For decades, Dumbledore used the all-powerful Elder Wand to solidify his place as one of the world's most formidable wizards. Where Voldemort's temper was seen to be highly volatile, impulsive, and somewhat random, Dumbledore's most angry moments were characterised by cold, deliberate, highly controlled action. [62], Dumbledore escaping the Ministry workers: Fudge, Umbridge, Dawlish and Shacklebolt, When this illegal society was uncovered, Dumbledore willingly took the blame; pointing out that it was named "Dumbledore's Army, not Potter's Army." This line is one that is somewhat of a theme in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as it is quoted at the beginning of the book. He even helped Remus control his werewolf-side by having Snape brew the Wolfsbane Potion for him on a regular basis. In fact, Dumbledore seemed somewhat disappointed when he incorrectly believed that Draco would invite Greyback into the castle. [34] Having always had a deep fondness for the old school and felt drawn towards teaching even as a student,[30] Albus was happy to accept. This is definitely the strongest theme in the entire series. The form of Leta's Boggart surprised both Dumbledore and the entire class: a white sheet containing an undistinguishable, slight form floating through a dark blue glow. Wiz., X.J. He was also able to convince the Headmaster to allow Hagrid to remain at the school as the groundskeeper-in-training. All protagonists would later witness their mentor's demise firsthand affecting them greatly, but the latter are later able to establish communications again with their mentees, either through visions, or being reborn (in Gandalf's case). [28] It is unknown if Grindelwald, as a redeemed man, was included in these later reflections. He had good intentions, even though it didn't work as he planned. Albus Dumbledore knew all about Lily's wicked, envious sister Petunia and was seemingly aware that Vernon Dursley was an equally cruel man, but he left Harry in their care anyway. Dumbledore had successfully planned an escape plan in case Grindelwald's men would attack. Its really dangerous and kids have died competing in it and Harrys name came out as a magically impossible fourth competitor. Newt in turn did not ask Dumbledore why he would form a blood pact with Grindelwald but simply asked him to destroy it, showing respect for his privacy. While clearly, hes not actually in love with Madam Pomfrey, its clear that he recognizes that things like compliments and love between friends are apart of what makes life worth living. He responds to the shenanigans of young love with this quote, and its definitely a pretty hilarious moment. Dumbledore told Harry that he wasn't worried because he was with Harry. In 1996, Dumbledore was cursed by putting on Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, which was a Horcrux (he put it on when he was distracted by finding out that it was the Resurrection Stone, hoping to talk to his dead family). After being cursed by Marvolo Gaunt's ring and ordering Snape to kill him, Dumbledore finally granted him the Defence Against the Dark Arts post, knowing that if Snape were to kill him, he would be vilified by the wizarding public and forced to abandon the post. Albus Dumbledore is portrayed by the late, Both actors who have played the elderly Dumbledore have been Irish. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Having love for other people, even if they might be different from you or come from different places, is a powerful thing. [78], After Jacob's sibling and Merula Snyde duelled in the Courtyard without permission or supervision, Dumbledore introduced the students to the Hogwarts Duelling Club in the Dungeons, where duelling could be practised safely. It's no wonder why Harry relied so heavily on Hermione's independently-gathered knowledge. Oh, and she has a cat named Chicken. Dumbledore gave her a chance because she was the great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated Seer Cassandra Trelawney. Though he wasn't aware of who he was actually talking to, he still figured something was off. The two resumed their friendship, and Sirius helped Dumbledore to recall the Order of the Phoenix an hour after Voldemort returned. However, the girl was "sent away", presumably by her family, and Aberforth wouldn't see his son again for over thirty years. Here are reasons why. In response to this irreverent outburst, Hagrid gave a pig's tail to Vernon's son, Dudley Dursley. After his release, he abandoned Voldemort and became the Headmaster of Durmstrang Institute. Minerva had no qualms about displaying her loyalty to Dumbledore. Harry Potter is coming to Hogwarts this year! After Ariana's death, Albus and Aberforth's relationship became very estranged, as Aberforth blamed Albus for the death of the sister he and his mother spent so much time caring for. He often used humour to make people feel comfortable in his presence. Many fans view Dumbledore asa father figure to Harry, but their relationship was incredibly one-sided as Albus never actually let Harry know anything about himself. He then gave Scamander a card which directed straight to a 'safe house' in Paris, where he could go if he needed to hide for a time. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom all rushed to the Ministry in the hopes of saving Sirius. He did this by questioning people who had known him as a child and a teenager and obtained Voldemort-related memories from them. It was around this time that he encountered a house-elf named Hokey. When Dumbledore died Fawkes mourned him by singing a lament and then left Hogwarts and was apparently never seen again. Harry first discovered this device to witness Dumbledore's memory of Igor Karkaroff's trial before the Wizengamot,[58] and also used it to view Severus Snape's memories of childhood. Also, I know exactly whats up with that diary, but Im not going to tell him, hell find out precisely five minutes after everything goes wrong. Later, Severus Snape approached Dumbledore, having already told Voldemort about the Prophecy. Setting off from Hogwarts on an evening in late June 1997,[5] he and Harry Apparated to just outside the cave, being unable to enter directly due to its protective enchantments. Afterwards, the two part ways on good terms, as Harry returned to the living world to defeat Voldemort for good, while Dumbledore went "on" to the afterlife. After binding the Death Eaters with an Anti-Disapparition Jinx, Dumbledore went to the atrium of the Ministry where Lestrange had been joined by Voldemort himself, who attempted to kill Harry. He also had a friendship with Filius Flitwick, the Charms Professor and Head of Ravenclaw House, Pomona Sprout, the Herbology Professor and Head of Hufflepuff House, and Poppy Pomfrey, the nurse. He also commented on the unusual behaviour of the court holding a full criminal hearing for a simple case of underage magic. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? Dumbledore was notably eccentric. [7] However, she did not hesitate to disagree with him when she felt the need to do so. I really hope my very specific plan that I didnt tell Harry anything about works even though Im Super Dead. Despite them breaking the rules again, Dumbledore still awarded Jacob's sibling 100 House points, but warned them never to do it again. Peter Pettigrew was a member of the Order of the Phoenix and another close friend of James Potter. Dumbledore rushed forward to defend his brother, and during the duel his sister, Ariana, was killed. On the one occasion where he did confront Voldemort, he appeared entirely unconcerned throughout the entirety of their duel. Silver[11]Auburn (formerly) (1927)[12][13] Nicolas Flamel and Perenelle were over 650 years of age, when they agreed to destroy the Philosopher's Stone to thwart Lord Voldemort's return. Dumbledore was an outstandingly talented wizard. During the rescue Harry also conjured a powerful corporal Patronus, that Dumbledore later commented on. Albus Dumbledore delivering Harry Potter with Minerva McGonagall. He also helped Albus escape from several members of the Ministry of Magic when they tried to arrest him. [35], Sometime in between 1927 and 1932, Albus planned to meet with his past boyfriend Gellert Grindelwald. Snape, although resistant at first to killing Dumbledore, carried it out at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, when Draco Malfoy had managed to bring Death Eaters into Hogwarts. Newt gave them all the items Albus had entrusted to them: Theseus got a tie with a large gold pin, Jacob got a serpentine wand but with no core, so it had no power; Bunty was given a list of instructions that only she could see. Gift Article. The Headmaster examined the unconscious student, who was Chiara Lobosca, and concluded that she had not been bitten. Dumbledore wouldn't talk directly to Harry or even look him in the eye, andsince hedidn't bother explaining why he was acting so strangely, Harry was incredibly hurt andassumed that he'd done something wrong. With his brother about to leave, Aberforth had to stop him and young Grindelwald from leaving him and their sister. Dumbledore believed that Hagrid did not open the Chamber of Secrets and asked the former Headmaster Armando Dippet to train Hagrid as the gamekeeper so he could stay. Like the rest of the wizarding world, Dumbledore initially believed that Sirius was the one who betrayed Lily and James to Lord Voldemort (and helped to condemn him in Azkaban with unproven statements and lack of evidence about his supposed betrayal), but, in 1994, he learned that it was actually Peter Pettigrew. TM & WBEI. Many of Albus's fellow students mistakenly believed that, like father like son, Albus too hated Muggles. Dumbledore was also haunted with the fear that it had been him to kill Ariana, to the point that he delayed facing Grindelwald for years. Dumbledore was haunted by his traumatic family history. Wizarding World is the new official home of Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts. Ginny Weasley admired Dumbledore a lot and became his student in 1992. In 1943, several Muggle-born students were mysteriously petrified by a beast rumoured to have been released by the Heir of Slytherin from the mythical Chamber of Secrets. In order to distract Hagrid, Dumbledore asked him to meet at the Training Grounds and help take care of some "urgent business" in Hogsmeade, while Jacob's sibling stayed behind and babysat Fang. [47], As Dumbledore was educating young wizards and witches, Gellert Grindelwald was still at large in Europe, building up his army, and had already found one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand, which he used to continue terrorising the continent. He did not, however, condone their continued fixation with the Cursed Vaults; particularly in the case of Jacob himself, who eventually grew dangerously obsessive with opening all of the vaults. This advice from Dumbledore is definitely something that Harry can hold onto and find inspiration even though they lose of his parents is tragic. He held the Order