Hogwarts Ghosts

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No: HPFGUIDX 28689


> The Baron, a dark wizard?  Cursed to haunt Hogwarts with the blood 
of 
> his kill always upon him, the silver blood of a unicorn?
> 
> Donna (sorry if this has been said, I joined last August and 
haven't 
> seen it here)

I don't know if this has ever come up here on the list. It's listed 
in the Lexicon as a footnote on the ghosts page:

http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_ghosts.html

but I don't think it was ever discussed on the list. It does add a 
whole new shiver to the mystery of the Baron. But if it's true, it 
still doesn't explain specifically why Peeves would be afraid of 
him, or is it just on general principals, since the Baron is really, 
really cursed. Clearly, there's a tale there to be told.

As for the Fat Friar, I find his apparently connection to the church 
to be of particular interest. JKR has for the most part avoided any 
direct connection with religion in the books. The Friar is one of 
the few exceptions, and he's a ghost! 

On a completely different note: isn't that second track of the 
soundtrack CD marvelous? And the spooky Christmas carols? Ah...

Steve Vander Ark
rambling sleepily
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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