Albus Dumbledore

* Supreme Warlock of the International Confederation of Wizards (1946 - current)
* Head of Gryffindor House (1934-1966)
* Professor (1905-1966)
* Student (1899-1905)

### Organization

* House of Dumbledore, Lord
* Order of the Phoenix, Leader
* Gryffindor House, Member
* International Confederation of Wizards, Leader
* Wizengamot, Leader
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Alumnus, faculty, and headmaster

**Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore** (born August 26, 1881) was an English half-blood wizard who was considered one of the greatest wizards of all time. He was born to Percival and Kendra Dumbledore. The eldest of three children, he attended Hogwarts from 1892 to 1899 as a Gryffindor. His masterful command of magic was evident from a young age, as was his kindness and creativity. However the tragedies of his early life changed him, making him more calculating and reserved, while still maintaining his natural charm and charity.

Dumbledore's fame skyrocketed after his defeat of Grindelwald in 1945, a duel many have said to be the most influential and magically impressive in all of wizarding history. In the post-duel period, Dumbledore amassed power and influence passively and actively through his work as an educator and his deepening career as a politician.

Dumbledore eventually came into conflict in a secret war against his former student, Lord Voldemort. He founded a secret cabal, the Order of the Phoenix, to counter the rising and seemingly insurmountable threat of Voldemort's Death Eaters.

After the end of the war, Dumbledore remained a powerful and influential figure in the international wizarding community, using his power and influence in a way not dissimilar but wholly unlike the lofty and insidious goals he once held in his youth: to bring staying peace and harmony between Muggles and wizards.

## Biography

### Early Life (1881-1892)

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was born to Percival Dumbledore and Kendra Brian in Mould-on-the-Wold, a small wizarding village near Liverpool. Percival was a hard man and emotionally distant from his children, though fiercely protective of them. His mother on the other hand was warm and very outspoken, often resulting in violent conflict between the two.

When Aberforth and later Ariana were born (in 1883 and 1885 respectively), Albus resolved to protect his siblings from their parents' chaotic marriage in whatever way he could.

When Ariana was attacked at six years old by a group of Muggle boys, Percival attacked them, horrifically scarring them all. For that, Percival was sentenced to life in Azkaban and later died. Kendra moved her family to Godric's Hollow where they wouldn't be recognized as much.

The stress of holding his family together at such a young age wore at Albus, and he would often snap at his brother Aberforth, though never at his mother or sister, who had never fully recovered from her attack.

### Hogwarts Years (1892-1899)

When he left for Hogwarts, Albus' brother Aberforth was hurt that Albus was leaving, claiming that Albus was abandoning them. Albus affirmed this, stating in a moment he regretted forevermore that his potential was "wasted taking care of you all forever". Even after making the statement, he was shocked at himself and resolved to, if not make it up to his family, to make it up to the magical world at large.

Albus was sorted into Gryffindor, though the Hat bandied with putting him into either Slytherin or Ravenclaw.

While at school, Albus was immensely popular though never mentioned his family upbringing at all, and often ignored his brother at school. He became remarkably well connected as well, and with the help of Elphias Doge reinvented himself from country scholar to gentlemanly virtuoso.

Albus took several electives and sat for a total of twelve NEWTs, including in Alchemy, Ancient Runes, and his nearest-and-dearest subject, Transfiguration.

Albus was made a prefect in his fifth year and Head Boy during his seventh year. He graduated with top honors and several awards to his name.

### Tragedy and Reinvention (1899-1926)

In his last year at Hogwarts, Kendra was killed by an accidental explosion of magic caused by Ariana. Forced to decide between his career and his family, he chose the latter. In that brief summer, he explained his reasoning for abandoning them and apologized. Wary but willing to trust his older brother, Aberforth agreed to bury the hatchet.

In that same summer, Albus met and fell deeply in love with Gellert Grindelwald, the nephew of the Dumbledores' neighbor, Bathilda Bagshot. Finding himself in love as well as in a similar untruthful vein as he had been with Doge, Albus fell easily under Grindelwald's sway. Playing on his easily-found weaknesses, Grindelwald convinced him that for the greater good, the two of them ought to enact a revolution that would set wizards above Muggles worldwide, and to seek the Deathly Hallows to aid them in their quest.

