The Inferi Explained

[@HarryPotterFolklore]

Is it just me that finds dark magic so much more interesting?

[@desmondgentle1474]

There's a lot more utility in the Dark Arks. You can be far more creative.

[@meowydoritoes]

I find it more interesting as there are barely any boundaries to it

[@drunkenpumpkins7401]

Now I'm wondering if Harry parent's where among the Inferi

[@juliecraze9310]

It isn't just you. Also, I always thought Regulus was turned into an Inferius by the other Inferi. Interesting video! Video Suggestions: What If Umbridge Successfully Used The Cruciatus Curse On Harry? What If Draco Never Disarmed Dumbledore? What If Albus Potter Killed Delphini? What If Bellatrix Defeated Molly? What If Grindelwald Escaped Nurmengard And Joined The Order? What Was Draco Malfoy's Boggart? What If Dumbledore Became Minister In 1990? What If Molly Joined The Horcrux Hunt? What If Grindelwald Defeated Dumbledore? What If The Marauders Never Bullied Severus?

[@sifilore]

@Bronwyn Zapirain Dark Arts has a bad reputation but it can b used for good. Its all about who's using it and what for, same thing goes for Whit Magic being used to help villains instead of heroes.

[@darthnihilus3447]

In the Half Blood Prince, Snape teaches the students about inferi. I believe he knew Voldemort would use them again and wanted Harry to be ready in case he were to come across them

[@Rockoblocko]

Wasn't there inferi guarding the horcrux in the cave? Maybe he heard rumors of the dark lord's power.

[@darthnihilus3447]

@@Rockoblocko there was, but who would know about the inferi unless they had either been there or were Voldemort himself?

[@dabeep4913]

oh damn

[@Exile97]

Rick Mccomb possible Voldemort has some of his higher followers move the bodies to the cave?

[@caseyrahailach5666]

I agree.

[@minimaster197]

For me, Voldemort's cave defences was the most interesting magic in the series, really showed how brilliant he was.

[@PoisonCreosote]

Me too. It was also horrific and creepy

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

It’s unfortunate to see him accomplish so much so brutally efficiently. Control of the wizarding world and the government in a silent coup, capture of undesirables. But can’t compete with a house elf when it comes to harming a teenager.

[@slytub]

SirRadish he probaly had killed somones pet and brought it back as inferi and scared the shit out of them with it 😂

[@ravenrockz6254]

400th like! ;D

[@evagrius3818]

Dark Energem I think he put it before he learned to fly so he needed it

[@guilhermepinheiro5342]

Regulus didn't became an Inferi after his death, 'cause Voldemort would have to perform the ritual himself on Regulus body, and if he did that he would have noticed the changed locket...

[@MsMeyara]

Exactly what I thought! I think they either ate him or destroyed him in one way or another.

[@slipkid1267]

MyFantasticNails They most likely did both.

[@ThibautVDP]

@@MsMeyara i dont think they ate him. But i do think decomposition would have done the job since it had been years.

[@jakerockznoodles]

I think it's possible he could have been turned, though, since we don't know exactly how the inferi were created. It could be that the water is enchanted in such a way that it can curse those dragged into its depths.

[@hazelannhtd4lifer852]

From creatures tell he died in the cave

[@robobros218]

I think dumbledore meant that necromancy has never worked because it has never actually brought someone back from the dead. I think that dumbledore would only think that necromancy had truly worked is if they came back with their mind and soul.

[@gilzineto]

I thought that too. Im pretty sure the only use of necromancy for Dumbledore would be to bring Ariana back to life!

[@billymayze710]

@@gilzineto what if he had accidently made in inferi of her in the attempts? you think he would have the heart to destroy it or keep it alive hidden somewhere?

[@leto-nl]

I agree 100% I was about to mention that to. I believe he stated it this way in the books: you cant bring someone back. wich in this case is true the soul has moved on an inferi is just a mindless corpse and it still keeps rotting to

[@leto-nl]

@@gilzineto I dont thinks so because in her time planning things with grindlewald she was still alive. her dead is what made grindlewald leave. In the books its stated that he wanted hes parents back to watch over her again so he did not have to

[@wafflingmean4477]

Yeah even the resurrection stone didn't truly work. The only woman we know of who was brought back could not shake the feeling that she did not belong in the land of the living, and eventually took her own life. I think in a way the soul changes when it dies, and cannot bear to be anywhere but the afterlife.

