The Cloak of Invisibility is a powerful magical cloak that allows its wearer to become invisible for a cumulative total of 2 hours. It regains 1 hour of use per 12 continual use while wearing the cloak. While the cloak does not protect the wearer from spells, it does make them invisible by visible light.
The Cloak of Invisibility is not infallible, as it does not block spells like Shield Cloaks, hats, and gloves. Its enchantment does not shield the wearer from any spells. The enchanted creature has phasing and can only be blocked except by Walls. This proves that the wearer of the invisibility cloak is not immune to spells and charms but merely invisible to the naked eye.
An Invisibility Cloak was a magical garment that rendered whomever or whatever it covered invisible. It was exceptionally rare and valuable, and children or adults wearing the cloak can enter the set and appear invisible due to the green screen part of the cloak. The cloak is a fascinating and fun way to play with, as it allows the wearer to remain invisible while carrying or wearing anything they are carrying or wearing.
In summary, the Cloak of Invisibility is a powerful magical cloak that grants invisibility to its wearer and is not infallible. It is a unique and valuable item that can be used by both kids and adults.
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I kinda wished the Resurrection Stone was a special type of Philosopher’s Stone, not Nicholas Flamel’s one. It ties up the books nicely. The Hallow’s Philosopher’s Stone on the Gaunt Ring is unique because it brings back echoes of dead wizards as well, making the user give up on life despite giving off alchemical properies and production of elixir of life. That’s also why the Gaunts were so decadent despite being gifted in magic. Voldermort has to cast it aside as it makes death feel so peaceful and tempts him from becoming immortal. Furthermore, Voldermort may have also used its elixir of life to resurrect his body in the events of rhe Goblet of Fire. Perhaps the during the duel between Harry and Voldermort in the graveyard, he was wearing the Gaunt Ring, which produced the echoes when Harry accidentally triggered the Philosopher’s Stone to bring back voices of the victims of Voldermort’s wand.
One of the biggest plot holes or I guess tragedies of the story (depending on how you look at it) occurs when you ask the question “Wouldn’t Dumbledore or James have known how useful the cloak might have been/essential to hiding the Potters? Why wouldn’t they take no chances when it was known by everyone that they were marked for death?”. I mean, It’s supposed to protect one from even death himself, which is why Ignotus survived to old age.
I have a theory. I think that the story of the 3 brothers was a curse on the family line. For every family member of the original brothers, as long as they had the cloak, they would avoid death. Not avoid it as in becoming immortal but of avoiding a sooner death. So as long as the family had the cloak, they would be protected from death; so when the parents pass the cloak down, they are no longer protected as strongly by the presence of the cloak. Also, if the cloak is not within the possession of the family, they will die as seen by James and Lily. Because James had lent Dumbledore the cloak, they were exposed to death, and soon after, it followed them and it would’ve gotten Harry if it weren’t for Lily’s love.
This just makes the story of Lilly and James’ death even more sad. James was clearly prepared to sacrifice himself for his wife and child and could have easily handed the cloak down to Harry before doing so, allowing Lilly to use it to hide with Harry and escape back to the rest of the order, but they both knew that if Voldemort did find them they needed to die for the spell to take effect when Voldemort attempted to kill Harry, so James handed the cloak to Dumbledore so that he could ensure that it was handed down to his son. If they’d used the invisibility cloak they would have only delayed Voldemort in finding Harry, and countless people would have been murdered before he inevitably did so.
Being the 3rd brother you’re protected but also feel invisible. So the 3rd brother watched as his two brothers picked objects that prepared them for death. As he wished for an object that can protect him as his brothers did. So he knew he would put live his brothers but wouldn’t be protected. Harry also felt invisible.
My greatest question surrounding this cloak is its imperviousness to curses and spells. In the movies Harry sneaks into Malfoy’s train car to spy on him. Malfoy senses his presence and casts a curse his way which causes Harry to pass out, missing the de-boarding of the train. I don’t remember how this scene went down in the books. Luna then found Harry and woke him up. This seems inconsistent with the premise of the story of the cloak.
I love how this 8 minute article could’ve been summed up with one sentence. The cloak was passed down from generation to generation and one of Harry’s ancestors married the heir of Ignotus Peverell, so when Harry’s grandparents died it was passed on to James Potter. literally all the other information here is clearly laid out in the books and films.
Dawg you’ve got great analysis skills but as of late your articles have felt like obvious filler articles. It’s boring. Please can you do more theoretical articles or deeper analysis articles. It’s probably why you have a lot of people who view your articles but don’t subscribe because there’s a bit of an inconsistent & tonal imbalance in your content.
