As part of his efforts to help Harry in his quest to defeat and kill the Dark wizard Voldemort and his followers, Dumbledore called Fawkes into battle whenever needed. Service to Dumbledoreįawkes sitting on his perch in Dumbledore's officeĭumbledore and Fawkes met sometime before 1938, and Fawkes lived with and faithfully served the famed wizard for at least 59 years.

įawkes had not been owned by another wizard prior to Albus Dumbledore, and thus spent his early life as a wild phoenix. The yew wand went to Tom Riddle and the holly wand went to Harry Potter. Much of Fawkes's origins are unknown, but at some point in or prior to 1938, two of his tail-feathers were procured by the wand maker Garrick Ollivander, and fashioned into the cores of two wands (a rare event, as should the two meet, it would initiate Priori Incantatem), made from yew and holly. 1.2.4 Battle of the Department of Mysteries.His tail feathers were the cores of the two twin wands which were held by Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. įollowing Dumbledore's death, Fawkes sang his Lament over the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and then left and flew away, never to be seen again. In 1996, Fawkes came to Dumbledore's aid in fighting Lord Voldemort during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. His tears (which possessed healing properties, as with his species) saved Harry's life after his arm was punctured by the basilisk's fang and its venom. įawkes was instrumental in helping Harry Potter defeat Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk in 1993. Fawkes had been in Dumbledore's service for 59 years up to the Headmaster's death in 1997. He's been looking dreadful for days I've been telling him to get a move on.' - After Fawkes burst into flames įawkes was a highly intelligent male phoenix and Albus Dumbledore's animal companion and defender. Your bird - I couldn’t do anything - he just caught fire -' Albus Dumbledore: ' About time, too.

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