How did Dumbledore get Fawkes?

Fawkes was made by a mechanical machine. When Richard Harris, who played Dumbledore at that time, saw the robot, he said: "They sure do train those things well." He was thinking that it was a real bird. Pottermore has a feature on bringing Fawkes to life.
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How did Fawkes come to Dumbledore?

During Dumbledore's duel against Lord Voldemort, Fawkes swallowed a Killing Curse intended for Dumbledore, thus giving Dumbledore time to defend himself. He burst into flame upon swallowing the curse and was later reborn and returned to Dumbledore's office following his departure from the Ministry of Magic.
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Did Dumbledore get Fawkes from Newt?

It means that he was likely a gift from Newt to Dumbledore who, while brilliant, was not an expert in magical creatures, nor did he seem to have the time to train a phoenix. Instead, it was likely Newt who acted as Fawkes's trainer before giving him to Dumbledore.
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Is Fawkes the phoenix in Secrets of Dumbledore?

What's more, the book Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Movie Magic confirms Fawkes is not Credence's phoenix at all. The phoenix not being Fawkes is not explicitly made clear in the films, however, and it could be the potential Fantastic Beasts 4 will retcon the story.
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Is Fawkes in crimes of Grindelwald?

A Phoenix. Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes, was apparently a part of his destiny all along. As Dumbledore (Jude Law) explains to Newt (Eddie Redmayne) in The Crimes of Grindelwald, a phoenix will come to any Dumbledore in need.
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Is Fawkes the only phoenix?

Sparky was the phoenix mascot of the New Zealand Quidditch team the Moutohora Macaws. Apart from Fawkes, Sparky was then the only known domesticated phoenix.
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Why was Fawkes loyal to Dumbledore?

Fawkes had a very close relationship with Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore cared for Fawkes after each of his rebirths, and in return he was very faithful to the elderly wizard.
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Why couldnt Fawkes cure Dumbledore?

They are a powerful healing agent for wounded flesh, poison, physical damage and disease. But Dumbledore's hand was not affected by any of these, it was affected by a powerful magical curse that was slowly and steadily spreading. Phoenix tears are not a counter spell. They could not heal a curse.
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Is Aurelius phoenix Fawkes?

Yes, Dumbledore has Fawkes. (And considering the way everything else is going in these films, one can assume the phoenix with Aurelius now is actually going to be christened Fawkes and go home with Dumbledore at the end of the fifth movie.)
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Where does Fawkes go when Dumbledore died?

Phoenixes are incredibly rare to be tamed, Fawkes being one of only a couple ever recorded in magical history. Upon Dumbledores death Fawkes left Hogwarts to live life alone and was never seen again. Dumbledore had a immensely powerful curse within his body and regardless of being AK'd he would have died anyways.
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Did Dumbledore make Fawkes a horcrux?

The theory basically argues that Fawkes the Phoenix was actually a Horcrux created by Dumbledore -- not through a wish for immortality, but as a way to extricate his feelings of guilt over the death of his sister.
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Is Credence's phoenix Fawkes?

However, it was confirmed by the book Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Movie Magic that Credence's phoenix was not Fawkes.
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Do Jacob and Queenie have babies?

She has difficulty walking through the fire at the end because she is pregnant with Jacob's baby and it gets burned up. She probably wasn't aware of it but it would explain her enchanting him and pushing so strongly/crazily for marriage.
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How did Grindelwald know Credence is a Dumbledore?

Grindelwald knew Credence was Aurelius Dumbledore from the moment he realized Credence was an Obscurial (much like Ariana Dumbledore), and that he had survived the Obscurus for so long (which meant that he came from a very powerful wizard bloodline).
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Is the phoenix feather in Harry's wand from Fawkes?

Known donors. The only phoenix known to have donated his feathers to make a wand was Fawkes, Albus Dumbledore's domesticated bird. He only gave two feathers. The first feather resides in Harry Potter's wand and the other resides in Tom Riddle's wand.
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Is Luna Lovegood related to Newt Scamander?

He's Luna Lovegood's grandfather-in-law

Luna Lovegood ends up marrying Rolf Scamander, who is Newt's grandson. If grandson is anything like his grandfather — which is quite likely, as both are magizoologists — that means we can expect Newt to be a bit of an eccentric. His family history supports this.
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Who killed Aurelius Dumbledore?

While she originally said in an interview that Dumbledore was around 150 years old when he died, we know from Pottermore that he was actually around 115 years old when Snape fired the killing curse at him on top of Hogwarts' astronomy tower.
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Is the Dumbledore family pure blood?

Dumbledore was the surname of a wizarding family famous for the achievements or notoriety of various members, particularly Albus Dumbledore. The family had both magical and Muggle heritage.
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Can Fawkes heal Dumbledore?

If Dumbledore had an open wound or something, Fawkes would immediately heal it but since it is a curse even Dumbledore and Snape could not stop it. The case for Dumbledore's hand was not healing in the physical sense, but like countering a dark magic.
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How old is Fawkes the phoenix?

It is stated that he was born on or prior to 1938, and aged at least 79 years.
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Is Fawkes a real bird?

Chris Columbus said Richard Harris thought Fawkes was a real bird in the second "Harry Potter" film. Fawkes the phoenix was actually an animatronic that could move. Daniel Radcliffe said that no one wanted to "break the spell," and made the bird react to Harris.
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Can muggles see Obscurials?

Second peice of evidence is the Obscurial attacks, it's completely invisible to the muggles that are present, up until his reveal when we are seeing it through the eyes of a wizard.
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Is Bill Weasley a werewolf?

Although he wasn't turned into a werewolf, he did develop some wolfish tendencies such as a liking for very rare steaks. He married Fleur on August 1, 1997, although their wedding was disrupted by the arrival of Death Eaters following the fall of the Ministry of Magic.
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Why is the phoenix following Credence?

Albus Dumbledore later explained to Newton Scamander that the Phoenix had come to Credence because his Obscurial nature was poisoning him to death, spreading its ashes over him as a sign that Credence was dying. Wand: After joining Grindelwald's army, Credence was given a wand by his new master.
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