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{{Conjecture}}[[File:Dumbledore gaining entry.jpg|thumb|right|[[Albus Dumbledore]] gaining entry into The Cave with his blood]]
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{{Dialogue a-b-a|Albus Dumbledore|Oh, surely not. So crude.|Harry Potter|What is it, Professor?|I rather think that we are required to make payment to pass. ''[...]'' Blood, if I am not much mistaken. ''[...]'' The idea, as I am sure you will have gathered, is that your enemy must weaken him or herself to enter. Once again, Lord Voldemort fails to grasp that there are much more terrible things than physical injury.|Albus Dumbledore explains Voldemort's protection on The Cave to Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
[[File:Dumbledore gaining entry.jpg|thumb|right|[[Albus Dumbledore]] gaining entry]]
 
'''Weakness payment''' was the way of gaining entry to the inner part of the [[Horcrux Cave]]. It consisted of weaken the person who wanted to gain entry in any possible way, and was created by [[Tom Riddle]] in his early teenage years in the [[1930s]].
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A '''payment of weakness''' was the way of gaining entry to the inner part of the [[The Cave]]. It consisted of weakening the person who wanted to gain entry in any possible way, and was created by [[Tom Riddle]] in his early teenage years in the [[1930s]].<ref name="HBP26"/>
   
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==History==
In [[1979]] [[Regulus Black]] had begun to have doubts about serving as a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]], but was reluctant to act. One day, [[Voldemort]] asked Regulus for the use of his [[House-elf|house-elf]], [[Kreacher]]. Voldemort used Kreacher to test the defenses around his [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|locket]] [[Horcrux]], leaving him to die afterwards. Kreacher was able to escape using [[House-elf magic|house-elf magic]], and told Regulus of what had happened. This led to Regulus' defection and he [[First Skirmish at the Horcrux Cave|travelled to the Cave]] to replace the locket with [[Regulus Black's locket|a replica]]. He had to get past the passage which required that he weakened himself.
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In [[1979]], [[Regulus Black]] had begun to have doubts about serving as a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]], but was reluctant to act. One day, [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] asked Regulus for the use of his [[house-elf]], [[Kreacher]]. Voldemort used Kreacher to test the defences around his [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket|locket]] [[Horcrux]], leaving him to die afterwards. Kreacher was able to escape using [[house-elf magic]], and told Regulus of what had happened. This led to Regulus' defection and he [[Skirmish at the Cave (1979)|travelled to the Cave]] to replace the locket with [[Regulus Black's locket|a replica]]. He had to get past the passage which required that he weakened himself.<ref name="DH10">{{DH|B|10}}</ref>
   
In [[1997]] [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] [[Apparate]]d to this cave to [[Second Skirmish at the Horcrux Cave|break into]] the [[Horcrux Cave Island|place]] where the Horcrux is hidden. In order to get inside Albus Dumbledore used [[Albus Dumbledore's knife|his knife]] to cut his hand open and use [[Blood|his own blood]] to get past the passage and into the inner part.
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In [[1997]], [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] [[Apparition|Apparated]] to this cave to [[Second skirmish at the Cave|break into]] the [[The Cave island|place]] where the Horcrux is hidden. In order to get inside, Albus Dumbledore used [[Albus Dumbledore's knife|his knife]] to cut his hand open and use [[Blood|his own blood]] to get past the passage and into the inner part. He noted this method is another sign of Voldemort's inability to understand there are more terrible things than physical injuries. Harry tried to offer his blood instead, but Dumbledore declined, believing the young man's blood is far more precious than his own. Later, when the two departed with [[Regulus Black's locket|the locket]] at hand, Harry used the blood that was dripping out of him from a scrape to serve as payment for the doorway.<ref name="HBP26">{{HBP|B|26}}</ref>
   
 
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 20 May 2022

Dumbledore gaining entry

Albus Dumbledore gaining entry into The Cave with his blood

Albus Dumbledore: "Oh, surely not. So crude."
Harry Potter: "What is it, Professor?"
Albus Dumbledore: "I rather think that we are required to make payment to pass. [...] Blood, if I am not much mistaken. [...] The idea, as I am sure you will have gathered, is that your enemy must weaken him or herself to enter. Once again, Lord Voldemort fails to grasp that there are much more terrible things than physical injury."
— Albus Dumbledore explains Voldemort's protection on The Cave to Harry Potter[src]

A payment of weakness was the way of gaining entry to the inner part of the The Cave. It consisted of weakening the person who wanted to gain entry in any possible way, and was created by Tom Riddle in his early teenage years in the 1930s.[1]

History

In 1979, Regulus Black had begun to have doubts about serving as a Death Eater, but was reluctant to act. One day, Voldemort asked Regulus for the use of his house-elf, Kreacher. Voldemort used Kreacher to test the defences around his locket Horcrux, leaving him to die afterwards. Kreacher was able to escape using house-elf magic, and told Regulus of what had happened. This led to Regulus' defection and he travelled to the Cave to replace the locket with a replica. He had to get past the passage which required that he weakened himself.[2]

In 1997, Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter Apparated to this cave to break into the place where the Horcrux is hidden. In order to get inside, Albus Dumbledore used his knife to cut his hand open and use his own blood to get past the passage and into the inner part. He noted this method is another sign of Voldemort's inability to understand there are more terrible things than physical injuries. Harry tried to offer his blood instead, but Dumbledore declined, believing the young man's blood is far more precious than his own. Later, when the two departed with the locket at hand, Harry used the blood that was dripping out of him from a scrape to serve as payment for the doorway.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 26 (The Cave)
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 10 (Kreacher's Tale)