Who sent the two Dementors?

Dolores Umbridge
Indeed, she was the one who sent Dementors to attack Harry in Little Whinging. And obviously it didn't end there – Umbridge's list of mean tricks was about as long as her list of Educational Decrees.
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Why did the two Dementors attack Harry?

Wanting to discredit Harry Potter, Madam Undersecretary Dolores Umbridge ordered two Dementors to Little Whinging in order to silence his claims on Lord Voldemort's return. Harry managed to drive the dementors away with a corporeal Patronus, thus saving him and his cousin, but was punished by the Ministry regardless.
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Why did Umbridge set Dementors on Harry?

After rumours of Lord Voldemort's return and the increased paranoia of Cornelius Fudge, Umbridge set two dementors on Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley Dursley in Little Whinging in an attempt to get him expelled from Hogwarts for use of magic outside of school.
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Who sent the Dementors away?

Snape enters Umbridge's office, and Harry yells “He's got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden!” in hopes that Snape will contact someone in the Order. Umbridge admits she was the one who sent the dementors to Little Whinging last summer.
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Why was Dudley so affected by the Dementors?

As the Dementor hovered over Dudley, he finally viewed himself for who he truly was: a spoiled bully. Dudley realized how cruel he was, and how horribly he treated others, including his own cousin. Upon addressing his past behavior, the Dementor attack gave Dudley a chance to take a step back to reevaluate his life.
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History of Dementors (Everything You Need to Know)



Did Dudley become nicer to Harry?

The aftermath of this saw Dudley change to an extent; he became less belligerent and even civil to Harry. The Dementor attack was the catalyst for a change in Dudley's personality that started in Order of the Phoenix, and we saw the end result in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Why was Sirius Black not affected by Dementors?

Sirius was not completely unaffected by the dementors. He was able to keep himself from going mad like the other prisoners because he knew he was innocent. By keeping up that mantra and then being able to transform into a dog to escape, he was able to keep his sanity.
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Who got 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.
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Who guarded Azkaban after the Dementors?

Under Kingsley Shacklebolt, Azkaban was purged of Dementors. While it remains in use as a prison, the guards are now Aurors, who are regularly rotated from the mainland. There has been no breakout since this new system was introduced.
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Why did Snape send the deer?

Snape uses his doe Patronus to show Dumbledore that he never fell out of love with Lily, his childhood best friend. Warner Bros. Snape's doe Patronus reveals his one true motivation throughout Harry's life: to protect the child of the woman he loved.
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Did Umbridge wear a Horcrux?

So Umbridge acquires the locket as a bribe from Mundungus Fletcher, and though it once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, Merope Gaunt, and Hepzibah Smith, Umbridge is unaware that the locket is one of Lord Vodemort's Horcruxes - or that it belonged to him at all.
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What do Dementors eat?

Dementors feed off human happiness, and thus cause depression and despair to anyone near 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" and are known to leave a person as an "empty-shell."
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What made Umbridge evil?

Apparently, Umbridge's mother was a Muggle and her brother was a Squib – a source of huge embarrassment for the family. Perhaps their abandonment and retreat back into the Muggle world had such a huge impact on Umbridge that it became the catalyst for her Muggleborn-targeted cruelty later on in life.
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Why are Dementors loyal to Voldemort?

Death Eaters spread despair, allowing the dementors to feed on it and breed. The Dementors take care of the Death Eaters enemies, taking their souls, and demoralizing the rest of the population. It's mutually beneficial to both of them. This is why the Dementors joined Voldemort.
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Who ordered Dementors to attack Harry?

Dolores Umbridge

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Whose scream did Harry hear?

One of the recurring moments throughout the third book/movie is the appearance of Dementors and the particularly chilling effect that they have on Harry Potter himself. Every time Harry is confronted with a Dementor, he hears the screams of his mother as she is murdered by Lord Voldemort.
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Who is the owner of 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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Can Muggles see Azkaban?

Because of their power to drain happiness and hope from humans, they have been set the duty of being guards at Azkaban, where they prevent the prisoners from having the will or ability to escape. This creature has the property that only wizards can see it. Muggles can still feel them, though.
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Is a Dementors Kiss worse than death?

The Dementor's Kiss is generally considered to be a punishment worse than death. Victims are left in what Muggles would call a Persistent Vegetative State: empty shells that are still alive but irretrievably "gone".
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Who gave Harry the Firebolt?

At the end of Prisoner of Azkaban Harry learnt that it was Sirius who bought him the mysterious Firebolt in order to make up for 13 years' worth of missed birthdays (fair enough!), but he also did what he could in his capacity as Harry's newly discovered godfather.
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What is a Dementors gender?

4. They have no gender. This means that they can neither mate nor reproduce. Where do Dementors come from? JK Rowling explains that they appear wherever there is “rotting” and grow like a fungus or mold.
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Who is the black kid in Gryffindor?

Alfred Lewis Enoch (born 2 December 1988) is a British and Brazilian actor. He is best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series and Wes Gibbins in the ABC legal thriller television series How to Get Away with Murder.
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Where did Sirius go after death?

Upon the dais is a stone archway, covered with a tattered black veil. Sirius is hit by Bellatrix's curse, and his stunned body arcs into the air and floats through the archway, disappearing behind the veil.
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How did Sirius betray the Potters?

It wasn't Sirius who betrayed the Potters to Voldemort, but he did persuade them to make Pettigrew their Secret-Keeper.
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