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|image=[[File:DH - Harry Potter battling inside the Cafe muggle restaurant.jpg|250px]]
 
 
|partof = the [[Second Wizarding War]]
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|date = [[1 August]] [[1997]]<ref name="DH9" />
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|location = [[Luchino Caffe]], [[Tottenham Court Road]], [[London]], [[England]]<ref name="DH9" />
|partof=the [[Second Wizarding War]]
 
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|cause = The [[Trio|trio]] broke the [[Taboo|Taboo curse]] on [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s name<ref name="DH9" />
|location=[[Luchino Caffe]], [[Tottenham Court Road]], [[London]]
 
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|result = Victory for the trio<ref name="DH9" />
|date=[[1 August]], [[1997]]
 
 
|commander1 =
|results=Trio defeats the [[Death Eaters]] and wipes their memories. The trio goes into hiding at [[12 Grimmauld Place]].
 
 
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|combatants1 = *[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="DH9" />
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*[[Ronald Weasley]]<ref name="DH9" />
|combatants1=*[[Harry Potter]]
 
 
*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="DH9" />
*[[Ronald Weasley]]
 
 
|combatants2 = *[[Antonin Dolohov]]<ref name="DH9" />
*[[Hermione Granger]]
 
 
*[[Thorfinn Rowle]]<ref name="DH9" />
|combatants2=*[[Antonin Dolohov]]
 
 
|casualties1 = <br/>
*[[Thorfinn Rowle]]
 
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|casualties2 = *[[Antonin Dolohov]] (memory erased)<ref name="DH9" />
|casualties1=None
 
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|casualties2=None (memories erased)
 
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{{dialogue a-b-a|Ron|Just as a matter of interest, why Tottenham Court Road?|Hermione|I've no idea, it just popped into my head, but I'm sure we're safer out in the Muggle world, it's not where they'll expect us to be.|True…but don't you feel a bit exposed?|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] upon arriving on [[Tottenham Court Road]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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{{dialogue a-b-a|Ron Weasley|Just as a matter of interest, why Tottenham Court Road?|Hermione Granger|I've no idea, it just popped into my head, but I'm sure we're safer out in the Muggle world, it's not where they'll expect us to be.|True... but don't you feel a bit exposed?|The trio upon arriving on Tottenham Court Road|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
The '''Luchino Caffe Duel'''<ref name="HPK">{{HPK}}</ref> was a skirmish on [[Tottenham Court Road]] in a [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] area of [[London]], [[England]] when [[Death Eaters]] tracked [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] using the [[Taboo]] during the height of the [[Second Wizarding War]]. It was brief, with no deaths.<ref name="DH9" />
   
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==History==
There was a '''skirmish''' on [[Tottenham Court Road]] in a [[Muggle]] area of [[London]], [[England]] when [[Death Eaters]] tracked [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] using the [[Taboo|Taboo curse]] during the height of the [[Second Wizarding War]]. It was brief, with no casualties.
 
 
===Background information===
 
{{Quote|The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming.|[[Kingsley Shacklebolt]]'s Patronus warning the guests at the Burrow|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
On [[1 August]] [[1997]], [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] succeeded in [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|taking over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].<ref name="DH8">{{DH|B|8}}</ref> The [[Death Eaters]] immediately placed the [[Taboo|Taboo curse]] on Voldemort's name as a method of tracking their enemies, who were the only ones brave enough to use it.<ref name="DH20">{{DH|B|20}}</ref> They also moved to attack residences known to be associated with the [[Order of the Phoenix]].<ref name="DH11">{{DH|B|11}}</ref>
   
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[[File:Hermione escaping the wedding GIF.gif|250px|thumb|left|Death Eaters storming the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour]]
==Background==
 
 
Order member and [[Auror]], [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]], managed to send his [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] in warning to [[The Burrow]], where the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] was being held.<ref name="DH8" /> Guests started fleeing the reception as Death Eaters [[Attack at the Burrow|arrived]]. [[Hermione Granger]], who had been apprehensive about something like this happening, quickly [[Apparition|Apparated]] herself, [[Harry Potter]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] away to [[Tottenham Court Road]].<ref name="DH9">{{DH|B|9}}</ref> This marked the beginning of the trio's quest to locate and destroy Voldemort's [[Horcrux]]es.
{{quote|The Ministry has fallen. [[Rufus Scrimgeour|Scrimgeour]] is dead. They are coming.|[[Kingsley Shacklebolt]]'s [[Patronus]] warning the guests at [[the Burrow]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
   
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===The skirmish===
On [[1 August]] [[1997]], [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] succeeded in [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|taking over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]<ref name="DH8">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Ch. 8</ref>. The [[Death Eaters]] immediately placed the [[Taboo|Taboo curse]] on Voldemort's name as a method of tracking their enemies, who were the only ones brave enough to use it<ref name="DH20">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 20</ref>. They also moved to attack residences known to be associated with the [[Order of the Phoenix]]<ref name="DH11">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 11</ref>.
 