Point of clarification; The Peverell brothers didn’t choose from three specific rewards, as the article implied. They make 3 different wishes and are granted an artifact that would accomplish the goal. The two elder brothers make more arrogant demands that death cunningly made to backfire on them. Ignotus, the youngest brother wished for something that can evade death specifically. Of course, that’s the legend, but as Dumbledore suggests, it’s almost certain that the brothers were actually gifted (and perhaps a bit dangerous-minded) crafters of magical tools, and these three artifacts are the result. Mind, what are the odds of a single family producing three sons that are all clever enough to make magical tools that no one was able to replicate in the hundreds of years following their deaths? It’s a curiosity. I wonder if there was an additional factor at play, like the family stumbling across a secret book of knowledge or something, and they each focused on using it to make different items. That sort of head-canon makes some sense. Actually, aren’t two of the items supposed to use Thestral materials on their creation (wand = hair. Cloak = blood.)? Can’t remember if that’s canon or fanon though. I wonder if they collectively found a secret to utilizing thestral materials in crafting, found it had unique properties for the creation of magical tools, and just took the secret to their collective graves.
Only going off the films so anyone tell me I’d this is stupid. What if Harry, Ron and Hermione had burst into the room and attacked Voldemort while he was talking to Snape in the deathly hallows (the scene Snape was killed in) and attacked Voldemort? Sure they couldn’t kill him but how would the story had differed from the original? If I’m correct Voldemort couldn’t of killed Harry then because he was using the elder wand which Harry was the master of so even if he tried to Avada Harry, it wouldn’t work. Snape could of fought with the 3 and either made Voldemort apparate away or killed him (removed him from his body form) leaving only 2 horcruxes left, Harry and Nagini. Of course then you have the problem that he can’t destroy his own horcrux (Harry) if he’s dead so let’s say he just apparated away. Snape would live though
One thing that bothered me regarding this invisibility cloak. Given the fact that Harry’s invisibility cloak was given by the Death, it should have been something rare (or even one-and-only). We know there was only one Elder Wand and there was only one Resurrection Stone (CMIIW). However, we know there were more than one invisibility cloak. Moody had it, we know it from book 5 when Sturgis Podmore borrowed it when he was guarding the door to the prophecy. We also know from book 4 when Harry asked Moody (Barty Crouch jr.) if he saw Rita Skeeter wearing invisibility cloak during Task 2. So, what’s the difference between these invisibility cloaks than the Deathly Hallows’ invisibility cloak? I’d love to hear what you think! 😊
Here’s a subtle “What If” that i think would have significant impact on the following events: What if,because Harry trained on and perfected the Acio charm in the heat of battle (well, deal with a dragon, anyways), being in RECENT MEMORY, he uses ACIO to secure the Marauders Map while he is stuck in the trick staircase. The Barty Jr. Moody would never have seen it. Interesting, no? And honestly, makes WAY MORE sense for Harry to think of AND USE a newly acquired spell. Have an awesome day! 😊
MY THEORIES TO HOW (JAMES POTTER) MANAGED TO OBTAIN THE INVISIBILITY-CLOAK: My first theory is; That maybe a childhood best friend of his thought that (James Potter) was worthy to have a family heirloom. My 2nd. theory is that; I theorize that James Potter’s ancestor who originally was given the (Invisibility Cloak) was his great, great, great, great, great, great uncle.
This is what I have never understood. Ron seems to imply, that there are more invicibility cloaks in existance: “they’re really rare, and really valuable” But if the invicibility cloak was given by death to the youngest brother, and it was inherited by his children and so on and so on, eventually making its way to Harry, how can there be more? And with the other deathly hallows, they’re unique, why the invicibility cloak isn’t? Shouldn’t Ron be as clueless as Harry as to what the cloak is? And if there are more, at what point did those come to be, and how? Did someone figure out a way to produce it or something? If anyone knows anything about this, please do enlighten me!
Mostly unrelated, but it’s funny to think that Voldemort, in his mission to unite and build up pure blood wizardry, wiped out or attempted to wipe out, multiple storied lines of wizards himself or through his actions. Peverell/Potter nearly on the night he attacked Harry, Slytherin/Gaunt, Black, and probably more that I’m not aware of.
After I first read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I deduced large sections of what was in this upload. All the same though, it’s great having it all in one place to refer to. Only thing, didn’t Sirius Black acquaint with James’ parents before they died? This upload makes it look as though James did not inherit the invisibility cloak until after the death of his father, but that doesn’t measure up against the way he and his friends utilized it while they were at school and when Sirius hid out with James and his parents after running away from home. Did I miss something?
