Changes: Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday

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Molly Weasley: "I've been wanting to ask you how you want to celebrate your birthday, Harry. Seventeen, after all, it's an important day...."

Harry Potter: "I don't want a fuss. Really, Mrs Weasley, just a normal dinner would be fine... It's the day before the wedding... please, don't go to loads of trouble."

— Conversation regarding Harry's birthday party^[src]

A party was held at The Burrow in Devon, England for Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday on 31 July 1997. The party took place days after the Order of the Phoenix removed Harry from his relative's home, battling Death Eaters in the process and the day before the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour was held at the Burrow.

The party was interrupted by the arrival of Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, who wanted Harry to support the British Ministry of Magic during the Second Wizarding War.^[1]

History

Background

Main article: Battle of the Seven Potters

"And then, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surrounded. At least thirty hooded figures, suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the midst of which the Order members had risen, oblivious —. Screams, a blaze of green light on every side: Hagrid gave a yell and the motorbike rolled over."

— Description of the Battle of the Seven Potters^[src]

Harry Potter lived with his maternal relatives, the Dursley family, after his father and mother were murdered by Lord Voldemort on 31 October 1981. Because his aunt Petunia Dursley is the older sister of Harry's mother, whose loving sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's Killing Curse, Harry was protected by ancient magic while he lived with his aunt.^[2]

This protection would expire when Harry became an adult in the wizarding world, on his seventeenth birthday of 31 July 1997. The Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters were both aware of this. Thus, the Death Eaters manipulated the British Ministry of Magic to cut off Harry's means of transportation away from 4 Privet Drive, and the Order made a plan to remove Harry on 27 July.^[2]

The Order used Polyjuice Potion to disguise six members as Harry, so that seven teams of two would fly away from Little Whinging to divert anyone if they were attacked. The group was attacked by at least thirty Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort himself joined the sky battle.^[2] Harry was brought to safety at the Burrow, but Alastor Moody and Harry's owl Hedwig were killed in the process.^[3]

Birthday celebrations

Presents in the morning

"Arthur told me to wish you a happy seventeenth, Harry. He had to leave early for work, but he'll be back for dinner. That's our present on top... It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age..."

— Molly giving Harry her deceased brother's watch^[src]

Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches PM — *Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches*

When Harry awoke on the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he immediately used magic, summoning his glasses. Ron Weasley gave him his present right away, not wanting his mother to see it. It was a copy of Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches, a book that Ron had been given previously by his older brothers Fred and George. Ron found it extremely useful for dealing with girls.^[1]

The boys then headed downstairs for breakfast, where Mrs Weasley and Monsieur and Apolline Delacour all wished Harry a happy birthday. Harry also received a variety of presents, including a watch from Mrs Weasley that had once belonged to her late brother Fabian Prewett, which he hugged her in thanks for. Hermione Granger then entered the kitchen with her gift for Harry, a new Sneakoscope. Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour gave him an enchanted razor, the Delacours gave him chocolates, and Fred and George gave him an enormous box of merchandise from their joke shop.^[1]

Harry and Ginny

"I couldn't think what to get you... I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you. So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some Veela when you're off doing whatever you're doing."

— Right before Ginny gave him a kiss for his birthday present^[src]

Harry & Ginny kissing - Kitchen — Ginny giving Harry his birthday present

After breakfast, Ginny Weasley approached Harry and asked to speak to him alone in her bedroom. Although Ron did not like the idea, Hermione pulled him away, and Harry followed Ginny into her room. There, Ginny said that she did not know what to get him for his birthday, and then kissed Harry as she had never kissed him before. They were interrupted by Ron and Hermione; the former angrily reminded Harry that he had broken up with Ginny and that he should not be "messing her around". Harry regretfully agreed that it would not happen again.^[1]

Dinner

Rubeus Hagrid: "Seventeen, eh! Six years ter the day since we met, Harry, d'yeh remember it?"

