry, under the orders of [[Albus Dumbledore's portrait]].<ref name="DH1">{{DH|B|1}}</ref> Thus, he placed a [[Confundus Charm]] on Order member [[Mundungus Fletcher]] so that the other wizard would suggest a plan to have six others disguise themselves as Harry through the use of [[Polyjuice Potion]] to act as decoys.<ref name="DH33">{{DH|B|33}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In order to preserve his position as a trusted Death Eater, [[Severus Snape]] was forced to tell Voldemort the true date at which the Order planned to move Harry.<ref name="DH1"> |
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| − | [[File:Motorbike.jpg|thumb|Harry and Hagrid on the motorbike shortly before the battle.]] |
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The rest of the Order was unaware of this, as they believed Snape to be a traitor. However, they accepted the plan to have seven Harry Potters, each escorted by an Order member acting as a protector, and fly away from Little Whinging, as no other method of transportation was safe. Harry himself did not like the plan because it risked others’ lives, but was overruled.<ref name="DH4" /> |
The rest of the Order was unaware of this, as they believed Snape to be a traitor. However, they accepted the plan to have seven Harry Potters, each escorted by an Order member acting as a protector, and fly away from Little Whinging, as no other method of transportation was safe. Harry himself did not like the plan because it risked others’ lives, but was overruled.<ref name="DH4" /> |
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| − | [[File:Motorbikehagrid.jpg|thumb|left|Hagrid starting the motorbike with Harry in the sidecar]] |
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| + | [[File:The Order on Brooms.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Preparing to transport]] |
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| − | {{Dialogue a-b-a|Moody|Head for the Burrows. We rendezvous there. On the count of three.|Hagrid|Hold tight, Harry.|One...Two...THREE.|Moody to the seven Potters and their protectors before taking off.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}} |
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| + | The "[[seven]] Potters" and their protectors were: Harry with [[Rubeus Hagrid]], on the [[Sirius Black's motorbike|flying motorbike]] of [[Sirius Black]]; [[Hermione Granger]] with [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]], on a [[Thestral]]; [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] with [[Nymphadora Tonks]], on a [[broomstick]]; [[George Weasley]] with [[Remus Lupin]], on a broomstick; [[Fred Weasley]] with [[Arthur Weasley]], on a broomstick; [[Fleur Delacour]] with [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]], on a Thestral; Mundungus Fletcher with [[Alastor Moody]], on a [[Alastor Moody's broomstick|broomstick]].<ref name="DH4" /> |
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| + | ===The battle=== |
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| − | The "[[seven]] Potters" and their protectors were: |
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| − | *[[Harry Potter]] with [[Rubeus Hagrid]], on the [[Sirius Black's motorbike|flying motorbike]] of [[Sirius Black]] |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b-a|Harry Potter|Death Eaters, loads of them — we were chased —|Ted Tonks|Death Eaters? What d'you mean, Death Eaters? I thought they didn't know you were being moved tonight, I thought —|They knew.|Harry and Ted after they arrived at the safe-house|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| − | *[[Hermione Granger]] with [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]], on a [[Thestral]] |
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| − | *[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] with [[Nymphadora Tonks]], on a [[broomstick]] |
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| ⚫ | Immediately after the group of fourteen took off, they were ambushed by at least thirty [[Death Eaters]], including [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] himself.<ref name="DH4" /> Harry and Hagrid were pursued by several Death Eaters, one of whom killed Harry's owl [[Hedwig]] while aiming for Hagrid. Hagrid used the motorbike's exhaust to knock one Death Eater off his broom and Harry shot as many spells as he could at them, most of them [[Stunning Spell]]s. Harry's spells collided with the curses the Death Eaters cast, making it appear as if fireworks were being set off. At one point, the side-car Harry was in began to break away from the bike, forcing Harry to use a [[Levitation Charm]] to remain in the air. |
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| − | *[[George Weasley]] with [[Remus Lupin]], on a [[broomstick]] |
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| − | *[[Fred Weasley]] with [[Arthur Weasley]], on a [[broomstick]] |