[@philh644]

Has anyone thought about who Harry's wand chose in olivanders? Did it choose harry or valdamorts soul?

[@hudsonessex8515]

wtf thats such a good question i've never even thought about that

[@-WitchKingofAngmar]

Interesting...

[@bradfordwade5889]

Mind....blown!

[@bradfordwade5889]

Somebody get JK on the phone

[@disgustedcharlie6679]

Voldemort*

[@Buffycomics]

I don't see how Regulus could have become an inferi, other inferi can't just "infect" dead bodies and multiply - it would require a wizard to animate him and the only one possible is Voldemort. Now we know he never found out that Regulus was in that cave, if he did he would most likely would investigate how he found out his location and (assuming he wasn't aware to the fake horcrux) would abandon it as an hidden place in fear that other could also locate it.

[@arezdracul8650]

Buffycomics yup, I also think so. Unless there bite is contagious?

[@sergiodiaz2725]

The phrase “Necromancy has never worked” comes from the idea that it can’t bring people back to life, not that they couldn’t creat an Inferius. I imagine this would come from Dumbledore trying to bring Ariana back to life and finding himself with a bastardized version that has no connection to his sister other than appearance.

[@princesaruu6150]

Yikes that give me a pet cematary vibes

[@SapphireStar23]

These spooked me really bad in half-blood prince.

[@diejagers4636]

Sapphire Star same

[@cosmictheorist6091]

I doubt Regulus was one unless the spell cast on the inferi was contagious

[@gentlecaringviolence]

Like a wizarding zombie apocalypse 😳

[@KyrstOak]

@@gentlecaringviolence XD

[@philmorton4590]

The water is probably the contagious element needed to start the process of becoming an inferi, drowning the final step.

[@turdferguson9356]

If Grindlewald was smart he'd have made inferi out of the battlefields of the First World War

[@bradleyhowdyshell3083]

Brisdad53 it wouldn’t make a difference they crawl any ways

[@QaysSyed]

@Brisdad53 *hits table* corpses *hits table* are *hits table* corpses

[@toomanysandwiches8665]

@@QaysSyed theyre smarter than mugglezombies

[@anthonyruiz8319]

@@bradleyhowdyshell3083 but they could use rifles and overwhelm people

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@anthonyruiz8319 Ah yes. The famous zombie charge at Somme 1916

[@jesussaves5692]

hey! i was wondering what would happen if your worst fear is a boggart

[@nicholasdoss3312]

@Philip Arvanitidis not exactly, because the boggart doesn't take an exact shape of the subject but rather the internalized picture of the subject that their victim has. so, technically, it would assume the form of what the person assumes a boggart looks like, or the mental image of one they fear consciously or subconsciously

[@ThibautVDP]

@@nicholasdoss3312 my image of a boggart would be something like a dementor. I guess some dark shadelike creature if this was the case.

[@stillcold]

A boggart takes the shape of your worst fear. The reason someone would fear it most is because of what its capable of [taking shape of your worst fear], therefore I believe it would take shape of something you fear, but not itself.

[@nicholasdoss3312]

@@stillcold almost like a legal paradox, huh?

[@josiatokirina1788]

Being afraid of fear itself. This can be beneficial, as long as it does not hinder your performance or make you hide from living a productive happy life.

[@IdleLancer]

I have always wondered why Regulus didn't get Kreacher to disapparate him out of the cave?

