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| + | {{Youmay|the Dementors attack on [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Sirius Black]]|the [[Wizard in white robes|white-robed wizard]]'s [[Ambush at the Great Lake|attack]] or the [[Unidentified merwoman at the Great Lake (I)|merwoman]]'s [[Skirmish in the Great Lake|attack]] on [[Jacob's sibling]]}} |
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| + | |location = [[Great Lake]], [[Hogwarts Castle]] grounds, [[Highlands]], [[Scotland]], [[Great Britain]]<ref name="POA20"/> |
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| + | |cause = Failed attempt to bring [[Peter Pettigrew]] to justice<ref name="POA20"/> |
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+ | |combatants1 = *[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="POA20"/> |
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+ | *[[Sirius Black]]<ref name="POA20"/> |
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+ | |casualties1 = Harry, Hermione, and Sirius pass out<ref name="POA20"/> |
| − | |casualties2=Dementors defeated with [[Patronus Charm]] |
+ | |casualties2 = Dementors defeated with the [[Patronus Charm]]<ref name="POA20"/><ref name="POA21"/> |
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+ | {{Dialogue a-b|Ronald Weasley|Third year, you fought off about a hundred dementors at once —|Harry Potter|You know that was a fluke, if the Time-Turner hadn't —|Harry's heroism when facing Dementors|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
| + | The '''attack at the Great Lake''' took place on [[6 June]] [[1994]] when over a hundred [[Dementor]]s attacked [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Sirius Black]] at [[Great Lake|said lake]].<ref name="POA20"/> This attack occurred after Harry, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]], and Hermione encountered Sirius in the [[Shrieking Shack]]. |
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| − | + | During the attack Harry Potter attempted to defend himself, Hermione, and Sirius with a [[Patronus Charm]], but failed due to the sheer amount of Dementors. However, he and the others were saved by his future self, who had travelled back in time using Hermione's [[Time-Turner]]. Catching a brief glimpse of their saviour, Harry initially mistook [[Deer|the mysterious figure]] for [[James Potter I|his father]].<ref name="POA20"/> |
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+ | Harry awoke in the [[Hospital Wing]], and with Hermione, he tried to convince [[Cornelius Fudge]], [[Severus Snape]], [[Poppy Pomfrey]], and [[Albus Dumbledore]] that Sirius was innocent. Of them, only Dumbledore believed this. The [[Headmaster]], then, discreetly told them to [[Rescue of Sirius Black and Buckbeak|go back in time]], and that they would be able to save more than one innocent life. Leaving Ron, who was injured, the two ventured three hours back in time.<ref name="POA21"/> |
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| − | {{Quote|He's at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]...| |
+ | {{Quote|He's at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]...|Sirius Black talking about Peter Pettigrew in summer of [[1993]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}} |
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+ | [[File:Sirius Black imprisoned in Azkaban PM.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Sirius Black imprisoned in Azkaban]] |
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| − | Since the autumn of [[1981]], [[Sirius Black]] had been the most notorious prisoner in [[Azkaban]]. He had been wrongfully imprisoned for betraying [[James and Lily Potter]] and the murder of Pettigrew and twelve Muggles. He was also thought to be both a loyal supporter of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and certifiably insane.<ref name="POA10">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 10 (''The Marauder's Map'')</ref> Both of these assumptions were incorrect as well. Twelve years after his incarceration, [[Minister for Magic]] [[Cornelius Fudge]] made a routine visit to the prison. When he passed Black's cell, Sirius asked the Minister for his newspaper remarking that he missed doing the crossword puzzles.<ref name="POA10" /> In the newspaper, Sirius saw a picture of the [[Weasley family]]. He also saw another familiar sight in that picture. In it was Ron's rat Scabbers, but Sirius could tell that the rat was in fact Pettigrew in [[Animagus]] form.<ref name="POA19">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 19 (''The Servant of Lord Voldemort'')</ref> |
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| + | Since the autumn of [[1981]], [[Sirius Black]] had been the most notorious prisoner in [[Azkaban]]. He had been wrongfully imprisoned for betraying [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily J. Potter|Lily Potter]] and the murder of Pettigrew and twelve Muggles. |
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| + | He was also thought to be both a loyal supporter of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and certifiably insane.<ref name="POA10">{{POA|B|10}}</ref> Both of these assumptions were incorrect as well. Twelve years after his incarceration, [[Minister for Magic]] [[Cornelius Fudge]] made a routine visit to the prison. |
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| + | [[File:Wanted.jpg|180px|thumb|Sirius Black [[Azkaban]] escapee]] |
