According to Rowling in 2018, we will learn more about Grindelwald's and Dumbledore's past in the upcoming films. During the event, he was seen socialising with Professor McGonagall, and later watched the pupils enjoy themselves alongside Professor Snape, beaming as Rubeus Hagrid and Professor Flitwick eventually opted to join the students on the dance floor, and over a job well done in spite of everything.[86]. [63], Around Christmas that year, Dumbledore requested students that stayed behind at the school during the holidays to get involved in the decoration process, seeing as how well they did decorating for Hallowe'en: Student participation during Hallowe'en and Christmas both eventually became something of a time-honoured tradition. Gender In spite of Dumbledore's many extraordinary qualities, he was also a somewhat Machiavellian figure. Wiz., X.J. [30], Dumbledore and Harry Potter in the Crystal Cave, After much searching, Dumbledore eventually tracked another of Voldemort's Horcruxes to a cave that as a young orphan, he had once visited. The trio also read the Tales of Beedle the Bard, and learned about the Deathly Hallows. Dumbledore revealed that he knew of Draco's mission and of the attempts on his life with the Opal Necklace and poisoned mead, but allowed him to remain in Hogwarts for knowing Voldemort would kill him if he was exposed and expelled. Boggart As such, when Dumbledore took the podium at the Start-of-Term Feast to welcome students new and old for another year of learning, he also offered a word of caution to his usual speech; instructing them all to be extra careful as they journeyed through the castle that year, and to immediately inform one of their teachers if they saw anything out of the ordinary. [7], Dumbledore advising Harry from seeking out the Mirror of Erised again. And he wished, more than anything, that the boy was actually behind him, teasing him about his robes and his love of thick woollen socks. [41], The year after, the Ministry of Magic took it upon itself to increase security around Hogwarts. Vinyl (2nd edition), Albus Dumbledore as a POP! Options: Albus Ptolomeus Brian Dumbledore Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore Wulfric Harry Percival Dumbledore Abeforth Percival Wulfric Dumbledore Correct answer: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore More games: guess the idiom, answers to guess the emoji, 100 pics answers. He sent Newt to Paris to rescue Credence, who survived battle in New York, but Newt was reluctant, nevertheless he was willing to accept the address of a safe-house. He also apparently had a scar above his left knee which greatly resembled a map of the London Underground. Gellert Grindelwald (former lover) Dumbledore revealed to Harry that he made it his business to try and find out about Lord Voldemort's past. Another Professor was Sybill Trelawney, who taught Divination. Over the course of this dialogue, Dumbledore also included a bit of socialising, such as mentioning how the resident Charms Master had been "bragging about the remarkable batch of Ravenclaws" they had gotten that term, jokingly asking him whether he was "up for the challenge" of handling five more of the Weasley children that would be attending the school in a few years, and commenting on the academic prowess of Rowan Khanna, a pupil whom he found to be "exceptionally bright. Before heading back to bed, Harry asked Dumbledore what he saw when he looked into the mirror. The Ministry also began to interfere heavily at Hogwarts. Ariana herself tried to intervene in the fight, but couldn't due to her erratic abilities, and in the ensuing chaos was hit by a stray curse and died. However, the six students were ambushed by a group of Death Eaters, who hoped to force Harry to recover the record of the prophecy made about him and the Dark Lord. Fortune finally appeared to shine on Dumbledore, however, when a foreigner arrived at their little village, by the name of Gellert Grindelwald. Albus Percival Wulfuric Brian Dumbledore (1881 - 30 June 1996) was the renowned Headteacher of Hogwarts School from around 1971 until 1996. In Star Wars Episode IV, Darth Vader taunts Obi Wan "You're powers are weak, old man" before slaying him. They were introduced by Grindelwald's great aunt, Bathilda Bagshot. 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. Olivia Green met a similar fate, and every time one of the vaults were disturbed, another curse was triggered and unleashed upon the school. Dumbledore chose to reform the Order as he feared that the start of the Second Wizarding War was lingering and inevitable to happen. Albus Dumbledore: "We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength. 