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| + | {{Youmay|the infiltration of the [[British Ministry of Magic]]|[[Infiltration of the French Ministry of Magic]]}} |
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|partof=the [[Second Wizarding War]] |
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|date=[[2 September]] [[1997]] |
|date=[[2 September]] [[1997]] |
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| − | |location=[[British Ministry of Magic Headquarters |
+ | |location=[[British Ministry of Magic Headquarters]], [[Whitehall]], [[London]], [[England]]<ref name="DH12"/> |
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+ | |result=*The trio acquire a [[Horcrux]] |
| + | *[[Muggle-born|Muggle-borns]] freed<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| − | |commander1=*[[Harry Potter]] |
+ | |commander1= *[[Harry Potter]] {{C|as [[Albert Runcorn]]}}<ref name="DH12"/> |
| − | |commander2=*[[Yaxley]] |
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| − | + | *[[Ronald Weasley]] {{C|as [[Reginald Cattermole]]}}<ref name="DH12"/> |
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| − | *[[Hermione Granger]] |
+ | *[[Hermione Granger]] {{C|as [[Mafalda Hopkirk]]}}<ref name="DH12"/> |
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+ | |commander2= *[[Dolores Umbridge]]<ref name="DH13"/> |
| + | *[[Corban Yaxley]]<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | |combatants1= *[[Reginald Cattermole]]<ref name="DH12"/> |
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| − | *Ministry Guards |
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| + | *[[Mary Cattermole]]<ref name="DH12"/> |
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| + | *[[Alderton]]<ref name="DH12"/> |
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| + | *Many [[Muggle-born]]s<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | *Many accused of being Muggle-borns<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | *Relatives from the accused<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | |combatants2= *[[Albert Runcorn]] {{C|stunned and impersonated by Harry Potter}} |
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| + | *[[Death Eaters]]<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | *[[Ministry Guards]]<ref name="DHF1">{{DH|F1}}</ref> |
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| + | |cause = The [[Trio|trio]] need to retrieve the [[Slytherin's Locket|locket Horcrux]] from [[Dolores Umbridge]]<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | The '''infiltration of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]''' on [[2 September]] [[1997]] took place during the height of the [[Second Wizarding War]]. The Ministry had recently [[Fall of the British Ministry of Magic|fallen]] to [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and his [[Death Eaters]]. |
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| − | + | [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] snuck inside the Ministry in order to steal one of Voldemort's [[Horcrux]]es, [[Slytherin's Locket|Salazar Slytherin's Locket]].<ref name="DH12"/> |
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| + | In the process, the Trio also freed multiple [[Muggle-born]]s who were awaiting trial, as well as reclaiming [[Alastor Moody's magical eye]] from [[Dolores Umbridge]] that was placed on a peephole in her office door so she could spy on her colleagues.<ref name="DH13" /> |
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| + | ==History== |
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| ⚫ | {{Dialogue a-b-a|Mundungus Fletcher|...was selling in [[Diagon Alley]] and she come up to me and asks if I've got a licence for trading in magical artefacts. Bleedin' snoop. She was gonna fine me, but she took a fancy to the locket an' told me she'd take it and let me off that time, and to fink meself lucky.|Harry Potter|Who was this woman?|I dunno, some Ministry hag. Little woman. Bow on top of 'er head.|The trio questioning [[Mundungus Fletcher]] about the locket|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| ⚫ | [[Slytherin's Locket|Salazar Slytherin's Locket]] was an heirloom of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s maternal family and one of his [[Horcrux]]es. This was discovered at some point during the [[First Wizarding War]] by [[Regulus Black]], a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] who grew disillusioned in his allegiances and turned against the Dark Lord. Regulus, with the assistance of his loyal [[house-elf]], [[Kreacher]], tracked the locket to its hiding place in a [[The Cave|cave]] in [[1979]]. He replaced the locket with a fake one, leaving a note to Voldemort admitting what he did, and was killed by the [[Inferius|Inferi]] in the cave's lake.<ref name="DH10"/> |
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| + | [[File:Trio mundungus.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Harry, Ron, and Hermione interrogating Mundungus Fletcher]] |
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| − | [[File:Noblecollection_horcruxlocket.jpg|thumb|95px|[[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]]]] |
