Who killed Ariana Dumbledore?

Ariana Dumbledore. We have witnessed many acts of evil, mostly at the hands of the Death Eaters and their supporters. But it is striking, given the powerful potential of Dark magic, that the perpetrators of one of the very worst acts of evil seen in wizarding history were a group of ordinary Muggle boys. read more

Ariana Dumbledore (c. 1885 – summer 1899) was a half-blood witch and the youngest child and only daughter of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore. She was the younger sister of Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore. read more

“Dumbledore killed Ariana. The reason Grindelwald is so interested in controlling an obscurus is because he was overpowered by Ariana. Ariana is an obscurus, and during the fight that ultimately lead to her death, she was able to overpower Grindelwald and take his wand from him, perhaps in her confused attempt to save Aberforth from the cruciatus curse. read more

Quite who cast the spell that killed Ariana was unclear, although when Harry met Albus Dumbledore in King’s Cross after he was nearly killed during the Battle of Hogwarts, the old headmaster strongly hinted that it was Grindelwald who shot the mortal curse. ‘Grindelwald lost control. read more