When the Potters became Voldemort's targets due to a prophecy made about their son and the Dark Lord, Dumbledore attempted to protect them by casting the Fidelius Charm and offering to be their Secret Keeper, but the role of Secret Keeper went instead to Peter Pettigrew, which turned out to be a fatal mistake, as Peter turned out to be a spy, and he betrayed Lily and James to Voldemort, who killed them. This is JKR's response to this question: Thats a deep question, thanks for asking it. In fact, his selfishness just made Harry's life harder. On the one occasion where he did confront Voldemort, he appeared entirely unconcerned throughout the entirety of their duel. Though Dumbledore had failed to capture or defeat Voldemort, the Dark Lord realised himself that he could not overpower his former teacher, and so abandoned his effort and disapparated. [62], Campaign to discredit Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter, The Ministry immediately began to deny Dumbledore and Harry's claims that the Dark Lord had returned, starting a smear campaign designed to slander and vilify them; in particular, Dumbledore was removed from his positions as Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot and Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards as punishment for his refusal to stay in line with Ministry propaganda. Dumbledore also allowed Remus Lupin to be a pupil at his school and later a professor, despite the fact that Remus was a werewolf. The rumours of Newton's potential travel to France reached the British Ministry of Magic, and a delegation, including Newt's brother Theseus Scamander, Leta Lestrange and Torquil Travers, was sent to Hogwarts Castle to question Dumbledore. [31] The two distant lovers, discussed their common past and goals. There was a reason for this- Harry had to be able to stay with them at least until turning 17, or his mother's sacrificial protection wouldn't have worked. Dumbledore was never able to uncover hard evidence implicating Riddle, however, he nonetheless kept a very close watch over Riddle, preventing him from opening the Chamber of Secrets again during his remaining years at Hogwarts. After a day of knowing each other, they struck up a close friendship. This may have shown an amount of bias towards Gryffindor to announce their win in such unusual circumstances. Before heading back to bed, Harry asked Dumbledore what he saw when he looked into the mirror. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore confirms Credence is Aurelius Dumbledore, but reveals new details about the twist to Harry Potter canon. [28], The portrait of Dumbledore had also spoken to a new generation of Hogwarts students in the 2000s and 2010s when they were in the Headmistress's office. Apart from Ron, Dumbledore was respected greatly by the rest of the Weasley family. [66] Their involvement had been a covert one indeed, as not only had all of this taken place right under the noses of Dumbledore and the rest of the faculty, but it had even been sublte enough that Jacob's search for the vaults had seemed, to the castle's other inhabitants, like nothing more the self-seeking exploit of a reckless youth. [Source]. He learned the truth in 1994, when Harry Potter saved Pettigrew's life from Sirius's and Remus Lupin's attempt to extinguish it for his crime. Dumbledore figured out that when Voldemort cast a Killing Curse on baby Harry, he accidentally turned Harry into his final Horcrux. [62], Dumbledore attended Harry's trial at the Ministry, arriving three hours early at five a.m. by a handy mistake. When Voldemort, who had possessed the body of Quirrell, ordered his servant to attack the young boy, the sacrificial protection instilled within him at the point of his mother's death killed him and forced the Dark Lord's spirit to flee. When this whole incident was over, Dumbledore held another Hallowe'en Feast to finish what had been left out. "[7] However, Dumbledore was joking the matter being a very personal one. He had a very long and crooked nose that looked as if it had been broken at least twice. Many of Albus's fellow students mistakenly believed that, like father like son, Albus too hated Muggles. Vinyl (2nd edition), Albus Dumbledore as a POP! 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. They appointed Fudge's Senior Undersecretary (Dolores Umbridge) to the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter Four, "Horace Slughorn". Harrys being tortured nightly by the new teacher. The woman that appears as Credence's carer amongFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald's characters(and is played by Linda Santiago) was credited as "Credence's aunt" - whether this is true (and her sister was with her on the ship or had stayed behind in the UK) or she was actually his mother is still unclear. In the instructions Dumbledore ordered her to make some copies of Newt's suitcase. 