When the brother made himself available for death with open arms why didn’t death take back the cloak? Also how does the cloak work for the younger brother? Did he have to wear it all the time? I understand how it works for everyone else except how the brother must use it. I don’t believe that you made a article for this topic. I also don’t believe it was ever brought up in the books of how he hid from death for so long till he chose to reveal himself. I think that it would be a great topic to go into. Cause so much was done by the books and movies on the other 2 items. Please look into this. Thank you
I’m bothered that every time HP theory mentions the story of the three brothers, it’s framed as though the Hallows are Cracker Jack prizes and the brothers simply chose which one they want. That’s not how the story goes. The brothers are each granted a reward by Death. One requests an unbeatable wand, one requests the ability to recall others from Death and one requests the ability to evade Death. They didn’t choose their “gifts;” the powerfully magical items were the results of death granting those specific requests.
Hmm… if that hair potion was that successful and had filled up the families coffers was indeed invented by one of Harrys ancestors and he doesnt have any relatives any more which could produce and sell it. Who does it? Well obviously its not Harry and it cant be a relative. So have they sold the rights for that and if thats true than why? If the potion was so brilliant than why dont continue with selling it for example Harry after he became grown-up could have done it additionaly to his jobs as an auror.
I don’t get it, if this invisibility cloak is the original one from the three brothers story, how come Ron says “those are rare” as if there is more than one out there? This always bugged me, they speak of it as if there are multiple, but very few, and Harry happened to get one of them somehow, where in reality from what I understand there is only one.
It was sad that the importance of the cloak of invisibility’s value was sadly diminished in both the book and the movies. Although it was useful to Harry, it was never confirmed in the movies that this was the actual Deathly Hallow cloak nor was the cloak unique in the books. Ron diminishes the cloak’s value straight away by saying “I have heard of those, they are quite rare” which immediately tells you there are many such things in the world already. In the books invisibility cloaks were often used by characters who were guarding Harry, like Mundungus Fletcher. If J.K. had given the Deathly Hallows a little more forethought, perhaps making the Cloak of Invisibility unique in the world could have made it a more sought after prize, but alas… Earwax.
What if James had kept the cloak and tried to cover him and Lilly and Harry in it. Would Voldemort still be able to find them or would the Cloak been able to save James and Lilly’s life if they had used it that day? Something tells me if James had used it for him and Lilly and Harry they could been able to save their lives and raising Harry instead of sending him to the abusive Dudleys.
Which houses do you think that the 3 Peverell brothers would be sorted into if they attended Hogwarts? I selected the brothers based on their values and abilities: Antioch: Slytherin (power & ambition) Cadmus: Ravenclaw (mediumship talent) or Hufflepuff(naivety) Ignotus: Gryffindor (bravery) or Ravenclaw (wise).
Ok but… There’s one thing I will never stop questioning me. The Cloak of invisibility Harry has wasn’t supposed to be the only one magical and powerful artefact of its kind… Firstly, Ron, both in the book and in the movie talks about it as “one of THOSE”, therefore we assume it’s really a rare thing to see and to own in the magical world, but not the only one to exist! … Then in the deathly hallows we get to know that the invisibility cloak is supposed to be the only one as one of the gifts the personification of Death gives to the Three Brothers? It is so strange! Are there more invisibility cloaks? Are there more personified Deaths that gave up those to more humble wizards? Or not??
The maker of this article wasted the time taken to make it, from jumping from one segment of a conversation to another without fully covering that area not really giveing a clear image. It should have taken half the time and would have been better served showing the original text about the igneous brothers encounter with death.the eldest died after bragging about his new wand and getting drunk falling asleep and getting his throat slit. The second eldest wished to bring someone( if i remember right, his wife) he loved back from the dead. So death reached down into the river and picked up a stone. He gave it to the second eldest brother telling him to turn it(i believe one to the right and twice to the left.) And he would see his loved one. But the second eldest became depressed and killed himself to join her because his love was there but not truely there . The last, and youngest wanted to evade death and chose invisability .
The only thing I’ve still never understood about the invisibility cloak was that it itself was one of the 3 deathly hollows. Meaning there was only one of each. But the way Ron had known about “them” means that he’s implying there is more than one original invisibility cloak which would make no sense…
So reading the books multiple cloaks are mentioned a couple of times. Even when Harry first gets his Ron says “they are super rare” suggests he’s not only heard of it but also that a number of people have one… I’m like half way through deathly hallows so far (that just got away from the mom and are in the forest) so I’m confused how it can be a Halloween if more than one exist.
really I don’t want to hate here but was this all necessary? you literally just repeated everything everyone who watched/read HP once already knew and needlessly stretched some pottermore article. personally I think you only made this article that long to barely reach the 8 minute mark for better monetisation.
Ron implies there are multiple invisibility cloaks in the wizarding world. Which makes invisibility cloaks seem much more commonplace. At this point, I think the invisibility cloak is one of the lesser deathly hallows since it seems there are more than one out there. I always thought the time travel element and going back in time was much more worthy as a deathly hallow than the invisibility cloak. It seems much more overpowered even in the wizarding world and something much more appropriate for a god of death to grant to mortals