Hagrid tinha acabado de sair de sua casa - pelo menos no livro.
Hagrid estava em sua casa para começar, mas saiu para tentar ajudar os Comensais da Morte que haviam invadido Hogwarts.
“Another flash, shouts, retaliatory jets of light, and Harry understood: Hagrid had emerged from his cabin and was trying to stop the Death Eaters escaping, and though every breath seemed to shred his lungs and the stitch in his chest was like fire, Harry sped up as an unbidden voice in his head said: not Hagrid … not Hagrid too …”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
Hagrid estava do lado de fora de sua casa quando foi incendiado, mas seu cachorro Fang ainda estava lá dentro.
“But Snape parried the curse, knocking Harry backwards off his feet before he could complete it; Harry rolled over and scrambled back up again as the huge Death Eater behind him yelled, ‘Incendio!’; Harry heard an explosive bang and a dancing orange light spilled over all of them: Hagrid’s house was on fire.
‘Fang’s in there, yeh evil –!’ Hagrid bellowed.”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
Ele volta para dentro depois que é incendiado para recuperar Fang, e ambos escapam ilesos do fogo.
“Hagrid,’ muttered Harry, still dazed, looking around. ‘HAGRID?’
He stumbled towards the burning house as an enormous figure emerged from out of the flames carrying Fang on his back. With a cry of thankfulness, Harry sank to his knees; he was shaking in every limb, his body ached all over and his breath came in painful stabs.
‘Yeh all righ’, Harry? Yeh all righ’? Speak ter me, Harry …”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
Deve-se notar que no livro, o Comensal da Morte que ateava a casa de Hagrid era Thorfinn Rowle, desde que Harry mencionou quando viu Rowle que ele era um dos Comensais da Morte lá quando Dumbledore morreu no livro. , e ele é o único Comensal da Morte que foi descrito como loiro e muito grande.
Depois disso, ele presumivelmente ficou em Hogwarts, possivelmente em sua cabana.
Hagrid se voluntaria para ficar em Hogwarts após a morte de Dumbledore.
“Well, I’m stayin’,’ said Hagrid, fat tears still leaking out of the corners of his eyes and trickling down into his tangled beard. ‘It’s me home, it’s bin me home since I was thirteen. An’ if there’s kids who wan’ me ter teach ’em, I’ll do it. But … I dunno … Hogwarts without Dumbledore …”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 29 (The Phoenix Lament)
Quando ele fala com Harry, ele mencionou cuidar de unicórnios recém-nascidos, o que significa que ele provavelmente reteve seu antigo emprego.
“Ar, not bad. Bin busy, we got some newborn unicorns, I’ll show yeh when yeh get back –’ Harry avoided Ron and Hermione’s gaze as Hagrid rummaged in his pocket.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 7 (The Will of Albus Dumbledore)
O retrato de Phineas Nigellus Black também diz que Ginny, Luna e Neville foram mandadas para a Floresta Proibida para ajudar Hagrid como um castigo.
“Professor Snape sent them into the Forbidden Forest, to do some work for the oaf, Hagrid.’
‘Hagrid’s not an oaf!’ said Hermione shrilly.
‘And Snape might’ve thought that was a punishment,’ said Harry, ‘but Ginny, Neville and Luna probably had a good laugh with Hagrid. The Forbidden Forest … they’ve faced plenty worse than the Forbidden Forest, big deal!”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 15 (The Goblin’s Revenge)
Ele sai em um ponto, mas não por causa do fogo.
Hagrid escapou por pouco de ser preso em certo momento. A prisão foi nas terras de Hogwarts e por causa de algo que aconteceu em sua casa. Como sua casa é referida como separada do próprio Castelo de Hogwarts, ele presumivelmente não mora em algum lugar do prédio.
“We have also heard within the last few hours that Rubeus Hagrid –’ all three of them gasped, and so nearly missed the rest of the sentence ‘– well-known gamekeeper at Hogwarts School, has narrowly escaped arrest within the grounds of Hogwarts, where he is rumoured to have hosted a “Support Harry Potter” party in his house.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 22 (The Deathly Hallows)
Depois disso, no entanto, ele deixa sua casa para se esconder. Ele havia ficado em Hogwarts ensinando até aquele ponto.
“Get right out of Hogsmeade, up into the mountains, and you’ll be able to Disapparate there. Might see Hagrid. He’s been hiding in a cave up there with Grawp ever since they tried to arrest him.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 28 (The Missing Mirror)