It's a theme that runs deep in each book, and the importance and strength of the sentiment is a lesson Albus Dumbledore more than anyone else emphasizes countless times. While there might be a magical element to this in the series, there is also truth to it in our world outside of magic. It's unknown how Dumbledore viewed him, but he apparently found Lockhart's antics to be amusing instead of irritating unlike many of the other professors, as he kindly denied Lockhart's proposal of starting a school newspaper rather than punishing him as many, if not all, of the other staff members have been known to do out of dislike of Lockhart's vanity seeking. He convinced Snape to help him protect Harry, although years later Dumbledore secretly planned to allow Voldemort to kill Harry in the end, which would destroy the piece of Voldemort's soul inside Harry. Hence his seduction by equal Gellert Grindelwald, a Dark wizard with plans for a new wizarding order: a world in which Muggles were taught their place. But apart from Credence's identity, none of this was true. 'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. Boggart [58], Again, Dumbledore was reminded of Harry's exceptional skill and knew that he would surely have to be told of the prophecy soon, but again he chose not to, out of a desire to spare Harry an additional burden. After finally succeeding, Dumbledore directly tracked down Grindelwald. Another good friend of Dumbledore was Remus Lupin, one of James's and Sirius's dearest friends, and a werewolf. Indeed, Dumbledore was the only wizard capable of defeating Gellert Grindelwald, and later, even in his extremely advanced age, intimidated and surpassed Lord Voldemort himself. [58], Dumbledore telling a disbelieving Fudge of Voldemort's return, Despite all evidence to the contrary, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge refused to believe that Lord Voldemort had returned to power and had Crouch subjected to the Dementor's Kiss before he could be forced to stand trial before the Wizengamot. Dumbledore had been known to have at least some correspondence with the Dursley family before the birth of their nephew. Some had reportedly even gone mad; not knowing if what it showed them was real or even possible. Dumbledore was devastated when Sirius died, believing that it was mostly his fault and comforted Harry to the best of his ability, and expressed his belief that Sirius was a lively man of wit and courage, with a deep and genuine concern for his loved ones, and would not hesitate to come to their rescue even if it meant putting himself in danger. Albus returned to Godric's Hollow full of bitter resentment at his situation, feeling trapped and wasted, although he refused to let Aberforth quit school and insisted he complete his education first before taking care of Ariana. Travers demanded that Dumbledore fight Grindelwald for him, but Albus refused, which angered Travers to the point that he cuffed Dumbledore into Admonitors and forbade him from ever teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts again. When Harry found himself facing Professor Quirrell, Barty Crouch Jr., a basilisk, a dragon and a cemetery full of Death Eaters, his headmaster was nowhere to be found. He re-joined the Order of the Phoenix when Dumbledore reinstated it in 1995, and they both fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, where Remus suffered a devastating loss: Sirius died in the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange. Fans will understandably never quite understand this decision. He left Hogwarts after Voldemort's rebirth, and was killed by Death Eaters in either 1995 or 1996. Upon finding each other, Dumbledore and Grindelwald initiated a legendary duel of 1945, unleashing all of their extraordinary magical capabilities on each other, the display being so amazing that it remains among the greatest magical battles ever in history. While Dumbledore rightly suspected Riddle was behind the attacks, the aspiring Dark wizard expertly framed Gryffindor student Rubeus Hagrid as the perpetrator. 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. He welcomed her warmly back to Hogwarts upon inviting her back to the castle to help the staff in their efforts to put a stop to the threat posed to the security of the school and those who dwelled therein by the fabled Cursed Vaults, though it is unknown if he shared Severus Snape's suspicions about her ulterior motives, the latter of whom believed, quite correctly, that Dumbledore trusted her. Another note worth mentioning in this area, is Dumbledore conjured a bottle of gin to help ease Mrs Cole during their conversation. If a situation warranted it, he was perfectly willing to acknowledge his virtually peerless intelligence and power. He realised that Lockhart had gone too far in his desire for fame and decided to track him down and make him pay for his crimes. Albus was aware of rumours that there was a child from the relationship, but he never knew for sure as the distance between the brothers resulted in Aberforth not confiding in or seeking Albus' help with the situation.