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| Helga Hufflepuff & the Cup |
Today, The Stones and The Grandma have searched and found Hufflepuff's Cup, another Horcrux.
With this, they have already destroyed three of a total of seven. They continued helping Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in their search.
Helga Hufflepuff is a Welsh witch and was one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
While the other founders chose to have special students, she accepted them all without preference, but the students of her house are described as loyal and hard-working. Helga's portrait remains at Hogwarts.
Before starting the search of this new Horcrux, The Grandma has offered a new Cambridge Key English Test A2 Example to her family.
Hufflepuff's Cup was a magical item created by Helga Hufflepuff, one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
It was a small golden cup with two finely-wrought handles with a badger engraved on the side and a few jewels.
The badger is the symbol of Hufflepuff House. The cup also has the dubious distinction of being the only object known to have been stolen from a vault, specifically the vault of the Lestrange family, at Gringotts Wizarding Bank.
The cup was a creation of Helga Hufflepuff, the celebrated Founder of Hufflepuff House. It was described as a shining golden cup with two finely wrought handles on either side and a badger engraved on its surface. The cup was said to possess many magical powers, though the exact nature of those powers is not known.
The cup was a creation of Helga Hufflepuff, the celebrated Founder of Hufflepuff House. It was described as a shining golden cup with two finely wrought handles on either side and a badger engraved on its surface. The cup was said to possess many magical powers, though the exact nature of those powers is not known.
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| Hufflepuff's Cup |
Hufflepuff was brilliant with food-related charms and with house-elves, so the cup may have been the very first dining utensil at Hogwarts to assist in the magical transportation of food from the House-Elf Kitchens. The cup remained with Hufflepuff until the time of her death.
The cup was passed down through the Hufflepuff family, and through the centuries made its way to Hepzibah Smith, a descendant who kept the cup as a priceless heirloom.
The cup was passed down through the Hufflepuff family, and through the centuries made its way to Hepzibah Smith, a descendant who kept the cup as a priceless heirloom.
In 1946, Smith showed the cup to Tom Marvolo Riddle, who was at that time employed at Borgin and Burkes. She dazzled Riddle with the cup and fondly stated she could never part with it. Along with the cup, Smith possessed Salazar Slytherin's locket. She kept them well hidden even from her family members.
Smith was found dead two days later. Her elderly house-elf, Hokey, recalled mistakenly putting poison in Smith's cocoa, however, Riddle had embedded a false memory in Hokey as he himself had murdered Smith for the artefacts.
Smith was found dead two days later. Her elderly house-elf, Hokey, recalled mistakenly putting poison in Smith's cocoa, however, Riddle had embedded a false memory in Hokey as he himself had murdered Smith for the artefacts.
Riddle fled with the cup and the locket. Smith's family realised the cup and the locket were missing shortly after her death, but by that time Riddle had resigned his post at Borgin and Burkes. Riddle was neither seen nor heard of for a decade.
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Riddle, or Lord Voldemort as he called himself at that point, transformed the cup into his fourth Horcrux, using Smith's murder as the tool. Many years later he left it in the care of his trusted Death Eater, Bellatrix Lestrange.
Although she did not know that the cup was a Horcrux, Lestrange treated the object with extreme priority, storing it in her family vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, considered to be impossible to plunder.
In addition to the bank's extensive security measures, it was protected there by a spell which would cause any object to multiply exponentially if touched by anyone other than the vault's owners.
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| Hermione Granger destroys Hufflepuff's Cup |
In addition to this, a further protective curse was placed on the vault to cause the objects to glow hot as fire and burn the flesh of anyone trying to remove them without authorisation.
Years later, Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter theorised that Lord Voldemort had chosen Hufflepuff's Cup as an object for one of his Horcruxes. They did not, however, know where it might be located.
During the hunt for the Horcruxes, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger were captured by Snatchers and brought to Malfoy Manor, where Bellatrix Lestrange panicked at the sight of Godric Gryffindor's Sword -which she had believed to be in her vault as well- in their possession. She interrogated and tortured Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse demanding to know what else they had taken. This made Harry suspect that Hufflepuff's Cup might be the other item in her vault.
Later, Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrated Gringotts with the assistance of the goblin Griphook and the use of Polyjuice Potion. As they searched the vault, Harry felt a jolt in his heart when his wand light passed over Helga Hufflepuff's cup, which was kept on a higher level.
Years later, Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter theorised that Lord Voldemort had chosen Hufflepuff's Cup as an object for one of his Horcruxes. They did not, however, know where it might be located.
During the hunt for the Horcruxes, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger were captured by Snatchers and brought to Malfoy Manor, where Bellatrix Lestrange panicked at the sight of Godric Gryffindor's Sword -which she had believed to be in her vault as well- in their possession. She interrogated and tortured Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse demanding to know what else they had taken. This made Harry suspect that Hufflepuff's Cup might be the other item in her vault.
Later, Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrated Gringotts with the assistance of the goblin Griphook and the use of Polyjuice Potion. As they searched the vault, Harry felt a jolt in his heart when his wand light passed over Helga Hufflepuff's cup, which was kept on a higher level.
They managed to narrowly bypass the vault's securities before Griphook betrayed the trio and claimed Godric Gryffindor's Sword, as well as alerting the other goblins to their presence. The trio was forced to fleeing Gringotts on one of the bank's dragons.
The trio returned to Hogwarts Castle to find a possibly Ravenclaw-related Horcrux. Lord Voldemort discovered that the trio had discovered his secret and the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort launched an attack known as the Battle of Hogwarts.
The trio returned to Hogwarts Castle to find a possibly Ravenclaw-related Horcrux. Lord Voldemort discovered that the trio had discovered his secret and the Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort launched an attack known as the Battle of Hogwarts.
During the battle, Ron and Hermione ventured down into the Chamber of Secrets, with Ron doing a passable imitation of Harry's Parseltongue to enter, and retrieved several Basilisk fangs.
Hermione Granger used one of the fangs to destroy the Cup inside the Chamber, as Basilisk venom is one of the substances capable of destroying a Horcrux.
When Lord Voldemort learned of the cup's theft and likely destruction, he flew into a rage and slaughtered many goblins who told him of the news. Realising his secret was discovered, Lord Voldemort gathered his Death Eaters and army to launch a final assault on Hogwarts, which eventually led to his death.
When Lord Voldemort learned of the cup's theft and likely destruction, he flew into a rage and slaughtered many goblins who told him of the news. Realising his secret was discovered, Lord Voldemort gathered his Death Eaters and army to launch a final assault on Hogwarts, which eventually led to his death.
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She opened the lid.
Harry edged forward a little to get a better view
and saw what looked like a small golden cup
with two finely wrought handles.
Hepzibah Smith
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