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| ⚫ | Voldemort never learned of this, but [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] deduced it in [[1997]]. They questioned Kreacher as to what had happened to the locket, and he eventually told them what had transpired with Regulus and that [[Mundungus Fletcher]] had stolen the locket from [[12 Grimmauld Place]]. Harry sent Kreacher to find Fletcher and bring him back to the Black household, where he and his friends were hiding out.<ref name="DH10">{{DH|B|10}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Fletcher admitted to taking the locket and told them that he was forced to give it up to a [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] employee — [[Dolores Umbridge]]. The Ministry had fallen under Voldemort's control in August, and Umbridge was the head of the new [[Muggle-Born Registration Commission]], an instrument of discrimination against [[Muggle-born]]s.<ref name="DH11">{{DH|B|11}}</ref> Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent the next few weeks making a plan to sneak into the Ministry, the most <nowiki>'</nowiki>''dangerous place in the whole world''<nowiki>'</nowiki> for them to be at the moment.<ref name="DH12">{{DH|B|12}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]] was an heirloom of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] |
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| + | ===Infiltration=== |
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| − | [[File:Lolaumb.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Dolores Umbridge, holder of the Locket, in the new Death Eater-controlled Ministry.]] |
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| + | {{Dialogue a-b|Harry Potter|This is mental|Hermione Granger|Completely mental|Harry and Hermione's feelings on the infiltration plan|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| ⚫ | The trio waited outside the Ministry under Harry's [[Cloak of Invisibility|invisibility cloak]]. Hermione [[nonverbal spell|nonverbally]] [[Stunning Spell|stunned]] Ministry employee [[Mafalda Hopkirk]] and then took [[Polyjuice Potion]] to take her form. The trio moved her unconscious form into an empty theatre nearby. Next, [[Reginald Cattermole]] arrived and Hermione gave him a '[[Puking Pastille|sweet]]' that immediately made him sick and insisted that he go to [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St Mungo's]], despite his reluctance. She discreetly acquired hairs from him in the process, and they were used to have Ron take on his form. Hermione and Ron then obtained hairs from [[Albert Runcorn]] to disguise Harry.<ref name="DH12" /> |
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| + | [[File:HPDH1-1766.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The trio preparing to take the forms of Reg Cattermole, Albert Runcorn and Mafalda Hopkirk]] |
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| ⚫ | Voldemort never learned of this, but [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] deduced it in [[1997]]. They questioned Kreacher as to what had happened to the locket, and he eventually told them what had transpired with Regulus and that [[Mundungus Fletcher]] had stolen the locket from [[12 Grimmauld Place]]. Harry sent Kreacher to find Fletcher and bring him back to the Black household, where he and his friends were hiding out.<ref name="DH10"> |
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| ⚫ | Once inside, Harry, Ron, and Hermione split up to take the employee entrances concealed in a [[Whitehall underground public toilets|set of underground public toilets]]. Employees had to 'flush' themselves in, though they did not get wet. They then found themselves in the Ministry [[Atrium]], where the [[Fountain of Magical Brethren]] had been replaced by [[Magic is Might statue|a black stone statue]] of a wizard and witch seated on ornate thrones made from the bodies of naked Muggles hundreds and hundreds of, men, women, and children, all with stupid, ugly faces <nowiki>'</nowiki>''in their rightful place''<nowiki>'</nowiki>. The base of the statue read <nowiki>'</nowiki>''[[Magic is Might]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>.<ref name="DH12" /> |
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| ⚫ | Fletcher admitted to taking the locket and told them that he was forced to give it up to a [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] employee |
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| ⚫ | {{Quote|If ''my'' wife were accused of being a [[Mudblood]] — not that any woman I married would ever be mistaken for such filth — and the Head of Department of Magical Law Enforcement needed a job doing, I would make it my priority to do this job, Cattermole. Do you understand me?|[[Corban Yaxley|Yaxley]] threatens Reg Cattermole {{c|actually Ron Weasley}}|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| + | [[File:Trio enter ministry.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The disguised trio preparing to enter the ministry]] |