[@faehiir]

If I remember correctly Regulus actually ordered Kreacher to leave him and save himself. Perhaps Kreacher would have been bound by elf magic to try and help his master but Regulus wasn't taking any chances in case Kreacher died too. He was a true elf lover. I bet he and Hermione would've been good friends. And can you imagine how proud Sirius would've been of him? Both brothers died believing less of each other..💔

[@michelmorio8026]

Kishalay .m.b.barua we don‘t know if he was a „elf lover“, only that he cared for Kreacher! It isn‘t unheard of having racist beliefs and yet still care for Individuums of that race that are close to you or that you bonded with (for example in childhood, when your beliefs weren‘t that much influenced by elder ones) At least that what sometimes happened for example in the Slaver States of the United States of even in NS Germany

[@lisac9522]

Michael Cosentino No, it wasn’t a matter of whether Kreacher was wimpy or not. Regulus explicitly ordered Kreacher to leave him there to save himself. The elf was bound by those orders. It was something he could not overcome. Regulus wanted both Kreacher and the locket safely out of the cave.

[@faehiir]

Yeah maybe he only loved Kreacher and not all elves, but I like to believe Regulus was a bit of a Slytherin Neville😊

[@michelmorio8026]

Kishalay .m.b.barua 😅 I don‘t think so... don‘t get me wrong, from all WE know, he most certainly was kind of a nice guy; VERY good in school (Slug Club), well liked (by his classmates), but more influenceable than his brother Sirius which is why I believe he fell for Voldemort and became a follower -> to fulfill expectations of his parents and make them proud, them who really shared Voldemort’s view on the magical World (do we certainly know he was a real deatheater with a Dark Mark? I don‘t remember correctly 🙈) But that certainly classified him as a Slytherin Neville 😂

[@liamjames5070]

Sometimes I wonder why Voldemort didn’t turn Dumbledores body into Inferi it would have really thrown off Hogwarts and would have messed with Harry’s mind so much

[@vanshagarwal2362]

I remember reading somewhere that voldemort migh'tve had some respect for dumbledore's prowess.

[@pavelslama5543]

He was probably afraid that he would revive Dumbledore even with his brain and that Dumbledore would come back to kick his ass xD

[@w0t3rdog]

Well, technically, there should be no difference in making bodies move to making statues or suits of armour move. So I find it weird to call it necromancy, as it is actually golem crafting. If you raised people from the dead, with their original memories, wills, regrets... then I would regard it necromancy. Making zombies, moving mummies/skeletons... without a will of its own, they are just corpse golems

[@Happy9Lover3]

Not necessarily Necromancy is to control the dead, since you control the dead bodies of once alive people means it falls under necromancy. Keeping this in mind, the question is more does this fall under transfiguration or dark arts since it has attributes of both.

[@w0t3rdog]

@@Happy9Lover3 I would say the matter is more subjective, as I would state that the spells necessary wouldnt be deemed dark arts in other circumstances. E.g., bombarda can be used to blow a person limb from limb, but it can also be used for swift home improvements, knocking out walls and creating new doors. Is it dark or not? Does magic know the difference between an inanimate suit of armor or an inanimate heap of flesh and bones? I think there is just a regular golem spell and a preservation spell at work here, and modern ethics is what condemns it. Imagine an immortal workforce, never resting, eating or even getting sick/injured. Having your loved ones contributing to the wellfare of humanity after death. Mankind would have reached post-capitalism by now if it wasnt for immoral ethics.

[@britishfishguy4845]

Thankyou so much I've been wanting to know more about the darker magic/ancient magic

[@britishfishguy4845]

Also are dragons sentient

[@hakon_dlc]

@@britishfishguy4845 About as sentient as an alligator

[@Porsche911gtr]

So reason says that when Cedric Diggory asked him to take his body back it wasn't just for his grieving father or anybody else it was also to make sure that he did not become something like that. I mean reason says that's what it was and that he learned about it after his death and what about Harry's parents?

[@hudsonessex8515]

its never actually confirmed that Voldemort takes his victims that i know of, its just happy potter folklores idea on how he got all the bodys

[@Em_Elizabeth]

Or to get a proper burial

[@lenap319]

"he wasnt planning on digging up graves anytime soon" *flashback to goblet of fire*

[@Xehanort10]

He had a bone to pick with his dead dad.

