Why do Dementors attack innocent people?

Well, the dementors actually didn’t attack Harry intentionally. They weren’t after him or didn’t really care about him as an individual. They attacked Harry because of the opportunity presented to them and keep in mind that they really don’t care about the morals or rules in itself.

Are Dementors controlled by Voldemort?

Originally Answered: How was Voldemort able to control the dementors? He didn’t control the dementors. He offered them something the ministry couldn’t, wouldn’t offer, the free use of their power and to feed them. Also, being a dark wizard, Voldemort and the dementors had an affinity of some kind.

Do Dementors take your happiness?

A Dementor was a gliding, wraithlike Dark creature, widely considered to be one of the foulest to inhabit the wizarding world. Dementors fed on human happiness and thus generated feelings of depression and despair in any person in close proximity to them.

How do you destroy a Dementor?

Dementors can’t be killed or destroyed by physical means. Dementors take away happiness from you and instill fear,sorrow in you. They can be kept away from the Patronus charm i.e.Expecto Patronum. This charm protects from summoning your happiness by the dementors.

Can Dementors destroy Horcruxes?

Horcruxes can only be destroyed by leaving the vessel in a state of non-magical repair. There is absolutely no way to recover from the dementor’s kiss. This leaves you in a state of non-magical repair (or recovery). Therefore, the dementor’s kiss would destroy the part of soul that is inside Harry.

Why are Dementors considered non beings?

These nightmarish monsters have been classed by the Ministry of Magic as “non-beings” due to their amortal state, meaning that they are neither capable of dying nor have they ever been alive. Dementors feed on positive human emotions, draining all feelings of joy and happiness from anyone in their proximity.

What does Dumbledore say about the Dementors?

Albus Dumbledore also describes Dementors as vicious creatures and that they won’t ever distinguish between those they are hunting and those that are in their way. He also informs the students to give Dementors no reason to harm them, saying that forgiveness is not in a Dementor’s nature.

What is the Dementors’ Kiss?

The Dementors, unlike other scary magical beasties, keep on giving in the terrifying stakes with the Dementors’ Kiss. This is the worst kind of horrible as the Dementor locks its jaws on the mouth of a victim and sucks out their soul.

What happens if you get too close to a Dementor?

Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself… soulless and evil. You will be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life.”