Post by Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore on Jan 1, 2011 22:10:19 GMT -5
ALBUS|PERCIVAL WULFRIC BRIAN|DUMBLEDORE
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As reason clouds my eyes with splendor fading. A love gone for so long
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[/size]IT’S A LIE SHE’S BEEN CARRYING AROUND
IT’S THE LIE THAT WILL BRING HER DOWN
[/font][/size]IT’S THE LIE THAT WILL BRING HER DOWN
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[/size]Name: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
Nickname: Albus, Dumbledore
Age/Birthday: July 9th 1881, 115-years of age
Gender: male
Orientation: gay
Blood Status: half-blood
Affiliation: good
Year/House: Headmaster of Hogwarts
Wand: 15", Elder, Thestral tail hair core
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[/size]TAKES PRIDE IN APPEARANCE
AND THE JOB IN HAND
[/size]AND THE JOB IN HAND
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[/size]Eyes: blue
Hair: auburn, but now silver
Height: 6'2
Weight: 180lbs
Distinguishing Features(if any):[/b] silvery beard and half moon shaped glasses
Play-by: Sir Michael John Gambon
Overall appearance:
Albus Dumbledore is tall and thin, with long silver hair and a long beard (auburn in his earlier years). He has brilliant blue eyes, that sometimes are said to twinkle with kindness and mischievous. Though Albus himself hardly believes in this.During the few times he became angry, his eyes would burn with a cold blue fire that made even Lord Voldemort falter. His eyes were also described as 'piercing' the viewer. Dumbledore has a long and crooked nose, which looked as if it had been broken at least twice. His fingers are also long and skilled with holding a wand. He wears half-moon spectacles and a colourful array of robes, from purple to crimson red. Dumbledore's right hand is scarred when he adorned Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, which was cursed. If it wasn't for Severus Snape and his counter-curse, Dumbledore would've died because of the curse. Regardless, the curse left his hand blackened and dead-looking, and no amount of healing could repair the appearance.
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[/size]IT’S THE SIMPLE FLAW
THE MIND FORGETS TO LOOK FOR
[/size]THE MIND FORGETS TO LOOK FOR
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[/size]Erised: peace on Earth once again
Patronus: The world in peace again and Voldemort defeated, Phoenix
Boggart: loosing Harry to Voldemort or the corpse of his sister
Dementor: his mothers death
Amortentia:
- chocolate; known for his sweet tooth, chocolate is one of his favourites, but necessary the best one. But chocolate reminds him of youth and happiness
raspberry jam; his favourite kind of jam
grass; it might be cliched, but the scent of grass reminds him of the vast grounds of Hogwarts
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[/size]THE PIECE YOU DIDN’T SEE
AND THE PIECE YOU DIDN’T FIGHT FOR
[/size]AND THE PIECE YOU DIDN’T FIGHT FOR
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[/size]Likes:
+ helping people
+ peace
+ Harry Potter
+ teaching
+ Candies
+ Books
+ Being mischievous
Dislikes:
- Chaos
- Evil
- Tom Riddle
- The Ministry of Magic time to time
- Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans
- Disloyalty
Strengths:
+ Very powerful wizard
+ Knowledge in Magic
+ Knowledge in People
+ Kindness
Weaknesses
- Harry Potter
- Sometimes his trust
- His past
Overall Personality:
Considered the most powerful wizard in the world, Dumbledore is benevolent and eccentric, with his bright colored robes or funny hats. He almost constantly gives off an aura of calmness and composure, rarely displaying intense emotions of anger or fear; instead he appeared content and whimsical throughout. Yet despite his benign nature, it is said that Dumbledore was the only wizard Lord Voldemort ever truly feared.
He enjoys chamber music and ten-pin bowling. Albus has a sweet tooth for treats both magical and non-magical. It doesn't really matter which candy it is, since it all get mixed up together in his secret stash of sweets in his left drawer of his desk. He frequently sets the password for the entrance to the Headmaster's office to the name of one of his favourite sweets. However, he dislikes Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans after coming across a vomit-flavoured bean in his youth.
