Dementor

Dementors are a Dark creature from the Harry Potter canon. They can only be seen by wizards, but their auras affect Muggles as well. In glowfic canon they are considered to be physical representations of the idea of death.
==Appearance==
Dementors appear as floating humanoids approximately ten feet tall, in hooded cloaks of ripped black cloth. Their faces are gray and slimy, and contain only two empty, scabbed eye sockets and a gaping hole where their mouth should be.
==Effects and Abilities==
Dementors feed upon human happiness, causing an aura of cold and despair to appear around them. Prolonged exposure to a Dementor leaves people depressed and soulless. Dementors can also steal souls, an ability called the "Dementor's Kiss", leaving their victims as a comatose shell for the rest of their life. Dementors cannot see, instead navigating by sensing emotions.
==Defense and Treatment==
The only defense from a Dementor is the Patronus Charm. Non-corporeal Patronuses merely halt a Dementor, animal Patronuses repel them, and human Patronuses will destroy them. People who have been exposed to Dementors are treated after the fact with large quantities of chocolate.
==Use by Wizards==
In England, Dementors were used for centuries to guard the wizarding prison of Azkaban. During the wizarding war they defected to fight for Voldemort, and upon his defeat the practice of Dementor prison guards was discontinued. Use of Dementors for such purposes has always been illegal in America and is widely considered inhumane.
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