![]() The history of Dementors in relation to Wizarding society in Britain was inextricably tied up with one location: Azkaban. " Those who entered to investigate refused afterwards to talk of what they had found inside, but the least frightening part of it was that the place was infested with dementors." - J. They seemingly could not be destroyed, though their numbers could be limited if the conditions in which they multiply were prevented from forming, implying that they did die off eventually. Dementors held no true loyalty, except to whoever could provide them with the most people to feed on. There were certain defences one could use against Dementors, specifically the Patronus Charm. After the end of the Second Wizarding War in 1998, the Ministry was re-formed, and newly-appointed Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt ensured that they were not used by the government again, presumably due to their changing allegiance and support of Voldemort, and due to ethical reforms in the Ministry and Wizarding society at large. ![]() The Dementors of Azkaban were under the employ of the Ministry until mid- 1996, when Lord Voldemort was sighted in the Ministry, and their defection to the Dark Lord's cause became undeniable. Dementors were closely associated with Azkaban, as they were formerly employed by the British Ministry of Magic as the prison guards, and were not known to permanently inhabit any other location. They could also consume a person's soul, leaving their victims in a permanent vegetative state, and thus were often referred to as " soul-sucking fiends", and the people they left soulless were deemed to have been turned into an "empty-shell". Dementors fed on human happiness and thus generated feelings of depression and despair in any person in close proximity to them. You will be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life." - Remus Lupin's description of Dementors Ī Dementor was a gliding, wraithlike Dark creature, widely considered to be one of the foulest of the dark creatures to inhabit the wizarding world. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them. ![]() " Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth.
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