The British Ministry of Magic , which was already suspicious of Dumbledore because of his past connection to Grindelwald, was wary of these relationships, believing that he used these contacts as spies to allow him to act as an independent authority to theirs, and maintained a close watch on Dumbledore and his allies.
Chief among Dumbledore's rivals within the Ministry was Torquil Travers , the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement , who never tried to hide his dislike for the Hogwarts teacher. Throughout the early days of the global wizarding war , a series of devastating attacks was perpetrated by Gellert Grindelwald and his cadre of followers across Europe , [39] and rumours begun circulating that his former friend had procured a wand of immense power, which Albus, who was privy to the aspiring revolutionary's Quest for the Deathly Hallows , understood to mean that he had successfully obtained the Elder Wand.
Only too aware that he was quite possibly the only wizard alive capable of bringing a definitive end to Grindelwald's reign of terror, however, Dumbledore continued to monitor and to try to anticipate Grindelwald's activities in the hopes of intercepting the attempted recruitment of the Obscurus.
It was only years later, around December of that Dumbledore's patient monitoring of Grindelwald's movements through second-hand accounts paid off; when he heard about the series of magical disturbances that were causing severe devastation throughout the city of New York that risked the exposure of the wizarding world. 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.
Hence, Albus decided to arrange for his plans to be thwarted. Dumbledore told Newt of a Thunderbird that was being held captive in Egypt , knowing he would not stand for such an injustice and would not only rescue him but also return him to his native Arizona. To accomplish this, Newt would have to pass through the Muggle customs in New York ; where his visit would co-concur with both the Obscurial attacks and Grindelwald's scheme to locate, identify and ally himself with the culprit.
Trusting Newt to do the right thing and protect the Obscurial from Grindelwald, it turned out that his confidence in Newt's character and ability was well placed: Newt's involvement resulted not only in the discovery of Credence Barebone , the most powerful Obscurus ever recorded the only one to survive into adulthood , but also in the capture of Grindelwald, who had been disguised as a high-ranking official at MACUSA by the name of Percival Graves to find the Obscurus.
While there, however, Newt got in trouble when a number of the magical creatures his case escaped and ran loose in areas of the city inhabited mainly by Non-magical people. Dumbledore mentioned in the Transfiguration Today periodical. For his role in the incident in New York, as well as his reluctance and evasiveness in providing his superiors at the Ministry details about why he had been in New York in the first place, Newt was banned from travelling internationally by the Ministry, a ban they offered to lift if he confessed that Dumbledore had been the one to send him to New York.
Although he realised that Dumbledore had covertly sent him to New York, Newt remained loyal to his old teacher and refused to confess his role in the affair. In the same year Dumbledore became a regular columnist for Transfiguration Today , with the Daily Prophet quoting him as saying he was "enraptured!
Albus walking with Newt in Trafalgar Square. In , when Grindelwald had escaped, Dumbledore, knowing that he would not be able to fight him due to their blood pact , met with Newt in London to ask him for help. He sent his former student to Paris to find Credence Barebone , who had survived his supposed destruction in New York.
Dumbledore asking Newt Scamander for help in London , Albus told Newt who it was thought that Credence's true identity was. 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. 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.
Dumbledore turned to Theseus, who was last in leaving the classroom, and warned him that if he'd ever trusted him, he should not let Travers send him to Grindelwald's rally.
Moments later, in one of the classrooms, he met Leta Lestrange, who was also in the delegation, but had separated herself from the group of Aurors. 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. Dumbledore mentioned that rumours about her brother Corvus Lestrange, who was now believed to be Credence Barebone, must have been painful for her, which angered the witch, who interrupted his statement and added that he could not understand her, because he did not lose his brother.
Dumbledore only replied that years ago he lost his sister, Ariana. Ending the conversation, Albus advised her to get rid of regret because it was his inseparable companion since the death of his sister. 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.
Dumbledore also saw Grindelwald himself from the present. Albus was longing for this meeting, while at the same time being very afraid of it, because he knew that he was the only person who could stop Grindelwald, and he could face the truth about who Ariana's killer was.
