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How to kill Dumbledore - a challenge

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by BTT, Sep 20, 2019.

  1. BTT

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    Your challenge is as follows: you are Draco Malfoy. You have been sworn in as a Death Eater by Voldemort himself, but he's given you a mission that seems impossible to fulfill: you have to kill one of the greatest wizards in the world, Albus Dumbledore. Failure will result in execution of not only you, but probably also the rest of your family down the line.

    You have enjoyed 5 years of Hogwarts education so far; your OWLs were good, but not beyond compare, and among the NEWT classes you qualify for are Potions, DADA, and Transfiguration.

    Beyond that you also know Occlumency, taught to you by Bellatrix, and you have some knowledge of Dark magic, passed down by your father.

    Your resources are the dwindling fortunes of the Malfoy family. You can count on some minor help by other Death Eaters, though they expect you to do all the heavy lifting.

    Other people you can call on are your mother, Aunt Bella, and Severus Snape. Your father, currently in Azkaban, is beyond your reach. At school, you can always count on Crabbe and Goyle; other Slytherins may or may not support The Cause and will need to be tested.

    Additional restrictions: no muggle weaponry. Let's not start that particular shitstorm again, and besides it'd be really out of character for Draco. Use of canon magic is preferred. More points if your solution ends up being working out on a narrative level.

    tl;dr: How would you go about murdering Albus Dumbledore?
     
  2. Majube

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    Simple is always best, just have some younger slytherins cause a distraction like a Great Hall wide Fight with spells flinging everywhere
    Get close to Dumbledore and AK, have it so that it'd hit someone else like a first year if he dodged, and be close enough that he can't throw up something to block it fast enough. Also, pick a day that Fawkes is a baby.

    Liberal use of imperio would be needed for step 1 of course.
     
  3. Arthellion

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    Similiar plan to Saez.

    Steal invisibility cloak from Harry.
    Imperio Crabbe Goyle to cast Fiendfyre in great hall (Plausible deniability)
    From beneath Cloak, AK dumbledore while he's fighting the spell.

    Gtfo
     
  4. Silirt

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    Any plan must involve/account for fifteen minutes of pussying around saying that you're going to do it.
     
  5. Glimmervoid

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    The only reliable way to kill Dumbledore is to create a situation where he must kill himself / allow himself to be killed to achieve his goals. All the other plans in this thread fall apart when Dumbledore waves his wand and vanishes the fire, detects the person under the cloak, summons a statute into the path of the killing curse etc.

    The other way is to be a Wizard of the Dumbledore-Voldemort level, but the OP rules that out.

    A third option is approach him openly, explain the family killing situation and see if he'll let you kill him. I give it better odds than the combat plans.
     
  6. Zombie

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    Your challenge is as follows: you are Draco Malfoy. You have been sworn in as a Death Eater by Voldemort himself, but he's given you a mission that seems impossible to fulfill: you have to kill one of the greatest wizards in the world, Albus Dumbledore. Failure will result in execution of not only you, but probably also the rest of your family down the line.

    You have enjoyed 5 years of Hogwarts education so far; your OWLs were good, but not beyond compare, and among the NEWT classes you qualify for are Potions, DADA, and Transfiguration.

    Beyond that you also know Occlumency, taught to you by Bellatrix, and you have some knowledge of Dark magic, passed down by your father.

    Your resources are the dwindling fortunes of the Malfoy family. You can count on some minor help by other Death Eaters, though they expect you to do all the heavy lifting.

    Other people you can call on are your mother, Aunt Bella, and Severus Snape. Your father, currently in Azkaban, is beyond your reach. At school, you can always count on Crabbe and Goyle; other Slytherins may or may not support The Cause and will need to be tested.

    Additional restrictions: no muggle weaponry. Let's not start that particular shitstorm again, and besides it'd be really out of character for Draco. Use of canon magic is preferred. More points if your solution ends up being working out on a narrative level.

    The task is daunting. Kill a man that many say cannot be killed. A man so renowned, synonymous with power and sharp intelligence. His master, many would say, is his equal. But he is not Lord Voldemort. He shudders, thinking back to when the Dark Lord had so casually delivered his death sentence, an insurmountable task.

    He still remembers his fathers eyes boring into him from across the circle as the Dark Lords Death Eaters held court.

    He licks his lips, his mouth dry, and no amount of liquid able to bring it back. Around him the sounds of chatter, quieter than years past, trickles into his unhearing ears as he's caught up in thoughts of his own.

    He doesn't dare look at Dumbledore. He'd glimpsed once -- but swore himself not to do it again, Dumbledore's penetrating gaze startled him, held him in place. He doubted his Occlumency shields would hold for long if he was determined.

    How was he going to do this?

    ---

    Around him towers of junk, forgotten secrets from residents long past. It had been luck really, that he'd discovered this place. He'd been avoiding the Great Hall and taking his meals there, he could only tolerate so much stupidity, when he'd came across the most helpful Elf.

    They'd told him of the Room of Secret Things, and how to get there. Surely his answer to his looming problem lay there?