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| − | *[[Mundungus Fletcher]] with [[Alastor Moody]], on [[broomstick]] |
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| + | [[File:Battle of the Seven Potters.gif|250px|thumb|left|Harry's wand reacting to Voldemort in the sky over [[Little Whinging]]]] |
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| − | ==Battle== |
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| ⚫ | Harry struck one Death Eater with an [[Impediment Jinx]] and knocked a tooth from his mouth when dodging a curse. Once Hagrid lifted him up onto the bike, he blew the falling side-car up with a [[Blasting Curse]], blasting a Death Eater off his broom. When he spotted [[Stanley Shunpike|Stan Shunpike]], who was only acting under the [[Imperius Curse]], Harry did not want to hurt him, and thus tried to [[Disarming Charm|disarm]] him instead. Upon witnessing this, the Death Eaters broke off pursuit, realising this was the real Harry as they considered the Disarming Charm Harry's "trademark" spell, and fell back to inform Voldemort. |
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| − | Immediately after the group of fourteen took off, they were ambushed by at least thirty [[Death Eaters]], including [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] himself.<ref name="DH4" /> |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Hagrid were then pursued by Voldemort himself, who was able to fly without support. Harry's wand, recognising Voldemort as an enemy as a result of ''[[Reverse Spell|Priori Incantatem]]'' two years before and acting by itself, sent a "[[Golden flame|spurt of golden fire]]" at Voldemort and defeated the wand Voldemort had borrowed from [[Lucius Malfoy]]. Before Voldemort could attack him again with [[Selwyn]]'s wand, Harry and Hagrid passed through the magical protections around the home of [[Edward Tonks|Ted]] and [[Andromeda Tonks]] and crashed.<ref name="DH4" /> |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Hagrid were pursued by several Death Eaters, |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b|Remus Lupin|So what kept you? What happened?|Nymphadora Tonks|Bellatrix. She wants me quite as much as she wants Harry, Remus, she tried very hard to kill me. I just wish I'd got her, I owe Bellatrix. But we definitely injured [[Rodolphus Lestrange|Rodolphus]]... Then we got to Ron's Auntie Muriel's and we missed our Portkey and she was fussing over us —|Tonks recounting her and Ron's pursuit|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| − | [[File:Avadaharry.JPG|thumb|200px|Voldemort against Harry over Little Whinging.]] |
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| ⚫ | In the meantime, George had been injured by Snape's ''[[Sectumsempra]]'' curse, though Snape was truly aiming for another Death Eater who had their wand pointed at Remus' back. [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] had pursued her niece and Ron, who stunned a Death Eater while flying. Tonks also injured Rodolphus Lestrange while he and his wife attacked her and Ron. However, they were delayed and missed their [[Portkey]] from the home of [[Muriel]] to [[The Burrow]]. |
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| ⚫ | Harry struck one Death Eater with an [[Impediment Jinx]] and knocked a tooth from his mouth when dodging a curse. Once Hagrid lifted him up onto the bike, he blew the falling side-car up with a [[Blasting Curse]], blasting a Death Eater off his broom. When he spotted [[Stanley Shunpike|Stan Shunpike]], who was only acting under the [[Imperius Curse]], Harry did not want to hurt him, and thus tried to [[Disarming Charm|disarm]] him. |
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| ⚫ | Voldemort had first pursued Moody and Mundungus, believing that the real Harry would be with the formidable former Auror. Mundungus, however, [[Apparition|Disapparated]] immediately upon seeing the danger and Moody was murdered by a [[Killing Curse]] sent by Voldemort for Mundungus (whom he believed to be the real Harry Potter). Voldemort then pursued Hermione and Kingsley, who were attacked by five Death Eaters; they injured at least two, including [[Travers]], and may have killed another. Voldemort broke off pursuit when the real Harry was discovered.<ref name="DH5">{{DH|B|5}}</ref> The Order had banked on Moody and then Kingsley as the first two targets thinking Voldemort would assume the real Harry was with the most skilled members. |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Hagrid were then pursued by Voldemort himself, who was able to fly without support. Harry's |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b-a|Fred Weasley|What's wrong with him? Is his mind affected?|George Weasley|Saintlike. You see... I'm holy. ''Holey'', Fred, geddit?|Pathetic. Pathetic! With the whole wide world of ear-related humour before you, you go for ''holey''?|Fred and George after the latter's injury|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| + | [[File:After the battle of 7 potters.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Harry and others safely at the Burrow after participating in the sky battle earlier that night]] |