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. Fenrir Greyback was a savage werewolf who seemed to have had dealings with Dumbledore in the past, as Dumbledore was shocked that he, of all people, had come to Hogwarts the night that the Death Eaters entered the Astronomy Tower. [105], Dumbledore's reputation was so significant that even years after his death, the only reason Albus and Scorpius avoided contacting him for help when they found themselves stuck in 1981 was because they were concerned that even the knowledge of their existence would taint Dumbledore's future plans, as it was agreed that he had always known enough to know what to do or not to do and awareness of details such as Harry's future son might impact his plans.[105]. Therefore, Dumbledore's Boggart is said to be his sister's corpse.[17]. Dumbledore instantly believed Harry and his friends about Sirius's innocence, but the Minister did not. Albus's father, Percival Dumbledore, was heartbroken and set out in search of his own brand of justice. [28] Celebrated worldwide as the hero who put to rest the global wizarding war and ended Grindelwald's For the Greater Good revolution of wizarding dominance over Muggles, Dumbledore was awarded the Order of Merlin (First Class), by Leonard Spencer-Moon's administration. Dumbledore journeyed to Little Hangleton, where he found the remains of the shack hidden behind weeds and bush. Leta accused Albus of being the only one who did not consider her bad in her youth and stated that he was wrong about this. It was so blatant and very annoying. Crouch put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire and helped him with the tasks of the Triwizard Tournament, sending him to Voldemort. Contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Per the plan, Dumbledore was killed by Snape during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. In 1996, Dumbledore and Lucius fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. [56], Harry Potter and Dumbledore seeing Remus Lupin off, Dumbledore saw Remus Lupin (the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher) off after Snape leaked his identity as a werewolf to the school. At this time Newt helped capture Gellert Grindelwald, who was trying to convince Obscurial Credence Barebone to join his ranks. By this time, Dumbledore was aware of Voldemort's plan to kill him through assigning Draco Malfoy by threatening to kill his parents. It's in Fantastic Beasts 3 that Credence finally learns the truth about his identity and that Aberforth never abandoned him - he lost him. Dumbledore was behind the final, and most powerful protection placed upon the stone. Gellert Grindelwald, his former lover and great enemy. During Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry visits Dumbledore in some sort of afterlife/purgatory that might or might not be real. However, Dumbledore also understood that he had his weaknesses and blind spots just as any other man and worked hard to keep them in check. He also revealed that his sister, Ariana, was an Obscurial like Credence, and that she died as a result of a fight between him, Aberforth and Grindelwald. When Quirrell decided to make his move on getting the Philosopher's Stone, he lured Dumbledore away from the school using a false letter from the Ministry for Magic. Attempting to murder Neville's toad (why would Neville even bring Trevor to class?). Dumbledore, having regained consciousness, created a ring of fire around them that repelled the Inferi, driving them back into the lake while he and Harry escaped in the boat with the Horcrux. Of course, one might ask why then was Aberforth's son never mentioned in the Harry Potterbooks or movies, but Aberforth's character was only developed towards the end of the series. Fearing - like her husband - that the ousting of her daughter's inability to control her magical ability would see her confined indefinitely to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, Kendra rebuffed all her neighbours, with the eventual exception of Bathilda Bagshot, preferring to be left alone: and Albus learned not to mention his sister or father in public. It does, however, reframe certain events, with Aberforth's bitterness towards his brother over his secrecy feeling somewhat different in light of his own secrets. Both also had defeated powerful Dark wizards, were talented duelists, had an affinity for magic involving love, and acted as leaders of their own covert organisations. Before the end of the year, he also had the Inquisitorial Squad disbanded and reverted any damage they did. (First Class), Grand Sorc., D. At times, Dumbledore could feel the pressure of his role in the world acutely and relied on his Pensieve to deal with them. After all the stress and pain that was put on the fifteen-year-old's shoulders for an entire year, coupled with the loss of his godfather, Harry finally snapped and began destroying Dumbledore's possessions in an incredible rage. Knowing that the curse would kill him, Dumbledore asked Snape, that when the time came, that he be the one to end Dumbledore's life, rather than Draco Malfoy. 