As we know, at the end of Goblet of Fire, Voldemort takes Harry's blood into his new body, thus binding Harry to life so long as Voldemort lives due to his mother's sacrifice.   My question is, then, at the end of Deathly Hallows, when Voldemort's curse yet again rebounds, how could Voldemort die if he is still anchored to life because Harry still lives? Aren't they still connected through Harry's blood?
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I know that when Lily sacrificed herself for Harry, Voldemort could no longer touch him and any attempted Avada Kedavra on Harry by Voldemort would rebound onto himself, until, of course, he took some of Harry's blood and put it into himself.   Now Harry and Voldemort share Lily's sacrifice and protection and also share Voldemort's soul since Harry is a Horcrux. When Voldemort tried to kill Harry in the Forbidden Forest, Harry was kept alive by his own blood which ran through Voldemort's veins. When Harry then challenged him a second time, Voldemort's killing curse rebounded onto him yet again since the Elder Wand won't kill its master.   But Voldemort shouldn't have been able to die since Lily's blood sacrifice lived in him and Harry should never be able to die either... shouldn't they both be immortal? I don't get it, someone help!
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In the Goblet of Fire, Harry is cut in the arm by Pettigrew. When Dumbledore learns it, he's extremely worried and wants to check Harry's arm.  Why?     When Harry told of Wormtail piercing his arm with the dagger, however, Sirius let out a vehement exclamation and Dumbledore stood up so quickly that Harry   started. Dumbledore walked around the desk and told Harry to stretch out his arm.   Harry showed them both the place where his robes were torn and the cut beneath   them.      "He said my blood would make him stronger than if he'd used someone else's,"   Harry told Dumbledore. "He said the protection my - my mother left in me - he'd   have it too. And he was right - he could touch me without hurting himself, he   touched my face."      For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of something like triumph in   Dumbledore's eyes. But next second. Harry was sure he had imagined it, for when   Dumbledore had returned to his seat behind the desk, he looked as old and weary   as Harry had ever seen him.      "Very well," he said, sitting down again. "Voldemort has overcome that particular   barrier. Harry, continue, please.     Edit:  Plz explain this sentence specifically:     "Dumbledore walked around the desk and told Harry to stretch out his   arm."
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Some of you might insist that it was not a murder, as we know that a rebounding spell had hit Ariana, as shown in .  However, a death in such a well known family would not go uninvestigated, I presume. Were the Dumbledore brothers investigated? How did they get away with their sister suddenly dropping dead?  I'd think that Ministry of Magic has means to recognize a death caused by magical means. That's how we know that Tom Riddle Snr. was killed by Avada Kedavra. So Ariana's failing health might be a poor excuse.
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made me think about the movie versions of the 7th book.  In Deathly Hallows Part II      Voldemort has Nagini attack Snape because Voldy thinks that Snape has the Elder Wand's allegiance. We know that Snape didn't actually have the allegiance, Draco did (and by then Harry did) and his plan had failed.   But if Voldy's plan had succeeded with Snape, would he have gotten allegiance?      Since voldemort didn't kill Snape, Nagini did...
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We know that Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse because Lily loved him so much that she sacrificed herself in an attempt to protect him. This resulted in a very powerful charm that pretty much rendered Harry immune to Voldemort (until Voldemort figured out the work-around). Then there's this passage describing that night:  [Voldemort] was over the threshold as James came sprinting down the hall. It was easy, too easy, he had not even picked up his wand ... &quot;Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off -&quot; Hold him off, without a wand in his hand! ... He laughed before casting the curse ... &quot;Avada Kedavra!&quot; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 17: Bathilda's Secret  So James Potter, fully aware that he was sacrificing himself (he said &quot;I'll hold him off,&quot; not &quot;I'll get rid of him&quot;) ran to face Voldemort because of his love for Lily and Harry. This seems to be very similar to how Lily tried to protect Harry from Voldemort even though she knew she would die. It seems to me that the same charm should have been cast upon Lily when James died, but just moments later Voldemort killed her too. Apparently James' sacrifice did not result in a charm that protected Lily, even though he did it from love for her and Harry. Why is this? Was something different in the circumstances?
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And in Deathly Hallows, why didn't the Killing Curse rebound when Voldemort tried killing Harry with the Elder Wand when Harry was undefended?
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Voldemort couldn't kill Harry as long as he called the Dursleys home. Why didn't he just murder the Dursleys? This would prevent Harry from being able to live there.
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In the world of Harry Potter a wizard can remove a part of their soul and place it into another object through the act of homicide, thus creating a Horcrux. Is the wizard able to direct their soul pieces such that they can choose what becomes a Horcrux? Tied into that question, it seems possible that a wizard can kill someone and not create a Horcrux (Peter Pettigrew killed Cedric Diggory but no one seemed concerned that Peter made a Horcrux), so how/why did Harry Potter wind up with a sliver of Voldemort's soul when it seems inconceivable that Voldemort's intention was to put one there?
