Why did Dumbledore drink the water?

He drank the water because he was dying anyway and because he knew Harry still had a big part to play in ridding the wizarding world of voldemort for good and wasn’t going to risk harming Harry by letting him drink the water covering the locket.

What spell did Dumbledore use in the cave?

The Firestorm
The Firestorm (incantation unknown) was a charm that could conjure a lasso made purely of flame. Albus Dumbledore utilised this spell in June of 1997 to ward off the Inferi in the Crystal Cave. The incantation Partis Temporus could be used to create a magical partition in the flame, allowing safe passage through it.

What pulled Harry into the water?

Contact with the water triggered the Inferi, whom nearly dragged Harry to the depths of the lake to drown. Dumbledore successfully repelled them by conjuring a ring of fire, big enough to surround both Harry and himself.

Why is Snape the Half Blood Prince?

Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, “Half-Blood Prince”). This is rare for a Death Eater, as remarked in the last book, though Voldemort himself also had a Muggle father.

Did Dolores Umbridge know the locket was a Horcrux?

So Umbridge acquires the locket as a bribe from Mundungus Fletcher, and though it once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, Merope Gaunt, and Hepzibah Smith, Umbridge is unaware that the locket is one of Lord Vodemort’s Horcruxes – or that it belonged to him at all. No, she does not know the locket was a Horcrux.

What spells does Hermione use on the Pixies?

In the Chamber of Secrets movie, Hermione Granger uses the incantation “Immobulus” on the Cornish Pixies, while Remus Lupin uses the same on the Whomping Willow during the Time-Turner sequence in the film version of Prisoner of Azkaban (apparently Hermione never thought of it when she and Harry were being whomped by …

What is Dumbledore’s strongest spell?

Albus Dumbledore’s forceful spell

• Type. Spell.
• Hand movement. Flick wand.
• Light. None.
• Effect. Great force.

Did Dumbledore know the locket was fake?

The Hunt for Horcruxes The hiding place of the locket Albus Dumbledore suspected that Voldemort had created multiple Horcruxes, and spent several years conducting research into this theory. Recognising that this locket was not the same as what he had seen in the Pensieve, Harry realised that the “Horcrux” was a fake.