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harry potter - Who can make a portkey that goes into Hogwarts?


In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the Triwizard Cup was used as the portkey to send Harry and Cedric to the graveyard to face Voldemort. In this question it was discussed why the Triwizard Cup was used to get Harry to the graveyard. I am interested in how it was used to get Harry back.


It is fairly well known that one can not apparate into or out of Hogwarts. However, this can be temporarily changed by Dumbledore (as seen when Harry and the gang are doing their apparation lessons). However, if a portkey can be made by anybody with the ability to create a portkey to go to Hogwarts this negates some of that protection.


My question is who has the ability to create a portkey that transports a person to some location inside of Hogwarts. We know that Dumbledore has the ability to create a portkey that transports somebody to a location within Hogwarts (we see this at the end of Order of the Phoenix). Can anybody that can make a portkey do this? Was it Dumbledore that turned the Triwizard Cup into a portkey that brought Harry to the beginning of the maze or was it somebody else?




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