Editing Magical objects in Harry Potter (section)

=== Resurrection Stone ===
The book presents the '''Resurrection Stone''' as allowing the bearer to communicate with the dead. The form of [[Sirius Black]] generated by the stone tells Harry that he and the other forms created by the stone are part of him and invisible to others. According to the fairy tale concerning the origin of the Deathly Hallows, using the Resurrection Stone drove its first owner to kill himself because he brought his late fiancée back from the dead, and she was very unhappy in the living world because she did not belong there. By the time the stone was seen in Marvolo Gaunt's possession, it had been set into [[#Marvolo Gaunt's ring|a ring]] that bore the symbol of the Deathly Hallows, which the ignorant Gaunt believed to be the Peverell coat of arms; he used the ring to boast about his ancestry and blood purity. Harry said this is the Hallow he would desire most, as like Dumbledore he could name people he would like to communicate with again.<ref name="HP7" /> Voldemort became aware of the ring's antiquity and eventually used it as a Horcrux, a container for part of his soul, being unaware of the stone's additional magical properties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter {{!}} What is the story behind each of Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes? {{!}} Wizarding World |url=https://www.harrypotter.com/features/history-of-voldemorts-horcruxes |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.harrypotter.com |language=en}}</ref>

Dumbledore is depicted recovered the ring from Marvolo's estate, recognizing it as both a Horcrux and one of the Deathly Hallows. Forgetting that as a Horcrux, it was likely to be protected by curses laid by Voldemort, and blinded by personal desire, Dumbledore attempted to use the Resurrection Stone to talk to his deceased family. The curse disfigured his hand and began to spread into his body. Although Snape partly contained the spread in the damaged and blackened hand, Dumbledore was doomed to have, at most, a year left to live.

The stone is later passed to Harry through Dumbledore's will. Harry uses the Stone to summon his deceased loved ones – his parents, his godfather [[Sirius Black]], and [[Remus Lupin]] – to comfort him and strengthen his courage, before he goes to meet his death at Voldemort's hand. The stone falls unseen from Harry's fingers in the Forbidden Forest as he reaches Voldemort's encampment. Harry survives the encounter and he and Dumbledore's portrait later agreed that Harry will neither search for the stone nor tell others where it is.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Starner|first=Nina|date=2020-10-05|title=The Problem With The Resurrection Stone In Harry Potter|url=https://www.looper.com/256472/the-problem-with-the-resurrection-stone-in-harry-potter/|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Looper.com|language=en-US}}</ref>