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. A lesser note of his emotional insight was with Gilderoy Lockhart: despite Lockhart having fooled every inhabitants in the wizarding world with his books, Dumbledore, having knew what he truly was, was completely unable to be tricked by Lockhart and he was able to effortlessly manipulate Lockhart into taking the job of DADA Professor by slyly hinting Harry Potter was in Hogwarts attending his second year so he can expose him. Their involvement in the disturbance of the Cursed Vaults had been a covert one, however. However, in 1981, Pettigrew betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort in his role as their family Secret-Keeper and faked his own death by cutting off his finger in a crowded London street which he blew up with the Blasting Curse in order to frame Sirius Black. And although the Headmaster readily admitted that there was still much to be learned about the origins and the purpose of the Cursed Vaults, and that with any luck, the person he had attempted to locate would be able to shed some light on the matter once he finally got hold of her. Born around 1840-46, died 1997. After Harry had received his letter from Rubeus Hagrid, Vernon had denounced Dumbledore as a "crackpot old fool" and refused to pay for Harry's school funds. Additionally, Dumbledore's own guilt allowed him to comfort Leta Lestrange over her own guilt in the role she had in her brother Corvus' death. Albus Severus Potter is the youngest son and middle child of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley. Michael Gambon's portrayal of Dumbledore is noticeably different from both Richard Harris' and from the books'. He enchanted the Mirror of Erised to contain the Philosopher's Stone, only to be removed by someone who did not intend to use or possess it, but only to keep it from the hands of evil. Which begs the question, who needs three middle names? In the books, Dumbledore is noted to have been very calm and collected in nearly all circumstances. He also, however, took the opportunity to address their "egregious misbehaviour." Ten years after Dumbledore left Harry Potter with his uncle and aunt, the Dursleys, Harry started attending Hogwarts, not as happy as Dumbledore might have hoped, considering the neglect he had faced at the hands of his intolerant aunt and uncle, but alive and well. [85], Dumbledore, alongside members of faculty, helping to decorate for the Celestial Ball. He is wearing half-moon-shaped spectacles, long robes and high-heeled boots. After indirectly and accidentally sending Voldemort after Lily, Snape turned to Dumbledore to keep her safe. I think as there are a lot of new facts from HBP in this article about Albus Dumbledore there should be a spoiler warning ahead of the article. Ariana’s mental he… It was decided that only students of age would be allowed to enter their names to the Goblet of Fire, because of the dangers the tournament represented and its high death toll. However, the night before they were due to depart, word arrived that his mother had died. He sent his former student to Paris to find Credence Barebone, who survived battle in New York, and rescue him from Grindelwald. British Voldemort, his former student and greatest enemy, Dumbledore personally approached Mrs Cole, the caretaker of the orphanage in which Tom Riddle resided to enrol the latter in Hogwarts. Particularly in his younger days, he acknowledged that he had been quite selfish and that because of his extraordinary abilities, he had wanted fame, power, and glory for himself. [30], Headmaster Dumbledore welcoming students to the new school term. [30], 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. Family He was always courteous, even to people who he found rude or in the case of Fenrir Greyback, disgusting. [41], Dumbledore attended Harry's trial at the ministry, arriving three hours early at five a.m by a handy mistake. When Cornelius Fudge brought Aurors to arrest Dumbledore in 1996, she boldly stepped forward and announced her intention to fight the Aurors on his behalf. At some point over the course of his school career, Dumbledore also won the Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting, became the British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot, and received the Gold Medal for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo,[22] and was considered by his friend Elphias Doge to have been the most brilliant student to have ever attended the school. Though still calm and collected most of the time, he tends to traverse further into the emotional spectrum of his character. [68], The professors handling the spread of cursed ice, The Cabal had unwittingly showed their hand when Jacob's sibling and Rowan Khanna stumbled upon a message from them addressed to Ben Copper while assisting the teachers with looking for their friend, who had apparently been forced to embark on a scavenger hunt throughout the castle, the objective of which was to find a series of written instructions hidden throughout the castle by one of more members of 'R', threatening Ben with 'severe punishment' if he failed to meet their demands. He appears in all seven of the books and his long grey beard is easily recognized, even by people who aren't Harry Potter fans. Dumbledore's got style ;-) I do not own these scenes: all rights reserved: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Throughout these discussions, Albus remained wilfully blind to Grindelwald's darker impulses. [48], During the End-of-Term Feast that year, Dumbledore announced the winner of the House Cup, expressed his hope that the students had learned as much from the teachers that year as he himself had learned from them, and wished them all a good summer holidays. He only used the wand for one feat: to repair his own wand which had been broken earlier. Harry and Dumbledore forged a strong Student — Headmaster bond, comparable to that between two close family members (most likely case of a great-grandfather — grandson), in spite of the century in age difference. Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in the novels by Jo Rowling. All protagonists would later witness their mentor's demise first hand 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). Snape's relationship with Dumbledore was one of close, but not indefinite trust. Below are some more details on the etymology behind the characters name. Although the report he had received from Hagrid earlier that year was undoubtedly put to good use with the arrival of Professor Olympe Maxime, the Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, Dumbledore still still fell a little short in terms of offering her the appropriate accommodations. 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. [22], Professor Dumbledore kept a journal in which he would have written in regularly. Dumbledore thus let Harry decide Lucius' punishment, which was giving the Malfoy house-elf Dobby his freedom as a reward and let Lucius himself get stripped from his position on the Hogwarts Board of Governors. When he became genuinely angry, however, Dumbledore would transform from a benign-looking, bright-eyed old man into a wizard even more terrifying than Lord Voldemort himself, with a face that was a classic portrait of cold fury and an aura of power that made him seem as if he was giving off burning heat. 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. He had good relationships with most of the members, such as his brother Aberforth, Elphias Doge, Minerva McGonagall, Rubeus Hagrid, Severus Snape, James and Lily Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Alastor Moody. Albus developed unending trust and loyalty to him after he argued strongly against his expulsion. He had an almost unearthly calm and relaxed demeanour and almost constantly gave off an aura of serenity and composure, rarely displaying intense emotions of anger or fear. 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. Nationality Some of the members of the original Order of the Phoenix. His capabilities as a wizard were combined with his extraordinary intellect and extremely cunning and subtle mind that allowed him to comprehend human nature and turn the better aspects of humanity (trust, love and friendship) to Voldemort's disadvantage in particular. [80] Although it would take almost the remainder school term for him to return to the school, Dumbledore's latest attempt to get hold of the adventurous banker would eventually yield significantly more results than the previous two, and he was finally able to track her down. At first, the two headmasters greeted each other as old friends, seemingly showing no animosity. Aberforth DumbledoreAriana Dumbledore His life changed after this moment. On his last drink he fell unconscious. [7], Meanwhile, Aberforth became dissatisfied with his neglect of Ariana. His favourite flavour of jam is raspberry. Although Albus loved him, the two brothers were not close to each other, as they were very different persons in both personality, with Aberfoth resenting being in Albus's shadow. As leader of the Order of the Phoenix, Albus played a key role in both Wizarding Wars, engineering Voldemort's eventual defeat. 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. Due to this, Dumbledore wielded extraordinary powers of deduction that allowed him to be completely unfooled by any charades who could fool even the entire wizarding world and recognise instantly any deception that may have initially fooled him at the slightest of slip ups, as shown repeatedly when he quickly figured out Quirell was distracting him with a letter he faked was from the Minister of Magic, was never fooled by Lockhart's books due to having knew what he truly was and quickly realised the truth, and deduced that Moody was actually Crouch Jnr the moment he asked Harry to be brought to his office. To this end, the Headmaster requested several students to meet him in the Great Hall, where he proceeded to ask whether or not any of them might be persuaded to lend him and the teachers a hand in the decoration process. Harry was also seeing Lupin off too and Dumbledore could tell that Harry was troubled. The event badly shook Leta. He is the principal of the wizard academy Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was the first child of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, brother of Aberforth and Ariana.