[31]. [46], Upon discovering that Riddle had stolen from the other children at the orphanage, Dumbledore admonished him for his behaviour and instructed him return the items to their rightful owners and apologise for taking them, warning him that he had exercised his abilities in a manner that would be unacceptable at Hogwarts, should he agree to attend. [7] At some point after this, Albus would visit his old friend and pose for a photograph in Flamel's workshop alongside his celebrated mentor, with many of his alchemical tools and equipment being visible in the background, as well as crystal ball and a book with a phoenix on the cover. He did this by questioning people who had known him as a child and a teenager and obtained Voldemort-related memories from them. I am constantly wondering whether Dumbledore loved Harry because there has been several talks and feelings about whether or not he has very much loved Harry. [49] Myth would have it that there were a number of concealed rooms hidden in and around Hogwarts Castle; each shielded by a different curse to guard priceless treasures of gold, prophecies and powerful magical artefacts dating back to before the school was founded. I always thought of Dumbledore as gay . Dumbledore was an outstandingly talented wizard. 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. [46], However, Snape who had been called by Filius Flitwick to assist the Order of the Phoenix, sometime previously arrived at the Tower and, after Dumbledore pleaded with him, in a way that did not expose Snape's true intentions, killed the Headmaster, blasting his body off the tower and falling to the ground below. [28], Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dumbledore began attending Hogwarts in the autumn of 1892 and was Sorted into Gryffindor house. Harry Potter Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. [78], At the end of the school year, Dumbledore announced the winner of the House Cup as usual. The next year was by no means any less troublesome than the previous year, with Jacob's sibling and their friends more determined than ever to stop R and find the last Cursed Vault, despite Dumbledore's attempts to make them focus on their studies. It was Dumbledore who, by several special precautions, ensured that Remus was able to come to Hogwarts to receive a proper magical education despite his werewolf status. While Dumbledore was aware of Tom Riddle's transformation and rise to power, he still maintained contact with the latter, even allowing him to visit the school for a supposed job interview. By Harry's sixth year, Albus Dumbledore took on the role of providing Harry with additional insights into the origins of Lord Voldemort, as Voldemort's power was growing enormously stronger. Bellatrix also killed many of Dumbledore's friends, such as Sirius Black, Dobby the house-elf, and Nymphadora Tonks. We welcome respectful comments. [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. He probably did mean for them to save the Stone, but he knew they had the ability to, and never would've intended Harry to die, It wasn't that Dumbledore let him, but once his name was ejected from the Goblet, there was no turning back. Harry felt comfortable enough around the impressive, intimidating figure of Dumbledore to shout at him in frustration, cry out of grief, admit to his fears, and entrust him with his life. Can we blame him for being young and in love? As he was about to die by a cursed ring, Dumbledore planned his own death with Severus Snape. Dumbledore liked them too, despite that he wasn't as close to them as he was to Harry. [46], Professor Dumbledore talking with Tom Riddle during the first opening of the Chamber of Secrets, 1943, At an unknown point in time, Dumbledore became the Professor of Transfiguration. When Severus Snape found out Remus's secret, Dumbledore forbade him from repeating it to anyone. He brought Harry to Slughorn's home during his hiring pitch,andused Slughorn's love for "collecting" influential people in his Slug Club and his old fondness for Lily Potter to convince Horace to teach again. Aureliuswas thus born in 1900 or 1901 when Aberforth would have been around 17 years old. During Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry visits Dumbledore in some sort of afterlife/purgatory that might or might not be real. Harry was only able to tip the water over Dumbledore's face before the Inferi climbed up out of the lake and attacked them. Aberforth bitterly painted Dumbledore as pompous and arrogant, as thinking he was above the task, that it was a waste of his talents. 