Fantastic Beasts 3 Reveals The Real Meaning Of Order of the Phoenix Name
This article contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore finally reveals why Albus Dumbledore named his alliance The Order of the Phoenix. Introduced in the fifth Harry Potter novel, the Order of the Phoenix was formed by Dumbledore to serve as the wizarding world's defense against the darkest, most powerful sorcerers. Readers initially believed they were created to help Dumbledore oppose Voldemort, with Harry's parents Lily and James Potter serving as members of the Order's first incarnation, but the Fantastic Beasts films have revealed a far longer history of the organization.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald strongly suggested the first Order of the Phoenix was established decades earlier, as Dumbledore struggled to figure out how to navigate the blood pact he shared with Grindelwald. That film revealed the phoenix is the traditional symbol of the Dumbledore family, making the group's name seem rather egotistical. Fortunately, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has added a new wrinkle to the franchise's mythology, explaining exactly why Dumbledore would believe it was appropriate to call his group the Order of the Phoenix.
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The phoenix has always been considered one of the most powerfully magical creatures in the wizarding world. Dumbledore's beloved pet phoenix, Fawkes, was a recurring character in his own right, and played a key role in saving Harry's life from a basilisk. Grindelwald had claimed the phoenix's presence around Credence proved he was a Dumbledore, but it seems he was telling a half-truth, because in reality the phoenix kept returning to
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