Harry Potter: "Vaguely. Didn't you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig's tail, and tell me I was a wizard?"

— Discussion regarding their first meeting during dinner^[src]

For Harry's celebratory dinner, Fred and George bewitched a number of purple lanterns with "17" on them to hang above the kitchen and Hermione conjured purple and gold streamers to be draped around the trees and bushes, and turned a crabapple tree to gold. Charles Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks also joined everyone for dinner. Mrs Weasley baked a cake in the form of a Golden Snitch, sized bigger like a beach-ball, and Hagrid gave Harry his gift of a pouch.^[1]

Before the dinner could get started, however, Arthur Weasley's Patronus arrived to warn the guests that Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour was accompanying him to the Burrow. Remus and Tonks quickly left, since the two had recently married and the Ministry of Magic had anti-werewolf legislation in effect. Arthur and Scrimgeour arrived shortly afterward, and the latter requested a private word with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.^[1]

Dumbledore's will

"Sorry to intrude. Especially as I can see that I am gate-crashing a party. Many happy returns... I require a private word with you. Also with Mr Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger."

— Rufus Scrimgeour interrupting the celebrations^[src]

DH1 HQ still Scrimgeour Trio — Scrimgeour gives the first Snitch Harry caught, willed to him by Albus Dumbledore

Once in the sitting room, Scrimegour wanted to speak to each of them individually, but Harry refused. Scrimgeour then explained to them that they had all been bequeathed items in Albus Dumbledore's will. To Harry, Dumbledore had left the first Snitch he ever caught, as well as Godric Gryffindor's Sword. To Ron he left a Deluminator and to Hermione a first edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The Ministry had held the will and its contents under the Decree for Justifiable Confiscation for 31 days, as they suspected that Dumbledore was attempting to communicate secret information to the trio.^[1]

Scrimgeour suspiciously questioned all three of them, but ultimately turned over all the objects but the Sword, which he argued did not belong to Dumbledore and was not his to give. Scrimgeour also attempted to convince Harry to support the Ministry for the second time, and again, Harry turned him down, reminding him that he did not agree with the Ministry's methods, such as their cover-up of the recent break-out of Azkaban prisoners. Scrimgeour left in a fury.^[1]

Afterwards, everybody ate dinner quickly, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione met once everyone had gone to bed to discuss what had happened.^[1] It was not until much later that they realised the full significance of Dumbledore's will, and how it assisted them in their search for the Horcruxes and knowledge of the Deathly Hallows.

Attendees

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Notes and references

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 7 (The Will of Albus Dumbledore)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 4 (The Seven Potters)
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 5 (Fallen Warrior)

[DH7-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 7 (The Will of Albus Dumbledore)

[DH4-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 4 (The Seven Potters)

[DH5-3] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 5 (Fallen Warrior)

