[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore is the Secret-Keeper?

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 5982

Odile wrote:

> Is it safe to assume that Dumbledore is Harry's Secret-Keeper and
> therefore, Voldemort cannot find Harry while he is at the Dursleys?
> Or can we assume that Vernon Dursely is the Secret-Keeper, without
> knowing? (I think it's Dumbledore.)

This is an interesting thought, but isn't it specifically stated somewhere
that the protection Harry has while in the care of his relatives is some
more of that "ancient magic"? Like the ancient magic that Lily somehow
invoked, that saved Harry? The Fidelius Charm doesn't seem that, well, old
and awe-inspiring. Thoughts?

Conundrum: If someone was made Secret-Keeper for someone in hiding, without
being told they were, then how would anyone ever find the person hiding? The
unknowing Keeper could not divulge the location (and he would have to be
ignorant of the location, if he didn't know he was the Keeper, or he could
mention it in passing). So unless the hider came out of hiding, would anyone
ever be able to find them again? Would they vanish from the ken of wizards?
I'm betting the Keeper has to be a willing participant.

--Amanda