Why Voldemort doesn't challenge Dumbledore?

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29226

Milz wrote:

> If my power-transfer theory is correct and if the theory about 
Harry 
> being the Heir of Gryffindor is correct, then it would make sense 
why 
> Voldemort went specifically after James and Harry and didn't need 
to 
> kill Lily because he only needed to absorb Gryffindor power. 
> 

Milz, can you explain this to me?  Wasn't Lily also a Gryffindor?  I 
feel like I'm missing something here.


> Another thing I've been pondering is this. Does Hogwarts Castle 
> (meaning the building itself) have it's own power or does it act as 
a 
> magical reservior? If it's a magic reservior then Voldemort would 
> have to become very strong to defeat Dumbledore (a great wizard 
> himself) on Hogwarts grounds.
> 


Hmmm.  Another interesting theory, Milz (you're really on a roll!).  

If Dumbledore is at his peak strength at Hogwarts, that would explain 
why Dumbledore wasn't interested in being Minister of Magic.  It 
would also explain why he sends Hagrid to fetch Harry instead of 
handling this important task himself.  It explains why he doesn't go 
to Gringotts and retrieve the stone himself.  It explains why he 
doesn't go to the giants directly at the end of GoF.  And if we're 
really going to run wild with the idea that Dumbledore is more 
vulnerable away from Hogwarts, that might explain why Dumbledore uses 
the Put-Outer instead of his wand on Privet Drive.  (No, I won't trot 
out my wacky theories about wand energy today).

This does raise a question, though.  If Dumbledore has a reservoir of 
power at Hogwarts, then where is Voldemort's reservoir?  Could it be 
Little Hangleton?  Could Lucius Malfoy be maintaining the old Riddle 
House so that Voldemort has his own lair to maintain his strength?  
In GoF, the Riddle House is described as "creepy" and there was 
a "nasty feeling about the place."  Sounds about right for 
Voldemort's lair.

Cindy