of Merlin, First Class, for Grand Sorcery. Dumbledore agreed, on the basis that Snape worked as a double agent for the Order. He also gained much more recognition with his involvement in the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood and his work on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel. This quote isnt actually something Dumbledore came up with as it actually came from the Bible. While he hardly ever spoke of this guilt to anyone, Dumbledore admitted it to Leta Lestrange in an effort to get her to open up about her own guilt and admitted that he had not loved Ariana enough during her life. Therefore, he feared that he may have indirectly given Voldemort a servant to return him to power. [46], They next found themselves in a vast chamber containing an underground lake, with a solitary island at its centre from which a faint green light was visible. Grindelwald lost control during the argument and attacked Aberforth. He also anonymously returned James's Cloak of Invisibility to Harry as a Christmas present. During this visit, Dumbledore says this quote to him in reference to the pathetic soul of Voldemort that is there. Despite not being close, it cannot be doubted that Albus loved and cared for him dearly, evidenced by the fact that even though he resented having to stay at home, Albus still refused to allow Aberforth to stop his education out of concern of his brother's future. Ginny also named her younger son, Albus Severus Potter after Dumbledore. With this quote, Dumbledore once again reminds Harry of the importance of love. He was known to have talked to three students, Daniel Page, Ivy Warrington and their friend at least twice during their years at the school. [47], Harry and Dumbledore talking after Harry slayed the Basilisk in the chamber, Dumbledore mysteriously returned to his position as Headmaster after the memory of Riddle was revealed as being behind the attacks. Voldemort started a dangerous duel during which he used all of his tremendous magical capabilities in an attempt to murder Harry Potter along with his former teacher. But watching Harry year after year, he came to love the boy like a son, wanting nothing more than to guide and protect him. [81], A month later, the castle was under another attack by Greyback's army, during which Chiara fought as a werewolf to protect Jacob's sibling. Other staff were Argus Filch, the caretaker; Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, the Care of Magical Creatures Substitute Professor; Firenze, a centaur and the Divination Professor; Rolanda Hooch, the Flying Instructor; Aurora Sinistra, the Astronomy Professor; Bathsheda Babbling, the Study of Ancient Runes Professor; Septima Vector, the Arithmancy Professor; Irma Pince, the librarian; Cuthbert Binns, a ghost and the History of Magic Professor; Charity Burbage the Muggle Studies Professor. Credence replies by asking Aberforth, "Do you know what it's like to be alone?" Years later in 1998, Grindelwald refused to give any information to Lord Voldemort about the Elder Wand despite the fact that he was imprisoned, wandless and face-to-face with the only Dark wizard ever considered greater and more powerful than himself. Dumbledore's decision to appoint Rakepick proved a costly one as Rakepick turned out to be one of R's members and nearly managed to kill Jacob's sibling and their friends before being defeated by a Garroting Gas and forced to flee but left Merula Snyde traumatised with the betrayal and use of the Cruciatus Curse when they went to the Cursed Vault. Other possible Dumbledore's friends who were killed or seriously injured during the First Wizarding War were Edgar Bones, Caradoc Dearborn, Benjy Fenwick, Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes, and Fabian and Gideon Prewett, and Alice and Frank Longbottom, who were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jnr. They also made a blood pact, and they swore an oath never to fight each other. Arthur and Molly Weasley always respected Dumbledore and were very loyal to him. She was a sadistic woman who enjoyed punishing students. Though his intentions were noble, Sirius could not bring himself to appreciate Dumbledore's thoughtfulness, as he utterly despised the home which brought him many bitter, unhappy memories, and the fact that he was to be alone in the house most of the time made it all the more intolerable. Something Harry thought was proven true when he learned during the Battle of Hogwarts that Dumbledore had supposedly planned all along for Harry to sacrifice himself. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 2023 Copyright Bookstacked. What was more; while being entrusted the stewardship of the school was, in and of itself, an honour and a privilege, it also meant that he was henceforth expected to shoulder the responsibility of making all the difficult decisions that came with leadership: On such occasions, Dumbledore would step out into the Clock Tower Courtyard, where he found the quiet, starry night and the crisp air helpful in regard to putting one's troubles in perspective,[55] and developed a habit of pacing around his new office a lot, especially in troubled and trying times such as when the security of the castle was breached. Soon, it was found that Tulip Karasu and a couple of other students were inflicted with a sleepwalking curse, which was inevitably caused by someone tampering with another Cursed Vault. Dumbledore participated in his trial and saw him betraying many Death Eaters to avoid imprisonment in Azkaban. Harris