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. Dumbledore admired him, because he didn't care about power or popularity, which is quite ironic as Dumbledore once craved at least one of these things. [47], It was later revealed that first year student, Ginny Weasley, had come into possession of Tom Riddle's Diary, a bewitched object capable of interacting with whoever wrote in it. Several months after Dumbledore was forced to terminate his enrolment, however, not only did word reach him that Jacob had ran away from home and, rumours had it, earned notoriety in the figurative underworld as the "most feared wizard in Knockturn Alley";[66] which led to the misconception that he had even become a follower of Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore tells Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) that in 1899, during the same summer that Albus fell in love with Grindelwald, Aberforth also fell in love with a woman from Godric's Hollow. Dumbledore then returned to Hogwarts intending to keep an eye upon Tom Riddle, as he was alone and friendless, a dangerous situation, but at that point Dumbledore, ever the man who staunchly believed in second chances and redemption, still considered Riddle as being not a lost cause and could repent. Dumbledore found Harry visiting the mirror one night, and after explaining to Harry what the mirror was all about, told him that the mirror was to be moved and requested that Harry not go looking for it. Yeah, hell be fine. However, it turns out Aurelius Dumbledore wasn't Albus (Jude Law) and Aberforth's brother - he was Aberforth's son. Dumbledore proceeded to tie up the loose ends with Harry, explaining everything he withheld whilst he was alive. [66], Even though Dumbledore was fully prepared to take the mitigating circumstances of Jacob's transgressions into account going forward, any decision the Headmaster might have meant to make about revoking Jacob's expulsion or help to fight The Cabal ultimately became rather inappreciable when Jacob went mysteriously missing shortly thereafter. However, when Lockhart erased the memories of two wizards that Dumbledore knew, Dumbledore, having never been fooled by Lockhart's tall tales, easily found out the truth and immediately decided to appoint him as a Hogwarts professor to expose Lockhart's fraudulence, and because Lockhart at the time was the only person willing to apply for the cursed Defence against the Dark Arts post. In the novel, Albus asked this of Harry in a calm, patient manner that fit the headmaster's typical personality. Hence, Albus decided to arrange for his plans to be thwarted. [35], Even though the freshly hired instructor would henceforth largely busy himself with the training of young witches and wizards, Albus would continue to keep in touch with Nicolas Flamel, alongside whom he would eventually achieve a number of advancements in the field of alchemy over the years as their relationship blossomed from that of student-and-mentor, to that of an equal partnership and near life-long friendship. At first, to his joy, he saw an old memory he still valued of himself and Grindelwald from the time when their friendship was at its peak that led to them sealing their bond with a blood pact in a barn, swearing to never fight each other. Though Harry had felt some resentment for how little he felt Dumbledore had actually revealed of himself in their time together, Dumbledore showed a side of himself that no one had ever seen to Harry. Dumbledore expressed regret at Leta's death in the mausoleum. Furthermore, he also realizes the phoenix is staying by his side because he is dying as a result of his Obscurus curse. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore However, she might have helped in another way. Some of the members of the original Order of the Phoenix. 