[HPforGrownups] Wizard ages

[Jazmyn Concolor]

No: HPFGUIDX 149263


Edis wrote:

>Just a small niggle that I havent seen covered as yet...
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>It seems to be Canon that wizards have longer lifespans than Muggles. 
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>But on her Website Jo celebrates the Wizard of the Month ... and the 
>WsOTM as listed dont have really longer lifespans than expected of 
>Muggles...
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>So just a sliver of flint or what???
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I think we only assume they live longer because of Nicholas Flammel and
due to Dumbledore's age.  But remember, up till the destruction of the
stone, Dumbledore was friends with Flammel and might have been sharing
that longevity potion, which might explain why after only 4-5 years,
Dumbledore slipped so much as to become too old to handle the fight
anymore and one too many dealings with cursed items put him to the
point where he knew he was dying and had to try and do as much as he
could before the end, where Snape only ended his suffering for him....



Jazmyn