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| − | {{Quote|Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is [[love]]. He didn't realise that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.|[[Dumbledore]] |
+ | {{Quote|Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is [[love]]. He didn't realise that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.|[[Dumbledore]] regarding the power of love|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}} |
| − | '''Sacrificial protection''' is an ancient, powerful, and long-lasting [[counter-charm]]<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]</ref> that is endowed when one person (who we will call "the victim" for purposes of this article) ultimately sacrifices his or her own life willingly and out of deep and pure [[love]] to |
+ | '''Sacrificial protection''' is an ancient, powerful, and long-lasting [[counter-charm]]<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]</ref> that is endowed when one person (who we will call "the victim" for purposes of this article) ultimately sacrifices his or her own life willingly and out of deep and pure [[love]] to save the life of one or more people (who this article will refer to as "beneficiaries").<ref name="poa17">''Philosopher's Stone'', Ch. 17</ref><ref name="gof33">''Goblet of Fire'', Ch. 33</ref><ref name="ootp37">''Order of the Phoenix'', Ch. 37</ref><ref name="dh36">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 36</ref> |
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+ | When the person to make the sacrifice dies, the counter-charm is so powerful that the murderer can not touch the intended victim, as the protection lives on in their veins. |
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| − | {{Quote|But I knew too where Voldemort was weak. And so I made my decision. You would be protected by an ancient magic of which he knows, which he despises, and which he has always, therefore, underestimated — to his cost. I am speaking, of course, of the fact that your mother died to save you. She gave you a lingering protection he never expected, a protection that flows in your veins to this day.|Dumbledore |
+ | {{Quote|But I knew too where Voldemort was weak. And so I made my decision. You would be protected by an ancient magic of which he knows, which he despises, and which he has always, therefore, underestimated — to his cost. I am speaking, of course, of the fact that your mother died to save you. She gave you a lingering protection he never expected, a protection that flows in your veins to this day.|Dumbledore regarding sacrificial protection|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
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+ | [[File:Tumblr_lth8u7IhCZ1qa9jn1o7_r1_250.gif|frame|left|[[Harry Potter]] lets [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] hit him with the Killing Curse in order to protect his friends and allies|240x240px]] |
Sacrificial protection can be conferred on a single beneficiary or on a group of them.<ref name="dh36" /> In cases involving a single person, the protection prevents whoever murdered the person who sacrificed their life from physically touching the person saved without experiencing excruciating pain,<ref name="poa17" /><ref name="gof33" /> and will cause a [[Killing Curse]] cast at the saved person by the murderer to rebound.<ref name="gof33" /> In cases involving multiple beneficiaries, the extent of the protection is not known, but it seems that it is less than in single-beneficiary cases, so that spells cast by the murderer at those beneficiaries will simply wear off more quickly rather than be reflected back (although it is unknown how that would apply to the Killing Curse). However, the difference in the level of protection could also be attributed to whether or not the victim actually dies since in the only known case in which sacrificial protection was conferred to a group of people, the intended victim survived.<ref name="dh36" /> |
Sacrificial protection can be conferred on a single beneficiary or on a group of them.<ref name="dh36" /> In cases involving a single person, the protection prevents whoever murdered the person who sacrificed their life from physically touching the person saved without experiencing excruciating pain,<ref name="poa17" /><ref name="gof33" /> and will cause a [[Killing Curse]] cast at the saved person by the murderer to rebound.<ref name="gof33" /> In cases involving multiple beneficiaries, the extent of the protection is not known, but it seems that it is less than in single-beneficiary cases, so that spells cast by the murderer at those beneficiaries will simply wear off more quickly rather than be reflected back (although it is unknown how that would apply to the Killing Curse). However, the difference in the level of protection could also be attributed to whether or not the victim actually dies since in the only known case in which sacrificial protection was conferred to a group of people, the intended victim survived.<ref name="dh36" /> |
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==Bond of Blood== |
==Bond of Blood== |
