Han gav upp sin egen fria vilja efter att ha blivit övertygad om den fara som hans uppfinning utgjorde för världen.
‘Not the Stone, boy, you – the effort involved nearly killed you. For one terrible moment there, I was afraid it had. As for the Stone, it has been destroyed.’
‘Destroyed?’ said Harry blankly. ‘But your friend – Nicolas Flamel –’
‘Oh, you know about Nicolas?’ said Dumbledore, sounding quite delighted. ‘You did do the thing properly, didn’t you? Well, Nicolas and I have had a little chat and agreed it’s all for the best.’
‘But that means he and his wife will die, won’t they?’
‘They have enough Elixir stored to set their affairs in order and then, yes, they will die.’HP and the Philosopher's Stone
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Rumour - Nicolas Flamel is going to come to Hogwarts to teach potions [in HP4]
JKR: Flamel has now died; Dumbledore explained in ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ that his old friend was going to choose death rather than allow his stone to fall into the wrong hands.
Inga omständigheter om tvång görs.