 
====Arrival at the caffe====
 
{{dialogue|Harry Potter|When did you do all this?|Hermione Granger|I told you at the Burrow, I've had the essentials packed for days, you know, in case we needed to make a quick getaway. I packed your rucksack this morning, Harry, after you changed, and put it in here... I just had a feeling ''[...]'' |Hermione being prepared for the trio's mission|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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[[File:The trio walking through London.gif|250px|thumb|right|The trio walking along Tottenham Court Road]]
 
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived on the [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] street, Hermione directed them towards an alley, where she revealed that she had been planning ahead her [[Hermione Granger's handbag|beaded bag]] had an [[Extension Charm|Undetectable Extension Charm]] on it and, inside, she had packed clothes, camping supplies, books, medical supplies, and Harry's [[Cloak of Invisibility|invisibility cloak]]. Ron changed out of his dress robes while Harry put on the invisibility cloak.<ref name="DH9" />
   
 
The trio then headed past some [[Workmen at Tottenham Court Road|workmen]] who wolf-whistled at Hermione, and into [[Luchino Caffe]], an all-night Italian café. There, they briefly discussed trying to find out what had happened at the Burrow, but ultimately decided that it was too risky, particularly since it was Harry that the Death Eaters were after. While conversing, Hermione said Voldemort's name,<ref name="DH9" /> unknowingly triggering the [[Taboo]] that the Death Eaters had placed upon it when they [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|took over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]].<ref name="DH20" />
Order member and [[Auror]] [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]] managed to send his [[Patronus]] in warning to [[the Burrow]], where the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] was being held<ref name="DH8"/>. Guests starting fleeing the reception as Death Eaters [[Attack at the Burrow|arrived]]. [[Hermione Granger]], who had been apprehensive about something like this happening, quickly [[Apparition|Apparated]] herself, [[Harry Potter]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] away to [[Tottenham Court Road]]<ref name="DH9">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 9</ref>. This marked the beginning of the trio's quest to locate and destroy Voldemort's [[Horcrux]]es.
 
   
 
====Tracking and attack====
==Skirmish==
 
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{{Quote|We all know what's going on! Voldemort's taken over the Ministry.|Hermione regarding the state of the wizarding world|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
===Arrival===
 
 
[[File:HPDH1-1300.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Rowle being stunned]]
 
[[Antonin Dolohov]] and [[Thorfinn Rowle]], two [[Death Eaters]] disguised as workmen, soon entered the café, while the [[Waitress at Luchino Caffe|waitress]] brought Hermione and Ron cappuccinos. The trio planned to try to send a [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] to get a message to the Order and then head for the countryside, but as Hermione moved to get Muggle money, Harry noticed that the 'workmen' were drawing wands and they seemed vaguely familiar.<ref name="DH9" />
   
 
Harry drew his as well, and Ron lunged forward to push a slow-reacting Hermione onto her bench just as the Death Eaters' spells shattered the wall right behind where Ron's head had been. Harry, still invisible, [[Stunning Spell|stunned]] an unsuspecting Rowle, while Dolohov bound Ron from head to foot with [[Incarcerous Spell|conjured ropes]]. Harry's second stunner missed, and struck the waitress while she was running away screaming.<ref name="DH9" />
{{dialogue a-b-c|Harry|When did you do all this?|Hermione|I told you at the Burrow, I've had the essentials packed for days, you know, in case we needed to make a quick getaway. I packed your rucksack this morning, Harry, after you changed, and put it in here... I just had a feeling...|Ron|You're amazing, you are.|Harry, Hermione and Ron|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
   
 
[[File:Hermione dueling.gif|250px|thumb|right|Hermione casting ''Petrificus Totalus'' on Antonin Dolohov]]
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived on the [[Muggle]] street, Hermione directed them towards an alley, where she revealed that she had been planning ahead her [[Hermione Granger's handbag|beaded bag]] had an [[Undetectable Extension Charm]] on it and, inside, she had packed clothes, camping supplies, books, medical supplies, and Harry's [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility cloak]]. Ron changed out of his dress robes while Harry put on the Invisibility Cloak.
 