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| − | {{Quote|She may have taken you grudgingly, furiously, unwillingly, bitterly, yet still she took you, and in doing so, she sealed [[Bond of blood charm|the charm]] I placed upon you. Your mother's sacrifice made the bond of blood the strongest shield I could give you.|Dumbledore to [[Harry Potter]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
+ | {{Quote|She may have taken you grudgingly, furiously, unwillingly, bitterly, yet still she took you, and in doing so, she sealed [[Bond of blood charm|the charm]] I placed upon you. Your mother's sacrifice made the bond of blood the strongest shield I could give you.|Dumbledore explaining the Bond of Blood to [[Harry Potter]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
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+ | [[File:BabyHarryLeftAtPrivetDrive.png|thumb|249x249px|[[Albus Dumbledore]] leaves infant Harry Potter and a note on the doorstep of [[4 Privet Drive]] so that the bond of blood [[charm]] he placed on Harry can be sealed]] |
| − | If the victim was related to the beneficiary, then a powerful [[charm]] can be cast upon the beneficiary to give them additional protection (although it is unknown how closely the two must be related for this charm to work). This charm prevents any harm from coming to the beneficiary from the murderer while they are in a blood-related relative's home.<ref name=" |
+ | If the victim was related to the beneficiary, then a powerful [[charm]] can be cast upon the beneficiary to give them additional protection (although it is unknown how closely the two must be related for this charm to work). This charm prevents any harm from coming to the beneficiary from the murderer while they are in a blood-related relative's home.<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 37 (''The Lost Prophecy'')</ref> |
However, in order for this charm's power to take effect, the living blood-relative must first take the saved person into their home willingly.<ref name="ootp37" /> Once activated, this bond of blood will prevent harm from coming to the beneficiary when they are in their relative's home<ref name="ootp37" /> but it will break automatically when the saved person moves out permanently or turns seventeen (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_majority age of majority] in the British wizarding world), whichever happens first.<ref name="dh4">''Deathly Hallows, Ch. 4''</ref><ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm#blood 2005 Edinburgh 'cub reporter' press conference]</ref> |
However, in order for this charm's power to take effect, the living blood-relative must first take the saved person into their home willingly.<ref name="ootp37" /> Once activated, this bond of blood will prevent harm from coming to the beneficiary when they are in their relative's home<ref name="ootp37" /> but it will break automatically when the saved person moves out permanently or turns seventeen (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_majority age of majority] in the British wizarding world), whichever happens first.<ref name="dh4">''Deathly Hallows, Ch. 4''</ref><ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm#blood 2005 Edinburgh 'cub reporter' press conference]</ref> |
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{{Dialogue a-b-a|Harry|I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people —|Voldemort|But you did not!|— I meant to, and that's what did it. I've done what my mother did. They're protected from you. Haven't you noticed how none of the spells you put on them ''aren't'' binding? You can't torture them. You can't touch them.|Harry and Voldemort's [[Voldemort's Last Stand|final duel]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
{{Dialogue a-b-a|Harry|I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people —|Voldemort|But you did not!|— I meant to, and that's what did it. I've done what my mother did. They're protected from you. Haven't you noticed how none of the spells you put on them ''aren't'' binding? You can't torture them. You can't touch them.|Harry and Voldemort's [[Voldemort's Last Stand|final duel]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}} |
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| ⚫ | |[[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]] sacrificed her life in order to protect her infant son, [[Harry Potter|Harry]] from [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]. This placed Harry under magical protection, so that when Voldemort cast the [[Killing Curse]] at Harry in turn, the spell backfired, leaving [[Harry Potter|Harry]] unharmed (save for a [[Harry Potter's scars#The lightning-bolt scar|scar on his forehead]]) and Voldemort bodiless. Harry became the only known person to survive the Killing Curse because of the power of his mother's loving sacrifice. However, foreseeing Voldemort's inevitable return, [[Albus Dumbledore]] furthered Harry's protection by casting the above-mentioned [[charm]] on him and leaving him in the care of his only living relative, [[Petunia Dursley]] (Lily's older sister).<ref name="ootp37" /> |
