Ariana was eventually killed while trying to intervene in a duel between her brothers and Gellert Grindelwald. Although Ariana lived to age fourteen, her Obscurial nature slowly poisoned her to death and her family could do nothing to ease her pain. They could be taught to accept and control their powers without suppressing them.Īriana Dumbledore became an Obscurial following an attack by three Muggle boys on her. However, when the wizarding world and the Muggle world separated with the development of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, the trend dropped as children were no longer forced to hide their true nature among their own. In ancient times, when wizards were hunted by Muggles, Obscurials were more common. Despite no longer suppressing his magical nature, Credence also retained his Obscurial abilities and Obscurus and was capable of utilising both in battle. Īs seen with Credence, Obscurials were still capable of expressing their natural magical abilities, although this appeared to be rarely accomplished as Credence was the only one known to have done so. As he had previously believed Credence could have been saved had he been given enough love, this indicated that at its earliest stages, it would have been possible for the power of love to cure them of their obscurus, but at a certain stage, a wizard/witch with an obscurus will no longer be able to be saved. Dumbledore, having witnessed this with Ariana, told Newt that "every time it grew darker, it began to poison her." As a result, Dumbledore recognised the signs of Credence's nature slowly killing him and he told Newt that Credence couldn't be saved.
However, even if an Obscurial survived past their tenth birthday, their nature would slowly poison and kill them. However, he was only one example and was stated to be unusually powerful.
It seemed that Obscurials couldn't be killed in Obscurus form the Obscurus might be shattered temporarily, but the Obscurial themselves would still be alive if Credence was anything to go by. When the child died, the Obscurus vanished along with them, though Newt Scamander successfully kept one alive when its host died by encasing it in a magical bubble. Ariana Dumbledore also survived for a number of years further. Ĭhildren possessed by an Obscurus almost always died before their tenth birthdays, but as exemplified by Credence Barebone, a wizard or witch with tremendous latent powers could survive longer. This notably damaged structures and objects near the host.
While the Obscurus was invisible, the Obscurial could physically interact with the world without making physical contact, though the ability was uncontrolled and triggered by the host's distress, anger, or other intense emotions. When an Obscurial released the Obscurus within, their eyes became pure white and their physical form vibrated and became distorted. In extreme cases, they might physically transform into an Obscurus.
Īn Obscurial might lose control when they reached their emotional and mental breaking point, releasing their Obscurus as an invisible (or nearly invisible) destructive wind. When a magical child was forced to repress their talent through physical or psychological abuse, they developed a parasitical magical force inside of them called an Obscurus, resulting from their strong emotions of distress. " It's an unstable, uncontrollable dark force that busts out and attacks, and then vanishes." - Tina Goldstein Ĭredence Barebone in his transformed Obscurial form loose in Time Square
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