The Death Of Nicholas Flamel

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The Death of Nicholas Flamel Nicholas Flamel was born around 1325. He died soon after June of 1992. Flamel was able to live for so long because, as clearly one of the most brilliant wizards of all time, he had made the only known philosopher's stone. Despite his brilliancy and longevity, we are asked to believe that, although he had managed to keep the stone safe from who knows how many dark lords for approximately 600 years, he was unable to protect it from Voldemort and prevent its destruction in 1992. I'm not sure I believe it, so I've been exploring other possibilities for what may have happened. Here's what I've considered: 1. Dumbledore took the stone without Flamel's permission Given what we learned of Dumbledore in DH's, this doesn't seem totally unreasonable. However, I really doubt that Dumbledore would have been able to access the stone without Flamel's consent. Moreover, even if he was, he wouldn't have been able to get away with it for very long since its removal from Gringotts was announced in the Daily Prophet. 2. The stone at Hogwarts was actually a fake, so they didn't really die when it was destroyed. This feels like the easiest explanation, especially since Hagrid was the one assigned to retrieve it from Gringott's, but I don't think it quite works. The brilliant swythyv proposed a few years ago that Nicholas Flamel had ruled as the "invisible king" of the wizarding world for nearly seven centuries. He left the Wizengamot in charge of managing most of its affairs. Dumbledore had so much political power in the WW mostly because he had Flamel's backing. Therefore, Flamel's death would explain why Dumbledore's political star fell so quickly after Harry's first year. So, if we go with her theory, it would seem that Flamel was definitely out of the picture by 1992. 3. The Flamels had already simply decided that they were ready to
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