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| ⚫ | |During the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], Harry Potter willingly allowed himself to be hit with a Killing Curse cast by Lord Voldemort so that the [[Horcrux|piece of Voldemort's soul]] residing inside him would be destroyed and the [[Dark Wizard]] could be defeated once and for all. This conferred a certain amount of protection on Harry's allies, making it so that spells Voldemort tried to place on them, including [[Silencing Charm|Silencing Charms ]]and a [[Full Body-Bind Curse]], quickly wore off.<ref name="dh36" /> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
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*It would seem that the protection can take effect even if the opportunity for self-preservation is presented only by circumstance. In 1998, during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], Voldemort gave Harry one hour to surrender himself, vowing to hunt him down if he did not show up in that time.<ref name="dh33" /> Nonetheless, although Voldemort was determined to kill Harry, Harry's sacrificial protection worked to save his friends, presumably because he willingly gave himself up despite having enough time to try to run away, whereas James Potter was only given a minute's notice of Voldemort's arrival. Also he arrived to face Voldemort just after the required hour and by that time Voldemort thought he wasn't coming. |
*It would seem that the protection can take effect even if the opportunity for self-preservation is presented only by circumstance. In 1998, during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], Voldemort gave Harry one hour to surrender himself, vowing to hunt him down if he did not show up in that time.<ref name="dh33" /> Nonetheless, although Voldemort was determined to kill Harry, Harry's sacrificial protection worked to save his friends, presumably because he willingly gave himself up despite having enough time to try to run away, whereas James Potter was only given a minute's notice of Voldemort's arrival. Also he arrived to face Voldemort just after the required hour and by that time Voldemort thought he wasn't coming. |
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*It is unknown if anyone employed by the murderer can harm a beneficiary. This is seemingly evidenced during the Battle of Hogwarts, where it is believed that Harry protected his friends from Voldemort, after which, not even any [[Death Eaters]], much less Voldemort himself, were able to do any damage to the Hogwarts army. |
*It is unknown if anyone employed by the murderer can harm a beneficiary. This is seemingly evidenced during the Battle of Hogwarts, where it is believed that Harry protected his friends from Voldemort, after which, not even any [[Death Eaters]], much less Voldemort himself, were able to do any damage to the Hogwarts army. |
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| − | *Because of Harry's sacrificial protection, the spells that Voldemort and his [[Death Eaters]] cast did not work properly. Voldemort's [[Silencing Charm]] did not keep the Hogwarts residents quiet for long, and [[Neville Longbottom]] was able to break the [[Full Body-Bind Curse]] Voldemort cast on him. Yet also in the final film, Voldemort casts the [[Stunning Spell]] on Neville out of anger after seeing Harry alive. This spell did not hold, either, as Neville woke up soon after. Furthermore, neither Voldemort or the Death Eaters were able to do any damage to the Hogwarts students, [[Professor]]s, [[Hogsmeade]] villagers, [[Order of the Phoenix]] or other participants. |
+ | *Because of Harry's sacrificial protection, the spells that Voldemort and his [[Death Eaters]] cast did not work properly. Voldemort's [[Silencing Charm]] did not keep the Hogwarts residents quiet for long, and [[Neville Longbottom]] was able to break the [[Full Body-Bind Curse]] Voldemort cast on him. Yet also in the final film, Voldemort casts the [[Stunning Spell]] on Neville out of anger after seeing Harry alive. This spell did not hold, either, as Neville woke up soon after. Furthermore, neither Voldemort or the Death Eaters were able to do any damage to the Hogwarts students, [[Professor]]s, [[Hogsmeade]] villagers, [[Order of the Phoenix]] or other participants. Interestingly, Harry is also seen in the films as being able to deflect Killing-Curses with a [[Shield Charm|Shield-Charm]], although this may be to do with the allegiance of the [[Elder Wand]] rather than the sacrificial protection. This is the sole place in the final film where the blocking of a Killing-Curse can be considered to be theoretically possible, as other blocks (such as by Bellatrix) exist to elongate duels and increase drama. |
*It is seen during the Battle of Hogwarts that the spell only protects living people, as the [[Dark Wizard]]s were still able to destroy areas of [[Hogwarts]]. |
*It is seen during the Battle of Hogwarts that the spell only protects living people, as the [[Dark Wizard]]s were still able to destroy areas of [[Hogwarts]]. |
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"Are you a wizard, or what?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title. |
- "Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realise that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever."