[@JamieGarner2005]

Nice video man

[@brandonfaubert7180]

Ive always had that thought about RAB. Its sad cause he did have a turn of faith. Great video bruv. Cheers

[@jessicajanehayes]

i dont think that r.a.b could have been one of the inferi in the lake when harry was there because voldermort didn’t kill him himself and probably didn’t know about his death so he wouldn’t have become and infuri. he would have remained as a dead body

[@jasonkanyike3245]

Actually no regulus wasn't. Unless Voldy left a permanent spell that morphed any new corpses into new warriors.

[@meowydoritoes]

I was waiting for this

[@MsMeyara]

I can tell that you put a lot of effort in this video, it was outstanding! I loved the quality and research behind it. Keep it up!

[@Kilarion]

I wondered how inferi where made i thought it was necromancy ididn’t even know that necromancy was a thing in harry potter

[@althealligator1467]

Necromancy ISN'T a thing in Harry Potter.

[@daniellockett5276]

@ Al the Alligator, in one of the books,necromancy is mentioned

[@jacopomazzo4949]

Al the Alligator Necromancy is totally a thing. Voldemort is a necromancer. Remember, necromancy isn't only a "i fight with zombie army" it's the research of eternal life trought unlife. Which is exactly what Voldemort has done

[@Handlealreadytaken.Trythisone.]

Because HP uses every strereotypical type of magic. its not thought out very well at times.

[@tomcat124us]

They talk about mummies in old tombs that Bill helped break Curses through out back ground info from book 1-4. I am sure mummies were Infrei

[@theresaiwright7085]

Thank you Dean for another great video.

[@ChardogNation]

I could see Voldemort turning albus into an inferi imagine the effect it would have on Harry and his side

[@staciep.9918]

Then my face would be your pikachu avatar.

[@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85]

Pika pika pika

[@sonicgen20]

I personally don't really think Voldemort would go through the trouble of fishing out Regulus Black from the cave pond in order to turn his body into an inferi. Like you said, each inferi is individually created after obtaining their body. Plus Voldemort probably wouldn't go to the cave regularly to check for new bodies in the lake when he and his death eaters already make their own dead corpses on a regular basis, plus going there regularly to increase the already large number of inferi might draw too much attention to the cave and endanger the horcrux's location.

[@seanabbott3992]

He could just magicly transport them there, he would never need to personally transport each one. For example he could turn a small stone into a port key and place the stone in or on the body

[@razorramone63139]

As soon as the comparison to zombies were made, I started imagining Voldemort dancing "Thriller" with his Inferi. 😂

[@aquasilver4293]

Inferi: AKA a magical zombie. Like, that's literally it... That's all...

[@kathrynroberts248]

Well done, Dean! Really well researched and presented.

[@stumpDD978]

Thank you for brightening my Sunday

[@manchesterred1478]

Imagine if they made and 18 plus Voldemort film showing all the sick twisted stuff he did since leaving hogwars and maby show him opening the chamber

[@sigridvanosch1990]

I would watch it!

[@manchesterred1478]

Sigrid van Osch yes it would be amazing

[@bundamaker6747]

Thats exactly what I been craving man. 18+ is a must.

[@lw5682]

I love your videos. I’m glad I’m not the only one still obsessed with the world of Harry Potter!!🧙‍♀️🧜‍♀️🧚‍♀️

[@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85]

Well its 2020 now so were obsessed with get sticked bug. Rick rolled. Gnoned

[@agnesmurr2064]

Regulus... more about him, please. I sense a good story behind his awakening to the cruelty of Voldemort. The perfect son of the Black family.

[@Dante.D.B.]

Thanks for the video Dean! A very interesting topic indeed. On Inferi and necromancy in general. I would assume many wizards throughout the centuries would have tried to understand the secrets and mechanics behind such magic. Possibly even some alchemists or other scientists might have as well, just like Dumbledore and Grindelwald. It is as they're almost some kind of distantly related creatures to Dementors or something, despite the fact that Inferi are just reanimated corpses. I just find this topic disturbingly fascinating, to be honest.

