The Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour addresses the wizarding media, stating that the Ministry remains strong as Lord Voldemort increases in power. Severus Snape meets with Voldemort and the Death Eaters to inform them of Harry's departure from Privet Drive. Voldemort relieves Lucius Malfoy of his wand, as his own cannot be used to kill Harry.
The Order of the Phoenix arrive at Privet Drive and plan to escort Harry to safety using Polyjuice Potion. During their flight they are ambushed, resulting in the deaths of Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody. Voldemort's borrowed wand fails to kill Harry. That night, Harry has a dream in which he sees Ollivander being tormented by Voldemort, who claims that the wand-maker had lied to him for having said that a different wand would succeed in killing Harry.
Scrimgeour arrives at The Burrow and distributes items from Albus Dumbledore's will to Ron, Hermione and Harry. Dumbledore bequeathed Godric Gryffindor's sword to Harry, which Scrimgeour states is an important historical artifact and that it is missing.
The wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour is disrupted by Death Eaters, who have now infiltrated the Ministry and are using its authority to persecute Muggle-born wizards. The trio then disapparate to London and eventually find sanctuary at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, where they discover that the "R.A.B." from the false Horcrux locket is Regulus Arcturus Black. From Kreacher, they learn that Mundungus Fletcher has stolen the real locket. Kreacher and Dobby apprehend Fletcher, who reveals that the locket is in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. Under the disguise of Polyjuice Potion, the trio make their way to the Ministry where they successfully retrieve the locket.
Unable to destroy the Horcrux, they take turns wearing it in order to dilute its effects. Wearing the locket, Ron is overcome by suspicions that Harry and Hermione are forming a relationship, so he abandons them. Harry sees a vision of Voldemort interrogating Gregorovitch, a renowned wand-maker who claims that a teenage boy had once stolen the legendary Elder Wand from his shop. Voldemort then begins to search for the thief.
Harry and Hermione visit Godric's Hollow where they seek Bathilda Bagshot, a historian who may have the Sword of Gryffindor which they believe will destroy Horcruxes. However, they are cornered there by Voldemort's snake, Nagini, and they barely escape. Hermione identifies the mysterious thief seen in Harry's vision as Gellert Grindelwald.
When evening falls, Harry sees a doe Patronus and follows it to a frozen pond where he finds the sword beneath the ice. Harry attempts to retrieve the sword, but the locket almost drowns him. Ron returns just in time to rescue Harry, who opens the locket. Ron struggles and eventually overcomes the power of the locket, destroying the Horcrux.
The trio then visit Xenophilius Lovegood to learn about a symbol seen several times on their journey. They learn that the symbol represents the Deathly Hallows (the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility). Lovegood then betrays them to the Death Eaters in an effort to have his kidnapped daughter returned. Meanwhile, Harry envisions Grindelwald telling Voldemort that the Elder Wand lies with Dumbledore.
The trio are taken to Malfoy Manor where Bellatrix Lestrange imprisons Harry and Ron in the wine cellar in which they discover Luna, Ollivander, and Griphook the goblin. Bellatrix tortures Hermione for information on how they found the sword, which was supposedly in Bellatrix's vault at Gringotts. Dobby apparates to the cellar and rescues them, but is killed by Bellatrix in the process of escaping.
Voldemort breaks into Dumbledore's tomb and obtains the Elder Wand.
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