    ---

    His Imperious Curse had failed. Katie never made it to the school. He cursed himself and his own stupidity. He cared little for the fate of the girl, she had been his ticket to victory. Bloody Potter and his meddling friends had to get involved.

    Now the cursed necklace he'd found int he Room of Secret things was gone, along with his opportunity to strike against Dumbledore. Quickly, he made his way to the Three Broomsticks, and forced himself into a group of Slytherins.

    None of them looked at him as he appeared. Many had heard of his task, and their parents had instructed them to help him in anyway possible.

    Teachers rushed into The Three Broomsticks, ushering everyone back to the school. Draco took one last sip of his Butterbeer and made his way back to the castle.

    ---

    From his vantage point of the Astronomy Tower, he was able to see when Dumbledore came and went. He'd been doing this for weeks now, waiting for his moment. Tonight might actually be the night.

    This night, he'd made his plan, and with broom in hand he'd made for the castle grounds.

    Dumbledore was late coming back, he shivered in the chill breeze as he floated over the castle gates, hidden from sight with a spell his Auntie Bellatrix had taught him.

    Eyes hollow, body wasting away, he was ready to commit murder.

    The telltale crack of apparition and he felt his blood quicken.

    >>>


    Maybe someone else wants to finish this?

    Feel like this could be a decent collaborative piece. You pick up where I left off.
     
  7. DarthBill

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    • Acquire a small needle made from Goblin silver.
    • Imbue needle with most potent poison you can gain access to.
    • Charm needle to be extra sharp
    • Implant needle in cushion of Dumbledore's chair in Great Hall such that it is not visible when the cushion is not compressed
    • Infiltrate Hospital wing and destroy all potions there-in; hopefully this will keep nurse, Slughorn, and Snape busy during breakfast
    • Dumbledore sits on cushion, sticking himself with poison needle; hopefully doesn't notice if needle is sharp enough
    • Dumbledore dies of poison
     
  8. Innomine

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    For all the shit we give her, the way JK killed him was plausible.
     
  9. kelkorkesis

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    Imperio an house elf. Poison Dumbledore's food.
     
  10. Selethe

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    Hide his lemon drops. He'll have a heart attack when he finds them missing
     
  11. MonkeyEpoxy

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    Maybe it's the Victoria Potter influence in me, but I would be shocked if poison would actually work. It would have to be fast acting enough or esoteric enough to where a bezoar can't cure it or Snape can't create a cure. That's even if it gets ingested and Dumbledore doesn't notice it and transfigure it into a zesty sauce for his lamb chops.
     
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  12. Agayek

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    Honestly? I see two ways to do it that have a fairly reasonable chance of success.

    1) Imperio Weasley or Granger (Potter would be ideal but he showed himself resistant to the Imperium a couple years back) and force them to AK Dumbledore in a moment of inattention during the inevitable next time Dumbledore corners his favorite students.

    2) Get a dose of Felix Felicis and an invisibility cloak (or any other reasonably successful means of hiding), organize something that requires Dumbledore leave the castle, then Imperio a house elf to let you into Dumbledore's office under the guise of cleaning it. Use the potion and equipment to hide at the bottom of the stairs, ideally in a way that would let you easily follow someone up them. Then simply wait for Dumbledore to return and AK him in the back as he ascends.

    There's no such thing as a failure proof plan, but both of these should have a fairly high chance of success.
     
  13. DarthBill

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    • Steal Potter's dose of Felix Felicis
    • Drink the Felix Felicis
    • While under effects of Felix Felicis, find four-leaf clover, a lucky rabbit's foot, stand under a horse-shoe hung above a door, and put on your lucky underware
    • Dumbledore (or Voldemort) trips and falls down the stairs
    Edit: New idea
    • Sneak into Dumbledore's private bathroom and peel the adhesive duck stickers off the floor of his shower.
    • Dumbledore slips in the shower and hits his head.
    • In his concussion induced delirium, Dumbledore mixes up his bowl of lemon drops and his bowl of floo powder
    • Dumbledore ingests floo powder and accidentally sends his internal organs to the Ministry of Magic
     
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  14. Scarat

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    I don't know why you think he won't see it coming. I'm talking about the spell. Though I suppose many people don't use a model of the HP magic system where wizards can develop the ability to sense spells.
     
  15. Agent

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    Perhaps a simplistic solution but:

    1. Kidnap literally anyone. If it's someone like Harry, Neville or a Hogwarts Student then much better but any non-Death Eater should do the trick.

    2. Threaten to kill/torture them unless Dumbledore kills himself. If he hesitates, start cutting off fingers and limbs and send them to him.

    3. Done.
     
  16. TheWiseTomato

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    I think that'd be an excellent way to get a displeased Dumbledore on your front porch.
     
  17. Download

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    I was going to say good job, right up until I remembered Dumbledore has a phoenix.
     
  18. DarthBill

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    That only matters if he thinks to call for it. Maybe the poison is fast-acting enough that he doesn't have a chance to do so.
     
  19. MonkeyEpoxy

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    I'm just here for the visual of Fawkes crying on Dumbledore's ass in the middle of the Great Hall during breakfast
     
  20. Halt

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    My solutions are Deus ex Machina, Narrativium, and Plot Daggers.
     
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