As a supremely talented wizard, Dumbledore shows numerous examples of extraordinary powers. His abilities as a wizard is combined with a kind of cunning and subtlety of mind that allowed him to comprehend human nature and turn the better aspects of humanity (trust, love, and friendship) to Voldemort's disadvantage in particular. Yet despite his many talents and accomplishments, Dumbledore is truly never in the least arrogant, self-important or pompous and in this he stands above the other great wizards of his day. Despite this fact, however, Dumbledore is quite aware of the fact that his power outmatched everyone else's and would not hesitate to remind others of this fact, if the situation demanded it. But he mostly does this to scare people of, out of mischief or to Cornelius Fudge.
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[/size]IT’S THE CRACKING OF THE GLASS
THE HAUNTING OF YOUR PAST
[/size]THE HAUNTING OF YOUR PAST
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[/size]Family:
Mother; Kendra Dumbledore[deceased]
Father; Percival Dumbledore[deceased]
Brother; Aberforth Dumbledore
Sister; Ariana Dumbledore[deceased]
Pets: Fawkes the Phoenix
Residence: Codrics Hollow
History: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was born to Kendra and Percival Dumbledore in the summer of 1881, in the mainly wizarding village of Mould-on-the-Wold. The early years of Dumbledore's life were marked by tragedy when his younger sister, Ariana Dumbledore, was attacked by a group of Muggle boys who saw her performing magic and were frightened by what they saw. Ariana was left mentally and emotionally scarred by the event and her magical powers were left severely altered and would manifest themselves on rare occasions usually in random or destructive ways. Albus' father, Percival Dumbledore, was heartbroken and set out in search of his own brand of justice. He located the Muggle boys and attacked them, as they had his daughter. It is unknown exactly what he did to them, but it might be assumed he probably used the Cruciatus Curse on them as he was sentenced to life in Azkaban for the crime, and would later die there.
To escape the accusing eyes of the wizarding world, Kendra Dumbledore moved her young family to the village of Godric's Hollow which, like Mould-on-the-Wold, was a mainly wizarding village. Kendra rebuffed all her neighbours, with the eventual exception of Bathilda Bagshot, preferring to be left alone: and Albus learned not to mention his sister or father in public.
Dumbledore began attending Hogwarts in the autumn of 1892 and was Sorted into Gryffindor house. Dumbledore's first year was met with much whispering about his father's crime. Many of Albus' fellow students mistakenly believed that, like father like son, Albus too hated Muggles. Some praised his father's actions hoping to gain his trust, but they would not find favour with the young Dumbledore this way. Though later in his young life, under the influence of his love for Gellert Grindelwald, some anti-Muggle prejudice did develop, he soon saw the error of his intent.
He befriended a young Elphias Doge on his first day at Hogwarts; Doge was suffering from Dragon pox at the time, which discouraged most from approaching him. Dumbledore, however, demonstrated his uncommon kindness and willingness to look past the surface and find inner beauty in people. Dumbledore also became very well-connected during his Hogwarts years, making notable friends such as Nicolas Flamel, Bathilda Bagshot, and Griselda Marchbanks, who marked him in his N.E.W.T.s for Charms and Transfiguration and later recalled that he did things with a wand that she had never seen before. He also had several of his papers published during his studies.
Albus was made a prefect during his fifth year and was made Head Boy in his seventh year. He was considered the most brilliant student to have attended the school.
After graduating from Hogwarts, Dumbledore planned to take the traditional "Grand Tour" of the world with his friend Doge. However tragedy ensued on the eve of the departure when Kendra Dumbledore was killed by an outburst of Ariana's uncontrollable magic, leaving Albus the head of his own broken family.
