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Why didn't Voldemort kill this character with the killing curse?
If he had used the Avada Kedavara curse, he'd have to use the Elder Wand. He believed if he had used the Avada Kedavara curse, the wand would have resisted him doing so as it did when he tried to kill ...
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Why did Voldemort kill his own horcrux?
After Voldemort split his soul six times, his soul became too unstable. When he tried to kill baby Harry, his mother sacrificed herself to save Harry, creating a shield of love for Harry.
In that ...
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Why does Voldemort use this spell?
Voldemort had something to prove FOR himself and TO his followers. Voldemort had figured out that it was love that made the first use of the killing curse fail. But his followers had their doubts, and ...
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Why didn't Harry Potter use the Resurrection Stone?
Because Dumbledore did not want Harry to bring anyone back - if we remember the tale of the three Hallows, it was exactly bringing back the dead that got the original possessor of the Stone killed.
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How and when did Voldemort hide the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw in Hogwarts?
He hid it there when he came to ask for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
This is made clear in the books:
So Voldemort had managed to wheedle the location of the lost
diadem out ...
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Why does Harry say that there is only one Horcrux left, after only having destroyed 4?
Because they didn't know the other Horcruxes existed.
Only Dumbledore knew how many Voldemort had created.
The seven Horcruxes are:
Tom Riddles diary
Marvolo Gaunt's ring
Salazar Slytherin's Locket
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Would Harry Potter have been a Master of Death?
No, he wouldn't. After all the story about being "Master of Death" is just that: A story, better said a fairy tale within the Potterverse.
Death has never been involved in making these magical items....
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Did Dumbledore already know this?
Did Dumbledore know that Harry Potter would die or not?
Dumbledore already knew that Harry would die. And it was necessary to kill Voldemort.
When Harry looks into Snape's memory, we can see ...
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Why does Voldemort use this spell?
Another point of view is that Voldemort thinks that Harry survived to the Avada Kedavra because of the protection given by his mother sacrifice.
In the Goblet of fire, when Voldemort return, he says
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Why other wizarding schools of Europe didn't participate in Battle of Hogwarts?
Though it is neither explained in books nor movies why other schools didn't participate in this battle. But here is a theory.
Voldemort only returned to Hogwarts because he came to know that what was ...
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Why is Snape's Patronus a doe?
If Snape did love Harry, it was one case of serious tough love. But I do not think so.
Please recall that Snape used to have periodic strategy discussions with Dumbledore in the Headmaster's office. ...
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Why do the items stop duplicating?
You can watch that scene here. It looks to me that the items stopped multiplying around Ron and Hermione when they stopped moving and touching things. I guess "touching through their clothes" doesn't ...
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Why did the Malfoys flee on foot?
I'm of the impression that they, the Malfoys were all "wand less" Voldermort took Lucius's wand which was subsequently destroyed in the flight from the Dursley's to the Burrows, Draco had Moms wand ...
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Why did Voldemort kill his own horcrux?
Whether he knew or not is irrelevant. He knew the prophecy said that Harry would have the power to kill him, and that is the main driving force behind his desire to kill Harry.
He knew there was ...
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Why did Voldemort kill his own horcrux?
I am currently rereading the novels after watching The Fantastic Beasts movies and noticed that the first answer is wrong. First of all, Voldemort didn’t kill Harry because he inadvertently made a ...
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What were the Slytherins doing during the battle of Hogwarts?
Thank Quora for this answer:
Let’s tally up the Slytherins whose whereabouts we know…
When it became clear that the Slytherins were quite willing to deliver Harry to Voldemort, Pansy Parkinson and ...
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Why other wizarding schools of Europe didn't participate in Battle of Hogwarts?
That's not true! Madame Maxime (Head-mistress of Beauxbatons) did accompany Hagrid on his quest to enlist the help of the giants on Dumbledore's orders. That's how he is absent from Hogwarts for the ...
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Why didn't Harry Potter use the Resurrection Stone?
While Gallifreyan is not technically incorrect, he failed to provide an actual good answer to this question.
Particularly he's right when he refers that the stone doesn't actually bring people from ...
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Why is Snape's Patronus a doe?
It's likely that Lily's patronus never changed. In fact, it is not a spell that is learned until a wizard older, and they were likely already together by the time she could produce one. Snape's ...
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Why does Voldemort use this spell?
Voldemort used Avada Kedavra because it was the strongest unforgivable curse. No one can survive it unless very strong magic protects that person. In the first movie of the series, Harry survived the ...
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Why do the items stop duplicating?
If I may refer to the JK Rolling’s Deathly Hallows book, we may get a better understanding of what happens in the vault. I say this because I am pretty sure JK Rolling wanted the movies to follow the ...
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