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| ⚫ | At the Tonks household, Ted repaired Harry's tooth, ribs, arm and leg while Andromeda fixed Hagrid up. However, Harry was still greatly hurt emotionally by the death of his beloved owl. They then took a Portkey to [[the Burrow]], where [[Molly Weasley|Molly]] and [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] were waiting. [[George Weasley]] and [[Remus Lupin]] arrived next, and Molly attempted to heal George's wound; he recovered, but his left ear could not be healed because the wound was caused by [[Dark Arts|Dark magic]].<ref name="DH5"/> |
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| + | [[File:Lupin interrogating Harry.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Lupin interrogating Harry to see if he was an imposter]] |
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| ⚫ | The injury was caused by Snape's Sectumsempra spell in order to stop the Death Eaters from hurting George (who he thought was Harry) and Lupin, but missed and hit George. Hermione and Kingsley then arrived, both unharmed, followed by [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Fred Weasley]], both concerned for George.<ref name="DH5" /> |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b|Remus Lupin|So what kept you? What happened?|Nymphadora Tonks|Bellatrix. She wants me quite as much as she wants Harry, Remus, she tried very hard to kill me. I just wish I'd got her, I owe Bellatrix. But we definitely injured Rodolphus... Then we got to Ron's Auntie Muriel's and we missed our Portkey and she was fussing over us |
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| ⚫ | After a bit of a wait, Ron and Tonks arrived much to the relief of Hermione and Remus, and Kingsley was forced to go back to his job guarding the Muggle [[Prime Minister]]. At last, [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] arrived, bringing the sad news of Moody's death. The group discussed the possibility that they had been betrayed, but Harry expressed his trust in everyone. Nevertheless, this unexpected ambush made them all realise that they must adopt Moody's paranoid-based security, such as asking questions to confirm identities.<ref name="DH5" /> |
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| ⚫ | In the meantime, |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Molly Weasley|Ron and Hermione seem to think that the three of you are dropping out of Hogwarts.|Harry Potter|Oh. Well, yeah. We are.|May I ask why you are abandoning your education?|Well, Dumbledore left me... stuff to do. Ron and Hermione know about it, and they want to come too... Dumbledore didn't want anyone else to know, Mrs Weasley. I'm sorry.|[[Molly Weasley]] trying to find out the trio's plans|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| + | [[File:Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Kingsley's Patronus warning]] |
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| ⚫ | After this battle, [[Harry Potter|Harry]] was united with [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] at the [[the Burrow|Burrow]], where they were safe for a short period of time before going on the hunt for [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s [[Horcrux]]es. They agreed amongst themselves to stay for Harry's [[Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday|seventeenth birthday party]] and for [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]]'s [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]], and then to head off, despite [[Molly Weasley]]'s numerous unsuccessful attempts to interrogate and dissuade them. |
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| + | [[File:The Ghoul in Pyjamas.png|250px|thumb|left|The ghoul in pyjamas]] |
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| + | Ron [[Transfiguration|transfigured]] the [[Weasley family ghoul]] to look like himself sick with [[Spattergroit]] as a cover for his absence, with the assistance of his [[Arthur Weasley|father]] and [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]. Hermione packed supplies in a beaded bag upon which she cast an [[Extension Charm|Undetectable Extension Charm]], so that they could be ready to go in an instant, if necessary.<ref name="DH6">{{DH|B|6}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b-a|Fred|What's wrong with him? Is his mind affected?|George|Saintlike. You |