 
Dolohov cast ''[[Expulso Curse|Expulso]]'' in Harry's direction and it struck the table in front of him; the force of the explosion slammed Harry into a wall and made him lose his grip on [[Harry Potter's wand|his wand]]. The invisibility cloak began to slip off him and he was revealed to the two Death Eaters. Hermione then struck a distracted Dolohov, who was focused on Harry, with a [[Full Body-Bind Curse]] from under the collapsed bench where she was hidden from when Ron pushed her out of the line of fire at the beginning of the duel. Hermione cursing Dolohov finally ended the duel.<ref name="DH9" />
   
 
====Cover-up and escape====
[[File:Rowle_and_dolohov.jpg|thumb|left|Dolohov and Rowle find the trio]]
 
 
{{dialogue a-b|Ron Weasley|What are we going to do with them? Kill them? They'd kill us. They had a good go just now.|Harry Potter|We just need to wipe their memories. It's better like that, it'll throw them off the scent. If we kill them it'd be obvious we were here.|Covering-up the caffe duel before escaping|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
[[File:Mione obliate.JPG|250px|thumb|left|Hermione erasing Dolohov's memories with ''Obliviate'']]
 
Hermione [[Severing Charm|severed]] the ropes around Ron, and they identified the two Death Eaters. Harry had Ron use his [[Deluminator]] to shut out the lights and Hermione lock the door while they debated what to do with the incapacitated Death Eaters. Although Ron reluctantly suggested killing them, Harry argued that [[Memory Charm|wiping their memories]] would more effectively "''throw them off the scent''". Hermione performed Memory Charms on Dolohov, Rowle, and the waitress while Harry and Ron cleaned up the café, so as to leave no trace of their presence there.<ref name="DH9" />
   
 
The trio then [[Apparition|Disapparated]] to [[12 Grimmauld Place]].<ref name="DH9" />
The trio then headed past some [[Workmen at Tottenham Court Road|workmen]] who wolf-whistled at Hermione, and into [[Luchino Caffe]], an all-night Italian café. There, they briefly discussed trying to find out what had happened at the Burrow, but ultimately decided that it was too risky, particularly since it was Harry that the Death Eaters were after. While conversing, Hermione said Voldemort's name<ref name="DH9"/>, unknowingly triggering the [[Taboo|Taboo curse]] that the Death Eaters had placed upon it when they [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|took over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]]<ref name="DH20"/>.
 
   
 
===Aftermath===
{{quote|We all know what's going on! [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort's]] [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|taken over]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]].|Hermione speaking to Ron}}
 
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[[File:HPDH1-1421.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The trio arriving at 12 Grimmauld Place]]
 
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stayed at 12 Grimmauld Place for a month afterwards. While there, [[Arthur Weasley]]'s [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] told them that the members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] at the Burrow were safe and not to contact them, as they were being watched by Death Eaters.<ref name="DH9" /> [[Remus Lupin]] also came to tell them about the [[Muggle-Born Registration Commission]] and to offer to accompany them, though Harry angrily turned him down, insisting that he stay with his pregnant [[Nymphadora Tonks|wife]].<ref name="DH11" />
   
 
The trio also learned the identity of the mysterious "[[Regulus Black|R.A.B.]]" from [[Kreacher]] and that the [[Slytherin's Locket|locket Horcrux]] was in the hands of [[Dolores Umbridge]].<ref name="DH10">{{DH|B|10}}</ref> They then planned to [[Infiltration of the British Ministry of Magic (1997)|infiltrate]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to retrieve the locket, which they did on [[2 September]] [[1997]].<ref name="DH11"/>
===Tracking and attack===
 
[[File:RowleStun.JPG|thumb|150px|Rowle being stunned]]
 
[[Antonin Dolohov]] and [[Thorfinn Rowle]], two [[Death Eaters]] disguised as workmen, soon entered the café, while the [[Waitress at Tottenham Court Road|waitress]] brought Hermione and Ron cappuccinos. The trio planned to try to send a [[Patronus]] to get a message to the Order and then head for the countryside, but as Hermione moved to get Muggle money, Harry noticed that the 'workmen' were drawing [[wand]]s. [[File:Expulso.JPG|thumb|left|[[Dolohov]] casting [[Expulso]] in [[Harry Potter|Harry]]'s direction, but he destroyed a vase]] He drew his as well, and Ron lunged forward to push Hermione into her bench just as the Death Eaters' spells shattered the wall right behind where Ron's head had been.
 
