Pop! Dementor

Harry Potter POP! Movies Vinyl figurine Dementor 9 cm

HARRY POTTER - POP N° 18 - Dementor

Dementors are considered to be among the most repulsive creatures that exist. J. K. Rowling stated that the idea for these creatures came to her when she recalled a time in her life when she was unemployed and saw everything in black, almost falling into depression. According to her, Dementors are a metaphorical representation of the state she was in at the time.

Dementors are enveloped in large black cloaks that completely conceal them except for their hands, which look like dead, moldy flesh. To move, Dementors glide along the ground. They are soulless, which is why they feed on the souls of their victims, their joys and happy memories, leaving only unhappy memories. Generally, they only attack criminals or if they have been ordered to, but Harry has such horrific memories that they attack him without hesitation and without authorization. Dementors cannot be destroyed, but their numbers can be controlled if the conditions that allow them to reproduce, namely despair and degradation, are eliminated.

Only wizards can see them. Muggles can only feel the effects of their presence. It seems that Squibs are also able to see them, although this point is not clarified.

Initially, the Ministry of Magic employed Dementors to guard Azkaban, the wizard prison. These creatures are capable of making one forget all feelings of joy; those who endure their presence retain only their most terrible memories and can go mad. Their proximity therefore constitutes both a punishment and a means of preventing escapes. We also learn that Sirius Black managed to escape Azkaban by transforming into a dog to slip between the bars of his prison (indeed, Sirius Black is an Animagus), because knowing he was innocent, though not a happy feeling, allowed him to lessen the Dementors' impact on him. He was thus able to slip unsuspectingly out of the penitentiary and reach the mainland.

The only way to neutralize a Dementor is to create a Patronus, a particularly difficult protective charm that concentrates positive emotions in the form of an ethereal animal.