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| ⚫ | They headed for the lifts, but were intercepted by [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] and head of the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]] [[Corban Yaxley]], who demanded that 'Cattermole' fix his office, where it was [[Water|raining]]. Hermione whispered advice on how Ron could fix the problem before the trio was forced to split up.<ref name="DH12" /> She was then pulled away from Harry as Umbridge arrived, believing that [[Travers]] sent 'Mafalda' to record-keep for her. Harry was left alone with the puppet [[Minister for Magic]] [[Pius Thicknesse]], and then went in search of [[Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic's office|Umbridge's office]] after putting on his [[Cloak of Invisibility]], to avoid having to interact with ministry employees.<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | As Harry searched for Umbridge's office in hopes of finding [[Slytherin's Locket|Salazar Slytherin's Locket]], he came across Ministry workers creating political propaganda in the form of pamphlets entitled ''[[Mudbloods and the Dangers They Pose to a Peaceful Pure-Blood Society]]''. It was implied to have been written by Umbridge. On the cover of the pamphlet <nowiki>'</nowiki>''beneath the title was a picture of a red rose, with a simpering face in the middle of its petals, being strangled by a green weed with fangs and a scowl''<nowiki>'</nowiki>. |
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| ⚫ | The trio waited outside the Ministry under |
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| + | [[File:Umbridge office search.jpg|250px|thumb|left|A disguised Harry Potter searching Umbridge's office]] |
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| + | After distracting the workers with the help of a [[Decoy Detonator]], Harry found the office — with the [[Alastor Moody's magical eye|magical eye]] of the late [[Alastor Moody]] on the door. Furious at this, Harry took the magical eye and searched the room, but could not find the locket. He did, however, find [[Arthur Weasley's file|a file]] on [[Arthur Weasley]] that declared him to have <nowiki>'</nowiki>''unacceptable pro-[[Non-magic people|Muggle]] leanings''<nowiki>'</nowiki> and to be under surveillance as a known member of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] and acquaintance of 'Undesirable No. 1', none other than Harry himself.<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Ron briefly met up again in the lift, where they ran into Arthur. He advised 'Reg' on how to fix the rain in Yaxley's office and then confronted 'Runcorn' on turning [[Dirk Cresswell]] in as a [[Muggle-born]] who faked his family tree, forcing him to go on the run. Harry attempted to warn him about the Ministry watching him.<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> |
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| − | ===Splitting up=== |
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| + | ====Obtaining the locket==== |
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| ⚫ | As Harry searched for |
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| + | {{Quote|There was a flash of red light; Umbridge crumpled and her forehead hit the edge of the balustrade: Mrs Cattermole's papers slid off her lap on to the floor and, down below, the prowling silver cat vanished. Ice-cold air hit them like an oncoming wind: Yaxley, confused, looked around for the source of the trouble and saw Harry's disembodied hand and [[Harry Potter's wand|wand]] pointing at him. He tried to draw his own [[Corban Yaxley's wand|wand]], but too late. 'Stupefy!'. Yaxley slid to the ground to lie curled on the floor.|Harry stunning Umbridge at Yaxley at Mary Cattermole's trial|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| ⚫ | Harry found a courtroom in which a wizard named [[Alderton]] was being tried as a Muggle-born. When he tried to protest that he was a [[half-blood]], he was threatened with the [[Dementor's Kiss]] and then sentenced to [[Azkaban]]. [[Mary Cattermole]] was called next, and Harry entered the room to find that Umbridge was conducting trials with the assistance of Yaxley and Hermione disguised as [[Mafalda Hopkirk]].<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | While Umbridge sadistically conducted the trial, she exposed the locket she was wearing around her neck. Hermione asked her about it, and Umbridge told her it was a [[Selwyn family]] heirloom, a claim to bolster her '[[pure-blood]] credentials'. Harry, enraged, stunned her and Yaxley with the [[Stunning Spell]] from beneath the [[Cloak of Invisibility]].<ref name="DH13">{{DH|B|13}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Ron briefly met up again in the lift, where they ran into Arthur. He advised |
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| + | [[File:Harry Potter's Patronus saving Marry Cattermole.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Harry casting his Patronus at [[Dementor]]s while in the courtroom]] |
