The Dementor

One of the most intimidating and evil forces ever known to exist is known as the Dementor. The Dementors claim to fame is being the creatures in charge of guarding the wizard prison, Azkaban, in the Harry Potter series. These are some of the deadliest and most feared creatures in the Harry Potter series. The Dementors feed off happiness, so everyone they come in contact with permanently resides in a state of depression and anguish. The Dementors are loyal only to themselves, and the only chance one has of having the Dementors on their side is to promise them and give them plenty of souls to feed on. The Dementor has a human-like shape and is around 10 feet tall. They wear dark cloak-like clothes that are usually torn and shredded. Their skin, grey and decayed, repulses those near it and their faces are devoid pits with only a hole for a mouth. This rotting pit is used for the Dementor’s most powerful and deadly attack, called the Dementor’s Kiss. The Dementor’s Kiss was used in Azkaban for the criminals that were considered to be on death row. The “Kiss” was when they would bring you in and the Dementor, or Dementors, would begin to slowly suck out your soul. It was a long and excruciating process that left the person in a torturous state, where their body was still active and they could still feel, but had no soul. This was considered worse than death, and many would beg for death long before the Dementor’s Kiss was over with. Since the Dementors have no eyes, they sense and feel off positive emotion of humans and make their victims relive their most painful memories over and over again. A Dementor’s presence is often associated with coldness and a feeling of hopelessness. When the Dementors swarm the train when Harry is on the train to Hogwarts, the windows get icy and everyone can see their breath. Also, many people on the train were screaming and Harry continued to relive the memory of his parents dying.  The Dementors ability to suck the happiness and souls from people, along with the way they suck the warmth from a room, are all very vampiric properties. This soul sucking creature feeds off all things that are good and floods you with all of your worst nightmares. 

-Brandon Thrasher