Grindelwald's plans for Albus were shattered when, out of concern for his brother, Aberforth revealed the truth he had learned about Grindelwald. Heartbroken, Albus confronted him alongside his brother on the day Grindelwald planned to leave for Austria. The three engaged in a duel that ended tragically, as Ariana had attempted to intervene but was struck down by a rogue curse. Gellert fled, leaving the two Dumbledores to grieve for their dead sister.

The two did not speak for a time until after Ariana's funeral, where Albus attempted to comfort his brother. Fed up with Albus' lies and his abandonment of his family, Aberforth punched him and broke Albus' nose. Albus once again retreated from his family home, this time seeking out answers to reconcile his ambitions, Gellert's lies, the facade he and Doge had created in their school days, and who he truly was and could be.

Albus called upon an acquaintance from his days of elbow-rubbing and reinvention, Nicolas Flamel, who eagerly accepted his help in conducting alchemical research, claiming it "the true embodiment of self-enlightenment". The nearly five-hundred year old alchemist counselled Albus and taught him more about himself and about the esoteric nature of magic than Albus could ever have hoped to in a single lifetime. After five short years spent with Nicolas, Albus returned to Britain to begin his next great chapter- that of an educator.

Albus was accepted back at Hogwarts to teach Transfiguration in 1905 as a changed man. He took well to teaching, and taught many bright wizards and witches, such as Horace Slughorn, Newt Scamander, and Harry Potter's grandfather. He was quickly promoted to be the Head of the Department based on his success. Never again did Albus attempt to lie to himself about his goals and wishes, fearful of his family's long history of instability and how easily he had been swayed to Grindelwald's side even for a moment.

### The Global War and Tom Riddle (1927-1956)

Albus Dumbledore would again be tested in 1926 when finally Gellert Grindelwald had resurfaced in the United States due to the unexpected help of Newt Scamander, his former student's, aid in capturing him. Called to his trial as a character witness in the following year, Dumbledore was unsuccessful in subduing Grindelwald when he inevitably escaped captivity, as he was still deeply in love with the man.

Knowing his weakness for Grindelwald would be hard to overcome, Dumbledore resolved to prepare his nation and the world for the worst. He reignited the old boy's network that Elphias Doge and he had nearly perfected, and slowly but surely worked from the shadows to prepare the wizarding world for war through his influential connections in the Ministry and in other fields.

During this time, Albus had remained as a professor at Hogwarts. He successfully convinced Phineas Nigellus Black, the Headmaster of the day, to implement the Muggleborn Admittance Central Enterprise (MACE), where a Hogwarts professor would travel, carrying an acceptance letter, to the residence of a known witch or wizard born in a British Muggle family. This drastically increased the number of Muggleborn students who attended Hogwarts exclusively, as many had previously been recruited by Kasteel and Beauxbatons. It is unknown how Headmaster Black was convinced of this, as on all accounts he was very anti-Muggleborn. The program was continued by Armando Dippet, a replacement Headmaster and former Dean of the Royal College of the Magical Arts after the sudden death of Phineas Nigellus in 1925.

By 1936, the Global Wizarding War had truly begun. Grindelwald had amassed considerable political and military power. The old boy's network played into the formation of the Cassandra Group, the precursor to the Order of the Phoenix. The Cassandra Group operated as a think tank that linked together the Auror Office, Wizengamot, and even the Muggle Prime Minister. Among its members were Elphias Doge, Leonard Spencer-Moon, Winston Churchill, and later on Elphinstone Urquart.

At the insistence of the group, and when it was declared safe to do so, Dumbledore stepped out of his web to confront Grindelwald in Dresden on February 13, 1945. For three hours, the two fought across the city, destroying much of it while also evading Muggle aerial bombs. This duel was often considered the best in wizarding history.