[@Beavers94]

I believe Regulus was not part of the inferi due to the fact Voldemort did not know he found his horocrux and so he couldn't know Regulus died in the cave and in essence didn't enchant him to fight with the others.

[@danielmyers7069]

I love you so much I just want to subscribe a million times ✌🏼

[@lisac9522]

No, Regulus didn’t become an inferius, my guess is that his body was sunk to the bottom of the lake by the inferi. It takes a dark wizard or witch to create an inferius, and Voldemort did not return to the cave to check on the locket horcrux at the bottom of the bowl filled with potion. How do we know this? The fake locket and Regulus’s note was still there for Dumbledore and Harry to find more than a decade after Regulus placed them in the bowl.

[@pedromartinez6199]

That video and the content was amazing. Great job Dean, keep up the good work and research of Potter folklore

[@laneyperez1523]

Really interesting video. Inferi were never something I never really understood but were always curious about

[@justadreamerforgood69]

Where are you from?

[@scifiwriter6092]

Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate the amount of research you did to create it.

[@thefilmrookie3099]

These inferi scared the heck out of me as a child, from the movie.

[@samking6948]

Love the vids!

[@kristopherbarker3282]

Thanks. I've always wondered about Inferi Great video, as always.

[@cjjohnston7955]

Of course not. Voldemort did not even know that he had been to the cave and discovered his locket. From what I understand of the Harry Potter universe, he would’ve had to perform the spell on regulus’s body. Love your videos mate, I may not always agree with some of your ideas, but I find your videos well researched, well thought out, and well presented! Keep going brother, we need them!

[@screechingtoad4401]

0:45, that looks like Merope Gaunt

[@Leo-jt4hp]

Your vids are so well made! Simply put from a complicated subject.:)

[@HelenSkyGazerTheFrosty]

Thank you so much for the work you do put it, we absolutely appreciate it. Your channel is awesome. 💖 Much Frosty Love ❄️💙

[@juliano5662]

Voldemort is like that one good programmer, that can code anything.

[@VictorScrooge]

The only way Regulus could have become an Inferi, in my understanding, would have been a ritual of sort. What if Tom set up the ritual to be performed by the victim itself. The crossing over the water, like the river Styx where you left your past life behind you. The drinking of the potion, the water that makes you forget. (The river of crossing Lethe. If I remember that correctly there are three rivers in the greek underworld. ) After you drank the potion you could become an Inferi when you die directly thereafter.

[@alisha-tennizlife3522]

Love your channel! Good video

[@georgekerkvliet2139]

When Voldemort died at the end, did that eliminate the Inferi in the cave because the spellcaster died?

[@MrDacat]

thank you for these videos, as someone writing a fanfic, they are very helpfull

[@queckules6145]

I don’t think all those inferi are corpses of voldemorts victims, I think they were already there, hidden by some anchient dark wizard. That is probably why he used the cave to hide the horcrux. When he went there as a kid, he saw the inferi, also explaining why those other kids were terrified beyond recognition

[@JorgePicco]

Im sure its going to be an awesome video, as always. Already hit the like button.

[@zoeantoinette8641]

I enojoy all your videos thank you for your hard work ❤️❤️❤️ they are all done so well!! ❤️💛💚💙

[@Gyarren]

Maybe the reason why Dumbledore couldn't create Inferi was because he, subconsciously or otherwise, really didn't want to. Even when he was in his "let's subjugate the Muggles" phase, he maintained that he was unwilling to use excessive force to achieve his goals; maybe he thought an army of nigh-indestructible walking corpses was a tad much. Maybe he thought of his mother as an Inferious, and the image horrified him so much, he abandoned the idea. For someone like Voldemort, who had no ties to loved ones, no conscience, and an endless supply of bodies at his disposal, well... And wouldn't Voldemort have to turn Regulas into an Inferious? I don't remember the lore saying anything like "those who are killed by Inferi then rise up and become one". Probably, they just drowned him, or tore him to pieces, and his body rotted away long ago, because it wasn't protected by an anti-decay enchantment.

