Avada Kedavra

He dies because of a curse.

Well, he dies because of the Killing Curse.

I was kinda thinking the hand thing at first.

But all the events lead to that.

So the cause of his death, like, injury and exhaustion.

Dumbledore, how did he die? He started to weaken and would have died from a magical curse that was placed on his hand, uh, whenever he, in his pride, uh, or curiosity at the least, put on the Horcrux ring when he shouldn't have.

Uh, and then later, he asked Snape to kill him with the Killing Curse.

So ultimately, he died of his own accord.

What about you, Maya? So, basically, it's because every single spell has a different symbol.

And Avada Kedavra has lightning bolt.

Really? I never knew

that.

So why do we think that it was the killing curse? Like, why does anyone know that it was a killing curse? And I was like, uh, because there's a dead Voldemort there and, uh, that Dumbledore knew about the mother's love.

And he, if you put the, you know, the ancient magic love and Dumbledore's dead corpse and, uh, curse, uh, made by dark magic, even though Avada Kedavra shouldn't leave a mark, he could tell it was dark magic.

I was like, I feel like you could put them together

and it would make sense.

Yes.

So when Voldemort tries to use the Elder Wand to kill Harry, the wand refuses to murder its true master, and the Killing Curse rebounds.

It is an incredibly convoluted, highly specific mechanical resolution.

It is.

It was fragile.

Very.

When the Killing Curse rebounded off Harry's mother's sacrificial protection, Voldemort's physical body was destroyed, but his soul, fragile and fractured, splintered one final time, and a tiny piece of that soul latched onto the only living thing remaining in the room, Harry Potter.

Which means Voldemort unwittingly created a seventh external Horcrux, meaning his soul was actually split into eight pieces, completely throwing off his meticulously calculated magic of seven.

I, um, not the things that stood out for me.

In the Goblet of Fire full cast audio edition, Voldemort says Avada Kedavra before he kills Frank Bryce.

Okay.

And that, um, in the straight reading that Stephen Fry does, for instance, you don't hear that because the way it's written, you don't know what the spell is used because Frank's screaming.

Um... because he sees Voldemort as he is.

And I thought that the fact that in the full cast audio edition they had Voldemort say Avada Kedavra, even though if you're a first-time reader, you wouldn't know what that meant.

I just thought it was really immersive and world-building and added a sinister layer,

if that

You are no more use to me.

Avada Kedavra."

Sorry.

Well, let's get to the main event of the evening, [laughs] the, the conversation between Harry, AKA Barney, Elphias Doge, and Aunt Muriel, which by the way, Muriel just busts in on the conversation.

...

Avada Kedavra'd

... not for a lack of trying.

[laughs]

For, yeah, I see what you mean.

Um, well, let's see.

So let's just assume though that, like, okay, they don't have the twin cores so Voldemort's more talented, and Avada Kedavra, Expelliarmus, boom.

Avada Kedavra, unblockable, blasts right through it, hits Harry.

Andrew and I are still physically here because I feel like if that weren't the case, Eric would have probably…

Avada Kedavra'd us.

Exactly.

Made a few horcruxes.