If you’re still not over this specific Harry Potter death, J.K. Rowling wants you to know that she feels your pain.
Today marks a whole 20 years since Dumbledore’s Army took on Voldemort and his Death Eaters in the epic Battle of Hogwarts as depicted in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Readers bid farewell to several beloved characters who perished in the war that the six previous books had been building towards.
One character in particular was one who had been part of the Potterverse since the young wizard was all of 12 years old.
It's that anniversary again. This year, I apologise for killing someone who didn't die during the #BattleofHogwarts, but who laid down his life to save the people who'd win it. I refer, of course, to Dobby the house elf.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2018
The author has vowed to apologise for a death each and every year since Deathly Hallows was published in 2007.
This year, tribute was paid to Dobby the House Elf (who died before the great battle), with Rowling writing on Twitter: “This year, I apologise for killing someone who didn’t die during the #BattleofHogwarts, but who laid down his life to save the people who’d win it. I refer, of course, to Dobby the house elf.”