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| − | {{dialogue a-b-a-b|Arthur|Dirk Cresswell is ten times the wizard you are. And if he survives [[Azkaban]], you’ll have to answer to him, not to mention his wife, his sons, and his friends –|Harry (as Runcorn)|Arthur, you know you’re being tracked, don’t you?|Is that a threat, Runcorn?|No, it’s a fact! They’re watching your every move –|Harry warns Arthur|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| ⚫ | Umbridge's [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] vanished and the Dementor in the courtroom attacked Mrs Cattermole. Harry used a Patronus Charm, while Hermione took the locket from Umbridge and [[Replica of Slytherin's Locket|left a copy]] in its place so that Umbridge would not later suspect the truth. She then freed Mrs Cattermole from her restraints with a [[Revulsion Jinx]]. Harry and Hermione summoned their Patronuses and freed the other Muggle-born prisoners, telling them to flee the country while [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] remained in power.<ref name="DH13" /> |
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| ⚫ | {{dialogue a-b-a|Harry Potter {{c|as Runcorn}}|This lot need to leave before you seal the exits.|Ministry employee|We've been told to seal all exits and not let anyone — |Are you contradicting me? Would you like me to have your family tree examined, like I had Dirk Cresswell's?|Harry bluffing to help Muggle-borns escape|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| + | [[File:Expecto Patronum at the Ministry.gif|250px|thumb|[[Harry Potter]] in [[Albert Runcorn]]'s robes casting a [[Patronus Charm]] to protect himself, [[Hermione Granger]] (disguised as [[Mafalda Hopkirk]]), and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] (disguised as [[Reginald Cattermole]]) from Dementors]] |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Hermione met back up with Ron as they and the freed prisoners raced to the Atrium. By then, the Ministry's security had been alerted because Moody's magical eye was missing from Umbridge's office, and there were workers sealing off the exits. Harry used his disguise as the intimidating Albert Runcorn to bully them into stopping momentarily. The Muggle-borns fled as the real Reginald Cattermole arrived and Yaxley appeared, ordering that the exits be sealed again.<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| + | [[File:Yaxley in Grimmauld Place.png|250px|thumb|left|[[Corban Yaxley]] arriving in [[12 Grimmauld Place]] and was thrown downstairs by [[Hermione Granger]]]] |
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| ⚫ | Yaxley soon figured out what was happening and tried to stop them from escaping. He grabbed Hermione's arm as she, Harry, and Ron [[Apparition|Disapparated]].<ref name="DH13" /> She used a [[Revulsion Jinx]] to force him to release her, but he was taken past the protections around [[12 Grimmauld Place]], forcing them to abandon it as a safe house as well as causing them to go on the run, aided only by a [[Perkins's tent|magical tent]]. Their hasty Apparition from Grimmauld Place also caused Ron to [[Splinching|Splinch]] himself, suffering a painful wound to his side and arm that required immediate treatment with essence of [[Dittany]].<ref name="DH14">{{DH|B|14}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Harry found a courtroom in which a wizard named [[Alderton]] was being tried as a Muggle-born. When he tried to protest that he was a [[half-blood]], he was threatened with the [[Dementor's Kiss]] and then sentenced to [[Azkaban]]. [[Mary Cattermole]] was called next, and Harry entered the room to find that |
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| + | During the infiltration, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had obtained a Horcrux, retrieved Alastor Moody's magical eye from the Ministry, and freed many innocent people who would have been prosecuted by the [[Muggle-Born Registration Commission]].<ref name="DH13"/> |
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| ⚫ | However, 12 Grimmauld Place was exposed to the [[Death Eaters]], forcing the trio to move around in the wild for the next few months.<ref name="DH14" /> Carrying [[Slytherin's Locket|Salazar Slytherin's Locket]] with them also exposed them to negative energy that would eventually lead to Ron temporarily abandoning his friends.<ref name="DH15">{{DH|B|15}}</ref> |
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| − | {{dialogue a-b-a|Umbridge|Could you please tell us from which [[Wizards|witch or wizard]] you took that wand?|Mary Cattermole|T-took? I didn’t t-take it from anybody. I b-bought it when I was eleven years old at Ollivander's. It – it – it ''chose'' me.|No, no, I don’t think so, Mrs. Cattermole. Wands only choose witches or wizards. You are not a witch.|discriminatory and illegal trial of Mary Cattermole|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| + | ==Behind the scenes== |
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| ⚫ | While Umbridge sadistically conducted the trial, she exposed the locket she was wearing around her neck. Hermione asked her about it, and Umbridge told her it was a [[Selwyn family]] heirloom, a claim to bolster her |