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| + | When he passed Black's cell, Sirius asked the Minister for his newspaper remarking that he missed doing the crossword puzzles.<ref name="POA10" /> In the newspaper, Sirius saw a picture of the [[Weasley family]]. He also saw another familiar sight in that picture. In it was Ron's rat Scabbers, but Sirius could tell that the rat was in fact Pettigrew in [[Animagus]] form.<ref name="POA19">{{POA|B|19}}</ref> |
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Upon seeing that picture, he realised that Pettigrew was perfectly placed to attack Harry should the Dark Lord return. Consumed with the idea of saving Harry from Pettigrew, Sirius planned to escape from Azkaban.<ref name="POA19" /> The [[Dementor]]s noticed that he began muttering "He's at Hogwarts" in his sleep. One day during the summer of 1993, when the guards opened the door to his cell to bring his food, Sirius slipped past them in his Animagus form. Upon escaping, he set off for Hogwarts and Pettigrew.<ref name="POA19" /> |
Upon seeing that picture, he realised that Pettigrew was perfectly placed to attack Harry should the Dark Lord return. Consumed with the idea of saving Harry from Pettigrew, Sirius planned to escape from Azkaban.<ref name="POA19" /> The [[Dementor]]s noticed that he began muttering "He's at Hogwarts" in his sleep. One day during the summer of 1993, when the guards opened the door to his cell to bring his food, Sirius slipped past them in his Animagus form. Upon escaping, he set off for Hogwarts and Pettigrew.<ref name="POA19" /> |
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| − | ===Consequences of escape=== |
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| − | Immediately, the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] began the arduous task of tracking Black down. The Dementors were tasked with searching the countryside, while Fudge informed the [[Muggle]] [[Prime Minister]].<ref name="HBP1"> |
+ | Immediately, the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] began the arduous task of tracking Black down. The Dementors were tasked with searching the countryside, while Fudge informed the [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] [[Prime Minister]].<ref name="HBP1">{{HBP|B|1}}</ref> The Ministry published thousands of "Wanted" posters bearing Sirius' likeness. The entire populace was on edge, for they thought Sirius to be a maniac. |
| + | In the climate of fear, the Ministry thought it best not to inform the public of the truth with regards to any progress. They continued to say that they were close to finding Black, when according to [[Arthur Weasley]], they had made no visible progress.<ref name="POA4">{{POA|B|4}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | On [[1 September]], the [[Hogwarts Express]] was searched by Dementors. This had a disconcerting effect on many of the students. Harry, for example, collapsed in their presence when they searched his compartment.<ref name="POA5"> |
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| + | [[File:Harry vs Dementor.gif|250px|thumb|left|Dementors board the train in search of [[Sirius Black]]]] |
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| − | [[File:Buckbeak.JPG|thumb|The [[hippogriff]] [[Buckbeak]] set to be executed.]] |
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| − | On 6 June, Harry, Hermione and Ron left the castle just before sunset for [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin]]. At dusk, his [[hippogriff]] [[Buckbeak]] was to be executed for an attack upon [[Draco Malfoy]]. The students knew that Buckbeak meant very much to Hagrid, and they ventured out of the castle to console him.<ref name="POA16">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 16 (''Professor Trelawney's Prediction'')</ref> While at Hagrid's, Hermione found Scabbers, Ron's rat, who they assumed to be dead. After leaving hurriedly, Scabbers bit Ron and ran away. They chased him to the shadow of the [[Whomping Willow]], where Sirius in his Animagus form dragged Ron and Scabbers into a tunnel underneath the tree.<ref name="POA17">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 17 (''Cat, Dog, and Rat'')</ref> With the aid of Hermione's cat [[Crookshanks]], Harry and Hermione pursued Ron through the tunnel. Upon reaching its end, they emerged in the [[Shrieking Shack]]. There, they found Ron but were ambushed by Sirius who had transformed back into human form.<ref name="POA17" /> After [[Remus Lupin|Professor Lupin]] and [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]], arrived, and the latter was knocked out, Scabbers was revealed to be Pettigrew.<ref name="POA19" /> The whole story of Sirius's past came to light, and Harry came to believe that his godfather was innocent. He would not, however, permit his father's best friends to become murderers. He believed that Pettigrew should be handed over to the [[Dementor]]s. With that in mind, the assembled group set out for Hogwarts.<ref name="POA19" /> |
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| ⚫ | On [[1 September]], the [[Hogwarts Express]] was searched by Dementors. This had a disconcerting effect on many of the students. Harry, for example, collapsed in their presence when they searched his compartment.<ref name="POA5">{{POA|B|5}}</ref> That evening at the [[Welcoming Feast]], Dumbledore informed the students that Dementors would be guarding the castle's grounds and entrances.<ref name="POA5" /> |
