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Basically, an Obscurial is a wizard who has so fully repressed their magic, mainly because they suffered abuse, that it takes the form of the Obscurus parasite. It may then be later unleashed, causing all sorts of violence and damage. The typical Obscurial is a young wizard — young because the Obscurus typically destroys its host before the host reaches adulthood. In the final moments of the new film, Grindelwald reveals a crucial secret to Credence: Credence is the long-lost younger brother of Albus Dumbledore himself — and his real name is Aurelius.

First, Grindelwald lies and says he wants to help Credence learn wizardry, in order to get Credence to help him locate the Obscurial — not realizing that Credence is the Obscurial. Later, he reveals this offer to have been a trick, deeming Credence an unmagical squib and blowing him off completely until realizing his mistake. Grindelwald clearly has no idea that Credence is even a wizard at this point, let alone which powerful wizarding family he might belong to.

And there are plenty of reasons to think that he is. His actor, Ezra Miller, firmly stated that Credence was 18 years old in during the events of the first film.

But here, again, we run into the age issue. Ariana herself, we should note, later also died tragically in a standoff between Albus, their brother, and Grindelwald. There are some other ways this twist could be finagled: For instance, Credence could actually be 10 years older than he thinks he is by virtue of a lot of handwavey magic. The problem with all this theorizing is that it assumes that Rowling would be willing to considerably disrupt her carefully established universe for the sake of a plot twist.

In another example of handwaving the previously established timeline, for example, Professor McGonagall shows up in this movie as a young adult Hogwarts professor. 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. However, as Dumbledore was educating young wizards and witches, Gellert Grindelwald was still at large in Europe , building up an army, and had already found one of the Deathly Hallows , the Elder Wand , which he used to terrorise the continent.

Dumbledore was afraid to face Grindelwald, not because he thought he couldn't defeat him, but because he was afraid that Grindelwald could reveal to him who had truly killed Ariana. However, by Dumbledore could no longer turn a blind eye to Grindelwald's deeds, and tracked his old friend down. He duelled Grindelwald in what later became known as the most legendary duel ever fought between wizards.

Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald despite his possession of the Elder Wand. Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard and Dumbledore kept the Elder Wand for himself. Dumbledore was appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts in approximately , [12] succeeding Armando Dippet. 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. Shortly after Dumbledore became Headmaster, Tom Riddle, now known exclusively as Lord Voldemort , approached Dumbledore with the same request he had proposed to Armando Dippet before him: to be allowed to return to Hogwarts as a teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Dumbledore, who knew of Voldemort's illicit activities since he left Hogwarts , denied his application. This led to Voldemort cursing the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, preventing anyone from holding the position for more than a single school year.

When Remus Lupin became of age to attend Hogwarts, he was afraid that he would be unable to due to being infected by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback. However, Dumbledore, being fair, believed that as long as special precautions were taken, there was no reason why Remus should be deprived of his education.

As such, Dumbledore prepared the Shrieking Shack as a place for Remus' monthly transformation, with the Whomping Willow as guard. This would forever earn Dumbledore Remus' gratitude, as many other headmasters would simply forbid the boy from even setting foot into the school.

When Severus Snape found out Remus' secret, Dumbledore forbade him from repeating it to anyone. As headmaster, Dumbledore would help students with their homework in Classroom E every Friday. Some of the members of the original Order. 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 fight against Voldemort. 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 , lessons that 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".

Albus Dumbledore in , at age , during the trial of Igor Karkaroff. 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 loved childhood friend, Lily Evans.

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 Lily Potter's love for her son and destroyed his body, only keeping a part of his soul alive. Dumbledore at Privet Drive waiting for infant Harry Potter to be delivered. Dumbledore, who likely already knew by then that a part of Voldemort's soul had concealed itself within Harry, 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 them.

He convinced Snape to help him protect Harry, although 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.

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 witness to Igor Karkaroff's testimony which secured his release from Azkaban in return for the names of fellow Death Eaters.

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 Lilly were in hiding.

He confirmed that it was indeed the cloak of legend, but before he could return it, James and Lilly were killed by Voldemort. This unfortunate occurrence provided Dumbledore with ownership of two of the Hallows. Ten years later, Harry started attending Hogwarts, as happy as Dumbledore had hoped despite suffering Child Neglect and some forms of Child Abuse , and alive and well. That very 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 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.

