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Why didnt Dumbledore just dump the potion?

Why didnt Dumbledore just dump the potion?

This potion cannot be penetrated by hand, Vanished, parted, scooped up, or siphoned away, nor can it be Transfigured, Charmed, or otherwise made to change its nature. The potion was designed for one thing — protect the Horcrux. It cannot be poured away because Voldemort made sure it couldn’t.

What did Dumbledore feel when he drank the potion?

Dumbledore seemed to have terrible nightmares or visions, and was almost too weak to stand up after drinking the potion. Kreacher said that when Voldemort forced him to drink the emerald potion his “insides burned” and he saw “terrible things” (DH10).

Why didn’t Harry shoot water into Dumbledore’s?

Because Dumbledore was drinking a potion that was literally cursed. It was meant to kill him. Any amount of water would not have helped there.

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How did Dumbledore destroy the locket?

The locket of Slytherin was destroyed by Ron using the sword of Gryffindor in Deathly Hallows. The Diary and the Ring were the only horcruxes destroyed before The Deathly Hallows. The Diary was stabbed with a Basilisk Tooth by Harry and The Ring was destroyed by Dumbledore.

What was Dumbledore drinking in Half Blood Prince?

the Drink of Despair
The Emerald Potion, also known as the Drink of Despair, was a mysterious potion which induces fear, delirium, and extreme thirst. 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.

Why was Dumbledore saying it was his fault?

Dumbledore’s Shouting In The Cave Is About His Sister’s Death. It’s all my fault!” It is revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 that Dumbledore’s sister died from a stray curse while he and his brother and best friend were dueling; a psychological trauma, for which he has always blamed himself.

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What did Dumbledore drink in the cave?

The Emerald Potion

Did Voldemort know umbridge have the locket?

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. No, she does not know the locket was a Horcrux.