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| ⚫ | Following his death, [[Alastor Moody]]'s [[Alastor Moody's magical eye|magical eye]] was found by [[Dolores Umbridge]] at some point. She used the eye to look out of [[Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic's office|her office]] at the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] in [[1997]]. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione [[Infiltration of the British Ministry of Magic (1997)|infiltrated]] the Ministry, Harry saw the eye and took it from Umbridge's office door. The absence of the "electric-blue eye" from the door alerted Ministry workers that there were intruders within the building, but the trio still escaped.<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | At the Tonks household, Ted repaired Harry's tooth, ribs, arm and leg while Andromeda fixed Hagrid up. However, Harry was still greatly hurt emotionally by the death of his beloved owl. They then took a Portkey to [[the Burrow]], where [[Molly Weasley|Molly]] and [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] were waiting. [[George Weasley]] and [[Remus Lupin]] arrived next, and Molly attempted to heal George's wound; he recovered, but his ear could not be healed because the wound was caused by [[Dark Arts|Dark |
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| ⚫ | After a bit of a wait, Ron and Tonks arrived much to the relief of Hermione and Remus, and Kingsley was forced to go back to his job guarding the Muggle [[Prime Minister]]. At last, [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] arrived, bringing the sad news of Moody's death. The group discussed the possibility that they had been betrayed, but Harry expressed his trust in everyone.<ref name="DH5" /> |
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| + | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 - Battle of the seven Potters (HD)|The Sky Battle |
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| ⚫ | After this battle, [[Harry Potter|Harry]] was united with [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] at [[the Burrow]], where they were safe for a short period of time before going on the hunt for [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s [[Horcrux]]es. They agreed amongst themselves to stay for Harry's [[Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday |
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==Behind the scenes== |
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*In the book, [[J. K. Rowling]] refers to Harry's multiple likenesses as "Harrys". |
*In the book, [[J. K. Rowling]] refers to Harry's multiple likenesses as "Harrys". |
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*In the film version of the battle, Harry is apparently identified when [[Hedwig]], released by him before take-off, attacks a Death Eater chasing him to defend him and is killed. |
*In the film version of the battle, Harry is apparently identified when [[Hedwig]], released by him before take-off, attacks a Death Eater chasing him to defend him and is killed. |
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+ | *In {{DH|F1}}, Mrs Weasley smiles at George's "holey" joke, as opposed to becoming sadder, as she did in the novel. |
*The Battle of the seven Potters is also known as "Flight from Little Whinging" or "Battle of the Seven Harrys", and the film's soundtrack for the scene is titled "Sky Battle". |
*The Battle of the seven Potters is also known as "Flight from Little Whinging" or "Battle of the Seven Harrys", and the film's soundtrack for the scene is titled "Sky Battle". |
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+ | *In {{DH|F1}}, everyone arrives at [[The Burrow]] after the battle (apart from the late [[Alastor Moody]] and [[Mundungus Fletcher]]) as the Tonkses are omitted from the film. |
| + | *In {{DH|GA1}}, Ron and Hermione have already arrived at The Burrow when Harry and Hagrid crash in the fields outside, as they both can be heard looking for Harry just after the crash. |
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- "That's him, it's him, it's the real one!"
- — A Death Eater calling out Harry Potter's location to Voldemort[src]
The Battle of the Seven Potters,[1] also known as the Battle of the Seven Harrys, the Battle over Little Whinging, or the Flight from Little Whinging, was an aerial battle, or dogfight, of the Second Wizarding War that took place above the Muggle area of Little Whinging.
The battle occurred on 27 July 1997, when several members of the Order of the Phoenix were ambushed by Death Eaters while removing Harry Potter from the home of his only relatives, the Dursley family.[2]
The battle proved to be one of many attempts on Harry Potter's life by Lord Voldemort.[2] The Order managed to get Harry to safety, but suffered the loss of their leader, Alastor Moody,[3] and Harry's owl, Hedwig, in the process.[2] George Weasley also lost an ear because of a curse sent by Severus Snape,[3] who originally sent his Sectumsempra curse at a Death Eater's wand arm.[4]
History
Background information
Harry Potter and the Dursleys
- Yaxley: "My Lord, I have heard differently. Dawlish, the Auror, let slip that Potter will not be moved until the thirtieth, the night before the boy turns seventeen."
