The dementors are "soulless creatures... among the foulest beings on Earth": a phantom species who, as their name suggests, gradually deprive human minds of happiness and intelligence. They are the guards of the wizard prison, Azkaban, until after the return of antagonist Lord Voldemort.

Are Dementors born or made?

Dementors are born when there is so much pain and suffer in the air that it can materialise it's self. That means that most Dementors were created during the First and Second wizarding war or in the time of Grinwald's attacks in Europe. That's why Dementors can only be destroyed by the Patronum summoning charm.

Were Dementors once human?

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a phrase appeared that could explain it: "If they can, they feed on someone so much that they reduce it to something like themselves... soulless and evil", which could mean that the Dementors were humans transformed by other Dementors.

Can a Dementor 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 😕).

Is A Dementor considered a Demon?

Dementors are neither ghosts nor demons. Instead, they are non-beings , a group that also includes bogarts and poltergeists (in the universe of Harry Potter, poltergeists and ghosts aren't the same thing). Non-beings are amortal, which means that their existence has no defined, biological beginning and end.

History of Dementors (Everything You Need to Know)

Why do Dementors look like death?

A Dementor's face consists of empty eye sockets, covered with scabby skin. There is also a gaping large hole where the mouth should be, which is used for sucking the soul out of the victim in a process called the Dementor's Kiss, leaving victims in a state generally considered worse than death.

What actually are Dementors?

Dementor – 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.

Can you survive a Dementors kiss?

The Dementor's Kiss was generally considered to be a punishment worse than death. Victims were left in what Muggles would call a 'Persistent Vegetative State': empty shells that were still alive but irretrievably 'gone'.

What happens when a Dementor eats your soul?

You'll just -- exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever...lost." The Dementor's Kiss is the act of a Dementor sucking out a person's soul.

Is Draco Malfoy a death Eater?

Draco Malfoy is the pure-blooded son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. He was a notorious bully to Harry Potter and his friends throughout the series. Draco becomes a Death Eater in his sixth year at Hogwarts and is assigned to kill Dumbledore. However, he fails and Dumbledore is ultimately killed by Snape.

Can Dementors have babies?

Reproduction. Dementors breed by surrounding themselves with large amounts of a special fog which they exude. New individuals, already fully formed, will gradually congregate from the mist.

Can Dementors talk?

"They could also communicate what they had heard Sirius Black (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Sirius_Black )saying in his sleep to the Ministry (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/British_Ministry_of_Magic )in 1993 (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/1993 ), implying that they can speak or otherwise communicate with wizards."

How do Dementors breed?

Dementors are not said to breed, but to grow like a fungus. That means they continue to appear as they are able to feed on more happiness and cause more despair.

What does a dementor look like under its hood?

However, it was described that their faces were no different in appearance. According to the books, Dementor's faces featured a hole where their mouth should be and a gaunt look that resembled a corpse, complete with black holes for eyes. Even scarier, their skin appeared burned and scabbed up.

Why was Sirius black in Azkaban?

Sirius was arrested, accused of murdering Pettigrew and the muggles and of serving Voldemort, and was promptly thrown in prison by Barty Crouch, Sr. without receiving a trial. He spent the next twelve years in Azkaban, brooding over his friends' deaths and obsessing over Pettigrew's betrayal.

Did Dumbledore know Sirius was innocent?

Dumbledore's lack of belief that Sirius is innocent is also suspect. Sirius was a member of the Order of the Phoenix which fought against Death Eaters, but Sirius also was as close to James as a brother, the Potters even took him in when he ran away from home.

Can Dementors kiss Muggles?

Muggles can still feel them, though. Its only known ability, besides the happiness drain, is the ability to perform the "Dementor's Kiss", which is the act of extracting the human soul through the mouth, leaving nothing more than a living body, without any memory, feelings, or sense of self.

Are Dementors Grim Reapers?

Indeed, yes, they are kinda similar to the Grim Reaper. From the wikia: "... The Dementors' appearances (tall corpse-like beings wearing tattered black cloaks) is very similar to popular depictions of the Grim Reaper.

Can you avada kedavra a Dementor?

From the Dementor's webpage: "They seemingly could not be destroyed, though their numbers could be limited if the conditions in which they multiply were prevented from forming, implying that they did die off eventually."

Why did McGonagall give Hermione the time turner?

Hermione Granger received one from Professor McGonagall in 1993, so that she could attend more classes in her third year than time would allow.

Do Dementors work for Voldemort?

They're Team Voldemort

For a long while there was a uncomfortable allegiance between the Dementors and the British Ministry of Magic that employed them, but once the opportunity to really feed their appetites presented itself, they unsurprisingly defected and joined Voldemort.

Are Dementors good or evil?

Rowling also adds a powerful creative flair with the introduction of Dementors - soulless, evil beings who serve as Azkaban's guards and feed on the prisoner's soul.

Why did Lupin stop the Boggart?

Later, Professor Lupin explained that the reason he didn't let Harry face the Boggart was that he thought Harry's Boggart would turn into Lord Voldemort, and he didn't want to panic the students.

Who owns a pet named Hedwig?

Hedwig (d. 27 July 1997) was Harry Potter's pet female snowy owl. Hedwig was an eleventh birthday gift from Rubeus Hagrid to Harry. Hagrid purchased her at the Eeylops Owl Emporium.

Why do Dementors affect Harry so much?

"It has nothing to do with weakness," said Professor Lupin sharply, as though he had read Harry's mind. "The Dementors affect you worse than the others because there are horrors in your past that the others don't have." -Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.