Ron to die? (was: well, as it's still Ron's week...)

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17128

Steve Vander Ark wrote:

>Ronan said, when Quirrell was killing unicorns, that it is the pure
>and innocent who always are the first to die.
>
>Cedric Diggory was the first to die this time around.
>
>Cedric Diggory's wand has a unicorn tail hair at its core.
>
>Only one other character is mentioned as having a wand with a unicorn
>tail hair at its core. Ron.

I really, REALLY, hate to say this, but I may have found some back-up for 
this idea.  We know Dumbledore has said that Sybil Trelawney has made *two* 
correct predictions.  I think the "rules of the game" imply that we have the 
other one somewhere in what she has said.  At the Christmas feast in PoA, 
she makes, arguably, two predictions.  One is that Lupin will not be among 
them for long.  Well, that does come true, and I hope that's the one, 
because the other is that the first to rise from their table of 13 will be 
the first to die.  The first to rise is either Harry....or Ron.  Dumbledore 
responds to the first by saying he doesn't think Lupin is in any immediate 
danger, but he doesn't respond to the second.

We also know that JKR has said that a "special friend" of Harry's will die.  
Agreed, he has quite a few of these in one way and another.

I have various reasons for doubting this whole idea, not least that Ron is 
too important a character to die, but please, please post arguments against 
this - I'll agree with them!

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