[HPforGrownups] 101 Easier Ways to Deliver Harry to the Dark Lord (was New member)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 9882

Amy wrote:

> This topic *has* been discussed recently--check through the last
> week's posts for the Crouch/Moody thread--but no one suggested the
> blood-taking idea.  You are frighteningly resourceful!  I hope you
> never go over to Voldemort's side or we're all in trouble.

But the incantation was "Blood of an enemy, forcibly taken." Simply
getting some of Harry's blood wouldn't fill the bill, would it? And taking
Harry's blood by force would have effectively ended Barty Jr.'s ability to
play Moody the good guy, which was necessary until the third task.

Why, you all chorus? I still think the whole Tournament setup was a
vehicle to allow Voldemort to appear suddenly and very unexpectedly before
an assemblage of his strongest enemies, allowing him to zap all or most of
them before they could react. Especially if he brought a crew of Death
Eaters along, he could have eliminated any opposition in one swell foop.
Voldemort is enough a creature of ego to believe he could do this, given
the element of surprise.

--Amanda