Battle of Hogwarts

Commanders| * Harry Potter
* Minerva McGonagall
* Kingsley Shacklebolt
* Remus Lupin
* Aberforth Dumbledore
* Kreacher
* Emberly Comet †
* Fenrir Greyback
* Pius Thicknesse (Imperiused)

Combatants| * Ron Weasley
* Bellatrix Lestrange
* Hermione Granger
* Neville Longbottom
* Horace Slughorn
* Willow Tonks
* Amber Lupin
* Remus Lupin
* Aurora Pikeman
* Evelyn Pikeman
* Nathara Prince-Slytherin
* Snowbell Prince-Slytherin
* Raine Falcon
* Draco Malfoy
* Kingsley Shacklebolt
* Weasley family
* Filius Flitwick
* Sybill Trelawney
* Rubeus Hagrid
* Pomona Sprout
* Hogwarts staff and students
* Hogsmeade residents
* The Dominion
* Order of the Phoenix
* Various other wizards and witches
* Bewitched suits of armour and statues (100+)
* House-elves (100+)
* 1 giant
* Centaurs (50+)
* 1 poltergeist
* 1 Hippogriff
* Several Thestrals
* Several ghosts
* Portraits of Hogwarts
* Acromantula (100+)
* Corban Yaxley
* Walden Macnair
* Augustus Rookwood
* Antonin Dolohov
* Thorfinn Rowle
* Travers
* Selwyn
* More than a hundred Death Eaters and Snatchers
* Dozens of Imperiused wizards
* Dozens of Ministry officials
* Nagini †
* Werewolves
* Dementors (100+)
* Group of Giants

Casualties| * Colin Creevey
* Lavender Brown
* Fifty others
* Emberly Comet
* Nagini
* Vincent Crabbe
* Scabior
* 3+ Snatchers
* Several Giants
* Unknown number of Death Eaters

"*I know that you are preparing to fight. Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts. I do not want to spill magical blood. Give me Harry Potter, and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight.*"
— Lord Voldemort's ultimatum

**The** **Battle of Hogwarts** was the final conflict of the Second Wizarding War. It took place in the early hours of 2 May, 1998, within the castle and on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the mountainous region of Scotland.

When the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort learned that his archenemy Harry Potter had secretly ventured into the castle to locate and destroy one of his final Horcruxes, he ordered every single Death Eater and dark creature that had ever pledged loyalty to him to launch a massive attack on the school. The Dominion then communicated the need to fight to the Order of the Phoenix and their other allies within the British Ministry of Magic, leading to a large-scale battle. Voldemort led his forces from the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade; while Harry Potter, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Minerva McGonagall led the defenders of Hogwarts. Voldemort also announced that he wanted Harry Potter to surrender himself by midnight.

The battle ended with a decisive victory for the Order and the D.A., with many Death Eaters and Voldemort himself dead. It was the most devastating battle of the war, with casualties including: Lord Voldemort, Emberly Comet and at least fifty more who fought against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. It is also assumed to be the final conflict in which the Elder Wand took part, due to it being resealed in Albus Dumbledore's tomb after the battle.