- Severus Snape: "My source told me that there are plans to lay a false trail; this must be it. No doubt a Confundus Charm has been placed upon Dawlish… I assure you, Yaxley, the Auror Office will play no further part in the protection of Harry Potter."
- — Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor during the height of the war[src]
After the murder of James and Lily Potter at the hands of Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter was left in the care of his maternal aunt, Petunia Dursley. Although she and her husband Vernon were reluctant to take Harry in, doing so sealed powerful blood magic that would protect Harry until his seventeenth birthday. Harry lived with the Dursleys at 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging when he was not at Hogwarts.[5]
1997 Death Eater meeting where Voldemort learned part of the Order's plan
Voldemort learned of this protection, and thus sought to find and kill Harry when the Order of the Phoenix removed him as he came of age. By July 1997, there had been another break-out of Death Eaters from Azkaban and Voldemort had enough control over the Ministry of Magic to observe any Apparition, Portkey use, or Floo Network activity from the Dursleys' home, but the Order mistrusted the Ministry and made other plans, thus Voldemort was not privy to the whole plan and only part of it (namely, by using untraceable transport).[2]
The seven Potters
- Harry Potter: "But this is mad, there's no need —"
- Alastor Moody: "No need! With You-Know-Who out there and half the Ministry on his side? Potter, if we're lucky he'll have swallowed the fake bait and he'll be planning to ambush you on the thirtieth, but he'd be mad not to have a Death Eater or two keeping an eye out, it's what I'd do. They might not be able to get at you or this house while your mother's charm holds, but it's about to break and they know the rough position of the place. Our only chance is to use decoys. Even You-Know-Who can't split himself into seven. So, Potter — some of your hair, if you please."
- — Moody explaining the importance of using Polyjuice Potion[src]
The seven Potters left to right: Fred, George, Mundungus, Fleur, Ron and Hermione
In order to preserve his position as a trusted Death Eater, Severus Snape was forced to tell Voldemort the true date at which the Order planned to move Harry, under the orders of Albus Dumbledore's portrait.[6] Thus, he placed a Confundus Charm on Order member Mundungus Fletcher so that the other wizard would suggest a plan to have six others disguise themselves as Harry through the use of Polyjuice Potion to act as decoys.[4]
The rest of the Order was unaware of this, as they believed Snape to be a traitor. However, they accepted the plan to have seven Harry Potters, each escorted by an Order member acting as a protector, and fly away from Little Whinging, as no other method of transportation was safe. Harry himself did not like the plan because it risked others’ lives, but was overruled.[2]
Preparing to transport
The "seven Potters" and their protectors were: Harry with Rubeus Hagrid, on the flying motorbike of Sirius Black; Hermione Granger with Kingsley Shacklebolt, on a Thestral; Ron Weasley with Nymphadora Tonks, on a broomstick; George Weasley with Remus Lupin, on a broomstick; Fred Weasley with Arthur Weasley, on a broomstick; Fleur Delacour with Bill Weasley, on a Thestral; Mundungus Fletcher with Alastor Moody, on a broomstick.[2]
The battle
Pursuit of Harry
- Harry Potter: "Death Eaters, loads of them — we were chased —"
- Ted Tonks: "Death Eaters? What d'you mean, Death Eaters? I thought they didn't know you were being moved tonight, I thought —"
- Harry Potter: "They knew."
- — Harry and Ted after they arrived at the safe-house[src]
Rubeus Hagrid and Harry Potter being chased by masked Death Eaters
Immediately after the group of fourteen took off, they were ambushed by at least thirty Death Eaters, including Voldemort himself.[2] Harry and Hagrid were pursued by several Death Eaters, one of whom killed Harry's owl Hedwig while aiming for Hagrid. Hagrid used the motorbike's exhaust to knock one Death Eater off his broom and Harry shot as many spells as he could at them, most of them Stunning Spells. Harry's spells collided with the curses the Death Eaters cast, making it appear as if fireworks were being set off. At one point, the side-car Harry was in began to break away from the bike, forcing Harry to use a Levitation Charm to remain in the air.
