<P> When Prince Justin (the King's younger brother) goes missing while searching for Wizard Suliman (Benjamin Sullivan, also from Wales), the King orders Howl to find Suliman and Justin and to kill the Witch of the Waste . Howl, however, has his own reasons to avoid seeking a confrontation with the Witch of the Waste; the Witch, a jilted former lover, has laid a dark curse on him . Howl attempts to weasel out of it by having Sophie pretend to be his mother and petition against the appointment, but to no avail . Instead of blackening Howl's name as Sophie was asked to do, she gets him appointed the new Royal Wizard, the post he has been trying to avoid for years . </P> <P> Howl spends an abnormal amount of time in the bathroom every day, and Michael tells Sophie that the day Howl does not spend hours making himself look beautiful for a girl is when he will truly believe that Howl is in love . </P> <P> Howl continues to avoid the Witch of the Waste until she lures Sophie into a trap; believing that the Witch has taken Howl's current love interest, Lily Angorian, captive, Sophie goes to save her and is in turn captured by the Witch of the Waste . Howl comes to save Sophie, unshaven and with his hair in a mess, proving his love for Sophie, and defeats and kills the Witch of the Waste . He reveals that Miss Angorian was actually the Witch's fire demon in disguise; the fire demon had, over the years, taken control of the Witch and was attempting to create a "perfect human" by fusing parts of Wizard Suliman and Prince Justin . It was to be completed by the addition of Howl's head . Howl and Sophie race back to the castle, but Miss Angorian is already there, and takes hold of Calcifer to capture Howl's heart . Howl had given his heart to Calcifer . This was the contract between them; the heart kept Calcifer alive, and in return Calcifer put his magic at Howl's disposal . Howl falls as if dead . Sophie uses her ability of bringing things to life by talking to them, first to make her stick beat Miss Angorian, then to free Calcifer and give him another thousand years of life, thus breaking the contract between him and Howl, and finally to push the black lump that Calcifer leaves behind into Howl's chest . With his heart restored, Howl awakens and destroys the witch's fire demon . This breaks the curse on Wizard Suliman and Prince Justin . Calcifer, as promised, breaks Sophie's spell and she returns to her proper age . Howl had realised early on that Sophie was under a spell and secretly attempted to remove the curse; when he had met with failure, he had come to the conclusion that Sophie simply enjoyed "being in disguise". </P> <P> Calcifer returns under the condition that he can come and go as he wishes . Michael and Martha end up together, as do Lettie and Wizard Suliman . Sophie and Howl admit they love each other (without actually saying it) and Howl suggests they live happily ever after . Sophie understands that that will not be as simple as it seems in the story books, but resolves to try . </P>

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