Dumbledore advising Harry from seeking out the mirror again. 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, woolen socks, telling Harry that "one can never have enough socks. However, Dumbledore was joking — the matter being a very personal one. As revealed to Harry in Dumbledore always, since the incident in his youth, saw his family whole and intact, free of any pain or suffering. Dumbledore visits Harry Potter in the hospital wing.

Voldemort failed for the same reasons he had failed to kill 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 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 kill him as a baby.

Dumbledore did not believe that Harry was ready to know the truth about the Prophecy Sybill Trelawney had made, and told him he would know when he was older although this would actually later turn out to be a mistake.

This may have shown an unprofessional amount of bias towards Gryffindor to announce their win in such unusual circumstances. Albus Dumbledore and colleagues discovering a blood-written message on the wall. 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.

The diary slowly drained the life force from Ginny, and when the memory it contained was nearly strong enough to take physical form, it had her journey into the heart of the Chamber. However, Harry Potter was able to find the Chamber himself, and there, defeated the beast that dwelt within; Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk.

He also destroyed the diary with one of the basilisk's fangs, saving Ginny and defeating the nearly fully formed memory of Riddle. Harry was only able to achieve these feats by displaying an extreme amount of loyalty to Dumbledore; for only someone truly loyal to the Headmaster would be capable of summoning his pet phoenix Fawkes , who provided the tools needed for Potter to defeat Riddle and the basilisk. Harry and Dumbledore talk after Harry slayed the Basilisk in the chamber.

Dumbledore mysteriously returned to his position as Headmaster after the memory of Riddle was revealed as being behind the attacks.

He commended both Harry and Ron for solving the mystery with the Special Award for Services to the School and two hundred points each for them, securing Gryffindor for the House Cup for the second year running and again ruining Slytherin's chances, fuelling the hatred and rivalry between the two houses. He also secured Hagrid's release from Azkaban and cancelled exams as a special treat. However, Dumbledore was privately concerned by the phenomena that Harry described; a mere memory capable of taking physical form was unheard of.

Dumbledore then began to suspect that Riddle's diary was in fact a Horcrux , and furthermore, considering the lack of care the Dark Lord had taken in protecting the diary, that he had created more than one.

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. Dumbledore in The year after, the Ministry of Magic took it upon itself to increase security around Hogwarts.

Sirius Black , who had been sentenced to life in Azkaban for murdering Peter Pettigrew and several Muggles with a single curse, had escaped from the wizarding prison. The Ministry, afraid that he was going after Harry Potter , placed a large number of Dementors at Hogwarts to try to recapture him. Dumbledore reluctantly tolerated the Dementors on school grounds, but refused to allow them within the school itself. However, the Dementors violated Dumbledore's decree when they entered Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff , causing Harry to fall unconscious and fall from the sky.

Dumbledore was able to prevent Harry from hitting the ground and repelled the Dementors with a Patronus. Dumbledore hinting that Harry and Hermione should travel back in time. As the school year drew to its close, it became clear to Harry and his friends that Sirius Black had been framed for his crimes.

He also had several of his papers published during his studies and exchanged letters with theoretician Adalbert Waffling. During his fourth year, Dumbledore "accidentally" set the bed-curtains in his dormitory on fire although he admitted that he had never liked them anyway. Albus was made a prefect during his fifth year and was made Head Boy in his seventh year. 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 , [26] and was considered by his friend Elphias Doge to have been the most brilliant student to have ever attended the school.

Albus with his best friend and lover Gellert Grindelwald in After graduating from Hogwarts in June , Dumbledore planned to take the traditional "Grand Tour" of the world with his friend Doge. However, tragedy ensued on the eve of the departure when Kendra Dumbledore was killed by an outburst of Ariana 's uncontrollable magic, leaving Albus the head of his own broken family and now in charge of his younger siblings. 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.

Fortune finally appeared to shine on Dumbledore, however, when a foreigner arrived at their little village, by the name of Gellert Grindelwald. A young man around Albus's age, he lived for the next two months with his great-aunt, the celebrated magical historian and family friend of the Dumbledores, Bathilda Bagshot , who introduced the two soon after Grindelwald crossed her doorstep.