Albus expressed his sadness over Leta's death at Grindelwald's hands. Then, the magizoologist gave him an object stolen by Newt's niffler. It was the pendant of his former teacher's blood pact with Grindelwald, leaving Albus to ponder if he could destroy it, which would allow him to finally participate in the war and defeat the Dark Wizard once and for all.
Dumbledore asked Newt if his niffler would like a cup of tea and they went off to talk about what must be done. Sometime in the s , Albus knew the dangers of Gellert Grindelwald and were growing, he enlisted Newton Scamander to assemble an army , filled with intrepid wizardkind , while also trying to figure out a way to destory the Blood pact created by his lover and him in their youth. At some point in his career, Albus also became involved with the recruitment of students for Hogwarts, becoming a special messenger for the school whose job it was to visit the young witches and wizards whose names appeared in the Book of Admittance and came from Muggle families in order to explain to their parents that magic existed and to deliver the acceptance letter in person.
Most prominent among the students he recruited was Tom Riddle in , who resided at Wool's Orphanage in London. As the custodian of an institution, however, rather than the child's legal guardian, she was not rendered exempt from the Statute of Secrecy , and so Albus were purposefully vague in his reasons for wanting to meet the boy. Thinking he might be a family member wanting to claim him, she accepted the preposition, and at the agreed upon time and date, Professor Dumbledore presented himself at the establishment in question.
Shown in by one of the employees, Albus was formally introduced to Mrs Cole, who invited him to join him in her office to talk about the reasons for his visit. Once it became clear that Albus would not be dissuaded from his mission, however, Mrs Cole agreed to let him meet the prospective student and escorted him to the upper floor to the boy's room, where the two were formally introduced. Initially suspicious and hostile towards him, Albus found himself having to assure the boy that he was not, in fact, a doctor that had come to lock him up at the asylum; showing his awareness of the matron's suspicions about his behaviour, and was finally able to extend the invitation to Hogwarts and inform him that he was, in fact, a wizard.
And though he was impressed to hear, as Mrs Cole's testimony suggested, how well-developed his powers were for such a young wizard, as well as how his degree of control over them was such that he had already begun to use them intentionally.
It was also during this encounter that Albus first learned that the boy was a Parselmouth ; a fact that he did not find nearly as concerning as the boy's " obvious instincts for cruelty, secrecy and domination ".
Thereafter, Dumbledore provided him with enough information to find Diagon Alley and Platform Nine and Three-Quarters , as well as a stipend from school funds so that he could purchase his books and other equipment.
On account of his conduct around his peers, Dumbledore became immediately suspicious of and resolved to keep a close eye on him during his studies at the school.. Ever since then, he lost his liking for them.
Professor Dumbledore talking with Tom Riddle during the first opening of the Chamber of Secrets , At an unknown point in or before , Dumbledore became the Professor of Transfiguration. In , 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. Indeed, the final victim of the beast, Myrtle Warren , was actually killed; this act seemed likely to ensure the permanent closure of the school, forcing Riddle to go back to the orphanage.
While Dumbledore rightly suspected Riddle was behind the attacks, the aspiring Dark Wizard expertly framed Gryffindor student Rubeus Hagrid as the perpetrator. Riddle was able to pass off Hagrid's tamed Acromantula , Aragog , as the beast attacking students, resulting in Hagrid's expulsion and ensuring that Hogwarts remained open. 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.
He was also able to convince the Headmaster to allow Hagrid to remain at the school as the groundskeeper-in-training. 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. Initially prevented from opposing Grindelwald directly because of the Blood pact they once made, even once that was destroyed, Dumbledore still felt conflicted about going after his old friend.
More than anything, however, Dumbledore feared facing Grindelwald. 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.
Having delayed pursuing him as long as he could, however, at the height of Grindelwald's power, in , Albus could no longer in good conscience turn a blind eye to the many atrocities of Grindelwald and his followers, and so he finally tracked his old friend down. Upon finding Grindelwald, Dumbledore engaged him in what would later be widely considered the greatest duel ever fought between two wizards. Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald and then brought him before the authorities of the magical world, and Grindelwald was imprisoned in the uppermost cell at Nurmengard , while Dumbledore kept the Elder Wand for himself.
