You know how my mother gave up her own life to care for Ariana.' - Dumbledore retelling his early years to Harry Īlbus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was born to Kendra and Percival Dumbledore in the summer of 1881, in the mainly wizarding village of Mould-on-the-Wold. You know how my poor father sought revenge, and paid the price, died in Azkaban. ' You know the secret of my sister's ill-health, what those Muggles did, what she became.

1.5.1 Moving against Gellert Grindelwald.Harry Potter later named his second son, Albus Severus Potter, after him. A portrait of him still remains at Hogwarts. Dumbledore is the only Headmaster who was laid to rest at Hogwarts. Though he was no longer alive at the time, it was through Dumbledore's manipulations that Voldemort was ultimately defeated, and lasting peace finally restored to the wizarding world. Per the plan, Dumbledore was killed by Snape during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. As he was about to die by a cursed ring, Dumbledore planned his own death with Severus Snape. He was the wielder and the master of the Elder Wand from 1945 until 1997, and considered by many as the greatest Hogwarts Headmaster. He would also support Jacob's sibling in the latter's quest for the Cursed Vaults, and consistently aid Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger during their first six years at Hogwarts, thus leading them to name Dumbledore's Army after him.ĭue to the fact that he had a keen mind and was a legendary figure, Dumbledore became the only wizard that Voldemort ever feared. Following Voldemort's return and the start of the Second Wizarding War after the resignation of Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore swiftly formed and led the second Order of the Phoenix. He founded and led the Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War. It was through Dumbledore that resistance to the rise of Lord Voldemort was formed. 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. Initially unbeknownst to Dumbledore, however, Grindelwald intended to use the former's alleged Obscurial relative, Aurelius Dumbledore, as a weapon against him.įollowing the global wizarding war, regardless of Aurelius's fate, Dumbledore became most famous for defeating Grindelwald in arguably the most epic duel of all time. After the tragic death of Leta Lestrange in Paris, Dumbledore became determined to contribute helpful advice to the resistance against Grindelwald, notably Newt, Theseus, Tina, Jacob, Yusuf, and Nagini in the global wizarding war. While initially unable to directly act against Gellert Grindelwald due to their past blood pact, the Ministry's surveillance of him, his love for Grindelwald, and his lingering guilt over his sister's death, Dumbledore sent Newt Scamander to New York to release the Thunderbird Frank, and later sent Newt to Paris to rescue Credence Barebone. His early losses greatly affected him early on, even at his death many years later, but, in turn, made him a better person. His father died in Azkaban when Albus was young, while his mother and sister were later accidentally killed. He was the son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana. A Muggle-supporting wizard, though the complete opposite in his earlier years, he was considered to have been the greatest wizard of modern times, perhaps of all time. He also served as Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards (?–1995) and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot (?–1995 1996–1997).

He was the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, later the Transfiguration Professor, and later the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Summer 1881 – 30 June, 1997) was an English half-blood wizard. Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, O.M.

He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day that I met him.' - Albus Dumbledore's obituary by Elphias Doge That he was the most inspiring and the best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is as nothing compared to the Wizarding world's. ' Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy.

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