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'.
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Why does chocolate help after 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.
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Can a human become a Dementor?

The person feeds something with his/her unhappiness which gradually creates a dementor. After the process, the human will have no memory or thought left in them so they will be like dementored themself. This dementor would then go into the wild, and get under control by the ministry.
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What is a Dementors weakness?

Countermeasures and Weaknesses

Patronus Charm: The most effective way to repel Dementors away is the Patronus Charm, a spell to conjure a guardian that embodies one's positive memories and fueled by the caster's happy thoughts, both of which happened to be these dark creatures' major weaknesses.
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What does a Dementors kiss do?

The Dementor's Kiss is the act of a Dementor sucking out a person's soul. It was sometimes used as a sentence for criminals by the Ministry of Magic, and is considered a fate worse than death. Before Voldemort was in control of the Ministry, Dementor's Kiss was ordinarily used against those who escape from Azkaban.
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Can Dementors be killed?

Dementors are amortal, meaning that you can't kill them because they were never alive to begin with (even though they do die off eventually ?).
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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'.
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Can 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.
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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.
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Who created the Dementors?

Perhaps its first resident, or even creator, Ekrizdis, practised the worst kinds of Dark Arts and constructed a fortress on the island, luring Muggle sailors there to torture and murder them.
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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.
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Why did Dementors side with Voldemort?

Dementors probably don't care about the details of politics, whoever gives them the most humans to torment, they'll side with them. The Ministry contains them to Azkaban, Voldemort promises them free reign, so they side with Voldemort.
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Who created Azkaban?

Well, that's because originally, Azkaban was a fortress built by the sorcerer Ekrizdis, who himself was a powerful and insane practitioner of the Dark Arts. Ekrizdis actually lured, tortured, and killed Muggle sailors there up until he died and the concealment charms faded.
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Why does Remus have chocolate?

So to quote the late great Remus Lupin, who without hesitation offered Harry Potter a bar of chocolate to ward off the effects of a dementor attack, "Eat this, you'll feel better." It's hard to argue with the man who could arguably be called the greatest defense against the dark arts teacher Hogwarts ever had, huh? ( ...
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What ice cream did Hagrid buy Harry?

No lemon ice lolly this time – Hagrid bought Harry chocolate and raspberry ice cream with chopped nuts.
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What is Hermione's Patronus?

Otter (Hermione Granger)

Hermione's talent with a wand was clear from her earliest lessons – swish and flick, it's all in the wrist. Her Patronus, the otter, is a clever and dexterous animal; some have even been known to juggle small rocks.
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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.
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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.
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Why can Filch see Hogwarts?

Because Filch is a squib, (muggle with magical relatives) how is he able to go inside Hogwarts? The book said that it has a muggle repelling charm where it looks like an abandoned mine. Thanks a lot. A squib isn't necessarily a muggle.
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Can Dementors destroy Horcruxes?

Horcruxes can only be destroyed by leaving the vessel in a state of non-magical repair. There is absolutely no way to recover from the dementor's kiss. This leaves you in a state of non-magical repair (or recovery). Therefore, the dementor's kiss would destroy the part of soul that is inside Harry.
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How did the Dementors tell fudge about Sirius?

“Molly, how many times do I have to tell you? They didn't report it in the press because Fudge wanted it kept quiet, but Fudge went out to Azkaban the night Black escaped. The guards told Fudge that Black's been talking in his sleep for a while now.
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Are Dementors invisible?

Although they are invisible, they project the illusory appearance of a rotting human corpse to their observers — the more an obersever fears the Dementor, the more decayed and ghastly the corpse will look.
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Why did Snape hide the sword in the lake?

In addition, the portrait of Dumbledore told Severus Snape that the sword must be taken under conditions of need and valour, which was why Snape put it into the frozen pond in the first place. As goblin's silver, it imbibed only substances which strengthened it, which could then be used against enemies.
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Was James Potter a bully?

James was a bully in school — to the point that even the biggest of James Potter apologists can't deny this. He mercilessly teased Snape, and in one particularly horrific memory, hung him upside down and exposed him in front of the entire school.
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What is Ginny's Patronus?

Coincidentally, the Patronus of Harry's future wife, Ginny, was a horse. James Potter's Patronus was the same form as his Animagus.
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