After the war, Dumbledore was awarded several honors, including the Order of Merlin, full magical French, American, and Dutch citizenship, and was elected the Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards. Through the influence of the Cassandra Group, he also was made a Lord Magical by King George VI, gaining a seat in the House of Lords in the Wizengamot as the representative of Dorset. Later still, he was elected Chief Warlock. Dippet also made him Deputy Headmaster, which both of them considered to be a ceremonial position at the time.

In the backdrop of war, Dumbledore continued to teach and was selected by his own program to locate and give an acceptance letter to Tom Riddle, an orphan living in London. Albus thought that this boy was particularly odd, but nevertheless helped him to get to Hogwarts. By his final year in 1944, Riddle was an extremely popular and talented Slytherin Head Boy with a group of friends that in Dumbledore's estimation wouldn't normally give Riddle the time of day- all purebloods and sons of lords. Albus was wary, especially after the Chamber of Secrets was opened in 1943, and kept a very watchful eye on Riddle for the remainder of his time at Hogwarts. Eventually, Tom would leave and lead a curious and mysterious life before disappearing entirely in 1956, shortly after the death of Hepzibah Smith.

### Interbellum, Part One (1956-1971)

In 1957, one of Albus' old students, Minerva McGonagall rejoined the school as a faculty member in Albus' own department. Delighted at the opportunity at working with his brilliant ex-student, the two of them set to work in tandem, though had nothing more than a casual work relationship at that point. By 1966, Dumbledore had been promoted to Headmaster upon Dippet's retirement, and promoted McGonagall to be his Deputy Headmistress. Unlike his own experience, he did delegate a lot of the day-to-day running of the school and eventually to the Heads of Houses as well to offset the enormous work Albus did outside of the school.

Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, Wizarding Britain was engulfed in a nationwide conflict over long-held grievances between Squibs, Muggleborns, and the receding Pureblood hierarchy that nevertheless held the vast majority . Various acts of violence against Squibs, Muggleborns, and even some Muggles ensued, with the issue finally being resolved by Dumbledore's own initiative. Dumbledore helped Nobby Leach to be elected in 1962 in a controversial use of his powers of Chief Warlock.

In 1968, a particular case caught Dumbledore's eye. A young wizard named Remus Lupin had been infected by Fenrir Greyback a couple years before. His parents had begun to educate him at home, but were ill-suited to do so. Dumbledore assured them that, given certain protective measures, he would be more than willing to enroll Remus at Hogwarts. When the time came, Dumbledore made good on his promise, personally helping with the cost of school supplies and equipment.

### The Descent into War (1968-1981)

As the dust on "Leach's War" settled, the division that the hard-won recognition for Muggleborns and Squibs led to continuing undercurrent of hatred within the Wizengamot and Wizarding Britain at large, with Dumbledore inevitably at the center of the controversy.

In 1966 the first warning signs of a civil war started with the reemergence of Tom Riddle, who now exclusively was known as Lord Voldemort. He returned to Hogwarts and requested once more to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Aware of his intentions to recruit in his position as Professor, Dumbledore refused him. The post was then jinxed by Voldemort.

Another warning came through the assassination of Nobby Leach, the Minister for Magic which was widely suspected to have been carried out by Abraxas Malfoy, a member of Voldemort's party and Lord Magical in the Wizengamot. A succession of two Ministers followed, with Millicent Bagnold eventually taking the premiereship effectively as a compromise candidate between the Pureblood and progressive factions.

Dumbledore once again ignited the Cassandra Group, whose membership had long since dwindled. Aware of the publicity the group had previously received, he renamed the group The Order of the Phoenix, restricted its roster, and formed operative cells so that he and he alone knew the entirety of the organization, making it even more secretive than the Group had been. The core members at the start of the conflict quickly expanded through the Cassandra's former members whom Dumbledore personally trusted, including Aberforth and later still alumni.

From 1970 to late 1981, Dumbledore fought a secret war against the Death Eaters through the Order. Despite many members of the order being Ministry workers, Dumbledore chose to work separately from the Ministry as he knew how precarious the Ministry's situation was. Aurors were defecting, and political assassinations near daily in both Houses of government.