   
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For their failure to capture Harry, Rowle and Dolohov were subjected to the [[Cruciatus Curse]] by [[Draco Malfoy]] on [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s orders as punishment.<ref name="DH9" />
[[File:Ron_stupefy.JPG|thumb|220px|Ron casting Stupefy]]
 
 
Harry, still invisible, [[Stunning Spell|stunned]] Rowle, while Dolohov bound Ron with [[Incarcerous|conjured ropes]]. Harry's second stunner missed, and struck the waitress while she was running away screaming.
 
 
[[File:Hermione_pt.JPG|thumb|left|Hermione casting Petrificus Totalus on Antonin Dolohov]]
 
 
Dolohov cast ''[[Expulso]]'' in Harry's direction, and it struck the table in front of him; the force of the explosion slammed Harry into the wall, and made him lose his grip on [[Harry Potter's wand|his wand]], and the Invisibility Cloak begin to slip off him. Hermione then struck Dolohov with a [[Full Body-Bind Curse]] from under the collapsed bench.<ref name="DH9"/>
 
 
===Cover-up and escape===
 
{{dialogue a-b|Ron|What are we going to do with them? Kill them? They'd kill us. They had a good go just now.|Harry|We just need to wipe their memories. It's better like that, it'll throw them off the scent. If we kill them it'd be obvious we were here.|Harry and Ron on how to proceed|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
[[File:Mione_obliate.JPG|thumb|Hermione erasing Dolohov's memories with Obliviate]]
 
 
Hermione [[Severing Charm|severed]] the ropes around Ron, and they identified the two Death Eaters. Harry had Ron use his [[Deluminator]] to shut out the lights and Hermione lock the door while they debated what to do with the incapacitated Death Eaters. Although Ron reluctantly suggested killing them, Harry argued that [[Memory Charm|wiping their memories]] would more effectively "throw them off the scent". Hermione performed Memory Charms on Dolohov, Rowle, and the waitress while Harry and Ron cleaned up the café, so as to leave no trace of their presence there.
 
 
The trio then [[Apparition|Disapparated]] to [[12 Grimmauld Place]].<ref name="DH9"/>
 
 
==Aftermath==
 
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stayed at 12 Grimmauld Place for a month afterwards. While there, [[Arthur Weasley]]'s [[Patronus]] told them that the members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] at the Burrow were safe and not to contact them, as they were being watched by Death Eaters<ref name="DH9"/>. [[Remus Lupin]] also came to tell them about the [[Muggle-Born Registration Commission]] and to offer to accompany them, though Harry angrily turned him down, insisting that he stay with his pregnant [[Nymphadora Tonks|wife]] <ref name="DH11"/>.
 
 
The trio also learned the identity of the mysterious "[[Regulus Black|R.A.B.]]" from [[Kreacher]] and that the [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|locket Horcrux]] was in the hands of [[Dolores Umbridge]]<ref name="DH10">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 10</ref>. They then planned to [[Infiltration of the Ministry of Magic|infiltrate]] the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to retrieve the locket, which they did on [[2 September]], [[1997]].
 
