<P> Harry also had the unusual ability to speak and understand "Parseltongue", a language associated with Dark Magic . This, it transpires, is because he harbours a piece of Voldemort's soul . He loses this ability after the part of Voldemort's soul inside him is destroyed at the end of The Deathly Hallows . </P> <P> Harry's parents left behind a somewhat large pile of wizard's gold, used as currency in the world of magic, in a vault in the wizarding bank, Gringotts . After Sirius' death later in the series, all of his remaining possessions are also passed along to Harry, including Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, and Sirius's vast amount of gold were transferred into Harry's account at Gringotts . Rowling noted that "Harry's money never really is that important in the books, except that he can afford his books and uniforms and so on ." </P> <P> Among the school items Harry purchases in Diagon Alley after discovering his gold inheritance is his first wand, an 11 - inch - long holly and phoenix feather model that he learns is the twin of Voldemort's wand, as the feathers that both wands contain as their cores both comes from Fawkes, the phoenix that Dumbledore keeps as a pet in his office until his death in Half - Blood Prince . Harry's wand is broken in Deathly Hallows . For a time, he borrows Hermione's wand, and later steals Draco's . With his defeat of Voldemort at the end of the series, he comes into the possession of the Elder Wand, but uses it only to repair his holly wand, before returning it to Dumbledore's tomb, from which Voldemort had stolen it . In the film version of Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry destroys the Elder Wand . </P> <P> Harry also inherits indirectly two of his father's prized possessions . One is the Marauder's Map, given to him by interim owners Fred and George Weasley, which endows Harry with comprehensive knowledge of Hogwarts' facilities, grounds, and occupants . The other is his father's Invisibility Cloak, given to him by Dumbledore, which eventually proves Harry's descent from the Peverell family . Harry uses these tools both to aid in excursions at school and to protect those he cares about; the Invisibility Cloak, in particular, can hide two full - grown people . If three fully - grown people hide under the cloak their feet will be visible . When Harry reaches his age of maturity at seventeen, Molly Weasley gives him a pocket watch which had once belonged to her brother Fabian Prewett, as it is traditional to give a boy a watch when he turns seventeen . </P>

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