initially declined the role but reconsidered when his then 11 year old granddaughter told him that she would never speak to him again if he did. The TRUTH about Newt Scamander, he continued to deny that Dumbledore was responsible for his trip to New York in the foreword of a new edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Marital status Phoenix[19][20][21] According to Snape, the curse would eventually spread itself from the contained hand and Dumbledore was doomed to die in no more than one year's time. Aberforth himself is reluctant at first, but together with his older brother, he locates Aurelius andinvites him home. He also told Theseus that he had to trust him. [95], At the start of the 19871988 school year, Professor Dumbledore introduced Madam Patricia Rakepick to the entire school, charging her with everything related to the Cursed Vaults and making her an official non-teaching staff member capable of docking House points. Finally, in each of the films when facing off against a major antagonist, each mentor is taunted for being weak by being spitefully called "old man." He left Harry to suffer at the hands of the Dursleys and did nothing to stop their abuse and neglect. However, Petunia and her own husband both resented Harry's presence for the next ten years. [92], Before Dumbledore left Hogwarts again to search for Rakepick, he gave Rita Skeeter "periodical permission" to visit Hogwarts Castle to observe the students, and to invite them to partake in a "friendly competition" where the winner would receive a first-page article in the Daily Prophet. Fred and George appeared to respect Dumbledore very much. Dumbledore's given names could be interpreted as representing the four primary divisions of the British Isles: Dumbledore as he appears in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Albus Dumbledore as he appears in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Albus Dumbledore in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Albus Dumbledore in the console versions of the Philosopher's Stone video game, Dumbledore as a LEGO minifigure (Richard Harris), Dumbledore as a LEGO minifigure (Michael Gambon), Dumbledore (with Fawkes) as a LEGO mini-figure (2020 edition), Albus Dumbledore as a POP! It is right to question him, because he was treating people like puppets, and he was asking Harry to do a job that most men twice his age wouldnt have been able to do.". For example, Hagrid is the one tasked to protect Harry Potter as he is brought to live with the Dursleys, in addition he is asked to bring the Philosopher's Stone back from Gringotts. Romances One thing that really irked me was his bias towards his house. Given that she read stories to him, it can be assumed that Albus had a good relationship with her, or at least a better one than the one she had with Aberforth. [28], Harry and Ginny Potter's second son was named Albus Severus Potter, after Dumbledore and Severus Snape. [46], A while later after the battle was over, Harry found Dumbledore's body lying dead on the ground in front of hundreds of staring people, his body broken from the fall. [38] He eventually found it, however, safely tucked away in a hidden room on the uppermost floor of the castle that would only reveal itself to someone if they were in great need of it. Dumbledore believed in the good in everyone and insisted on giving second chances. The original Order of the Phoenix, his allies. Dumbledore seemed to trust Harry above all of Hogwarts' other students, but when it came time to give someone one of the most powerful magical objects in existence, Albus actually handed it over to Hermione Granger. However, when his sister Ariana Dumbledore was killed during a duel between himself, Aberforth Dumbledore, and Grindelwald, any desire to accomplish this goal left him. Half-blood (likely)[6] [64], Having sensed his underlying decency of instinct despite his disregard for the school rules and, more importantly, fully recongised that there had been no malintent on his part when he had triggered the safeguards of the vaults, having done so on accident, Dumbledore was very lenient with the boy. Ugh, Im just going to take a step back and ignore him this year. [113], From then on, Albus's Boggart would be Ariana's corpse. The confidences exchanged that night between two intensely private and reserved characters were to form the basis of a lasting mutual esteem and friendship. In 1971, Petunia Evans wrote a letter to Dumbledore asking if she could attend Hogwarts along with her sister. This would forever earn Dumbledore Remus's gratitude, as most others would simply have forbidden the boy from even setting foot in the school. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore confirms Credence is Aurelius Dumbledore, but reveals new details about the twist to Harry Potter canon. Whether he is talking about death, magic, or love, his quotes are often full of insight and wisdom. After a failed attempt by Harry to revive him with Rennervate, Dumbledore woke up after his period of unconsciousness wanting water. By this time, Dumbledore was aware of Voldemort's plan to kill him through assigning Draco Malfoy by threatening to kill his parents. Albus developed unending trust and loyalty to him after he argued strongly against his expulsion. Gellert Grindelwald, his former lover and great enemy. He was however intrigued by Tom Riddle as his powers were surprisingly well-developed by such a young wizard who had begun to use them consciously.
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