Can you survive a Dementors Kiss?

The Dementor's Kiss was generally considered to be a punishment worse than death. Victims were left in what Muggles would call a "Persistent Vegetative State": empty shells that were still alive but irretrievably "gone".
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


What happens if a Dementor kisses you?

Description. When the Dementor's Kiss is performed the Dementor will pull back its hood, clamp its jaw around the victim's mouth, and consume his or her soul. The Dementor's Kiss is generally considered to be a punishment worse than death.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harry-potter-compendium.fandom.com


What would happen if Voldemort got the Dementors kiss?

Voldemort's body would not be destroyed, but NOT due to Horcruxes. It will die a natural death eventually, like any other victim of Dementor's kiss. Voldemort's soul chunk WILL be separated from the body.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Who gets the Dementors kiss?

Who suffers the Dementors' Kiss? Barty Crouch Jr, for one. Harry felt a chill in his stomach, as Professor McGonagall struggled to find words to describe what had happened. He did not need her to finish her sentence.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on wizardingworld.com


Is a Dementors kiss painful?

When the Dementor's Kiss was performed, the Dementor would pull back its hood, clamp its jaw around the victim's mouth, and consume their soul. The Dementor's Kiss was generally considered to be a punishment worse than death.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


Could Voldemort Receive The Dementors Kiss?



How do you become a Dementor?

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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


Why can't Muggles see Dementors?

10 Even Muggles Can Sense Their Presence

While Muggles cannot see Dementors, their draining power is so strong that non-magical people can still sense them.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Did Dementors used to be human?

soulless and evil", which could mean that the Dementors were humans transformed by other Dementors. In respect to that, J.K. Rowling has said that Dementors don't breed, but grow like fungi where there is decay, and are functionally immortal in terms of age.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


Did Dumbledore know Sirius was innocent?

They could have learned it at Hogwarts. Dumbledore did know that Sirius was innocent, because he is the one who set up the fidelius charm and the Potters almost chose Sirius, but Sirius thought it would be obvious, so he suggested pettigrew to be the secret keeper.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


Why did the Dementors Kiss Barty Crouch?

get kissed in the first place, but since Fudge was idiotic enough to have a Dementor as a body guard for his "protection", Crouch Jr. got kissed and in Fudge's eyes this was as a means of protection for himself.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Why do Dementors go after Harry?

Because dementors seek to suck out the souls of their prisoners, it's plausible that they are especially drawn to Harry because — as it is revealed in the last book — he actually possesses a fragment of Lord Voldemort's soul as well.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on popsugar.com


Where is the Hufflepuff crest in Dementors kiss?

Pull down some plants there to produce yet another ledge, then hop onto it and let your partner use magic to lift you to the top right ledge. There, you can break apart rocks with Dark Magic. The middle boulder will produce a House Crest fragment when blasted.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on ign.com


Why does chocolate help with Dementors?

Behind the scenes. It is possible that chocolate is used to ward off the effects following meeting a Dementor as it has chemicals inside it that stimulate the release of endorphins, which are chemicals produced by the body to combat stress and pain; often leading to feeling of increased happiness.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


What do Dementors feed on?

Dementors feed on human happiness and thus generate feelings of depression and despair in any person in close proximity to them. They can also consume a person's soul, leaving their victims in a permanent vegetative state, and thus are often referred to as "soul-sucking fiends", rendering a person an 'empty-shell'.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on linkedin.com


Are all Slytherins Death Eaters?

We only really know of a few Death Eaters who were Slytherins actually. Snape, Avery, Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange, Evan Rosier, and Wilkes were said to have been part of a gang of Slytherins in his day at Hogwarts. Lucius and Narcissa were said to have been Slytherins as well as Regulus Black.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on scifi.stackexchange.com


Can Dementors fly?

In the novels, they are unable to fly. Instead, they simply glide over the ground. This created some major changes in the movies, since the Dementors could fly to Hogwarts. There was also a major moment in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban where they showed up during the first Quidditch match in the movie.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Do Dementors have hands?

Dementors – tall, black-cloaked figures with rotten, skeletal hands; they have the ability to suck a person's soul out through their mouths, and they drain feelings of happiness and joy; employed as the guards of the wizard prison Azkaban; can only be repelled by the Patronus Charm.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


Why is there no electricity in Hogwarts?

One of the most popular ones is all about electricity, as wizards aren't really users of it, preferring candles and other magic to provide light instead. With no electricity, wizards can't use phones, computers, and more like Muggles do, and the reason for the lack of electricity is because magic interferes with it.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Can Muggles use wands?

Although he couldn't necessarily cast spells, his use of the wand produced a powerful enough blast that it "kicked like a mule" when waved. This further suggests that, within the world of Harry Potter, Muggles can use wands and access magic.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cbr.com


What if a Muggle is found at Hogwarts?

imaginative. Wizarding society is kept hidden from Muggle society through a vast and complex range of concealment charms. If a Muggle were to look at Hogwarts, for example, all they would see is a ruin with signs telling them to keep out.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on wizardingworld.com


Do Dementors hate chocolate?

The mood-enhancing properties of chocolate are well known in both the Muggle and wizard worlds. Chocolate is the perfect antidote for anyone who has been overcome in the presence of Dementors, which suck hope and happiness out of their surroundings. Chocolate can only be a short-term remedy, however.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on wizardingworld.com


Do Dementors speak?

They sould be able to in order to inform ministry, make deal of guarding azkaban with ministry, joining voldemorts side. Al these actions require to communicate with people. From the Wiki, we know that they are indeed able to communicate/speak.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


Can an Animagus be a Dementor?

It was debated (but generally believed possible) for one's Animagus form to be a magical creature, and also debated (but generally believed impossible) for an Animagus to be a Dementor.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on harrypotter.fandom.com


Who has the doe Patronus?

Case study 2: Severus Snape

A doe. And in his final battle with Lord Voldemort, Harry explained the significance of this to his adversary, and to us: 'Snape's Patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's, because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from the time when they were children'.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on wizardingworld.com