### Interbellum, Part Two (1981-current)

Albus utilized the Order network to track down most of the remaining Death Eaters after Voldemort's defeat, finally deactivating the network in 1982. He maintained several Order members' positions in government, as well as providing a few notable defectors from the Death Eaters; especially Severus Snape.

After the war's end and the mediocre series of military tribunals, Albus' overreaching influence in every corner of the wizarding world came under greater scrutiny, as was a rumored connection to Grindelwald prior to the famous duel in Dresden. Despite tremendous pressure to relinquish power, Albus was once again recognized as a stabilizing force in the wizarding world and his opponents (largely part of the remaining Pureblood aristocracy) were discredited.

In 1985, Albus lost one of the last members of the Cassandra Group and a personal friend, Elphinstone Urquart to a Venomous Tentacula bite. Albus bonded with Minerva over the loss of her husband, and she became one of his closest confidantes.

## Physical Appearance

Albus Dumbledore was a tall and thin man with long silver hair and a beard so long that he could tuck it into his belt. His nose was crooked, a mark left by his brother and his strained relationship. He had bushy white eyebrows and twinkling blue eyes.

Albus wore an eclectic variety of fabrics, colors, and styles of robes, though typically monochromatic and flowing. He also wears various hats and shoes: berets, leather sandals, long pointed hats, smoking caps, high heeled boots, Phrygian caps, skullcaps, Crakow slippers, bycockets, and fezzes. He frequently wore half-moon glasses as well.

## Personality

Through his two cycles of personal reinvention, Albus became something more than what he was initially; a selfish, somewhat cruel and very frustrated boy into an ambitious and charismatic scholar and finally into a consummate mentor figure of pacific disposition and light humor. He was courteous

For a good portion of his life, Dumbledore was embroiled in a vicious battle between the legacy of his dysfunctional family life and his seemingly endless access to power and glory. After being brought down a few pegs by his sister's death, his brother, and Grindelwald's betrayal, he became a human balancing act. On one hand, he was not fond of false modesty but never delved into arrogance. On another, he was very intelligent and calculating but also personable and capable of deep, complex emotions.

Dumbledore was an infinitely private and distrustful individual who wanted power if only to keep it away from those with lesser intentions. He kept secrets about himself and his goals close to his vest, only revealing when he thought (and nearly always when exactly it was proper) to reveal information. He was noble and forgiving, but also could be emotionally distant and somewhat flippant. He truly was a complex figure.

### Other Skills

* **Apparition**: Albus can Apparate across Britain with some effort, and can make it to Paris with extreme effort. Instead of the normal cracking sound most people make, Albus is able to Apparate only making a small popping noise. It should be noted that Dumbledore is the only individual able to Apparate within Hogwarts grounds.
* **Knitting**: Albus was a consummate knitter later in life, creating large quilts from patterns in various magical and Muggle magazines.
* **Magical Inventor**: Albus was a noted inventor, creating many gadgets that activated under increasingly specific conditions as well as his prized Deluminator which was able to extinguish electric lights.
* **Magical Prodigy**: From a young age, Albus was leagues ahead of his contemporaries in terms of his ability to comprehend magic.
* **Master Diplomat**: Albus' prestige and his fifty years of international and domestic political experience has given him unique insight into how best to maneuver in politics.
* **Master Legilimens**: Albus is able to use Legilimency non-verbally and with extreme effort without eye contact. His Legilimency was effective except against those who approached his level of skill.
* **Master Occlumens**: Albus' mind is nigh-impenetrable to mind reading or Legilimency.
* **Polyglot**: Albus was able to speak several languages without the use of the Omnilangue spell, which was often unreliable. He spoke French, German, Latin, as well as Gobbledygook and Mermish among others.
* **Seasoned Teacher**: Albus spent 60 years as a teacher before being promoted to Headmaster. He taught almost all of the British Wizarding world, or at least their elder relatives.
* **Spell Creator**: Albus was able to create spells, a rare and potent school of magic. His most notable modification to an existing spell was the Messenger, a type of Patronus that was able to send messages to other people cross-country.
* **Tactical Genius**: Albus is suited to planning moves ten steps ahead of any given situation.