Resuming his career following this legendary event, Dumbledore taught several other students over the years, some of whom would become staunchly loyal to him and what he stood for, whereas others would become enemies, allying themselves with Lord Voldemort in the latter's rise to power.
During this time, he was offered the position of Minister for Magic several times, but he turned down the offer every time, remembering how his quest for power had been his weakness in the past. It was around this time that he encountered a house-elf named Hokey. Before she died, he took a memory from her, in which Tom Riddle showed his interest towards the magical antiques of a recently deceased Hepzibah Smith.
This memory was not sufficient evidence to show Hokey's innocence, as it only proved that Riddle was aware of the artefacts' existence.
By the mid- s , the amount of Dark magical activity across the country was growing steadily, and while few knew what was behind the mounting attacks and sightings, this was but the precursor to Lord Voldemort 's first rise to power.
Aware that it was only a matter of time before his former student made his presence and intent known to the wizarding community as a whole, and already preparing to oppose him, by the time the Death Eaters began recruiting Dark creatures to help them overthrow the Ministry of Magic , [47] Dumbledore already had spies in their midst reporting to him. It was through these contacts that Dumbledore first learned of the attack on a young boy by the name of Remus Lupin , who had been infected with lycanthropy by a Fenrir Greyback.
Knowing how this would have had to have impacted the Lupin family , the old Transfiguration teacher could not help but be sympathetic to their predicament. As fortune would have it, however, a blessing in disguise presented itself when the Hogwarts Board of Governors was faced with the decision of finding a suitable candidate to succeed Armando Dippet in the post of Headmaster and concluded that Professor Dumbledore was the best man for the job.
This, in turn, granted him the authority to properly accommodate the Lupins when the time came for Remus to attend school. Shortly after Dumbledore assumed the position, by which time he had already relocated to the Headmaster's Tower and filled his new study with a number of curious magical instruments that had formerly been housed in his old classroom, Tom Riddle, now known exclusively as Lord Voldemort, approached him with the same request he had made to Dippet before him, to be allowed to return to Hogwarts as a teacher.
Dumbledore, who knew of Voldemort's illicit activities since he left Hogwarts and suspected that he might have meant to use the position as means of recruiting more followers , turned down his application. This led Voldemort to angrily jinx the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor, preventing anyone from holding the position for more than a single school year. 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, [50] and developed a habit of pacing around his new office a lot, especially in times when the security of the castle was breached.
As the day neared when young Remus Lupin would be of an eligible age to begin his magical education, Dumbledore wasted little time in making the necessary preparations for the young man's arrival: To this end, Dumbledore arranged for a house to be built a little way above the rest of the nearby Hogsmeade ; perched atop a hill overlooking the village. Once finished, the Headmaster applied the appropriate spells to provide Remus with a safe and secure place for his transformations that could contain even a fully grown werewolf, if necessary.
Next, he arranged for an underground passage to be made on the school grounds to give Remus an easy and discreet way of accessing the building when necessary and had a Whomping Willow planted over the opening; both to hide it from view, and as a security measure to stop anyone from coming across the future pupil whilst he was dangerous.
Shortly before 10 March , Dumbledore showed up unannounced at the doorstep of Lyall and Hope Lupin to invite their son to attend school.
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.
Five minutes later, Dumbledore was sitting on their living room floor by the fireplace, eating crumpets and playing Gobstones with Remus. After explaining to the three of them that he was aware of their situation and, more importantly, that as far as he was concerned, there was no reason why Remus should not be able to attend Hogwarts, as long as special precautions were taken to ensure the safety of both Remus and the other students, a mutual understanding was reached, and it was eventually agreed that young Mr Lupin would indeed present himself at Hogwarts Castle for the Start-of-Term.
This would forever earn Dumbledore Remus' gratitude, as most others would simply have forbidden the boy from even setting foot in the school.
When Severus Snape found out Remus' secret, Dumbledore forbade him from repeating it to anyone. After Lord Voldemort started his first rise to power in , Dumbledore founded the Order of the Phoenix , a secret organisation of witches and wizards willing to risk their lives to fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
As the only wizard Voldemort was ever truly afraid of, Dumbledore was the perfect leader of the organisation and was a significant contributor to the war effort. Later on in the war, Dumbledore was approached by another person who also wanted a job at Hogwarts: Sybill Trelawney , who applied to become the new professor of Divination , a subject Dumbledore disliked and barely considered a part of necessary education for young wizards and witches.