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| + | *In {{DH|F1}}, this event is depicted somewhat differently. In the film, Harry (disguised as Runcorn) goes into Mary Cattermole's trial without wearing his Invisibility Cloak, and stuns Umbridge immediately after revealing his identity as the Polyjuice Potion wears off, telling Umbridge "she must not tell lies". Harry, Ron and Hermione also do not release other Muggle-borns from imprisonment at the Ministry, they simply escape the Dementors from the courtroom. After leaving the lift that leads to the Atrium, Mary kisses Ron (then still disguised as Reg), before the real Reginald shows up confused in his underwear, and then a Ministry employee identifies Harry, leading the trio to run. |
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| + | *In {{DH|GA1}}, Harry has to duel and incapacitate Umbridge after revealing himself from his cloak, as his disguise wears off quite quickly while walking up a staircase (meaning he must immediately put his cloak on). Similarly in {{LEGO|Y2}}, Harry and Ron have to duel and defeat both Yaxley and Umbridge in the courtroom before they escape. |
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| − | [[File:DH1_Dementors_over_the_Muggle-Borns_Trial_Court.jpg|thumb|246px|[[Dementor]]s guarding the [[Muggle-Born Registration Commission]] trial courtroom.]] |
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| + | File:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 - Harry, Hermione and Ron at Grimmauld Place (part 2)|Interrogating Mundungus |
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| − | [[File:Minisfiltration.jpg|thumb|left|216px|[[Harry Potter|Harry]] in [[Albert Runcorn]]'s robes and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] in [[Mafalda Hopkirk]]'s, being chased by Dementors.]] |
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| ⚫ | Harry and Hermione met back up with Ron as they and the freed prisoners raced to the Atrium. By then, the Ministry's security had been alerted because Moody's magical eye was missing from Umbridge's office, and there were workers sealing off the exits. Harry used his disguise as the intimidating Albert Runcorn to bully them into stopping momentarily. The Muggle-borns fled as the real |
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==Appearances== |
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| + | *{{DH}} {{1st}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{1st}} |
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| + | *{{DH|F1}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' |
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| + | *{{DH|G1}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]'' |
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| + | *{{PM}} |
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| − | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'' |
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| + | *{{WW}} |
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| + | *{{LEGO}} |
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| + | *{{LEGO|Y2}} |
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"Are you a wizard, or what?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title. |
- "Blooming pain in the bum, this, eh? Forcing us all to get to work this way! Who are they expecting to turn up, Harry Potter?"
- — Ministry employee[src]
The infiltration of the Ministry of Magic on 2 September 1997 took place during the height of the Second Wizarding War. The Ministry had recently fallen to Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley snuck inside the Ministry in order to steal one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Salazar Slytherin's Locket.[1]
In the process, the Trio also freed multiple Muggle-borns who were awaiting trial, as well as reclaiming Alastor Moody's magical eye from Dolores Umbridge that was placed on a peephole in her office door so she could spy on her colleagues.[2]
History
Background information
- Mundungus Fletcher: "...was selling in Diagon Alley and she come up to me and asks if I've got a licence for trading in magical artefacts. Bleedin' snoop. She was gonna fine me, but she took a fancy to the locket an' told me she'd take it and let me off that time, and to fink meself lucky."
- Harry Potter: "Who was this woman?"
- Mundungus Fletcher: "I dunno, some Ministry hag. Little woman. Bow on top of 'er head."
- — The trio questioning Mundungus Fletcher about the locket[src]
Salazar Slytherin's Locket was an heirloom of Lord Voldemort's maternal family and one of his Horcruxes. This was discovered at some point during the First Wizarding War by Regulus Black, a Death Eater who grew disillusioned in his allegiances and turned against the Dark Lord. Regulus, with the assistance of his loyal house-elf, Kreacher, tracked the locket to its hiding place in a cave in 1979. He replaced the locket with a fake one, leaving a note to Voldemort admitting what he did, and was killed by the Inferi in the cave's lake.[4]
Harry, Ron, and Hermione interrogating Mundungus Fletcher
Voldemort never learned of this, but Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley deduced it in 1997. They questioned Kreacher as to what had happened to the locket, and he eventually told them what had transpired with Regulus and that Mundungus Fletcher had stolen the locket from 12 Grimmauld Place. Harry sent Kreacher to find Fletcher and bring him back to the Black household, where he and his friends were hiding out.[4]