- — Dumbledore regarding the power of love[src]
Sacrificial protection is an ancient, powerful, and long-lasting counter-charm[2] that is endowed when one person (who we will call "the victim" for purposes of this article) ultimately sacrifices his or her own life willingly and out of deep and pure love to save the life of one or more people (who this article will refer to as "beneficiaries").[3][4][5][6]
When the person to make the sacrifice dies, the counter-charm is so powerful that the murderer can not touch the intended victim, as the protection lives on in their veins.
Nature
Requirements
In order for the protection to form, the victim must be given the option to live, but consciously choose death.[7] This is why James Potter's death did not confer magical protection on Lily and Harry in 1981; Voldemort was set upon killing James and thus never gave him an opportunity to choose to save himself.[7] Lily, on the other hand, was offered the chance to step aside because Voldemort had promised Severus Snape that he would not kill her unless she got in his way.[8] Her conscious refusal to comply with Voldemort's demand is why unusually strong magical protection was conferred upon her only son.[7]
Effects
- "But I knew too where Voldemort was weak. And so I made my decision. You would be protected by an ancient magic of which he knows, which he despises, and which he has always, therefore, underestimated — to his cost. I am speaking, of course, of the fact that your mother died to save you. She gave you a lingering protection he never expected, a protection that flows in your veins to this day."
- — Dumbledore regarding sacrificial protection[src]
Harry Potter lets Voldemort hit him with the Killing Curse in order to protect his friends and allies
Sacrificial protection can be conferred on a single beneficiary or on a group of them.[6] In cases involving a single person, the protection prevents whoever murdered the person who sacrificed their life from physically touching the person saved without experiencing excruciating pain,[3][4] and will cause a Killing Curse cast at the saved person by the murderer to rebound.[4] In cases involving multiple beneficiaries, the extent of the protection is not known, but it seems that it is less than in single-beneficiary cases, so that spells cast by the murderer at those beneficiaries will simply wear off more quickly rather than be reflected back (although it is unknown how that would apply to the Killing Curse). However, the difference in the level of protection could also be attributed to whether or not the victim actually dies since in the only known case in which sacrificial protection was conferred to a group of people, the intended victim survived.[6]
Another defensive effect of sacrificial protection binds the beneficiary to life when his or her blood is transferred to another person (perhaps this only works when the beneficiary's blood is transferred to the murderer) as long as that person lives. If the blood is transferred to the murderer, then the murderer will be able to overcome some aspects of the protection. Evidence of this can be seen in the way that Voldemort was able to touch Harry and harm him with spells after his rebirth and resurrection.[9]
Bond of Blood
- "She may have taken you grudgingly, furiously, unwillingly, bitterly, yet still she took you, and in doing so, she sealed the charm I placed upon you. Your mother's sacrifice made the bond of blood the strongest shield I could give you."
- — Dumbledore explaining the Bond of Blood to Harry Potter[src]
Albus Dumbledore leaves infant Harry Potter and a note on the doorstep of 4 Privet Drive so that the bond of blood charm he placed on Harry can be sealed
If the victim was related to the beneficiary, then a powerful charm can be cast upon the beneficiary to give them additional protection (although it is unknown how closely the two must be related for this charm to work). This charm prevents any harm from coming to the beneficiary from the murderer while they are in a blood-related relative's home.[1]
However, in order for this charm's power to take effect, the living blood-relative must first take the saved person into their home willingly.[5] Once activated, this bond of blood will prevent harm from coming to the beneficiary when they are in their relative's home[5] but it will break automatically when the saved person moves out permanently or turns seventeen (the age of majority in the British wizarding world), whichever happens first.[10][11]
Known occurrences
- Harry: "I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people —"
- Voldemort: "But you did not!"
