Albus Dumbledore

Dumbledore developed a method for sending messages through the Patronus and taught this skill to members of the Order of the Phoenix. He possesses the ability to become invisible without the use of an Invisibility Cloak, is proficient in Occlumency and Legilimency, can cast wandless spells (that is, similar to a wand, he can manipulate the innate, elemental essence of magic, channeling it for useful purposes), and is a master of nonverbal spellcasting (which, throughout the fantasy genre, is considered a more complex process than verbal ones). He is also a master of combat spells and apparition. He is the most powerful wizard of the 20th century.

Albus Dumbledore was a good psychologist and an excellent teacher. But even in his teaching, there were miscalculations and omissions. He likely felt responsible for failing to reach Tom Riddle's soul, allowing the "nice boy" to become the terror of the entire wizarding community.

It's also possible that the old teacher blamed himself for being late in noticing the four "Marauders." In an attempt to protect Sirius Black and Sybill Trelawney from the mortal danger threatening them, Dumbledore placed them under a form of house arrest. While Sirius at least understands why he can't leave his father's house, Sybill has no idea why she can't leave Hogwarts. Both "prisoners" begin drinking heavily. The explosive, restless Sirius rushes off to rescue Harry and dies in the battle at the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore likely blamed himself for this death as well.

Dumbledore is known for his quirky sense of humor. This humor is sometimes perceived as inappropriate by those like Professor McGonagall, who is always serious. Although perhaps she's right in not allowing Dumbledore to tell certain jokes to children... Dumbledore's humor is often unexpected and often lightens the mood. For example, when the Ministry began hounding him and Harry Potter, when the Daily Prophet constantly ran articles claiming Dumbledore was just a senile old man, when he was removed as Chairman of the Wizengamot, and when the Ministry became increasingly meddling in Hogwarts affairs, Dumbledore declared to his worried friends that the most important thing for him now was to keep his portrait on the Chocolate Frogs cards! And, most unusually, Dumbledore is capable of humor even in the most difficult situations.

Dumbledore also deeply understood the power of true love. He understood Lily Potter's maternal love, Snape's tragic love, and the brotherly feelings that bound the "Marauders." Rowling's statement on October 20, 2007, that Dumbledore not only shared Grindelwald's views but was also in love with him (though unrequited) raises certain questions.

Dumbledore believes that there is goodness within every person. Sometimes, however, it's deeply hidden. Sometimes, only faith in a person can bring out their best qualities. For example, after Severus Snape, a former Death Eater, repented, Dumbledore trusted him completely and entrusted him with important tasks. This was despite Snape's nasty temperament and the fact that none of Dumbledore's associates fully trusted him.

However, don't dismiss the Hogwarts headmaster as a gullible simpleton! He's an excellent judge of who deserves trust and who's just trying to gain it.

Dumbledore's administrative talent isn't explicitly stated, but if you look closely at who he assigns and to what jobs, it becomes clear.

After his expulsion from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dumbledore first makes the animal-loving Rubeus Hagrid a gamekeeper, and after his rehabilitation in the eyes of the magical community, he makes him the Care of Magical Creatures teacher. He makes the brilliant potion maker Severus Snape, who can determine the missing ingredients or any mistakes in the preparation process just by the color or smell of a potion, the Potions Master. He makes Madam Pince, who cherishes her books as if they were her own children, the librarian, and makes Mr. Filch, who knows every nook and cranny of the castle (only Fred and George Weasley outdid him in his familiarity with every nook and cranny of the castle), the caretaker.  There's practically no illness or injury that Madam Pomfrey, the school nurse, can't cure, no spell that Filius Flitwick, the Charms professor, doesn't know, and so on and so forth. And Dumbledore ignores the fact that, for example, Hagrid has giant blood in his veins, that Filch is a bitter old Squib, or that Remus Lupin, the newly appointed Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, is a werewolf. Perhaps the exception to this rule is Sybill Trelawney, who can hardly be called a good professional. Or yet another Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart, who wrote lies in his books. But in the first case, Dumbledore is driven by kindness and concern for the seer, capable, albeit rarely, of true prophecy.  And in the second, knowing that Lockhart would leave at the end of the year one way or another (the position was cursed), the director wanted to give the students a kind of vaccination against vanity.

Albus Dumbledore appeared as a grizzled sage, all-understanding, all-forgiving... Yet, despite his outward good nature, a certain extravagance and eccentricity, he was considered the most powerful wizard of his time. When enraged, he was utterly terrifying—his eyes no longer sparkled, and his glasses no longer gleamed conspiratorially. A power emanating from him was palpable, and it was terrifying. It's no wonder that Dumbledore was the only person Lord Voldemort feared. The Chocolate Frog card also mentions Dumbledore's love of chamber music and bowling. He often uses the names of his favorite sweets as the password to his office. For example, his passion is lemon sherbet.[2]  The only thing he dislikes is Bertie Bott's jelly beans, any flavor: in his youth, he got a vomit-flavored one. He admitted to loving Muggle knitting patterns[2][11] and that no one has ever given him woolen socks. A very cheerful, understanding, and warm old man. He seems to try to be on the same wavelength with his students so that they feel comfortable with him.

Dumbledore never tells deliberate lies. But in sensitive situations, he constructs his sentences in such a way that his interlocutors accept their own conjectures as truth. He constantly demonstrates his extraordinary talent as a wizard. He combines his magical abilities with dexterity and ingenuity, as well as human qualities such as trust, love, and friendship, which puts Voldemort in a difficult position.

