Indeed, while designing the set, the filmmakers took inspiration from a salt crystal cave in Frankfurt, Germany. However, some promotional merchandise for the film refers to it as the "Crystal Cave".
This once again shows Voldemort's habit of underestimating his opponents, because he did not expect any underage wizard would attempt such feats. The boat was enchanted so that only one wizard of age could be transported in it. To get there, one had to find an invisible boat anchored to the cavern wall. The Horcrux was placed on an island in the middle of the lake. The island in the cave being swarmed by Inferi The second skirmish at the Horcrux cave took place on 29 June, 1997 after Albus Dumbledore tracked down what he believed to be one of Lord Voldemort's Horcrux's, located in a seaside cave Tom Riddle had visited as a boy while living in Wool's Orphanage as a boy. The darkness within the cave was noted to be denser than normal, and the light created from a Wand-Lighting Charm would illuminate less than expected. Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore inside the cave in 1997. If the water is disturbed, the Inferi would emerge and attempt to drag the intruder into the water to drown. Any attempt to use a Summoning Charm to get the Horcrux would cause one or more Inferi to leap out of the water to block the spell's effect. Īn Inferi-infested lake separated the entrance of the cave from the Horcrux. According to Dumbledore, this was due to a common misconception by Voldemort that physical pain would weaken a person entering the chamber. Ī smaller entrance was made: a door which required a blood sacrifice, a weakness payment, to open. He placed a spell on the cave so that it was impossible to Apparate inside it (though ineffective against house-elf magic, as Voldemort underestimated them). As acknowledged by Dumbledore himself, the defences that Voldemort had set up within were well-designed in that one person alone could not enter and leave it without assistance. Upon storing the locket in the cave, Voldemort set up a large number of complex enchantments, designed to keep others out but still allow him access to the Horcrux, should he desire to visit or remove it. It was a very difficult place to find and even Dumbledore had to make a lot of research about Voldemort's past. Voldemort later decided to use this cave as a location for one of his Horcruxes ( Salazar Slytherin's Locket). The great black lake, teeming with the dead." - Harry Potter in the cave with Albus Dumbledore searching for one of Voldemort's Horcruxes He could not pretend now that he was not scared. Test your knowledge of the entire Wizarding world from the professors of Hogwarts, to the seven Horcruxes." Harry turned his head to look at the greenish glow toward which the boat was still inexorably sailing. The first book, "The Philospher's Stone," stole our collective hearts and introduced us to Platform 9 3/4 and Diagon Alley-the beginning of the journey into the world of magic.ĭo you remember the first time you read about Butterbeer? Do you know which Hogwarts house the Sorting Hat would certainly put you into? If you were one of the children-turned-adults who grew up on the Harry Potter series, then this quiz is for you!
It spawned not only the most successful book series of all time (translated into dozens upon dozens of languages,) but also an entire movie universe, as well as theme parks on multiple continents. Little did we know that when an unknown author started a series of books about a boy wizard, that the world of literature would never be the same! Harry Potter was introduced to the world more than two decades ago, in 1997.