Albus returned to Godric's Hollow full of bitter resentment at his situation, feeling trapped and wasted. Fortune finally shone on Dumbledore in the form of Gellert Grindelwald, who was in Godric's Hollow to research the Deathly Hallows. Grindelwald was as talented and brilliant as Albus was. Dumbledore quickly became fascinated by Grindelwald's ideas of wizarding domination, obviously considering Grindelwald an unexpected new chance to show his own brilliance and come out of the local misery. Albus also harboured romantic feelings for the other boy, but regretted his relationship with Grindelwald later in life.
However, after two months, Albus' brother Aberforth confronted him over his neglect of Ariana over the past few weeks, telling him he couldn't carry out his plans with Grindelwald, as he would have to take her with him. Grindelwald then used the Cruciatus Curse on him. A violent duel erupted between the three teenage boys. Ariana herself tried to intervene in the fight, but couldn't due to her erratic abilities, and in the ensuing chaos was hit by a stray curse and died. No one knew whose curse it was that killed her, but Grindelwald fled immediately, as he already had a bad record back home, leaving the devastated Albus behind.
After Grindelwald's flight, Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as Professor of Transfiguration. He was offered the position of Minister for Magic several times, but he turned each chance down since he had learned that his desire for power was his weakness. He also served in recruiting students for the school. Most prominent among the students he recruited was Tom Riddle, who would eventually take on the name Lord Voldemort.
However, as Dumbledore was educating young wizards and witches, Gellert Grindelwald was still at large in Europe, building up an army, and had already found one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand, which he used to terrorise Europe. Dumbledore was afraid to face Grindelwald, not because he thought he couldn't defeat him, but because he was afraid that Grindelwald could reveal to him who had truly killed Ariana. However, by 1945 Dumbledore could no longer turn a blind eye to Grindelwald's deeds, and tracked his old friend down. He duelled Grindelwald in what later became known as the most legendary duel ever fought between wizards. Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald despite Grindelwald's possession of the Elder Wand. Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard and Dumbledore kept the Elder Wand for himself.
Alone of all the professors at Hogwarts, Dumbledore was not charmed by the natural charisma and cunning of Tom Riddle. In their first encounter, Dumbledore became immediately suspicious of his "obvious instincts for cruelty, secrecy and domination" and resolved to keep a close eye on him during his studies at the school. As Dumbledore was not so easily taken in by his charming façade, Riddle came to despise and fear him.
After Armando Dippet left the post, Dumbledore was appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts. During this time, he was offered the position of Minister for Magic several times, but he turned down the offer every time, remembering how his quest for power had been his weakness in the past.
Shortly before the beginning of the First Wizarding War, Tom Riddle, now known exclusively as Lord Voldemort, approached Dumbledore with the same request he had proposed to Armando Dippet before him: to be allowed to return to Hogwarts as a teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts. Dumbledore, who knew of Voldemort's illicit activities since he left Hogwarts, denied his application. This led to Voldemort cursing the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, preventing anyone from holding the position for more than a single school year.