[@franceslambert8070]

I don't think RAB was one of the attacking inferi that attacked HP and Prof. Dumbledore as voldy didn't bewitch him. RAB was just drowned by them, and his body just decomposed on the lake bed. Great video, I love all the things that you research. Keep up the great work.

[@ianhubbard4954]

I think the question you asked at the end is a very good one.

[@mariemoonpie830]

Thank you for making this video!!

[@nancyclow9281]

Hi Dean. Thank you so much for another masterpiece. Waited so long for your videos. Finally! Simply amazing. Can't wait for the next one. Sending you some 💓💋 and 🤗😍.

[@harrystansfield6177]

Amazing video like always

[@mmaphilosophytheologyscien4578]

I think when Albus said necromancy never worked, he meant the dead could not be fully resurrected in the sense that they can’t bring the persons mind and soul back. I don’t think he was saying the body could not be reanimated.

[@jackiewepps4694]

Whether RAB would become an infiri is a good question. If he would simply become an infiri by drowning in that lake, then it is possible. However, if someone needed to perform necromancy on his body, then I don't believe he was one of the infiri who attacked Harry and Dumbledore. No one except Kreacer knew that he had been to the cave until after Harry and Dumbledore went there. I apologize for spelling mistakes. I hear names. I don't read them.

[@PICADALOL]

Quality information once again!

[@steve9359]

My Question in regards to this is why didnt Voldemort turn Dumbledore into an Inferi when he broke into his tomb to obtain the Elder Wand?

[@andremiller4863]

Because he wouldn't be able to...he didn't kill him...

[@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85]

@@andremiller4863 bruh not every inferi was killed by the owner Sure the owner may have raised them. But that does not mean that they kiled them first

[@toringepedersen9614]

Did'nt Voldemort make the Inferi specifically to be a defence for the locket? When the locket went in and the Inferi became active, he didnt have anymore use for any more inferi?

[@abby.lana.rey.]

hi! keep up the good work! love the channel! -w-

[@lisakaz35]

Voldy used a part of his soul? How could he do that? How much did he have to spare then? Is it a permanent relocation or what?

[@Legobrat86]

In myth when zombies AKA infiri bite someone, they become one with the undead.

[@tomcat124us]

@Shisui San it's either a contradiction, or Zombies, Inferi, Mummies are all the same thing but with different names.

[@Ray8.8.8]

@@tomcat124us I disagree, they are all dead bodies but they all are created to do different things. Mummies nor inferi turn living humans into the undead in canon, like how zombies do. Also inferi are controlled by whomever cast the spell on them not a parasite/bad bacteria, inferi can have different motives(depending on what the caster demands), where as zombies nearly always have the same.

[@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85]

Zombie and mummies and inferis are dead bodies Soo theyre same

[@warlocklegacy9335]

I dont the Revilus black was an infiri because I dont think that the infiri have the power to make more infiri and I dont think that Voldemort just randomly revisited the cave to turn one corpse into an infiri

[@EldritchMishap]

Surely, the concoction voldemort used to hide the locket, the actual one that makes you so thirsty that you instincly go for water from the lake, might help creating inferi. That would be THE best defense. You drink part of what creates an inferi, then proceed to die from other inferi(us?) dragging you to your final resting place. Plus, what other place is best when you want a wizard or witch dead, but not found?

[@anadjokic253]

It's 11pm and I'm watching this....

[@Bhnoles143]

I wonder who would win, Voldemort's army of Inferni vs. Nicol Bolas' Dreadhorde?

[@HashimThaDream]

My question is, did the Inferi in the lake cease to “exist” (for lack of a better word) after Voldemort’s death?

[@lisac9522]

Shisui San Apparently infiri are just bodies, not soul. They’re horrible enough as it is, but I find it a bit of a relief that this does not involve souls at all.

[@hudsonessex8515]

they probably just were able to decompose after that and either instantly turned into dust or just started to decompose from the stage they were at before the spell got put on them

[@wistyeria]

Well when a wizard or witch dies the magic they did falls so they'd just be bodies

[@alixinthemiddle]

I think what Dumbledore meant in regards to necromancy not working is that you cannot raise a specific person from the dead. You cannot replace a soul in a body and undo a death. Not that it’s impossible to make a shambling corpse move around by magic.