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+A party was held at [[The Burrow]] in [[Devon]], [[England]] for '''[[Harry Potter]]'s seventeenth birthday''' on [[31 July]] [[1997]]. The party took place days after the [[Order of the Phoenix]] removed Harry from his [[Dursley family|relative]]'s [[4 Privet Drive|home]], [[Battle of the Seven Potters|battling]] [[Death Eaters]] in the process and the day before the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] was held at the Burrow.
-A party was held at [[the Burrow]] in [[Devon]], [[England]] for '''[[Harry Potter]]'s seventeenth birthday''' on [[31 July]], [[1997]]. The party took place days after the [[Order of the Phoenix]] removed Harry from his [[Dursley family|relatives]]' [[4 Privet Drive|home]], [[Battle of the Seven Potters|battling]] [[Death Eaters]] in the process, and the day before the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] was held at the Burrow. The party was interrupted by the arrival of [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]], who wanted Harry to support the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] during the [[Second Wizarding War]].
+The party was interrupted by the arrival of [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]], who wanted Harry to support the [[British Ministry of Magic]] during the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="DH7" />
-==Background==
+==History==
+===Background===
-[[File:Seven Potters.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The [[seven]] Potters.]]
 {{Main|Battle of the Seven Potters}}
+{{Quote|And then, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surrounded. At least thirty hooded figures, suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the midst of which the Order members had risen, oblivious —. Screams, a blaze of green light on every side: Hagrid gave a yell and the motorbike rolled over.|Description of the Battle of the Seven Potters|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
-[[Harry Potter]] lived with his maternal relatives, the [[Dursley family]], after his [[James Potter I|father]] and [[Lily Evans|mother]] were murdered by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] on [[31 October]], [[1981]]. Because his aunt [[Petunia Dursley]] is the older sister of Harry's mother, whose [[love|loving]] sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's [[Killing Curse]], Harry was protected by ancient [[magic]] while he lived with his aunt. This protection would expire when Harry became an adult in the [[wizarding world]], on his seventeenth birthday of [[31 July]], [[1997]]. The [[Order of the Phoenix]] and the [[Death Eaters]] were both aware of this. Thus, the Death Eaters manipulated the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to cut off Harry's means of transportation away from [[4 Privet Drive]], and the Order made a plan to remove Harry on [[27 July]].
+[[Harry Potter]] lived with his maternal relatives, the [[Dursley family]], after his [[James Potter I|father]] and [[Lily J. Potter|mother]] were murdered by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] on [[31 October]] [[1981]]. Because his aunt [[Petunia Dursley]] is the older sister of Harry's mother, whose [[love|loving]] sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's [[Killing Curse]], Harry was protected by ancient magic while he lived with his aunt.<ref name="DH4"/>
+[[File:Seven Potters DHF1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The [[seven]] Potters]]
-The Order used [[Polyjuice Potion]] to disguise six members as Harry, so that [[seven]] teams of two would fly away from [[Little Whinging]] to divert anyone if they were attacked. The group was [[Battle of the Seven Potters|attacked]] by at least thirty Death Eaters and Voldemort himself.<ref name="DH4">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Ch. 4</ref> Harry was brought to safety at [[the Burrow]], but [[Alastor Moody]] and Harry's owl [[Hedwig]] were killed in the process.<ref name="DH5">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 5</ref>
+This protection would expire when Harry became an adult in the wizarding world, on his seventeenth birthday of [[31 July]] [[1997]]. The [[Order of the Phoenix]] and the [[Death Eaters]] were both aware of this. Thus, the Death Eaters manipulated the [[British Ministry of Magic]] to cut off Harry's means of transportation away from [[4 Privet Drive]], and the Order made a plan to remove Harry on [[27 July]].<ref name="DH4"/>
+The Order used [[Polyjuice Potion]] to disguise six members as Harry, so that seven teams of two would fly away from [[Little Whinging]] to divert anyone if they were attacked. The group was [[Battle of the Seven Potters|attacked]] by at least thirty Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort himself joined the sky battle.<ref name="DH4">{{DH|B|4}}</ref> Harry was brought to safety at the [[the Burrow|Burrow]], but [[Alastor Moody]] and Harry's owl [[Hedwig]] were [[Killing Curse|killed]] in the process.<ref name="DH5">{{DH|B|5}}</ref>
-==Birthday celebrations==
-===Presents in the morning===