Harry's wand reacting to Voldemort in the sky over Little Whinging
Harry struck one Death Eater with an Impediment Jinx and knocked a tooth from his mouth when dodging a curse. Once Hagrid lifted him up onto the bike, he blew the falling side-car up with a Blasting Curse, blasting a Death Eater off his broom. When he spotted Stan Shunpike, who was only acting under the Imperius Curse, Harry did not want to hurt him, and thus tried to disarm him instead. Upon witnessing this, the Death Eaters broke off pursuit, realising this was the real Harry as they considered the Disarming Charm Harry's "trademark" spell, and fell back to inform Voldemort.
Lucius Malfoy's wand, used by Voldemort, cracking due to the power of Harry's wand
Harry and Hagrid were then pursued by Voldemort himself, who was able to fly without support. Harry's wand, recognising Voldemort as an enemy as a result of Priori Incantatem two years before and acting by itself, sent a "spurt of golden fire" at Voldemort and defeated the wand Voldemort had borrowed from Lucius Malfoy. Before Voldemort could attack him again with Selwyn's wand, Harry and Hagrid passed through the magical protections around the home of Ted and Andromeda Tonks and crashed.[2]
Other chases
- Remus Lupin: "So what kept you? What happened?"
- Nymphadora Tonks: "Bellatrix. She wants me quite as much as she wants Harry, Remus, she tried very hard to kill me. I just wish I'd got her, I owe Bellatrix. But we definitely injured Rodolphus... Then we got to Ron's Auntie Muriel's and we missed our Portkey and she was fussing over us —"
- — Tonks recounting her and Ron's pursuit[src]
In the meantime, George had been injured by Snape's Sectumsempra curse, though Snape was truly aiming for another Death Eater who had their wand pointed at Remus' back. Bellatrix Lestrange had pursued her niece and Ron, who stunned a Death Eater while flying. Tonks also injured Rodolphus Lestrange while he and his wife attacked her and Ron. However, they were delayed and missed their Portkey from the home of Muriel to The Burrow.
Death Eaters chasing Kingsley and Hermione during the battle
Voldemort had first pursued Moody and Mundungus, believing that the real Harry would be with the formidable former Auror. Mundungus, however, Disapparated immediately upon seeing the danger and Moody was murdered by a Killing Curse sent by Voldemort for Mundungus (whom he believed to be the real Harry Potter). Voldemort then pursued Hermione and Kingsley, who were attacked by five Death Eaters; they injured at least two, including Travers, and may have killed another. Voldemort broke off pursuit when the real Harry was discovered.[3] The Order had banked on Moody and then Kingsley as the first two targets thinking Voldemort would assume the real Harry was with the most skilled members.
Aftermath
Injuries and healing
- Fred Weasley: "What's wrong with him? Is his mind affected?"
- George Weasley: "Saintlike. You see... I'm holy. Holey, Fred, geddit?"
- Fred Weasley: "Pathetic. Pathetic! With the whole wide world of ear-related humour before you, you go for holey?"
- — Fred and George after the latter's injury[src]
Harry and others safely at the Burrow after participating in the sky battle earlier that night
At the Tonks household, Ted repaired Harry's tooth, ribs, arm and leg while Andromeda fixed Hagrid up. However, Harry was still greatly hurt emotionally by the death of his beloved owl. They then took a Portkey to the Burrow, where Molly and Ginny Weasley were waiting. George Weasley and Remus Lupin arrived next, and Molly attempted to heal George's wound; he recovered, but his left ear could not be healed because the wound was caused by Dark magic.[3]
Lupin interrogating Harry to see if he was an imposter
The injury was caused by Snape's Sectumsempra spell in order to stop the Death Eaters from hurting George (who he thought was Harry) and Lupin, but missed and hit George. Hermione and Kingsley then arrived, both unharmed, followed by Arthur and Fred Weasley, both concerned for George.[3]
After a bit of a wait, Ron and Tonks arrived much to the relief of Hermione and Remus, and Kingsley was forced to go back to his job guarding the Muggle Prime Minister. At last, Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour arrived, bringing the sad news of Moody's death. The group discussed the possibility that they had been betrayed, but Harry expressed his trust in everyone. Nevertheless, this unexpected ambush made them all realise that they must adopt Moody's paranoid-based security, such as asking questions to confirm identities.[3]
The trio's plans
- Molly Weasley: "Ron and Hermione seem to think that the three of you are dropping out of Hogwarts."