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*In debating what to do with the [[Death Eaters]], Hermione claims that she has never performed a [[Memory Charm]] before and only knows the theory behind the spell<ref name="DH9"/>. However, she previously [[False Memory Charm|altered the memories]] of her [[Hermione Granger's parents|parents]] in order to keep them safe during the war. [[J. K. Rowling]] later explained in an interview that the two are different charms<ref>[http://bloghogwarts.com/2007/07/30/chateando-con-jk-rowling/ 30 July 2007 Interview with J.K. Rowling]</ref>.
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*In debating what to do with the [[Death Eaters]], Hermione claims that she has never performed a [[Memory Charm]] before and only knows the theory behind the spell.<ref name="DH9" /> However, she previously [[False memory spell|altered the memories]] of her [[Hermione Granger's parents|parents]] in order to keep them safe during the war. [[J. K. Rowling]] later explained in an interview that the two are different charms.<ref>[http://bloghogwarts.com/2007/07/30/chateando-con-jk-rowling/ 30 July 2007 Interview with J.K. Rowling]</ref>
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|film adapation]] Harry is not hidden under his [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility Cloak]], [[Dolohov]] does not bind Ron, and the trio fights back while taking cover behind the tables. Rowle is defeated right away by Harry and Dolohov hides behind the counter. During the battle, the waitress is in the back room listening to music through her headphones, ignorant to what is going on. Hermione casts the Full Body Bind curse on Dolohov right before the waitress comes out, looking shocked at the unconscious [[Death Eaters]]. Hermione orders the waitress to leave and she does, looking quite bewildered and frightened.
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|film adaptation]], Harry is not hidden under his [[Cloak of Invisibility|invisibility cloak]], [[Antonin Dolohov|Dolohov]] does not bind Ron, and the trio fights back while taking cover behind the tables. Rowle is defeated right away by Harry and Dolohov hides behind the counter. During the battle, the waitress is in the back room listening to music through her headphones, making coffees and not knowing what is going on. Hermione casts the Full Body-Bind curse on Dolohov right before the waitress comes out, looking shocked at the unconscious [[Death Eaters]]. Hermione orders the waitress to leave and she does, looking quite bewildered and frightened.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)|video game version]], there are many more Death Eaters present during the skirmish, as Dolohov and Rowle summon them after being defeated.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)|video game version]], there are many more Death Eaters present during the skirmish, as Dolohov and Rowle summon them after being defeated.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''
 
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
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==Notes and references==
 
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|position=Battles of the [[Second Wizarding War]]
|years=[[1 August]], [[1997]]
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|successor=[[Raid on the Hogwarts Express]]
 
|successor=[[Raid on the Hogwarts Express]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 17 April 2024

Ron Weasley: "Just as a matter of interest, why Tottenham Court Road?"
Hermione Granger: "I've no idea, it just popped into my head, but I'm sure we're safer out in the Muggle world, it's not where they'll expect us to be."
Ron Weasley: "True... but don't you feel a bit — exposed?"
— The trio upon arriving on Tottenham Court Road[src]

The Luchino Caffe Duel[2] was a skirmish on Tottenham Court Road in a Muggle area of London, England when Death Eaters tracked Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley using the Taboo during the height of the Second Wizarding War. It was brief, with no deaths.[1]

History

Background information

"The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming."
Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus warning the guests at the Burrow[src]

On 1 August 1997, Lord Voldemort succeeded in taking over the Ministry of Magic.[3] The Death Eaters immediately placed the Taboo curse on Voldemort's name as a method of tracking their enemies, who were the only ones brave enough to use it.[4] They also moved to attack residences known to be associated with the Order of the Phoenix.[5]

Hermione escaping the wedding GIF

Death Eaters storming the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour

Order member and Auror, Kingsley Shacklebolt, managed to send his Patronus in warning to The Burrow, where the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour was being held.[3] Guests started fleeing the reception as Death Eaters arrived. Hermione Granger, who had been apprehensive about something like this happening, quickly Apparated herself, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley away to Tottenham Court Road.[1] This marked the beginning of the trio's quest to locate and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes.

The skirmish

Arrival at the caffe

Harry Potter: "When did you do all this?"
Hermione Granger: "I told you at the Burrow, I've had the essentials packed for days, you know, in case we needed to make a quick getaway. I packed your rucksack this morning, Harry, after you changed, and put it in here... I just had a feeling [...] "
— Hermione being prepared for the trio's mission[src]
The trio walking through London

The trio walking along Tottenham Court Road

When Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived on the Muggle street, Hermione directed them towards an alley, where she revealed that she had been planning ahead — her beaded bag had an Undetectable Extension Charm on it and, inside, she had packed clothes, camping supplies, books, medical supplies, and Harry's invisibility cloak. Ron changed out of his dress robes while Harry put on the invisibility cloak.[1]

The trio then headed past some workmen who wolf-whistled at Hermione, and into Luchino Caffe, an all-night Italian café. There, they briefly discussed trying to find out what had happened at the Burrow, but ultimately decided that it was too risky, particularly since it was Harry that the Death Eaters were after. While conversing, Hermione said Voldemort's name,[1] unknowingly triggering the Taboo that the Death Eaters had placed upon it when they took over the Ministry.[4]