-{{dialogue a-b|Molly|Arthur told me to wish you a happy seventeenth, Harry. He had to leave early for work, but he'll be back for dinner. That's our present on top... It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age...|Hermione|Happy birthday, Harry! It's not much, but I hope you like it.|[[Molly Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] giving Harry his presents|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
+===Birthday celebrations===
-When Harry awoke on the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he immediately used [[magic]], [[Summoning Charm|summoning]] his glasses. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] gave him his present right away, not wanting [[Molly Weasley|his mother]] to see it. It was a copy of ''[[Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches]]'', a book that Ron had been given previously by his older brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]. Ron found it extremely useful for dealing with girls.
+====Presents in the morning====
+{{Quote|Arthur told me to wish you a happy seventeenth, Harry. He had to leave early for work, but he'll be back for dinner. That's our present on top... It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age...|Molly giving Harry her deceased brother's watch|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
+[[File:Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches PM.png|200px|thumb|''[[Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches]]'']]
+When Harry awoke on the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he immediately used [[magic]], [[Summoning Charm|summoning]] his glasses. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] gave him his present right away, not wanting [[Molly Weasley|his mother]] to see it. It was a copy of ''[[Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches]]'', a book that Ron had been given previously by his older brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]. Ron found it extremely useful for dealing with girls.<ref name="DH7"/>
-The boys then headed downstairs for breakfast, where Mrs. Weasley and [[Delacour sisters' father|Monsieur]] and [[Apolline Delacour]] all wished Harry a happy birthday. Harry also received a variety of presents, including [[Fabian Prewett's watch|a watch]] from Mrs. Weasley that had once belonged to her late brother [[Fabian Prewett]], which he hugged her in thanks for. [[Hermione Granger]] then entered the kitchen with her gift for Harry, a new [[Sneakoscope]]. [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] gave him an [[enchanted razor]], the Delacours gave him chocolates, and Fred and George gave him an enormous box of merchandise from their [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|joke shop]].<ref name="DH7">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 7</ref>
+The boys then headed downstairs for breakfast, where Mrs Weasley and [[Delacour sisters' father|Monsieur]] and [[Apolline Delacour]] all wished Harry a happy birthday. Harry also received a variety of presents, including [[Fabian Prewett's watch|a watch]] from Mrs Weasley that had once belonged to her late brother [[Fabian Prewett]], which he hugged her in thanks for. [[Hermione Granger]] then entered the kitchen with her gift for Harry, a new [[Sneakoscope]]. [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] gave him an [[enchanted razor]], the Delacours gave him chocolates, and Fred and George gave him an enormous box of merchandise from their [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|joke shop]].<ref name="DH7">{{DH|B|7}}</ref>
-===Harry and Ginny===
+====Harry and Ginny====
-{{dialogue a-b-a|Ginny|I couldn't think what to get you... I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you. So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some [[veela]] when you're off doing whatever you're doing.|Harry|I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.|There's the silver lining I've been looking for.|[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and [[Harry Potter]] in her room|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
+{{Quote|I couldn't think what to get you... I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you. So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some [[Veela]] when you're off doing whatever you're doing.|Right before Ginny gave him a kiss for his birthday present|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
+[[File:Harry & Ginny kissing - Kitchen.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Ginny giving Harry his birthday present]]
+After breakfast, [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] approached [[Harry Potter|Harry]] and asked to speak to him alone in her bedroom. Although [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] did not like the idea, [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] pulled him away, and Harry followed Ginny into her room. There, Ginny said that she did not know what to get him for his birthday, and then kissed Harry as she had never kissed him before. They were interrupted by Ron and Hermione; the former angrily reminded Harry that he had broken up with Ginny and that he should not be "messing her around". Harry regretfully agreed that it would not happen again.<ref name="DH7" />
