Why Voldemort doesn't challenge Dumbledore?

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29174

Milz wrote:

> 
> What if the AK Curse not only kills the victim, but also tranfers 
the 
> victim's powers to the curser? If it does, then that would explain 
> why Voldemort went around killing powerful wizards and witches (per 
> Hagrid). That leads me to speculate that maybe Voldemort was 
getting 
> more powerful in order to battle Dumbledore. Maybe absorbing 
Harry's 
> magical power would have given Voldemort that little bit extra  to 
> defeat Dumbledore?
> 

Nifty idea, Milz.  If killing with the AK curse allows the murderer 
to obtain the powers of the victims, then there ought to be some 
mighty powerful aurors walking around.  Indeed, if Moody was 
reluctant to kill and therefore killed fewer dark wizards than other 
aurors, then the other, more blood-thirsty aurors might be even 
stronger than Moody.  Also, since Wormtail killed Cedric, perhaps 
Wormtail now isn't as talentless as Sirius remembers him to be at 
Hogwarts.

I also like Milz's idea because it makes sense given that we know 
Harry obtained certain "gifts" from Voldemort -- parseltongue.  Since 
the AK curse rebounded off of Harry onto Voldemort, Harry was able to 
obtain some of Voldemort's powers under Milz's theory, just as 
Dumbledore said.

Cool!

Cindy