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| − | [[File:Dementor.JPG|thumb|left|The Dementors converge on Harry.]] |
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| − | When the group emerged from the tunnel beneath the Whomping Willow, they set off across the grounds. That evening was a full moon, and when the moon came out from behind a cloud, Lupin transformed into a [[Werewolf]].<ref name="POA20">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 20 (''The Dementor's Kiss'')</ref> To protect Harry, Ron, and Hermione from harm, Sirius transformed into his Animagus form and fought with Lupin. He was badly injured in the fight, and Lupin ran into the [[Forbidden Forest|forest]]. During Lupin's werewolf transformation, Pettigrew managed to remove himself from his restraints. He sprung for Lupin's wand, with which he stunned Ron and then transformed into his Animagus form and escaped.<ref name="POA20" /> While Ron was incapacitated, Harry and Hermione ran in search of Sirius to the shores of the [[Black Lake]]. They found him on all fours with an army of Dementors bearing down upon him. Harry told Hermione to think of something happy, and they both tried to conjure a [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]]. Hermione could not summon anything at all and soon passed out; Sirius passed out, as well. Harry had managed to produce a wispy shield, but he could not drive away the hundred Dementors.<ref name="POA10" /> |
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| + | Hundreds of Dementors were positioned around the school and in [[Hogsmeade]] village. The village itself was searched many times.<ref name="POA10" /> Even with this strengthened security, however, Sirius managed to gain access to the castle at least twice. |
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| ⚫ | Some time after the Dementors had been driven away, Sirius was taken to and locked in [[Filius Flitwick's office]] and Harry, Ron and Hermione were taken to the Hogwarts [[Hospital |
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| + | ====Whamping Willow and Shrieking Shack==== |
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| + | {{Quote|A mass of filthy, matted hair hung to his elbows. If his eyes hadn't been shining out of the deep, dark sockets, he might have been a corpse.The waxy skin was stretched so tightly over the bones of his face, it looked like a skull. His yellow teeth were bared in a grin. It was Sirius Black.|Ron being dragged in the Shrieking Shack by Padfoot|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}} |
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| + | [[File:B3C16M2 Buckbeak's execution.png|250px|thumb|right|The Buckbeak the hippogriff set to be executed as Ministry employees arrive]] |
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| ⚫ | Dumbledore then arrived and announced he had spoken to Sirius and needed to talk to Harry and Hermione in private. After Fudge, Snape and [[Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]] left the wing, Harry and Hermione tried to persuade Dumbledore that Sirius was innocent, not knowing they in fact shared the same view. Dumbledore told the pair |
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| + | On [[6 June]], Harry, Hermione and Ron left the castle just before sunset for [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin|Hagrid's cabin]]. At dusk, his [[hippogriff]] [[Buckbeak]] was to be executed for an attack upon [[Draco Malfoy]]. The students knew that Buckbeak meant very much to Hagrid, and they ventured out of the castle to console him.<ref name="POA16">{{POA|B|16}}</ref> While at Hagrid's, Hermione found Scabbers, Ron's rat, whom they assumed to be dead. |
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| ⚫ | Upon travelling back in time and hiding from their past selves, Harry and Hermione sprinted towards Hagrid's cabin, where they attempted to save Buckbeak, |
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| + | After leaving hurriedly, Scabbers bit Ron and ran away. They chased him to the shadow of the [[Whomping Willow]], where Sirius in his Animagus form dragged Ron and Scabbers into a tunnel underneath the tree.<ref name="POA17">{{POA|B|17}}</ref> With the aid of Hermione's cat [[Crookshanks]], Harry and Hermione pursued Ron through the tunnel. |
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| ⚫ | After rescuing Buckbeak, the pair went the Whomping Willow where they watched Lupin and Snape enter the tree, and Hagrid making his way to the castle. Despite Harry's impatience and desire to intervene, they waited for the group to emerge from the tree after the incident in the Shrieking Shack. |
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| + | [[File:Harry-potter4-movie-screencaps.com-11140.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Snape confronts Sirius and Lupin in the [[Shrieking Shack]]]] |
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| − | After a short time, Harry realised it would be hard to tell when to leave, so we left then, alone. After arriving at the lake, he saw the Dementors emerge "out of the darkness from every direction". They then headed for the opposite bank, for Harry and Hermione's past selves and Sirius. Harry ran to the spot where he saw the mysterious figure and waited. After watching the Dementor in the process of Kissing, he realised he had actually seen himself casting his Patronus. He stepped out from the bush he was behind and shouted the incantation. He produced an blinding, dazzling stag which charged at the Dementor, saving himself, Hermione and Sirius from the Kiss.<ref name="POA21" /> |
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| + | Upon reaching the tunnel's end, they emerged in the Shrieking Shack. There, they found Ron but were ambushed by Sirius who had transformed back into human form.<ref name="POA17" /> Harry and Sirius had a brief tousle, which ended in Harry pointing a wand at Sirius. After [[Remus Lupin|Professor Lupin]] and [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]], arrived, and the latter was knocked out, Scabbers was revealed to be Pettigrew.<ref name="POA19" /> |
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| + | [[File:B3C19M1 Shrieking Shack Wormtail revealed.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Wormtail revealed to be the traitor]] |
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| ⚫ | The Dementors were removed from Hogwarts and Sirius Black lived in secret for another two years, the last year of his life back in [[12 Grimmauld Place|his house]] along with Buckbeak. |
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| + | The whole story of Sirius's past came to light, and Harry came to believe that his godfather was innocent. He would not, however, permit his father's best friends to become murderers. He believed that Pettigrew should be handed over to the [[Dementor]]s. With that in mind, the assembled group set out for Hogwarts.<ref name="POA19" /> |
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| − | [[File:PettigrewSilverHand.jpg|thumb|Wormtail's silver hand]] |
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| + | [[File:Full Moon.png|250px|thumb|left|Padfoot vs Moony]] |
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| + | When the group emerged from the tunnel beneath the Whomping Willow, they set off across the grounds. That evening was a full moon, and when the moon came out from behind a cloud, Lupin transformed into a [[werewolf]].<ref name="POA20">{{POA|B|20}}</ref> To protect Harry, Ron, and Hermione from harm, Sirius transformed into his Animagus form and fought with Lupin. He was badly injured in the fight, and Lupin ran into the forest. |
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| + | During Lupin's werewolf transformation, Pettigrew managed to remove himself from his restraints. He sprung for Lupin's wand, with which he stunned Ron and then transformed into his Animagus form and escaped.<ref name="POA20" /> While Ron was incapacitated, Harry and Hermione ran in search of Sirius to the shores of the [[Great Lake]]. They found him on all fours with an army of Dementors approaching him. |
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| + | Once the Dementors had surrounded the trio, Harry told Hermione to think of something happy, and they both tried to conjure a [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] while Sirius proceeded to pass out. Overwhelmed by the sheer number of Dementors and having no experience with the charm, Hermione could not do it and passed out as well. |
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| + | [[File:Patronus shield POAF.gif|thumb|245x245px|Harry attempting to shield himself and Sirius Black]] |
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| + | Harry managed to produce a wispy silver vapour but he could not drive the continually approaching Dementors away and was forced to struggle in vain, barely keeping the Patronus alive. A Dementor approached Harry and "made a gesture as though to sweep the Patronus aside", leading Harry to exclaim that Sirius was innocent and to double his efforts at driving the Dementor and its fellows back. |
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| ⚫ | After briefly pausing, the Dementor then lowered its hood evidently deciding to eliminate Harry as an obstacle once and for all which caused Harry to falter with fear and his Patronus to vanish. When all hope was lost and as the Dementor was proceeding to Kiss Harry, a bright light shone out from across the lake. A blindingly white stag charged across the lake, and drove away the Dementors. As Harry was about to pass out, he saw a familiar figure welcoming the stag back across the lake. For a fleeting moment, he believed it to be his father.<ref name="POA21">{{POA|B|21}}</ref> |
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| + | [[File:Time travel.gif|left|thumb|245x245px|Harry and Hermione travelling back in time with a [[Time-Turner]]]] |
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| ⚫ | Some time after the Dementors had been driven away, Sirius was taken to and locked in [[Filius Flitwick's office]] and Harry, Ron and Hermione were taken to the Hogwarts [[Hospital Wing]]. There, Fudge and Snape discussed the implications of Sirius' capture, while Harry and Hermione tried to persuade them of his innocence. This was unsuccessful, as Snape had told Fudge that Sirius Confunded the pair, and therefore their assertions were considered null. |
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| ⚫ | Dumbledore then arrived and announced he had spoken to Sirius and needed to talk to Harry and Hermione in private. After Fudge, Snape and [[Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]] left the wing, Harry and Hermione tried to persuade Dumbledore that Sirius was innocent, not knowing they in fact shared the same view. Dumbledore subtley told the pair to travel back in time three hours using Hermione's Time-Turner, which she had been given to be able to cope with attempting twelve [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.Ls]]. |
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| + | [[File:Harry & Hermione free Buckbeak.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Harry and Hermione free Buckbeak, saving the hippogriff's life]] |
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| ⚫ | Upon travelling back in time and hiding from their past selves, Harry and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] sprinted towards Hagrid's cabin, where they attempted to save Buckbeak, who they worked out was one of the 'innocent lives' that Dumbledore hinted at in the hospital wing. This turned out to be difficult, as they had to do this in the sixty second time window between the execution party entering and exiting the cabin, and also Buckbeak's reluctance to leave [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]. |
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| + | Nevertheless, they managed to lead Buckbeak into the forest. Dumbledore may have been deliberately stalling inside the cabin with the knowledge that he would send Harry and Hermione (and presumably Ron) into the past in the future, as he said ''How extraordinary'' with a "note of amusement in his voice". |
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| + | [[File:Dementor attack at Black Lake.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Harry and Hermione watch Dementors descend on Sirius Black and Harry's past self]] |
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| ⚫ | After rescuing [[Buckbeak]], the pair went the Whomping Willow where they watched Lupin and Snape enter the tree, and Hagrid making his way to the castle. Despite Harry's impatience and desire to intervene, they waited for the group to emerge from the tree after the incident in the [[Shrieking Shack]]. |
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| + | Upon realising that they would cross paths with Lupin in Werewolf form, they ran back to Hagrid's cabin and waited there. After a short time, Harry realised it would be hard to tell when to leave, so he left then, alone. After arriving at the lake, he saw the [[Dementor]]s emerge "''out of the darkness from every direction''". |
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| + | [[File:Stag Patronus.png|thumb|250x250px|Harry Potter's stag Patrous saves himself and Sirius]] |
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| + | They then headed for the opposite bank, for Harry and Hermione's past selves and Sirius. Harry ran to the spot where he saw the mysterious figure and waited. After watching the Dementor in the process of Kissing, he realised that he had actually seen himself casting his Patronus. |
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| + | He stepped out from the bush he was behind and shouted the incantation. He produced an blinding, dazzling stag which charged at the Dementor, saving himself, Hermione, and Sirius from the Kiss, ultimately driving all of the Dementors away.<ref name="POA21" /> |
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| + | [[File:B3C21M4 Sirius flying off on Buckbeak.png|left|thumb|250x250px|Sirius and Buckbeak escape and are spared death and the Kiss respectively]] |
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| ⚫ | When Harry and Hermione had gone back in time they waited until they saw the executioner, [[Walden Macnair]], leave the castle. Then they flew Buckbeak per Dumbledore's instructions up to Flitwick's office. They rescued Sirius and gave him Buckbeak on which to escape. The pair then retreated to the hospital wing before they created a paradox in time. |
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| ⚫ | The Dementors were removed from Hogwarts and Sirius Black lived in secret for another two years, the last year of his life back in [[12 Grimmauld Place|his house]] along with Buckbeak. Harry was again [[Attack in Little Whinging|attacked]] by Dementors [[1995|a year later]] and was almost expelled. Sirius was murdered by his cousin [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] during the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]], although he would be exonerated posthumously.<ref name="OotP35">{{OOTP|B|35}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Pettigrew lived for another four years, becoming one of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s servants. However, due to Harry not letting [[Sirius Black]] and [[Remus Lupin]] kill him, he owed Harry a [[life debt]]. During the [[Skirmish at Malfoy Manor]], Wormtail was killed by his own [[Peter Pettigrew's silver hand|silver hand]] after he hesitated to murder Harry.<ref name="DH23">{{DH|B|23}}</ref> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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| + | [[File:Attack at the Great Lake POAF.png|250x250px|thumb|right|The lake in {{POA|FA}}, where the attack happened]] |
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+ | *In {{POA|FA}}, the lake where the attack takes place appears to be a separate one to the [[Great Lake]], which is the attack's location in the book. The Great Lake appears with a completely separate appearance to this lake earlier in the film, appearing exactly as it does in the previous two film adaptations and the following three. It is therefore unlikely that both lakes are intended to be the same by the filmmakers. |