Dumbledore is described as a tall, thin, and very old man with silver hair and a beard (both so long he could easily tuck them into his belt). His blue eyes shone brightly from beneath crescent-shaped glasses perched on a long nose so hooked it looked as if it had been broken at least twice. According to his own account, there is a scar above his left knee that matches the London Underground map exactly.

Dumbledore is also renowned as an alchemist, who, in his youth, attracted the attention of Nicholas Flamel, the renowned creator of the Philosopher's Stone. They collaborated on new potions for a time, and their friendship lasted until their deaths. Dumbledore discovered twelve uses for dragon's blood. In 1945, at the age of 64, Albus Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald, a Dark wizard he hadn't met since the memorable day of Ariana's death, in a duel, thereby becoming master of the Elder Wand. The exact date Dumbledore became President of the Wizengamot is unknown. It is possible that it occurred after Barty Crouch was removed from the post (approximately a year after Voldemort's disappearance). By the time he graduated from Hogwarts, Dumbledore had already won the Barnabas Finkley Prize for outstanding achievement in spellcasting and was awarded a Gold Medal for his landmark performance at the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo. Later, he was awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class (apparently for his defeat of Grindelwald).

His Patronus took the form of a phoenix. His Boggart, as Rowling herself stated on a forum, was his sister's corpse. She also said that if Dumbledore had looked into the Mirror of Erised, he would have seen all his family members alive and happy

During Voldemort's first coming, Dumbledore founded and led the Order of the Phoenix, whose members truly opposed the Dark Lord. Half of the wizards who made up the first Order of the Phoenix died fighting the Death Eaters. Immediately after the Dark Lord's disappearance, Dumbledore knew that he would return sooner or later. He continued to prepare for Voldemort's second coming. He gathered all possible information about Tom Riddle, closely followed Harry Potter's life, and calculated the Dark Lord's possible plans.  Just an hour after Voldemort's resurrection, Dumbledore gathers his supporters and founds the second Order of the Phoenix, which, in addition to the old members (Mad-Eye Moody, Rubeus Hagrid, Remus Lupin, Minerva McGonagall, Dedalus Dingle, Mundungus Fletcher and others), also includes new ones.

Professor Dumbledore at Mrs. Cole's Muggle Orphanage In the first decade of the 20th century, Dumbledore joined Hogwarts as a Transfiguration professor (in 1913, already a teacher, he protested Scamander's expulsion). As a special envoy, he visited Mrs. Cole's Orphanage in 1938, where eleven-year-old Tom Riddle lived, to invite the orphan to Hogwarts. Since December 1956, Albus Dumbledore has held the position of Defense of the Dark Arts professor, and Minerva McGonagall has taken over Transfiguration. Shortly before the arrival of the "Marauders" at Hogwarts (circa 1969), Dumbledore became Headmistress of Hogwarts, replacing Armando Dippet.[4]

As Headmaster, Dumbledore did much to improve teaching at Hogwarts. First, he carefully selected teachers, preventing cruel individuals from teaching. Second, from the beginning of his headmastership, he completely abolished corporal punishment. Third, by staying constantly informed of events at the School, Dumbledore tried to nip problems in the bud, promptly reacting to any hint of danger to students or faculty. Unfortunately, he was not always successful.

The final years of his headmastership at Hogwarts coincided with the second rise of Lord Voldemort. The death of Cedric Diggory at the Triwizard Tournament finally confirmed his suspicions that Voldemort had returned. Dumbledore delivered a speech to the Hogwarts students, announcing Voldemort's return.[5]  With this statement, he came into conflict with the Ministry of Magic, which refused to acknowledge the Dark Lord's return, and as a result, lost his post as President of the International Confederation of Wizards, as well as his position as Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.[6] Later, the Ministry of Magic removed him from the management of Hogwarts altogether, appointing an extremely unpleasant person—Senior Deputy Minister of Magic Dolores Umbridge—as headmistress. Ultimately, when the truth finally came to light, Dumbledore was reinstated in all his positions.

The Dumbledore family history is tragic. His sister, Ariana Dumbledore, was attacked by three Muggle boys at the age of six (the age when she first exhibited elemental magic), leaving her mentally damaged. Overwhelmed with grief, her father, Percival Dumbledore, took revenge on the Muggles, for which he was imprisoned in Azkaban for the rest of his life.  Dumbledore's mother, Kendra, hid Ariana from others, fearing that her daughter would be taken to St. Mungo's Hospital and never seen again by the family. Usually calm, Ariana was unable to control her magic during her seizures, and as a result, she accidentally killed Kendra.

At the time, Dumbledore was planning to travel the world with Elphias Doge after completing his education at Hogwarts. But due to his mother's death, he was forced to stay behind to look after his younger sister.

In the summer of 1899, after graduating from Hogwarts, Albus befriended Gellert Grindelwald. They jointly plotted to conquer the world, "for the greater good." Their first goal was to find the Deathly Hallows. Dumbledore and his brother, Aberforth, increasingly clashed over Albus's insufficient care for Ariana. When, in the heat of an argument, Grindelwald cast the Cruciatus Curse on his brother, Albus tried to stop his friend. A fight ensued, during which Ariana was accidentally killed. Neither knew for sure who did it; the fear that it was his curse that killed his sister haunted Dumbledore his entire life.

Very little is known about Dumbledore's childhood. He was born in July or August 1881 in the Mounded Highlands. He later moved to Godric's Hollow with his mother, brother, and sister. He entered Hogwarts in 1892, where he was sorted into Gryffindor.

From an early age, he showed extraordinary magical aptitude.