5'11"[4] The Hogwarts headmaster kept secrets from Harry that ultimately led him into grave . Be sorted, earn house points, take classes with our fine Hogwarts staff, debate which actor portrayed Dumbledore the best, and finally get some closure for your Post-Potter Depression. Dumbledore liked them too, despite that he wasn't as close to them as he was to Harry. But according to J.K. Rowling, there was more to the short-lived friendship than it seemed. Its one of the final chapters in Deathly Hallows, a book defined not only by the end of the Harry Potter series and indeed, the end of Lord Voldemort but by Harry discovering that Albus Dumbledore was not the man that he thought he was. Ultimately, Vicncia Santos won the election, as the Qilin bowed to her. Instead, Harry entered a limbo state, where he spoke with Dumbledore's spirit. Having correctly guessed that the mysterious attacks to be the work of a powerful Obscurial and, forever mindful of the fact that if he could figure out where the prophesied entity was located, so could Grindelwald. Grindelwald fled and Dumbledore ended their friendship, although his romantic desires did not subside. Alastor Moody was a prominent Auror and Dumbledore's close friend. An example of this was in The Cave, when knowing that the Potion would cause him severe pain and distress without knowing exactly what would happen to him, Dumbledore did not hesitate to drink it. Indeed, it was Dumbledore's advice to Leta that induced her to save Credence Barebone from Yusuf Kama's revenge. Well aware that their initial reaction, namely to try and keep him from entering their home, stemmed from fear more than anything else, the Headmaster took the liberty of finding his own way into the house. Dumbledore had his flaws. Gambon's physical portrayal as Dumbledore is also slightly different, opting for a somewhat Bohemian look, including a fez-like tasselled hat, along with long and flowing robes that seem to have subtle Indian/Arabian influences. For years, Harry had a rivalry with Severus Snape. [104], Dumbledore's moving portrait, featuring Fawkes, In 2020, after his son, Albus Potter, got injured due to using a prototype Time-Turner to save Cedric Diggory, Harry visited the portrait of Dumbledore. [46], Snape's skills managing to trap the curse on the ring in Dumbledore's hand, Dumbledore quickly returned to Hogwarts, where the skills of Severus Snape managed to trap the curse in Dumbledore's hand. Dumbledore and Harry Potter are also quite similar in some ways: They were Gryffindor students, they wear glasses (Harry wears full moon and Dumbledore wears half-moon), both are half-bloods, both their mothers were Muggle-born and both were brilliant Hogwarts students. [47], During his final talk with Harry in his office, Dumbledore came close to telling Harry about his connection with Voldemort but refrained from doing so as he felt that twelve years old was still too young to learn the truth and he wanted Harry to enjoy this night of triumph. They learned a lot about each other and even shared the same inspirations and what they wanted to spend their lives doing. Dumbledore showed cold fury and disgust at Crouch Jnr's actions but was still disappointed and revolted when Cornelius Fudge sentenced him to Dementor's Kiss as it both meant that Voldemort's return could no longer be testified and that the Crouch family blood line had permanently ended. He was young, brilliant and frustrated; his talents were held back by the responsibility of caring for his sister Ariana, who was left traumatised after a Muggle attack. Ugh, Im just going to take a step back and ignore him this year. Harry Potter is a story of bravery, friendship, magic, and adventure. 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. [56], Instead, Dumbledore told Hermione Granger to use her Time-Turner to save Sirius and in the process Buckbeak as well. This love acts as a sort of protection and is a deep kind of magic. Using Legilimency, Voldemort created a vision that indicated that his beloved godfather, Sirius Black, had been captured by Voldemort personally and was being tortured by him within the Department of Mysteries. He is the most complex character, with a tendency to be positive at the very end of the series, and not just a bitter, sarcastic and frustrated man from the beginning. After the Rebirth of Lord Voldemort, Dumbledore, in an effort to prevent Voldemort from learning certain details through his link to Harry, refused to disclose certain details to Harry. He also had great faith in Harry as shown when Dumbledore was in a weakened state and Harry, who had never Apparated beyond a few feet, had to Apparate them both back. However, Albus was nevertheless saddened that he and Aberforth never could reconcile, and he did have a strong desire to make peace with him, as whenever he looked into the Mirror of Erised later in his life, Albus would see himself and Aberforth reconciled, and all of his family returned to him.
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