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+ | *Also, in the film adaptation, Hermione does not appear in the scene. |
==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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| + | *{{POA}} {{1st}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' |
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| + | *{{POA|F}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' |
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| + | *{{POA|G}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' |
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+ | *{{OOTP}} {{Mention}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' {{Mention}} |
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| + | *{{PM}} |
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| − | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' |
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| + | *{{WW}} |
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| − | *''[[Pottermore]]'' |
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| + | *{{LEGO|Y1}} |
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| + | *{{HPK}} |
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| + | *{{MA}} {{BNN}} {{Spell card}} |
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==Notes and references== |
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- Ronald Weasley: "Third year, you fought off about a hundred dementors at once —"
- Harry Potter: "You know that was a fluke, if the Time-Turner hadn't —"
- — Harry's heroism when facing Dementors[src]
The attack at the Great Lake took place on 6 June 1994 when over a hundred Dementors attacked Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Sirius Black at said lake.[1] This attack occurred after Harry, Ron, and Hermione encountered Sirius in the Shrieking Shack.
During the attack Harry Potter attempted to defend himself, Hermione, and Sirius with a Patronus Charm, but failed due to the sheer amount of Dementors. However, he and the others were saved by his future self, who had travelled back in time using Hermione's Time-Turner. Catching a brief glimpse of their saviour, Harry initially mistook the mysterious figure for his father.[1]
Harry awoke in the Hospital Wing, and with Hermione, he tried to convince Cornelius Fudge, Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, and Albus Dumbledore that Sirius was innocent. Of them, only Dumbledore believed this. The Headmaster, then, discreetly told them to go back in time, and that they would be able to save more than one innocent life. Leaving Ron, who was injured, the two ventured three hours back in time.[2]
History
Background information
Sirius Black imprisoned in Azkaban
Since the autumn of 1981, Sirius Black had been the most notorious prisoner in Azkaban. He had been wrongfully imprisoned for betraying James and Lily Potter and the murder of Pettigrew and twelve Muggles.
He was also thought to be both a loyal supporter of Lord Voldemort and certifiably insane.[3] Both of these assumptions were incorrect as well. Twelve years after his incarceration, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge made a routine visit to the prison.
Sirius Black Azkaban escapee
When he passed Black's cell, Sirius asked the Minister for his newspaper remarking that he missed doing the crossword puzzles.[3] In the newspaper, Sirius saw a picture of the Weasley family. He also saw another familiar sight in that picture. In it was Ron's rat Scabbers, but Sirius could tell that the rat was in fact Pettigrew in Animagus form.[4]
Upon seeing that picture, he realised that Pettigrew was perfectly placed to attack Harry should the Dark Lord return. Consumed with the idea of saving Harry from Pettigrew, Sirius planned to escape from Azkaban.[4] The Dementors noticed that he began muttering "He's at Hogwarts" in his sleep. One day during the summer of 1993, when the guards opened the door to his cell to bring his food, Sirius slipped past them in his Animagus form. Upon escaping, he set off for Hogwarts and Pettigrew.[4]
Consequences of escape
Immediately, the Ministry of Magic began the arduous task of tracking Black down. The Dementors were tasked with searching the countryside, while Fudge informed the Muggle Prime Minister.[5] The Ministry published thousands of "Wanted" posters bearing Sirius' likeness. The entire populace was on edge, for they thought Sirius to be a maniac.
In the climate of fear, the Ministry thought it best not to inform the public of the truth with regards to any progress. They continued to say that they were close to finding Black, when according to Arthur Weasley, they had made no visible progress.[6]
Dementors board the train in search of Sirius Black
On 1 September, the Hogwarts Express was searched by Dementors. This had a disconcerting effect on many of the students. Harry, for example, collapsed in their presence when they searched his compartment.[7] That evening at the Welcoming Feast, Dumbledore informed the students that Dementors would be guarding the castle's grounds and entrances.[7]
Hundreds of Dementors were positioned around the school and in Hogsmeade village. The village itself was searched many times.[3] Even with this strengthened security, however, Sirius managed to gain access to the castle at least twice.
