June 14th, 2003
The story thus far…
The new Harry Potter book is around the corner. 7d was kind enough to share a catchup article to prime your magickal needs:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — released September 1998
Welcome to the world of Harry Potter, a young English orphan with bright green eyes, unruly black hair and an odd scar on his forehead shaped like a lightning bolt.
Harry, whose parents died when he was 1, lives with the Dursleys — his odious aunt and uncle and their bully of a son — who tell him that his scar is a legacy of the car crash that killed his parents.
But on his 11th birthday, Harry gets a visit from Hagrid, groundskeeper at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and learns the truth: His parents were a witch and wizard. They were killed by the most evil wizard in the world, Lord Voldemort, who tried to kill Harry when he murdered Harry’s parents. But Voldemort’s curse rebounded, weakening him and leaving Harry with the scar.
Harry goes off to Hogwarts to study wizardry for the first of seven years. He makes friends with Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger and headmaster Albus Dumbledore, and draws as his enemies Draco Malfoy and Professor Severus Snape.
He learns many wizardry secrets — from playing Quidditch to transfiguration spells. But he also learns something else — that Voldemort is not dead but alive in spirit, and is on the hunt to regain his physical form.
Voldemort has taken over the body of young Professor Quirrell, and is looking for the Sorcerer’s Stone, which he needs to make a potion that will prolong his life. Harry and his friends thwart Voldemort and the evil wizard’s spirit flees to plot another day.