Thrilled to realise that the newcomer was every bit as brilliant as himself, the two young men took to each other right away and quickly struck up a close friendship, unified by the revelation of Grindelwald's research into the existence and whereabouts of the fabled Deathly Hallows.

Dumbledore also quickly became fascinated by Grindelwald's ideas of wizarding domination, obviously considering Grindelwald an unexpected new chance to show his own brilliance and come out of the local misery.

Albus's brother Aberforth , however, was disgusted with Albus for his plans and concerned over the fact that he and Ariana would have to be dragged along for the ride. Aberforth angrily confronted Albus over his neglect of Ariana over the past few weeks, bluntly telling him that he couldn't carry out his plans with Grindelwald, as he would have to take her with him.

This brought Albus back to reality despite not wanting to hear the truth of the words his younger brother shouted at him.

Grindelwald, however, was furious with Aberforth's intervention, and used the Cruciatus Curse on him in a fit of anger. Albus moved to defend his brother and a violent duel erupted between the three teenage boys. Ariana herself tried to intervene in the fight but she couldn't due to her erratic abilities, and in the ensuing chaos was hit by a stray curse and died.

No one knew whose curse it was that killed her, but Grindelwald fled immediately, as he already had a bad record back home, leaving the devastated Albus and Aberforth behind.

Aberforth resented Albus and they had a strained relationship, with Aberforth punching Albus and breaking his nose at Ariana's funeral. Aberforth never knew of the great guilt and regret Albus would feel for the rest of his life about his part in Ariana's death. Shortly thereafter, Albus, who had been exchanging owls with the famous researcher as far back when he had been a student at Hogwarts, travelled to France and spent some time in Paris studying the ancient art and science of alchemy under the tutelage of Nicholas Flamel.

It is unknown when exactly he returned to Britain , but around the time he did, Albus had become intrigued with the study of dragon's blood , and was ultimately credited with the discovery of no less than twelve new uses for it; [29] even though a wizard by the name of Ivor Dillonsby would later claim that he had already discovered eight of them when Dumbledore "borrowed" his notes, [27] an accomplishment that earned him widespread recognition and ultimately played no small role in the subsequent offer he received of a teaching position at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Dumbledore teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts. And so it was that Albus Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts Castle, not to learn this time, but to teach. Burdened by the secret knowledge of Grindelwald's imminent rise to power and wanting to rectify past mistakes, it was natural, perhaps, that he felt drawn towards the job of Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor, a position in which he could most easily prepare his charges for the dangers he knew one day would come.

At some point early on in his teaching career, Albus became aware of the existence of an ancient magical artefact of unknown origin within the school; a looking-glass with a grim history that was far more revealing than most. Some had reportedly even gone mad ; not knowing if what it showed them was real or even possible.

It would take many years before he went to visit it again. 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.

One of his lessons involved confronting a Boggart and learning the spell to banish it. When Newt's Boggart turned into a desk, Dumbledore commented on its unexpected nature and kindly inquired why it took this form: Newt confessed that his greatest fear was being stuck working in an office. After Newt successfully dispatched the Boggart, Dumbledore encouraged Leta to take her turn, reassuring her that being afraid of something wasn't shameful; everyone was afraid of something.

The form of Leta's Boggart surprised both Dumbledore and the entire class: a white sheet containing an undistinguishable, slight form floating through a dark blue glow. The event badly shook Leta. In , one of Leta's experiments with a Jarvey went too far endangering the life of another student.

Newt decided to take the blame and was sentenced to expulsion. Dumbledore, however, argued strongly on his behalf. Whether Newt's expulsion was enforced or not is unknown, but Dumbledore succeeded in at least allowing Newt to keep his wand. During his time at Hogwarts, Dumbledore also developed close relationships and friendships with wizards and witches throughout the world. He maintained close contact with these friends in the form of enchanted books they all possessed which allowed them to speak despite the distance.

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.

Here is a story that gives Rowling ample opportunity to explore that passionate, romantic history she revealed back in , and still her screenplay fails to do so. The author appeared at Carnegie Hall in to answer fan questions after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She went on to explain that she saw the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald — who became close as teenagers before Grindelwald chose to pursue dark magic — as a romantic one.