[@alondraandradeandrade7293]

i like your videos LOT, i subscribed.

[@markallen3293]

I clicked so fast on your notification I think I have a cramp in my "clicker" finger. :)

[@isabelall4127]

I haven't read the books in a while, so I might be wrong, but... When Dumbledore said necromancy never worked, I think he meant it in another way. Like, it doesn't truly bring someone back, just gets you a mindless shell of a person

[@SooyoungFTW]

Pretty sure when Dumbledore said that Necromancy never worked he meant the true form of necromancy: truly bringing someone back from the dead. Not just reanimating a corpse.

[@KINKAZWELL]

good video as always

[@tetyanaturinetti1870]

I love this! Very informative.

[@ChaosCloud96]

Love your videos dean but there were two things you said that made no sense to me in this video. Regulus Black was most likely not a Infiri, just because he was killed by them doesn't inherently mean he turns into one, he would just be a corpse at the bottom. However if Voldermot returned to cast the spell again he would have likely become one but this sort of action seems very unlike voldermort, would he return every so often to recast the spell to add those killed by his infiri to join their ranks? I don't think so it would likely only add 2-3 every few years it seems pointless so regulus was likely dead at the foot of the cave but not in the army which is an equally chilling thought. Second of all I agree that why JK didn't go with the name Zombie however you said Zombies aren't part of british folklore as if she based all of her creations and creatures around that which she most certainly did not. Hippogriffs are a part of Greek mythos, Giant such as Gwap and particularly half giants such as Hagrid are most prominent in Norse Mythology, so she defiantly does take from other mythologies besides that of British.

[@abhishekaryan3749]

I think Dumbledore only said that Necromancy is a branch that never worked as it never became possible to bring back the dead just as they were when alive. Creating inferi is just one of the applications of Necromancy and it was also stated by Dumbledore that inferi were not seen for a few centuries and imlying that it has been done before by dark wizards. I believe Dumbledore and Grindelwald gave up on the idea of inferi as their use in a war is quite doubtful as they can not distinguish between friend and foe. Dumbledore wasn't surprised that Voldemort was able to do it.

[@joelightrailway2362]

The Cave chapter was my favourite chapter from the HP Half-Blood Prince because the subject of your video about the Inferi. Another franchise called Attack on Titan has giant mindless zombie like monster also know as Titans were once human themselves as both the Manga & Anime shows many people transformed into these mindless monsters.

[@Empeebles91]

Regulus black couldn't have been one because the real locket was stashed away in the house on grimauld place. How did he get it back and replace it with a fake if he died in the cave?

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

So Inferi are basically Zombies right?

[@gummi293]

I believe RAB would have been lying as a corpse under the water, but wouldn't have been an inferi, because Voldemort didn't know he had been in the cave as Kreacher wasn't allowed to tell anyone and how often would Voldy go back to the cave and check on his locket? He couldn't have been told by anyone that someone had touched the water, so RAB would just have been killed and that is the end of him

[@BjornV1994]

I personally believe that Voldemort would have enchanted the lake to turn everyone who died in the lake, into an inferi, therefore increasing security everytime one got to close to his horcrux, so yes, I think Regulus was amongst the inferi that attacked Harry and Dumbledore. As for Necromancy, I don't think Dumbledore saw it as an impossible art because he couldn't create an inferi. In all fairness, I do believe both he and Grindelwald were surely able to cast the spell to create an inferi and the Resurrection Stone would just made it easier to increase their numbers. What I think Dumbledore meant with the notion that it is futile to try to raise the dead, is because you can't truly restore life completely. There isn't a spell that can truly ressurrect a deceased person, bring them back, fully conscious and in their body. You can re-animate the corpses but they aren't their former living selves and while you can summon spirits, they are still spirits and eventually will have to return to the afterlife.

[@AliceIsSleepy]

BjornV1994 Well, techically you could create an inferi of a very recently deceased, before they start to decay, and ressumon their souls to inhabit their bodies. You could also do it with ghosts. So...

