Are Inferi zombies?

Zombies are different from Inferi, although they have much in common. It seems that zombies are naturally formed, while Inferi are artificially created. J. K. Rowling decided against naming the Inferi zombies because zombies are not part of British folklore.

What are the zombies in Half Blood Prince?

First encountered in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," inferi are corpses; dead bodies that have been bewitched to do a Dark wizard's bidding. Inferi can be men, women or children, and have sunken, sightless eyes and icy cold skin.

Can Inferi speak?

Inferi have no free will, and cannot think for themselves; their purpose is merely to serve as puppets of the Dark Wizard who reanimated them. As no spell can bring back the dead, the Inferi are not alive, just corpse puppets. Despite this, they can apparently speak.

How did the Inferi get in the cave?

An Inferi-infested lake separated the entrance of the cave from the Horcrux. Any attempt to use a Summoning Charm to get the Horcrux would cause one or more Inferi to leap out of the water to block the spell's effect.

What spell did Dumbledore use against the Inferi?

The Firestorm (incantation unknown) was a charm which produced a large ring of fire from around the caster's wand.

Which Evil Wizard Created the Inferi? - Harry Potter Theory

Why was Snape's Avada Kedavra blue?

In order to conjure the avada kedavra curse, you have to want to kill your victim. We all know that Voldemort could easily kill a child without an ounce of remorse... but not Snape. Snape didn't want to kill Dumbledore, and this was why the spell was blue instead of the usual green.

What is Dumbledore's most powerful spell?

Firestorm. Firestorm was a spell that created a large ring of fire around the caster's wand. This spell is one of the last and most powerful spells that Albus Dumbledore cast using the elder wand before his death.

How did Voldemort get so many Inferi?

During the First Wizarding War, Voldemort was known to have created an army of Inferi from the large number of people he murdered. He placed such an army within the lake of Salazar Slytherin's Locket's hiding place.

Was bathilda Bagshot an Inferi?

Hazel Douglas portrayed Bathilda Bagshot in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. It is possible that Bathilda's body was animated as an Inferius, and thus controlled by Voldemort's will.

Why does Dumbledore drink the water?

Dumbledore was incredibly thirsty due to the potion and asked for water. Due to the protective enchantments, Harry found that the only way to quench Dumbledore's thirst was to obtain water from the lake, this causing the masses of inferi to rise and attack them.

What does the spell Incarcerous do?

The Incarcerous Spell (Incarcerous) was a spell that conjured thick ropes or thin cords from "thin air", that bound whatever the caster was pointing their wand at.

What did Dumbledore drink in the cave?

The Emerald Potion, also known as the Drink of Despair, was a mysterious potion which induces fear, delirium, and extreme thirst. According to Dumbledore, the potion cannot be penetrated by hand, Vanished, parted, scooped up, siphoned away, Transfigured, Charmed, or otherwise made to change its nature in any way.

Why did Regulus Black betray Voldemort?

After becoming a Death Eater, Regulus began to consider abandoning Lord Voldemort, partly because his master mistreated and intended to kill the Black family's loyal house-elf Kreacher, whilst setting up the security measures for one of his Horcruxes.

Did Voldemort create the cave?

The Horcrux Cave, also known as the Crystal Cave, makes it's appearance in the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter travel to the Horcrux Cave searching for one of seven Horcruxes created by Lord Voldemort.

Why do Dementors exist?

Dementors are born when there is so much pain and suffer in the air that it can materialise it's self. That means that most Dementors were created during the First and Second wizarding war or in the time of Grinwald's attacks in Europe. That's why Dementors can only be destroyed by the Patronum summoning charm.

Is Voldemort undead?

He is not a reanimated corpse (whether he is "undead" depends on on your interpretation on whether he every truly died). He is not from Dungeons and Dragons. Thus, it's pretty safe to say that no, he is not.

How did Nagini become Bagshot?

J.K. Rowling writes in Tales of Beedle the Bard that Inferi are simply corpses reanimated by Dark Magic and she describes them as "ghastly puppets" that are not sentient. Nagini was a Horcrux, which is Dark Magic. She occupied and ambulated Bathilda Bagshot's corpse.

Why can't Nagini turn back into a human?

This was an ability the Circus Arcanus took extreme advantage of. Ultimately, however, Nagini's Maledictus blood curse took over, which forced her to stay in her snake form permanently.

How did Nagini become evil?

Nonetheless, despite her initially benevolent nature, Nagini's blood curse eventually turned her into a snake permanetly. Though it is unknown if she became evil as a result of that, or was turned evil as a result of Voldemort turning her into a Horcrux. As a snake, Nagini was completely loyal to Lord Voldemort.

Why can't Harry Apparate?

The Order couldn't have immediately Apparated out of Harry's house because, as Moody explains, the Imperiused Pius Thicknesse has "made it an imprisonable offence to connect this house to the Floo Network, place a Portkey here, or Apparate in or out."

Why can only Death Eaters fly?

In the Order of the Phoenix film, Death Eaters and Order members Apparate and Disapparate in clouds of black and white smoke respectively. In the film, both sides also appear to be able to "half-apparate" in which their bodies were made out of smoke, giving them the ability to fly.

Why do Death Eaters have black smoke?

The black smoke needed to encircle the Death Eaters bodies, becoming the black of their swirling cloaks as they materialized. They also designed a different Apparition style for when “good” wizards Apparate that's similar to the Death Eaters' Apparition, but distinctive enough to set them apart.

Can Patronus block Avada Kedavra?

Firstly, the Patronus has one very specific primary function: to defend its caster from Dementors. (Granted, they also have a secondary function as messengers). A Patronus can't be used as a generic counter-curse or defensive spell in the same way that Protego can. Secondly, you can't block Avada Kedavra with anything.

Who can cast Avada Kedavra?

Learning. Mastering Avada Kedavra is a very hard job. The killing curse is one of the hardest of all spells to learn and can only be perfected by very powerful witches and wizards. There is no particular way to say the curse, although you must cast it in a particular way.