A warlock convinced that love makes him weak locks his own heart away in an enchanted casket to stay untouched by feeling. Years later, courting a woman for status rather than affection, he digs the heart back out — and what has grown inside the casket in the meantime is no longer entirely human.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Beedle the Bard
- contained in The Harry Potter Collectionomnibus
- contained in The Tales of Beedle the Bardcollection