Tracking and attack

"We all know what's going on! Voldemort's taken over the Ministry."
— Hermione regarding the state of the wizarding world[src]
HPDH1-1300

Rowle being stunned

Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle, two Death Eaters disguised as workmen, soon entered the café, while the waitress brought Hermione and Ron cappuccinos. The trio planned to try to send a Patronus to get a message to the Order and then head for the countryside, but as Hermione moved to get Muggle money, Harry noticed that the 'workmen' were drawing wands and they seemed vaguely familiar.[1]

Harry drew his as well, and Ron lunged forward to push a slow-reacting Hermione onto her bench just as the Death Eaters' spells shattered the wall right behind where Ron's head had been. Harry, still invisible, stunned an unsuspecting Rowle, while Dolohov bound Ron from head to foot with conjured ropes. Harry's second stunner missed, and struck the waitress while she was running away screaming.[1]

Hermione dueling

Hermione casting Petrificus Totalus on Antonin Dolohov

Dolohov cast Expulso in Harry's direction and it struck the table in front of him; the force of the explosion slammed Harry into a wall and made him lose his grip on his wand. The invisibility cloak began to slip off him and he was revealed to the two Death Eaters. Hermione then struck a distracted Dolohov, who was focused on Harry, with a Full Body-Bind Curse from under the collapsed bench where she was hidden from when Ron pushed her out of the line of fire at the beginning of the duel. Hermione cursing Dolohov finally ended the duel.[1]

Cover-up and escape

Ron Weasley: "What are we going to do with them? Kill them? They'd kill us. They had a good go just now."
Harry Potter: "We just need to wipe their memories. It's better like that, it'll throw them off the scent. If we kill them it'd be obvious we were here."
— Covering-up the caffe duel before escaping[src]
Mione obliate

Hermione erasing Dolohov's memories with Obliviate

Hermione severed the ropes around Ron, and they identified the two Death Eaters. Harry had Ron use his Deluminator to shut out the lights and Hermione lock the door while they debated what to do with the incapacitated Death Eaters. Although Ron reluctantly suggested killing them, Harry argued that wiping their memories would more effectively "throw them off the scent". Hermione performed Memory Charms on Dolohov, Rowle, and the waitress while Harry and Ron cleaned up the café, so as to leave no trace of their presence there.[1]

The trio then Disapparated to 12 Grimmauld Place.[1]

Aftermath

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The trio arriving at 12 Grimmauld Place

Harry, Ron, and Hermione stayed at 12 Grimmauld Place for a month afterwards. While there, Arthur Weasley's Patronus told them that the members of the Order of the Phoenix at the Burrow were safe and not to contact them, as they were being watched by Death Eaters.[1] Remus Lupin also came to tell them about the Muggle-Born Registration Commission and to offer to accompany them, though Harry angrily turned him down, insisting that he stay with his pregnant wife.[5]

The trio also learned the identity of the mysterious "R.A.B." from Kreacher and that the locket Horcrux was in the hands of Dolores Umbridge.[6] They then planned to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic to retrieve the locket, which they did on 2 September 1997.[5]

For their failure to capture Harry, Rowle and Dolohov were subjected to the Cruciatus Curse by Draco Malfoy on Lord Voldemort's orders as punishment.[1]

Behind the scenes

  • In debating what to do with the Death Eaters, Hermione claims that she has never performed a Memory Charm before and only knows the theory behind the spell.[1] However, she previously altered the memories of her parents in order to keep them safe during the war. J. K. Rowling later explained in an interview that the two are different charms.[7]
  • In the film adaptation, Harry is not hidden under his invisibility cloak, Dolohov does not bind Ron, and the trio fights back while taking cover behind the tables. Rowle is defeated right away by Harry and Dolohov hides behind the counter. During the battle, the waitress is in the back room listening to music through her headphones, making coffees and not knowing what is going on. Hermione casts the Full Body-Bind curse on Dolohov right before the waitress comes out, looking shocked at the unconscious Death Eaters. Hermione orders the waitress to leave and she does, looking quite bewildered and frightened.
  • In the video game version, there are many more Death Eaters present during the skirmish, as Dolohov and Rowle summon them after being defeated.

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