Gilderoy Lockhart var en mycket fulländad Obliviate-användare.
“So you’ve just been taking credit for what a load of other people have done?” said Harry incredulously.
“Harry, Harry,” said Lockhart, shaking his head impatiently, “it’s not nearly as simple as that. There was work involved. I had to track these people down. Ask them exactly how they managed to do what they did. Then I had to put a Memory Charm on them so they wouldn’t remember doing it. If there’s one thing I pride myself on, it’s my Memory Charms. No, it’s been a lot of work, Harry. It’s not all book signings and publicity photos, you know. You want fame, you have to be prepared for a long hard slog.”
Med tanke på hur mycket träning han hade, skulle det vara ganska bra nu. Det tog ett tag innan Voldemort gick igenom Bertha Jorkins sinne.
He had tortured her. She told him a great deal. She told him about the Triwizard Tournament. She told him the old Auror, Moody, was going to teach at Hogwarts. He tortured her until he broke through the Memory Charm my father had placed upon her.
Och Voldemort var den bästa Dark Arts-användaren vid den tiden, och det tog honom en stund att vända den.
Bakfågor tenderar också att vara olika stavningar än vad användaren faktiskt försöker kasta.
“I don’t think there’s anything to do except wait for it to stop,” said Hermione anxiously, watching Ron bend over the basin. “That’s a difficult curse to work at the best of times, but with a broken wand —”
Ron, ett andra år, kunde inte ha gjort det. Så det ändrades till en annan förbannelse, med i princip samma avsikt.
Samma med Lockhart. Det lyckades att slå tillbaka på honom och förvandlas till en annan förbannelse, och nu vet personalen i St. Mungos inte ens vad man ska göra.
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According to the nurse, he was slowly improving, but he still doesn't remember a thing. He instinctively writes autographs to everybody. The healer responsible also mentions that nobody visits him, and is happy to see that he has visitors (Mistaking Harry, Ron & Hermione for people visiting him).
A motherly looking Healer wearing a tinsel wreath in her hair came bustling up the corridor, smiling warmly at Harry and the others. “Oh Gilderoy, you’ve got visitors! How lovely, and on Christmas Day too! Do you know, he never[ ]gets visitors, poor lamb, and I can’t think why, he’s such a sweetie, aren’t you?”
Jag tror inte att en normal minness charm fungerar på det sättet, men om någon kan motbevisa mig än jag tar bort den här biten.