Which wand killed Dumbledore?

We know the Elder Wand allied with Draco Malfoy, who disarmed rather than killed Albus Dumbledore. It later switched its loyalty to Harry Potter during his escape from Malfoy Manor. While deaths did occur in both situations (Dumbledore and Dobby respectively), neither Draco nor Harry committed the act.

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Did Snape kill Dumbledore with Draco's wand?

At the end of Book 6, “Half-Blood Prince,” Draco disarmed Dumbledore before Snape killed Dumbledore. “And that meant he conquered him, even though Dumbledore was very weak at the time, he was very ill. He was on the point of collapse when it happened,” Rowling said.

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Did Snape use the Elder Wand to kill Dumbledore?

This nuance was lost on Lord Voldemort, who wrongly assumed Severus Snape held the Elder Wand because he was Dumbledore's killer, when in reality Draco had disarmed Dumbledore before Snape arrived on the scene, making Malfoy the wand's true new owner.

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Who was the owner of the Elder Wand after Dumbledore died?

Voldemort then took the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's grave, but the wand never really obeyed him because it was Draco who disarmed Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Eventually the Elder Wand came into Harry Potter's possession, and he decided to snap it in two and throw it away.

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How did Gellert Grindelwald get the Elder Wand?

According to Rowling's Deathly Hallows novel, Grindelwald first gains possession of the wand sometime before the original Fantastic Beasts movie by stealing it from world famous wandmaker Mykew Gregorovitch and stunning him with a spell, thus gaining the wand's allegiance.

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Why Didn't Dumbledore Just HUNT Voldemort Down? - Harry Potter Theory

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Why did Grindelwald turn evil?

Believing that wizardkind was oppressed by the non-magical, Grindelwald sought to establish a new world order in which Witches and Wizards ruled over Muggles, claiming that his actions were "for the greater good". Over time, he managed to get a following that would serve as advisors and enforcers of his cause.

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Why can't Dumbledore fight Grindelwald?

Dumbledore and Grindelwald took a blood oath to not fight each other. "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," the second film in the series, reveals that as teenagers Dumbledore and Grindelwald undertook a blood pact that wouldn't allow them to move against each other.

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What is the most powerful wand in Harry Potter?

The Elder Wand, the most powerful wand ever created, is one of three objects that make up the Deathly Hallows, including the Cloak of Invisibility and the Resurrection Stone. The Elder Wand was 15 inches long, formed by Death himself, made of elder wood, and contained the center of the tail-hair of Thestral.

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How did Harry survive Avada Kedavra in the forest?

Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.

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Why did Dumbledore let Snape kill him?

Dumbledore was also aware that he wouldn't be alive for long because he had been cursed by the Horcrux ring. Instead of suffering a painful death, he urged Snape to end his misery.

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Why didn't Quirrell use Avada Kedavra?

Quirrell didn't use the Killing Curse on Harry, because Voldemort said “use the boy” to get the Sorcerer's stone from the Mirror of Erised. If Quirrell had killed Harry right away, he would have lost the chance to get the stone.

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Why did Snape kill Dumbledore instead of Draco?

Severus Snape killed Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore because he had been asked to do so by Dumbledore himself. Dumbledore found out about Draco's task to kill him and so asked Snape to do it instead.

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Why can't Voldemort kill Harry with Malfoy's wand?

At the beginning of this book, he measures it against Lucius Malfoy's showing he still has it and it is intact. Dumbledore explains to Harry in book 4 that since both wands contained a tail feather from Fawkes the phoenix, the couldn't face each other as they'd refuse to destroy each other pretty much.

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Who killed Grindelwald?

Given that the third film takes place in the early 1930s, we still have a little over a decade to go until the legendary duel in 1945 that netted Albus the Elder Wand (one of the Deathly Hallows) and saw Grindelwald trapped in his own castle until he was murdered by Voldemort years later.

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Did McGonagall know Snape was going to kill Dumbledore?

Professor McGonagall did not know. It took her by surprise just as it took Harry by surprise. Dumbledore played his cards very close to his chest and was a true believer in the tactic that “if you want to keep a secret: tell no one!”

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Who has the weakest wand?

Umbridge's magical object overall is definitely one of the weakest wands in Harry Potter.

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What is the weakest wand core?

Veela hair cores made for "temperamental" wands. Thestral tail hair was regarded as an unstable, if not the most difficult, substance to use in wand-making.

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Is Sirius Black wand strong?

Made from an unknown wood, this wand is said to be incredibly powerful and full of untapped potential. It's also been known to change allegiance at the drop of a hat, which made it difficult to control. But that didn't stop Sirius from using it to wreak havoc on anyone who crossed his path.

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What is Tom Riddle's fear?

After much speculation, J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter, revealed that Voldemort's greatest fear is " ignominious death," and that his boggart would be his own corpse. What Voldemort desires most is to be all-powerful and to live forever – which is what he would see if he were ever to look in the Mirror of Erised.

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What happened to Bellatrix's wand?

Bellatrix reported that her wand had been stolen to Gringotts Wizarding Bank, as she feared Harry, Hermione, and Ron would try to break into her vault, which contained an item important to Lord Voldemort. Within weeks, this is precisely what they did.

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How old was Dumbledore when he died?

Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 at the time of his death.

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What was Dumbledore's unbreakable vow?

During their teenage years, Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald made a blood pact where they swore an oath never to fight each other - presumably as a fail-safe to ensure no rift were to set them apart in their grand endeavour to ignite the revolution between the magical and the non-magical aggregations wherein ...

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What happens if Dumbledore breaks the blood pact?

Breaking the Pact Allowed Dumbledore and Grindelwald To Duel

As Albus would rationalize later with Newt, his spell was meant to protect, and it canceled out Grindelwald's, which was meant to kill a Dumbledore. Thus, this blocking nullified the ritual, shattering the pact and allowing Albus to battle his ex.

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