Dumbledore orders Snape to teach Harry how to protect his mind from Voldemort before Voldemort figures out the connection. Weasley, in search of a weapon “he didn’t have before.” He tells Dumbledore, and it becomes clear to everyone that Harry’s mind is linked to Voldemort’s. Midpoint: Harry has a nightmare in which he sees himself-as-Voldemort attacking Mr. This prompts Hermione and Harry to begin a secret class for the other students, in which Harry teaches them the things he has learned.

Sirius appears in the Griffindor common room’s fire and tells Harry he’s “on his own” in his attempts to learn how to fight back against Voldemort. She tries also to have her thrown out of Hogwarts, but Dumbledore intervenes at the last moment.

She is clearly a representative of the Minister, there to “interfere” at Hogwarts and clamp down on Harry and Dumbledore.įirst Pinch Point: Umbridge flexes her power by having bumbling Professor Trelawney dismissed. Dumbledore gets the charges dismissed and Harry reinstated at Hogwarts.įirst Plot Point: Harry and his friends return for another year at Hogwarts, only to discover Umbridge is their new professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Harry is tried before the Ministry of Magic for his misuse of magic and makes his first encounter with Dolores Umbridge, who attempts to have him convicted, in accordance with Minister Fudge’s desire to brand Harry a liar and insist Voldemort has not returned. He never saw Grindelwald again until their legendary duel where Dumbledore won the Deathly Hallow Elder Wand from him.Inciting Event: After being expelled from Hogwarts for using magic to save his own and his cousin’s life, Harry learns his godfather Sirius Black and his other friends have reorganized the Order of the Phoenix to combat Voldemort’s return. After the accidental death of his sister Ariana, Dumbledore realized that power corrupted him and abandoned his search for the Hallows. During this time, it was Dumbledore who coined the phrase, 'for the greater good' - something that Grindelwald would use as his slogan when becoming a powerful Dark Wizard. It was there that he met Gellert Grindelwald (originally portrayed by Johnny Depp before being recast with Mads Mikkelsen), a wizard whose intellect could match his own.ĭumbledore and Grindelwald formed a relationship and became obsessed with finding the Deathly Hallows, three powerful magical objects that would make the owner the master of death. After the passing of his parents, Dumbledore moved back home to take care of his sick and troubled sister Ariana. While he was a champion for good and the founder of the Order, Dumbledore had an interesting relationship with the Dark Arts. He was considered the greatest wizard of all time and the only one that Voldemort was afraid of.

Dumbledore was a complex character with quite a backstory.

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