What did Dumbledore drink in the Half blood Prince?

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The Emerald Potion, also known as the Drink of Despair, is a mysterious potion which induces fear, delirium, and extreme thirst. The drink cannot be penetrated by hand, vanished, parted, scooped up, siphoned away, Transfigured, Charmed, or made to change its nature in any way.
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Why did Dumbledore drink Half Blood Prince?

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. It could only be drained away by drinking. As such, this potion was meant for protecting something of extreme importance.
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What did Dumbledore say when he drank the potion?

"The night that your brother died, he drank a potion that drove him out of his mind. He started screaming, pleading with someone who wasn't there. 'Don't hurt them, please . . . hurt me instead.
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Why did Dumbledore drink the poison?

Regulus Black courageously decided to drink the potion so he could leave behind the fake Horcrux locket and the letter to Voldemort signed "R.A.B." but he did not survive as long as Dumbledore. He was dragged under water by the Inferi and died there, while Kreacher took the real Horcrux back to Grimmauld Place (DH10).
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What potion did Harry Potter drink in the Half Blood Prince?

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Felix Felicis, also called "Liquid Luck", was a potion that made the drinker lucky for a period of time, during which everything they attempt would be successful.
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What Did Albus Dumbledore See When He Drank The Emerald Potion?



Is there alcohol in butterbeer?

At Universal, Butterbeer is an alcohol-free, foam-topped soft drink with a creamy butterscotch taste. And fans love it.
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What does liquid luck taste like?

I honestly just ordered it for the bottle, but the gently-golden syrup inside isn't as nasty as I expected. I heard that it tasted like pure corn syrup, but it has a decent ginger flavor, with the tiniest bit of lemon. Very sweet, of course, but more honey-sweet than sugar-sweet.
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Why does Dumbledore's hand turn black?

After Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, he used Godric Gryffindor's Sword to crack the Resurrection Stone so as to destroy it as a Horcrux. While the act did destroy the ring as one of Riddle's Horcruxes, it did not stop the fatal curse. The curse gave Dumbledore's hand a withered black look, as though it had died.
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Why did Harry give Dumbledore 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.
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What fire spell did Dumbledore use in the cave?

The Firestorm (incantation unknown) was a charm which produced a large ring of fire from around the caster's wand.
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Why did Regulus drink the potion?

Master Regulus volunteered Kreacher to assist Voldemort who then took Kreacher to a cave, forced him to drink a basin of burning potion and left him for dead. The elf had been used to test the defences for a locket bearing the symbol of Slytherin.
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What does Dumbledore see in the mirror?

When looking in the Mirror, Dumbledore first saw his and Grindelwald's younger selves agreeing to a blood oath, followed by an image of Grindelwald in the film's present day. As Dumbledore admitted to Aurors trying to track down the evil wizard, the pair were once even closer than brothers.
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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.
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What did the potion turn Harry into?

The first time we ever met Polyjuice Potion. Brewed by Hermione of course in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Harry and Ron changed into Crabbe and Goyle, but unfortunately the hair that Hermione had taken from Millicent Bulstrode's robes actually belonged to her cat.
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What did Dumbledore do to his sister?

Dumbledore was terrified to learn that he had accidentally killed his own sister. So much so that he steered clear of Grindelwald.
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What potion did Harry make in Slughorn's class?

In September of 1996, Harry Potter won a small vial of Felix Felicis from Professor Slughorn for brewing the best Draught of Living Death potion in the class (using the instructions of Severus Snape's textbook).
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How are Inferi made?

Inferi were created through the magical branch of Dark Arts called Necromancy, which was the art of raising the dead. The spells used to reanimate the corpse were very complex.
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Are Inferi zombies?

An Inferius (plural: Inferi) is a dead body, reanimated by a Dark Wizard, similar to a zombie. They are created through the magical branch of Dark Arts called Necromancy.
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How did Dumbledore destroy the ring?

July 1996: Albus Dumbledore destroys Marvolo Gaunt's ring with Godric Gryffindor's sword in his headmaster's office at Hogwarts.
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What was Dumbledore's curse?

Gaunt's ring

After retrieving the ring Albus Dumbledore himself fell victim to a curse that, even when contained, would likely have killed him within the year.
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Why are snapes and Lily's Patronus the same?

What is this? Snape was most likely aware that Lily's Patronus was in fact a doe. Snape loved Lily Potter with all his heart for all his life. These deep, unchanging, and all-consuming feelings caused Severus Snape's Patronus to take on the exact same form as Lily Potter's Patronus.
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Is the One Ring a Horcrux?

6 The Ring Is Basically A Horcrux

As Gandalf tells Frodo before he sets out on his quest from Bag End, “[Sauron] made that Ring himself, it is his, and he let a great part of his own former power pass into it.”
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What does Amortentia potion do?

Amortentia is the most powerful Love Potion in the entire world. It causes a powerful infatuation or obsession in the drinker. It has a distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen, and steam rises from it in characteristic spirals.
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What is Draught of living death?

Draught of Living Death is a very powerful sleeping potion that can be made by adding powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood.
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What did Harry put in Ron's cup?

Hermione once again angrily accuses Harry of lacing Ron's juice with Felix Felicis. Harry explains that he only pretended to spike Ron's juice, because he knew just the suggestion of luck would be enough to give Ron the confidence he needed. Later, at the Gryffindor celebration, Harry spots Ron kissing Lavender Brown.
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