## Possessions and Properties

* **Albus Dumbledore's wand**: His wand was 12 inches, made of maple and phoenix feather.
* **Chief Warlock's Residence**: As Chief Warlock, Dumbledore has use of a residence in Whitehall, London near an entrance to the Ministry of Magic. Albus typically resides here during Wizengamot sessions.
* **Cloak of Invisibility** (formerly): From 1981 to 1991, Albus Dumbledore held the Cloak of Invisibility, which he had previously borrowed from James Potter shortly before his death.
* **Elder Wand**: After Grindelwald's defeat in 1945, Dumbledore has been the master of the Elder Wand, considered the most powerful wand in existence.
* **Headmaster's Office**: As Headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore resides within a large office on the 7th floor that contains a good deal of his personal effects. He typically stays here when the Wizengamot is not in session and when Hogwarts is in session.
* **Pensieve**. Dumbledore had access to a rare magical artefact known as a Pensieve which contained the memories of his long life as well as memories from every Headmaster's day excluding Phineas Nigellus Black.
* **Salford Residence** (formerly): Dumbledore purchased a two-up-two-down in Salford, Manchester in 1960 to serve as an intermediary point for the Order members' operations. The residence was compromised as a secure location in 1979.
* **Supreme Mugwump's Chateau**: As Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, Dumbledore has had the sole right to live in a chateau near Arles, France. He hardly ever stays in this chateau, and has given permission for Beauxbatons Academy of Magic to use its research facilities.

## Relationships

### Aberforth Dumbledore

Aberforth and his elder brother have had a strained relationship their entire lives. Their early childhood was also very different, with Kendra favoring her two youngest and leaving Albus to his own devices. Albus' fondest memory of his brother before all their troubles started was when a young Aberforth helped Ariana feed the family goats. The brothers' feud began when Albus broke ties with his family before his first year at Hogwarts.

Aberforth joined Albus at Hogwarts when Albus was in his third year. Their age gap and Aberforth being in a different house put distance between the two, but was enforced through Albus' choice of self reinvention and letting go of any reminder of his troubled past, Aberforth included. Throughout their years at Hogwarts, Dumbledore never bullied Aberforth, rather ignoring him completely- no less a sin. To Aberforth and Albus both, it was as if they never had a brother at all. In any case, Aberforth became his own person, preferring to be known as Aberforth alone and never told anyone his full name should they meet again.

Around the time Albus graduated, tragedy struck their family when Ariana's accidental magic killed Kendra. This brought the two of them together, with Aberforth hardly recognizing his brother at all and Albus still regarding Aberforth as a failure of a wizard. Despite this small moment, Albus fell into another trap- Gellert Grindelwald. Rightly fed up with Albus' abandonment of them all, Aberforth confronted Albus and Grindelwald and told them exactly how he felt. A duel erupted which left Ariana Dumbledore dead and the brothers' bond broken forever. Albus left once more on a cycle of reinvention and didn't see his brother for forty years.

When Grindelwald was inevitably defeated in 1945, Albus once again found his brother- this time as a barkeep in the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade Village. After a long chat, the two agreed on a mutual pact: to assist each other, but never to ask forgiveness, offer explanation, or impose on the other. Despite a chapter being closed, Aberforth never really forgave Albus for what he had done to his younger siblings in pursuit of greater power. Albus accepted this fully.

By 1960, Albus had need of his brother's ability to gather information on the Death Eaters who supped at his bar. Aberforth agreed on the condition that Albus personally pay to renovate the entire building and buy him a goat farm. Albus agreed, and the two communicated the movements of Death Eaters until the end of the war. The brothers have not spoken since and will probably never discuss Ariana's death or themselves to each other ever again.

