Why could Voldemort touch Harry?

In the graveyard in the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort was able to freely touch Harry without harm once he possessed Harry's blood (which contained Lily's sacrificial protection).
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Why can't Voldemort touch Harry in Sorcerer's Stone?

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

When Harry faces Voldemort-as-Quirrell, Quirrell is unable to touch him because of the enchantment that lives in Harry's blood. His mother died to save him, and it has left its mark.
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Why did it matter that Voldemort took Harry's blood?

Voldemort believed, out of his lack of understanding love, that by using Harry's blood, it would allow him to bypass Lily's protection and thereby enable him to circumvent what the boy has which robbed him of power years ago, when in fact it actually strengthened it.
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Why couldn't Voldemort kill Harry when he was being moved?

Voldemort was not able to kill Harry because Harry was the true master of the Elder Wand. So, therefore, Harry survived. Instead, Voldemort unknowingly made himself more vulnerable by trying to kill Harry since instead, he destroyed the Horcrux inside Harry.
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How did Voldemort tether Harry to life?

J.K. Rowling stated this on the F.A.Q. on her old website - the blood in the Dark Lord acted like a Horcrux for Harry and the blood in him kept the sacrifice (and therefore Harry) alive while he was. Having taken Harry's blood into himself, Voldemort is keeping alive Lily's protective power over Harry.
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Why Voldemort Didn't Kill Harry Immediately In The Graveyard



How did Harry survive Avada Kedavra in the forest?

Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.
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Could Harry beat Voldemort without the Elder Wand?

Lily's protection, in Harry's blood, still flows through Voldemort's body. Notably, Dumbledore is speaking in the present tense, even after Harry has already confronted Voldemort and been "killed." As such, Voldemort could not have killed Harry, even were he not the master of the Elder Wand.
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Why did Snape curse George's ear?

The injury was caused by Snape's Sectumsempra spell in order to stop the Death Eaters from hurting George (who he thought was Harry) and Lupin, but missed and hit George.
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Who betrayed the 7 Potters?

After Sirius Black's death, Mundungus stole his possessions, including Salazar Slytherin's Locket. He was also somewhat cowardly, as he abandoned Alastor Moody during the Battle of the Seven Potters; Moody was killed by Lord Voldemort.
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How did Harry stop Voldemort as a baby?

Lily Potter sacrificed her life in order to protect her infant son, Harry from Lord Voldemort. This placed Harry under magical protection, so that when Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Harry in turn, the spell backfired, leaving him unharmed (save for a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead) and Voldemort bodiless.
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What was Voldemort biggest mistake?

Philosophy of Voldemort: Voldemort's biggest mistake wasn't creating Horcruxes, believing in Prophecies or going after Harry, but underestimating everyone. He was so arrogant that he believed everyone else inferior to himself & incapable of achieving the slightest of his own achievements.
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Why did Lucius Malfoy's wand not work for Voldemort?

The wand was destroyed out of an (hitherto unknown) effect caused by Lily's love protection covering both Harry and Voldemort as well as the initial Priori Incantatum (Goblet of Fire), whereby a part of Voldemort was imbibed into Harry's wand1 and not because the wand wasn't Voldemort's.
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Why did Harry's protection end at 17?

“We can't wait for the Trace to break, because the moment you turn seventeen you'll lose all the protection your mother gave you." But then, Harry's saved because his mother's protection lives inside Voldemort (who took his blood 3 years before): “He took your blood and rebuilt his living body with it!
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How did Voldemort get his baby body?

His Child-Form When Resurrected

Pettigrew mixed up a potion for Voldemort using unicorn blood and the venom of Nagini. With this potion, they were able to create a new body for Lord Voldemort to finally return to.
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What is the Voldemort fetus?

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Voldemort's soul in Limbo greatly resembles the rudimentary body that Voldemort used during the film version of Goblet of Fire.
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What happens if Harry touches Voldemort?

Quirrel burned when Harry touched him, because he had Voldemort inside his head. Harry's blood is added to the cauldron with Voldemort inside, but Harry's blood and the protection against Voldemort contained in that blood doesn't hurt Voldemort.
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Who is the most loyal character in Harry Potter?

1 DOBBY - STUCK BY HIS SIDE

Out of all the characters in the entire series, Dobby the house-elf is easily the most loyal to Harry of all.
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How did Percy Weasley betray his family?

In 1995, he broke off all ties with his family following an argument with his father over his promotion to Junior Assistant to Fudge. Proud and ambitious, he could not conceive that Fudge would be using him to spy on Dumbledore.
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Why did Voldemort think Harry was the chosen one?

Indeed, Harry was the "The Chosen One" because Voldemort chose to believe that the prophecy was talking about Harry, the half-blood like himself and thus his equal. Harry survived the Killing Curse because his mother sacrificed her life for him and gave him a protection from Voldemort until he comes of age (at 17).
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Did Harry Potter ever use an Unforgivable curse?

Harry makes use of two of the Unforgivable Curses in the books. Dueling with Bellatrix Lestrange, he attempts the Cruciatus curse, with limited results; Bellatrix says that he has to really hate someone to make the Unforgivable Curses work properly, righteous indignation isn't enough.
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Did Voldemort know Snape was a spy?

Voldemort in turn knew the first half of the prophecy from Snape. He knew from his own knowledge of the wizarding world and his spies (presumably) that the prophecy could refer to either the Potters or the Longbottoms, and he knew from Snape that Dumbledore knew this too (if not more).
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What caused Dumbledore's hand to 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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Who was stronger than Voldemort?

Filius Flitwick is one of the many Hogwarts professors that are more powerful than Voldemort. He was a masterful wizard and an experienced professor.
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Could Dumbledore have beaten Voldemort?

This one's already a given. Albus Dumbledore is the most obvious person who can defeat Voldemort, and the Dark Lord seemed to realize it. Rowling herself has explicitly stated in the books that Dumbledore is the only person Voldemort fears and recognizes as a genuine threat to his own power.
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Who is stronger Voldemort or Grindelwald?

Not only is Grindelwald more powerful than Voldemort, but he's also a more compelling villain, which is why audiences will be seeing more of him in Fantastic Beasts 3.
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