Plot Introduction

Following Dumbledore's death, Voldemort has completed his ascension to power and
gains control of the Ministry of Magic. Harry, Ron, and Hermione drop out of school so
that they can find and destroy Voldemort's remaining four Horcruxes. They isolate
themselves to ensure the safety of their family and friends. They do not have much
knowledge about the remaining Horcruxes except the possibility that two of them are
objects that belonged to Hogwarts founders Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff,
and that the third is Nagini, Voldemort's snake familiar. The locations of the two
founders' objects are unknown, and Nagini is presumed to be with Voldemort himself. As
they search for the Horcruxes, the trio learns details about Dumbledore's past, as well
as Snape's true motives. Meanwhile, Harry dubbed Undesirable Number one with a
2,000 galleon prize offered for his capture, and Harrys weird psychic connection with
Voldemort (symbolized by the lightning-bolt forehead scar he bears as a result of the
Dark Lords attack on him as a baby) seems to have grown stronger too, giving him
clues to Voldemorts actions and whereabouts, even as it lures him ever closer to the
dark side.
The trio recovers the first of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Salazar Slytherin's locket, by
infiltrating the Ministry of Magic. They recover the Sword ofGodric Gryffindor; it is one of
a few objects that can be used to destroy Horcruxes, and they use it to destroy the
locket. In their travels the trio come across a strange symbol, which an eccentric wizard
named Xenophilius Lovegood tells them represents the mythical Deathly Hallows. The
Hallows are revealed to be three sacred objects: the Resurrection Stone, a stone with
the power to bring others back to life; the Elder Wand, an unbeatable wand; and an
infallible Invisibility Cloak. Harry learns that Voldemort is after the Elder Wand, but the
trio decides that discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes is more important than procuring the
wand for themselves. They break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at the Wizarding
Bank Gringotts to recover another Horcrux, the cup of Helga Hufflepuff. Harry learns that
another Horcrux is hidden in Hogwarts, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the school.
They find this Horcrux, the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and successfully destroy both.
When the teachers of Hogwarts come to know that harry and his friends are acting on
Dumbledores orders, they defend Hogwarts from Voldemort, his Death Eaters, and
various magical creatures until they completes their mission in Hogwarts. Several major
characters are killed in the first wave of the battle. Harry discovers that Voldemort
inadvertently made Harry a Horcrux when he attacked him as a baby, and that he would

have to die to destroy Voldemort. Harry surrenders himself to Voldemort, who attacks
Harry with the Killing Curse, sending Harry to a sort of Limbo between life and
death(limbo is none other than Voldemort as his sins could not allow him to become
ghost which was revealed by author on press meet). There, Harry meets Dumbledore
who explains that because Voldemort used Harry's blood to regain his full strength,
Harry is protected from any harm that Voldemort could commit, meaning that the
Horcrux inside of Harry is destroyed but that he can return to his body despite being hit
by the Killing Curse. Harry then returns to his body, the battle resumes, and after the last
remaining Horcrux destroyed, Harry is able to defeat Voldemort.

Epilogue
The epilogue is set 19 years after Voldemort's death, involving Harry and Ginny, who are
married, sending their sons, James and Albus Severus, off to Hogwarts, with Ron and
Hermione, who are now also married with children.