In many ways, the Dursleys are the first antagonists Harry ever faces in Harry Potter, but an interesting theory could suggest that their Christmas gifts to Harry set up the Deathly Hallows. After Harry's parents are brutally murdered by the Dark Lord, Voldemort, he is taken to live with his non-magical relatives, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, and their son Dudley.
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