[HPforGrownups] Re: HP in Egypt (was Greek/Egyptian names (was Hermione pronunciation)

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 805

I rather got the idea that Bill's job was to break any curses that prevented
UNCLAIMED treasure from being retrieved... OR, to break curses on treasures
that would be used to pay debts to the bank.  For example, if Ludo Bagman
had borrowed money from Gringotts, then told them he was unable to repay,
AND if they learned that he did indeed have treasure stowed away somewhere,
protected by a curse, then the Curse-Breakers would be sent in to confiscate
the treasure to pay back the loan.  Kinda like a repo-man!



-----Original Message-----
From: Rita Winston [mailto:catlady at wicca.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 7:31 PM
To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: HP in Egypt (was Greek/Egyptian names (was
Hermione pronunciation)

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Ebony Elizabeth" wrote:

> There's a rumor on Jenna's site about one of the next HP books
> being set partially in ancient Egypt...

I am very scared of this possibility. I am not all that fond of the
real world (tm) so I am pleased that JKR changes it around, but I am
very fond of Kemet, and fear that I will be extremely annoyed at JKR
changing it.

> Gringotts has a branch there (someone here said it may be the main
> bank) and Bill works there so it is plausible.  I really, really
> hope it is true.

Bill works for Gringotts in Egypt as a cursebreaker. I wonder what a
cursebreaker DOES for a bank? I was thinking of something like
removing curses from items that were being offered as collateral for
loans, or that had been put on foreclosed houses by spiteful debtors,
but in GoF Bill said something about the boss doesn't care how he
dresses as long as he brings home plenty of treasure, and that gives
me a terrible fear that he might be working as a grave robber. How
dishonorable, and inconsiderate of the dead people.

So I used to think that, as Bill works for Gringotts in Egypt, there
must be a branch there, but later I realized that he that if he WAS
robbing graves or something, that would be work out in the field, far
from any branch, so there wouldn't HAVE to be a branch in Egypt.



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