Warlock (The Warlock's Hairy Heart)

A skilled, rich young warlock is the main character of The Warlock's Hairy Heart. He tried to use Dark Arts to stop himself from falling in love, but due to his servants' taunting, he decides to find a beautiful woman. 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 a magic crystal casket, within which lies his own beating heart.

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.

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 heart was strong and would not allow it. The Warlock did not want to be controlled by his heart so he cut open his chest and ripped it out. For a brief moment the Warlock was victorious as he held a heart in each hand, before he fell over the woman and died.

Appearances

 * The Tales of Beedle the Bard