Fletcher admitted to taking the locket and told them that he was forced to give it up to a Ministry of Magic employee — Dolores Umbridge. The Ministry had fallen under Voldemort's control in August, and Umbridge was the head of the new Muggle-Born Registration Commission, an instrument of discrimination against Muggle-borns.[5] Harry, Ron, and Hermione spent the next few weeks making a plan to sneak into the Ministry, the most 'dangerous place in the whole world' for them to be at the moment.[1]
Infiltration
Sneaking in
- Harry Potter: "This is mental"
- Hermione Granger: "Completely mental"
- — Harry and Hermione's feelings on the infiltration plan[src]
Ron spying on Mafalda Hopkirk
The trio waited outside the Ministry under Harry's invisibility cloak. Hermione nonverbally stunned Ministry employee Mafalda Hopkirk and then took Polyjuice Potion to take her form. The trio moved her unconscious form into an empty theatre nearby. Next, Reginald Cattermole arrived and Hermione gave him a 'sweet' that immediately made him sick and insisted that he go to St Mungo's, despite his reluctance. She discreetly acquired hairs from him in the process, and they were used to have Ron take on his form. Hermione and Ron then obtained hairs from Albert Runcorn to disguise Harry.[1]
The trio preparing to take the forms of Reg Cattermole, Albert Runcorn and Mafalda Hopkirk
Once inside, Harry, Ron, and Hermione split up to take the employee entrances concealed in a set of underground public toilets. Employees had to 'flush' themselves in, though they did not get wet. They then found themselves in the Ministry Atrium, where the Fountain of Magical Brethren had been replaced by a black stone statue of a wizard and witch seated on ornate thrones made from the bodies of naked Muggles hundreds and hundreds of, men, women, and children, all with stupid, ugly faces 'in their rightful place'. The base of the statue read 'Magic is Might'.[1]
Muggle-Born Registration Commission
- "If my wife were accused of being a Mudblood — not that any woman I married would ever be mistaken for such filth — and the Head of Department of Magical Law Enforcement needed a job doing, I would make it my priority to do this job, Cattermole. Do you understand me?"
- — Yaxley threatens Reg Cattermole (actually Ron Weasley)[src]
The disguised trio preparing to enter the ministry
They headed for the lifts, but were intercepted by Death Eater and head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Corban Yaxley, who demanded that 'Cattermole' fix his office, where it was raining. Hermione whispered advice on how Ron could fix the problem before the trio was forced to split up.[1] She was then pulled away from Harry as Umbridge arrived, believing that Travers sent 'Mafalda' to record-keep for her. Harry was left alone with the puppet Minister for Magic Pius Thicknesse, and then went in search of Umbridge's office after putting on his Cloak of Invisibility, to avoid having to interact with ministry employees.[2]
As Harry searched for Umbridge's office in hopes of finding Salazar Slytherin's Locket, he came across Ministry workers creating political propaganda in the form of pamphlets entitled Mudbloods and the Dangers They Pose to a Peaceful Pure-Blood Society. It was implied to have been written by Umbridge. On the cover of the pamphlet 'beneath the title was a picture of a red rose, with a simpering face in the middle of its petals, being strangled by a green weed with fangs and a scowl'.
A disguised Harry Potter searching Umbridge's office
After distracting the workers with the help of a Decoy Detonator, Harry found the office — with the magical eye of the late Alastor Moody on the door. Furious at this, Harry took the magical eye and searched the room, but could not find the locket. He did, however, find a file on Arthur Weasley that declared him to have 'unacceptable pro-Muggle leanings' and to be under surveillance as a known member of the Order of the Phoenix and acquaintance of 'Undesirable No. 1', none other than Harry himself.[2]
Harry and Ron briefly met up again in the lift, where they ran into Arthur. He advised 'Reg' on how to fix the rain in Yaxley's office and then confronted 'Runcorn' on turning Dirk Cresswell in as a Muggle-born who faked his family tree, forcing him to go on the run. Harry attempted to warn him about the Ministry watching him.[2]
After Arthur got off the lift, Harry wandered about under his invisibility cloak trying to find Hermione, and his attention was caught when he noticed the presence of Dementors.[2]
Obtaining the locket
- "There was a flash of red light; Umbridge crumpled and her forehead hit the edge of the balustrade: Mrs Cattermole's papers slid off her lap on to the floor and, down below, the prowling silver cat vanished. Ice-cold air hit them like an oncoming wind: Yaxley, confused, looked around for the source of the trouble and saw Harry's disembodied hand and wand pointing at him. He tried to draw his own wand, but too late. 'Stupefy!'. Yaxley slid to the ground to lie curled on the floor."
