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+ | The [[Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)|main character]] is a handsome, skilled and rich young Warlock who sees emotions as a weakness, and decides to take measures to prevent himself from ever falling in [[love]], using the [[Dark Arts]]. The Warlock becomes deluded, believing himself to be envied for his "perfect" solitude, which makes him all the more upset to overhear two servants talking about him; one servant is taking pity on him, while the other is ridiculing him for not having found a wife. This swings a blow to the Warlock's pride, and he decides to find a beautiful, talented and wealthy young woman, so that he will be envied by all. |
The next day, he has the fortune of meeting such a woman; though the maiden is both "fascinated and repelled" by the Warlock, he persuades her, along with her family, to come to a dinner feast at his castle. The Warlock attempts to flatter the young woman, using words he steals from a poet. The maiden retorts that she would only believe such lovely words if she thought he had a heart. The Warlock takes her down to the dungeon of his castle and shows her a magic crystal casket, within which lies his own beating heart. |
The next day, he has the fortune of meeting such a woman; though the maiden is both "fascinated and repelled" by the Warlock, he persuades her, along with her family, to come to a dinner feast at his castle. The Warlock attempts to flatter the young woman, using words he steals from a poet. The maiden retorts that she would only believe such lovely words if she thought he had a heart. The Warlock takes her down to the dungeon of his castle and shows her a magic crystal casket, within which lies his own beating heart. |
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Because the heart had been parted from its body for so long, it had become shriveled and covered in black hair. The maiden asks the Warlock to put his heart back inside his chest, which he does. The woman is so pleased that she runs forwards and embraces him. However, the heart had been consumed by the Dark magic used to remove it, and had degenerated into savage, bestial state, driving the Warlock to take by force a truly human heart. He tears out the maiden's heart to replace his own, but finding that he cannot use magic, he cuts his own heart out with a dagger. Thus he and the maiden both die, the Warlock holding both hearts in his hands. |
Because the heart had been parted from its body for so long, it had become shriveled and covered in black hair. The maiden asks the Warlock to put his heart back inside his chest, which he does. The woman is so pleased that she runs forwards and embraces him. However, the heart had been consumed by the Dark magic used to remove it, and had degenerated into savage, bestial state, driving the Warlock to take by force a truly human heart. He tears out the maiden's heart to replace his own, but finding that he cannot use magic, he cuts his own heart out with a dagger. Thus he and the maiden both die, the Warlock holding both hearts in his hands. |
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[[File:The Warlock's Hairy Heart 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Warlock's and the woman's Death.]] |
[[File:The Warlock's Hairy Heart 1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Warlock's and the woman's Death.]] |
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Revision as of 00:14, 1 January 2011
The Warlock's Hairy Heart.
- "Warlock's Hairy Heart is really, quite gothic, it's quite dark that one, and Voldemort would've done well to know that story before he set out on his campaign of terror."
- — J. K. Rowling[src]
The Warlock's Hairy Heart is one of the stories in the wizarding fairy tales collection, The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This story is the darkest of the five stories from The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and it is intended to teach young wizards and witches not to mess with the Dark Arts.
Summary
The Warlock and the maiden
The main character is a handsome, skilled and rich young Warlock who sees emotions as a weakness, and decides to take measures to prevent himself from ever falling in love, using the Dark Arts. The Warlock becomes deluded, believing himself to be envied for his "perfect" solitude, which makes him all the more upset to overhear two servants talking about him; one servant is taking pity on him, while the other is ridiculing him for not having found a wife. This swings a blow to the Warlock's pride, and he decides to find a beautiful, talented and wealthy young woman, so that he will be envied by all.
The next day, he has the fortune of meeting such a woman; though the maiden is both "fascinated and repelled" by the Warlock, he persuades her, along with her family, to come to a dinner feast at his castle. The Warlock attempts to flatter the young woman, using words he steals from a poet. The maiden retorts that she would only believe such lovely words if she thought he had a heart. The Warlock takes her down to the dungeon of his castle and shows her a magic crystal casket, within which lies his own beating heart.
Because the heart had been parted from its body for so long, it had become shriveled and covered in black hair. The maiden asks the Warlock to put his heart back inside his chest, which he does. The woman is so pleased that she runs forwards and embraces him. However, the heart had been consumed by the Dark magic used to remove it, and had degenerated into savage, bestial state, driving the Warlock to take by force a truly human heart. He tears out the maiden's heart to replace his own, but finding that he cannot use magic, he cuts his own heart out with a dagger. Thus he and the maiden both die, the Warlock holding both hearts in his hands.
The Warlock's and the woman's Death.
Behind the scenes
- It is the only story in The Tales of Beedle the Bard which was not mentioned in the seventh Harry Potter book.
- It is also the only story that Beatrix Bloxam did not rewrite in The Toadstool Tales, as it scared her when she was a child.