### Elphias Doge

Elphias Doge was a good friend of Dumbledore's from his first year at Hogwarts onward. Doge's family were part of the Pureblood aristocracy, but didn't have a representation in the House of Lords. On their mutual Sorting Day, Doge was recovering from a mild case of dragon pox, which was very widespread in those days. However, his condition made him a virtual outcast. Dumbledore, however, approached Doge and greeted him kindly- an impactful first impression upon Doge. After this, Elphias became Albus' wingman in all their Hogwarts endeavors, and both shared the fact that the Hat wished to put them in Slytherin before settling on Gryffindor. Elphias was, as a member of the aristocracy, fully aware of high society mechanics and gentility, and taught Albus everything he knew. For a long time, even after they left Hogwarts, Elphias was his spin doctor as well as his tutor in diplomacy and manners.

As far as the distance between the two Dumbledore boys was concerned, Elphias played no role in either mending their relationship or severing it. Once, Elphias had mentioned to Albus that Aberforth made his displeasure with his brother's antics known to him, and Albus told him quite plainly to leave it well enough alone. Doge let the matter drop. Elphias and Albus planned on taking the famous Grand Tour of the magical world after their graduation to put their training to good use and to see the world together. However, Elphias went ahead without Albus since the death of Albus' mother tied him back to Godric's Hollow.

However, once Albus returned from his personal trip to France, Elphias could hardly recognize the persona that he helped to craft. Though he was grateful and though he still relied on Doge's advice, Albus had grown past his teenaged ambitions full stop. They remained friends, though not as closely as they once were. Despite this, both hold each other in high regard, and Doge often serves as his representative in one of Albus' Wizengamot seats, as Albus knows he would vote as Albus would.

### Gellert Grindelwald

Gellert Grindelwald first met Albus after the former's expulsion from Durmstrang in 1899. The two of them found themselves as kindred spirits: they were equally powerful, motivated by idealism and ambition, and a deeply profound connection to magic and esoterism. Gellert's aunt Bathilda Bagshot was a good friend and neighbor to Kendra Dumbledore in the latter's later life, and upon Albus' return from Hogwarts Bathilda introduced Gellert to him.

For the short two months that he knew Albus, Gellert preyed on his worst qualities: his thirst for power, his arrogance, and his self-righteousness. They both planned what Gellert would eventually try to enact: a global wizarding hegemony based on paternalistic views of Muggles and their inability to rule themselves effectively. To pursue their goals, the two searched endlessly for the Deathly Hallows which they believed would give them invincibility.

After their relationship crashed violently due to the uncertainty of Ariana's death and the fact that Gellert attacked them both, Albus took many years to come to terms with Grindelwald's manipulation. Albus made a lot of progress under Nicolas Flamel, yet still held onto hope that he could somehow redeem Grindelwald. This hope and his continuing love bled into Albus' lack of direct action against Grindelwald until he finally did get over Gellert and do the job.

Their duel was legendary. Gellert continued to wheedle against Albus' own weaknesses, and when that failed attempted to persuade Albus that the Global War was his own fault. Despite eventually defeating Grindelwald, his influence on Albus remained. For one thing, Albus never allowed himself to love anyone again, and for another Albus' life work has been to undo his part in the creation of Grindelwald's philosophy.

### Elphinstone Urquart

Elphinstone met Albus during the Global War as a young official in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, pulled in by Doge to help found the Cassandra Group. The two helped coordinate between the Magical and Muggle Ministries. As a Hit Wizard, Elphinstone was asked to locate but not engage Grindelwald's position, as the wizard had utilized several anti-tracking charms.

After the war, Elphinstone and Albus reconnected over their shared love of chamber music and wizard's chess. The two confided in one another, especially as their former comrades were dead or missing. They remained in contact as good friends until Elphinstone died in 1985. Albus delivered Elphinstone's funeral oration.

### Minerva McGonagall

Minerva was Albus' student in Transfiguration from 1947 to 1954, where Minerva was a natural prodigy at the subject. Albus found he had a lot in common with Minerva: both had tremendous potential for Transfiguration, both were Gryffindors, and both had troubled family lives. On her first lesson, Minerva effortlessly turned a twig into a piece of chalk.