Dumbledore gave her a chance because she was the great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated Seer Cassandra Trelawney. To his disappointment, when he was interviewing Sybill at the Hog's Head , he came to the conclusion that she was not a real Seer. However, as Dumbledore was about to leave, Trelawney fell into a real trance and made a prophecy about the birth of the one that would have the power to vanquish the Dark Lord, who would be born to those "who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies".
In the s , a secretive dark organisation known as R was actively in the persuit of "enlightenment and immortality ". Three Hogwarts students, Jacob , Duncan Ashe and Olivia Green were recruited and involved in their plot of breaking into the Cursed Vaults for the supposed treasure inside.
Dumbledore recognised the talents of Jacob, including him being a Legilimens , [59] and worked hard to protect him, as well as Hogwarts students in general, from R. Unfortunately, at one point, Duncan Ashe attempted to brew a particularly potent Erumpent Potion , which led to his death. During an interrogation, Jacob falsely admitted that he had pressured his friend into doing so.
In light of Jacob's confession, Dumbledore had no other choice but to expel him from the school. The students' zealous search for the Cursed Vaults also led Dumbledore to discovering R, but before he could make an effective move against the organisation, Jacob went mysteriously missing and rumours came in that he had even joined the Death Eaters.
Albus Dumbledore in , at age , during the trial of Igor Karkaroff. Still, the wizarding war raged beyond the walls of Hogwarts: Shortly before the Potters' deaths, Dumbledore discovered that James's Cloak of Invisibility was, in fact, one of the Deathly Hallows. Although Dumbledore had long given up his desire to unite the Hallows and become Master of Death, he could not resist the thought of studying the Cloak. To that end, he borrowed it from James while James and Lily were in hiding.
Snape was shocked by the fact that Voldemort had concluded that the prophecy was about Harry Potter , the son of James Potter , and Snape's own beloved childhood friend, Lily Evans. Dumbledore agreed, on the basis that Snape worked as a double agent for the Order. Dumbledore made arrangements to ensure the safety of the three; he advised them to stay hidden in their house in Godric's Hollow , which was protected by a Fidelius Charm. However, their Secret-Keeper believed by Dumbledore and everyone else to be Sirius Black , but was in truth Peter Pettigrew betrayed them, resulting in James and Lily's deaths at Voldemort's hands.
However, as Voldemort attempted to murder Harry the curse backfired due to the protection provided by Lily Potter's love for her son and destroyed his body.
This unfortunate occurrence provided Dumbledore with ownership of two of the Hallows, having already confirmed James' old cloak was indeed the one of legend. Presumably well aware that Lord Voldemort wasn't truly vanquished, Dumbledore made sure that Harry would be kept safe with his family, the Dursleys , despite them not being selected as his guardians in the event of James and Lily's death, as his spells ensured that Voldemort could not harm Harry there as long as he could have a home with those with whom he was related by blood.
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. However, he also hoped to influence Harry into such a person who would willingly sacrifice his life for the greater good, allowing him the chance to choose between life and death in the end, guessing correctly the significance of such an act.
Shortly thereafter, Dumbledore gave Snape employment at Hogwarts as the Potions master, and later defended Snape against the Ministry of Magic , who were rounding up and arresting remaining Death Eaters. He was also a witness to Igor Karkaroff's testimony which secured his release from Azkaban in return for the names of fellow Death Eaters. With Harry safe and certain members of the Order of the Phoenix and allies of their cause keeping watch over him and reporting back to Dumbledore, he continued his work as the brilliant if eccentric Headmaster of his beloved school.
At the Start-of-Term Feast during the — school year , Professor Dumbledore witnessed the Sorting ceremony of first-year students, including Charlie Weasley , Nymphadora Tonks , and Jacob 's younger sibling , after which he stood behind the Owl Lecturn and gave a traditional welcoming speech.
At some point during the school year, Dumbledore was informed by Professor Severus Snape about cursed ice resurfacing in Hogwarts Castle , [63] and a Locked Room which possibly contained the source of it.
