Harry's secret-keeper (Was: Voldemort, Harry, Gryffindor's Heir)

[Barb]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., mss4a at c... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., ladjables at y... wrote:
> "But doesn't Voldemort know Harry is with his relatives?  Or does 
> the  Fidelius Charm merely conceal location? Which leads to the 
> next  question, who is the secret-keeper?  Does V know it's 
> Dumbledore and  that's why V says it's thanks to Dumbledore he 
> can't get to Harry  while he's at his relatives?  Because he knows 
> he will never get the  information out of Dumbledore?  I guess 
> that was a few questions!"
> 
> Personally I think Mrs. Figg is the secret-keeper.

That's one possibility if the Fidelius Charm is indeed what is 
protecting Harry at the Dursleys, rather than some older, deeper 
magic having to do with blood ties (meaning that, for Harry's 
safety, Petunia is the most important person in the household, 
Dudley being a close second).  The problem is, we don't know enough 
about what the Fidelius Charm protects against, just how it works.

This is from page 205 of the American hardback of PoA:

"How does that work?" said Madam Rosmerta, breathless with 
interest.  Professor Flitwick cleared his throat.

"An immensely complex spell," he said squeakily, "involving the 
magical concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul.  The 
information is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, 
and is henceforth impossible to find--unless, of course the Secret-
Keeper chooses to divulge it.  As long as the Secret-Keeper refused 
to speak, You-Know-Who could search the village where Lily James 
were staying for years and never find them, not even if he had his 
nose pressed against their sitting room window!"

Flitwick does not say that the spell only keeps people of evil 
intent from knowing where the protected parties are--so unless we 
subsequently learn that this is indeed the type of protection 
conferred by the charm, it is highly doubtful that Harry's 
protection is from the Fidelius Charm and that Mrs. Figg or anyone 
else is a Secret Keeper.  Ron and the twins never would have been 
able to rescue Harry using the Flying Ford Anglia if the Fidelius 
Charm were in effect, and certainly Mr. Weasley could never have 
received permission from the Ministry to temporarily add the 
Dursleys' fireplace to the Floo network.

Harry's protection must be a spell that specifically protects 
against dark magic or someone with ill intent, and therefore he 
cannot be under the protection of the Fidelius Charm, which does not 
seem to distinguish between these two types of people, as far as we 
know.

--Barb

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