Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)

"Their hearts must be husks, shrivelled by the demands of these mewling offspring!"

- The Warlock on his peers

A skilled, rich young warlock is the main character of wizarding tale The Warlock's Hairy Heart, written by Beedle the Bard.

Removal of his heart
"The young warlock resolved never to fall prey to such weakness, and employed Dark Arts to ensure his immunity"

- Description of the Warlock's actions

Finding that love is a useless thing that weakens one's power, the warlock tried to use Dark Arts to stop himself from falling in love. He removed his heart and placed it on a magic crystal casket deep within his castle's dungeons.

Flattering the maiden
"It might have taken the warlock fifty years to find such a woman, yet it so happened that the very day after he decided to seek her, a maiden answer his every wish arrived in the neighbourhood to visit her kinsfolk"

- The Warlock meets the maiden

Due to his servants' taunting, he decides to find a beautiful, talented and wealthy woman, so that he is envied by all. The Warlock meets this woman the very next day. The women is fascinated as well as repelled by the Warlock, but agrees to attend a feast at his castle. The Warlock attempts to flatter the young woman, but she confronts him saying that she would only believe these lovely words if she thought he had a heart. So the Warlock takes her down to the dungeon of the castle and shows her the magic crystal casket, within which lies his own beating heart.

The maiden's murder
"Now you are healed and will know true love!"

- The maiden

Due to the fact that the heart has been parted from its owners body for so long, it has become shriveled and hairy. The women ask him to put the heart back inside his chest and so he does. The women is so pleased that she runs forwards and embraces him. The heart however has become horrible in the long time that it has been separated from the body, and the smell of her hair as well as the beauty of her skin pierced it. The Warlock then murdered the witch.



Death
"...he fell across the maiden's body, and died."

- The Warlock's death

Later, guests at his castle found the Warlock was sitting crouched over the woman, caressing and licking her heart, while she lay dead with her chest cut open. He was trying to swap her heart with his, however his hairy heart was strong and would not allow it. The Warlock did not want to be controlled by his heart so he grabbed a silver dagger and cut open his chest and ripped it out. For a brief moment the Warlock knelt victorious as he held a heart in each hand, before he fell over the dead woman and met his end.

Appearances

 * The Tales of Beedle the Bard