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. He made certain to impress on the students how the destruction caused by these duels was left there so other students who wanted to duel could see how dangerous duelling could be, and consider the implications of casting unfriendly spells.
Before this year's Hallowe'en Feast , several students volunteered to help Dumbledore with decorations, such as the carving of jack-o'-lanterns and crafting hats for a troupe of dancing skeletons.
The Headmaster examined the unconscious student, who was Chiara Lobosca , and concluded that she had not been bitten. He then informed the Ministry of Magic about the incident, and as a result, Cecil Lee was sent to investigate.
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. The Headmaster came to know this identity of Chiara, and extended her the same offer he had done Remus Lupin years before. When this whole incident was over, Dumbledore held another Hallowe'en Feast to finish what had been left out.
Before Rubeus Hagrid 's birthday, Dumbledore decided to throw him a surprise birthday party. He first contacted Jacob's sibling, who was already a friend of Hagrid, and then went to find Amos Diggory , who agreed to drop by the castle with a selection of magical creatures for them to pick from as a birthday gift. 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.
When they returned, Dumbledore instructed Jacob's sibling to invite Professor Snape next, even if they had to bribe him with a gift. The birthday party was held as scheduled and turned out to be a huge success. Around Christmas, students continued to help Dumbledore with festive decorations. This tradition would be continued for the following few years. When Dumbledore found out Jacob's sibling and their friends had broken into the Locked Room, he talked to Jacob's sibling in the Courtyard.
Instead of handing out punishment, Dumbledore awarded them House points for their brave acts. Nevertheless, he reminded them that the impact on others should be kept in mind in their coming years. At the end of the school year, Dumbledore announced the winner of the House Cup as usual. Dumbledore spent most of the — school year outside Hogwarts, looking for a professional Curse-Breaker , Patricia Rakepick , whose help he needed for finding the Cursed Vaults.
He was present at the Start-of-Term Feast , delivering his welcoming speech while also offering a word of caution. Ben Copper was soon found missing, and Dumbledore was possibly paid a visit by Professor McGonagall , who informed him the secret message Jacob's sibling had found in the Locked Room.
Dumbledore discusses recent events with Jacob's sibling. When he was back at Hogwarts, he found that the Vault of Ice had again been broken into by Jacob's sibling and their friends, which led to the disappearance of the cursed ice. He required to see them in the Headmaster's Office and rewarded them another 50 points, but warned them never to go near the Cursed Vaults again.
Before the Start-of-Term Feast of the — school year , Professor Dumbledore spoke to the students, confirming the existance of the Cursed Vaults and imposing a blanket ban on all future attempts to look for the rest of them. During a third-year Herbology class, a Boggart manifested in one of the greenhouses , assuming the form of a werewolf and terrifying students.
Professor Pomona Sprout reported the incident to Dumbledore immediately after taking care of the Boggart. At some point during the school year, Dumbledore was approached by Merula Snyde , who showed him the Wit-Sharpening Potion she had allegedly been working on.
He also spoke to Jacob's sibling, who was disguised as Professor Snape , about various businesses. During the conversation, he even indirectly revealed the identity of the Curse-Breaker he had been finding in the past year, who had some school years overlapping with Snape's. Though he wasn't aware of who he was actually talking to, he still figured something was off.
When "Professor Snape" asked Merula to come forward and admit her wrongdoing of claiming credit for the potion actually brewed by Penny Haywood , Dumbledore invited Penny up on the podium to receive the credit she deserved. It was also at this moment that he realised the true identity of "Snape".
He awarded them 10 House points for their loyalty and cheerfully advised them to leave before the effects of the Polyjuice Potion wore off. 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.
Unable to leave Brazil until her work there was finished, an arrangement was made where she would instead come to Hogwarts at the beginning of the next term.
Dumbledore doubted whether the elusiveness of Rakepick indicated problems regarding her trustworthiness, but eventually chose to give her the benefit of the doubt due to the lack of real evidence. When Dumbledore was back, he paid Jacob's sibling and their friends a visit in the Three Broomsticks Inn , where they were celebrating their success regarding the break-in of the Vault of Fear.
Back at his office , Dumbledore listened to Jacob's sibling's vault-breaking story and talked about his own adventure. Despite them breaking the rules again, Dumbledore still awarded Jacob's sibling House points, but warned them never to do it again. At the start of the — 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.