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The full prophecy by Trelawney, the part my question is about in bold:     "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who  have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies ..."    – Sybill Trelawney (to Dumbledore)    I am interpreting      for neither can live while the other survives   as: Harry can't live while Voldemort survives and vice versa. But why? It clearly worked until the end of book 7. One could argue with Dumbledore's thery of the self-fulfilling prophecy. But clearly Voldemort was smart enough to see that there was no mechanism that would kill him just because Harry stayed alive.    and either must die at the hand of the other    Again: Why? If somebody else destroyed all Horcruxes and then killed Harry, Voldemort would be just as vulnerable and could be killed by anyone. On the other hand, Harry could have been killed by anyone - his mum's protection transferred to Voldemort by Harry's blood was only helping against Voldemort.  I guess that I am interpreting this part of the prophecy in the wrong way or maybe there is an alternate, less obvious and more tricky one. So my question is: What exactly does the highlighted part of Trelawney's prophecy state?
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At the start of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone Voldemort's Killing Curse backfires      due to Lily's sacrifice protecting Harry from Voldemort.   leaving Harry with his scar      and a loose piece of Voldemort's soul   and Voldemort as a loose soul, self-described as "Less than a ghost".  Voldemort was not dead, but had no physical body (until he got better in book 4).  What happened to his body?  Did it disappear?  Or was it left in the rubble of the house, alongside the bodies of James and Lily?
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There's a lot of emphasis on Harry becoming the master of the Elder Wand after he defeats Draco. But what constitutes a “defeat”?  It seems that Harry wins a wrestling match with Draco, so now he’s the master of the Elder Wand.  But lots of other stuff happens to Harry: Nagini almost kills him, and he escapes just in time, but his wand breaks. The Snatchers chase him through the forest. He and his friends practically surrender (and Hermione even tries to disguise Harry). Voldemort almost kills Harry in the Forbidden Forest (or actually does, depending on how you look at it).  Why are none of these considered to be “defeats”?
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Pursuant to  (Could the Dementors' Kiss Destroy a Living Horcrux?), I have a follow-up question. Based on what we know about the Demetors' Kiss, the soul, and Horcruxes from canon, what effect would the Dementors’ Kiss have upon Voldemort prior to all his Horcruxes being destroyed? If Voldemort had received the Dementors’ Kiss and had his soul sucked out, would his Horcruxes keep his mind intact? Or would he be turned into a shell of a person, like anyone else who received the Kiss, existing forever in a vegetative state, kept physically alive by his Horcruxes? Would natural death ever occur?
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After being cursed by Voldemort for the second time, Harry spiritually goes to King's Cross and talks to Dumbledore. Is it like a coming back to life scene or is it caused by the dying Horcrux (or rather Voldemot's soul piece) inside him?
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In Harry Potter book 4 (Goblet of Fire) Harry's wand 'links' with Voldemort's during their duel, and Voldemort's wand begins 'spitting out' each spell it had cast, in reverse order.  This produces false 'ghosts' of people he had killed with .  In the US printing, James Potter appears, followed by Lily.  If the spell order was supposed to be reversed, why did Harry's father's "ghost" emerge before his mother's, since it's repeatedly stated (before and after) that he died first?
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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore orders Harry to retrieve the memory about the talk with Tom Riddle/Voldemort from Slughorn. The memory is said to be needed because it contains valuable information that is needed to defeat him. The result is that they know that Voldemort uses Horcruxes.  Why do they not know this before? If the knowledge about Horcruxes is present in school books (albeit forbidden section) and teachers, then surely some magical academics will already have guessed that Voldemort would try to use them?  Also, if I recall correctly, there is a hint in the first book, "some thought that he was no longer alive enough to be able to really die" which hints a lot at the split soul as a price you pay for being immortal.  Why does Slughorn's memory seem so crucial to Dumbledore?
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In the Harry Potter books, we learn that Harry survives the Killing Curse thanks to his mother's willingness to sacrifice herself for him. This causes the curse to backfire on Voldemort, and leaves Harry with a scar on his forehead.  Has anyone else ever survived a Killing Curse in the Potter-verse? I find it hard to believe that no other witch or wizard have ever put themselves in harms way for someone they love before by choice. As such, was there some mitigating or special circumstances about the event in question?
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OK, first of all, my Harry Potter knowledge is a bit rusty so I may be forgetting something.    In The Half-Blood Prince Dumbledore made Snape kill him (I know he was going to die anyway) so he could gain Voldemort's trust. In The Deathly Hallows, his portrait instructs Snape to provide Voldemort with the correct date on which Harry was to be moved, again, to gain Voldemort's trust.   Why did Dumbledore want a spy in Voldemort's inner circle so badly?   Would anything have been different if Snape had not been in Voldemort's inner circle?