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Why was Harry protected from Voldemort?

Lily Potter sacrificed her life in order to protect her infant son, Harry from Lord Voldemort. This placed Harry under magical protection, so that when Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Harry in turn, the spell backfired, leaving him unharmed (save for a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead) and Voldemort bodiless.

Why did it matter that Voldemort took Harry’s blood?

Voldemort believed, out of his lack of understanding love, that by using Harry’s blood, it would allow him to bypass Lily’s protection and thereby enable him to circumvent what the boy has which robbed him of power years ago, when in fact it actually strengthened it.

How were Harry and Voldemort connected?

Tom and Harry share a connection of the mind with Harry’s being able to read Voldemort’s thoughts and emotions, and Voldemort’s being able to possess Harry and enter his mind. After the events of Goblet of Fire, the two also share a blood connection with Voldemort having used Harry’s blood to regenerate his human form.

How did Harry survive Voldemort the second time?

Harry survived because Voldemort took his blood in GoF. His blood contains Lily’s Sacrificial Protection. As some of it lived on, in Voldemort, Harry was tethered to life. It’s like a light-side Horcrux, using someone else’s love rather than your own soul.

What happens when Voldemort takes Harry’s blood?

In the Deathly Hallows, when Harry talks to Dumbledore in King Cross station, Dumbledore tells him that when Voldemort used Harry’s blood, the protection charm that his mother has given him was transferred to Voldemort, but the effects were that they were then tethered, meaning the protection would stand as long as …

Is Harry related to Sirius Black?

12 Grimmauld Place was gifted to Harry Potter, Sirius’ godson. He’s related to the Malfoys through Narcissa Malfoy (née Black) who married into the Malfoy family, and is Sirius’ cousin. He’s even related to his godson, Harry Potter, through Dorea Potter (née Black) who is a distant relative to Harry and James Potter.

Why didn’t Harry’s blood protect him from Voldemort?

Once Voldemort took Harry’s blood and used it to ressurrect himself it was impossible for him to kill Harry Potter. The blood sacrifice protected Harry from Voldemort specifically since he was the one to kill Lily Potter. So the blood protection only worked if Voldemort tried to kill Harry.

How did Lily Potter’s sacrifice protect Harry Potter from Voldemort?

TL;DR; Lily’s sacrifice protected Harry from being killed by Voldemort and became a part of him physically. Because some of Harry’s blood still survived (in Voldemort) it protected Harry from Voldemort again in the Forest during the Battle of Hogwarts. “Your mother died to save you.

Why did Harry Potter let Voldemort kill him with the Killing Curse?

Harry Potter allowing Voldemort to hit him with the Killing Curse so that the defenders of Hogwarts were protected Sacrificial protection could be conferred on a single beneficiary or on a group of them. After the sacrifice, the protection would live on in the beneficiary’s veins.

What would have happened if Voldemort didn’t use the Elder Wand?

The curse would still have rebounded again in the great hall because the elder wand would not kill it’s master. Had Voldemort also used another’s wand/had a new wand made/became the master of the elder wand, then Harry would still not have died in the forest because of Lily’s sacrificial protection.