+====Dinner====
-After breakfast, [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] approached Harry and asked to speak to him alone in her bedroom. Although Ron did not like the idea, Hermione pulled him away, and Harry followed Ginny into her room. There, Ginny said that she did not know what to get him for his birthday, and then kissed Harry as she had never kissed him before. They were interrupted by Ron and Hermione; the former angrily reminded Harry that he had broken up with Ginny and that he should not be "messing her around". Harry regretfully agreed that it would not happen again.<ref name="DH7"/>
+{{dialogue a-b|Rubeus Hagrid|Seventeen, eh! Six years ter the day since we met, Harry, d'yeh remember it?|Harry Potter|Vaguely. Didn't you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig's tail, and tell me I was a wizard?|Discussion regarding their first meeting during dinner|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
-[[File:Harry_en_Ginny.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Harry and Ginny.]]
+For Harry's celebratory dinner, [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley|George]] bewitched a number of purple lanterns with "17" on them to hang above the kitchen and Hermione conjured purple and gold streamers to be draped around the trees and bushes, and turned a crabapple tree to gold. [[Charles Weasley]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]], [[Remus Lupin]], and [[Nymphadora Tonks]] also joined everyone for dinner. Mrs Weasley baked a [[Harry Potter's birthday cake from Molly Weasley|cake]] in the form of a [[Golden Snitch]], sized bigger like a [[beach-ball]], and Hagrid gave Harry his gift of a [[Mokeskin pouch|pouch]].<ref name="DH7"/>
+Before the dinner could get started, however, [[Arthur Weasley]]'s [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] arrived to warn the guests that [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] was accompanying him to the Burrow. Remus and Tonks quickly left, since the two had recently [[Wedding of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks|married]] and the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] had [[anti-werewolf legislation]] in effect. Arthur and Scrimgeour arrived shortly afterward, and the latter requested a private word with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.<ref name="DH7" />
-===Dinner===
-{{dialogue a-b|Hagrid|Seventeen, eh! Six years ter the day since we met, Harry, d'yeh remember it?|Harry|Vaguely. Didn't you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig's tail, and tell me I was a wizard?|[[Harry Potter]] and [[Rubeus Hagrid]] at dinner|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
+====Dumbledore's will====
-For Harry's celebratory dinner, [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] bewitched a number of purple lanterns with "17" on them to hang above the kitchen and Hermione conjured purple and gold streamers to be draped around the trees and bushes, and turned a crabapple tree to gold. [[Charles Weasley]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]], [[Remus Lupin]] and [[Nymphadora Tonks]] also joined everyone for dinner. Mrs. Weasley baked a [[Harry Potter's birthday cake from Molly Weasley|cake]] in the form of a [[Golden Snitch]], sized bigger like a [[beach-ball]], and Hagrid gave Harry his gift of a [[Mokeskin pouch|pouch]].
+{{Quote|Sorry to intrude. Especially as I can see that I am gate-crashing a party. Many happy returns... I require a private word with you. Also with Mr Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger.|[[Rufus Scrimgeour]] interrupting the celebrations|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
+[[File:DH1 HQ still Scrimgeour Trio.jpg|250px|thumb|Scrimgeour gives the first Snitch Harry caught, willed to him by Albus Dumbledore]]
+Once in the sitting room, Scrimegour wanted to speak to each of them individually, but Harry refused. Scrimgeour then explained to them that they had all been bequeathed items in [[The Last Will and Testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore's will]]. To Harry, Dumbledore had left the first Snitch he ever caught, as well as [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]]. To Ron he left a [[Deluminator]] and to Hermione a first edition of {{TBB}}. The Ministry had held the will and its contents under the [[Decree for Justifiable Confiscation]] for 31 days, as they suspected that Dumbledore was attempting to communicate secret information to the trio.<ref name="DH7"/>
+Scrimgeour suspiciously questioned all three of them, but ultimately turned over all the objects but the Sword, which he argued did not belong to Dumbledore and was not his to give. Scrimgeour also attempted to convince Harry to support the Ministry for the second time, and again, Harry turned him down, reminding him that he did not agree with the Ministry's methods, such as their cover-up of the [[Azkaban escapes#1997|recent break-out]] of [[Azkaban]] prisoners. Scrimgeour left in a fury.<ref name="DH7"/>
