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summary of first few chapters
Dark Lord Ascending
-another first chapter that is not Harry's point of view
-very dark
-first death
-Bellatrix and Voldemort interact
In Memoriam
-back to Harry's point of view
-Dumbledore's past
-Rita Skeeter appears here. Apparently, Harry is not pleased.
The Dursleys Departing
-The Dursley's leave Privet Drive
The Seven Potters
-Harry, Ron, and Hermione are reunited
-Death Eater attack
-another death
-very intense
Fallen Warrior
-another death
-one person loses a body part
-scenes afterwards set in the Burrow
-Apparently, Harry gets drunk!
-tells what happened with Ollivander
The Ghoul in Pajamas
-general plan discussion all around
-Hermione is scary (lol)
The Will of Albus Dumbledore
-Harry's birthday! Ron gives him a funny gift.
-Minister of Magic is back
-Lupin is acting off
The Wedding
-Weasley relatives, Luna's father, and Krum all make appearances
-Krum argues with Luna's father over the symbol
-Dumbledore's past again, which is not pleasant
-Kingsley makes an appearance with some bad news.
A Place to Hide
-Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave the Burrow, and run into Death Eaters
-Hermione gets hit on by drunkards
-They go to Grimmauld Place
Kreacher's Tale
-Harry finds a letter from his mother saying disturbing things about Dumbledore
-R.A.B. is Sirius's brother (everyone knew that, lol)
-lots of complex stuff on Horcruxes
The Bribe
-setting is Grimmauld Place
-Harry has sent Kreacher on an errand
-Kreacher seems to be getting friendlier
-Lupin is still acting off, and states something extremely surprising (off in an easily irritated, jumpy way.
We've also been told that Lupin/Tonks shippers will be over the moon, so, perhaps Tonks is pregnant?)
-Trio find out who has the locket, and they are shocked.
Godric's Hollow
Bathilda's Secret
-Someone named Bathilda wrote the History of Magic book. IDK if this has anything to do with anything, but still,
might be worth noting.
The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
The Silver Doe
-Hermione is sleeping. Harry sees a Patronus and follows it. It leads him to a thing Dumbledore has left him. He
is reunited with Ron. The entire scene with the destruction of the Horcrux and display of Ron's insecurities
happens. (See bottom of post for more detail)
Xenophilius Lovegood
The Tale of the Three Brothers
-"The Tale of Three Brothers" is a wizard children's story. The story involves three objects called the Deathly
Hallows. Three brothers, three objects, AKA the Deathly Hallows.
-Trio goes to see Luna's dad
-He tells them a wizarding fairy story about three objects
-They are called the Deathly Hallow
The Deathly Hallows
-Harry follows lead of DH story instead of Horcrux stuff
-He becomes stupidly obsessed over it, kind of like how he was over Malfoy in HBP
-Makes a huge mistake and gets the trio "captured"
Malfoy Manor
-A couple of people have died, one important
-Someone else is being kept in the manor
-Someone else dies
-The trio is tortured for info
-Dobby helps them escape
-Another someone else dies
Ron goes missing at one point. Hermione is very worried. When Ron gets back he confesses a fear to Harry that
Hermione actually loves Harry. Harry says he only loves Hermione has a friend and Hermione cried herself to sleep
with worry.
Apparently when Ron is in a position to destroy a Horcrux, Voldemort possesses(?) Ron and starts bombarding him
with images of how the Weasleys prefer Harry, Hermione always compliments Harry, trying to turn Ron against Harry,
so he won't destroy the Horcrux.
"Harry didn't see Ron's thoughts -- Voldemort's soul created images of Ron's family preferring Harry, Hermione
preferring Harry. So they both saw." Because they were both linked to him now?
Ginny, Luna and Neville get caught trying to steal something from the new Headmaster (who is apparently a huge
surprise) "Given the way Hogwarts is run now they're lucky they weren't imprisoned. But I digress." Harry spends a
lot of time worrying about her. I'm assuming her is Ginny.
And it's Ron/Hermione.
Right now seriously...the deaths...ACTUAL LAST CHANCE TO LOOK AWAY!!
Ron.
Lupin.
Percy (this death occurs before the wedding, inevitably throwing events into chaos).
Voldemort.
Snape.
Snape's loyalty? I found this to be the saddest part of the book. As many people guessed, all was not what it seemed with Dumbledore, and the two did indeed have a plan that would eventually result in Snape killing him. But, Snape was only in on things for personal gain, and when Voldemort learns of this, he is obviously furious with Snape. Snape tries to make up for things by luring Harry to him, but Harry manages to escape, and Voldemort kills Snape before the final conflict.
I don't know what all these rumours are about Voldemort kidnapping Ron, it's a complete lie. Ron is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange in The Battle of Hogwarts, but Neville manages to finish off Bellatrix after Ron weakens her before his death.
Harry is not a horcrux.
