Talk:Fawkes

Picture

Is there any way we can get a picture of Fawkes when he is not just born or dying? I personally think he looks WAY worse during those stages, and phoenixes are supposed to be beautiful creatures. Freakatone 21:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Wands

Where does it state that the feathers for the wands came from Fawkes?

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chapter 36, page 697 (in the Scholastic edition, at least). - Nick O'Demus 17:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Question

How many rebirths could have a phoenix like Fawkes?--Station7 21:26, November 3, 2009 (UTC)

I don't think a number is ever given for the number of lives or the overall sum that they can go through, being magical creatures it might be limitless. Ty 06:56, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

BATTLE OF HOGWORTS...(Last chapter)

"Seconds later, out of one of the castle’s shattered windows, something that looked like a misshapen bird flew through the half light and landed in Voldemort’s hand. He

shook the mildewed object by its pointed end and it dangled, empty and ragged: the Sorting Hat." I always thought it was Fawkes... But article says: When Dumbledore died, Fawkes left the castle as a free phoenix and was never seen again. So WTF brought the sorting hat ..if Fawkes didn't?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Unregistered contributor 77.234.248.230 (talk • contribs).

Voldemort used a Summoning Charm to bring the Hat to him. 70.249.155.176 20:51, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah it says the 'something' that looked like a bird flew into his hand, the hat was in his hand, thus the hat looked like a bird as it flew. Ty 06:56, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

Brink of death

It mentions that the tears have healing powers and can bring people back from the brink of death. We know that Dumbledore was definitely on the brink of death due to being cursed by the ring and suffering the effects of the pool of water. What we don't actually know: when Snape said "Avada Kadavra" was he actually casting the spell (which requires more than the words, but also intent) or just saying the words and hitting him with some other spell to knock him off the tower?

If Dumbledore cushioned his landing so he didn't die instantaneously (easy for him no doubt) but was quickly expiring due to the potion, I think Fawkes would have cried and then the tears could have cured him... it occurs to me one could ask "well why didn't Fawkes use the tears to heal him earlier instead of suffering the curse of the ring for so long?" and I can only think that it can't cry on demand so it is only right before one is about to die that it will occur, and drinking the pool brought Dumbledore all the much closer to that cusp of death that Fawkes would realize and lament as he did when Harry got that close.

I think there was a great deal of speculation over whether or not he really died, in the traditional of Gandalf you can't help but wonder. The portrait seems to indicate this but I imagine something like that would be easy to conjure. Ty 06:56, April 7, 2010 (UTC)