Skills and Accomplishments

Dumbledore is widely famous as a legendary alchemist who has worked together with Nicholas Flamel, the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone, and is credited with discovering the twelve uses of dragon blood (In an interview with J.K. Rowling, she confirmed that one of the uses of Dragon blood is as an oven cleanser). He also defeated the great dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, as stated on his Chocolate Frog card, undoubtedly increasing his popularity. In addition to these credits, he is known to be able to conjure Gubraithian Fire (magical everlasting fire). His Patronus takes the form of a phoenix, a recurring symbol in the books.

Dumbledore also invented the method of communicating messages using a Patronus Charm, a skill he taught only to members of the Order of the Phoenix. He has claimed to be able to become invisible without using an invisibility cloak (although it may have been a metaphor), and there are suggestions that he is capable of seeing through invisibility cloaks. Dumbledore is also skilled in Occlumency and Legilimency. Dumbledore can speak Mermish, the language of the Merpeople.

In an interview Rowling agreed with her interviewers that Dumbledore, albeit a genius, is sometimes very reckless, and that, "immense brainpower does not protect you from emotional mistakes and I think Dumbledore really exemplifies that. In fact, I would tend to think that being very, very intelligent might create some problems and it has done for Dumbledore, because his wisdom has isolated him, and I think you can see that in the books, because where is his equal, where is his confidante, where is his partner? He has none of those things. He’s always the one who gives, he’s always the one who has the insight and has the knowledge." There has been much speculation about where Dumbledore learned it all - he is far more accomplished and far more knowledgeable than any other wizard. Rowling said that Dumbledore was primarily self-taught, although he "had access to superb teachers at Hogwarts". Rowling also said that as far as his education is concerned, "Dumbledore's family would be a profitable line of inquiry, more profitable than sweet wrappers."

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