Burbage Burgers (DH Chapter 1, 'The Dark Lord Ascending')

This week, we hope you brought your appetite, because we’re joining Nagini for dinner. Pull up a chair alongside Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura at the dining room table inside Malfoy Manor for some delicious Death Eater tea!

• We're going chapter-by-chapter through Deathly Hallows for the first time since 2007!

• Deathly Hallows: A History: we reflect back on the ultimate midnight release party and the fastest selling book ever in a 24-hour period!

• Chapter-by-Chapter returns with Deathly Hallows, Chapter 1 - The Dark Lord Ascending

• 7-Word Summary: Voldemort hosts his people menacingly around updates

• Can Voldemort trust the portraits inside Malfoy Manor?

• Snape and Yaxley jostle for Voldemort's affection: who has the better intel on Harry Potter?

• The Ministry has been infiltrated!

• The Castration of Lucius Malfoy: we discuss the symbolism of Voldemort taking his wand and utter humiliation the Malfoy family receives inside their own home

• The irony of Voldemort discussing blood status

• So long, Charity Burbage!

• We asked our patrons (patreon.com/mugglecast) via our Lynx Line: Lucius has peacocks strutting around his property - what creature would you want to live on yours?

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