The same summer that Albus returned home to care for the family, Bathilda Bagshot took in her great-nephew, Gellert Grindelwald, a student as brilliant as Dumbledore, who was expelled from Durmstrang. She also debunks Ariana being sickly and claims Albus had an affinity for the Dark Arts and may have supported Muggle oppression. Skeeter claims that although Bathilda's memory may have been affected by age, she was able to extract enough facts to piece together the scandalous story of Kendra's death, which was passed off as a spell backfiring. Although the Dumbledores remained reclusive, Bathilda Bagshot reportedly established a friendship with the family. One Enid Smeek recounts that Albus did little to curtail his brother Aberforth's wild behavior and kept his sister, Ariana, hidden away. Although Doge had claimed that Dumbledore made a grand sacrifice to care for his family, the book implies otherwise, quoting several Godric's Hollow citizens. He and his friend, Elphias Doge, intended to take a Grand Tour of Europe, but Kendra Dumbledore's sudden death canceled it. Reading a chapter titled, "The Greater Good", they learn that Dumbledore graduated Hogwarts with many honors and accolades. Harry finds the picture of the two teenagers, with a caption identifying Dumbledore, and the teen-aged thief as his best friend, Gellert Grindelwald. The following day, Hermione reveals that she had picked up an unopened copy of The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore from Bathilda's parlour. At the disastrous end of the visit, he loses the photo of the thief, and Voldemort finds it. He also finds a photo of the teenage thief, and puts it in his pocket. In Bathilda's house, Harry notices several vacant picture frames, and surmises that the vacant frames once held the photos now found illustrating The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. Harry and Hermione decide to visit Godric's Hollow to speak with Bathilda Bagshot, arriving on Christmas Eve. Unwillingly viewing Voldemort's thoughts, Harry sees, in Gregorovitch's memories, a teenager from the photo leaving through Gregorovitch's shop window, having stolen something from him. Voldemort has found Gregorovitch, and is torturing him for information on something he had once owned. Very shortly afterwards, Harry sees one of the teen-aged boys again. He has only time to look at one of the photographs therein, one showing two teen-aged boys, apparently friends, before he is interrupted. On inspection, he finds it to be a copy of The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. While searching Umbridge's office, Harry sees what he takes to be a small mirror showing Dumbledore's face. Later, the Trio infiltrate the Ministry to attempt to recover the locket Horcrux from Dolores Umbridge. While there is very little here that has not already been alluded to in the earlier interview, it is still something of a shock to Harry to see it written down so completely. It also suggests that Kendra was hoping to be able to hide her daughter Ariana, who Skeeter says was a Squib. That edition contains an excerpt from Rita's book, in which Dumbledore's mother Kendra is described as proud and haughty. When Lupin visits the Trio at Grimmauld Place some time later, he brings a copy of the Prophet with him. Harry does learn that the Dumbledore family, along with Bathilda Bagshot, lived in Godric's Hollow, just as Harry's parents had. Their conversation, however, is taken over by Auntie Muriel, who apparently believes the scandals alluded to by Skeeter and overshadows Doge by sheer volume. While Doge's obituary is something of a revelation, telling Harry of Dumbledore's father who was sent to Azkaban, and of Dumbledore's mother, brother, and sister, the hints of scandal that Skeeter reveals in her interview seem to go counter to everything Harry had believed about Dumbledore.Īt the wedding, Harry finds Elphias Doge and attempts to discern the truth from him. Reading, he finds a eulogy to Dumbledore by Elphias Doge, and, in a more recent edition, an interview with Rita Skeeter on the occasion of the publication of her book, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. While packing up to leave the Dursleys' home for the last time, Harry happens to see Dumbledore's name on a Daily Prophet. The revelations in this book severely shake Harry's faith in his erstwhile hero, and lead him to wonder whether Dumbledore had been honest with him about anything. Shortly after the death of Albus Dumbledore, muck-raking journalist Rita Skeeter publishes a scurrilous book about Dumbledore. Beginner warning: Details follow which you may not wish to read at your current level.
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