Throughout her time at Hogwarts, Albus found her to be one of his favorite students who came by often during his office hours to ask for help that in his mind she didn't need. In her final year, Albus suggested that she attempt the ultimate feat in personal Transfiguration: becoming an Animagus. She did so, and he helped her to register.

Later on, they became colleagues when a professor retired in the Transfiguration department. Once Minerva had figured out that Albus was leading the Order, she urged him him to not recruit any further students or faculty. Despite her urging, Dumbledore continued to allow recruits, which drove a wedge between the two of them for nearly twenty years, especially after the death of her two nephews and then her close friends the Potters.

Despite this cooling of their friendship, Albus requested that she aid him in giving Harry over to the Dursleys on November 1, 1981. She accepted.

They reconciled only after the death of Elphinstone Urquart, a friend of Dumbledore's and Minerva's husband. He bared his soul to her and lamented the casualties he felt responsible for. She accepted his apologies and acknowledged his shortcomings. Despite forgiving him for allowing her students and family to fight and die in an underground organization against her personal wishes, she didn't forgive him for leaving Harry at the Dursley home. While her trust of Dumbledore is deep, she still is aware of her shortcomings.

Dumbledore, privately, often refers to Minerva as his "moral rock" and "dearest friend".

### Alastor Moody

Alastor Moody was in the year after Minerva's. As a Hufflepuff, Moody did not have many interactions with Albus outside of Transfiguration, but Alastor was nevertheless extremely gifted in the subject. Alastor would go on to win that graduating year's Emeric Switch Prize for Transfiguration and become an Auror.

Later on, the two reconnected during the First Wizarding War, as Moody had recently lost his entire family to the Death Eaters. Knowing of his talents and his dogged perserverence, Albus would accept his help and be all the better for it. Alastor would go on to personally kill and capture more Death Eaters in that war than any other Order or Ministry member. He would become very loyal to Dumbledore's cause, as he saw the Ministry as too close to the Pureblood aristocracy, and therefore too timid to do what needed to be done against Voldemort.

Alastor would retire from being an Auror in 1983, having suffered severe mental and physical trauma. Despite now being extremely paranoid, Alastor would retain his loyalty to Dumbledore.

### Severus Snape, Lily Evans, and the Marauders

By the time that Albus met Severus Snape and the four Gryffindor boys, Albus was already the Headmaster at Hogwarts. Despite this, he would be intimately familiar with the Marauder's exploits already due to his connection to Remus Lupin. During their years at Hogwarts, Albus would only intervene in the most dangerous of circumstances as he was coordinating the formation and tactics of the Order in addition to keeping the Ministry and Wizengamot off of his tail. Despite this, he received reports from his teachers about suspicious behavior and or true academic promise, in the hopes of gauging Voldemort's support among the students as well as potential members for the Order.

When they graduated, the Marauders would've been approached to join the Order as each were highly competent wizards with unorthodox experience in dueling and sabotage: Sirius Black and Remus Lupin both were aces at Defense Against the Dark Arts, Peter Pettigrew was very capable at many subjects though not as exceptional as his friends, James Potter was top of his class for Transfiguration and Captain of the Gryffindor Dueling Club, and Lily Evans, already engaged to James, was the top of her year in Charms and second in the class for Potions. Severus would have already fallen into the Death Eaters and been inducted.

During the war, the Marauders were key members of the Order of the Phoenix. They killed and helped to capture several Death Eaters, and James and Lily Potter had faced off against Voldemort personally on three separate occasions.

Severus Snape however worked as a spy for Voldemort during the war, with Dumbledore's full knowledge. After Sybill Trelawney delivered the prophecy, Snape would approach Albus and ask him for help. The two would agree that Snape would tell Dumbledore everything he knows, and that he would become his spy against Voldemort. Albus agreed to create the Fidelius Charm around the Potter Cottage, protecting Lily against the Dark Lord. However their Secret Keeper, Peter Pettigrew had betrayed the Potters, causing their deaths, Peter's disappearance, and Sirius' imprisonment.

Severus would become one of Albus' confidantes, as Albus kept his true loyalties a secret. Eventually, Dumbledore would name Severus as Hogwarts Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House in 1981.