Events of 6 June
Whamping Willow and Shrieking Shack
- "A mass of filthy, matted hair hung to his elbows. If his eyes hadn't been shining out of the deep, dark sockets, he might have been a corpse.The waxy skin was stretched so tightly over the bones of his face, it looked like a skull. His yellow teeth were bared in a grin. It was Sirius Black."
- — Ron being dragged in the Shrieking Shack by Padfoot[src]
The Buckbeak the hippogriff set to be executed as Ministry employees arrive
On 6 June, Harry, Hermione and Ron left the castle just before sunset for Hagrid's cabin. At dusk, his hippogriff Buckbeak was to be executed for an attack upon Draco Malfoy. The students knew that Buckbeak meant very much to Hagrid, and they ventured out of the castle to console him.[8] While at Hagrid's, Hermione found Scabbers, Ron's rat, whom they assumed to be dead.
After leaving hurriedly, Scabbers bit Ron and ran away. They chased him to the shadow of the Whomping Willow, where Sirius in his Animagus form dragged Ron and Scabbers into a tunnel underneath the tree.[9] With the aid of Hermione's cat Crookshanks, Harry and Hermione pursued Ron through the tunnel.
Snape confronts Sirius and Lupin in the Shrieking Shack
Upon reaching the tunnel's end, they emerged in the Shrieking Shack. There, they found Ron but were ambushed by Sirius who had transformed back into human form.[9] Harry and Sirius had a brief tousle, which ended in Harry pointing a wand at Sirius. After Professor Lupin and Professor Snape, arrived, and the latter was knocked out, Scabbers was revealed to be Pettigrew.[4]
Wormtail revealed to be the traitor
The whole story of Sirius's past came to light, and Harry came to believe that his godfather was innocent. He would not, however, permit his father's best friends to become murderers. He believed that Pettigrew should be handed over to the Dementors. With that in mind, the assembled group set out for Hogwarts.[4]
Attack
- "With every ounce of strength he could muster, Harry raised his head a few inches and saw an animal amid the light, galloping away across the lake... Eyes blurred with sweat, Harry tried to make out what it was… It was as bright as a unicorn… Fighting to stay conscious, Harry watched it canter to a halt as it reached the opposite shore. For a moment, Harry saw, by its brightness, somebody welcoming it back... raising his hand to pat it... someone who looked strangely familiar... but it couldn’t be..."
- — Harry witnessing his own Patronus fight the Dementors[src]
Padfoot vs Moony
When the group emerged from the tunnel beneath the Whomping Willow, they set off across the grounds. That evening was a full moon, and when the moon came out from behind a cloud, Lupin transformed into a werewolf.[1] To protect Harry, Ron, and Hermione from harm, Sirius transformed into his Animagus form and fought with Lupin. He was badly injured in the fight, and Lupin ran into the forest.
During Lupin's werewolf transformation, Pettigrew managed to remove himself from his restraints. He sprung for Lupin's wand, with which he stunned Ron and then transformed into his Animagus form and escaped.[1] While Ron was incapacitated, Harry and Hermione ran in search of Sirius to the shores of the Great Lake. They found him on all fours with an army of Dementors approaching him.
Once the Dementors had surrounded the trio, Harry told Hermione to think of something happy, and they both tried to conjure a Patronus while Sirius proceeded to pass out. Overwhelmed by the sheer number of Dementors and having no experience with the charm, Hermione could not do it and passed out as well.
Harry attempting to shield himself and Sirius Black
Harry managed to produce a wispy silver vapour but he could not drive the continually approaching Dementors away and was forced to struggle in vain, barely keeping the Patronus alive. A Dementor approached Harry and "made a gesture as though to sweep the Patronus aside", leading Harry to exclaim that Sirius was innocent and to double his efforts at driving the Dementor and its fellows back.
After briefly pausing, the Dementor then lowered its hood evidently deciding to eliminate Harry as an obstacle once and for all which caused Harry to falter with fear and his Patronus to vanish. When all hope was lost and as the Dementor was proceeding to Kiss Harry, a bright light shone out from across the lake. A blindingly white stag charged across the lake, and drove away the Dementors. As Harry was about to pass out, he saw a familiar figure welcoming the stag back across the lake. For a fleeting moment, he believed it to be his father.[2]
Harry and Hermione travelling back in time with a Time-Turner
Some time after the Dementors had been driven away, Sirius was taken to and locked in Filius Flitwick's office and Harry, Ron and Hermione were taken to the Hogwarts Hospital Wing. There, Fudge and Snape discussed the implications of Sirius' capture, while Harry and Hermione tried to persuade them of his innocence. This was unsuccessful, as Snape had told Fudge that Sirius Confunded the pair, and therefore their assertions were considered null.