After Lord Voldemort started his first rise to power in 1970, Dumbledore founded the Order of the Phoenix, a secret organisation of witches and wizards willing to risk their lives to fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters. As the only wizard Voldemort was ever truly afraid of, Dumbledore was the perfect leader of the organisation and was a significant contributor to the fight against Voldemort. Later on in the war, Dumbledore was approached by another person who also wanted a job at Hogwarts: Sybill Trelawney, who applied to become the new professor of Divination, lessons that Dumbledore disliked and barely considered a part of necessary education for young wizards and witches. Dumbledore gave her a chance because she was the great-great granddaughter of the celebrated Seer Cassandra Trelawney. To his disappointment, when he was interviewing Sybill at the Hog's Head, he came to the conclusion that she was not a real Seer. However, as Dumbledore was about to leave, Trelawney fell into a real trance and made a prophecy about the birth of the one that would have the power to vanquish the Dark Lord, who would be born to those "who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies" This astonished Dumbledore, but as it turned out, the Death Eater Severus Snape had overheard most of the prophecy, but had been caught in the act of spying and ejected from the tavern by Aberforth Dumbledore. Dumbledore hired Trelawney in order to protect her from the Death Eaters. Later, Severus Snape approached Dumbledore, having already told Voldemort about the Prophecy. Snape was shocked by the fact that Voldemort had concluded that the prophecy was about Harry Potter, the son of James Potter, and Snape's own loved childhood friend, Lily Evans. Dumbledore made arrangements to ensure the safety of the three; he advised them to stay hidden in their house in Godric's Hollow, which was protected by a Fidelius Charm. However, their Secret-Keeper (believed by Dumbledore and everyone else to be Sirius Black, but was in truth Peter Pettigrew) betrayed them, resulting in James and Lily's deaths at Voldemort's hands. However, as Voldemort attempted to kill Harry, the curse backfired due to Lily Potter's love for her son and destroyed his body, only keeping a part of his soul alive.
Dumbledore, who likely already knew by then that a part of Voldemort's soul had concealed itself within Harry, made sure that Harry would be kept safe with his family, the Dursleys, as his spells ensured that Voldemort could not harm Harry there as long as he could have a home with them. He convinced Snape to help him protect Harry, although Dumbledore secretly planned to allow Voldemort to kill Harry in the end, which would destroy the piece of Voldemort's soul inside Harry. However, he also hoped to mould Harry into such a person who would willingly sacrifice his life for the greater good, allowing him the chance to choose between life and death in the end. Dumbledore gave Snape employment at Hogwarts as the Potions master, and later defended Snape against the Ministry of Magic, who were rounding up and arresting remaining Death Eaters. Dumbledore attended many Death Eater trials, including that of the Lestranges and Barty Crouch, Jr. He was also witness to Igor Karkaroff's testimony which secured his release from Azkaban in return for the names of fellow Death Eaters.
Shortly before the Potters' death, Dumbledore had borrowed something from James: his Cloak of Invisibility, something that Dumbledore saw was a part of the Deathly Hallows. Although Dumbledore had long given up his desire to unite the Hallows and become Master of Death, he could not resist the thought of studying the Cloak. But when they were killed, Dumbledore suddenly had two of the Deathly Hallows under his possession. Only the Resurrection Stone was left.
Ten years later, when Harry attended Hogwarts, Dumbledore made sure he kept an eye for that boy. After all, he was just like his father, prone to trouble. The old Headmaster grew more closer to the boy. He was like a son to him and made sure that Voldemort nor any other of his followers would not get him. After Lord Voldemort came to power once again during the Triwizard Tournament in 1995 the claims of his return made by Harry Potter and Dumbledore were not believed and the two were slated as liars. However Dumbledore knew of his return and reformed the Order of the Phoenix, an alliance bought together during the First Wizarding War to fight against Voldemort and his followers, as he feared that the start of the Second Wizarding War was lingering and inevitable to happen.
Later on, Dumbledore made it his business to try and find out about Lord Voldemort's past. He did this by questioning people who had known him as a child and a teenager, and obtained Voldemort-related memories from them. He collected memories from Bob Ogden, Morfin Gaunt, Horace Slughorn and the house-elf Hokey. Using these memories, along with some of his own, he discovered that Voldemort had created six Horcruxes, and also figured out what they could be: Tom Riddle's Diary, Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, Salazar Slytherin's Locket, the snake Nagini and an object of Rowena Ravenclaw's, later revealed to be her lost diadem.