- Harry Potter: "Oh. Well, yeah. We are."
- Molly Weasley: "May I ask why you are abandoning your education?"
- Harry Potter: "Well, Dumbledore left me... stuff to do. Ron and Hermione know about it, and they want to come too... Dumbledore didn't want anyone else to know, Mrs Weasley. I'm sorry."
- — Molly Weasley trying to find out the trio's plans[src]
Kingsley's Patronus warning
After this battle, Harry was united with Ron and Hermione at the Burrow, where they were safe for a short period of time before going on the hunt for Voldemort's Horcruxes. They agreed amongst themselves to stay for Harry's seventeenth birthday party and for Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding, and then to head off, despite Molly Weasley's numerous unsuccessful attempts to interrogate and dissuade them.
The ghoul in pyjamas
Ron transfigured the Weasley family ghoul to look like himself sick with Spattergroit as a cover for his absence, with the assistance of his father and Fred and George. Hermione packed supplies in a beaded bag upon which she cast an Undetectable Extension Charm, so that they could be ready to go in an instant, if necessary.[7]
Following his death, Alastor Moody's magical eye was found by Dolores Umbridge at some point. She used the eye to look out of her office at the Ministry of Magic in 1997. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione infiltrated the Ministry, Harry saw the eye and took it from Umbridge's office door. The absence of the "electric-blue eye" from the door alerted Ministry workers that there were intruders within the building, but the trio still escaped.[8]
Media
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Seven Harrys (2010) HD
The Seven Potters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 - Battle of the seven Potters (HD)
The Sky Battle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 - the Order at the burrow after the sky battle (HD)
After the Battle
Behind the scenes
- Just as Tom Riddle split his soul in seven parts through Horcruxes to preserve his life, Harry Potter "split" into seven "bodies" to preserve his life. Instead of accomplishing this by killing people, Harry's friends volunteered to help him in this task out of love.
- In the book, J. K. Rowling refers to Harry's multiple likenesses as "Harrys".
- In the film version of the battle, Harry is apparently identified when Hedwig, released by him before take-off, attacks a Death Eater chasing him to defend him and is killed.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Mrs Weasley smiles at George's "holey" joke, as opposed to becoming sadder, as she did in the novel.
- The Battle of the seven Potters is also known as "Flight from Little Whinging" or "Battle of the Seven Harrys", and the film's soundtrack for the scene is titled "Sky Battle".
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, everyone arrives at The Burrow after the battle (apart from the late Alastor Moody and Mundungus Fletcher) as the Tonkses are omitted from the film.
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Ron and Hermione have already arrived at The Burrow when Harry and Hagrid crash in the fields outside, as they both can be heard looking for Harry just after the crash.
- Voldemort did not expect the fact there were seven Harrys, which caused him to first pursue Moody and then Kingsley before the real Harry was discovered to be with Hagrid. Harry himself remarked that Voldemort would've gone after Hagrid immediately had he known about that part.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Motorbike Escape
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Appears in the spell book)
Notes and references
- ↑ Explore the Story: Lucius Malfoy at Pottermore (archived here)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 4 (The Seven Potters)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 5 (Fallen Warrior)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 37 (The Lost Prophecy)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 1 (The Dark Lord Ascending)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 6 (The Ghoul in Pyjamas)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 13 (The Muggle-Born Registration Commission)