Dumbledore then arrived and announced he had spoken to Sirius and needed to talk to Harry and Hermione in private. After Fudge, Snape and Madam Pomfrey left the wing, Harry and Hermione tried to persuade Dumbledore that Sirius was innocent, not knowing they in fact shared the same view. Dumbledore subtley told the pair to travel back in time three hours using Hermione's Time-Turner, which she had been given to be able to cope with attempting twelve O.W.Ls.
Harry and Hermione free Buckbeak, saving the hippogriff's life
Upon travelling back in time and hiding from their past selves, Harry and Hermione sprinted towards Hagrid's cabin, where they attempted to save Buckbeak, who they worked out was one of the 'innocent lives' that Dumbledore hinted at in the hospital wing. This turned out to be difficult, as they had to do this in the sixty second time window between the execution party entering and exiting the cabin, and also Buckbeak's reluctance to leave Hagrid.
Nevertheless, they managed to lead Buckbeak into the forest. Dumbledore may have been deliberately stalling inside the cabin with the knowledge that he would send Harry and Hermione (and presumably Ron) into the past in the future, as he said How extraordinary with a "note of amusement in his voice".
Harry and Hermione watch Dementors descend on Sirius Black and Harry's past self
After rescuing Buckbeak, the pair went the Whomping Willow where they watched Lupin and Snape enter the tree, and Hagrid making his way to the castle. Despite Harry's impatience and desire to intervene, they waited for the group to emerge from the tree after the incident in the Shrieking Shack.
Upon realising that they would cross paths with Lupin in Werewolf form, they ran back to Hagrid's cabin and waited there. After a short time, Harry realised it would be hard to tell when to leave, so he left then, alone. After arriving at the lake, he saw the Dementors emerge "out of the darkness from every direction".
Harry Potter's stag Patrous saves himself and Sirius
They then headed for the opposite bank, for Harry and Hermione's past selves and Sirius. Harry ran to the spot where he saw the mysterious figure and waited. After watching the Dementor in the process of Kissing, he realised that he had actually seen himself casting his Patronus.
He stepped out from the bush he was behind and shouted the incantation. He produced an blinding, dazzling stag which charged at the Dementor, saving himself, Hermione, and Sirius from the Kiss, ultimately driving all of the Dementors away.[2]
Aftermath
- "You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?"
- — Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter on love[src]
Sirius and Buckbeak escape and are spared death and the Kiss respectively
When Harry and Hermione had gone back in time they waited until they saw the executioner, Walden Macnair, leave the castle. Then they flew Buckbeak per Dumbledore's instructions up to Flitwick's office. They rescued Sirius and gave him Buckbeak on which to escape. The pair then retreated to the hospital wing before they created a paradox in time.
The Dementors were removed from Hogwarts and Sirius Black lived in secret for another two years, the last year of his life back in his house along with Buckbeak. Harry was again attacked by Dementors a year later and was almost expelled. Sirius was murdered by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, although he would be exonerated posthumously.[10]
Pettigrew lived for another four years, becoming one of Lord Voldemort's servants. However, due to Harry not letting Sirius Black and Remus Lupin kill him, he owed Harry a life debt. During the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor, Wormtail was killed by his own silver hand after he hesitated to murder Harry.[11]
Behind the scenes
The lake in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where the attack happened
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the lake where the attack takes place appears to be a separate one to the Great Lake, which is the attack's location in the book. The Great Lake appears with a completely separate appearance to this lake earlier in the film, appearing exactly as it does in the previous two film adaptations and the following three. It is therefore unlikely that both lakes are intended to be the same by the filmmakers.
- Also, in the film adaptation, Hermione does not appear in the scene.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (In the Book with No Name) (Appears in the spell book)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 20 (The Dementor's Kiss)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 21 (Hermione's Secret)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19 (The Servant of Lord Voldemort)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1 (The Other Minister)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 16 (Professor Trelawney's Prediction)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 17 (Cat, Rat and Dog)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 23 (Malfoy Manor)