what surprised you the most?

[Rachelle Elliott]

No: HPFGUIDX 23816

Everything stated in the thread "What surprised you the most?" really
surprised but.. here is another one.

Neville Longbottoms' past.  When Harry was in the pensive and found out
about Neville's parents, threw me for a loop.  I had never really analyzed
about why Neville's grandmother was raising him.  It made me realize that
every character in the novels have a rich past.  What characters are going
to come out of the woodwork.  For example, there is a girl Hufflepuff named
Susan Bones.  Mr. & Mrs. Bones were killed by death eaters.  Should the last
names be connected?  Are they some sort of relatives (parents, grandparents,
cousins, or aunt & uncle?).

"It was Voldemort...he was the one who had torn these families apart, who
had ruined all these lives..." Harry (GoF31)

How much destruction can one man and his followers cause?
Well I guess that is obvious...look at WWII.