-Before the dinner could get started, however, [[Arthur Weasley]]'s [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] arrived to warn the guests that [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] was accompanying him to the Burrow. Remus and Tonks quickly left, since the two had recently [[Wedding of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks|married]] and the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] had [[anti-werewolf legislation]] in effect. Arthur and Scrimgeour arrived shortly afterward, and the latter requested a private word with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.<ref name="DH7"/>
+Afterwards, everybody ate dinner quickly, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione met once everyone had gone to bed to discuss what had happened.<ref name="DH7" /> It was not until much later that they realised the full significance of Dumbledore's will, and how it assisted them in their search for the [[Horcrux]]es and knowledge of the [[Deathly Hallows]].
-===Dumbledore's will===
-{{dialogue a-b-a|Scrimgeour|Sorry to intrude. Especially as I can see that I am gate-crashing a party. Many happy returns.|Harry|Thanks.|I require a private word with you. Also with Mr. Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger.|[[Rufus Scrimgeour]] interrupts the party|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
-Once in the sitting room, Scrimegour wanted to speak to each of them individually, but Harry refused. Scrimgeour then explained to them that they had all been bequeathed items in [[The Last Will and Testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore's will]]. To Harry, Dumbledore had left the first Snitch he ever caught as well as [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]]. To Ron, he left a [[Deluminator]], and to Hermione, a first edition of ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]''. The Ministry had held the will and its contents under the [[Decree for Justifiable Confiscation]] for 31 days, as they suspected that Dumbledore was attempting to communicate secret information to the trio. Scrimgeour suspiciously questioned all three of them, but ultimately turned over all the objects but the Sword, which he argued did not belong to Dumbledore and was not his to give. Scrimgeour also attempted to convince Harry to support the Ministry for the second time, and again, Harry turned him down, reminding him that he did not agree with the Ministry's methods, such as their cover-up of the [[Azkaban escapes#1997|recent break-out]] of [[Azkaban]] prisoners. Scrimgeour left in a fury.
-Afterwards, everybody ate dinner quickly, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione met once everyone had gone to bed to discuss what had happened.<ref name="DH7"/> It was not until much later that they realised the full significance of Dumbledore's will, and how it assisted them in their search for the [[Horcrux]]es and knowledge of the [[Deathly Hallows]].
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+Charlie PM.jpg|[[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]
+DH promo headshot Bill Weasley.jpg|[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Fleur Delacour]]
+Fleur Delacour.jpg|[[Fleur Delacour]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Arthur Weasley]]
+Arthur Weasley profile.jpg|[[Arthur Weasley]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Molly Weasley]]
+Molly Weasley Deathly Hallows.jpg|[[Molly Weasley]]<ref name="DH7"/>
+Remus Lupin Deathly Hallows promo image.jpg|[[Remus Lupin]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Delacour sisters' father|Monsieur Delacour]]
+Nymphadora Tonks DH promo headshot .jpg|[[Nymphadora Tonks]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Apolline Delacour]]
+Monsieur Delacour.jpg|[[Delacour sisters' father|Monsieur Delacour]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Gabrielle Delacour]]
+Apolline Delacour.jpg|[[Apolline Delacour]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
+Gabrielle Delacour.jpg|[[Gabrielle Delacour]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Remus Lupin]]
+Rubeus Hagrid.png|[[Rubeus Hagrid]]<ref name="DH7"/>
-*[[Nymphadora Tonks]]
+</gallery>
 ==Appearances==
+*{{DH}} {{1st}}
+*{{DH|F1}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] ''{{1st}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
 ==Notes and references==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, Harry's seventeenth birthday}}
 {{Start box}}
 {{Succession box
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 |position=Birthday boy, [[Harry Potter]]
 |years=[[1997]]
-|successor=Harry Potter's eighteenth to thirty-fifth birthdays
+|successor=Harry Potter's eighteenth birthday
 }}
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+[[pt-br:Décimo sétimo aniversário de Harry Potter]]
+[[ru:Семнадцатый день рождения Гарри Поттера]]
+[[Category:Albus Dumbledore's Will]]
 [[Category:Harry Potter's birthdays]]
-[[Category:Celebrations]]
+[[Category:The Burrow]]
-[[Category:Events]]