During the summer of 1996, Dumbledore tracked one of Voldemort's Horcruxes to the house of the Gaunts. Dumbledore journeyed to Little Hangleton, where he found the remains of the shack hidden behind weeds and bush. Voldemort had placed many powerful enchantments around the former home of his ancestors; however, Dumbledore proved skilful enough to pass through them unharmed. When he found the Horcrux, a ring formerly owned by Marvolo Gaunt, he saw that the stone in the ring was one of the Deathly Hallows, the Resurrection Stone. This stone, according to legend, had the power to revive the dead (but in reality, a spiritual form of the person was brought back instead). His desire to see his family overrode his common sense for just a moment and he placed the ring on his finger, forgetting that the ring had been cursed by Voldemort. The curse quickly spread, and were it not for his own prodigious talents, he would have died within moments. Despite this injury, Dumbledore proceeded to destroy the ring, and with it, a piece of Voldemort's soul.
Dumbledore is back in Hogwarts now, trying to find the missing links and helping Harry as much as possible. And of course, keeping Voldemort at bay.
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[/size]YOU TOOK YOUR EYES UP OFF THE GAME
YOU’VE GOT NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME
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Yet to another sunny day Hogwarts was about to wake up. Yet another day to reveal mysteries and learn something. Another day in Hogwarts was an adventure. Even to the old Headmaster. He didn't have time to go wandering off these days in the vast grounds of Hogwarts. Not anymore that is. Ever since the war had taken a turn to the worse, Dumbledore needed to to step forth and actual do something. The Order of the Phoenix were doing a wonderful job, but it still wasn't good enough. Too many muggles had been killed by Death-Eaters; too many kidnappings. It all worried Albus. He lifted his hand. It was pitch black. Dead. He sighed. It was a stupid thing to do, yes, but for the sake of this world, he couldn't just leave things undone. Voldemort was growing stronger there was no doubt about that and Dumbledore was strong enough to defeat him. Of course, there was Harry, but making Harry carry all this weight on his shoulders was unethical. The prophecy popped back into his memory. Albus knew it was Harry who was going to defeat the Dark Lord. Even if Dumbledore wasn't there to help him. The old headmaster's eyes traveled to the door. No one was going to come from that door. At least now yet. it was after all 5am in the morning. No, he hadn't been able to sleep lately. Not as much as he use to be. It was unhealthy, but there was nothing he could do. He simply wasn't tired.
Albus, after giving a small stroke to his silvery-white beard, got up and turned his back at the door. The soft hum of Fawkes soothed his restless mind. He started humming himself too. The portraits heard the sound of his hum and started to move in the frames. Ah, the old headmasters that hung on the walls of his office. They were his guide and the voice of the past. One day, he would be up there too, guiding the future headmasters. Who ever sat in that chair would accomplish many things, just like Albus himself. Or then not so great. Either way. The old man heard the headmasters mumbling to themselves. One by one, they gazed to Dumbledore yet no one dared to ask what was he up to. Well, actually it took the old portraits couple minutes to do so.
" Haven't you slept all night, Dumbledore?" Asked Quentin Trimble carefully.
At first, Albus wasn't sure should he answer. But in the end, he did open his mouth. " I've slept enough for my time." He answered and placed both of his hands behind him while looking down at the grounds from his window. He had always loved the view from his office. It faced the rising sun which Dumbledore would always wake up and see. He hadn't missed one yet and wasn't going to until the very end.
There were mumbles again. The blackened hand had caught yet again the old headmasters attention. When it had first appeared, Dumbledore had gotten angry and worried exclaims from his succorers. They didn't approve what Dumbledore was doing but let's be honest here, the world was in war and things needed to be done. A hand for the world didn't sound too bad, at least not to Albus.
" I should get back to my rounds." Dumbledore suddenly said and quickly turned around. Fawkes eyed the old man. The phoenix was worried, of course and it wanted to help, but there was nothing Fawkes could do. Assist the old headmaster, maybe sometimes.
As the castle started to wake up, Dumbledore found himself humming again while walking in the corridors. Maybe he would take a long walk this morning. Breakfast wasn't in a while. Even though there was work that needed to be done, Albus would do it after the walk. A smile crept on his wise face. Even in the darkest times, you needed to know how to smile.
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