Fawkes kvar
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Gulping, Madam Pomfrey pressed her fingers to her mouth, her eyes wide. Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry felt, as he had felt about phoenix song before, that the music was inside him, not without: It was his own grief turned magically to song that echoed across the grounds and through the castle windows.
—Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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“Dunno,” said Harry, lying back on his bed fully clothed and staring blankly upwards. He felt no curiosity at all about R.A.B.: He doubted that he would ever feel curious again. As he lay there, he became aware suddenly that the grounds were silent. Fawkes had stopped singing. And he knew, without knowing how he knew it, that the phoenix had gone, had left Hogwarts for good, just as Dumbledore had left the school, had left the world . . . had left Harry.
—Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
DetärdockmöjligtattFawkeslämnadenågotsenare.Hankanhavaritkvarförbegravningen,ävenomdenärtvetydig.
White smoke spiraled into the air and made strange shapes: Harry thought, for one heart-stopping moment, that he saw a phoenix fly joyfully into the blue, but next second the fire had vanished. In its place was a white marble tomb, encasing Dumbledore’s body and the table on which he had rested.
—Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Varförstannadehaninte?
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Professor Dumbledore was standing by the mantelpiece, beaming, next to Professor McGonagall, who was taking great, steadying gasps, clutching her chest. Fawkes went whooshing past Harry’s ear and settled on Dumbledore’s shoulder, just as Harry found himself and Ron being swept into Mrs. Weasley’s tight embrace.
—Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
SomenindikationpåstyrkanibindningenmellanFawkesochDumbledore,är den senare patronen är en phoenix :
Question: What form does Dumbledore’s Patronus take?
JKR: Good question. Can anyone guess? You have had a clue. There was a little whisper there. It is a phoenix, which is very representative of Dumbledore for reasons that I am sure you can guess.
Fawkes kallades till kammaren med styrkan av Harrys lojalitet mot Dumbledore.
“First of all, Harry, I want to thank you,” said Dumbledore, eyes twinkling again. “You must have shown me real loyalty down in the Chamber. Nothing but that could have called Fawkes to you.” He stroked the phoenix, which had fluttered down onto his knee.
—Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Detta, mer än något annat, visar att Fawkes och Dumbledore på något sätt är utbytbara. Lojalitet mot Fawkes är lojalitet mot Dumbledore och vice versa. Som anges i detta svar var den autentiska orsaken till Fawkes avgång att "något var tvungen att lämna skolan" när Dumbledore dog. Det går utöver det, men: Fawkes avresa är i huvudsak Dumbledores avgång.
Fawkes och Dumbledore hade haft mycket tid att utveckla en sådan anslutning. De hade sannolikt varit tillsammans sedan Voldemort köpte sin trollstav :
“Exactly,” said Dumbledore. “Harry’s wand and Voldemort’s wand share cores. Each of them contains a feather from the tail of the same phoenix. This phoenix, in fact,” he added, and he pointed at the scarlet-and-gold bird, perching peacefully on Harry’s knee.
“My wand’s feather came from Fawkes?” Harry said, amazed.
“Yes,” said Dumbledore.
—Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Detta skulle ha varit nästan 60 år (från 1938 till 1998). På många sätt var Fawkes Albus Dumbledores närmaste vän. För en phoenix, en allmänt oberoende varelse, att spendera sextio år med en trollkarl talar till djupet av deras vänskap. Fawkes och Dumbledore hade årtionden att bygga upp deras förhållande. Harry hade känt honom för bara en tiondel av den tiden, och knappt interagerade med honom.
Fawkes var Dumbledores -vän: inte Harry, inte orderens maskot. Han stannade på Hogwarts av kärlek till Dumbledore.
När hans vän dog, Fawkes hade ingen anledning att stanna kvar.
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