- — Harry stunning Umbridge at Yaxley at Mary Cattermole's trial[src]
Dolores Umbridge, head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission
Harry found a courtroom in which a wizard named Alderton was being tried as a Muggle-born. When he tried to protest that he was a half-blood, he was threatened with the Dementor's Kiss and then sentenced to Azkaban. Mary Cattermole was called next, and Harry entered the room to find that Umbridge was conducting trials with the assistance of Yaxley and Hermione disguised as Mafalda Hopkirk.[2]
While Umbridge sadistically conducted the trial, she exposed the locket she was wearing around her neck. Hermione asked her about it, and Umbridge told her it was a Selwyn family heirloom, a claim to bolster her 'pure-blood credentials'. Harry, enraged, stunned her and Yaxley with the Stunning Spell from beneath the Cloak of Invisibility.[2]
Harry casting his Patronus at Dementors while in the courtroom
Umbridge's Patronus vanished and the Dementor in the courtroom attacked Mrs Cattermole. Harry used a Patronus Charm, while Hermione took the locket from Umbridge and left a copy in its place so that Umbridge would not later suspect the truth. She then freed Mrs Cattermole from her restraints with a Revulsion Jinx. Harry and Hermione summoned their Patronuses and freed the other Muggle-born prisoners, telling them to flee the country while Voldemort remained in power.[2]
Escape
- Harry Potter (as Runcorn): "This lot need to leave before you seal the exits."
- Ministry employee: "We've been told to seal all exits and not let anyone — "
- Harry Potter (as Runcorn): "Are you contradicting me? Would you like me to have your family tree examined, like I had Dirk Cresswell's?"
- — Harry bluffing to help Muggle-borns escape[src]
Harry Potter in Albert Runcorn's robes casting a Patronus Charm to protect himself, Hermione Granger (disguised as Mafalda Hopkirk), and Ron Weasley (disguised as Reginald Cattermole) from Dementors
Harry and Hermione met back up with Ron as they and the freed prisoners raced to the Atrium. By then, the Ministry's security had been alerted because Moody's magical eye was missing from Umbridge's office, and there were workers sealing off the exits. Harry used his disguise as the intimidating Albert Runcorn to bully them into stopping momentarily. The Muggle-borns fled as the real Reginald Cattermole arrived and Yaxley appeared, ordering that the exits be sealed again.[2]
Corban Yaxley arriving in 12 Grimmauld Place and was thrown downstairs by Hermione Granger
Yaxley soon figured out what was happening and tried to stop them from escaping. He grabbed Hermione's arm as she, Harry, and Ron Disapparated.[2] She used a Revulsion Jinx to force him to release her, but he was taken past the protections around 12 Grimmauld Place, forcing them to abandon it as a safe house as well as causing them to go on the run, aided only by a magical tent. Their hasty Apparition from Grimmauld Place also caused Ron to Splinch himself, suffering a painful wound to his side and arm that required immediate treatment with essence of Dittany.[6]
Aftermath
During the infiltration, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had obtained a Horcrux, retrieved Alastor Moody's magical eye from the Ministry, and freed many innocent people who would have been prosecuted by the Muggle-Born Registration Commission.[2]
However, 12 Grimmauld Place was exposed to the Death Eaters, forcing the trio to move around in the wild for the next few months.[6] Carrying Salazar Slytherin's Locket with them also exposed them to negative energy that would eventually lead to Ron temporarily abandoning his friends.[7]
Behind the scenes
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, this event is depicted somewhat differently. In the film, Harry (disguised as Runcorn) goes into Mary Cattermole's trial without wearing his Invisibility Cloak, and stuns Umbridge immediately after revealing his identity as the Polyjuice Potion wears off, telling Umbridge "she must not tell lies". Harry, Ron and Hermione also do not release other Muggle-borns from imprisonment at the Ministry, they simply escape the Dementors from the courtroom. After leaving the lift that leads to the Atrium, Mary kisses Ron (then still disguised as Reg), before the real Reginald shows up confused in his underwear, and then a Ministry employee identifies Harry, leading the trio to run.
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry has to duel and incapacitate Umbridge after revealing himself from his cloak, as his disguise wears off quite quickly while walking up a staircase (meaning he must immediately put his cloak on). Similarly in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Harry and Ron have to duel and defeat both Yaxley and Umbridge in the courtroom before they escape.
Media
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)
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- LEGO Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 12 (Magic is Might)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 13 (The Muggle-Born Registration Commission)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 10 (Kreacher's Tale)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 11 (The Bribe)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 14 (The Thief)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 15 (The Goblin's Revenge)