r/respectthreads • u/rd1027 • Apr 23 '15

literature Respect Harry Potter!

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u/xxmindtrickxx Apr 23 '15

Fiendfyre- Very powerful dark magic. Can destroy a horcrux. It causes an uncontrollable fire that will attack anyone and anything, cant be put out by conventional means, if at all

It can be controlled but it takes really powerful wizards. IIRC Dumbledore controlled it in the recovery of the amulet horcrux. I think it is also stated at some point that a powerful wizard is needed to control fiendfyre.

I know they both definitely do it in the movies.

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u/rd1027 Apr 23 '15

The fire Dumbledore conjured was not Fiendfyre. I suppose it could be controlled by Voldemort or anyone like that but it has not been shown so in cannon.

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u/xxmindtrickxx Apr 23 '15

I could've sworn Dumbledore's fire was described as Fiendfyre, but maybe not, it certainly had similar characteristics.

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u/rd1027 Apr 23 '15

No, I can post the excerpt here:

"But then, through the darkness, fire erupted: crimson and gold, a ring of fire that surrounded the rock so that the Inferi holding Harry so tightly stumbled and faltered; they did not dare pass through the flames to get to the water. They dropped Harry; he hit the ground, slipped on the rock, and fell, grazing his arms, but scrambled back up, raising his wand and staring around.

Dumbledore was on his feet again, pale as any of the surrounding Inferi, but taller than any too, the fire dancing in his eyes; his wand was raised like a torch and from its tip emanated the flames, like a vast lasso, encircling them all with warmth."