In the early hours of May 2, 1998, Voldemort's forces breach Hogwarts School and the final battle of the Second Wizarding War begins. By dawn, the fighting has claimed Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, and fifty others before Harry faces Voldemort alone in the Great Hall — and the Killing Curse, rebounding from the true master of the Elder Wand, ends the Dark Lord's reign.