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.
Despite the difficulty the school was experiencing, Dumbledore and the rest of the faculty decided it needed distraction and some happy memory, so they arranged an Astronomy -themed social gathering for the students in the Great Hall known as the Celestial Ball.
Dumbledore was able to persuade Madam Pince to allow the election for the head of a student committee that would be in charge of the decorations to take place in the Library. He then summoned the students to the Great Hall and announced the event, encouraging students to partake in the election for the decorating committee. Dumbledore attended the Celestial Ball with other faculty members, at the start of which he gave a short speech commending the decorating committee's success. After Jacob's sibling and their friends got out of the Forest Vault which they had successfully broken into, Dumbledore and Filch greeted them in the Forbidden Forest.
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.
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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.
Dumbledore was away at the time and unable to stop it and was left responsible with what had happened, admitting regret for being outside to deal with threats and promising to prioritise capturing Rakepick.
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. He was even more disturbed with how Ben Cooper and Merula Snyde had become different due to the events of last year and that an Azkaban escapee who turned out to be an expelled student of Mahoutokoro School of Magic was working with R.
When Rowan Khanna was killed by Rakepick, Dumbledore led a huge memorial to their noble sacrifice. In this school year, Dumbledore sent several seventh-year students to the British Ministry of Magic as a part of a student programme.
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.
That year, Lord Voldemort formulated a plan to regain human form. Dumbledore and his friend Nicolas Flamel the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone began to suspect that the disembodied Dark Lord was plotting to steal the invaluable object, which would be capable of restoring him to full power. Dumbledore had the stone moved to a medium security vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank , but later had it moved to Hogwarts itself; coincidentally, on the same day that an attempted break-in was made upon the vault.
It was retrieved by Hagrid, who was also taking Harry to buy his school supplies. Dumbledore and several teachers McGonagall , Flitwick , Sprout , Snape and, dubiously, Quirrell at Hogwarts planted magical security methods to protect the stone. Dumbledore was behind the final, and most powerful protection placed upon the stone. 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.
Dumbledore suspected that the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Quirinus Quirrell was behind the plot to steal the Philosopher's Stone, while working for the weakened Lord Voldemort, and as such he asked Snape to keep an eye on him. Over a series of nights, Harry Potter proceeded to visit the Mirror of Erised as often as he could to see his parents ' faces. 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.
Before heading back to bed, Harry asked Dumbledore what he saw when he looked into the mirror. Dumbledore claimed to see himself holding a pair of thick, woollen socks, telling Harry that " one can never have enough socks.
Voldemort failed for the same reasons he had failed to murder Harry previously: due to Lily Potter 's love for Harry.
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 Harry recovered from the ordeal in the hospital wing, he questioned Dumbledore about why Voldemort had tried to murder him as a baby. This may have shown an amount of bias towards Gryffindor to announce their win in such unusual circumstances. Sometime before the next year began, Dumbledore, having never been fooled by Gilderoy Lockhart 's tall tales, figured out the truth soon when Lockhart erased the memories of two wizards that Dumbledore personally knew.
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. Having the position of the Professor of the Defence Against the Dark Arts vacant proved to be useful for Dumbledore, as he offered Lockhart the job and although Lockhart was reluctant as his career as an author was progressing very well, successfully convinced him by slyly hinting that Harry Potter was a second-year student in Hogwarts , causing Lockhart to accept.
Having intended for Lockhart to show his ineptitude and fraudulence to the students and thus expose him to the public secretly, Dumbledore's decision was shocking to take by the other staff members as they never forgot Lockhart as the obnoxious attention seeker back then despite his achievements, with McGonagall saying what the students could possibly learn under a man as vain and celebrity-hungry as Lockhart.
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.
Shortly into the school year of , students again fell under attack from a beast allegedly released from the Chamber of Secrets. Under the influence of Lucius Malfoy , the Hogwarts board of governors voted to remove Dumbledore from his position as Headmaster when he proved unable to uncover the culprit; Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge also had the groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid taken to Azkaban, acting under the theory that it had been he who opened the Chamber in 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.
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Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Thinks he is the puppet master.
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