[@BjornV1994]

@@AliceIsSleepy If a wizard or witch can create a spell or magical ritual that allows them to bind soul and body together again, fixating the soul in the body so they are alive and well again, the ultimate goal of necromancy would be achieved but based on Dumbledore's point of view, there is no known wizard or witch who have managed to accomplish this feat. No magic can resurrect truly resurrect the dead as far as he knows.

[@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85]

@@BjornV1994 inferis can be killed by tanks

[@BjornV1994]

@@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85 True, though a bit overkill if you ask me. About any method that destroys the body of the inferi significantly enough, should do the trick if you ask me.

[@imjustaneutralguy10yearsag85]

@@BjornV1994 how bout a volley fire from 8 guys with rifles?

[@tbums8139]

Was Victor Krum in the maze a inferi bc He had those white eyes?

[@hudsonessex8515]

No, He was under the Imperius Curse that barty crouch JR. put on him

[@deathstar6998]

Necromancy is often different in fantasy and mythology compared to Harry potter. One major difference is a necromancer would need to plant a pseudo soul in the body as magic being used to constantly reanimate the body would destroy it. Necromancy should also technically allow one to not only stop decay but also cause it. If Grindelwald decided to research further into necromancy it's likely he could figure out a spell to cause rapid decay in people killing them instantly. As there is magic that already involves aging it's highly likely you can make a curse like that.

[@feanor411]

I think Regulus may not have been an inferi. He wouldn't have been enchanted by Voldemort, who presumably never returned to the cave, so I don't think he'd be able to re-animate. Also I suspect that the inferi would tear his body apart to the extent that he wouldn't have been able to do anything without being re-assembled somehow.

[@ChicBOT]

It's not that Albus didn't believe that you could utilise inferi in this way or reanimate a corpse, its that necromancy, ie, raising the dead, didn't work in the proper sense - as in you couldn't bring the dead back to life, which is why Albus and Gellert were interested in it in the first place, in order to bring back Albus' dead sister. Its also for this reason Gellert sought the Philosophers stone.

[@kurt120032002]

The fact that they the false talisman was still there, it means Tom did not visit it between RAB switching it with the fake one, and Dumbledore's visit. That means that there was no cursed on RAB's body, so no, RAB's body did not took part in any attack.

[@joshmoore5165]

Amazing video!

[@steffenballe4285]

The reason Dumbledore marked necromancy to be a branch of magic that never worked, was because the original intention of necromancy was to bring the dead back to life. Necromancy was probably first experimented with to challenge the lack of an effective spell, that could bring back the dead, and one outcome of this experimentation was the curse that could produce inferi.

[@BlitzAttacker]

As someone that hasn't read any of the books in a while and never got into the expanded universe of Harry Potter this is really interesting and made me wonder more on the process. Do they explain the details on how exactly the spell is cast, what happens if you attempt to turn a living body into an Inferius, and most interesting to me what happens if a witch or wizard were to try to turn themselves into an Inferius? Could there be an in universe method for beings equivalent to "Liches" or necromancy focus magic users that live as Inferius and retain more of their will and capabilities?

[@SilverShinepony]

I never understood how the locket got out of the cave and got replaced with a fake, if regulus died here

[@red33811]

Because Kreacher was there too. Regulus ordered Kreacher to switch the locket and escape the cave before Regulus was pulled into the water by the Inferi to die

[@hakon_dlc]

same here was looking for this comment

[@hakon_dlc]

@@red33811 is that canon or a theory?

[@red33811]

@@hakon_dlc it's canon. It's in Deathly Hallows when Kreacher explains his story to Harry

[@hakon_dlc]

@Michael Cosentino No need to be triggered Michael, it's been years since I last read the books. I'm not a hardcore fan, just a casual.

[@taurauross9576]

The inferi maybe senseless.. but I think one thing they learned to fear is Dumbledores fire storm..or is it fiend fyre?

[@hfjtrytry9216]

is it not possible that by "not working" he meant that you could never truly raise the dead in the sense that one couldnt bring them back soul and body rather than just a mindless husk? just my two cents