Harry Potter and Nicholas Flamel

I hope we all still remember the Harry Potter series. The final book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released on 2007 and the two-part film adaptions for the book were released on 2010 and 2011 respectively. It's now 2015 and it seems like a long time since the world reveled in the J.K. Rowling's magical universe. Do you remember the name Nicholas Flamel? I am not referring to the real-life, historical figure, Nicolas (without the 'h") Flamel, but the fictional, historical figure from within the Harry Potter universe that played an influential role in facilitating the plot of the first book of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Nicholas Flamel never physically appeared in the book nor the film, but he was the only creator of the book/film's titular object of interest, the Philosopher's Stone. Here's the link to the wikia page dedicated to information on Nicholas Flamel and the entire Harry Potter franchise: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel

The fictional character was born on 1327, close to the real Nicolas Flamel's birth date. The historical timelines of many fictional universes tend to coincide with human history to serve as the basis for the author's magical reinterpretations. The character died at around the age of 665 in 1992. What attributed to his long age, as well as his wife, Perenelle, was the Elixir of Life which he created using the Philosopher's Stone. While the Philosopher's Stone in the series contains the power to grant immortality, it is not known if it could change metals in gold. Nicholas Flamel was a great alchemist and was friends with Albus Dumbeldore. However, both realized the dangers of the misuse of the Philosopher's Stone, which manifested in the yet incomplete Voldemort's attempt to use the stone to achieve immortality. As suspected of the hero of the book, Harry Potter (and his close friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermoine Granger) foiled the antagonist's plans and saved the world (temporarily) from evil. J.K. Rowling once stated that while writing the book, Nicolas Flamel emerged from a dream of hers and that he showed her how to create the Philosopher's Stone. This, of course, was a moment of inspiration for a writer of children's book and not some spiritual or magical projection that guided her into making a real stone. The moral of this post is that immortality is but a selfish goal and that we should not use means (e.g. science) to try to achieve it.

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http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel