Dementor
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Dementor is a Minifigure from the Harry Potter theme, based on the creature of the same name from the books and films. To date, two variations of Dementors have been released.
Description
The Dementor resembles a skeleton with a dark grey cloak and hood. It has grey skin its only facial feature is a large, gaping hole through which it delivers "The Dementor's Kiss" that will suck out any one's soul who gets in their way or people who the Ministry of Magic have sent Dementors to capture. In this case Sirius Black who escaped from Azkaban even though he didn't do anything. There is a charm or spell to repel a Dementor called "Expecto Patronum" which Professor Lupin teaches Harry Potter in his third year. When Sirius is attacked by Dementors at the lake, Harry uses a patronous to try to protect himself and Sirius but he was overwhelmed, he and Sirius's were about to have their souls sucked out when, a mysterious stranger on the other side of the lake(who Harry believed to be his father) saves Harry with a Patronus and sends the dementors away. When Harry goes back in time with Hermione Granger, he realizes that he was the mysterious stranger who cast the Patronus and sent the Dementors away. Harry then casts a corpeal patronus(a patronus that has an animal form) and gets rid of more than a hundred Dementors saving Sirius, Hermione(only in the book), and his past self. In 2010, a new version of them was made for 4842 Hogwarts Castle. The 2010 redesigned version is a lot more detailed and has a double sided grey head and a more ripped and detailed cape.
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Background
Dementors are described as tall hooded figures in black cloaks, with scabby, clammy hands. They have rattling breaths, and seem to spread cold and negative emotions. Beneath their hoods, their face consists of more scabby skin, shallow indents where eyes would usually be and a single hole where a mouth would normally be. This hole is used to suck the soul out of a person. It is unknown what is underneath a Dementor's cloak, and it does not appear that there is any known way to kill them. However they can be reppelled effectivley with a Patronus Charm, which produces a silvery shield which guards against Dementor's. Dementor's are said to breed like fungi, in the cold, damp and dark. Dementor's are invisible to Muggle's.
Dementors were the guards of Azkaban, the wizarding prison, until they rebelled and joined Lord Voldemort's forces when he returned.
Dementors feed on happy thoughts and memories, and this is also how they move around, as they are blind. If given the chance, a Dementor will perform the 'Dementor's Kiss' on a person. This 'Kiss' is how the Dementor's suck out someone's soul, leaving the victim as an empty shell, considered by many as being worse than death. This punishment seems to be the British wizarding equivalent of capital punishment.
In a segment of the book series they are said to be capable of manual labor, and possibly communication.
Harry first learnt of Dementor's in his third year. Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban, and the Dementor's were looking for him. Harry encountered one on the Hogwarts Express(causing him to listen to his mother and his father's last words before Lord Voldemort killed them 12 years earlier), and he fainted because the Dementor was particularly attracted to him because of his troubled past. Professor Lupin used a Patronus to send it away. The Dementor's had been posted at the gates of Hogwarts, and in the nearby village of Hogsmeade, in order to capture Black if he came near. Harry later learned of Black's innocence. Then he and Hermione find Black after a brutal fight with Lupin as a werewolf at the lake only to find more than a hundred Dementor's arriving to suck out Black's soul. Sirius immediatly faints, leaving Harry and Hermione to fight the Dementor's. Harry tries to fight off the Dementor's with the Patronous, but Hermione soon faints afterwards leaving Harry alone to fight the Dementor's. Harry holds his own for a while, but eventually the Dementor's overwhelm him. The Dementor's are about to suck out Harry, Hermione, and Sirius's souls, when a mysterious stranger on the other side of the lake conjures a Patronous that sends that all of the Dementor's away. Harry believes the man who conjured it was his father and then Harry faints as well. Harry then goes back in time with Hermione, and goes to see who conjured the Patronous that saved him, Hermione, and Sirius. When no one comes, he realizes that he was the mysterious stranger who cast the Patronous and sent the Dementors away. Harry then casts a fully fledged patronous(a patronous that has an animal form) and gets rid of more than a hundred Dementors saving Sirius, Hermione, and his past self.
In Harry's fifth year, he and his muggle cousin Dudley Dursley, were attacked by two Dementors on their way home (only this time instead of Harry hearing his parents, he hears Voldemort when he tried to kill him in his fourth year). Harry managed to cast a patronous and send the Dementors away, and takes a sickened Dudley home. He later learns that it was Dolores Umbridge who sent the Dementor's after him.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the Dementor's have truly abandoned Azkaban and changed sides.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Voldemort brings his army of Dementor's to the Battle of Hogwarts. The Dementor's try to suck out Harry, Hermione and Ron's souls, but Template:SpL, Seamus,Dean, and Ernie Macmillman save them with fully fledged Patronous's and encourage Harry, Hermione, and Ron to cast their own Patronous's to send all of the Dementor's away.
Notes
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, there was a rumor that they would not have their new appearances, but in the final game, they did.
Appearances
- 4753 Sirius Black's Escape
- 4757 Hogwarts Castle (Two)
- 4758 Hogwarts Express
- 4842 Hogwarts Castle (Two)
- 4867 Hogwarts
- 10132 Motorized Hogwarts Express
Dementor can be found in 6 sets.
- Videogame Appearances
Gallery
The original Dementor gliding
Dementor (cg photo)
The new Dementor
Dementors swarming in Harry Potter: Years 1-4
A Dementor in the video game
A Dementor in the new LEGO Harry Potter Ad
New Dementor close-up
See also