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." Dumbledore was also seen using the Deluminator, a device for removing and later returning light, and for use as a homing device. He also spoke to Jacob's sibling, who was disguised as Professor Snape, about various businesses. The curse quickly spread, and were it not for his own prodigious talents, he would have died within moments. While secure in his ability to defeat him in battle if it came to it, more than anything, Dumbledore was afraid Grindelwald could reveal to him that it had in fact been he himself who had cast the curse that killed Ariana. His resemblance to Gandalf is perhaps strongest in the, In addition, Dumbledore's character also has parallels between both Gandalf and even Obi-Wan Kenobi from George Lucas's Star Wars original trilogy. The school followed a House Points system which rewarded good behavior and punished wrongdoing, but Albus totally abused that system and favored Harry and his friends. Grindelwald spent a number of years gaining power in Europe while Dumbledore spent his time teaching young wizards at Hogwarts. Aberforth himself however, eventually changed his opinions of his brother when Harry Potter helped him realise what Albus's intention really was and had forgiven him, as he chose to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts, helping the students and faculty of Hogwarts and the Hogsmeade residents to protect the school where Albus served as Headmaster for almost half of his lifetime, from Lord Voldemort, as well as to allow Harry time to find what he thought to be the last Horcrux. Dumbledore also wanted him to be raised away from the wizarding world so that the fame wouldn't go to his head. 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. While not having the vial destroyed, he made sure that the wizarding world would survive Grindelwald's reign of terror by providing whatever intellectual and possibly magical assistance he could. In the same year Dumbledore became a regular columnist for Transfiguration Today, with the Daily Prophet quoting him as saying he was "enraptured!" Albus and Aberforth both rushed towards their sister's body, and cried in regret and pity. [27] (August[1] 1881[3] 30 June 1997)[3] was an English half-blood wizard. Dumbledore, however, skilfully talked himself out by pointing out that Lockhart was the only one who was willing to take it and also saying that there was a lot to learn from even a bad teacher: what not to do, how not to be. Dumbledore giving his customary school speech, Dumbledore and several teachers (McGonagall, Flitwick, Sprout, Snape and, dubiously, Quirrell) at Hogwarts planted magical security methods to protect the stone. He left Harry to suffer at the hands of the Dursleys and did nothing to stop their abuse and neglect. More than anything else, Dumbledore was motivated by his belief in the power of the human spirit. 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. Dumbledore attended many Death Eater trials, including that of the Lestranges and Barty Crouch Jnr. Blue[14] Voldemort, his former student and greatest enemy. [38] Having once been kept out in the open where hundreds of people could discover the apparent delights of the Mirror of Erised,[38] it had since been given a new home after a large number of them had become so entranced by what they had seen as to waste away before it. Dumbledore told Jacob's sibling they continued to exhibit little respect for Hogwarts's rules and himself, and gave them detention in the Kitchens under Pitts's supervision for the next school year.[98]. Despite the anger and resentment he felt toward his old mentor, Harry also attempted to console Dumbledore when asked if he had been any better than Voldemort in his quest for power; Harry pointed out that Dumbledore had never killed if he could avoid it, and argued that Dumbledore's search for the Hallows, as opposed to any attempts to create Horcruxes, made him completely different from Voldemort, fully reconciling with his protg. During this year, Dumbledore employed his old friend, Alastor Moody, an ex-Auror, as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. [62], Before the beginning of the new school year, the first Death Eater activity in years broke out at the Quidditch World Cup, causing Dumbledore to suspect that the second rise of Lord Voldemort was near. Using the Portkey, Harry was able to escape Voldemort and return to Hogwarts. 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. 3/31/2021 in Opinions. Dumbledore also saw Grindelwald himself from the present. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter Four, "Horace Slughorn". Gellert retreated quickly to his great-aunt's cottage, where he had her make him a Portkey to take him back home. And there you have it, folks. He spent a short portion of his youth concocting plans with Gellert Grindelwald for global domination over Muggles, in the process treating his ill sister with neglect. He managed to contact Severus who was able to contain the curse in his right hand. Phoenix[19][20][21]
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