Bloody Baron, Red Baron

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No: HPFGUIDX 30874

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lizbot1981" <cureluv88 at h...> wrote:
> The red baron was a German fighter pilot in WW1, I believe.  He 
took 
> out ridiculous amounts of Allied planes, and no one could kill him 
> (presumably he eventually died, I just mean that he was hard to 
> hit).  I am guessing that he doesn't have anything to do with the 
> Bloody Baron.  


His name was Manfred von Richthofen, and he took out 80 allied planes 
during the war.  He was shot down on April 21 1918 by Roy Brown (a 
Canadian) and was given a hero's funeral by his enemies because he 
was such a legend.


> Someone (on some other message board) mentioned that they wondered 
if 
> the blood on the robes of the bloody baron was silver not because 
he 
> was a ghost, but because it was unicorn blood.  Seems unlikely to 
me, 
> but what does everyone else think?
> 
> Liz


I think that connections between the bloody baron and the red baron 
are not going to be very fruitful.  I also believe that the blood is 
silvery because everything about ghosts is that color.  Personally, I 
don't think the Bloody Baron is really important, and he's just in 
there for "color text" and flavor, really.

Joshua Dyal