- Harry: "— I meant to, and that's what did it. I've done what my mother did. They're protected from you. Haven't you noticed how none of the spells you put on them aren't binding? You can't torture them. You can't touch them."
- — Harry and Voldemort's final duel[src]
| Person sacrificed | Person(s) protected | Date | Notes |
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| Lily Potter | Harry Potter | 31 October, 1981 | 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 Harry unharmed (save for a scar on his forehead) and Voldemort bodiless. Harry became the only known person to survive the Killing Curse because of the power of his mother's loving sacrifice. However, foreseeing Voldemort's inevitable return, Albus Dumbledore furthered Harry's protection by casting the above-mentioned charm on him and leaving him in the care of his only living relative, Petunia Dursley (Lily's older sister).[5] |
| Harry Potter | Defenders of Hogwarts | 2 May, 1998 | During the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter willingly allowed himself to be hit with a Killing Curse cast by Lord Voldemort so that the piece of Voldemort's soul residing inside him would be destroyed and the Dark Wizard could be defeated once and for all. This conferred a certain amount of protection on Harry's allies, making it so that spells Voldemort tried to place on them, including Silencing Charms and a Full Body-Bind Curse, quickly wore off.[6] |
Behind the scenes
- It would seem that the protection can take effect even if the opportunity for self-preservation is presented only by circumstance. In 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort gave Harry one hour to surrender himself, vowing to hunt him down if he did not show up in that time.[8] Nonetheless, although Voldemort was determined to kill Harry, Harry's sacrificial protection worked to save his friends, presumably because he willingly gave himself up despite having enough time to try to run away, whereas James Potter was only given a minute's notice of Voldemort's arrival. Also he arrived to face Voldemort just after the required hour and by that time Voldemort thought he wasn't coming.
- It is unknown if anyone employed by the murderer can harm a beneficiary. This is seemingly evidenced during the Battle of Hogwarts, where it is believed that Harry protected his friends from Voldemort, after which, not even any Death Eaters, much less Voldemort himself, were able to do any damage to the Hogwarts army.
- Because of Harry's sacrificial protection, the spells that Voldemort and his Death Eaters cast did not work properly. Voldemort's Silencing Charm did not keep the Hogwarts residents quiet for long, and Neville Longbottom was able to break the Full Body-Bind Curse Voldemort cast on him. Yet also in the final film, Voldemort casts the Stunning Spell on Neville out of anger after seeing Harry alive. This spell did not hold, either, as Neville woke up soon after. Furthermore, neither Voldemort or the Death Eaters were able to do any damage to the Hogwarts students, Professors, Hogsmeade villagers, Order of the Phoenix or other participants. Interestingly, Harry is also seen in the films as being able to deflect Killing-Curses with a Shield-Charm, although this may be to do with the allegiance of the Elder Wand rather than the sacrificial protection. This is the sole place in the final film where the blocking of a Killing-Curse can be considered to be theoretically possible, as other blocks (such as by Bellatrix) exist to elongate duels and increase drama.
- It is seen during the Battle of Hogwarts that the spell only protects living people, as the Dark Wizards were still able to destroy areas of Hogwarts.
- Lord Voldemort's inability to understand the power of love made him severely underestimate and misunderstand the power of this protection. He believed that by taking Harry's blood for his regeneration, he would be able to bypass the shielding, and thought being able to touch Harry was evidence of such; contrarily, this strengthened the protection by preventing Voldemort from killing Harry.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 37 (The Lost Prophecy)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Philosopher's Stone, Ch. 17
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Goblet of Fire, Ch. 33
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Order of the Phoenix, Ch. 37
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Deathly Hallows, Ch. 36
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 2005 Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Deathly Hallows, Ch. 33
- ↑ F.A.Q. question on J.K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ Deathly Hallows, Ch. 4
- ↑ 2005 Edinburgh 'cub reporter' press conference